Do not use Servers such as Bluehost or Hostmonster to help install BuddyPress. It fails terribly. Do it manually by uploading WordPress MU into your server. Create a database by using MySQL Database, usually provided by the servers. Use the database to create a wp-config file for WordPress MU. They will guide you into installing WordPress MU. After, just use WordPress MU to find for BuddyPress. It will work. Remember to move the themes from the plugin folder to the theme folders (bphome).
So i need to do away with the 3 column layout…Can someone give an small example of how to use widgets like online members,wire etc explicitly without using it as widgets
You are really asking for specific help on creating a custom, 2-column home theme that is hardcoded for outputting specific data without using widgets.
If you do not have previous theming experience, this is not something that can be shown to you with a “small example” or in a simple way.
You need to learn about WordPress theming. BuddyPress themes, after all, are just another type of WordPress theme. Here are some links to help you get started:
- Designing and Laying Out Your Theme
- Instead of hardcoding the output, you may want to design your theme to use the exisiting widgets. You can control some of the widget output with your own custom CSS. Widgetizing Themes
- Finally, to help you with CSS styling your custom theme, you should be using FireFox with the Firebug Add-on.
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In English it is in the BuddyPress Plugin – xProfile.
Click on:
BuddyPress > Profile Field Setup
The instructions read:
“Your users will distinguish themselves through their profile page. You must give them profile fields that allow them to describe themselves in a way that is relevant to the theme of your social network.
NOTE: Any fields in the first group will appear on the signup page.”
And it works very well! 
From what I can see, the latest BuddyPress Support Plugin for bbpress is still version 1.0-RC1, even in BuddyPress 1.0 (or at least its marked that way).
There is no BuddyPress Support Plugin 1.0.
Hmm… I have these same versions and after changing doing the cookie integration and getting everything “set up” I can no longer access the back-end of BBPress. My user is no longer the ‘key master’ or admin for BBPress.
Let me break this down with some more detail, I really want to get this working!
Versions I’m using
- WPMU 2.7.1
- BuddyPress 1.0
- bbpress-1.0-rc-1
Steps
I got WPMU 2.7.1 and BuddyPress 1.0 installed fine so I’ll just skip that part entirely.
- As directed from multiple sources about integrating BBPress, I erased the Authentication Unique Keys from wp-config and then proceeded to log into the WPMU back end where it presented me with newly genereated ones for: ‘NONCE_KEY’, ‘AUTH_KEY’, AUTH_SALT, LOGGED_IN_KEY LOGGED_IN_SALT SECURE_AUTH_KEY, SECURE_AUTH_SALT
- I created a folder named ‘forums’ (I realize that this can be named whatever I want) and put all of the files from the BBPress 1.0 RC-1 in there.
- I went through the install steps, filling out the database info but skipping the ‘Integrate with WordPress’ steps in order to do this later in the BBPress admin panel.
- I get that all set up and go to the BBPress admin panel where I fill out the necessary info for integration with WordPress, sharing the same database, filling out the salts which are the same ones I used in wp-config.
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- I put define(‘COOKIEPATH’, ‘/domain/forums/’); into my wp-config file as directed by BBPress instructions.
- I also made sure that the AUTH_KEY, SECURE_AUTH_KEY, and LOGGED_IN_KEY in wp-config.php matched BB_AUTH_KEY, BB_SECURE_AUTH_KEY and BB_LOGGED_IN_KEY in bb-config.php
Now, after doing all that I headed back to the admin panel for BuddyPress and filled out the information for integration with BBPress there. Now, when I go to my BBPress forums page and log in as my admin account on BuddyPress/WPMU I am not the admin on BBPress and thus cannot access the back-end. This isn’t the only problem, although it is the main one. I also cannot get my groups on BuddyPress to generate a forum topic when I try to do so it gives an error and says that it couldn’t.
I am going to attempt again with Trevor’s instructions but there are some fuzzy bits in there so I just want to make sure I’m attempting to do this correctly with the correct versions of WPMU, BuddyPress and BBPress. **Note that I cannot find any of the earlier Alphas on the BBPress site, so if I am using the wrong one…am I S.O.L.?
some wordpress plugins work with buddypress, did you search for plugins?
You will need to install two or more language translations under bp-languages, but you NEVER NEED two buddypress installations.
I have the KalturaCE – self hosted on my server. slicehosted
Looks great and the plugin looks good for wpmu / buddypress so far, just no video showing.
Strange thing is that the videos etc. all show in the KMC – kaltura mgmt. console.
With the connect to kaltura hosted version requires each contributor to have a partner id – or they would , if using my id, be able to edit my vids as well.
I think that I with self hosted I can make kaltura setup with a unique id per user and not require users to get a kaltura id etc.
or I go red5.
I have some experience already with red5, all that would be needed is integration into wpmu / bp.
btw – kaltura is lowwwww on documentation , and since I am not paying support …… yet.
And the forums are new still.
do I understand correctly that I do need to have 2 installations of BuddyPress, 2 installations of WPMU and 2 installations of BB-Press in order to run my website in 2 languages ?
Appreciate your advise.
Many thanks,
Erich
I use it as substitute for default BP members widget. Mainly because without any code changes:
1. I can choose avatars size in px
2. Simple link avatars to blogs, their websites, member pages
3. There is possibility to chooce Sorting order (by posts number, registration date, login name, name display, user id…)
4. You can hide users by inserting their id
5. Choose to show users from selected blogs
6. Group by blogs
7. there are more features
I think it’s quite useful for those who don’t have much experience with loop and need simple customization widget.
Thanks bforchhammer to here is Changeset 118704 with possibility link avatars to bp member page.
@BeLogical – The release date was yesterday. I’m late 
Nearly done though.
@Scotm – what’s the URL for your site so I can take a look
It’s tough to read big chunks of code like that above. Use the pastebin http://buddypress.pastebin.com
qTranslate currently has some problems with WPMU and BuddyPress, so unfortunately this isn’t a turn-key solution quite yet. There are a few changes to BP that are patched in the trac, and many changes to qTranslate that need to happen to make this work the way it should.
I think I’m actually not the one one: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/plugin-bbpress-force-login-for-buddypress
Does anyone know why it’s not working?
Thanks!!
Gaetan
@Gpo1
I have a modified member page working with my P2 theme. See:
http://blogpei.com/members/admin/
@M
What does the release date look like now?
@Scotm, Have you got P2 theme as a member theme ,it would look good or home page?
Maybe there is an other plugin to do that, but I can’t actually find it ?
Gaetan
Matew, thanks for the info. For what purpose do you use the plugin in buddypress?
@M Sorry, I don;t have this configured, but you’ve pretty much hit on the head what I’ve been trying to do since integrating P2 with Buddypress. The best example I can find of how it might work is by somehow modding the Commentwitter plugin for use in the P2 postform versus its intended use with the WordPress comment form.
This plugin enables an ajax input form to appear below the comment form where users can add their Twitter settings if they wish to cross-post. I’ve tried to mod this for the P2 post form unsuccessfully to date but it might offer some insight.
Looking forward to helping any way I can if only testing.
Thx
Did you reinstall wpmu and buddypress?
