That’s a good question… lol
Originally I installed BP 1.2 and used the template pack to get my WP theme working. I customized the html in the files within the theme/sirup/groups folder.
Then I upgraded to 1.5 and stuff broke. I have moved over all (i think) of the folders/files where I didn’t make changes to the theme root from the bp-default as per: https://codex.buddypress.org/releases/1-5-developer-and-designer-information/#theme
So I figured I had better make a real child theme which really just entailed adding the definition in the style.css.
I am worried I am making my problems more complex though…
An answer to why this is happening would be great….
My BuddyPress Pages look terrible.
They do not even look like a regular page.
How can I fix this? WHat do I need to to do?
@abutterworth Please clarify – are you using
a) child theme of bp-default (your custom child theme or from WP repo or other third party child theme) or
b) child theme of sirup theme you posted above (that’s why you activated BP Template Pack?)
Are you using BuddyPress 1.5?
Hi, I have the same issue. I have done all the steps leading up to this point except the second part of these instructions..
“2. Alternatively, you may find it easier to make copies of your theme’s header.php, sidebar.php and footer.php and rename them to header-buddypress.php, sidebar-buddypress.php, and footer-buddypress.php.
Then you can alter the structure of these new template files (header-buddypress.php, sidebar-buddypress.php, and footer-buddypress.php) to resemble your theme’s page.php (or index.php).”
I tried to follow the instructions listed above but these instructions appear to be slightly different from what’s in my .php files. Please help. I don’t know what it means to “alter the structure of these new template files ( ) to resemble your theme’s page .php.” or how to do it.
The site is http://mybridalstuff.com, Please please help.
Oh, and also, when logging back in after I’ve rolled back to 1.2.10, Full Names are restored as the default display name across the site.
thanks for your reply. however, i’ve got the most updated version of BP. 
any other ideas?
i’m having this problem too! i deactivated the easy albums plug-in but am now getting this msg: wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/_inc/ajax.php on line 81 and my site isn’t even loading!
HELP! and Thanks!
I’m having this same issue as well, sort of. I upgraded my production site to 1.5, since all worked well with my test installation. Upon upgrade, all Full Name fields were replaced with the data from the usernames field. So, usernames are displayed in place of the Full Name in the member header as well as the profile section. Only after reading jorge’s issues did I attempt to change the field names.
What’s odd is that in the activity stream, new entries retain the Full Name while replies to entries display the username – even when a user is replying to their own activity. I’ve tried rolling back to 1.2.10 – just the buddypress plugin itself, not the whole database – but the problem persists. Any ideas devs? @boonebgorges @djpaul
@modemlooper I would like to know the answer to this as well – regarding the left sidebar issue…
Thx
I got this same message:
“The plugin generated 1 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.”
Suggested for version 1.6 (eligible for 1.5.1 if someone contributes a patch):
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3627
I – since I upgraded – everytime I try to reactivate the BP template pack i get this error:
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bp_dtheme_ajax_querystring() (previously declared in /home/resource/public_html/dev/wp-content/themes/sirup/_inc/ajax.php:17) in /home/resource/public_html/dev/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/_inc/ajax.php on line 81
I had some problems previously with ajax not working and read that I should copy the ajax.php to my theme folder which I did and it worked… but now this. Do I need the template pack activated anymore?
@modemlooper do you know what template files I can mix to get the buddypress pages working on twentyeleven, basically it’s the same thing template pack does, but having buddypress template pages for buddypress content only?
@r-a-y can you help with that? 
I have had a few problems with the recent upgrade to BuddyPress 1.5.
I’m using a child theme of the bp-default theme, but since the update my site’s appearance has changed slightly. Columns widths were altered, the search bar was displaced, and the site title was scooted to the edge of the page.
I can fix these problems easily enough, but do I need to somehow update my child theme to be compatible with BP 1.5?
Also, I was using the file bp-custom.php to remove auto-links from my members’ profile pages. It doesn’t work anymore, though.
Does BP still support the removal of auto-links? And if so, how can I make the file work again?
Any suggestions or answers would be greatly appreciated.
Background:
I am using wordpress version
I am using buddypress version 1.5
This happens when I use the defualt theme
I have permalinks enabled.
Working on a fresh(ish) install of both wordpress and buddypress, only other plugin running is jetpack.
I’ve installed buddypress and for the most part it’s working fine, but the final hurdle is getting the forums to work. site.com/members and every other page works fine, but mysite.com/forums redirect to the homepage.
However, when I delete the pages associated with forums, I can access the forums from the front end, but am told in the back end that “The following active BuddyPress Components do not have associated WordPress Pages: Discussion Forums”. The minute I create the page and associate it with the forums, it stops working in the front end, when navigating to my site.com/forums I get the message: The forums component has not been set up yet. Again, deleting this page from the pages backend makes the forums accessible from the front end.
And when the page is tied to the forums, it stops appearing in the menu. When it’s not tied, it appears in the menu but links to a normal page and not the forums.
Also, when I go to buddypress > forum set up, there is still the option to install forums, even though I already have. I can click on the install new link but it tells me I already installed it. Installing from existing doesn’t work either as it can’t find the config file in the root. Not sure if this is standard behaviour.
Any advice on how to get this working would be much appreciated. If it would help I can set up an admin account for someone if they let me know their email.
Much appreciated
There’s no captcha and logic human tests in BuddyPress. You must have added a plugin which needs to be updated to be compatible with BP 1.5
@mercime The site is hosted in worldstream.nl and for server i think it’s CentOS Linux 5.6 and if it’s not then i don’t really know.
Where are you hosted? Are you on windows server or elsewhere?
Change to bp-default theme. Looks like your current theme needs to be updated.
@stephenetta Thanks for reporting back what the issue was
@bakelady, got hungry just looking at those cake confections
@modemlooper I see them now in BuddyPress queue.
@aaron524 hi i’m having the same problem as well and this only happens when my site has around 80 visitors on it, but when no one except for me is on it then it loads fast. @djpaul mind telling me why this is happening because i really want to setup buddypress for my site to make it community base.
Check this link: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/installing-buddypress/forum/topic/buddypress-1-5-using-too-much-resource/ to see some of my server stats that i posted up. One more thing that i forgot to mention, mySQL database is only 36MB.
sigh. i found the culprit! there was ONE MORE buddypress plugin that wasn’t disabled (easy albums) and after i deactivated it and enabled the the bp-default theme it worked.
thanks all!
