BuddyPress.org

Also, consider that because BuddyPress uses WordPressMU which is compatible with most of the normal WordPress plugins out there, you have an existing free library of pretailored website features and upgrades that jump-start your development time.

On a large scale, using plugins like HyperDB and donncha’s cache plugin can help manage server load… Consider that wordpress.com uses a codebase very similar to WPMU to manage millions of users and blogs and activity, and it’s easy to see that WordPress is capable of handling a ton of pages and data… BuddyPress also now powers the http://profiles.wordpress.org pages too, so you can see how it handles tens of thousands of users there as well.

Don’t install BuddyPress until tomorrow, when 1.1 comes out. I’m updating the docs so a lot of things will be broken/out of sync until then.

In your wp-config.php add the line:

define( ‘BP_DISABLE_ADMIN_BAR’, true );

Yeah, I used this tutorial instead: http://theeasybutton.com/blog/2009/07/17/integrating-buddypress-wordpress-mu-and-bbpress/

Bear in mind that I am not very skilled at BP/WPMU/bbP, so my answer to your previous question could be wrong !

1) What is “Activate avatar” e-mail? I’ve never heard it nor seen it on any of my bp installs so far.

2) maybe you need to reinstall buddypress. Or use 1.1 rc for better usability.

3) Global configuration option to enable/disable self user account deletion is introduced from 1.1. Are you sure you are running 1.0.3, as it doesn’t even offer you such option. Users can just click to delete.

4) You can simply delete those functions from theme files, or maybe better hack available. Check for sticky posts.

We have a lot of information with quite a lot of user experiences posted here.

Read the document first.

https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/setting-up-a-new-installation/

Your install seems clean install, but you should also read this sticky topic.

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/upgrading-to-1111-beta

You’ve figured how to post on this forum, it shouldn’t be difficult to find documents and extra information (searching, etc.), right?

btw, you are right about link missing. We need to call Andy here.

@JS I would be glad to see a glimpse of your project ?

Nice ! Thanks !

Peterverkooijen: I’ll be reworking the schema in 1.2, interested to hear your ideas.

although not an actual plugin, amember can integrate with the front end of buddypress and wpmu. So I don’t think it should be so easily discarded. If you explored it more I think you would be impressed at how well it can integrate and provide a much more stable and feature rich membership package.

But agreed, if it has to be a wpmu plugin then it won’t work for you.

Ps- I don’t work work for amember

@socialpreneur, I did not post the original question, just a follow-up question. Anyway I want to be sure I’m trying membership plugins that actually work with Buddypress, so I’d like to hear what people have to say on this forum.

Buddypress is great, but how member/profile data is stored in the database is a mess.

Nice. Just what I need about right now.

“low development activity on WP MU in general” – the WPMU folks have been on fire lately, not sure what slow dev universe you speak of. I second Jeff’s comments.

As for some of the features you speak of, a simple cruise through Andy’s http://testbp.org would answer those questions. Compared to the mind-numbing admin work required for Drupal and Joomla, BP is a joy. Of course, if you don’t want to do any work under the hood, go with Ning and have your entire experience dictated to you.

You really need to understand buddypress…and maybe bit about WordPress. Everything is explained in readme.txt

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or whatever, BuddyPress stays in plugins directory as it’s a plugin for wpmu.

Since this is buddypress forum, I think johnegg is looking for membership plugin that works on buddypress interface aka frontend.

@Peterverkooijen: You should post that question on wpmudev forum, or contact them to find out more.

Using an existing WordPress theme will require work on your part. WordPress themes are designed for blogs, not for all the extra features that BuddyPress offers. You will be able to integrate the header and footer and overall look and feel, but specific features will still need CSS styles.

See my comment on your ticket:

https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/1117#comment:2

Both of these are known issues and we are aware.