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Problem is see is the green toolbar, containing wrong links, ie: profile button goes to your-site/members/admin/profile/ and your premium theme, for which we can’t help you, because we have no free access to it’s code.

Revert to 2015 theme and deactivate all plugins except BP.

Make it to work correctly. https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/configure-components/
Set pretty permalinks to what you want, except “by default”.

Ensure you have the Buddy menu showing on 2015. You should see at least: activity, members, groups. Test them and ensure you go to the right page.

On the top right Howdy menu, you should have all BP elements concerning your profile (friends, messages, notifications…), of course only if you activated these components.

Once it is working with 2015, you can activate your theme.

At this stage you will probably see some layout issues and will have to do some CSS adjustment.
Contact theme’s support to get help for that.

Sorry, but we are unable to help you with premium theme issues, as we have no free access to it.
Ask your theme support.

If you’re comfortable with HTML and CSS you can check page.php from one of WP’s default theme and compare to your theme page.php to get some of the custom div’s class or ID’s it use, so you can adjust them from inside of a child-theme.

BuddyPress Theme Development

Which kind of answer do you expect if don’t give any details about your running install ?
Site url, theme and plugin list please !

https://buddypress.org/support/topic/when-asking-for-support-2/

Hi.

I am also using wordpress 4.1.1 and buddypress 2.2.1 and for all pages, which I need to map via the settings page I am getting a blank page: Groups, Members, Register and Activate. I am using the default theme. It is a multi-site setup, however buddypress is only used on the main site (first blog) and also only there activated.
I did only minor styling via the themes css and the header.php.

WP_Debug does not show any errors as well as the Apache log is empty.

It was working fine until i updated recently the connected bbpress for forum.

Besides that I am using following plugins:
bbP private groups
bbPress
bbPress Advanced Capabilities
BP Registration Options (DEACTIVATED CURRENTLY)
BuddyPress
BuddyPress Group Email Subscription
BuddyPress Like (DEACTIVATED CURRENTLY)
BuddyPress Multilingual
HookPress (DEACTIVATED CURRENTLY)
Nginx Helper (only on staging)
Page Builder by SiteOrigin (DEACTIVATED CURRENTLY)
Paid Memberships Pro
Paid Memberships Pro – bbPress Add On
Paid Memberships Pro – Register Helper Add On
Social Login

Network activated:
WordPress SEO
WPML Multilingual CMS
WPML String Translation
Events Manager

My dev environment is XAMPP on Mac and on the staging is a linode cloud server with Ubuntu on Nginx (I think). Both have the same issues.
It’s not a live site yet, just demo, therefore some of the plugins might get activated if I am back on track.

Tried it now to get it run for about 15 hours:
– I also deactivated all plugins except buddypress and still did not get any of those sites working.
– Actiavated / Deactivated the plugins
– Used the repair tools
– looked into all my codes and fixed file endings such as empty space after ?> in php files
– Reassigned all sites
– Researched a lot in million of forums

Any hint, idea, glimps or full stack solution is highly appreciated.

Thanks, Chris

Hi @itkid

Does buddypress support markdown?

Not currently. A markdown plugin would be great for BuddyPress activity posts and comments, private messages and so on, but to my knowledge there isn’t one available right now.

Add a post/page using your already created CPT to profile needs to add a tab and to handle some conditionnals for allowed usres to see it.

Here some related topics where you can see how you could do it. Note that it doesn’t explain how to made a CPT and how to handle user access. But will easy to find on Codex or this forum.

https://buddypress.org/support/topic/best-way-for-members-to-add-blog-posts-to-profile/

https://buddypress.org/support/topic/adding-favourite-posts-as-a-tab-in-buddypress/

Hi @danbp,
thanks for your explanation. I know, that this name field is required.
But I wish they quit it in one of the next buddypress versions.
When your using the mention feature on a buddypress install users have to be careful not to use the real name…
I would prefer the way wordpress does handle the real name. When there is no addtional info the username is the realname. When you define more, you can change your realname… That would be the better and easier way…

Thanks
Matthias

see if this plugin may help:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-xprofile-custom-fields-type/

@matthias70,

these fields are required by the system.
WP ask for username, password and email. When BP is activated, he uses WP’s name option Public Name so he can rely to WP. This field called Name is the only one which is required by BP for that reason.

