This is a request for help with CSS for a custom theme and not to do with the theme that comes with BP. Therefore I have renamed the topic as “CSS Errors” suggests there is an error with the BuddyPress.
Also, these forums are for BuddyPress support and not the best place to ask for CSS help but I’m sure someone will help 
You need to set up cookie integration for your BP / BB properly.
The first thing to remember BP is a WPMU plugin. That said…
It’s a site wide plugin, so it runs on a main blog but hooks into all of the other blog. Each group you create can have or not have their own individual forums. Have a look at testbp.org or make a test installation, that’s probably the best way to find out.
Premium dev site != everyone can have it. Premium WPMU plugins detest me.
You can get RSS cloud plugins for BuddyPress; we use one at work. This is borderline on-topic; are you suggesting or looking for a cloud plugin that deals with a particular aspect of BP?
And obviously you need to look on / ask at the BBPress forum for help importing information. That is not a BuddyPress subject.
You are best off looking in the WordPress plugin directory, or searching or asking on the WPMU forums. This is not a BuddyPress. question.
I can’t provide buddypress specific code as I have not yet read through it, but here is the code that I use to have pages automatically created for new blogs when they are setup.
Anyone with bp experience who knows the function names could easily change my code to bp appropriate code. [replicate the code as often as needed in the custom function file for as many pages as you need]
Code:
function change_newblog_defaults( $blog_id, $user_id ){
global $wpdb, $current_site, $wp_rewrite;
//–change to new blog
switch_to_blog($blog_id);
//make page
$wpdb->insert( $wpdb->posts, array(
‘post_author’ => $user_id,
‘post_date’ => $now,
‘post_date_gmt’ => $now_gmt,
‘post_content’ => __(‘This is the content’),
‘post_excerpt’ => ”,
‘post_title’ => __(‘Pagetitle’),
‘post_name’ => __(‘Pagename’),
‘post_modified’ => $now,
‘post_modified_gmt’ => $now_gmt,
‘post_status’ => ‘publish’,
‘post_type’ => ‘page’,
‘to_ping’ => ”,
‘pinged’ => ”,
‘post_content_filtered’ => ”
) );
//inserted id
$page_id = $wpdb->insert_id;
//change template inserted page
$wpdb->query(“insert into $wpdb->postmeta (post_id,meta_key,meta_value) values ($page_id,’_wp_page_template’,’templatefile.php’)”);
//restore blog
restore_current_blog();
}
add_action(‘wpmu_new_blog’, ‘change_newblog_defaults’ );
@Andrea-r – I believe I have the ‘first part’ solved already. That being that each blog has it’s own users. Aaron was kind enough to spend the time building a custom plugin for me that allows users to signup on a subdomain blog without leaving the subdomain. *Aaron rocks!*
This way each subdomain has ‘it’s own’ members, though all members are automatically added to the primary blog and the bp blog behind the scenes. [expect this plugin to be released on the premium dev site sometime soon so everyone can have it]
Now that each ‘blog’ will have it’s own users, I have an idea to attack this problem.
1. As most everything displayed by buddypress is via widgets, I may be able to duplicate the widgets and then write some custom filters to only output what the ‘subdomain blogs’ users have been up to.
e.g. filtering the activity stream to only show activity from the blogs users which is being displayed.
2. for those displays that are not widgets, like the members list/groups list/ etc…
That may take a bit more filtering.
Anyhow, I have to imagine that buddypress is already thinking about this type of stuff already. I personally just can’t see how they can even begin to implement buddypress on wordpress.com type of sites without this ability.
Um, actually, if you use a multi-site plugin you should be able to do what you want. (I admit, I skimmed, but that’s what I got out of it…) Some edits might be required so they don’t share users.
“will it be possible for every member to have their blog integrated into the main site? I don’t like how when they register a blog it kicks them to what looks like Kubrick or w/e the default MU theme is.”
Again, been done a lot, answered plenty. sue the more_blog_defaults plugin or simply replace the ugly default theme with one of your choosing (in a folder called default). don’t enable any other theme and they won’t be able to choose any different, plus get the one you want on setup.
Hey JF,
Yes, your bp-custom.php file should start with <?php and end with ?>.
I assumed that you did that already! But if you didn’t, put that in your bp-custom.php file.
Give that a shot and let me know if that works!
—
If you’re having problems with spam signups, I recommend using this .htaccess snippet by WPMUTutorials.com (by way of Darcy Norman):
http://wpmututorials.com/how-to/spam-blogs-and-buddypress/
Hi r-a-y,
Thanks. I was hoping not to have to use this function, because alot of our users are getting to know each other and are sending messages.
The problem is that someone keeps creating accounts and spamming all of our members (well over 100) and I have to keep going in and deleting all of the messages. And I have to watch the user signups like a hawk.
