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@athimm – Thanks for the clarification. Have you done a “tail” on your apache error log? Mine is showing this:

[Sat Jun 04 08:46:13 2011] [error] [client 24.234.182.233] File does not exist: /vol/sites/neoncon.com/dev/groups, referer: http://dev.neoncon.com/groups/
[Sat Jun 04 08:46:21 2011] [error] [client 24.234.182.233] File does not exist: /vol/sites/neoncon.com/dev/groups, referer: http://dev.neoncon.com/groups/create/step/group-details/

@hnla its only working on the profile page… but not in the other pages… any idea how to get it to work on all pages?

https://buddypress.org/community/groups/miscellaneous/forum/topic/how-can-i-change-the-text-visit-blog-to-somthing-other-like-visit-post-or-watch-news-in-buddypress-blogs-page#post-89386 is a technique for changing the odd word, but for more intensive changes it might be better to change the language file: https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/customizing-labels-messages-and-urls/#poedit
For some language issues (slugs), the following might be useful: https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/changing-internal-configuration-settings/

It’s some problems we have been having at buddypress.org, it’s happened to me as well. I think JJJ is upgrading some things on the site.

That’s not the issue he is having. It’s with the avatar and the textarea is colliding.

Find this line in your `wp-content/themes/fishbook-buddypress-buddypack/style.css`

`div.ac-reply-avatar img {
border: 2px solid #FFFFFF !important;`

Add this to the bottom:

`width: 33px;
height: 33px;
}`

@Scotty501

The problem doesn’t look like it’s the image; rather, there doesn’t seem to be a large enough margin to the left of the comment div. Look for the following in your theme’s style.css file:
`div.activity-comments form div.ac-reply-content`
Add this and adjust to taste:
`margin-left:50px;`

To add to the activity stream you call
`
bp_activity_add(array(
‘action’ => ‘I did something awesome’,
‘content’ => ‘more content heret’,
‘component’ => ‘your component’,
‘type’ => ‘activity_thing’
));`

If you are calling this from a plug-in, the function that contains this call needs to be hooked into bp_init

Here is a full description of your options from bp-activity.php
`
$defaults = array(
‘id’ => false, // Pass an existing activity ID to update an existing entry.

‘action’ => ”, // The activity action – e.g. “Jon Doe posted an update”
‘content’ => ”, // Optional: The content of the activity item e.g. “BuddyPress is awesome guys!”

‘component’ => false, // The name/ID of the component e.g. groups, profile, mycomponent
‘type’ => false, // The activity type e.g. activity_update, profile_updated
‘primary_link’ => ”, // Optional: The primary URL for this item in RSS feeds (defaults to activity permalink)

‘user_id’ => $bp->loggedin_user->id, // Optional: The user to record the activity for, can be false if this activity is not for a user.
‘item_id’ => false, // Optional: The ID of the specific item being recorded, e.g. a blog_id
‘secondary_item_id’ => false, // Optional: A second ID used to further filter e.g. a comment_id
‘recorded_time’ => bp_core_current_time(), // The GMT time that this activity was recorded
‘hide_sitewide’ => false // Should this be hidden on the sitewide activity stream?
);`

Matt,

Yes and No. I have two sites using the Q&A plugin from WPMU Dev. This plugin works great except buddypress integration is not present. If I recall correctly, the dev wrote interest in adding integration (sorry, I cannot find that link). The plugin is quite good.

Another approach is to use a Q&A theme and the BP template pack. I did this prior to switching to the plugin. In this case the integration was fine because the WP posts went to the activity stream.

Hope this helps.

Hi, I run RiotCart Just wanted to pop in and say that I’m no longer using the BP groups component for anything but a private group/forum for my vendors. If you’d like to see the working parts of the site (which is in the midst of an overhaul, so be kind), you can do so here: http://www.riotcart.com

I personally think that WordPress is a great platform for running an online shop, and have set up many standalone ecommerce sites for individual crafters using it in conjunction with my personal favorite shopping cart plugin, eShop. This is actually what led to the idea for RiotCart, which is more of a venue for crafters to set up a shop/site in the RC network, rather than a shop in itself. The only thing that RC sells is the monthly shop hosting terms. We use Buddypress more for the shoppers themselves, as it gave me a starting point from which I’ve implimented a p2p feedback system, a “wishlist” feature, and more. I’ve tried offering members the BP groups several different times, and the concept never seems to take off.

@Boone I am using the BP templates as installed in my theme by the new Template Pack. I haven’t amended them.

All I have done is
1. install BP,
2. install template pack,
3. run through BP compatability
4. Create a group
5. as another user, go to mydomain/groups

Where I would expect to see a link to ‘Join Group’ I get nothing.

This is a fresh install of WP 3.1.3 using twentyten with BP 1.2.8 and template Pack 1.1.1 as the only active plugins. Groups are enabled and the group is Public.

First of all, please keep the bp-default theme where you found it – in buddypress/bp-themes folder, delete the bp-default theme you uploaded to wp-content/themes folder. If you want to use the theme, you should create a child theme instead https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/

== I could not update the categories in my own blog, nor access the posts through my dashboard ==

BuddyPress doesn’t cause this strange behavior, but other plugins could have done so. Deactivate all other plugins except BuddyPress