Thanks for the outline. I’ve been able to successfully create a group with a forum attached.
I appreciate all of the help I’ve received as a BuddyPress newbie. I want to “give back” by creating some docs that clearly outline the steps needed. Perhaps that will reduce the avalanche of questions on oft-answered subjects.
@jtle918,
1. White screens should show up in your server logs; check the offending process and adjust to taste.
2. Facebook Connect Plugin will probably need some adjusting for BuddyPress1.1. I know other people have experienced some lag, memory, and slowness issues using it.
3. Yay integration!
4. I know Burt hasn’t updated the group blogs plugin in a while, but your best bet to set default themes and settings would be to check out the WPMU new blog defaults plugin. You should be able to adapt that to set the blog theme on creation.
@wordpressfan, you will want to make sure that wp-contents/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bbpress/ contains all of the files that come with bbPress.
When you use the auto-install functionality of BuddyPress forums, it will create a bb-config.php file at the root of your WordPress MU installation.
Mohit Kumar, since I know you’re a regular around these parts, was this an upgrade from a previous bbPress installation? If so, is that installation external or internal? Were you previously using BuddyPress trunk, or stable release?
Which version of BuddyPress are you running? As of trunk r1599 (which is just over 2 months ago), the functions bp_core_add_nav_default() and bp_core_add_subnav_item were deprecated, replaced by bp_core_new_nav_item() and bp_core_new_subnav_item().
Ok. New database. Fresh install of WPMU 2.4.8a. Fresh install of BP Beta 1. Copied bp-default into wp-content/themes. Activated. The theme still reports the following:
The template files are located in /themes/bp-sn-parent/blogs. The stylesheet files are located in /themes/bp-default. BuddyPress Default uses templates from BuddyPress Social Network Parent Theme. Changes made to the templates will affect both themes.
Have you set up bbPress in wp-admin > BuddyPress > Forums setup? Did you download and put bbPress in /wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/ ?
Here are my observations so far. I’m running WPMU/BuddyPress in a rackspace cloud hosting environment.
Install went fine.
My biggest gripe is that now when activating or deactivating plugins in the backend, I get the white screen of death 90% of the time. I have my memory limit at 96MB in wp-settings.php, which fixed my white screen issues when I first installed buddypress. Any ideas on this?
The Facebook Connect plugin seems to have broken for me with the 1.1 release. I guess that just needs to be updated. I’m looking into that RPX as well.
Installing and integrating bbpress was extremely simple once I moved bbpress into the proper folder (/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bbpress/). I then easily setup a group forum.
I also installed the bpgroupblogs plugin and setup a blog for one of my groups. Is there a way to default the theme for a group blog to the buddypress theme? I would like it to all tie together with the group for which the blog is being used.
Next on my wish list is the Classifieds plugin, but I will ask about that in the proper forum area.
With a few minor glitches and questions aside, so far I’m really loving 1.1. Thanks to all contributors!
– Jeff
I have wpmu and buddypress 1.1.beta installed
but when i try to post topics in forums it show error. i dont know why its happening
here is website
http://shrikrishnworld.com
thanks
Aye, depends on what shape bag you’re looking to use:)
Or with BuddyPress1.1, inherit them from a parent theme, and CSS your way out of that bag. 
With BuddyPress1.1, you can also recreate a custom registration page to include only the fields you specifically want them to have on sign-up, put it in your child theme, and let it do the dirty work.
I installed 1.1 and was greeted with this:
Fatal error: Class ‘WP_Widget’ not found in D:www/myaxelis/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-widgets.php on line 14
the next time I tried to load my WPMu/buddypress page. Where did I go wrong.
1. No plugins beside BP 1.1 Beta.
2. There are a number of database-related errors. I won’t list them all, but they tend to follow this:
Table ‘xxx.wp_2_options’ doesn’t exist for query INSERT INTO wp_2_options
None of the errors mention themes.
When I recreated the buddypress test site, I kept the same databases, only dropping the fields and their content.
3. I’m currently running the Beta released Monday.
4. This is all after a clean install of WPMU and BuddyPress. The only thing that stayed the same was the database.
I guess my next step would be to create a fresh database and then reinstall WPMU and BP from scratch.
