You can do all that when you transform your single WP into a multisite installation by creating a network with subdomain structure https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network
Multisite support forum – https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite
“same content” – if you mean that each user has a portfolio page, or about me page, a contact us page, etc. this can be achieved by creating a custom theme which you can designate as the default theme for each new subsite created by your members.
Create a network/go multisite before installing BuddyPress plugin if you want to add social networking features – https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/before-installing/
@aces thanks for the link to create a network 
@flynn basic troubleshooting – deactivate all plugins except BuddyPress and change to bp-default theme. In all probability, your users can create groups. Then activate plugins one by one and then your custom theme (if any) to see which one causes the group creation hiccup.
Now Ive really gone and shot the pooch!! Was trying to work on Registration problems and read in a forum to re-install BP now my pages say this…
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 77824 bytes) in /xxxx/xxx07/xxx/xxxxxx/dubgolf/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bbpress/bb-includes/backpress/class.wp-taxonomy.php on line 664
Hello,
I am looking for a way to “replicate” (that term is misunderstood so much so I hope to explain it) a wordpress site. Please let me know if any of the plugins shown here at buddypress will do what I am trying to accomplish.
1. I have a single wordpress site. i.e. http://www.MyAmazingSite.com (not really the domain name but just for example)
2. I want to be able to signup members so they can use this same site but have a sub domain name to it. It would bring up the SAME content as the parent site (www.MyAmazingSite.com) but would show that members unique name, email or whatever I (Super Admin) choose to have show up on the page.
Example: A member signs up and chooses the Member ID they want to use and the site is automatically created and activated after payment confirmation. http://TheirID.MyAmazingSite.com.
Another member signs up and does the same.. http://SecondMemberID.MyAmazingSite.com
NOTE: This is not replicating the same site for each member where there are now 3 separate sites or content for each member but each member is using the SAME content but with certain areas on the site/pages that are customizable for the member.
3. In addition, I would want to give each member who signs up a page where they can place their own portfolio (picture and story).
Is this possible? If so, how?
If you want further clarification you can see an example of what I have done with an html site using outdated Perl. That is why I am wanting to use WordPress. Go to: http://www.getstartersite.com and click on the video to see how it works there. I want to do the same with this WordPress site using whatever plugins or customization is required.
IN ADDITION:
I would like each member to be able to use the plugin for WordPress called ContactMe and MailChimp. So when a visitor comes to the first members site http://TheirID.MyAmazingSite.com and fills out a contact form that information is sent to that members ContactMe account OR MailChimp account as well as an email sent to the member notifying them of the request.
If a visitor comes to the other members site at http://SecondMemberId.MyAmazingSite.com and fill out a contact form that information would go to the SecondMembers account etc.
Is this possible with your plugins? If so, how?
Basically I am trying to offer a network marketing site. I will create the sites and offer it to our members to use to promote their opportunity or product.
Thanks for your help.
Ron Holt
If you can control memory through .htaccess then I recommend adding `php_value memory_limit 128M` .. or some other value …
For what it’s worth, I recently tried using mod_php (with XCache and W3 Total Cache, no object caching or minifying) and everything worked except the Activity stream. PHP 5.2 FastCGI seems to be the go, for me, to keep things happy.
You might start out small. Install BuddyPress and enable just the activity stream; disable everything else. Make sure that the theme css works well with the activity stream. You’ll need to install the BuddyPress template pack. After you are satisfied with the activity stream then change WP install to multi-site. You’ll want to lock it down so that you control creation of blogs – so that you don’t have to deal with splogs. Once you have that working then you can add a few other BP features – private messaging, etc.
Do you have a link to where you are installing or is this a local test installation?
This is the process I use for installing fresh copies of WP and BP.
Install WP
Change .htaccess to increase memory size and redirect to www
Login to admin panel
Set Permalinks
Go to /wp-admin/plugin-install.php — search for buddypress and install
Set theme
Go to /wp-admin/plugin-install.php – search for buddypress template pack
Install BP pack
Go to wp-admin/admin.php?page=bp-general-settings and save settings
Go to wp-admin/admin.php?page=bp-component-setup and save settings
Go to wp-admin/admin.php?page=bb-forums-setup and setup forums
Create Group
Create Forum
Create Test post
Please understand that bbPress, bbPress plugin, bbPress BuddyPress are all different products.
@Bowromir Hello Bowe, tried to reach you on BP-Tricks, but thought I’d try you here.
Or if anyone has any hints on how to make this possible please let me know…
We started working with External Member Blogs, and now looking to extend it in a good way.
I was wondering if we can associate feeds with a certain group or category – kind of how Digg member feeds work (they require you to choose a category). We would like members to choose a group or category where all feeds would post in. Please let me know if this is possible, something you may consider working on, or some hints on how we could work on it from here.
