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Open up you 13thfloor theme’s header.php and Save As > header-buddypress.php in the same theme folder. Open up header-buddypress.php and at the very bottom of the file, below other code, add:
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Save and upload to theme folder in server in same level as sidebar.php file

You have to add the following to your 13thfloor’s stylesheet:
`#content div.padder {
float: left;
width: 560px;
}`
the above will take the place of #content-area which is not available in BP template files.

Furthermore, you might want to modify the styles included in BP Template Pack, check out the mods used in this page https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/theme-dev-bp-template-pack-walkthrough-twenty-ten-bp-1-5/3/

i’ve never changed the ID of what blog buddypress runs on, but assuming it talks to wordpress the same way as having it on the root blog (which it should, and if it doesn’t it should be reported as a bug) then all your questions are a yes.

1. Yes, activity stream tracks site-wide activity.
2. yes, one username (it doesn’t modify the way WordPress Multisite runs much…)
3. If you are using the bp-default them, then yes it does, if your using another theme then it wont by default. you will have to modify the theme (refer to bp-default theme for how it’s done their)
4. I’ll leave the languages questions to someone else (i dont mess with doing things with different languages)

Have you read https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/

== I’m trying to install buddypress on my custom theme ==

Change to Twenty Ten or Twenty Eleven theme then activate BuddyPress then change to bp-default or your custom theme.

If that doesn’t work, it may be that you need to increase memory https://codex.buddypress.org/troubleshooting/blank-pages/

== So if I use the BuddyPress Template Pack I need to modify a number of templates or modify the header.php, footer.php, and sidebar.php and rename them header-buddypress.php, footer-buddypress.php, and sidebar-buddypress.php. ==

You don’t modify header.php, footer.php and sidebar.php. You copy those files and name the copies as header-buddypress.php, footer-buddypress.php and sidebar-buddypress.php respectively. You only copy and rename copy of such file/s only if you need it/them. And, only the BP template files transferred to your theme folder in server will use them, i.e. your regular WP theme files won’t use those xxxx-buddypress.php files.

== I think I actually only need to modify sidebar-buddypress.php. Do I leave the name of the file sidebar-buddypress.php? . ==

sidebar-buddypress.php will only affect the sidebar of the BP Template files transferred to your WP theme’s folder in server. If there’s no sidebar-buddypress.php, the BP template files will take on your WP theme’s sidebar.php

== I have also considered creating a child theme using my current theme as the parent theme. Would this be a better way to go then editing template files? ==

If your WP theme is actively maintained/updated by theme developer, and contains info that encourages you to build a child theme for your customizations, then do so. Whether you use your WP theme or create a child theme of your WP theme, you would still need to install and activate the BP Template Pack and go through the BP Compatibility Process.

If you have ascertained that you only need to create header-buddypress.php and/or footer-buddypress.php and or sidebar-buddypress.php in Step 3 of the compatibility process, then good for you. When you need to upgrade BP Template Pack plugin later, you won’t have to change anything with either of 3 xxx=buddypress.php files in your theme folder..

== I’m using the Platform theme version 1.4.2 which during installation said was compatible.==

That’s because the theme author tagged the theme “buddypress” which is misleading since the theme may be BP-friendly but it doesn’t contain any BuddyPress templates. You will need to install and activate BP Template Pack plugin and go through the BP Compatibility process to make your WP theme compatible with BuddyPress. https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/

@DJPaul I know you have closed the ticket as won’t fix.

However, I’d invite you to consider this:

I think the functionality that we are after is “conditional” or “nested” fields. i.e. a list of states loading based on country selected.

The data (countries/states/cities/etc) need not necessarily be packaged with BuddyPress….maybe admins can load their own lists via csv etc…what’s important is the BEHAVIOR of the field…loading lists for a sub-field based on the value chosen for a field…

Come to think of it, conditional/nested fields could have many more applications than just addresses.

>> However the index.php file seemed to be a buddypress file
It is the BP Blogs Directory template file. How did it get at the root of your 13th floor theme? I suggest that you get another copy of your 13thfloor theme, and double-check the index.php file which I’m pretty sure won’t be the BP file and re-upload to your theme file in server.

This leads to — could you just make sure first that you have 6 BP template folders – activity, blogs, forums, groups, members, register – transferred into your 13thflor theme folder in server? Check the /blogs/ folder and make sure there’s at least an index.php file there. Have to make sure everything’s in order before we proceed.

https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/customizing-labels-messages-and-urls/
https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/changing-internal-configuration-settings/

Note.

Find bb-config.php file in your server, usually where you will find wp-config.php file

Open it up and double-check database information is correct. Basically, should be the same database info in your wp-config.php file.

If database info is correct, did you enable your Group’s Forum? https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/4/#forums-faqs