hi all just installed BuddyPress but I can not install bbPress in BuddyPress.
In order to integrate bbPress into my WordPress/BuddyPress site, I need to use the “Forum Setup” option under the BuddyPress panel in the WordPress admin area. When I attempted to use the option offered to me labeled “Use an existing bbPress installation” I am asked for the location of my bb-config.php file. When I put in the path, I get this message:
“The bb-config.php file was not found at that location, please try again.”
I have tried using the path from the root of my server with and without using the actual bb-config.php file name.
I have tried using the absolute path using my domain name with and without the file name above and with and without the “.www” in the path.
I cannot think of any more possible ways to direct my site to know where bb-config.php is located. I can see it on the server and can open it. Nothing I can see is out of place.
Hello Paul,
Thank you for the purpose, I’m very sorry to disturb you but I have just installed BuddyPress and I don’t have any idea to make that. What’s the code for customizing the loop placed in members/index.php ? How can I know the ID of the value of the gender field ?
Thanks.
@mercime I did, thank you for the advise!
Hello,
I would like the members directory display all male users if the logged in user is a female, and all female users if the logged in user is a male. Is there a way to make that with BuddyPress ?
Thank you !
Which theme? Do non-BuddyPress widgets work? Have you tried removing the BuddyPress widgets from the widget area, and adding them again?
My footer.php and sidebar.php are both being called and displaying however the widgets are missing and not displaying….Please help?
I can’t seem to get the widgets to show up in my footer and sidebar on the buddypress pages. The Widgets show up on every other page and the files are being called and displaying but with out widgets… Please help. Thanks
It’s safe to place the code in wp-config.php.
@donmcint go to dashboard menu Appearance > Header > Change image and background color there.
@lunaix you should post at plugin dev’s site with details about your install – might be some conflict with another plugin or theme or something else, Tested the plugin on BP 1.3-bleeding and later in BP 1.2.9/WP 3.2.1 and it’s working great.
@careercreatrix Before there was WP Multisite, there was WPMU(multi-user) a long story https://wordpress.org/news/2010/06/thelonious/
== 1) Do i have to “create a group” in order for people to be able to join my discussion forum? I just want one plain old discussion board, with multiple topics. ==
Yes, at this time you would have to create a group and be a member of that group in order to post forum topics. If you only want the forums without the social networking feature, bbPress the plugin is in beta3 https://bbpress.org/blog/
== 2) It says you have to have registration enabled, so people can register. How do I make sure it’s enabled? ==
Go to dashboard Settings menu > General > Membership – check “Anyone Can Register”
== there isn’t a “Create a Group” tab when I click on “Groups” in the top bar, ==
You will find the “Create a Group” link if you go to your site’s /groups/ directory, it was never included in BP Admin Bar. So if your WP is installed in domain root i.e. http://yoursite.com/, you go to http://yoursite.com/groups. Beside the page title, Groups Directory, you’ll find the link to create a group in the bp-default theme. Or, you can go directly to the URL
http://yoursite.com/groups/create/step/group-details/ – replace yoursite.com with your domain name.
on this page: http://www.emmastangl.com/forums/
It looks like you have a group, and just need to start creating forums…
@christophg I have my math worked out, and the basic structure summarized. I’m going to start the heavy lifting this upcoming week and hope to test by next week. I’l let you know how I make out. If all goes well, I will then study up on how to make this a plugin.
I solved it! But I dont know if this is safe:
I placed only the define groups directly after the line
define(‘WPLANG’, ”);
in wp-config.php
Safe?
update: i was running the previous version of buddypress. then i attempted to update BP and now my entire site is down with a fatal error. (bp-links-core.php on line 704)
Yes that is the right place for the buddypress, but you have to get bbPress standalone version 1.0.3 instead of the plugin version.
Are you still on WP V.3.1.4 and Buddypress V1.2.8 or have you upgraded? Change to bp-default theme and see if same behavior applies.
Hi Boone,
I download BP 1.3 trunk from https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk.
Is it the right place to get the nightly release?
Thanks for the reply.
@djsix, first time I’ve heard about IE saving the day for BP user, cool 
Are you running WP 3.2.1 and BP 1.2.9? WP 3.2.1 fixes JS problem in WP 3.2.
Change to bp-default theme. I believe @modemlooper will be updating bp-columns theme come BP 1.3
wp-includes/registration.php has been deprecated since version WP 3.1. What WP/BP versions are you on then? Plugin or theme conflict. Deactivate all plugins except BuddyPress and change to bp-default theme.
@Tammie Lister
Of course, sorry about the lack of information.
Website: http://www.doghousegamer.com
The theme I’m using is PlatformPro and we haven’t upgraded too WordPress 3.2.1 as some of the plugins (ie. the login bar) don’t work with 3.2.1 yet.
Thanks,
Jono Bradley
How did you get the BP trunk? Did you download it via svn?
Having the Public, Private, and Hidden options are great, but for my needs all groups would be “private” so I need to both make that the default and then remove these settings.
Looking through all of the buddypress privacy threads, I couldn’t find anything that addressed this.
Thanks!
