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I don’t recommend to change the core files of buddypress. The best way to do it is to write a custom code (I don’t know how to guide you).
So if you don’t mind changing the core files, here is a quick way.

Open /buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-classes.php and change the
$sql = “AND pd.value LIKE ‘%%$search_terms%%'”;
to
$sql = “AND (pd.value LIKE ‘%%$search_terms%%’ OR u.user_login LIKE’%%$search_terms%%’)” ;

If someone can guide us how to do it in bp-custom.php, it would be great.

I think it’s using permalink.php in member/single/activity

IMHO – it’s the most useless page in the standard BuddyPress set up, serving only to look bad and frustrate users who are expecting to see some “added value” when they click on the view link for a status update.

Perhaps there’s a good use for it?

Thanks for the answers which answered the same question for me. However I don’t get the message in an orange box – cut and pasted the code into widget in my theme but had to take a couple of bits out – do I need to put anything back in?

@modemlooper i’ve been starting working with a blog-as-forum theme, basically a QA theme. That could be something you could do. a Forum theme. I’m getting ready to leave the bb forums all together, because I’m not seeing a benefit in forums over a modified community QA theme blog.

@jeherve – I don’t know about a development blog for the bbPress plugin. You are probably best to ask John James Jacoby directly.

It might be a good idea to ask the question directly in this support forum about reviews / voting. Do a search first to see what other threads are around.

@johnwinch42

Yes, you’ll have to either modify the CSS for the BuddyPress page templates, and / or actually modify the template files (PHP / HTML), depending on how much you want to change the default layout.

Don’t make the changes in bp-themes/bp-default though. Instead, it is best to create your own child theme: https://codex.buddypress.org/how-to-guides/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/

In the standard setup, the site administrator has to install the themes that will be available to the users for their own blogs. I don’t know if this can be overridden to allow the users to install their own themes directly.

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@jeherve – there are some exciting developments happening with bbPress, which should help you build your site.

A new version of bbPress will work better with BuddyPress to provide the one main forum solution you are looking for, backed up by all the advantages of the BuddyPress social platform for looking after the user base.

A beta of the new bbPress (installed as a plugin in your WordPress site alongside BuddyPress) is due around the middle of September. @johnjamesjacoby is leading the development.

Not sure on the reviews / voting, but there are bound to be some good plugins out there.

@johnwinch42 – I think it is a terminology problem:

Each page in a WordPress / BuddyPress site can have it’s own template, so for example a template for posts (single.php), for categories (archive.php), etc.. You can even specialise it further, so that different types of posts have different templates and so on.

BuddyPress extends WordPress in the same way, adding new template files for groups, activity, members, profiles, etc.

A theme is a collection of template files, CSS, and javascripts, that are used together to give your site its design, look and feel.

A BuddyPress site typically has one theme that contains the template files for both the main blog and the social network parts. Although it’s one theme, you can style each part uniquely (e.g. the main blog and social network can look different), because you have different templates within that theme for each part of the site.

Take a look at the BuddyPress default theme (it’s in plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default), and you will see all the separate template files, including sub-folders with the templates for activity, members, etc.

Your secondary blogs can have any WordPress theme you want: you simply install more themes, and assign them on a blog by blog basis to the other blogs.

As @justbishop touched on, posts with Paypal buttons are fine for occasional sales, but don’t cope with all the reporting, inventory control, complex pricing & delivery rules, tax calculations, configurable products, etc … That you might expect an ecommerce extension to handle for you.

An etsy type site might well work though with custom post types – depending on the reporting needs of the site owner. @modemlooper – we should maybe touch base on this one, as one of our current client projects has some etsy on BP characteristics

I forgot to mention that this won’t fix existing blog posts in the activity stream.
See if new posts work.

FYI, if you’re going to be making changes to the bp-default theme, it’s better to create a child theme:
https://codex.buddypress.org/how-to-guides/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/

@pcwriter

Okay, I feel like a schmuck but I can’t seem to get this to work! I am using the MyBuddyPress child theme of the default, and whether I copy/paste all the code into a file called forums-loop.php and put it in the child theme folder or if I enter the code before the loop in the BuddyPress default theme files, nothing happens.

Am I doing something wrong? I’m so confused and I really need this to work.

I tried the s2Members plugin and it worked okay but I had some issues with it. Does anyone have any suggestions for me? I would be so happy if you do.

Thanks and best wishes,
Kristen

@mrmaz I haven’t installed the beta but have you streamlined the categories? RE: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-links/forum/topic/categories-on-new-line-instead-of-smushing-together-in-one-paragraph/

Thanks.

@kunalb @johnjamesjacoby I get this error message in the wp admin side:”The plugin generated 294 characters of unexpected output during activation. If you notice ‘headers already sent’ messages, problems with syndication feeds or other issues, try deactivating or removing this plugin.” … I did but it keeps occurring.

Also, it pushes my “Jooc” theme header down when I click on the Events link: http://i34.tinypic.com/15dnmnb.png and the word “Called” appears in the upper left of the screen. Anyone know how I can overcome this minor issue? Thanks. If I overcome this I’ll use it on my live site!

Are you asking if there is a way to have a user’s friends only available to him or her? Adult dating sites and consulting groups/companies find the end users like a layer of privacy that doesn’t let site users see their friend connections. I dont know if it can be done in buddypress.

You could go line by line through the theme to remove pages that display friends, but I’ve never tried to see if it would work.

@LPH2005 I find it does the job. If you have a smell or medium community it works well. I’m not sure if a future version will allow you to sort the groups or check sets of groups.

I’d use post types instead of using custom fields for using as a shop. Custom fields was the old way but now that post types are available it’s better to use those. You can create admin panels that are user friendly.

I’m creating a theme for ‘eshops’ that use post types. Basically a BuddyPress version of etsy.

This solved my problem: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/installing-buddypress/forum/topic/help-wp-admin-white-screen-after-activating-bp-plugin/

Did you go to Appearance – BP Compatibility and then go through all steps to final page?