I’ve backed up the entire wordpress directory, copied the database, downloaded the zip and overwritten everything. WordPress MU seems to work perfectly. I wonder if BuddyPress would break if I’d return it to it’s RC1 state with the newer WordPress MU installed?
OT: I also wonder why there is an \”Inactive\” above my name, bug?
I’ve tried disabling -all- plugins running my site naked, although, it didn’t work at all;
My first work was the upgrade of my existing theme to the new standards ; although that gives the same error as the “buddypress home RC2” theme.
I’m not really convinced this is themes related…
I’m 100% sure it’s not mu-plugins related either, because I’ve tried disabling all those by moving them away, disabling sunrise in wp-config.php and it did nothing else more than rendering a lot useless and giving the same 404 errors on the main domain.
the plugins directory I moved too, backed up the database before moving them, logging in, lots of things not working anymore including the slugs, which were still giving the same 404 errors …
restored the database, plugin directories, mu-plugins and enabled sunrise again, because it didn’t matter at all; except that my blog articles are currently working towards the world …
BeLogical-
I’m putting the finishing touches to the revisions to v1.2 of the Skeleton Component for plugin developers today. Since I first updated it, there are additional changes to make it sync up to RC2.
When it is finished, I’ll post in this thread.
P2 theme be used ONLY in users’ own blog (subdomain). It on main side (domain) is “buddypress – home” theme.
– logs do not show any errors except the normal 404’s
x.x.x.x – – [24/Apr/2009:13:10:28 +0200] “GET /members/wildchild/ HTTP/1.0” 404 9959
– WPMU 2.7.1 is installed
– Buddypress RC2 is installed for sure (https://buddypress.org/download/ has an error with the url in the title announcing the new version while pointing to the old! Only download zip is RC2 currently)
– RC2 default templates and custom templates do not change anything at all
– I’ve followed the upgrade instructions currently a dozen times
Do you have by any chance the sunrise (domain mapping) or any redirect plugins installed?
I tried by disabling them but I know WordPress is a little bit persistent on it’s redirections; if you got the same installed, it might be a good idea to look towards the mapping since the SLUGS are not working at all.
Justme1-
Okay a couple more questions:
- You say that your site is now up and running. Did adding that additional line to WPMU’s config file make that happen?
- When you upgraded to WPMU 2.7.1, did you log into the backend as site admin then go to the Site Admin > Upgrade and finish the upgrade?
- Are you using a custom theme?
- Did you move the themes into their proper location following these instructions?
- Do you have any plugins other than BuddyPress activated?
The last question should not be a factor, but it helps to know your overall setup.
I installed latest trunk, but nothing changed
Thanks Andy
I don’t have much, cause I’m still learning. Should I delete the whole installation and start from scratch or just the BuddyPress?
I chose the domain name before reading the domain policy, so I’ll change that 
Thanks again
If you are not using custom themes yet, just delete everything and start from scratch with RC-2. By the looks of it, you don’t have much data yet.
Follow the install instructions step by step and you will be fine:
https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/installing-buddypress/
Also, please don’t use “buddypress” in your domain name. When we get a hosting page set up on this site, we can’t link to your site if it breaks the domain policy.
er, please check out my current work in progress at:
http://buddypress-hosting.com
Its broked
I’m having a terrible time with themes, all this talk about home theme and member theme and moving things around has got me so confused I don’t know what I’m doing.
And now the new RC2 has got me even more in a pickle.
I’ve followed the instructions on the upgrading from RC1 to RC2, switching theme’s in RC1 didn’t work either (only the home theme worked) and now I’m even more confused.
Please direct me to a place where I can understand all aspects of theming in Buddypress, especially custom themes, as I need to set up a custom theme for my site:)
Thanks
Haroun
Hi,
I followed following steps to create a test site using the database dump from the main (live) site. I want to know what’s going wrong:-
[Version: WPMU: 2.7, Buddypress: RC1]
1. Backup the live-site database using mysqldump
2. Created the test installation [using new ‘test’ database] of buddypress on <domain>/test
3. Tested the test installation – everything is working fine.
4. Restored the database backup from step#1 to the test database of step # 2.
5. Refreshed the test-site home page and I got fatal error!
I guess the site name & paths are encoded in the database. Is there any available fix for this?
