Is there a step by step guide, 100% on setting up the site wide and group forums? I love BuddyPress but I find myself using other community software because every time I install buddypress I get stuck at the Forums setup.
It seems to be getting easier and the installations are better BUT once again I can not get my forum to work.
Is there a GUIDE or MANUAL to install these groups / forums that explains exactly what needs to be done?
Hi mercime ~ thank you
I put : http://socraticmama.com/feed/ into the Google Reader subscription box & your solution works perfectly, but it doesn’t solve the problem for those who now newly subscribe to SocraticMama. The problem is I will have to tell each new subscriber to enter http://socraticmama.com/feed/ manually into Google Reader. Is there any way to have my RSS feed, not my sitewide activity, as the automatic default for Google Reader?
Another poster had the same problem 6 months ago & a solution was provided by Mikey3D, but I don’t know how to apply the solution in my case:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/trouble-with-google-reader-and-sitewide-activity/
I can’t match it to the advice given by Mikey3D. This is because the terms ‘Blog Posts RSS Feed’ & ‘Blog Posts Atom Feed’ are not in my header.php ~ see here:
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="; charset=" />
<title></title>
<link rel="pingback" href="" />
<?php
if ( is_singular() && bp_is_blog_page() && get_option( 'thread_comments' ) )
wp_enqueue_script( 'comment-reply' );
wp_head();
?>
<body id="bp-default">
<div id="header">
<div id="search-bar">
<div class="padder">
<h1 id="logo"><a href="" title=""></a></h1>
<form action="" method="post" id="search-form">
<label for="search-terms" class="accessibly-hidden"></label>
<input type="text" id="search-terms" name="search-terms" value="" />
<input type="submit" name="search-submit" id="search-submit" value="" />
</form><!-- #search-form -->
</div><!-- .padder -->
</div><!-- #search-bar -->
<div id="navigation">
false, 'menu_id' => 'nav', 'theme_location' => 'primary', 'fallback_cb' => 'bp_dtheme_main_nav' ) ); ?>
</div>
</div><!-- #header -->
<div id="container">
Using the WordPress 3.2.1 and Buddypress 1.5.1 with default BuddyPress theme. I am also using the multiple groups forums
Hi all,
I have a big problem with the compatibility of BuddyPress with my Professional Theme by Elegant Themes.
Here are two links:
http://musikwelten.net/activity/
http://musikwelten.net/members/guest/settings/general
First link:The content isn’t quite contained in the Div container. However I don’t find any way to fix this.
Second link:
User: Guest
PW: guest
It’s the Settings Page. I think you see what’s going wrong there. The content is contained three times.
How do I fix that?
EDIT – Please do not post large blocks of code here. Use pastebin.com. I have transferred all to pastebin — mercime
Here is the page.php Code of the Theme: http://pastebin.com/mq8rLDK4
Here is the code of the first link: index.php of activity: http://pastebin.com/XV4Q8Q81
Here is the Code of the second link. general.php of settings:http://pastebin.com/zZFW09Ky
I hope you can help me with this. I don’t get further there.
Greetings
I’d think @svenl77 and @konradS will be able to help you out.
It works!! Thank you so much!! 
@jsibley I understand your concern.
For those who are new: whether to install BP 1.5 or not – I recommend installing this version rather than older version. BP 1.5 is a major update with a lot of bug fixes and new features. There was a list compiled by volunteers around the time BP 1.5 was launched https://codex.buddypress.org/releases/1-5-plugin-compatibility/ The list needs to be updated but clicking on most the links of the specific plugins will bring you to the plugin pages where you can see if these have been updated to latest WP/BP versions.
For those with older BP installs: whether or not to upgrade to BP 1.5.
This is a similar question that many Site/Super Admins have asked themselves or regular/multisite WP installs. Should they upgrade to the latest version of WordPress or not because they are dependent on WP plugins which have not been upgraded? Sometimes the Admins wait for the plugin to be upgraded before upgrading to latest WP version if they are assured such plugin will be upgraded. More often, Admins upgrade to latest WP version and find alternative plugin and/or sometimes paying for a premium plugin and/or updating the plugin themselves. Those are the realities in open-source software.
@junglejinge just checked your site. A style in your theme’s style.css has wrought havoc with the avatar of individual member/group e.g. http://www.meetinbradford.org/groups/over-50s/
Add this to your stylesheet to override aforementioned
`div#item-header img.avatar {
float: left !important;
position: relative !important;
}`
Add also the following to your stylesheet to delete the list style showing up in members/groups list
`ul#members-list, ul#groups-list {
list-style-type: none;
margin-left: 0;
}`
Add additional styles to taste.
Platform is *supposed* to have BuddyPress support, so I looked at the CSS route via Firebug. Sure enough, some minor tweaks “lifted up” your sidebar to where it’s supposed to be.
