Ok, i just chose use existing installation and its the correct address. But I still dont see ANY forum options to add the forums and etc. Do I have to have a plugin in the mu-plugins or something?
hmmmm…..wait did I skrew up by not putting /buddypress into /MU-Plugins ?? I placed it in /plugins.
Yeah, i manually installed it seperately.
Hey Vividbreeze,
What are you trying to do?
I’m guessing you want to use BuddyPress’ embedded bbPress forums like this:
http://testbp.org/forums
If so, go into your WPMU admin area, and under “BuddyPress > Forums setup” and select ““Set up a new bbPress installation”.
If you’re trying to integrate a separate bbPress install, reply back and let us know.
Just tried out Mingle and I’m very impressed with it, especially at the fact that it’s such a young plugin.
Mingle’s activity stream and commenting is the way BuddyPress should have done it.
I’ve never understood why status updates and the wire are considered separate.
Mingle also has basic out-of-the-box privacy features so you can choose if your profile is visible to your friends only or to the public.
The author of the plugin is Blair Williams, who has also made the excellent Pretty Link plugin.
No sitewide activity stream, pretty permalink support for user profiles, private messages support, or groups, but that’s understandable.
So far I like Mingle because it’s simple and I hope it stays that way.
It’s not enough to jump ship from BP, but it’s definitely a plugin to keep an eye on.
Though I’m all for BuddyPress, IMO I think it’s cool that there’s a developer who took the time to create a social networking tool for single WP, even knowing that BuddyPress will be available for single WP with the coming merge. There’s room for the Mingle plugin in the large WP community base.
I’ve tested it on one of my single WP installs, it’s working great and theming was a no brainer 
It has its limitations (compared to BP) and not perfected at this time, but for those who just want the basic features, its the best SN for single WP users. As for using “BuddyPress” tag to promote the plugin, I say it’s all good marketing since it is ala-buddypress the easy way.
Having said that, we don’t know how long the Mingle developer will continue supporting the plugin. But then, same goes for other plugins in the WP repository, someone could also take up on developing the plugin after original developer drops it. Or, someone could create another plugin like Mingle and BuddyPress … GPL and all
The person who submitted the plugin simpyl put social network, buddypress etc in his tags to life on the success of our beloved BuddyPress 
.. No way to fix it I think.. If you want a list of BP only plugins just look on this site:
https://buddypress.org/extend/plugins/
Probably only if you are seeing segfault errors or something like that in your web server/php/mysql error logs
@dj paul
I noticed a message in phpmyadmin. I asked my host and they replied:
Hi,
This notice (below) means nothing, and will not cause any problems:
“Your PHP MySQL library version 5.1.30 differs from your MySQL server version 5.0.67. This may cause unpredictable behavior
Could this be your point no.3?
Other things stopping the DB tables being run is some sort of warning or error with PHP – often either a memory limit, CPU limitation, a problem with the web server itself, bad code or corrupt file.
1) Memory limit problem often reveals itself with “failed to allocate” in the apache/php error logs.
2) People have had mixed success running WPMU/BP on virtual hosted servers; I suppose it depends on the company you are using. If such an outside influence stopped activity *part way* through the BuddyPress installation, then you’d end up with a corrupt install. As a rule of thumb, avoid virtual hosted servers for WPMU/BP.
3) I’m a *unix man as far as web servers go, so I can’t talk for Windows. If you see “segfault” errors in WPMU/BP for Apache (or similar), you’ve probably got a library or versioning conflict — i.e. incompatibility between specific versions of PHP and MySQL, for example. These are really tricky to figure out what’s causing the problem, but if you’ve recently installed a new version of your web server/mysql/php etc, this could be why.
4) Bad code or corrupt file – how is everyone in this thread installing BuddyPress? Via the automatic plugin installer? If so, try to FTP files up to your server – or better yet, SSH and use a shell to install the files yourself.
DB tables not being created is an odd one. On a pristine, virgin WPMU setup, when installing BuddyPress and clicking ‘activate sitewide’ (or whatever it is) in the admin plugin page, it obviously tells WPMU to load this plugin on each page load from then on.
