think about this (as per message from Andy):
So far the BuddyPress default theme updates have taken the CSS down from 2800 (!) lines to 800. JS from 1400 to 600.
I have tinymce with fairly minimal options enabled on a current site but it’s very very hacky code. I’m planning on turning it into a plugin (along with some filters to sort out the raw html problem) but if something else becomes available before I get round to doing it, the lazy part of me is more than happy :p
If there’s going to be a dev version of it available to work on soon then it would be pretty pointless to start work on a theme based on the old “bp-classic” theme. I have no problems with Andy not putting it into trunk this weekend (though of course I wouldn’t complain if he did) but in regards to creating plugins/themes/etc, I’d far prefer to work on the basis of what will be the future of BuddyPress rather than the past.
It really depends on the improvements being rolled in, really. I can’t really say until I look at the code.
Not for buddypress, no. But there is an old plugin that did something like this in the backend of MU. look for xiando’s social networking pack.
I can never get the cool designs in my head to work out on the screen. 
So I’m setting out to bp other themes.
If five years is your goal – buddypress have be stable enough and have enough plugins to do all that.. but if you are concerned about wasting the last three months with BP, then I would have to side with you on the time wasting part.. I have spent a good chunk of time trying to use BP hoping to do the things it was supposed to do by dec 2008, a year later we still don’t have the basic functionality that was touted here.. The last post I read about photo albums was that it is no longer even on the drawing board (or something like that)..
You could save a few years of time by using boonex’s dolphin, or phpfox.. even some of the cheap tube scripts available today have all of the functionality that I believe you are looking for, right now.
This was previously discussed here: https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/buddypress-codex-down
So, members should have already been aware that there are some issues with Codex being down
Oh well, that’s ok then, never mind telling us users
@ Andrea: If a newer and better version of a theme which you will base your work off is coming out soon, wouldn’t you rather wait than making the theme right away?
Seeing what has changed from the old buddypress parent theme and the new one, you might as well call it a redo.
If you have buddypress activated, you should use the “/register” page of buddypress.
Yes, we are aware but thank you for letting us know
Guess the topic starter is in luck.
@ nexia: Haha, agreed. I make my themes myself so never have the urge too use other peoples work.
(darn stupid internet making me do a double post)
If we have themes based on the current default (which I understood was still going to hang around as “classic”) would we really have to “re-do” a whole new theme? Really?
I don’t mean a child theme per se, because a child theme of the current default could just have it’s parent template name changed, if the original one is changed. That’s a simple fix.
So… if I built a new theme based on the current default’s elements, and it’s staying around, I don’t see yet how it;s not going to work, you know? I can see maybe missing out on any new features, but that;’s a long way from needing to completely redo themes (like last time…).
I’m working on this one in particular, but it’s in my free spare time.
Then I’ll have to delay my themes till january as well, I’m not going to build my themes so that I’ll have to redo them when the new theme is out.
as per Andys comment at testbp.org :
quote on new BP-default theme:
It wont be too long. I am working on this, it will more than likely be checked in on Monday or Tuesday. It will still need work done on it though even after that.
quotes on BP 1.2:
Signs currently point to late January for 1.2, but I will be able to say more accurately when a beta is released. This theme will be checked into trunk next week so you can start looking at it then. There will be more updates and changes, but hopefully nothing too drastic.
It is not going to be before Christmas, there is still much left to do and there needs to be at least a few weeks of beta testing. I would say January is looking more likely. It was going to be December before I decided it was important to change the theme for 1.2. That has bumped it back.
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You should use the buddypress “/register” page rather than the wpmu “/wp-signup.php”.
So this page.
Second the post of D Cartwright, I’ve been refreshing the trac every few hours to check if the theme is in there yet. Can’t wait to get crackin’ with it.
Bpdev (nicola) is a bit behind with development, as far as I know. But he’s been active again lately so it might work again with the buddypress 1.2 release.
I’m planning on getting this to work with my bbpress forum and inline blog editor. Don’t really need to load that huge wysiwyg editor from wordpress admin.
If I’m correct, that theme is a child theme so it doesn’t necessarily need a index.php because it uses the index.php from the parent theme if the child theme doesnt have a index.php.
@ fritzthecat: The avenue theme is made by a buddypress user and not by the core developers. So if it doesn’t work, don’t blame buddypress.
