Hey guys,
This code works perfectly, just insert the code into your theme’s function.php file.
http://www.mikevanwinkle.com/wordpress/wordpress-hack-turning-off-buddypress-notifications-by-default/
Enjoy!
Also having this problem. Been playing with solutions…err, attempted solutions. No luck. It’s odd.
Thanks for posting back here. I’m sure it will help others who would like to go this route.
Marking this as resolved then 
Never mind, I figured out how to do this correctly. For anyone else that finds this thread and is interested here ya go (everything laid out):
Full Instructions:
http://wpmututorials.com/news/new-features/multiple-buddypress-social-networks/
Plugins:
Install Networks+ or WP Multi Network
http://wpebooks.com/networks/
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-multi-network/
Then install BP Multi Network – Upload bp-multi-network.php to /wp-content/mu-plugins
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-multi-network/
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-multi-network/
Threads:
http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/buddypress-on-all-blogs#post-160736
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Steps:
• Create your second WP network with Networks+ / WP Multi Network
• Activate BP on the sub network and go through the installation wizard
• For forums you need to tweak your bb-config.php a bit (this only applies to those using the BP Group Forums option)
*Also, the answer to my original question is no you don’t need:
define ( ‘BP_ENABLE_MULTIBLOG’, true );
…unless you want to show the SAME BP profiles on EVERY SINGLE BLOG.
Never mind, I figured out how to do this correctly. For anyone else that finds this thread and is interested here ya go (everything laid out):
Full Instructions:
http://wpmututorials.com/news/new-features/multiple-buddypress-social-networks/
Plugins:
Install Networks+ or WP Multi Network
http://wpebooks.com/networks/
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-multi-network/
Then install BP Multi Network – Upload bp-multi-network.php to /wp-content/mu-plugins
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-multi-network/
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-multi-network/
Threads:
http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/buddypress-on-all-blogs#post-160736
Steps:
• Create your second WP network with Networks+ / WP Multi Network
• Activate BP on the sub network and go through the installation wizard
• For forums you need to tweak your bb-config.php a bit (this only applies to those using the BP Group Forums option)
Many thanks for the info, I’ll take a look at that.
NW
CDN = Content Delivery Network. A place where you upload static files like CSS JavaScript images and anything elses a page would request. This will allow fewer http requests to your server and CDNs make copies of files across globe so clients accessing file will get it fast as it’s closer.
Amazon has S3 CDN or you could simply use DropBox. Other options are header caching for longer periods forcing browser to download copies and keeping them locally.
Most of the WordPress cache plugins work with BuddyPress but youhave to pay attention to the dynamic nature of activity streams / forum posts. You can cache these areas but it should only be for like 30 seconds. But that’s only necessary for sites with thousands if users.
I want to set up BP Multi Network and Networks+ plugins with BuddyPress 1.5 to create multiple BuddyPress social networks within my main network. All the instructions are clear on this page http://wpmututorials.com/news/new-features/multiple-buddypress-social-networks, but one question to anyone else who has this setup, do I need to still have:
define ( ‘BP_ENABLE_MULTIBLOG’, true );
in wp-config still? My existing setup is this:
1. WordPress 3.2.1 with multisite enabled
2. Two child test sites
3. BuddyPress 1.5 installed on main root site using define ( ‘BP_ENABLE_MULTIBLOG’, true );
4. Professional Domain Mapping plugin installed
5. Mingle BuddyPress theme by Parallelus
Is there anything I should know before installing / using BP Multi Network and Networks+ before installing (like will I still need to run the BuddyPress installation wizard a second time on my new child network / child blog since it’s already installed on the main root site)?
Thanks!
Thanks, have looked at cache pugins before, but struggled to find one that anyone recommended. Some seem positively bad. What’s a CDN?
Neill W
BuddyPress will run slower than a basic WordPress because you are using more db/server info with each page refresh. Anything than can to enhance a WordPress install will help BuddyPress. Use a cache plugin, not run many plugins and use a theme that doesn’t require as many files. You could use a CDN to offset server hits to static files.
