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I don’t think that site’s been running since the early 1.0.x versions of BuddyPress.

As @rogercoathup suggested, you should open up header.php in your child theme, find the code that creates the Activity tab, and delete it.

If you don’t yet have header.php in your child theme, you’ll have to copy it here. More on BP child themes: https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/

@holisticmama Given what you’ve described, it sounds like the forum_id for your groups hasn’t been saved correctly. In PHPMyAdmin, look inside wp_bp_groups_groupmeta to see if there are any items with the meta_key ‘forum_id’.

@crashutah TBH, I really need the @jeffsayre privacy plugin & still have no idea if it even requires custom template files if used on a non default theme…
I expect it to be a top class plugin as its coded by a top class coder & want to support it as much as possible but it’s pretty difficult when you are refused access.

If it requires custom templates, I’d like to be ready & provide those theme files in any themes I make ‘BuddyPress’ ready.

Other than that, I have a large test base & would love to have been involved in the testing process without having to pay for being a guinea pig but by paying back with user feedback.

bp_is_group_creation_step() is failing. inside there if ( !bp_are_previous_group_creation_steps_complete( $step_slug ) ) is failing… inside there, return bp_is_group_creation_step_complete( $previous_steps ); is failing… inside there if ( !$bp->groups->completed_create_steps ) is failing… Which means that step two is not storing that it has been created…

bp_groups.php in buddypress plugin is not keeping $bp->groups->new_group_id between the group-details step and the group-settings step. Group settings step is supposed to update the group that was created in the group-details step. See line 1096:
`if ( !$bp->groups->new_group_id = groups_create_group( array( ‘group_id’ => $bp->groups->new_group_id, ‘status’ => $group_status, ‘enable_forum’ => $group_enable_forum ) ) )`

But it’s creating a new one because it didn’t have the id (thus the duplicate empty database entry). Now looking into why the new_group_id isn’t carrying over. I verified it’s being set and shows right after the first save…

Deleted groups in bp_groups (I had blank rows as well) and didn’t fix the issue. Disabled all themes (except for BuddyPress Template Pack). I’ve seen this in two or three forums now with no real resolution… Guess I’ll go diving into the code:(

@win – any luck setting it up? Would love to see the theme in action. The demo version is too minimal for me to get a good grasp. Thanks!

having just started looking at this some more, and reading something that @snapstart said about her config files, I am kicking myself as my problem I believe is related to moving DB host at some point. I had no fecking idea that a bb-config file gets generated with copies of your db cfg values in. I have now found that half of my forums are in an old db, and new forum creations don’t happen properly as it’s trying to do stuff across 2 dbs. DOH!

Hope you dont think Im rude, Im just saying what I see. No point in lieing. I am looking for a god quality premium theme. However, when I look at the demo on the site I am thinking this is not much of an improvement on the default buddypress theme, A few changes of colour, text and images, but nothing substantial.

If I was trying to sell a premium theme I would make the demo show that theme and have plenty of data on the site to illustrate how the theme looks right across the board. The current demo wont sell anything.

I am certainly interested in seeing what people make with the theme and if it looks good I would buy it. I am also looking at the wpmudev themes in particular blogsmu which I really like, but I refuse to pay for upgrades, I dont mind paying a one off fee upto $100 but upgrades must be free.

@tom_taylor_85 –

your solution (using the admin panel setting) turns off all activity stream posting.

The original poster only wants to remove the Sitewide Activity tab, and I assume wants to keep activity streams within profiles, etc.

The best solution is just to remove this tab from the main nav bar, is to edit the header.php file appropriately

@rossagrant would like to see a base-demo of the pro theme… I’m currently looking at some of the themes from WPMUdev.org as well….

same question here! just started with BuddyPress and this was one of my first questions.

Just to be clear: Did you click “Set up a new bbPress installation” at Dashboard > BuddyPress > Forum Setup?

Is there a bb-config.php file in the root of your WP installation? (It should have been created automatically when you did the initial setup.) If so, does it contain the correct database connection information? Do you have access to the database so that you can check whether the tables exist (they should start with wp_bb_)? Is this problem occurring with newly created groups as well as older groups?

@joelhinch,

Unfortunately I haven’t made any further progress on this. With work and life going on its difficult to find time to work continue with this… Perhaps I’ll get back on this and finish it up over the coming weekend. Thanks for the reminder.

I have noticed this problem too.

A fresh setup …5min WordPress install, add BuddyPress Plugin etc etc…

I can not yet confirm if it only occurs for hotmail users (yuck) and it needs more testing!

But here are some obscured excerpts from my mail logs…

Node1 webserver and BuddyPress:
`Oct 19 13:02:42 node1 postfix/smtp[23717]: D67EA2802A: to=, relay=192.168.###.###[192.168.###.###]:25, delay=40, delays=0.33/0.01/0.05/40, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 5967C292C1)`

Relayed to my Mail Server at Node2:
`Oct 19 13:02:43 node2 postfix/smtp[27458]: F2173292C4: to=, relay=mx3.hotmail.com[65.55.37.120]:25, delay=0.23, delays=0.01/0.02/0.08/0.12, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 Queued mail for delivery)`

I have a pretty good knowledge of Linux and webservices, but this indicates the mail was sent to hotmail… but the user in question never received it – not even in their spam box.

My servers even have a correct SPF text record in the DNS but so far it seems all the hotmail sign ups are not being seen by the end user.

I can only guess that st00pid Microsoft’s hotmail is sending them into a black hole – perhaps they have got fussy about the confirmation link or something?

Even though it would seem it is not a BuddyPress problem, perhaps some tests should be done to find out why this happens (to be honest, I hate hotmail – but a lot of people use it).

If it is something todo with the confirmation link, then maybe there is some kind of work around?

It will be interesting to hear peoples thoughts on this!

@revolutionfrance @hnla is correct, I was talking about using a custom theme that doesn’t rely on the BP default theme.
If you are using a child theme of the BP default theme, you wouldn’t need to copy the new functions over.