I think that you don’t need using page to add in your member theme :S look plugin-template.php
UPDATE: This trumps the first version of bp-test mentioned above.
Basically I have created three versions of bp-test which allows one to learn and hopefully start building BP components. Here is a blog post with screencaps:
http://www.davidbisset.com/2008/12/25/buddypress-building-your-own-components-with-these-building-blocks/
For those impatient, here are the links:
http://www.davidbisset.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/bp-testv0-1-0.zip
http://www.davidbisset.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/bp-testv0-1-1.zip
http://www.davidbisset.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/bp-testv0-1-2.zip
Version 0.1.0:
This version is very close to the proof of concept screenshots for Twitter and Friendfeed. Very basic – it just adds a menu and two submenus to that menu. It should automatically also add the menu to the “BuddyPress Bar†that appears at the top and (by default) is grey.
Version 0.1.1:
This version adds the “header tab†navigation you see in the screenshot on my blog. This requires a few additional PHP functions, and therefore increases the complexity a little bit. I also added a few BuddyPress PHP functions in the sample page that you should become familiar with but are very straightforward. This version rounds out how to create major navigational elements in BuddyPress.
Version 0.1.2:
This (final?) version changes the “Second Page†into an example of showing rowed results (similar to what you see on the wire page). This bumps up the complexity a bit since we use alot more PHP functions, mostly stored in the bp-test-templatetags.php file. We also use several classes seen in bp-test-classes.php and bp-test-templatetags.php. Also add a “standard†(of sorts) filter file (bp-test-filters.php). If you are planning on displaying anything in a table/row format like in the screenshot above, then you will want to examine this version. I have removed AJAX references to make it easier. Honestly this is all very close to the WIRE BuddyPress component so if you want to look at that as well, especially if you have the hang of this and just need to add in AJAX, that would be a wise move.
These three versions support potential BuddyPress components ranging from the very simple to more-or-less the level of some of the current BuddyPress beta components. These building blocks will hopefully be a learning tool first (if you don’t understand what they do, then you won’t get very far) and a time saver second.
eheheh, now i understand your sarcasm. Next time try to use smiles like 
nicola, I’ve been teaching you american slang in irc. This is your first lesson in sarcasm. I keep forgetting that english is your second language. Sorry. Trying to be funny and failing miserably.
Howdy. You can modify the member theme’s target for successful login in the /member-themes/buddypress-theme/header.php file. Lines 53 and 55. It redirects people to site_url() you can send them where you’d like by replacing that with your destination.
If your user elects to login via the buddybar 
you can edit the file /mu-plugins/bp-core/bp-core-adminbar.php in the function bp_adminbar_login_menu() at line 33. Another similar line where they get redirected to ‘siteurl’.
You may want to try a larger image. There are still issues, but currently buddypress doesn’t have anyway to “upsize” images before cropping. The early beta had a minimum image size of 450x450px, and generally have had pretty good luck when using images of that size or larger.
This is great stuff! Can’t wait until it is released!
Chad
hey, this is a great idea! It did not work when I entered the bp-social.php in PluginMU but I am also running the pay to blog plugin and I think there is a conflict there or with something. Hey my site is http://theodoremedia.com and if you come up with a fix, please post here or email me grizzlygroundswell@chadeverson.com I have had some really exciting success with twitter, now over 13,000 followers on @chadteverson @clayoxen @EWEverson @grizzlyfeed @grizzlyradiorss @grizzlyvideorss @socialistsqurrl
There is some incredible reach that can be gained through twitter by extending my online efforts through twitter.com
I came up with a strategy you may find interesting http://www.fightingsquad.theodoremedia.com look for the post on twitter. people are getting 1000 followers in 5 days and keep growing every day! If you use the strategy keep me in touch with how much success you are having!
Chad Everson
Pers,
What exactly do you mean by “main page”? I am on the main page of my BP site and i still see the “test” in the dropdown “my account” in the top bar. I am logged in, though. Screenshots would be helpful.
Just want to confirm to determine perhaps if it’s MY code or truly a BP bug.
eh .. there’s a bug in buddypress, when you’re on the main page, “Test” is missing from the admin bar. If you enter a member page, it’s there. I’ve reported this in ticket #283
Trent, where can I find this: –> WPMU 2.7 SVN
Hey stop by and check out our conservative version of BuddyPress! http://theodoremedia.com
Thanks, we are loving Buddy Press!
I am having a similar problem. Except when in http://www.grizzlygroundswell.theodoremedia.com when a user goes to sign up it takes them to the WP login without offering an option to register.
So I need to know where I need to change that redirect.
Another problem when you go to any user’s profile the tab says “nothing found for username”
Just two concerns that I need to figure out. Loving BuddyPress so far! Check it out! http://theodoremedia.com our conservatives are loving it!
Chad Everson
763-244-3265
grizzlygroundswell@chadeverson.com
amazing work! I would like to help translate it to spanish, please let me know what I can do!
EDIT: I added the two pieces of code to my bp-core-settings.php and it just broke my site, loaded a blank page instead of the content.
I’ve just registred an account, sendme your e-mail, and the nick you want on notsecurity at gmail
check out twitme 1.7 plugin which integrates twitter fully for bp.
still work in progress
nice, very nice. thank you david
Nothing in spam-folder (I did this several times). Be waiting…
@dimensionmedia, i’m working for aggregator, here a picture: http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/6578/aggregatorlg7.jpg
i think tomorrow i will release basic code
Great Nic. I’m developing another version of this that expands on the navigation.
Remember that this isn’t really a plugin, more like a starting point FOR a plugin.
I don’t want to confuse buddypress with the various microblogging tools (twitter, laconica, etc.) but Openmicroblogger.org has taken the Twitter Tools for WordPress plugin, for example, and made it work with their platform so that you can post to Twitter from within Openmicroblogger (much like how it works wth WordPress).
More importantly, the OMB platform lets you ‘subscribe’ to your Twitter friends or other users so that their tweets complete with Gravatar can appear in your stream on the OMB network of servers. Having this ability to ‘pull’ your subscribed network of users, over and above a lifestream of your own tweets or whathaveyou, whould make the ‘social’ plugin in Buddypress even more powerful. Hope I explained this in some manner of clarity.
Cheers
Scotm, this might be possible. I’ll look into it. I’m more interested in the BuddyPress then “reinventing the wheel” on a lifestream or social plugin. Those have been done, and i’m still looking over the more popular ones to see if we can convert those WordPress plugins into BP. But I’ve got a feeling writing something custom is going to be alot more useful and unlimiting.
Some had an issue downloading the file from the blog. Here is a confirmed working link, just in case you tried but failed and were so pissed you didn’t leave a blog comment.
Here is the code: http://davidbisset.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/bp-social.txt
slaFFik, i’m working on it now.. check your spam, i will activete your account..
