BuddyPress.org

@sillery4ever the simplest solution would be to create a new file named buddypress.php, add code, then upload it to the root of your theme’s folder in server.

Re code you will place in buddypress.php:
Normally it is only a matter of copying over a theme’s page.php file and pasting it in buddypress.php, then configuring HTML etc. to render all your BP pages with the same layout using BP theme compatibility. See how it was done with the WP Default themes https://codex.buddypress.org/themes/bp-theme-compatibility-and-the-wordpress-default-themes/

If that doesn’t work for you, please contact premium theme author for assistance.

@foresme
1) Activity Privacy: https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-activity-privacy/

2) Profile Privacy: copy over this file https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/2.0.1/bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress/members/single/profile/profile-loop.php into your active theme folder following this structure wp-content/themes/yourthemename/buddypress/members/single/profile/profile-loop.php

– at the very top of that file, insert:
<?php if ( is_user_logged_in()) : ?>

– at the very end of that file, insert:

<?php else : ?>
<?php echo "<div style='width: 100%; padding: 20px; border: 1px solid #eee; text-align: center; font-style:bold; font-size: 1.3em;'>You have to log in to view this member's profile.</div>"; ?>
<?php endif; ?>

(updated version of danbp’s reply in this post)

@mayan2014 download older WP versions at https://wordpress.org/about/roadmap/
I hope you backed up your DB and files before upgrading WP/BP. To make sure that your BP and WP versions are synced, check out https://codex.buddypress.org/developer/releases/

@mayan2014 What BP version did you upgrade from? Have you checked whether the theme and/or the plugins you have activated in your site are compatible with the latest BP version?

You can rename/delete the BuddyPress plugin folder via cpanel or s/FTP. You can download older versions of BP at https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress/developers/

@leonyipa please delete the following lines from BuddyDefault’s sidebar.phpfile

<?php if ( bp_is_active( 'messages' ) ) : ?>
<?php bp_message_get_notices(); /* Site wide notices to all users */ ?>
<?php endif; ?>

You can instead either add the Sitewide Notices widget in your sidebar or just allow the sitewide notice to appear in the header area like you have now. https://codex.buddypress.org/buddypress-components-and-features/buddypress-widgets/#buddypress-sitewide-notices

@airfieldnotes WP/BP versions? Have you done some basic troubleshooting? https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/troubleshooting/

Hi @digitalchild

I just read your blog post. It’s interesting you couldn’t get define( 'BP_SEARCH_SLUG', 'searchresults' ); to work outside of wp-config.php. Have you tried creating a bp-custom.php file and popping the constant definition in there?

Ref: https://codex.buddypress.org/plugindev/bp-custom-php/

I am experiencing the similar issues. BuddyPress by default “hijacks” the WordPress search, and searches seem to only be applied against my BP pages – which are few. I need my WordPress search back.

If there isn’t a way to include both (and given my Google searches, there doesn’t seem to be,) is there a way to disable BuddyPress search completely?

If your goal is to style the member diretory, which is set by default, you have to style it through CSS or modify the template from ithin a child theme. You can’t do this by adding a personnal template as for an usual WP page, to the BP (internal) page named Members.

BuddyPress Components and Features

BuddyPress Theme Development

Add BuddyPress Styles to a Theme

We’re now in the 2.0 aera.
To apply changes to your BP 2.x site.
– Upload any theme you want and check first if it works with WordPress, specially by creating new users and sending messages.
– Upload and activate BuddyPress. Check conscientiously his settings. Changecalso the permalinks settings to your need (except by default).
– If everything is fine, after testing of course, you create then a child theme.
– if you need to alter some BP templates, you get copies of them from bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress/ and put them in your child-theme/community/ or child-theme/buddypress/ directory. All other files, which are not (BP files) filed in bp-legacy, should be copies of your original theme added to your child theme.

References:
all comments in bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress-functions.php
https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_template_part

Hi,

I am facing the same issue on buddypress 2.0.1 with WPLMS theme. I am new to wordpress, php so any help would be great..

Thanks,
Chandana.

hello @leonyipa,

you’ll find the solution by reading this codex page

username appearing twice on registration form

@jaciando1 Change the “User Name” profile field name in the “Profile Details” box -> go to admin menu
Users > Profile Fields and click on the “edit” button under that profile field name.

I also appear to have two different register forms???

You can add the following to your theme’s functions.php page:

/* If BuddyPress is active */
if ( class_exists('BuddyPress') ) {
	add_action('init','mme_redirect_register');
	function mme_redirect_register(){
		global $pagenow;
		if( 'wp-login.php?action=register' == $pagenow ) {
			wp_redirect('http://buddypress.dev/join-us');
			exit();
		}
	}
}

Change http://buddypress.dev/join-us to your site’s register page.

@giuseppe23 I can only guess at what can be done to remove the border based on image you posted alone. Check if you added borders to:
#buddypress ul#activity-stream or #buddypress ul.actitivity-list

@intristin you can either
a) copy over member-header.php from second link following this to server wp-content/themes/your-theme-name/buddypress/members/single/ folder and create the button after this line or
b) ask chat devs re what to hook into bp_member_header_actions

@payra123 I moved your post by creating a new topic. Please do not post in old threads which are months or years old.

downloaded buddypress 2.0.1 for using forum on my site

If you only need a forum, please download bbPress instead https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/
You’ll find installation and usage information at https://codex.bbpress.org/

after uploading i cant able to open my site and wordpress login php also showing blank

Please delete the BuddyPress folder from wp-content/plugins/ in your server.

Good night from Spain!
I also have problems with themes Elegant Theme …
appears that BuddyPress and themes are not compatible, however I wish to work with these issues …. there is any way to get it??

Hi @kypto

Are you using a contact form plugin? You’ll need one because contact form functionality doesn’t come in WordPress or BuddyPress core.

To add a member’s name and email to the form data is easy (ish) but you’ll need a contact form in place first.