When you visit dashboard > users > your profile, you have a tabed page with profile options (the original WP user manager) and Extended profile (which belongs to BP) where you can edit your profile. On WP’s tab you see login, first name, last name and public displayed name. On BP’s tab there is only Name, which reflects what is in first and or last name.

In wp_users table, you have user_login, user_nicename and display_name

user_login and user_nicename have the same content
display_name contains first and/or last name (if exist from a previous WP install, before BP installation).

Depending what and where something needs a name to work (avatar, comment, notice, activity, etc), one or the other name option is fired.

If you don’t need/want real names on front end, you can use this plugin:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-usernames-only/

Could it be you use a multilingual plugin ? Deactivate it and contact the author and also your theme support.
Same issue & same theme author mentionned here:
https://buddypress.org/support/topic/php-error-log/

Always great to see a new BuddyPress plugin! 🙂

you’ll have to check your settings conciensiously.
First, deactivate bbpress and BuddyPress. Launch WP alone, just in case of.

Activate BuddyPress and review the settings. Each activated component should have his own page, without any content. Activate permalinks and use any option except “default”.
Sync BP and WP users in BP settings.

As BP component you need at least Messages and i recommend you Extended Profiles for better UX.

Now go to dashboard > tools and repair BP. Back to front and see how BP works. Test messaging.

Activate bbPress and read here before starting to set it up.

After bbP settings, return to dashboard > Tools and repair the Forum

Cross finger that the sky doesn’t fall over your head. Buddy, you’re done ! 😉

hi @scribbleben,

thought there is no theme who fit a project to 100%. It’s only a tool to show a project. And BuddyPress is only a plugin, which let you handle a user community in a certain way.

You don’t need a page builder. BP is fully dynamic and WP publishes posts like a champ, so you probably won’t need more than 2 or 3 pages over those effectivly required by BP.

You don’t need a framework theme if the project is for one client or if you use BP 2 times a year for other clients.

You don’t need a theme full of bells and whistles, but an utility tool which let your client earn money or live with his community, without spending tons of hours to learn how his bells plant is working or returning to university to doctorate for a whistle diploma.

I would suggest use 2012 or 2015 during the period you build the project. Find an acceptable compromise between client desire, needed plugins and eventually some custom functions to add. Once that structure is built, you will incorporate it to a theme.

Your 4 points.

1) WordPress
2) BuddyPress
3) BuddyPress
4) WordPress and BuddyPress

So i’ve probably resumed your needs or even what you already did.

Which theme is the closest ? Almost any, but with 30 000 themes under the hand, it’s not an answer.

The important thing to know would be your client’s opinion about internet, web sites, ergonomy, personnal surf interrests. Equally, the specifics about hosting, bandwith, maintenance budget, supported device, target usage, and a few other little details which you haven’t listed yet.

Is this your first BuddyPress experience ?
If so, perhaps visiting some BP sites online will help you to come nearer about what can be done – independantly of any layout consideration in a first step.

See Your BuddyPress forum
or my own showcases here and here (french, european and word site examples).

Hi @matthias70

There are quite a lot of active BuddyPress plugin developers out there, although you’re right in that there’s not as many BuddyPress plugin developers as there are WordPress plugin developers.

Both kinds of developers overlap, so feel free to put plugin ideas out there, and who knows, maybe a BuddyPress dev (or a WordPress dev) will decide to build something.

The po file you used initially contains errors or missing strings. This file is on glotpress and indicate it is 100% translated. Problem is, that Glotpres doesn’t control the syntax and 100% translated doesn’t mean working to 100%.

If you use this po file as work base, you have already 95% translated and probably some typo errors. poEdit handle this and shows you which strings are not “completed” or have “changed”. In this case, you have to validate the translation. Such difference are highlighted in a different color, so they’re easy to see.

It’s not automated, but a kind of.

Similar topics
https://buddypress.org/support/topic/problem-with-spanish-translation/
https://buddypress.org/support/topic/po-not-working-on-registration-page/