Thanks for your good assist with this.
Also, if anyone is up for working on some other savvy feed ideas
please contact me and let me know the best way to keep in touch.
– Jeff – Jeff@Vybee.com
Hello,
I’m 2 days in trying to simply get the “forums” to do anything other than
a: create a 500 error for the dashboard
b: actually create a forum (that otherwise says it’s installed correctly)
I’ve tried installing bbpress and buddypress in different orders – still breaks the dashboard
I’ve tried just installing the forum via the dashboard that comes with buddypress?
WP 3.1.2 and 3.1.3
All it does is break the dashboard. I can whip up a completely fresh install on a number of domains at my leisure, so i’m looking for specific versions of each to try as so this works.
Otherwise seems out of the box with the configuration in the instructions this just does not work.
I’m well versed in hacking apart open source platforms. However out of the box with the default themes, the best i can do is get buddypress working with a 404 where the forum should be. bbpress just breaks things – stand alone install v doesn’t do anything at all buddypress install…
ey everyone,
Having some trouble with creating groups. I, as suer admin, can create groups no problem. When a user (or my user-level debug account) try to create a great it goes to step one, but then almost instantly redirects back to the root url http://wyoelearning.org
I’m using WP 3.1.3, and BP 1.2.8
Other plugins include:
Wiki (from WPMU Dev)
Jet Event System for BuddyPress
CubePoints Buddypress Integration
Buddypress Sitewide activity widget
BP-Album+
BuddyPress Group Email Subscription
Simple:Press
CubePoints
Buddypress Widget Pack
BuddyPress Links
Buddypress Humanity
Any help on this would be much appreciated, as you can imagine this is a serious problem :S
update–
it seems that standard users are also unable to edit the wiki. Makes me wonder if it’s permissions based, anyone have any thoughts?
@djpaul – here’s the .htaccess. 2 users needed their real URLs right away, so we have 301 redirects for them until this fix is solved. Could that be the issue?
# BEGIN WordPress
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
# END WordPress
redirect 301 /a/kc /members/username1/
redirect 301 /a/liam /members/username2/
redirect 301 /kc /members/username1/
redirect 301 /liam /members/username2
Hi friends, im runing buddypress on my website. Before I had the top bar that comes by default and I notify every time that someone mentioned. Now im installed BuddyPress Sliding Login Panel: http://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-sliding-login-panel/ and this not show number of notifications. Only gives the possibility to see the notifications, but does not display a message with the number of new notifications. as I do it?
I knew why you would do it but how will you eliminate duplicate content between members and unique items in the search engines? Use robots.txt:
User-agent: *
Disallow: /members/
EDIT: @gregfielding has similar problem “Help with redirect for root profile change” that I didn’t tell him.
@mikey3D – the site is for a workplace, and they want their business cards to read “site.com/realname”, where realname = username. The advantage is totally cosmetic, but desired nonetheless.
@djpaul – I know it ought to work, that’s what’s so frustrating. Do you think it’s a cache issue, and if I just wait a bit after applying the change they’ll catch up? I saw some other threads that say this fix doesn’t work in WP 3.1+, but other threads that say it does work in all versions, so I’m stumped.
Thanks!
Remember that Buddypress is in essence simply a plugin that requires a WP install to run on thus you have a blog the main WP blog, there is no option as such for it it exists either on the front page or as mercime points out is moved to another page in the static front page scenario.
try having a read of this guide and following the steps outlined and then if you get stuck someone will help you along.
https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/bp-template-pack-walkthrough-level-easy-2/
I want to integrate my Theme into buddypress…I have “Instyle” Theme from Elegant themes…and want to integrate the theme with buddypress!
My index.php file from the theme :
http://pastebin.com/T0Rv0Uk7
My page.php from the theme:
http://pastebin.com/z3JdvEun
i have to copy this index.php matter into all the files mentioned in the installion wizard of Bp template pack?…or have too use brains editing those?
@triznic have you tried to work on what I posted above?
get_sidebar appears in footer.php for the intrepidity theme https://themes.svn.wordpress.org/intrepidity/1.5.1/footer.php so following the structure of your theme onto the activity/index.php file, you don’t add any get_sidebar calls in the other BP template files
WP started out primarily as a blogging tool.
The default home page for BuddyPress using the bp-default theme is the blog index page like you see at http://testbp.org/
If you want a static page in front page and have a “blog” link read https://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page
i will check it out thanks pc
@katemgilbert
Is there a reason why you need to change the URL profile member’s link? There is no advantage what you really want.
i had the same issue, theres a plugin that solved it for me. its called
Custom Profile Filters for BuddyPress
and its by
Boone Gorges
hope it works for you like it did me.