Using RC2, WPMU 2.7.1, subdirectories
hmmmm – sorry to bring that up again… the post slugs in the activity feed are showing now sometimes just the actual site url…
I think this mostly occurs with the slugs mentioned above:
Root/main blog is using: (buddypress home)
/%year%/%monthnum%/%postname%/
site1.example.com is using:
/%category%/%post_id%/
But it could also be, because I am using for some of the posts the Plugin TDOMiniForms (sorry burtadsit for bringing it up again, but I don’t get why the slugs are only in BP-components wrong the the normal WPMU works just fine – everywhere…)
Would be great if someone could help! I just went live on http://www.young-people.ch (see for the bug http://young-people.ch – although it updating the information every minute now)
We just went life with our new portal for young people:
http://www.young-people.ch
(sorry, it’s german, but you will see the functions…)
Those “specials ” are implemented so far:
– totally customized theme (home and member)
– home theme with special friends-activity stream when logged in (like on facebook)
– lots of user generated content (media-reviews directly connected with amazon, ressources, downloads, etc etc). I used the TDOMiniForms Plugin for that…
– special use of the premium-plugin “upgrades”. Instead of having to buy credits for more blog-space you earn credits by submitting articles to the public
– some bp-dev components (subscribe to blogs, etc)
It still has some bugs, but hopefully they are solved after the beta. The old Portal (running on Lotus Nots – how wan’t to believe that
) had 2500 Members. Right now every minute there are registering new members…
Check it out and post a feedback in my wire …
I just installed RC2 and I know it\\\’s a small issue, but it makes it a bit more fun:
When I type the letters for smileys in the wire it just deletes them instead of showing the smiley-graphic. Should that be or is that a bug?
Here on buddypress it works – but on all three of my installs, it doesn’t…
Yes – I have activated this option in the mu-backend. 
Thanks for your feedback!
I\\\’m on Pre RC Buddy Press. I have recently ugraded to WPMU 2.7.1.
Now Im trying to upgrade to RC2. I cannot delete BP-Core under WPMU Plugins without it resulting to White Screen.
Even if I upgrade to RC 1 first I also get the white screen.
my errors has something to do with theme?
\'[Fri Apr 24 00:39:47 2009] [error] [client 122.53.143.174] File does not exist: /home/updtcom/public_html/wp-content/themes/buddypress-home/images/background.gif, referer: http://upd8t.com/wp-content/themes/buddypress-home/css/base.css
[Fri Apr 24 00:38:46 2009] [error] [client 122.53.143.174] File does not exist: /home/updtcom/public_html/wp-content/themes/buddypress-home/images/background.gif, referer: http://upd8t.com/wp-content/themes/buddypress-home/css/base.css\’
Any workaround i can do?
thansk a lot!
The action that triggers the ‘no linking’ workaround doesn’t exist in RC2. I made it easier to specify what fields you do not want linked. I haven’t tested this but it should work.
function my_no_links(){
remove_filter( ‘bp_the_profile_field_value’,’xprofile_filter_link_profile_data’, 2 );
add_filter( ‘bp_the_profile_field_value’,’my_no_links_filter’, 2, 3 );
}
add_action(‘plugins_loaded’, ‘my_no_links’);
function my_no_links_filter($field_value, $field_type = ‘textbox’, $field_id){
$no_links = array(1,5,99);
if ( in_array((int)$field_id, $no_links))
return $field_value;
else
return xprofile_filter_link_profile_data($field_value, $field_type);
}
This is also up on http://buddypress.pastebin.com/f461fc21e
Put the field ids that you do not want to have automatically linked in the $no_links array.
Anointed: The DB will upgrade automatically.
Mekudos: Make sure you have the forums component enabled in the site admin under “BuddyPress > Component Setup”
I just upgraded to RC2 tonight and I am having a few issues after the install. The Site Wide Activity widget is not registering posts made in the Groups widget forums. Also, all Groups wire posts are gone from the Group wire but are still displaying in the Site Wide Activity widget.
Any help with this would be appreciated.
I backed up my WPMU 2.7 and BuddyPress RC 1.0 install before upgrading both components.
FYI: The upgrade from 2.7 to 2.7.1 will replace the “default” theme directory with a fresh copy of Kubrick. If you are using the “default” folder for a custom default theme, the upgrade will eliminate it.
If you are running RC2 just go into the buddypress menu on the back end and disable the blogs and the groups components. BuddyPress > Component Setup.
If not, then upgrade and then do that.
I’m eagerly awaiting this plugin as well. 
I have something similar at my current home-baked site; members can add an RSS feed to their profile, showing their blog on their profile page and the latest posts of all members on the members homepage.
My version uses SimplePie as well, but there’s a lot wrong with the code. It doesn’t properly check if the submitted URL is really an RSS feed for example.
And I would have no clue how to transport it to BuddyPress, with the complicated way profile data is stored over several tables.
Go Nicola Greco!
Andy, do you mind commenting on this?
https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=2009
I want to know what direction to take in converting my component. If there will be an “official” version, I might wait.
Lastly, will our components be “Future Proof” like the themes from here forward?
https://buddypress.org/blog/news/why-your-buddypress-themes-are-future-proof/
Thanks for your input!
Hi,
I’m wanting to remove the ‘Groups’ and ‘Blogs’ from the member profile page. I found another post on the forum which said to go to buddypress-member-theme/profile/index.php , however I cannot see here the actual breakdown of these links in the index.php file to delete them?
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks!
Someone needs to confirm this, but I believe that the conversion from RC1 to RC2 eliminate some activity stream tables.
Parts of this thread my answer your question, Jfcarter.