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You should drop template pack really.

Theme compatibility already provides for a custom bp version of page.php ‘buddypress.php’ in that you can specify named sidebars. BP 1.8 will increase the flexibility of theme compat templates further by allowing you to specify index pages with full markup, or templates called on certain actions/component views.

It’s all written up in the codex.

@rogercoathup I have a question as you are successfully using the Buddypress plugin alongside Woocommerce.

I already have buddypress installed in my website and I’m gonna add the Woocommerce plugin. When a user is logged in or a user tries to register in the website, is it going to the Woocommerce table or the buddypres user table?

The ThemeKradt plugin (http://themekraft.com/shop/woocommerce-for-buddypress/) says they are “integrating” the user information, but as long as see, they are only taking some Woocommerce information and putting in the User profile navigation, not “mixing” tables. Or am I wrong?

@chouf1 / @bphelp wrote a function to remove the button in this thread:

https://buddypress.org/support/topic/remove-public-message-button-in-child-theme/

@mercime – I have been reading the codex for BuddyPress, Event Manager and WordPress core. It’s just hard to keep it all straight. My only point above was that it literally would take one extra sentence when answering questions to say something like, “put it in bp-custom.php (which is a file you’ll have to create…here’s the codex link”. That’s all. OTherwise, the approach above totally worked for me too! It disabled the completely non-fuctioning registration page (I’m using a BP friendly theme, but not the default) and now I let S2 Member handle the user registration/login process. I don’t how I could ever use BP as a stand alone so there are many things in it that are clearly buggy that consistently get blamed on using any other plugin or theme. My real wish is that the wonderful devs who made BP happen make a non-buggy Pro version and make some money for themselves (while we get better docs/examples/support).

Not really sure how this is relevant to this support forum, doesn’t sound BuddyPress related?.

@kizmark In your customization, add back do_action( 'bp_member_header_actions' ); in
buddypress/members/single/member-header.php. Also I don’t see buddypress.js in source view of your theme and it’s needed to make the button actions work.

@oedipamaas @prolet BP Codex is your friend.
https://codex.buddypress.org/developer/customizing/bp-custom-php/

You should check comments in blog post about the plugin http://buddydev.com/buddypress/introducing-buddyblog-allow-users-to-blog-from-their-buddypress-profile/#comment-310529

@oedipamaas, unfortunately there are many other critical points.I no longer use this plugin, because it’s structure is in conflict with all the world. I can’t use easy other theme than bp theme, all other additional plugins have to be bp related only, not to mention the fear I have to ask questions here. Most of the time all are concentrated to be irritated by wrong topics, or not telling you everything….
Anyway, thank you very much for the information and congratulation for finding it by your self!

Best regards,
Polly

The language translation page has info that might be useful:

https://codex.buddypress.org/user/translations/

Also see this page for translating WordPress:

https://codex.wordpress.org/Translating_WordPress

Hi John,

You ever figure out a solution for this? I’ve run into the exact same issue? The only solution i can see at the moment is to install a third party plugin – http://bp-tricks.com/featured/buddypress-shortcodes-plugin/ – but thats over 2 years old now?

Thanks for any advice!

@shameermohamed50
Even after you install bbpress you will still need to configure it depending on if you plan on using group forums, sitewide forums, or both. Use this link which I had provided previously to get an idea of setting them up:
https://codex.buddypress.org/user/setting-up-a-new-installation/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/
After you get it set up you may still want to add the forums link to your navigation. The link has already been provided above. Please ready this material, it explains it much more clearly!

@shameermohamed50
Something is getting lost in the translation here. I know there is a BuddyPress plugin hence we are in the BuddyPress support forums but you keep mentioning a “BuddyPress Forum Plugin.” If you want forums then you will need to install bbpress and use the links I supplied. You can get bbpress here:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/
BuddyPress just adds the social networking side of things like activity stream, members directories, extended profiles, adding friends, private messaging etc. If you need to have a forum you will need bbpress. Please do not take this offensively but you need to have a clear understanding of what BuddyPress is and what bbpress is because as stated before as of BuuddyPress 1.7 you will need to install bbpress which is a seperate plugin if forums is a requirement for your project. Have a look in the codex documentation to get a better understanding. Do a google search for BuddyPress and another for bbpress.

but i need to change permalink. i need to remove buddyblog and change in to posts.

@maan18 http://buddydev.com/buddypress/introducing-buddyblog-allow-users-to-blog-from-their-buddypress-profile/#comment-316231

@bphelp Yeah, I tested it before commenting… Two pages is very little… My recommendation is to change it to get private only buddypress related pages, like the Private Buddypress plugin does.

Either way, your plugin has great potential. Great work! =)

@shameermohamed50
The link I supplied above explains the creation of the page. You may also want to add that page to a custom menu:
https://codex.buddypress.org/user/setting-up-a-new-installation/how-to-set-up-your-main-site-navigation-using-the-built-in-wordpress-menus/
As far as I know there is no plugin named BuddyPress Forum Plugin. As stated above I am assuming your referring to bbpress so use the links I have supplied and it should help you out.

@maan18 see how it’s done in this plugin http://buddydev.com/buddypress/introducing-buddyblog-allow-users-to-blog-from-their-buddypress-profile/