BuddyPress.org

I have helped setup a private Buddypress site, making numerous enhancements to the site.
The initial upload of user accounts means there is around 10,000 on file already. The potential is that a number of these (in the immediate short term) maybe 50-250 will upload additional user accounts, ranging from 10 to 250 users. SO the potential is that very quickly the site will have 2,000-4,000+ users active almost daily.

I am very conscience that this will require adequate bandwidth and hosting space. The last thing we need is the site having issues due to 500 people all accessing the site at the same time – which is a highly likely possibility.

How large is your largest community, and what sort of hosting do you have it setup on? What sort of backup and admin practices do you have in place??

Thanks heaps in advance…
V

I’m having issues with indexes for everything http://www.thoughtsofthemasses.com/blogs/ for example. There’s a huge space that exists regardless of anything I’ve edited.

I’m using the BuddyPress Template Pack Plugin to convert a WP Theme.

Index PHP:
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CSS:
`/*
Theme Name: Andreas09
Theme URI: http://webgazette.co.uk/wordpress-themes/wp-andreas09/
Description: Highly customisable three column goodness.
Author: Andreas Viklund and Ainslie Johnson
Tags: orange, white, three column, flexible width, threaded comments, custom colors, buddypress

andreas09 v1.0 (Dec 10th 2005) – An open source template by Andreas Viklund – http://andreasviklund.com. Free to use for any purpose as long as the proper credits are given to the original author.

Ported to WordPress by Ainslie Johnson – Last updated 28/07/06
*/

/* Inherit the default theme adminbar styles */
@import url( ../../plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/_inc/css/adminbar.css );

/* General Element Styling */

body {
background:#8b8b8b;
color:#303030;
font:76% Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;
margin:0;
padding:0;
text-align:center;
}

a {
font-weight:bold;
text-decoration:none;
}

a:hover {
color:#808080;
text-decoration:underline;
}

p {
line-height:1.5em;
margin:0 0 15px;
padding: 0px;
}

/* Captions and image alignment for wordpress */

div.aligncenter {
display: block!important;
margin: 0px auto;
}
img {
border-width: 0px !important;
border-style: none !important;
}
div.alignleft {
float: left!important;
margin-right: 10px;
}
div.alignright {
float: right!important;
margin-right: 0px;
margin-left: 10px;
}
.wp-caption {
border: 1px solid #CCCCCC;
text-align: center;
background-color: #F8F8F8;
padding-top: 4px;
margin-top: 10px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.wp-caption img {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0 none;
}

.wp-caption p.wp-caption-text {
font-size: 11px;
line-height: 16px;
padding: 5px 4px;
margin: 0;
font-family: Arial, Tahoma, “Lucida Sans”;
color: #949494;
font-style: normal;
}

p img {
padding: 0;
max-width: 100%;
}

img.centered {
display: block;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
text-align: center;
}

img.alignright {
padding: 4px;
margin: 0 0 2px 7px;
float: right;
}

img.alignleft {
padding: 4px;
margin: 0 7px 2px 0;
float: left;
}

.alignright {
float: right;
}

.alignleft {
float: left;
}

/* End captions and image alignment */

/*** Main container ***/

#container {
color:#303030;
margin:0;
min-width:770px;
padding:0;
text-align:left;
width:100%;
}

/*** Header section ***/

#sitename {
color:#ffffff;
height:90px;
margin:0 20px 10px;
text-align:left;
}

#sitename h1,#sitename h2 {
font-weight:400;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}

#sitename h1 {
font-size:2.4em;
padding-top:20px;
}

#sitename h1 a {
color: #ffffff;
text-decoration: none;
letter-spacing: 5px;
}

#sitename h2 {
font-size:1.6em;
}

/*** Content wrap ***/

#wrap {
clear:both;
font-size:0.9em;
padding:0;
margin-top: 5px;
}

/* Horizontal menu */

#mainmenu {
clear: both;
width: 100%;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}

#mainmenu ul.level1 {
border-top: 1px solid #fff;
border-bottom: 1px solid #fff;
}

#mainmenu ul {
background: #b0b0b0 url(images/menubg.jpg) center left repeat-x;
padding: 0 0 0 5px;
margin: 0px;
border-bottom: 1px solid #fff;
}

#mainmenu li {
display: inline;
line-height: 25px;
margin-left: -4px;
padding: 0px;
font-size: 0.9em;
list-style: none;
text-transform: uppercase;
}

#mainmenu a {
padding: 6px 9px 6px 9px;
text-decoration: none;
border-right: 1px solid #B0B0B0;
}

