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Well, the skeleton uses WP_PLUGIN_URL because custom components should not run in the /buddypress/ directory. Since BP_PLUGIN_URL is defined in bp-core.php (line 9):

define( 'BP_PLUGIN_URL', WP_PLUGIN_URL . '/buddypress' );

if you use BP_PLUGIN_URL, it will be pathed incorrectly.

So, the question is this: Where do you have your custom component installed? It should be in /plugins/ and not /plugins/buddypress/

@Jeff, thanks for the tip. Maybe we can start a forum section listing all the plugins which have been tested by members to work without issues with BuddyPress.

@Rschilt, thanks for the info about plugin commander. I am trying it out right now. Quick question about it: After I first install plugin commander, it shows me Buddypress as the only plugin and it shows autoactivate as no. Should this be active for all members or deactivated?

I would assume activated (so that buddypress can work for everyone) but I am not sure it refers to member blogs or the community in general.

Hello, DJPaul,

My note was not an ode to IE6 (in fact, I have created several websites using simple HTML and my biggest problem was always IE6). I mentioned IE6 precisely because it’s hated and unsupported by most and yet somehow is able to solve the width problem inherent in BP.

I stressed on the problem again because (1) it’s after using RC2 and (2) I have more precise details this time. The width discrepencey I mentioned is as found in buddypress.org itself and it’s applicable to Firefox, which is my default browser for your information (I like Firebox, if I ignore their imposition of ask.com)

I am not an expert; just an observant user. If I am capable of creating a patch myself for resolving the problem, what am I doing here! And, at any rate, creating a patch is impossible unless I know where the problem lies precisely.

If nobody is going to answer, it’s ok with me.

Socialpreneur: Ok thanks.

Would I have to edit the header.php for both the home and bpmember theme? So I would add the same code to both files?

<div id="header">

<h1 id="logo"><a href="<?php echo get_option('home') ?>" title="<?php _e( 'Home', 'buddypress' ) ?>"><?php bp_site_name() ?></a></h1>



<ul id="nav">

<li<?php if ( bp_is_page( 'home' ) ) {?> class="selected"<?php } ?>><a href="<?php echo get_option('home') ?>" title="<?php _e( 'Home', 'buddypress' ) ?>"><?php _e( 'Home', 'buddypress' ) ?></a></li>

<li<?php if ( bp_is_page( BP_HOME_BLOG_SLUG ) ) {?> class="selected"<?php } ?>><a href="<?php bp_home_blog_url() ?>" title="<?php _e( 'Blog', 'buddypress' ) ?>"><?php _e( 'Blog', 'buddypress' ) ?></a></li>

<li<?php if ( bp_is_page( BP_MEMBERS_SLUG ) ) {?> class="selected"<?php } ?>><a href="<?php echo get_option('home') ?>/<?php echo BP_MEMBERS_SLUG ?>" title="<?php _e( 'Members', 'buddypress' ) ?>"><?php _e( 'Members', 'buddypress' ) ?></a></li>



<?php if ( function_exists( 'groups_install' ) ) { ?>

<li<?php if ( bp_is_page( BP_GROUPS_SLUG ) ) {?> class="selected"<?php } ?>><a href="<?php echo get_option('home') ?>/<?php echo BP_GROUPS_SLUG ?>" title="<?php _e( 'Groups', 'buddypress' ) ?>"><?php _e( 'Groups', 'buddypress' ) ?></a></li>

<?php } ?>



<?php if ( function_exists( 'bp_blogs_install' ) ) { ?>

<li<?php if ( bp_is_page( BP_BLOGS_SLUG ) ) {?> class="selected"<?php } ?>><a href="<?php echo get_option('home') ?>/<?php echo BP_BLOGS_SLUG ?>" title="<?php _e( 'Blogs', 'buddypress' ) ?>"><?php _e( 'Blogs', 'buddypress' ) ?></a></li>

<?php } ?>



<?php do_action( 'bp_nav_items' ); ?>

</ul>

</div>

If I wanted to add another menu-link would I have to add something like this to both header.php files? Saying the new page was called ‘pagename’:

<?php if ( function_exists( 'bp_pagename_install' ) ) { ?>

<li<?php if ( bp_is_page( BP_PAGENAME_SLUG ) ) {?> class="selected"<?php } ?>><a href="<?php echo get_option('home') ?>/<?php echo BP_PAGENAME_SLUG ?>" title="<?php _e( 'Pagename', 'buddypress' ) ?>"><?php _e( 'Pagename', 'buddypress' ) ?></a></li>

<?php } ?>

Or is this wrong? Just wanna make sure I do it right.