So, anyway, this was my first time using it. I changed the functions, but still can’t get it working. I think it may be how I’m adding it to my bp-custom.php. Here’s what I’ve added:
function bp_send_message_to_friend_button() {
global $bp;
if ( bp_is_home() || !is_user_logged_in() || !friends_check_friendship($bp->loggedin_user->id,$bp->displayed_user->id) )
return false;
$ud = get_userdata( $bp->displayed_user->id );
?>
<div class="generic-button">
<a class="send-message" title="<?php _e( 'Send Message', 'buddypress' ) ?>" href="<?php echo $bp->loggedin_user->domain . $bp->messages->slug ?>/compose/?r=<?php echo $ud->user_login ?>"><?php _e( 'Send Message', 'buddypress' ) ?></a>
</div>
<?php
}
But I’m a bit confused. Shouldn’t it start with <?php and end with ?>
Thanks for your help,
jfcarter
fuzzyman,
i never got an answer so i just deleted that piece of buddypress so i didn’t have some functionality showing that didn’t work.
Are there other errors in your server’s log files?
Are you using a custom theme? If so, switch to the default BuddyPress themes and see if the problem goes away.
<buddypress>Do I have to install some jquery thing before using buddypress?</buddypress>
No. BuddyPress does not load the JQuery library but WPMU does. Currently, WPMU uses JQuery version 1.2.6.
Do you have any plugins other than Buddypress activated? If so, try disabling them and see what happens. There could be a JQuery version conflict somewhere.
I’ve already edited a bunch of tables in the database and manually searched an replaced any trace of the old URL. I’m just wondering if the reinstall would kill my bbpress and buddypress integration. They work perfectly now and users can register through bbpress and have a buddypress profile. I just wanted the wp-signup.php or wp-register.php to work. Either is fine with me!
First of all, we have very little information with which to provide you assistance. What version of WPMU are you running? What version of BuddyPress?
Please reference this thread an answer the questions.
Finally, the message:
“Are you sure you want to do this?”
often indicates a nonce security failure message. It can happen if you have not updated the BP themes or are using a custom theme (i.e. any theme other than the ones that come with BuddyPress). Try switching to the default BP themes and see if the issue goes away. If it does, then you know it has something to do with the theme you’re using.
thanks..so if I’m using, say, carrington-blog for my wordpress home theme, then it would go in the carrington-blog directory? If so, I just tried that and it always results in a page not found. Am I doing something wrong? Note, I have the code in the functions.php file (which is in the carrington-blog folder) and the file it points to in that folder as well – as per your instructions…thanks
If I understand correctly, Jedbarish is asking if he starts his site off with User blogs turned off, and 50 people register, and he wants to turn blogs on, can he go back and retroactively give those users blogs.
@Jedbarish, if my assumption is correct, then the flat answer is “no, WPMU/BuddyPress can’t do this for you.” However, a WPMU plugin could be made to do this (most likely by counting the number of blogs a user already belongs to,) but the problem is that you won’t know what they would want the name of their blogs to be so you can’t create it accurately. You could guess at their username.domain.com, but it means more manual labor to change it if they don’t like it.
Yes, it will still be possible to do this, but it will take a little smoke and mirrors until forums aren’t only for groups in BuddyPress. Forums don’t care who made them, but BuddyPress still needs a mechanism to gather and present the information outside of a group setting.
If it doesn’t make the 1.1 release I’m hoping to find the spare time to offer a “forum directory” plugin at the 1.1 launch, probably similar to the members and groups directories.
@allenweiss, both of the files need to go in your active WordPress HOME theme, not your bpmember theme.
Bpisimone, I think what you meant was discussed in another topic, I was writing about editing images from 3 different directories to adjust my design, which can become a bit annoying when upgrading.
In this topic it’s about making the forums look the same like the rest of the site, including buddybar (this one is already working on the bbpress default theme), header, navigataion and footer. Or did I get something wrong? 
pxlgirl.
I take it you’d like to have a better integration between the bphome and the bpmember themes right?
All of this is going to be included in the September 1.1 update as Andy is implementing WordPress’ child theme possibilities.
It must be possible somehow, b/c these forums here are integrated the same way. It is still stand-alone, but looking the same like the rest of this site. Please guys, tell us your secret. 
The equivalent to wp-config is bb-config in your bbpress/ folder. I do have a path to my wp-blog-header.php, but that was for put the buddybar on top of the forums. I also have experimented with ThemePress, a theme that’s supposed to load your header and footer, but it all looks messy and won’t show the buddybar, or the link to the forums in my nav.
Any other ideas would be welcome.
pxlgirl.
Hi cozzie. I’m not sure whether you’re still interested in a solution to this, but I just wrote a plugin that lets you select what you want the Groups and Members widgets’ default views to be. You can get it here http://dev.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2009/09/07/new-buddypress-plugin-enhanced-buddypress-widgets/
