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This is a known bug https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5888

Try changing buddypress.js to buddypress.min.js. This issue was already resolved as of the latest version.

Cheers!

I’ve narrowed it down further and found that unchecking the “update activity automatically” feature in BuddyPress settings solves the problem. Still at a loss as to what’s really causing the problem.

Hello, did you have any luck solving this? I’m having the exact same problems with the same setup…except now on WordPress 4.0.

buddypress.js loads fine on all pages except the site-wide activity page.

I’ve deactivated all plugins, re-installed buddypress, switched themes, all to no avail.

I’m hosted on wp-engine.

Let me know if you were able to solve it.

If you’ve found a bug or improvement, please open a ticket on trac.

@mineo

there are always difference between two BuddyPress version…. If you use a custom translation, you must update your version at each BP update. This is how translating a plugin or a theme works and has nothing to do with php files or studying the support.

Version 2.0

Version 2.0.1

Version 2.0.3

Version 2.1

and so on…

For example, the difference between 2.0.1 and 2.1 is not the translation itself, but the translation comments who where added for better disambiguation.

So for example the word “activity’ in bp 2.01 is written in the po file like this:

#: bp-activity/bp-activity-loader.php:165
#: bp-activity/bp-activity-loader.php:276
msgid "Personal"
msgstr ""

and in BP 2.1, you see this:

#: bp-activity/bp-activity-loader.php:277
msgctxt "My Account Activity sub nav"
msgid "Personal"
msgstr ""

A comment was added who look like this: msgctxt "My Account Activity sub nav"

Because of this comment, even if the phrase is already translated, poEdit consider that there is a modification and mark this phrase as fuzzy. And because it is fuzzy, gettext doesn’t use it and the word stays in english.

In 2.1 “activity” remains 9 times alone, with 9 different disambiguation context, in difference to older versions where “activity” was used indifferently for any context.

So if you didn’t take care of such difference, you can think your word is translated. It is, but outside of the context.

msgctxt "Page title for the Activity directory."
msgid "Activity"

msgctxt "Activity items per page (screen options)"
msgid "Activity"

msgctxt "Admin Dashbord SWA page title"
msgid "Activity"

msgctxt "Admin Dashbord SWA menu"
msgid "Activity"

etc
This means of course that you have to translate “activity” 9 times, instead one time, but the avantage to write it differently, depending your language and the context where the word is used.

And again, modifying a po file with a text editor without compiling it into mo format is unuseable. You must use a compiler like poEdit, as gettext use .mo file to translate.

Po/pot files are only working files, not system files like mo is.

I don’t know if you did it yet, but there’s a couple of themes from sitemile that can accomplish that, specially this one http://onlinedemo.sitemile.com/?theme=project

I’ve used that with buddypress in a devsite and it worked perfectly!

The only problem is that they don’t have a free version for trial, so you’ll have to buy the theme in order to test.

Hope it helps!

@jessicana,

Regarding buddypress CSS, do I have to create a folder for Buddress like this one: your-child-theme/css/buddypress.css to style buddypress? or I can add this to the style.css in the child theme directory? what is the best practice?

Both are best practice. 😉
But if you’re working with a child-theme, you add a folder named buddypress or community to the child and copy only the template you want to modify from bp-legacy into this folder, by respecting the same path form as in bp-legacy.

CSS can be added directly to child style.css
JS modification goes to /your_child/buddypress/js/your_js.js

Theme Compatibility & Template Files

@halo-diehard

the answer is: NO, but can you provide some details about your install please ?
https://buddypress.org/support/topic/when-asking-for-support-2/

Configure BuddyPress

Installing Group and Sitewide Forums

@caesarhills
Have you tried deactivating all plugins other than buddypress and activating a known theme that works well with BP like twenty fourteen? Sometimes plugins and themes can cause issues with the activation email. If that resolves the issue then you will know it was a faulty plugin or theme.

@jessicana

If I want to make updates to buddypress CSS for desktops and get rid of those updates (styles) on the ipad and phones to keep on responsiveness. What do you suggest I do?

You can use media queries to make different styles to different screen sizes.

As @djpaul mentioned earlier, the terminology is important because ‘comments’ can refer to 2 things:

• post comments
• activity comments.

Post comments are handled by WordPress and are stored in the wp_comments database table (see here). Activity comments are handled by BuddyPress and are stored in a custom table created by BP called bp_activity (see here).

The folders are:
1) buddypress
2) css
3) js
The file is buddypress-functions.php.

Sorry, you are right. The folders css and js are on same level as buddypress; not below. My mistake.

@1a-spielwiese
Inside bp-legacy we have three folders and one file:
The folders are:
1) buddypress
2) css
3) js
The file is buddypress-functions.php.

Buddypress folder contains (activity, blogs, forums, groups, members).

The path you specified doesn’t exist in my directory listing. When I follow your link I get (Failed to retrieve directory listing).

Thanks

If (buddypress.js) path is:

/MYDOMAINNAME.com/html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-templates/bp-legacy/js

and I want to edit this in my child theme, I have to create js folder inside my child theme. The path will be:

/MYDOMAINNAME.com/html/wp-content/themes/ChildThemeName/js

But in reality the path is:

wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-templates/bp-legacy/BUDDYPRESS/js/buddypress.js

Therefore the path for the copy must be:

wp-content/themes/ChildThemeName/BUDDYPRESS/js/buddypress.js

This is really useful! So let’s make this based on ftp url’s to confirm our understanding. If (buddypress.js) path is:
/MYDOMAINNAME.com/html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-templates/bp-legacy/js
and I want to edit this in my child theme, I have to create js folder inside my child theme. The path will be:
/MYDOMAINNAME.com/html/wp-content/themes/ChildThemeName/js
Inside the js folder in the child theme directory I will copy and past buddypress.js there and edit it at my convenience. The updates will not affect this file, do I ever have to worry about updating this?

Regarding buddypress CSS, do I have to create a folder for Buddress like this one: your-child-theme/css/buddypress.css to style buddypress? or I can add this to the style.css in the child theme directory? what is the best practice?

If I want to make updates to buddypress CSS for desktops and get rid of those updates (styles) on the ipad and phones to keep on responsiveness. What do you suggest I do?

Thanks

@mineo

Slovak BuddyPress lang community declares that the files are fully translated.

False ! According to the GlotPress stats, the buddypress translation is only 64% translated.

You have to finish the translation.
Download the po from glotpress
Update that file from the pot file who comes with BP 2.1

Use poEdit to do this.

https://buddypress.org/support/topic/buddypress-2-1-bp-language/