Hi, I’m using BuddyPress 1.2.8 with WordPress 3.1.3, and when I use the factory default BuddyPress theme (1.2.7), everything works great 
But, when I activate the BuddyBase theme (a free BuddyPress theme from BuddyBoss), everything works, except for the Activity area. In the Activity area if I try to post an update or reply to any activity items…nothing happens 
I tried to follow what was happening with FireDebug and in Chrome by watching the Network tab, and basically the Post button always calls wp-load.php with some POST variables (obviously an Ajax request to update the activity list). I guess this is supposed to somehow invoke remote Ajax functions in BuddyBase theme PHP files, but it doesn’t appear to be working.
The result coming back from the wp-load.php AJAX calls is always status 200 (OK) with an empty string, no error message, no content…just nothing
As I say, with the default BuddyPress theme it works fine, so it seems pretty clear that the BuddyBase theme isn’t handling the Ajax stuff properly via wp-load.php.
How can I start debugging this? If someone can point me to some kind of flow of operations that gets the Ajax call from wp-load.php to the actual handling functions, maybe I can try to debug and fix this. It may not even be that big a bug…but I don’t know where to start putting some error_log() statements to try and follow the control flow.
How does the wp-load.php connect to the actual Ajax handling functions for Activity updates?
Thanks for any help/pointers. We like the BuddyBase theme, I’d like to fix it and continue using it. This is the only spot where it seems to not work so well.
there is a problem in that avatar so i cant upload my avatar
http://www.cooldesignerdude.com <- the site I'm working on.
I installed buddy press just because I thought it would be kind of cool. However, I have no idea why, but my the /members, /groups, /register, etc. pages created by buddypress don’t follow the CSS at all really. everything is all the way on the left, and not centered.
The theme I used has iffy CSS practice at best, but I like the way it looks/works better than the studio press themes I usually use, but I’m not sure how to get my buddypress pages to line up properly… any help?
Oh, and it looks like /forums won’t allow me to make new topics or posts or anything?
Suggestions, help? thanks! 
I am not developer and I am sufficiently silly to touch code, files, and similar. I have burnt myself several times, but a few times I have resolved things! But I can´t change so my question is: shall I copy the files of the last trunk to the buddypress 1.2.8 folder replacing the old ones and put it live?
@LPH2005 in a post of yours, you seemed to suggest that it is possible to create a universal forum by making changes to a couple of files: loop and forums/index… could you please put out the code once again what needs to be done… would be very very much appreicated.
Ok, correcting my previous assumption – it’s been a long day sorry. So you have a single WP installation with BP activated. Prior to installing BP, you had this PHP signup form which worked in your WP installation. You’ve deleted the PHP signup form and the BP registration form does not show up when you go to http://yoursite.com/register
To troubleshoot whether it’s a BP issue, given above conditions, deactivate all plugins except BuddyPress and change to bp-default theme. I assume that you haven’t changed any internal BP configuration like renaming register to something else, go to http://yoursite.com/register. If that works, then ..
Are you using a WP theme with BP Template Pack plugin for compatibility? Activate both and check registration. If that works, then ..
Activate other plugins one by one to identify which one is messing up with registration page.
@DJPAUL you said in a post “I suggest you disable group forums until the bridge has been built”… could u please let us know how to disable group forums… cause i cant seem to find it?
sidjags
All this should be posted over at plugin’s forums which devs check out regularly
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-album/forum/
If you want it totally separate, then install first WP at domain root – http://yoursite.com. Create a second WP install at say, a physical subdomain – http://community.yoursite.com/ – using same database but different prefix for tables and install BuddyPress there.
== why I do not have the option of Blogs in my component setup ==
Because you need to make it multisite first i.e. create a network https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network
1. Deactivate all plugins including BuddyPress
2. Create the network – if you hit some snags, support forum is at https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite
3. Before installing BP – https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/before-installing/
hello everyone.. found a solution to this.. so thought i’d share it here too.. (i’m posting this in all the different threads out there about the same topic)
If you want a custom set of pics to replace the default buddypress avatars and be assigned by random to members… here goes:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/custom-set-of-avatar-pics/#post-101775
sid
@enderandrew…. hey guys.. i think i found something that should work. If you want a custom set of pics to replace the default buddypress avatars and be assigned by random to members… here goes:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/custom-set-of-avatar-pics/#post-101775
@DoctorDR looks like i’ve found the solution… and i hope everyone out there will find this helpful too.
Problem Statement: I wanted to have a custom set of 10-15 avatars uploaded into a folder, and buddypress would have to pick from any one of these to assign to members(on random) everytime then login if they havent uploaded their pwn profile pic.
Why: Lets say am on the members page, and everyone is displayed over there.. we can get different custom pics rather than just one custom pic.
Solution:
Step#1: Change the settings to “mystery man” in your buddypress backend.
