Hi guys, I am having the same problem.
Found this but I think as it’s for an older version of Buddypress I can’t get it to work for me.
Perhaps it will help someone a little more code-savvy?
Thank you so much @r-a-y , worked for me too!
Now I just need to get the autocomplete to stop pulling in random html… Found this but I think as it’s for an older version of Buddypress I can’t get it to work for me.
These people are having the same problem too.
I am newbie, 2 weeks using WP …
I’m thinking that the problem is the installation of bbpress …
I tried to install another WordPress, in another directory, with BP, and bbpress (and created one more problem) and does not work … I have to change table_prefix….???
OK,
I made a custom “Dashboard” button in admin bar until the best solution is found.
For people who want to add the custom dashboard, seeing the same trouble:
1) make bp-custom.php in /wp-content/plugins/
2) write the folowing in bp-custom.php:
function custom_adminbar_dashboard_button() {
if (is_user_logged_in()) {
echo '<li><a href="/wp-admin/">' . __('Dashboard', 'buddypress') . '</a>';
echo '<ul>';
echo '<li><a href="/wp-admin/">' . __('Dashboard', 'buddypress') . '</a></li>';
echo '<li><a href="/wp-admin/post-new.php">' . __('New Post', 'buddypress') . '</a></li>';
echo '<li><a href="/wp-admin/edit.php">' . __('Manage Posts', 'buddypress') . '</a></li>';
echo '<li><a href="/wp-admin/edit-comments.php">' . __('Manage Comments', 'buddypress') . '</a></li>';
echo '</ul>';
echo '</li>';
}
}
add_action('bp_adminbar_menus', 'custom_adminbar_dashboard_button', 1);
Nevertheless, “Blog Directory” does not show the site blog, so I have to re-activate the buddypress plugin anyway.
Umm..
It seems that the following phenomenon revives:
Version 1.2.4.1 – May 23, 2010
Fixed bug with WPMU installs where the blog directory would show no blogs. No change for standard WordPress installs.
Hi !
I am quite disopoited about the forum part of this greaaaaaaat buddypress. No traditionnal forum functions, at least some nice editor, smileys (that is fundamental !!!!! and manage/add as many we want), quotes, image link insertion, etc. Well, a forum huh !
Tried some extension (bpckeditor) without any success.
My questions :
– is it possible to integrate directly bbpress plugins (in the my-plugins folder, and if yes how to ?
– Does anyone have successfully installe some enhanced editor ?
– This forum part is on the roadmap I saw. What news about that ?
Great thanks !
I know that the same kind of problem was discussed before, and people said the bug was fixed.
I am using BP 1.2.6 with WP 3.0.3.
When a user registered to a site, the user belongs to the site blog.
However, the user’s “My Blogs” in admin bar has no blogs.
Upon re-activating the buddypress plugin (first deactivate it and then activate it), the site blog is listed in the user’s My Blogs.
I think something like hooks reading blogs users are belonging to does not work in the buddypress.
Are there any one facing the same trouble or having any solutions? I really need help against this.
@Paul gibbs, thanks for your reply. I will like to see the options tab, widget tab and quick post in buddypress page. Am using wpmu with buddypress. Thanks
@alienjackhammer do you have your recruitment form posting directly to the forums or is the widget separate from the form
@jeffcgreiner I see your BP adminbar at the top of your pages – FF, Safari, Chrome. I see it styled but placed below your footer in IE6
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Considering you posted the exact same rude comment on the wpml site, it’s no wonder you don’t get any support. Yelling at people has that effect. Also, you have to realize that people do have to put food on the table, so paid work usually gets done before any ‘pro-bono’ work.
@campesinos
Whatever gave you the impression that open source equals free of charge? It doesn’t actually. It just happens to be like that for a lot of projects.
I would also like to know how this works,. I’ve been wrecking my brain on it for some time now. I think its a lot easier for the user to have everything in one place.
@boone i read where you said they wuld hve to go thrugh the same html form, but what if you tabbed the pages so that you could still use the appropriate forms? Maybe a ajax call to load the static form
@patrik, hey let me know if you come up with anything. I’ll do the same 
i know im late on this post lol, but still 
I don’t believe Giving WordPress its own directory works with BuddyPress showing up in the root when your WP is actually in the directory. Much like WP Multisite won’t work when you give WP its own directory. Calling on devs @DJPaul @boonebgorges @johnjamesjacoby. Is this a warning we should also add in Codex?
oh, and it for some reason shows up in the dashboard but just not any other pages.
for some reason my website (http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~jgreine/wordpress/) shows the buddypress bar at the bottom, not even as a bar but just as a list of items. im using the platform theme. can anyone give me some assistance please?
Create a child theme of bp-default theme.
Re: background color = You need to override default style by changing the background color and image from
`body {
background: #eaeaea url( ../images/background.gif ) top left repeat-x;
…
}`
to something like the following which you should add in child theme’s style.css
`body {
background: #fffff none;
}`
which you adjust to taste.
Re: header size change height set in default theme by adding this to your child theme’s style.css
#header{
height: 200px;
}
adjust to taste.
We (me and someone else BP experienced) are working on something that will do this, and a lot more.. We’re doing our best to get it finished early next year or so 
I’m not sure the current BP-Default theme is suited to front-end blog posting; it doesn’t make sense for all themes. We’re quite close already, as we could re-use the post box on the activity stream page as a starting point. Maybe we could template it out a bit.
Hi @bengali
As the original post is a month old, can you confirm the exact error message? Is it on the same line? Also, what versions of WordPress and BuddyPress are you using? Thank you,
Another option in your theme is changing the relevant template(s) to specify a number of items in the activity stream to show; see https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/custom-buddypress-loops/the-activity-stream-loop/ for API documentation.
I agree that if an user tries to log in, who hasn’t activated their account yet, there should be more help in the default theme; there’s nothing stopping you from building this into a custom theme right now.
Please would you submit this as an enhancement request and we’ll build it into a future version of BuddyPress? Thanks 

I think that’s unlikely to happen, but I’d be interested to know what you want from the WordPress dashboard that you want in the BuddyPress front end?
@r-a-y
You are the man! Thank you for that. That works — and is WAY simpler than any other solution.
Am just thinking how nice it will be if wordpress dashboard be moved to buddypress page, so that wp dashboard can be hiden
Hello,
I just launched my first buddypress website,
Wordpress 3.0.3
Buddypress 1.2.6
I found some kind of bug when some registered users comment on a blog post, The comment is posted without having the user’s avatar and without a link to the user’s profile, It’s like the comment was written by a vistor not a registered user ..
The thing is, That comment is posted to the user’s activity! ..
I found it happening to 3 users so far, One of them has uploaded a custom avatar and all of them don’t have Gravatars..
And all their comments shows this problem..
I did check their user data in the database, nothing seems to be odd or different from the user’s who’s comments get posted correctly..
And I’m using the plugin Login With Ajax for user login ..
Is anyone facing any similar problem?