Are you using BuddyPress 1.5 – I ask as it would mean checking you are using the template pack for this latest version.
The process for the template pack is if it has file permissions it will put files in correct places – if it doesn’t you do. I assume you went through a manual one (ie; adding in yourself) however it seems perhaps you didn’t put them in the structure they were listed in the pack. / would be in this case the root or bottom folder of your theme ie; themename/
thanks @karmatosed – the other two sites are on default bp theme. while this dennis-the-menace is on a canvas child theme.
It may depend on the theme you are using (some can be a little troublesome over this) but I just did a sanity check on the default 1.5 BuddyPress theme and all is well there with setting the front page as activity stream.
What I did was this:
1. Go to settings > reading
2. Front page displays – select a static page
3. Front page: select activity
Save and should work for you.
I’m a thinking something squiffy is up with either another plugin or theme or browser cache on that one then. It would be using scripting for the drag and drop so perhaps that’s what is sticking.
Did you try using firebug or even the default BuddyPress 1.5 theme with no other plugins and browser cache cleared? Just trying to level the playing field.
That said if it works now you probably can’t test but worth noting for future maybe.
Did you upgrade to BuddyPress 1.5 and use the updated template pack?
@andrewteg, or anyone else that may be able to help. i’ve tried this method, and installed the code verbatim but it’s had no effect on my site.
here’s a group on my site: http://willowbilliards.com/groups/general-discussion-forum/. You can see that it starts you off on the “Home” tab, not the Forum tab which is what I’d like to do.
here’s the code in my /wp-content/plugins/bp-custom.php file: http://pastebin.com/pxCWxeie
here’s the code in my /wp-content/themes/bp-child/functions.php file: http://pastebin.com/Kqyvpe8h (it’s the bottom function).
please advise what’s wrong. thanks!
No, they do different things. You can’t expect BuddyPress to set a bbPress setting, or vice-versa. If you run bbPress 2.0 with the bundled version that comes with BuddyPress, you need a little elbow grease.
Hi !
I want to do the same thing what you defunctlif but i have a problem. I created bp-custom.php file with your settings and put it in buddypress main directory and it doesn’t work 
should i put it somewhere else?
So the page sets in Buddypress conf is useless?
This error is from bbPress, not BuddyPress. I suggest you turn down PHP’s warning level.
I am facing this error in the forum header:
“Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/xxxxxx/public_html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bbpress/bb-includes/backpress/class.wp-taxonomy.php on line 586”.
I did not activated my forum before.
But after I activated it, on only forum head it showing this error.
Please help, I am using default buddypress theme.
Yeah.
I am using BuddyPress template pack, it worked great so far but when i updated to BuddyPress 1.5 and BuddyPress template pack 1.2, 2 things broke..
1) When visiting my settings page in my profile, i just get a broken link, http://www.domain.se/members/jespera/settings/ <—- Doesnt seem to work anymore so cant change email and/or notification anymore.
2) Also, in the activity stream, both sitewide and in the profile, i cant delete any updated in there, there is no delete text in the activity stream items anymore.
3) Have the localisation/text changed in 1.5 compared to the last stable one? After the update just some of the text is translated and the rest is in english.
Upgraded to Buddypress 1.5 and everything seems fine except for the member page. When selecting any of the options under “order by”, the page returns a “sorry, no members were found”.
Clicking on the Members tab in the main menu seems to display all the members correctly, but trying to navigate to a second page of members produces the same “sorry, no members were found”.
Is this a template issue, or something in Buddypress itself?
ElDitcho: Yes, you either need to put the BuddyPress forum directory under a different page name, or change bbPress’ forum to live under a different name.
I’ve failed guys.
I’ve been working on a new game site over at gameboxreviews.com. I was looking into ways to have my future community interact with me. I came across an achievement system known with BuddyPress. My current theme is not “Buddypress ready” and so I attempted to do a manual set up through what is known as BuddyPress Template Pack. I followed the steps to the best of my ability but this is just the part I do not understand at all:
You will need to change the HTML structure in the BuddyPress templates that you copied into your theme to match the structure in your page.php or index.php file. The files that you need to edit are as follows (leave out any folders you have not copied over in step two):
/activity/index.php
/blogs/index.php
/forums/index.php
/groups/index.php
/groups/create.php
/groups/single/home.php
/groups/single/plugins.php
/members/index.php
/members/single/home.php
/members/single/plugins.php
/registration/register.php
My website isn’t aligning as it should. My website is GameBoxReviews.com
Help?
Also there is an alerte message on bbpress settings if my forum pge name is “forums” (i change it to test but the redirection still here) : Possible BuddyPress conflict: Forums page
I have the same problem. BBpress 2.0, BuddyPress 1.5
the Discussion Forums page redirect to my home
Permalink update does’nt change anything
Hi,
WangGuard https://buddypress.org/community/groups/wangguard/ woks fine with BuddyPress 1.5
Regards
@Paul
Not sure what you mean by create profile field dropdown?
I will let the users choose their role on registration (with a dropdown). Then I would like to have a prettier slug in the browser, rather then:
members/anthony
members/higgins
members/miller
have the setup from my first post in this thread.
I would like already in the slug to see that that user is an academic or whatever. It’s not crucial, but it would be a nicer way of browsing (in my eyes at least).
Also when I use the who’s online widget I would like to use it more than once in the sidebar and each instance showing different user roles. Have you got any hints on how to achieve that? Have not played with the widget yet….
S
@tiptap
Hello tiptap,
did you get your different user types/roles in the members slug ever working (as per your thread about different profiles for different user types)? Just before I start something that cannot be accomplished……
If you have I would be glad if you give me some hints or even share some code.
Sascha.
@Paul Gibbs
Ok,
if someone would know I’m sure it would be you! I will not even start fiddling around in core files then….
But, if someone has an idea, I would be glad to hear it.
Can it be put down as a feature request? I think it makes sense to separate users out (if you want to).
Sascha
If you haven’t got a Menu set up for the main navigation, it will default back to the same sort of way that older versions of BuddyPress used. You’ll need to drag the BuddyPress pages into the Menu builder. It should just work 
You can always test adding non-BuddyPress-specific pages to your menu, and check that it appears in your theme. If it doesn’t, maybe we need to check which theme you’re using.
Also make sure you have assigned a page to the forums component. Under the BuddyPress admin menu is a link called pages.
No can’t see anything on my profile. Isn’t it supposed to be visible at:
https://buddypress.org/community/members/systemaddict/forums/
Perhaps this is also why I can’t edit anything that I’ve created?