Step#2: Upload pics into a folder in your child theme (i uploaded them into wp-content/themes/default/images/avatars/ ).. my theme name is : default, and in it i made a folder for images, and once again another folder called avatars. now… within avatars i put in 10 pics named the following “1avatar.png”, “2avatar.png”, “3avatar.png”… and so on… till “9avatar.png”
and lastly…
Step #3: Paste the following code in your functions.php child theme (taken from a combination of other sources)
`function myavatar_add_default_avatar( $url )
{
$length=1;
$characters=’123456789′;
$string=”;
for ($p = 0; $p < $length; $p++) {
$string .= $characters[mt_rand(0, strlen($characters))];
}
return get_stylesheet_directory_uri() .’/images/avatars/’.$string.’avatar.png’;
}
add_filter( ‘bp_core_mysteryman_src’, ‘myavatar_add_default_avatar’ );`
and thats it… give it a shot… worked great for me! i hope this helps others too cause i saw a lot of people asking for this to no avail…
Hi Joanquingrech.
You can change any of the labels and messages in BuddyPress to whatever you want by making a customized language file. This article explains what to do: http://wpmu.org/basic-guide-to-creating-a-buddypress-language-file-for-sitewide-label-and-message-editing/
I like thinking of groups as “categories” myself. If you change them to “categories” or “topics” in the language file, then they can be geographical areas, or guilds, or whatever you want.
You can remove “groups” from the menu by creating a custom menu in WordPress that doesn’t have a ‘Groups’ tab.
Normally, users would join the groups themselves by clicking on the “join group” button, but as an admin you can move users around as you want between groups.
I can’t advise you on the theme for the forum appearance. I’m just going to edit the stylesheet myself to set mine up how I want.
cheers,
Clare
i too have been searchin for this since some time now… why is this so hard… cannot believe this has not been addressed by anyone thus far.
Hello, I’m researching buddypress for a small business. I’m curious if the buddypress part of the site and the wordpress part of the site can each have individual log-ins. That way one person is in charge of the site (wordpress), and the other person is in charge of the social networking aspect (buddypress). It’s important the latter can’t change anything with the former). Thank you for your help.
How? please always share how you solved a problem on a open forum as it may help others who come across the thread.
One of the things I’ve been waiting for is for the activity stream to work with post’s custom field images. Many of the themes I work with buddypress rely heavily on custom fields for images and thumbnails. If not, anyone have a lead on how to make it work.
@dubsel, which plugin are you using for your sitewide activities which shows at your sidebar widget? i mean The Wet Activities. it look so cool
You need to set up apache webserver, php programming language and mysql database.
Some people use prepackaged setups such as xampp which include all three of the above.
Personally I prefer to install everything separately.
Either way it is all free.
Afterwards you will probably need to setup email for the above.
Hello iwazaru,
you have to past the code in the: bp-messages-cssjs.php
try this code:
<?php
function messages_add_autocomplete_js() {
global $bp;
// Include the autocomplete JS for composing a message.
if ( $bp->current_component == $bp->messages->slug && ‘compose’ == $bp->current_action ) {
add_action( ‘wp_head’, ‘messages_autocomplete_init_jsblock’ );
wp_enqueue_script( ‘bp-jquery-autocomplete’, BP_PLUGIN_URL . ‘/bp-messages/js/autocomplete/jquery.autocomplete.js’, array( ‘jquery’ ) );
wp_enqueue_script( ‘bp-jquery-autocomplete-fb’, BP_PLUGIN_URL . ‘/bp-messages/js/autocomplete/jquery.autocompletefb.js’ );
wp_enqueue_script( ‘bp-jquery-bgiframe’, BP_PLUGIN_URL . ‘/bp-messages/js/autocomplete/jquery.bgiframe.min.js’ );
wp_enqueue_script( ‘bp-jquery-dimensions’, BP_PLUGIN_URL . ‘/bp-messages/js/autocomplete/jquery.dimensions.js’ );
}
}
add_action( ‘wp’, ‘messages_add_autocomplete_js’, 2 );
function messages_add_autocomplete_css() {
global $bp;
if ( $bp->current_component == $bp->messages->slug && ‘compose’ == $bp->current_action ) {
wp_enqueue_style( ‘bp-messages-autocomplete’, BP_PLUGIN_URL . ‘/bp-messages/css/autocomplete/jquery.autocompletefb.css’ );
wp_print_styles();
}
}
add_action( ‘wp_head’, ‘messages_add_autocomplete_css’ );
function messages_autocomplete_init_jsblock() {
global $bp;
?>
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
var acfb =
jQuery(“ul.first”).autoCompletefb({urlLookup:’root_domain . ‘/wp-load.php’ ?>’});
jQuery(‘#send_message_form’).submit( function() {
var users = document.getElementById(‘send-to-usernames’).className;
document.getElementById(‘send-to-usernames’).value = String(users);
});
});
<?php
}
i you have installed buddypress via a subdomain.
Carsten
Hi,
i have installed buddypress on my hosting space(on the internet) and make a website. now i wanted to run the site in my localhost. but it was very difficult.
how can I run the buddypress backup in my localhost ???
please someone help me….