#mainmenu li.current a {
color: #000;
}

/*** Sidebars ***/

#leftside,#rightside {
margin:0;
padding:0 10px 10px;
width:165px;
}

#leftside {
float:left;
margin-right:10px;
}

#rightside {
float:right;
margin-left:10px;
}

#rightside img {
border: 0px;
}

/*** Sidebar menu ***/

#leftside h2, #rightside h2 {
font-size: 1.4em;
margin-top: 10px;
padding: 5px 5px 5px 0;
border-bottom: 1px solid #BEBFC3;
}

#leftside ul, #rightside ul {
padding-left: 0px;
margin: 0px;
}

#leftside li, #rightside li {
list-style: none;
}

li#categories li a, li#archives li a, li.pagenav li a {
background:#e8e9ea;
border:1px solid #b0b0b0;
display:block;
margin-top:4px;
padding:5px 4px 4px 10px;
position:relative;
text-transform: capitalize;
width:140px;
}

li#categories li a:hover, li#archives li a:hover, li.pagenav li a:hover {
background:#f8f9fa;
border:1px solid #909090;
color:#303030;
text-decoration:none;
}

li#categories ul.children li a, li#archives ul.children li a, li.pagenav ul.children li a {
font-size:0.8em;
letter-spacing:1px;
margin:3px 0 2px 10px;
padding:4px 2px 2px 8px;
width:125px;
}

li#categories ul.children li li, li#archives ul.children li li, li.pagenav ul.children li li {
padding-left: 10px;
}

li#categories ul.children li li a, li#archives ul.children li li a, li.pagenav ul.children li li a {
width: 115px;
}

li.feed {
background: url(images/rss.gif) no-repeat left top;
padding: 2px 0 8px 20px;
}

li#recent-comments ul li {
padding-bottom: 5px;
}

li#recent-posts ul li {
padding-bottom: 5px;
}

/*** Content ***/

#content,#contentalt {
background-color:#fafcff;
border:1px solid #909090;
color:#2a2a2a;
padding:15px 20px 5px;
}

#content {
margin:0 200px;
}

#contentalt {
margin:0 200px 0 20px;
}

#content h1,#contentalt h1,#contentalt h2 {
background-color:inherit;
color:#606060;
font-size:1.8em;
font-weight:bold;
letter-spacing:-1px;
margin:0 0 15px;
padding:0;
}

#content h1,#contentalt h1 {
border-bottom: 1px solid #b0b0b0;
}

#content h2 {
font-size:1.6em;
color:#606060;
}

/* Archives/Links Page List styles */

.archives li, .linkspage li {
list-style: none;
}

.archives ul.children {
padding-left: 10px;
margin-left: 10px;
}

/*** Footer ***/

#footer {
background:#8b8b8b url(images/footerbg.jpg) top left repeat-x;
clear:both;
color:#000;
font-size:0.9em;
font-weight:bold;
margin:0;
padding:20px 0;
text-align:center;
width:100%;
line-height: 1.5em;
}

#footer a {
color: #d0d0d0;
font-weight:bold;
}

/*** comments Form ***/

#comment {
width: 100%;
border:1px solid #b0b0b0;
}

#commentform {
width: 97%;
}

#author {
border:1px solid #b0b0b0;
}

#email {
border:1px solid #b0b0b0;
}

#url {
border:1px solid #b0b0b0;
}

#submit {
background:#f0f0f0;
border:1px solid #b0b0b0;
}

#submit:hover {
background: #e8e9ea;
border: 1px solid #848484;
cursor: pointer;
}

/* Image Display */

.entry img, .entrytext img {
border: 1px solid #b0b0b0;
margin: 5px;
padding: 5px;
}

.entry a:hover img, .entrytext a:hover img {
border: 1px solid #505050;
padding: 5px;
}

img.wp-smiley {
border: 0px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}

.thumbnail {
background:#fafbfc;
border:1px solid #b0b0b0;
margin:0 0 10px 10px;
padding:5px;
}

.left {
background:#fafbfc;
border:1px solid #b0b0b0;
float:left;
margin: 5px 15px 6px 0px;
padding:5px;
}

.right {
background:#fafbfc;
border:1px solid #b0b0b0;
float:right;
margin: 5px 0px 6px 15px;
padding:5px;
}

.noalign {
background:#fafbfc;
border:1px solid #b0b0b0;
margin: 5px 5px 5px 5px;
padding:5px;
}

