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It’s only a matter of switching up a few functions and hooks to relocate where the menus are, so it can satisfy just about anyone’s needs.

If you have other plugins that rely on BuddyPress being installed, then this is a bigger project for you than just upgrading BP. Since a lot of the functions and their locations have changed from 1.0 to 1.1, lots of the plugins needed to be upgraded as well.

What I would recommend is deactivating all of your plugins, deactivating BP. Upgrade BP. Make sure everything works okay with just WPMU and BP installed, and then step through each other plugin one by one and upgrade them if they need it, or activate them and see what’s conflicting.

I’m having the same problem. I will provide as MUCH information as I can per the list.

Website here: http://test.risdarchitecture.net

I’ve moved the BP themes to the wp-content/themes directory.

This is the third clean install of WPMU and BP (including new SQL database, etc).

I host with 1and1, so I’ve had to add a .htaccess file to the root directory to change to php5.

1. Which version of WPMU are you running? WordPress MU 2.8.4

2. Did you install WPMU as a directory or subdomain install? Directory

3. If a directory install, is it in root or in a subdirectory? It is in the root, however the root URL itself is a subdirectory.

4. Did you upgraded from a previous version of WPMU? If so, from which version? No.

5. Was WPMU functioning properly before installing/upgrading BuddyPress? Yes.

6. Which version of BuddyPress (BP) are you running? Version 1.1.2

7. Did you upgraded from a previous version of BP? If so, from which version? No.

8. Do you have any plugins other than BuddyPress installed and activated? No.

9. Are you using the standard BuddyPress themes or customized themes? Yes.

10. Have you modified the core files in any way? No.

11. Do you have any custom functions in bp-custom.php? No.

12. If running bbPress, which version? Or did your BuddyPress install come with a copy of bbPress built-in? BP came with an install of bbPress installed (I think).

13. Please provide a list of any errors in your server’s log files. My site is hosted by 1and1. I don’t think they provide log files.

Please help! I’ve read and read this forum and there doesn’t seem to be a definitive solution anywhere.

hi

You can use the existing/stand alone bbpress instllation.

from the backend buddypress->forum setup->use existing bbpress installtion.

Now if you have installed the buddypress on the root domain,and you want the url

yoursite.com/forums for standalone bbpress forum,You will have to make some changes.

Since with bp 1.1 yoursite.com/forums is used as the forum directory, you need to change that forum slug or install bbpress at some other url,say yoursite.com/some-forum

You are welcome.

I am not sure about the fatal error(as it should not appear).

Since the Buddypress menu is available in the admin now,It seems the plugin got activated.

try following

1.rename the wp-content/bp-themes directory to something else[as you upgraded from 1.0.3 which used old theme architecture]

2.copy the themes bp-sn-parent and bp-default from buddypress/bp-themes to wp-content/themes

Go to site back end.Enable the themes and activate the bp-default.hopefully,It will be working.

hi,seems there have some files partially present in your plugins directory.

try using FTP and deleting the buddypress folder inside plugins.Then try manually uploading the buddypress (using FTP to avoid any partial download issues) and activating it.

Let us know,how it goes.

@Erich:

This is kind of diverting from the original topic, but what I meant in your ticket is BuddyPress forums are powered by BuddyPress groups.

So you can’t really have “threaded forums” without having “threaded groups” or some way to organize and categorize groups, which currently doesn’t exist.

If you’re just talking about displaying the forums vertically, that’s possible via CSS.

Hope that makes sense…

Yes, it is on the roadmap:

BuddyPress 1.3 (TBD) / Wire: “In-line replies to messages”.

I have asked for “threaded” items many times in this Forum, but it seems WP-guys do not like “threaded” things (besides P2-theme)……

https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/1068

@RAY

I do not understand the comments you have made within above mentioned TRAC-ticket.

Just have a look at the link within this TRAC-ticket; there you will see a threaded Forum which works very nice and intuitive…..

DJPaul – I fear you are wrong – this is EVERYTHING to do with buddyPress – BP KILLS WPMU themes when that pig of a 1960’s ice cream parlour decor known as bp-sn-parent and it’s cantankerous child bp-default take over the entire site.

The plugin “Default Blog Templates” is available from the WPMU Plugins repository but the “bluddypress” default theme also kills the settings in that, and takes control of the blog admin pages too, such that saved drafts cannot be previewed and the top left button to “visit site” simply returns the user back to the blog admin dashboard.

I don’t know if this is specific to just v1.1.2 on WPMU 2.8.4a but it’s getting closer to a rip-out and ditch for BP for me. At least WPMU was working and ready for custom development before BP went in.

If I set a forum in a hiddend BuddyPress group it will be hidden in BBPress too?.

@sacom, not necessarily.

Look into Burt Adsit’s bp Groups plugin:

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bpgroups/

This is what I’m using on BP < 1.1 (yeah I know I got to play catch-up!)

I’m not sure how compatible it is with BP 1.1+…

Hey Marcus,

Check out a cool plugin by Sandra Petronic that does what you want it to do:

http://devbox.computec.de/2009/09/buddypress-activity-comments-plugin/

Discussion thread here:

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/activity-comments-plugin

Hope that helps!

tcesco, I recently ported over a version of the more general bbPress attachments plugin by _ck_: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/forum-attachments-for-buddypress/. The downside is that I haven’t yet gotten inline images to work, which means that people can upload and download images but they don’t appear as images in the posts (just downloadable file links). Thus it might not work for your purpose, but it’s worth a look.

Yes, you are right.

Buddypress allows you to integrate an standalone bbpress installation.To have full control,Install bbpress separately and Integrate it to buddypress.

You will have your buddypress groups with forums enabled with bbpress,as well as the standalone bbpress forum accessible.