Hi; i’m working on a classifieds component.
I changed some stuff in the classifieds permalink and now singles items doesn’t display in the right template.
I think it is a bp_core_reset_subnav_items/bp_core_add_nav_default/bp_core_add_subnav_item problem :
e.g. : my classified has ../wordpress-mu/classifieds/employers/prod-av/test81 for permalink.
I “load” the classified like :
function bp_classifieds_setup_nav() {
global $bp, $classified_obj, $current_blog;
$last_action_variable = $bp->action_variables[count($bp->action_variables)-1];
if ( $classified_id = BP_Classifieds_Classified::classified_exists($last_action_variable) ) {
/* This is a single classified page. */
$bp->is_single_item = true;
$classified_obj = new BP_Classifieds_Classified( $classified_id );
it works, as the statement if ( $classified_id = BP_Classifieds_Classified::classified_exists($last_action_variable) ) is fired.
Later, in the same function bp_classifieds_setup_nav(); I set up the menu :
}else if ( $bp->is_single_item ) {
$bp->current_item = $last_action_variable;
//TO FIX ?
$bp->current_action = $bp->action_variables[0];
array_shift($bp->action_variables);
$bp->bp_options_title = $classified_obj->name;
$classified_link = bp_get_classified_permalink($classified_obj) . '/';
$category=new BP_Classifieds_Categories($classified_obj->category);
$classified_parent_slug = $category->slug;
// Check classified access
if (( 'published' == $classified_obj->status ) || (classifieds_is_moderator())) {
$has_access=true;
}else {
$has_access=false;
}
// Reset the existing subnav items
bp_core_reset_subnav_items($classified_parent_slug);
bp_core_add_nav_default( $classified_parent_slug, 'classifieds_screen_single', __('home','classifieds-slugs') );
bp_core_add_subnav_item( $classified_parent_slug, __('home','classifieds-slugs'), __('Home', 'buddypress'), $classified_link , 'classifieds_screen_single', 'classified-home');
So the classifieds_screen_single function should fire; but it is not.
Any idea of why ?
Thanks !
As DJPaul, said, you should talk to your web host whenever you are having server issues. This WordPress codex article may help, if it does not, talking with your web host is the next option.
Yes. But any wordpress theme used on a buddypress site will have to include extra files that come with the BP theme. I.e copy them.
@John James Jacoby – is it ready what you described here 3 months ago?
I am searching for solution to make buddypress multilingual, but only in interface: theme and admin area should has multi language texts. ost dont have to be translated.
Just something like is at wordpress.com: user register and choose language. Then he see all interface in local language, write in any language he want.
Hi !
Seems to have good new functionnalities !
I have one problem though :
I use a fresh install (WPMU 2.8.4 + BuddyPress 1.1 Beta); no plugins;
I moved /bp-default and /bp-sn-parent to /themes;
and I get
Not Found
The requested URL …./wordpress-mu/blog was not found on this server.
Then I did copy my old .htaccess file to the fresh WPMU installation; and now I have
Page Not Found
The page you were looking for was not found.
What is the problem ?
I have a quick question. From a technical point of view are buddypress themes the same as normal wordpress themes? In this sense can I take an existing wordpress theme framework and adapt it directly to wordpress MU and therefore make it work with Buddypress.
The reason I ask is because I am playing with the Hybrid theme framework for WordPress and was wondering if I can use this theme framework directly on WPMU and therefore Buddypress.
Ok,
but what do I need to ask exactly?
Thanks. Tickets #1011 and #1012 created.
For Buddypress 1.1 will there be a skeleton parent theme, or am I stuck with using the default parent theme and modifying that, then I might as well just create a child theme?
I have downloaded the bleeding edge 1.1 from trac and updated mysite. I am busy with a custom theme for my site and I would like to start with a skeleton theme. However I don’t mind hacking the default one if thats best. I am a bit new to developing WPMU themes although I have done themes for Joomla and hacked a couple of normal WP themes.
Thanks but these need tickets made on https://trac.buddypress.org/.
I just installed smashingtheme but unlike classic the buddypress bar isn’t appearing at the top. I assume I have to add that bit of coding in somewhere to one of the php files?