/* Search Form */

#searchform {
margin-top: 10px;
}

#searchbox {
background:#f0f0f0;
border:1px solid #b0b0b0;
margin:0 4px 0 0;
width:160px;
}

#searchbutton {
background:#f0f0f0;
border:1px solid #b0b0b0;
}

#searchbutton:hover {
background: #e8e9ea;
border: 1px solid #848484;
cursor: pointer;
}

/*** Comments Display ***/

.postmetadata {
background:#e8e9ea;
font-size: 0.9em;
border: 1px solid #b0b0b0;
padding: 10px;
margin: 0px;
}

ol.commentlist li {
border: 1px solid #b0b0b0;
padding: 10px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}

ol.commentlist li cite {
text-transform: capitalize;
}

ol.commentlist li p {
padding-top: 10px;
}

.alt {
background:#e8e9ea;
}

/*** Text format ***/

.intro {
font-size:1.1em;
font-weight:bold;
letter-spacing:-1px;
}

blockquote {
border: 1px dashed #b0b0b0;
padding: 10px;
margin: 30px;
}

blockquote p {
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
}

.small {
font-size:0.8em;
}

.large {
font-size:1.4em;
}

.center {
text-align:center;
}

.category {
border-bottom: 1px solid #b0b0b0;
}

.date {
margin-top: -10px;
padding-top: 0px;
border-bottom: 1px solid #b0b0b0;
}

#page {
border-bottom: 1px solid #b0b0b0;
padding-bottom: 10px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}

/* Previous/Next Page Navigation */

.navigation {
margin: 0 0 20px 0;
padding: 0 0 20px 0;
border-bottom: 1px dashed #b0b0b0;
}

.bottomnavigation {
margin: 30px 0 0 0;
padding: 5px 0 30px 0;
border-top: 1px dashed #b0b0b0;
}

.alignleft {
float: left;
text-align: left;
}

.alignright {
float: right;
text-align: right;
}

.post {
padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 10px;
margin: 0px;
}

/* Fix by Andy Skelton */

.entry, .entrytext {
overflow: hidden;
}

* html.entry, * html.entrytext {
overflow: visible;
height: 1px;
}

* html.entry p, * html.entrytext p {
width: 99%;
overflow: hidden;
}

.entrytext {
padding-top: 0px;
}

/*** Various classes ***/

.clearingdiv {
clear:both;
height:30px;
width:1px;
}

.hide {
display:none;
}

/* Widgets */
.rsswidget {
border:0px;
vertical-align: bottom;
}
/*** End of file ***/.commentlist li li {
list-style-type: none;
}

/* > Item Headers (Profiles, Groups)

---

*/

div#item-header {
overflow: hidden;
}
div#item-header div#item-header-content { margin-left: 170px; }

div#item-header h2 {
font-size: 28px;
margin: 0 0 15px 0;
line-height: 120%;
}
div#item-header h2 a {
text-decoration: none;
color: #777;
}

div#item-header img.avatar {
float: left;
margin: 0 15px 25px 0;
}

div#item-header h2 { margin-bottom: 5px; }

div#item-header span.activity, div#item-header h2 span.highlight {
vertical-align: middle;
font-size: 11px;
font-weight: normal;
line-height: 170%;
margin-bottom: 7px;
}

div#item-header h2 span.highlight { font-size: 16px; }
div#item-header h2 span.highlight span {
position: relative;
top: -2px;
right: -2px;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 11px;
background: #a1dcfa;
color: #fff;
padding: 1px 4px;
margin-bottom: 2px;
-moz-border-radius: 3px;
-webkit-border-radius: 3px;
vertical-align: middle;
cursor: pointer;
display: none;
}

div#item-header div#item-meta {
font-size: 14px;
color: #aaa;
padding-bottom: 10px;
overflow: hidden;
margin: 15px 0 5px 0;
}

div#item-header div#item-actions {
float: right;
width: 20%;
margin: 0 0 15px 15px;
text-align: right;
}
div#item-header div#item-actions h3 {
font-size: 12px;
margin: 0 0 5px 0;
}

div#item-header ul {
overflow: hidden;
margin-bottom: 15px;
}

div#item-header ul h5, div#item-header ul span, div#item-header ul hr {
display: none;
}

div#item-header ul li {
float: right;
}

div#item-header ul img.avatar, div#item-header ul.avatars img.avatar {
width: 30px;
height: 30px;
margin: 2px;
}

div#item-header div.generic-button, div#item-header a.button {
float: left;
margin: 10px 10px 0 0;
}

div#item-header div#message.info {
line-height: 80%;
}

/* > Item Lists (Activity, Friend, Group lists)