Loving the whole concept of Buddypress, but having installed itmy site is now running considerably more slowly. Are there any particular issues I should be looking at to restore some of the lost speed and, indeed, does Buddypress put a higher load on my server?
Running WordPress 3.2.1 on a Media Temple DV server.
Best regards
Neill W
First, you should enable registration in admin dashboard menu Settings > General
Capture more data from user by adding more profile fields. See Extended Profile fields https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/configure-buddypress-components/
Hi,
I’m considering using BuddyPress for a social image board like website. Basically what I want is a front-page that has user uploads displayed in tumblr-like style and a system for rating/voting “pending” uploads which will be pushed to the front-page. Is such a thing possible and what plugins are already available that would help me do this?
Thanks so much,
Sylvester
OK, there is a plugin called Network+ that actually allows you to have multiple multisite networks within the main multisite network. Each of these sub networks could have its own BuddyPress network on it, essentially creating multiple BuddyPress social networks.
There is some configuration needed to a certain file plus the plugin setup and install and it seems just a tad complicated (although by the look of it, I could certainly manage it and I will try this if all else fails).
But my other question was, would another method of achieving what I want be to simply keep the one BuddyPress social network (without the above nested sub-network solution) and then somehow hide certain BuddyPress groups on my sub-blogs so that only the people who signed up through that particular blog would only see the groups I wanted them to see for that particular blog.
Does that make sense?
In other words, let’s say I have my main root site A with BP installed. I also have sub-site B and sub-site C, which obviously share the same BP network as site A. I then create three BP groups associated with my sites called group A, group B, and group C. Now normally, regardless of whether a user signed up through site A, B, or C, they would all see groups A, B, and C on their groups page after logging in.
But what if there was a way to simply hide them? For example, if user John Smith had originally signed up through site B, then John Smith would only see group B on his groups page (because I hid groups A and C from him).
Is this possible? Granted, it’s not a true separation, but if no one is never presented with a link to “cross over” to another site’s group, then would that method work?
@pollyplummer Hi ! This looks great but unfortunately I’m not able to use it on my site. If the Friends component is disabled, the plugin will exit with errors of calling unregistered functions (which is logic). I tried to add some validations myself:“ but the site didn’t load, only the background. Could you take a look at this ?
Thanks !
@peterbujok – Turn down your PHP warning level. It should not be showing such minor notices on the front end of the site.
The plugin does pretty much what you are looking for.
You should heed the warnings that @mercime points out. They are important. If you run the plugin on a production site without heeding the warnings, you’ll be in no position to complain if something goes wrong.
That said, why don’t you just install it and test?
Hi,
I am a new user of BuddyPress.
First, I congratulate with the developers since the BuddyPress Default theme is wonderful.
I created a child theme of it to customize it.
I need to customize the navigation menu.
Please could you tell me how to hide Activity and Groups pages from the navigation menu in the header?
I just need to hide them now, and later on I would like to make them visible again.
Thanks,
Andrea
Where should I add the js functions ? I think the modifications are working without them anyway 
I had to change some variables in order to get the right nicenames (@username). Thanks for the code !
Hey, when seeing an user profile I have a button that says “Public message” and it takes me to my activity feed with the post-form including his @username to mention him/her.
I’d like to know how to get the same functionallity that bp.org has (a post-form below the user’s profile).
Could anyone help me ?
Thanks !
@inhouse unfortunately I don’t have a solution yet , I am not a programmer , my abitilty is only to read different forums be able to get info from them and to play with codes they provide me 
, PHP is very strange language for me yet, categorize members and groups is one of my priority requests , I hoped that with latest 1.5 version will be possible to do more and that somebody will come out with some interesteing plugin or even better code, but it seems that not too many people needs to categorize members & groups directories
Mercime,
Thank you. Excellent post recommendation on Forum Configurations.
Still looking for location of bbPress DATABASE to back-up. Any ideas?
MikeTime360
