Solved!!!
unregister_sidebar() keys off the sidebar id. I assumed this to be the same argument as name. It is not. However, the BuddyPress parent theme does not set sidebar id’s. So how to unregister? Codex reveals that when no id is explicitly set, the id’s default to sidebar-1, sidebar-2, sidebar-3… etc. So the code to unregister the “third-section” sidebar (for instance) is as follows (in functions.php of your child theme).
<?php
function remove_sidebar() {
unregister_sidebar('sidebar-3');
}
add_action( 'admin_init', 'remove_sidebar');
?>
Thanks for that link Jeff. Good to know. I have to agree that the first time I saw “Blog” and “Blogs” in the navigation… I was confused. I’m sure that many users would continue to be confused for some time. So maybe “News” and “Blogs” or whatever would be a good option for some sites. Neat that it’s so easy to change this via the wp-config file.
Now if I could just solve my problem of renaming / unregistering buddypress’ sidebars (without hacking the parent) 
you can ADD optimized for buddypress – your name
Just a question, I edited a few WP themes to work with buddypress 1.1 what do you guys put as the author? It’s someone else design but it’s your hard work making it work with buddypress. If you guys are going forward can I help?
Works for me.
8. Do you have any plugins other than BuddyPress installed and activated? Yes
Try disabling all of these as a test.
@Jeff Sayre
I’ve posted a new topic, and changed my user name.
You get used to it after awhile. It’s more of a slight nuisance than anything else. I just wanted to make sure that people don’t think that they will have the same issue when they’re using BuddyPress.
I’m sure it will be difficult to track down. Since this site is using multiple servers, it could be caused by anyone of the machines, perhaps even an issue with HyperDB–although I have not seen any reports on that.
I’ll get to the bottom of this blank page issue at some point, it’s impossible to track down.
Blog = the main BuddyPress Admin site blog
Blogs = links / a listing of all your users’ blogs (include the admin blog)
So, if you decide not to offer blogs to your users, you can still use the main site blog (admin blog) to disperse information–just as is done here on BuddyPress.org
If you want to name the “Blog” slug something different, see this article:
https://buddypress.org/blog/how-to/customizable-slugs-in-buddypress/
If you build themes, upload them to the WordPress theme directory and tag them “buddypress”. They will show up on this site once approved.
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Danf, I’ll do it as a plugin I guess. I’m making the theme for the site I need this functionality at the moment and after that I’ll start on the plugin. I’ve done a fair bit of regular old WP stuff, but no MU or BuddyPress to date, so it might still be a little while until it’s ready for release. Are you interested in helping me test it, when I get to that stage?
BuddyPress does run on WordPress MU, you know 
It’s the main blog.
If you think you have found bugs, please list then on the BuddyPress bug tracker. Link back here for discussion, but most people aren’t going to trawl through the forums looking for bugs to report.
well basically…buddypress is best option for learning….
students learn -> write a blog on that
those who wants to learn -> reads those posts.
any problems -> comments or forums are there..
groups are used to classified users…
its the easiest way to do
I thought we would use..buddypress.org and wordpress for theme hostings
Yup …. that was the idea…So why wait lets start… it will help us developing themes so that noobs can get a better design
Just a quick reminder, if you go forward with this idea and create a separate BP-designers’ website, that you need to follow the BuddyPress domain policy.
great idea !
everybody know something about design and usability – collaboratively we will be more efficient and have a better output than everybody is cooking his own soup.
No need to bother Andy & Team with Theme-questions….. they should clearly focus on code-hacking
Found the Problem I was using the bpPicture Album plugin for BuddyPress by Manoj Kumar. I deleted the plugin problem solved. Thanks for the help guys
The blank page when posting or clicking a link is a known issue with the servers that run BuddyPress.org. It has nothing to do with the BuddyPress code.
Refreshing your browser (sometimes multiple times is required) solves the issue.
@Colorful tones
You seem to be having a few issues getting BP installed and working properly. Please start a new thread so we can better help you. When doing so, answer these questions in the first post of that new thread.
With regards to this issue:
Has anybody else noticed that this site Buddypress.org is not working too? When I log in and go to any of the links in the top admin bar they all re-direct me to the front page.
Although you do not technically have a space in your username, you have a dash, this thread may provide some insight. Did you sign up using a space between “Colorful” and “tones”?
https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/when-logged-in-to-buddypressorg-some-links-do-not-work#post-13743
I’m sure that within the next few years there will be a ton of BuddyPress themes out there. It’s just too new right now. 1.1 just came out last week. But it’ll happen. Just look at the millions of WordPress themes out there. And all those theme developers can “hit the ground running” with BuddyPress. Especially with 1.1… which is much simpler to theme than 1.0. Doing a BuddyPress theme is basically the same as doing a WordPress theme… just with more templates (Profile, Directories, Site Activity, etc.).
Also, it’s only natural that the first few themes available will be pretty simple re-workings of the default. Again… I think it’s just a matter of time before we start seeing really different high quality themes… like with WordPress. Elgg on the other hand will probably never had any good themes because it’s next to impossible to theme. Every Elgg theme I’ve ever seen is just a simple (ugly) re-work of the ugly default. That won’t be the case with BuddyPress.
There is only one official site for BuddyPress discussion and that is this site.
bp-dev.org is a private site run by one of our moderators–Nicola Greco. He started it after he personally created several, early plugins for BuddyPress. I believe it served as an early plugin repository before BuddyPress plugins were hosted on WordPress.org.
