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Im using the WP my depressive theme which i have modified and having issues with Buddypress. When I checked the compatible themes it was not one of them but i did indicate in activation of buddypress for custom theme. can anyone tell me if this could b the issue. is bp actually not compatable .

I hear this all the time from everyone from “stupid users” to professional colleagues with 10+ years of experience in web design and UX. And I have to admit that they are right. Even I, as someone who has used BP and installed it for clients for almost 2 years, sometimes find myself on a BuddyPress site and am confused or unsure about where I am or where to post something. The Buddyvents site is a good example. It took me a long time to wrap my head around where I should be posting bug reports and feature requests… which aggravated Boris to no end (LOL… sorry Boris). I kept posting in the feed instead of the forums. And I wasn’t a member of the proper groups in order to be doing forums postings. But I didn’t know that etc. If a veteran BP user can get so confused, imagine how a newbie feels?

I think some of the main points of confusion are:

– The concept of Forums being tied to Groups (no one “gets” this)
– The serious disconnect between commenting on a blog post or forum topic in the feed vs. in the original
– @mentions (99% of users are like… WTH is that?)

Overall I think there are a number of modules (groups, forums, feed, blogging) that just don’t integrate well and there’s just too much going on. I’m just curious if these UX issues are something the team is concerned about and working on. I think BuddyPress is fantastic but I think it really needs to be streamlined and simplified and could benefit GREATLY from some simple low-cost user testing.

Hi I am using the Andy Peatling Extrernal Groups plug-in however, items for the rss feeds seem to show up multiple times and I cant seem to get them to go away – I looked over this thread but couldnt figure out how to fix the issue

http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/external-group-blogs-bug/

I have searched all day, I give up. I am trying to do a simple edit on the blog comments area.

I am running WP 3.0.1 and BP 1.2.7 and child theme My BuddyPress 1.0

The line that I am working on is:

<?php printf( __('You must be logged in to post a comment.’, ‘buddypress’), wp_login_url( get_permalink() ) ); ?>

I have located a bunch of comment files but the one I believe that I should be editting is:
wp-content/plugins/bubbypress/bp-themes/bp-default/comments.php

I have tried editting comments.php through the backend editor also, I have completely deleted the line that I am trying to edit and its still there so I figure I must be in the wrong place.

I did find this line in a different place earlier this morning but deleting the line there didn’t help either, I don’t remember where that was now, these are the only two places that have the line.

I’m sure its simple and I have probably thought too hard and too long, to find it now. Can you tell I’m an amateur?

Any ideas? Thanks in advance

I am starting to play with buddypress and believe it may resolve some of my requirements. But I have some questions about how we could use it effectively with WordPress.

We already have a WP site, it uses a theme that is very good but not BP friendly. Most of the site is general purpose available to anyone, there’s just a bit that isn’t. The requirements are these:
….a) members can log-in
….b) members & non-members can book events and get the relevant price i.e. non-meber & membership
….c) non-members can purchase membership (and compete al relevant data)
….d) members can maintain their details
….e) perform various other membership activities supported by BP

So I was wondering if we could retain our current site, using the theme we took so much care to choose, then when someone wants to join or maintain their membership details link to another site with the buddypress functionality. But how would we sync the two?

Any advice about how best to satisfy our requirements but still retain our selected WP theme?

many thanks…………………….. liz

p.s. probably completely wrong in terms of etiquette but I did post this originally in teh WordPress & Buddypress group but no response and it is on a few mebers so I thought this group was a better bet. Apologies if I have broken any rules by doing this.

I want to move the main navigation menu down in the theme BuddyPress Default 1.2.7. Can anyone tell me where in CSS this is located. I can’t seem to pinpoint it.

Thanks!

So I have a woothemes theme. I want to add on Buddypress to enhance the user experience. I can either upgrade my theme to be Buddypress compatible or it gives me the option to install one of the Buddypress themes. Will installing a buddypress theme affect the site already have? Or will doing so just keep my current wootheme and content as is, but then once the user goes to the Buddypress area of the site, the theme will be the buddypress theme?

Thanks for your time!