What BuddyPress does as soon as it is included (i.e. when the admin page reloads itself to show you that the ‘plugin has been activated’ successfully), is check to see if certain values exist in the wp_sitemeta DB table – i.e. bp-activity-db-version, bp-core-db-version and so on. If those aren’t set, then the SQL is run to create the database tables.
As an aside, this is what people run into when they delete the BuddyPress plugin files and DB tables in an attempt to “reinstall” BuddyPress – the tables are never recreated because those database records in wp_sitemeta still exist (so BuddyPress thinks it is still installed). Bit of a long shot but none of you have done this?
please provide more details
https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/when-asking-for-support
Hopefully,It will help us to solve the issue.
Hi,
@djpaul – sorry didn’t mean to be giving bad advice just trying to give a heads up to a possible symptom/solution for frustrated folks to investigate.
the symptoms of my problem were the same as outlined in the initial post. My operating setup seems very similar to @kkemenczy and @duna1921
(On the logic that every server setup is different – which I appreciate is true, everyone seeking help – even on the same problem would need to start a dedicated forum topic?)
I have been searching for a solution for weeks – following all the advice from many threads on these and other forums. I have re-installed many times, checked .htaccess, php.ini memory, ensured mod_rewrite is working… just trying to help by posting my findings.
Thank you DJPaul,
I have deleted and reinstalled both WPMU and buddypress about 8 times over the past 3 days and I get the same problem.
I have gone through this thread and think the problem is not different.
I am only looking for a solution that works.
Thank you.
@John James Jacoby
Thanks for the link. As I said in my case one and one are not my webhost. My server is running PHP 5 and php memory had been boosted up to a limit of 64. Previous versions of wp and buddypress had been installed on this domain without incident.
If it wasn’t obvious, for every person who reports a problem, we need this information. Saying that you have the “same problem” is possible but unlikely.
If BP didn’t create its tables on activation, delete everything and try again — in a totally clean database (if only for testing purposes) with new files. Jeff’s elaborated on this point above. Something must have done to stop the install scripts running correctly; either a mistake on your part or an error on your server. Quite possibly if you are trying to use WPMU/BP on a virtual hosted server, you are going to quickly exceed memory and execution limits.
Manually installing the BuddyPress tables is only putting a band-aid over whatever the source of your original problem is; most likely that problem will bite you later.
Hi all,
I am also having the same problem and I am short on time with my project. I told my client I could offer him a better site for his money, and I am stuck with this problem. I have checked my database and cant find any tables for buddypress there. It is a fresh install of BP 1.1.2 on WPMU 2.8.5.2. I have tried the htaccess modifications – no change. I have reinstalled both WPMU and buddypress severally with the same problem of blank page. My webhost is hostforweb.
@chrisk2020 I was wondering how I could get to install the database manually. I don’t have a previous install.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
Thank you for the continued support by the buddypress dev team and everyone in this forum.
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I’ll have that fixed in the next release
By default, the BP packaged theme is a child theme that uses the “bp-sn-parent” theme for the homepage, but you can always override it by copy and pasting home.php over to your child theme.
In this case, you would copy home.php from “bp-sn-parent” over to “bp-default” to override it.
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If you’re starting from scratch, I would make a copy of the “bp-default” directory, rename the folder and start experimenting.
More info here:
https://codex.buddypress.org/how-to-guides/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/
Hope I didn’t confuse you!
Yeah, nevermind, I found the thread. Shoot me for being impatient and not being a responsible forum participant. Sorry!!
https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/class-wp_widget-not-found#post-20083
I will be using a pre-made WP theme, and modify some stuff..no need to re-invent the wheel here, since -like you said- content is more important.. That will be the main focus and not the looks (although we all love clean and nice design!)
preachur, keep the $20 and save it for the next guy.
I appreciate the generous offer, but get yourself a latte and some lunch. The BuddyPress support forums will always be free. 
cool idea Bowe !
go ahead, but just do not spend too much time in creating a theme for it.
The most important thing is good and correct tutorials & content in regards to this.
Definitely, marketing-tips would be very valuable.
good discussion…nothing resolved, but sometimes it’s best to just throw it around…
gs