Add this to your stylesheet to lift up the sidebar.:
`#buddypress-page #content {
float: left;
width: 600px;
}`
If you want to bring in the BP elements that extend the horizontal border, etc, add following to stylesheet as well to start:
`#buddypress-page #content .padder div.pagination { margin: -20px 0px 0 !important; }
#buddypress-page .item-list li { padding: 1em 0 !important; }
div.item-list-tabs { margin: 25px 0 20px !important; }
div#subnav.item-list-tabs { margin: -15px 0 15px !important; }
ul#members-list, ul#groups-list { list-style-type: none; margin-left: 0; }`
Add other styles to taste.
If the above solution works for you, please close the WP.org forum post as resolved. Cheers.
I realize that we are depending on the kindness of strangers, but regular updates and some idea of timelines would be helpful.
It seems like there is a bit of a vicious circle. The forum we use to ask questions about buddypress and report problems gives a poor impression of buddypress (despite the clear hard work of volunteers) and makes it hard to find and track answers. I guess the answer, for those who can wait, is to wait until more plugins and and the forum are fixed?
For those who are new and want to use plugins, and those who use plugins and haven’t upgraded yet perhaps it is unwise to install 1.5 until there is more progress?
Is there a common buddypress way for support of multi-valued profile fields?
For example, how could I support an attribute `colors_i_like` with
values a subset of `{‘red’, ‘green’, ‘blue’, ‘yellow’}`?
I’m a BP newbie just getting my feet wet in this awesome piece of software!
I installed the Platform theme of PageLines and installed the Buddypress plugin as well. Now, if I go to the pages of Buddypress on my website, the Sidebar is pushed down. It’s being showed underneath the content of Buddypress. Check http://www.voetbalspecialisten.nl/community/leden/ for example and you’ll know what I mean.
How can I fix this?
@mercime
You can find my page.php here: http://pastebin.com/pdGbF9XB
And my index.php here: http://pastebin.com/vSjvxDed
Thanks for your help!
@boonebgorges sure. You don’t happen to have a patch for this? It is a pretty severe issue – as site links, written in ugly format, stop working. So, anybody upgrading to 1.5, with front page = Activity has a major problem. thanks!
I am using buddypress and s2member (free version) to create an online dating website. While I am able to get the date of birth to display, I am not able to get the profile page to display the person’s/user’s age. This will be an essential search feature. This plugin appears to be exactly what I’m looking for, just need to understand how to do this. Please keep in mind that I am not a developer. Also, s2member free version will not allow me to create a pulldown menu for the date of birth so I am using the Buddypress profile feature to do this.
I am trying to uninstall the group forums an keep only the site-wide forums. But the Group Forums Comes up all the time.
I have uninstalled it from the Buddypress>forums page plenty of times. Still Group Forum does not dissapear.
Hi,
I’ve just installed Buddypress on my site. I’ve followed the instructions upto step 3.
Now I downloaded the index.php from the activity folder and changed the HTML structure to match my theme’s structure. I reuploaded and refreshed the activity page, however the change is not visible.
Also when I look at the code the change is not visible. I hope I’m making the changes to the right file.
I’m working on the following path
wp-content/themes/[themename]/activity/index.php
Where could I be going wrong?
Hi,
I’ve just installed Buddypress on my site. I’ve followed the instructions upto step 3.
Now I downloaded the index.php from the activity folder and changed the HTML structure to match my theme’s structure. I reuploaded and refreshed the activity page, however the change is not visible.
Also when I look at the code the change is not visible. I hope I’m making the changes to the right file.
I’m working on the following path
wp-content/themes/[themename]/activity/index.php
Where could I be going wrong?
Hello,just have one problem with my buddypress site.I have custom community 1.8.2. theme.When I write post like this in group ,there is no view and delete links.I can’t delete posts I write.Did I miss something in options or is a bug problem?
Set which blog ID BuddyPress will run on, add the following to your wp-config.php file
`define ( ‘BP_ROOT_BLOG’, $blog_id );`
replace $blog_id with the ID# of the subsite, e.g. 7
https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/changing-internal-configuration-settings/
If you have WP Multisite, you will only see BuddyPress menu in Network Admin area.
After adding where you want BP to run in subsite in wp-config.php (if you’re installing BP in domain root, you do not need to add anything in wp-config.php), activate BuddyPress and go through the Installation Wizard https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/setting-up-a-new-installation/buddypress-1-5-installation-wizard/
You could post in WP.org forums for that plugin as to why it’s causing that issue with BuddyPress. In the meantime, if you need sample content for your site, you could download test data which the WordPress Theme Review Team use to check out themes submitted to the WP Theme Repository https://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Unit_Test
As far as I know, changes are being done in the backend of BuddyPress.org. No timeline for completion, as people responsible are working hard on BuddyPress plugin bug fixes and compatibility with next version of bbPress and with upcoming WP 3.3 which is top priority. Thank you for your patience.
Would it be possible to have an update on the transition of this website? I have seen a few mentions that there is a redesign going on, but no details. Is there an end in sight for the next version? Also, would it be possible to share some of the enhancements to expect? Thanks.
Anyone have any ideas on this? I know that BuddyPress is having issues and all, but this seems to be becoming a problem for some people.
