You should have a good look through the BP options in the dashboard and turn off components you don’t want, as for editing core files, you don’t!
WP/BP set up correctly should run just as well on any server platform but preference would always be for Linux boxes as they are simply better than windows for running servers.
I’ve been doing some research on twitter bootstrap on github and it is the perfect interface platform and it looks to be darn perfect for social network websites – specifically buddypress.
Would love to just have an open discussion on the topic.
Thank you all for you replies. I have posted this issue on WordPress before when I was using pageline theme, but nobody replied on WordPress.
@Chris, that is exactly what I am looking for, I’m not too fimiliar with coding and currently learning, it will be a big help if I know which codes to remove. I’m basically trying to get rid of all the unecessary things on my site to increase performance. I know wordpress runs better on Linux, but I cannot change to Linux since I have another website that are recieving good traffic, and that website contains aspx pages.
@brownstone73
1) Groups in buddypress are like ‘post types’ in wordpress, while you can deactivate it so that it doesnt do anything, it’s hardcoded into the core and the only way to remove it completely is by editing the core plugin.
ok, I managed to sort out number 2, just 1 and 3 remaining
All other content does. I have installed latest versions of WP, network, Buddypress, bbpress. The site is operating with me as the main user. I have created four forums but they don’t show up on the forums page in the menu, nor in the widget. What step am I missing?
Thanks for the reply @mercime.
1. I don’t have any groups registered, I just wanted to know if the functionality can be removed completely.
3. http://www.sweepbook.com is my main site, wordpress/buddypress is installed in a subdirectory, http://www.sweepbook.com/rate-this/. If I use the WordPress twentyeleven them, the logos redirect correctly to http://www.sweepbook.com/rate-this/.
1) Re: delete not deactivate
You can safely delete each Group you’ve created in each Group’s admin settings.
You can uninstall the Forums for groups in dashboard menu BuddyPress > Forums > uninstall group forums.
You can uninstall Sitewide Forums in dashboard menu BuddyPress > Forums > uninstall sitewide forums.
Then, go to BuddyPress > Components > remove checks for User Groups and Discussion Forums
2) Re: if you look at my site http://www.sweepbook.com/rate-this/ you will notice the menu items are on top of each other
– I don’t see that in your site. So it’s either you’ve changed the theme to bp-default theme or you’ve decided to use bp-default’s custom menus to organize your links.
3) Re: The logos on my site, redirects to http://www.sweepbook.com/rate-this
– Right now I see that you have HTML pages at domain root http://www.sweepbook.com/
So where did you install WP/BP, in subdirectory rate-this? and the redirect is to
redirect is to http://www.sweepbook.com/sweepbook/rate-this/ .
WP Settings > General > Site Address URI/WordPress Address URI was changed without proper checks and this is not a BuddyPress issue at all.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL and if that doesn’t help you resolve the problem, please post at https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting
Go to BuddyPress > Pages in your WordPress Admin menu. You should have a page selected (dropdown menus) for each line. If nothing is selected next to “Activity”, and there’s not a good page to use in the dropdown, use the “New Page” button. All you need to do is name the page and save it; it doesn’t need to have any content. Then, go back to BuddyPress > Pages and select the page you want to use. BP takes care of almost everything, including creating the correct activation link, if you tell it which page to use. 
Hi all. I’d like to know how I can change the text in the activity stream from so and so “wrote a new post” to something else. I’ve found a few instances of that text and changed it, but the effects do not show up on my site. I read that it can be found under, bp-blogs/bp-blogs.php, but I can’t find that folder or file. I’m using the newest version on buddypress and the template pack as well. I’m also using a premium theme, which is compatible with buddypress, called FunGames. Thanks for any help.
Please repost your issues at plugin’s forum as that is monitored by plugin devs https://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-album/forum/
Hi,
I just installed buddypress and have the following question if someone could please assist me?
1. I do not use Groups and the forum on buddypress, can this be deleted instead of just deactivating it?
2. I have a problem with my menu, if you look at my site http://www.sweepbook.com/rate-this/ you will notice the menu items are on top of each other, I would like to have it horizontal as per the original theme, it just changed for some reason??? I have also tried custom menu, but that did not work either.
3. The logos on my site, redirects to http://www.sweepbook.com/rate-this and therefore throws the famous 404 error, the URL is missing the / after rate-this. It should be http://www.sweepbook.com/rate-this/ instead of http://www.sweepbook.com/rate-this. How can I fix this?
I am currently on Windows share hosting with GoDaddy. Thank you in advance.
Hello there, im pretty sure there is a bp-mobile plugin for buddypress. But that might be targeted for mobile browsers though. You could try incorporating BP into some frameworks such as sencha. there are a couple of others, but I cant remember the names of them 
sorry. I actually have played with one, i’ll look for the name of it
I really would like to use BP album on my blog site. I know there are alternatives, but I kind of have my heart set on BP album.
When I install it, the album works fine but the bugs are elsewhere.
1- Users cant see what they are typing when making a new post
2- Admin Dashboard wont load when its installed
Anybody know of any fixes? Or even an alternative that is very similar to this album?
Thanks guys
Please I need help.
When users creat account on my website they don’t receive the email they should to activate their accounts. I have unstall wordpress and buddypress and reinstall few times thinking I might ve done something wrong but I still can’t resolve the issue. Please, Help! Will really appreciate It
Many Thanks
@seluvega First off, Thanks for the link! i’ve installed the folder you linked to, i get the button, and when clicked i get an ajax notifier , and thats it. Do i need to do some edits to the code first?
Are you running Event Espresso plugin for WP?
Firstly please avoid auto install they tend to cause issues more times than any of us probably care to remember in dealing with posts here.
Secondly do not set php script memory to a value in the region you mentioned ‘4096M’ the reason for this config setting in php is to AVOID the possibility that a script could get stuck in an infinite loop and drain all your system memory at which point your machine would grimace and grind to a halt. So a value as mentioned earlier 128M or 256M is more than enough and the issue you have is not due to this aspect.
Your host has provided a ‘Local’ copy of php.ini for your site they still have a master copy that runs for all sites or for the main web server if you run phpinfo() in a file you will see the settings table is divided into two one for master values one for local. Some server boxes that run things like Plesk control panels tend to have a confusing set of php.ini copies which is why I asked about editing correct one.
Hi guys, I wonder if one of you could kindly help me here please? Basically, I’m using the code below to randomly show 5 Avatar profile images on my BuddyPress site – This all works just fine. However, I ONLY want to show the Avatars of members who have bothered to upload their own picture, and not show my themes default image within the Avatars that get returned.
Any ideas how I can modify the code to show only member uploaded avatars?
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Thanks for any help
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Aces
Thanks for your comprehensive reply. Do you mean this issue was “confusing”?
I used the web host’s automated system.
Renamed plugin folder and then moved all the plugins back into the original plugin folder, except for the Buddy Press plugins. My WP dashboard and website is now accessible again.
Checked the codex compatibility list. This suggests there may have been a conflict between my Expresso event and BuddyPress plugins – another good reason for removing BuddyPress.
Yes, I did go through the theme compatibility test and passed.
Thanks again for your help.
@cyrille13 Your advice solved the problem. Thank you so much!
So…dev teams, do you think this is a bug?
I have a theme I need to upgrade from 1.2.8 to 1.5.4 and notice the 1.5 theme compatibility page looks to be misssing? http://codex.buddypress.org/releases/1-5-theme-compatibility/ ???
bbPress (any version) is a forum, right? Just like what we’re using to talk over now.
BuddyPress is a social network layer for your WordPress site. The pictures on the front page list its features https://buddypress.org/
