Where can I find template tags for buddypress? Is it on codex?
I had the same problem as Jeffca. After updating the latest, the blog and group slugs got broken just as above. I deleted buddypress, re-installed and it’s now working fine.
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Hi, I’ve used WP a lot and new to buddypress scene. I am planning a new project which gives males and females privacy but ability to contribute to ideas. Specifically:
• Allows males and females log to be able to join and contribute to group blogs
• Personal profile pics could only be viewed by members of the same sex
• Private messages could only be sent to members of the same sex
I would have prob created two different installations on two subdomains but wouldn’t know how to make them overlap on the group blogs….i’m thinking best way is to adjust the SQL to check the gender field before displaying messaging options/personal blogs/profile pics…..but where would i look?
The readme in the trunk hasn’t been updated to reflect this change, just FYI.
Sorr but can you tell me how to do it exactly because i m a super noob and don t know too much PHP also.
Thank you
For anyone who has this problem —
1. Copy the /directories/ folder from the default BuddyPress member theme into your own BuddyPress member theme.
2. Copy the /css/directories.css and /css/loader.php from the default member theme to your own theme’s /css/ directory.
3. Reload the page, but make sure you have cleared your browser cache.
These changes will make it much much much easier to change the design of the directory pages.
Sgrunt: not sure if you got my message mentioning the changes?
The directories have moved to the member theme instead. They have proper template files now that you can skin far easier. You should be able to copy your styles from the blog to member theme.
Be aware of constant name changes in the functions.php too.
MEMBERS_SLUG is now BP_MEMBERS_SLUG.
There should be no more changes like this – it was a necessary change to help theme designers ready for 1.0.
Thx for ur quicky answers and support sgrunt !
Perhaps some clues in the trunk :
“removed blogs, groups and members directory from the home theme into the BuddyPress member theme. The directories now have their own templates and theme based CSS and provide much easier editing.
Moved the $bp global setup to a higher priority action – from the ‘wp’ action to the ‘plugins_loaded’ action. This stops occurrences where the $bp global was not defined yet.”
I\\\\\\\’m kinda confused by what you want and what you have done.
If you want both the member theme and the theme that you use on your wp blog to be similar then the two themes that are distributed with bp will work. If you install a different wp blog theme then you\\\\\\\’ll either have to modify the wp blog theme or the member theme to match.
The two themes are completely independent of each other.
It sounds like you are allowing your users to create their own blogs and you\’ve allowed the bp home theme to be available to them. You can, but don\’t have to do that. If you install more wp themes and make them available then they can choose any theme they want. If you don\’t want blog admins to have access to the bp home theme then disable it in Site Admin > Themes.
If you change the member theme then, yes, it applies to all users on your site. Users don\\\’t get to select their own member theme. It will be whatever you set it to.
Hi Guys,
freebpthemes.com is down AGAIN but you can find the contest details at
http://wpmu.org/first-ever-buddypress-theme-contest/
freebpthemes.com should be up mid week – currently moving servers
Organising an Open Coffee event for my local town over at http://clonmelcoffee.com also featuring the fantastic events plugin.
OK, well, the theme itself works, however, it prompts the member to add their own widgets and stuff. Basically, how can I create a pre-set member theme that all members just \”get,\” with widget settings and all?
Is that possible?
Best,
Dainis
PS: Also, when I switched the theme in the main admin area, my testmember blog theme stayed the same. I logged into testmember and changed the theme there. It would be cool, if all changes to the member theme would apply to all uses of the member theme. Is that the case, or are copies made and “hidden” somewhere?
Hiya,
Though some communities may wish to allow thematic creativity, I\’d like to have my member theme very similar to buddypress home, if not exactly the same. I mean, it should show the membername, and \”maybe\” have a bit of a difference in CSS.
Will buddypress-home work as a member theme? Should I try it? I just want a cohesive community where people can post stuff. I don\’t want to bother them with aesthetic options. It\’s just \”you can have your own blog to upload articles, videos, PDF\’s, etc.\”
I hope I don\’t break this thing…I\’m about to try buddypress-home as the member theme.
