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@bloodveil there are gallery/media plugins for Buddypress such as
Free: https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-media/
Premium: http://buddydev.com/plugins/bp-gallery/

@craigheyworth
Where there is a will there is always a way!

@craigheyworth
Your welcome glad I could assist you!

@craigheyworth
Oops I forgot to wrap the code lets try again:
For Friends Link:

<a href="<?php global $current_user; echo home_url() . '/members/' . $current_user->user_login . '/friends/'; ?>">Friends</a>

For Messages Link:

<a href="<?php global $current_user; echo home_url() . '/members/' . $current_user->user_login . '/messages/'; ?>">Messages</a>

@craigheyworth
You can try these with the text widget providing you enabled php like my example above.
For Friends Link:
user_login . ‘/friends/’; ?>”>Friends

For Messages Link:
user_login . ‘/messages/’; ?>”>Messages

May not be perfect but it works. You could add an unordered list and wrap them in list items and style them how you choose. Good luck!

Update: If anyone else is having the same problem here was my fix.

1. Upload buddypress and activate
2. Before you update the settings on Buddypress change your theme to the one offered by BP
3. Once you have all your settings set the way you want click save and switch back to your theme.

All back to normal now, no more blank register page and no more re-direct. Hope this helps someone else

@technoshaman

Do you have ‘pretty permalinks’? This is a buddypress requirement.

Alternatively have you re-saved your permalinks ( just visiting the permalinks should do the trick but if not try saving them again )

Failing that more info about your setup might be helpful: https://buddypress.org/support/topic/when-asking-for-support-2/

Don’t you have another option below:

Alternatively have you tried resetting ( > Tools > Forums )…

@ibrahim-ismail
If your logged in you would be redirected to the home page. Its default behavior. Try logging out then typing the url. Search on here for similar threads because this has been covered many times over and you should find the solution in those threads.

I had similar problems with my theme and buddypress, but you can use CSS to tweak the profile screen elements into place…

@craigheyworth
I was actually just responding about it being dangerous. I simply meant if someone tells you it is dangerous they should at least say why, after all you was only going to use it to add links.

any registered if logged in, can’t see activity streams

@rajeev-jain very strange. As mentioned above, backup database. Deactivate all plugins except BuddyPress and bbPress and change to Twenty Twelve theme. Clear cache. Check if you can view Activity Streams now. If ues, then activate the Magazine theme and check Activity Stream. If all is go, activate plugins batch by batch and double-check Activity Streams to help you identify what is causing the visibility issue when logged in.

I ran it in twenty twelve and twenty eleven as well as my gameday theme and it didnt work on any not to mention i had to make the “register” page under the parent of the “community” page just to have it on my gameday theme. When i switched to the buddypress theme it worked just fine (dint check/change the parent part) I just tried to use it by deactivating all my plugins (except for buddy press) and still does not work. I also contacted the company i purchased the theme from and they directed me to other gameday websites with buddy press and they seem to work fine with it. I am truly lost on this. (EDIT): Well this is strange, i just tried it on all 4 themes while changing the register page from “parent page=groups” to “no parent” and it doesnt work now even on buddypress default theme. I get a blank register page on all of them.

Good idea.

You should submit an enhancement ticket on https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/
And if you can submit a patch with the ticket… even better.

@techknowledgic
The codex is your Buddy!
https://codex.buddypress.org/user/setting-up-a-new-installation/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/

Probably not the right way to fix it, but this worked with the 1.7 update, and it works now:

https://buddypress.org/support/topic/buddypress-1-7-is-now-available-2/page/2/#post-161255

@craigheyworth
I guess that is good info if you knew in the first place how to create your own widgets and I am assuming you wouldn’t otherwise you wouldn’t have asked for help. Also if one does not elaborate why it is not safe, I personally would like to here the explanation as to why myself. You just wanted to create some dynamic links correct? Its not like your giving them a form to execute malicious php code in. Saying it is not safe given the circumstances of the specific use is not really valid in my opinion without a clear explanation.