---

*/

ul.item-list {
width: 100%;
}
ul.item-list li {
position: relative;
padding: 15px 0;
border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea;
}
ul.single-line li { border: none; }
body.activity-permalink ul.item-list li { padding-top: 0; }

ul.item-list li img.avatar {
float: left;
margin: 0 10px 10px 0;
}

ul.item-list li div.item-title, ul.item-list li h4 {
font-weight: normal;
font-size: 14px;
width: 75%;
margin: 0;
}
ul.item-list li div.item-title span {
font-size: 12px;
color: #999;
}

ul.item-list li div.item-desc {
margin: 10px 0 0 64px;
font-size: 11px;
color: #888;
width: 50%;
}

ul.item-list li div.action {
position: absolute;
top: 15px;
right: 0;
text-align: right;
}

ul.item-list li div.meta {
margin-top: 10px;
color: #888;
font-size: 11px;
}

ul.item-list li h5 span.small {
font-weight: normal;
font-size: 11px;
}

/* > Item Tabs

---

*/

div.item-list-tabs {
clear: left;
overflow: hidden;
margin: 25px -19px 20px -19px;
background: #eaeaea;
}
div.item-list-tabs ul li a {
text-decoration: none;
}

div.item-list-tabs ul {
width: 100%;
}
div.item-list-tabs ul li {
float: left;
margin: 5px 0 0 5px;
}
div.item-list-tabs#subnav ul li {
margin-top: 0;
}

div.item-list-tabs ul li:first-child {
margin-left: 20px;
}

div.item-list-tabs ul li.last {
float: right;
margin: 7px 20px 0 0;
}
div.item-list-tabs#subnav ul li.last {
margin-top: 4px;
}

div.item-list-tabs ul li.last select {
max-width: 175px;
}

div.item-list-tabs ul li a,
div.item-list-tabs ul li span {
display: block;
padding: 5px 10px;
text-decoration: none;
}
div.item-list-tabs ul li span {
color: #aaa;
}

div.item-list-tabs ul li a span {
display: inline;
padding: 0;
color: inherit;
}

div.item-list-tabs ul li.selected a,
div.item-list-tabs ul li.current a {
background-color: #fff;
color: #555;
font-weight: bold;
-moz-border-radius-topleft: 3px;
-webkit-border-top-left-radius: 3px;
-moz-border-radius-topright: 3px;
-webkit-border-top-right-radius: 3px;
}
ul li.loading a {
background-image: url( ../images/ajax-loader.gif );
background-position: 92% 50%;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
padding-right: 30px !important;
}
div#item-nav ul li.loading a {
background-position: 88% 50%;
}

div.item-list-tabs#object-nav {
margin-top: 0;
}

div.item-list-tabs#subnav {
background: #fff;
margin: -15px -19px 15px -19px;
border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea;
min-height: 35px;
overflow: hidden;
}

div.item-list-tabs ul li.feed a {
background: url( ../images/rss.png ) center left no-repeat;
padding-left: 20px;
}

/* > Item Body

---

*/

.item-body {
margin: 20px 0;
}

span.activity, div#message p {
display: inline-block;
font-size: 11px;
font-weight: normal;
background: #FFF9DB;
border-bottom: 1px solid #FFE8C4;
border-right: 1px solid #FFE8C4;
color: #ffa200;
padding: 1px 8px;
margin-top: 6px;
text-decoration: none;
-moz-border-radius: 3px;
-webkit-border-radius: 3px;
border-radius: 3px;
}

/* > Directories (Members, Groups, Blogs, Forums)

---

*/

div.dir-search {
float: right;
margin: -37px 0 0 0;
}
div.dir-search input[type=text] {
padding: 4px;
font-size: 12px;
}

/* > Pagination

---

*/

div.pagination {
margin: -15px -20px 9px -20px;
border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea;
padding: 10px 20px 10px 20px;
color: #888;
font-size: 11px;
height: 16px;
}
div.pagination#user-pag, .friends div.pagination,
.mygroups div.pagination, .myblogs div.pagination, noscript div.pagination {
background: #f8f8f8;
border: none;
padding: 8px 15px;
}

div.pagination .pag-count {
float: left;
}

div.pagination .pagination-links {
float: right;
}
div.pagination .pagination-links span,
div.pagination .pagination-links a {
font-size: 12px;
padding: 0 5px;
}
div.pagination .pagination-links a:hover {
font-weight: bold;
}
`