I’m using:
Si Capthca
BuddyPress Humanity Plugin
BP Signup Xtra (with required birthdate and checkbox)
Extra Profile Fields that require text input.
Bad Behavior with HTTP:BL enabled…
I’ve not noticed any spam logins yet…. knock on wood/cross fingers.
@pcwriter, it took a while for me to think of that way, but after turning off blog creation for about the 3rd time and contemplating keeping it at all, I thought of just doing it this way and it ended up being a better process for the user while killing those instaspam blogs. which btw, with all the other available strategies for blocking spam, it ends up being a very effective barrier to spam blog creation.
@nahummadrid
Now that is a brilliantly simple and effective tactic that I’m adding to my arsenal!
I wish new blogs worked like comments, meaning that the first post by a new member has to be approved before the blog is active. Once the first post has been approved the blog would then become active and viewable by the public.
@pcwriter
Thanks, I will read these docs.
you can block them all together (but will need to remove the previous ones manually)
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-block-activity-stream-types/
otherwise there is a few hacks in previous threads on how to filter on the activity array and unset items.
@PJnu: Yep so far I’ve tried a bunch of popular plugins and they work and look fine! BP-Slick is a Child Theme of the standard Theme and inherits a lot of it’s templates. The templates I’ve added are build with the same classes and template structure so this means that all plugins which are developed for BP-Default (I think all plugins are) are working fine.
Plugins that are really extensive (BP-Media, CourseWare etc) might require some additional styling, but these modifications can be shared in the support group. Everyone who has bought the plugin can upload/download new templates, styles and tweaks for the Theme. So if something does not behave as expected, chances are that me (or someone else) has fixed it and has put it up for grabs in the “goodies” section of the support group! 
PJParticipant
@Bowromir have you tried the theme with most of the popular buddypress plugins to see that the plugin works well with them? I’ve had a few awesome themes that strangely didn’t work well with BP. The video demo seems to show you’re quite comfy with BP so that’s a great sign.
I removed/commented out the create a blog option from the member registration form while still keeping blog creation on. I only left access to the bp create a blog form for users is_loggedin Only. By tucking it away within the member profile for the member to create a blog later during their profile detailing/editing process, I was able to get to the point where I only needed to delete crap members that get in, not crapmembers + crapblogs that get created at one time wasting all my low number blogIDs!
At the end of the day, if you’re running BPmu you don’t really need to have insta-blog. The option to create a blog is link within the member profile “dash” that they can get around to when they feel settled. I’ve found it’s easier for the user to get their profile up and running first and then breathe and think of a good blog name/url after they’ve logged in for the first time.
but if you really really want instablog, which really isn’t that instant due to the wp-admin of it all. Plus, it’s not really instant because there are too few frontend posting options in member themes for the user to start posting right away, so no need for instablog in registration process, so just indicate to your user that they can do that part later. if you still want blog creation at first registration, then you can keep up the good fight by zapping spammers and their blogs.
@Bowromir
1 – Phew!
2 – Cool!
3 – Umm… no more for now 
Have you contacted the author of the buddypress-ajax-chat plugin?
There is not anything new in BP 1.2.6 that will address any spam issues. Spam blogs, however, is a problem with multisite WordPress in general (not specific to BuddyPress). It still sucks, of course.
O MY GOD, I am so sick of deleting spam blogs! Does anyone know if the new version of BP coming out will have anything built in to prevent these spam blogs?
gPress is a very good plugin, but it does not work, because no menue options in the admin panel are clickable. I dont know why…?
No one here who knows how to fix this?
In my particular BuddyPress installation, I just had to get rid of the fivestarrating plugin, to fix this error problem.
@LPH2005
The activity stream already groups conversations. The items are simply being displayed in a single column.
Modifying the display can be achieved through css.
If you want to want to play around with it to mimic what you see on tv.adobe.com, start by adding the following to “ul.activity-list li”
float:left;
width:300px;
height:200px;
Then work on the inner nested divs to get stuff looking awesome!
Before making actual changes to your style.css file, use the Firebug for Firefox addon to play around and test. It helps zero in on what you want to change to achieve to effect you’re looking for.
@Bowromir
That will be a great start to a new week!
A few questions…
1 – I’ve got s2member set up on my install and have already coded a membership page to display info according to level and ccaps along with various other extras. I’m guessing I’ll have to take that page down when I install bp-slick, right?
2 – Do the s2member settings in bp-slick adapt to the current install, or should the current install be reset to default settings and let the theme take over?
3 – Should I wait for theme documentation before asking more?
You need to disable BuddyPress until your WordPress multisite is setup and works fully — by “fully”, I mean blog creation, multiple user accounts, commenting and permalinks.
A lot of us try to help answering questions on these boards, but we’re just volunteers doing this for fun. We seem to get most issues replied to within a two day period, which I think is very good.
Regarding above — neither of you have provided sufficient detail (have a look at https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/when-asking-for-support/ for the sort of information we’d find useful). Does WordPress (without any plugins or custom themes installed) send emails correctly, for example on user registration?
BuddyPress currently has an unusual forum implementation – it’s based on bbPress and integrated with the BuddyPress Groups concept: https://codex.buddypress.org/buddypress-site-administration/buddypress-forum/
You set it up from wp-admin… buddypress… forum setup , but have to create the forums within your BuddyPress groups.
A new bbPress plugin solution was supposed to be released as a beta in mid-September, but that didn’t happen. The author is now suggesting mid-October.
@pcwriter The theme is done! I’m now creating the different packages and setting up the payment system. It should be two days max!
@pjnu: thanks for your order!