Cheers,
Dainis
PS: what has me “careful” is
” It’s not a WordPress theme at all. It’s a BuddyPress theme.” from: http://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/using-the-buddypress-themes/ where
Ha ha 
If I’m gonna break this thang, then how do I back this mutha up? Thanks for the info on the plugins!
Cheers,
Dainis
As you’ve surmised, if you want to share files or use an image gallery, you’re going to have to find a 3rd-party plugin that provides those features. As to how well they will work with WPMU and BuddyPress, you’ll have to try to find out.
Yes, a plugin installed to /mu-plugins/ will automatically be used on every blog, and one installed to /plugins/ will be available to every blog to use.
What tends to break BuddyPress? Er. Let’s find out! 
no, there are some changes in themes structure, and so this will not solve problems with members and groups directory pages.
i’m looking for an emergency solution: keep only the images and css folder and the footer files both of facebuddy home and member, and upgrade all the other files with the latest trunk. I’m trying and i’ll let you know if it works completely
Thanks DJ Paul.
Now, if I would like users to be able to share PDF files, images, videos, etc., how would I do that?
For some reason, I am not sure if I’m “really” using WordPress, and I don’t know what the “admin” can do, and what sub-blog owners can and can’t do.
Basically, can I tell them, if you want to share images, documents, etc., just create a blog for yourself and start uploading? So, I think there is something called next gen image gallery, or I can surf around on the buddy press forum and find plugins that do a good job with file sharing/viewing?
If a plugin is available in the “main” blog, and it works there, does that mean that the same plugin is available for all of the blogs?
What kind of user functionality tends to break BuddyPress? What do I need to avoid, so that I have the easiest time with support?
Best,
Dainis
Thanks for this helpful post, I was able to customize the graphics! I had to take the admin_bar_logo.gif background image and center it over admin_bar_logo.gif, because the transparency wasn’t working well in my Photoshop Save for web. So, my logo is not transparent, but it fits with the menu bar background.
Best,
Dainis
@DJPaul: I tried that. I created one profile and exported the database using phpMyadmin. But the excel sheet looks too confusing. I’ll try this once more time though.
@Burtadsit: Yes, that’s most confusing.
Let’s say, I’ve created following fields in buddypress:
Name:
Email:
Phone
Job:
Occupation:
My old database too; has all this data. How do I go about importing? Is there any better way than excel import?
thx for the support… i stay tuned on BD !
Edit : it doesn’t work.. must i modify bp-themes,home-theme or twice ?
i\\\’m looking at the latest trunk, and there is some issue. I correctly see themes but there are issues with the main links: Groups and Members pages that was previously ruled from the home theme, now seem ruled from the bp-theme. I\\\’ll try to understand what happens, but i think that it will be a problem to release new themes until the stable BP version, because users cannot modify their themes to suit every new trunk version.
updated: as first you can change the <body> in your header.php file in the theme, with: <body<?php if ( bp_is_directory() ) : ?> class=\”directory\”<?php endif; ?>>. this solves the header link problems.
in the “home theme” too there are link changes: for example <?php if ( bp_is_page( MEMBERS_SLUG ) ) {?> becomes <?php if ( bp_is_page( BP_MEMBERS_SLUG ) ) {?> and so on.
i’ve just installed the latest trunk, and the facebuddy (member) theme works perfectly. Are u sure to have activated the member theme from here: site admin > buddypress >facebuddy?
Hi Burt,
I’ve been using firebug for a while and i’m ok (kinda) with css, firebug seems to represent the css well but not 100% perfectly. The problem seems to be with the li tags on that particular div, anything I do either throws the padding out for the widget header or seems to have no affect at all 
Cheers for the tips tho – i’ll give the site-wide.css thing a try shortly and will let u know how I get on with it.
Thanks for taking the time to answer this so thorougly. BTW my daughter is nearly 2 and started talking back to me well before I embarked on this buddypress project lol
Thanks once again,
Phil
I installed buddypress on a working wordpress mu.
All files are set to 755
However, the only thing that displays on my page now is:
Error 500 – Internal server error
An internal server error has occured!
Please try again later.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
