Nice move Andy. I had a hard time getting my head around the purpose of Member Themes, and after reading Using the BuddyPress Themes on the Codex and now this change has been made, it makes more sense.
Thank you very much for being so kind and for your interest to tell me all the solutions.But if i will use openx, i will be able to use it for all the blogs they will be registered?If yes,can you tell me in big lines how can i do that if i have several templates for the users to choose from?
I m also wondering what is the best template to use for home theme?
Went live today: http://www.nikerunningclub.nl
Still have to finetune some stuff. First time I used WPMU and BP, but liking it a lot and getting the hang of it. Unfortunately had to hardcode somes stuffe due to time shortage.
Try using ads plugins that provides widgets and install bpdev-widgets ( it’s included in bpdev plugins ) and put the widget in the users & groups page
(I know it will not help you, but it could be useful to know 
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Great! I’m even more excited about this now. I’ve sent you an e-mail.
Yeah, openX is by far the best the best option – If you’re smart enough when setting it all up, you’ll be able to produce some fantastic results and generate invaluable learnings on user habits which you can then use in turn to make more cash.
If you run a number of sites, it really comes into it’s own – You’ll essentially have your own ad network with the ability to gather learnings from each of your sites – find out which ads generate the best CTR’s and as a result give you more money. It’s even better if you can get pixels placed on the confirmation pages for whoever you’re advertising as then you’ll be able to work back to an average eCPM.
Oh, and you can even track adsense clicks with it too. Highly recommended.
I like this idea very much…
I had the same question two months ago with an answer – sadly I didn’t quite get it. Maybe you do, and can explain it to me… 
See this thread: https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=731
Thanks, Michael
I highly recommend openx, depending on the volume of your site, this will allow you to do amazing things. It is your own ad server, so you can control impressions, clicks, etc.
http://www.openx.org/
add_action( 'bp_adminbar_menus', 'bp_adminbar_custom_menu', 40 );
function bp_adminbar_custom_menu() {
?>
<li>
<a>"<?php _e( 'Custom Pulldown', 'buddypress' ) ?></a>
<ul>List Item</ul>
</li>
<?php
}
> Will it use a wikifarm installation where the main installation is in /wiki/ and when a new wiki is created it will create an independent wiki in /wiki/examplewiki/ using the wiki-engine in /wiki/ or will it simply create a new group in the main wiki /wiki/?
It will be for example (Link will not work) http://mybuddypress.de/wikis/examplewiki
The engine will be the same for all the wikis. You can even those the skin for your wiki. But one cool feature is, that you can inherid material from the main wiki. The idee is: We have lots of course-material in one wiki. But you want to rearrange it useing the existing stuff in a subwiki. It is even possible to have something like. http://mybuddypress.de/wiki/examplewiki/wiki-for-our-next-meeting.
But we don’t have a user interface for that at the moment.
> Will it use the user authorisation from the wpmu/bp-database or the built in system?
The authorisation will be from the wpmu/bp-database. If you are a user of Buddypress, you can create new wikis, invite friends etc. It is based on the group plugin and will work in a simular way.
> Will you need someone to test it? (I’m no programmer but i would love to help in anyway i can.)
If you send me an E-Mail i can give you the access-data. If you wan’t to help, documentation und support will be importend. In a few weeks, i would love to see a video on wordpress.tv showing the stuff.
> Will it be available for download?
Yes. If it works correct and documentations is done, you can download it. Everything should be GPL.
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Sorry for my english.
timschmi@uos.de
@timschmi: That sounds really nice! I just have some questions and I would appreciate if you could answer them, if you have the time.
Will it use a wikifarm installation where the main installation is in /wiki/ and when a new wiki is created it will create an independent wiki in /wiki/examplewiki/ using the wiki-engine in /wiki/ or will it simply create a new group in the main wiki /wiki/?
Will it use the user authorisation from the wpmu/bp-database or the built in system?
Will you need someone to test it? (I’m no programmer but i would love to help in anyway i can.)
Will it be available for download?
Andy, did you get the email I sent you yesterday?
I think I spotted the three “t”s mistake.
http://vivre-en-autarcie.com
wpmu 2.7
BP trunck version 1245
bbpress
Yes. You login with your FB/Google/OpenID,Yahoo/AOL/MySpace account details.
You get a BuddyPress user account on the main/first blog of the site and can create a new blog which you are admin of. To log into that blog, you log into the main site and then navigate via the admin bar to your own blog dashboard.
To make it 100% compatible, it needs better integration with the BP Home template and ideally, being MU site-wide rather than installed in /plugins/ so that users can log directly into their own blogs rather than into the main blog and then navigate to their own blog dashboard.
For a drop in solution, I’m very impressed with it. And you get stats through using the RPX API key.
If you look in the groups-templatetags.php file under function bp_groups_header_tabs() you can see them defined there. The actions (where the links are going) are headed to the template index & loop files in member templates. The code that sorts out what the loop gets (has_groups(), the_group() etc) is at the top of the templatetags.php file under BP_Groups_Template.
There was an error in my email address on the first post: it is “automattic” with two “t”s at the end not three.
iitdreams.com has been setup
Am working n a new one http://bigmba.com
There is a add sidebars plugin at http://bp-dev.org/plugins
Install that and use text widgets on those sidebars to show ads.
Are you sure? I tried to migrate my old database to buddypress with MD5 passwords but couldn’t log in. Only with function new password I manage to log in.
Any developer willing to expand on Buddypress by taking on this project.
We are willing to hire you via chip-in account.
Any takers?
Family website, default theme, installed a few hours ago. Not much to it yet but the potential has me starry eyed: http://jemisonfamily.net
Hi Andy, I would like to write a post about how I’m using BuddyPress.
http://twitterfic.com
The site is for Twitter role players. There are currently thousands of roleplayers on Twitter who pretend to be a fictional character. I am using BuddyPress to aggregate all these people.
Nice job oldskoo1. Slick and it’s a great idea. I know that kinda thing would have been very appreciated when I was younger with kids. Being a parent is just plain terrifying the first time. “What are we doing wrong?”, “Why is he still crying!”, worried to let him out in the front yard. Ya know, normal stuff that isn’t normal because you’ve never done it before.
Normal changes.
With the 2nd kid it wasn’t terrifying to let him play in the front yard near the street as much. We just learned to listen for the sound of screeching tires. Anything else wasn’t worth bothering with.
Don’t forget to post your site here: https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=185
