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@David: thanks for the pointer; I had increased security within minutes of following that link.

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did you make sure you put the buddypress-enable.php in bbpress my-plugin folder?

Great job Jeff!

“Provide Version Numbers & Steps

When asking a support question, please provide your WPMU & BuddyPress version numbers. Be sure to explain exactly what the problem is, and the steps you can take to reproduce the problem.”

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http://students.expression.edu

Which version of BuddyPress are you running?

If you’re using 1.1-beta, then the bp-sn-framework and bp-default directories need to be moved into /wp-content/themes/.

If using an earlier version, then you need to move bphome into /wp-content/themes/ and bpmember into /wp-content/bp-themes/

Also, more suggestions about how to tackle your particular error message can be found here:

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/buddypress-plugins-and-theme-not-loading

Just one note, if you get to the stage of deleting BuddyPress and starting over with its install, please make sure you deactivate it first before deleting it.

I had a similar problem, it was related to file permissions. I edited all my buddypress files ( or chmod them if you will) to 755 and now its working fine.

@David – you aren’t kidding about theming elgg…. major pain is putting it nicely. Frankly the theme engine is lightyears ahead of wp, if and only if you are a master at oop, php, css etc… There are serious advantages to having the ability to style each object independently but it comes with an obvious price.

@Jeff – Well if it’s not obvious already, I’m definitely interested in your full-scale RBAC as I am sure many others would be once they understand the power behind it. Simply pm me anytime you need someone to ‘tear it apart’ during beta LOL…. I’m a master at breaking things.

Between this plugin and Justin Tadlocks roll manager plugin that he just released my wpmu world is looking like it has a very bright future ahead.

gerikg-

I would suggest also posting this on the BuddyPress Job Board. Since this is a request for coding and not an issue with BuddyPress, I’ve changed the topic from “not resolved” to “not a support question”.

It is not an amateurish question at all. But since BuddyPress v1.1-beta was just released, the old two-theme system is being phased out. Going forward, BP will use a parent/child theme architecture. It is a more powerful, flexible theming environment.

Since you are using a custom, premium theme (Woo Themes), you should ask them for support.

Grosbouff-

You posted the same basic request in this thread 2 days ago and I answered it, giving you the same advice that Andy did above.

Please do not double post. Use the same thread.

I’m going to close this thread as your original post should do.

@Anointed Ha! I was doing the same thing! Trying to make Elgg look like BP. Funny. I worked on it for about a week before giving up. I couldn’t deal with the 100’s (okay, dozens) of CSS files (that are actually PHP files so you can’t use live CSS editing tools like Coda or CSSEdit for Mac… ARGH!). Plus I was finding I had to override a lot of core files to make it look and act the way I wanted… which didn’t sit well. I agree that Elgg is more advanced in terms of features… but I just didn’t want to deal with it. I also decided that although BP is newer and not as complete… it has a brighter future. My prediction. I could be wrong.

@David –

I couldn’t agree more with you on the theming issues. Elgg is more like drupal, anything is possible, but the learning curve is beyond steep and straight up hill imo. Of course in it’s current state bp isn’t much easier, though that is going to change bigtime with 1.1. As to the interface, well that can be changed as well, but it’s a huge amt of work. We actually got about 90% finished making an exact ‘clone’ of the theme used for bp on this site. I just got sidetracked on other projects so didn’t complete it yet.

@Jeff – I’m definitely not trying to start a platform war. The only reason I even brought up elgg was as an example of what can be accomplished and a system that I absolutely fell in love with when I found it. In the case that you had not seen the code from elgg, I was simply trying to give an example is all.

My foundation is and will remain wpmu. That is why I keep coming back every few days to check on bp progress. Your privacy plugin is going to make bp usable in many instances where without it bp would not even be an option. I applaud you for the work on this, and the devs behind bp itself. I agree it’s an amazing platform considering how young it is.

I think my request for granular object control has been made pretty clear. I just wanted to get my 2cents in whether it’s accepted or not.

peace

@Jeff. That’s cool. I can just use a simple plug-in to block out groups, etc. wholesale. Like that code Burt did… just using is_user_logged_in(). It’ll do for now.

The issue is, I want to use BP as a kind of simple, lightweight “Intranet”/communication tool for our local Search & Rescue group. We’ll mostly use groups and/or bbPress to discuss fundraising, training, recent searches… etc. As well as look up members in the directory. Etc. All that stuff should be just for members. Some of it can be sensitive info. But we still need a public face for news, events and static info (faq, about, photos, etc.)

Two sites (a WordPress site for the public and a BuddyPress site for members) might make sense… but there’s overlap. All that public stuff needs to be available to members as well (pages, posts, events). So having two sites would be kind of a nightmare.

But I digress!!! As I say… I’m sure I can hack something together. Since I’m just hiding entire classes wholesale… it should be simple enough with a bit of PHP. Not sure how events will work though.

Anyway… very much looking forward to the privacy component as designed. Even thought it’s not what I thought it would be… and won’t do what I had in mind… it sounds like it’s actually a lot more impressive than that.