You’re question is more server oriented and a bit over the scope of this support. Anyway….
You can put different tables in different db on the same server, but how are you going to make WordPress aware of where each table is ?
In standart usage, multisite with BuddyPress is working with one WP, one DB and one BP plugin and as many sites you want (preferably as sub-domains).
To manage multiple db’s, try perhaps HyperDB.
Can’t help you more. Sorry. 😉
You’re welcome !
bbPress and BuddyPress are TWO separate plugin, and you’re here on the BuddyPress support. 😉
If you have questions related to bbP, please visit their support for better chance to get the right answer.
As it is a bit unclear what you’re doing with buddypress for the moment, see here about vbulletin import into bbPress.
ok so here it go’s i hope you guys can help me here.
i have 6 dedicated servers that are gonne run 49 sites with buddypress. i have one dedicated server thats gonne run the mysql databases.
Now here is my problem , how do i connect all buddypress installations to read out of one database for the user accounts , so that the user accounts are shared on all sites.
i would like to use the wordpress multisite to admin it all so i think i will install a multisite. the 6 servers are connected togheter , that is something that i was able to do with plesk , the run as one big one.
i need seperate databases for contents of the sites , and 1 database where the users logins is handled.
please can somebody help me on this large project , i am realy stuck here ..
All servers run on Centos 6 & Plesk
Grr…the subject should have been:
“Access to BuddyPress functions in external code via wp-load?”
There’s some progress now; I tested in IE and the bar looks great!
However, it won’t show in Firefox or my (windows) phone. Do you know why this is?
I suspected it was an out of date flash player, but I updated and still can’t see it.
The strange thing is that I can see the bar in wp-admin (in firefox), but not from the main site.
Also, in firefox, on the pages that I can access, i.e. the groups etc, when I open those pages, I don’t get the same look as I get when I open in IE. In firefox, these pages don’t let me add new groups etc.
Also, when I log in with firefox, the login/register links are still there after login, whereas in IE after I login, the option becomes ‘logout’
Clearly, with certain browsers, most of the buddypress functions are just blocked.
Did you test my sit eon IE or on Firefox?
hxxp://vibral.co.za/wp-login.php?action=register. This is correct and not an issue.
On the Toolbar (now that it is correctly showing), from left to right
WP logo icon with some related wp site and stuff in sub-menu
BuddyPress Admin menu (or network admin), and if multisite, access to the different other dashboards. As super-admin you will see all probably.
Note when network is activated, you have by default 2 dashbords anyway. The mainsite or network dashboard and WP’s dashboard.
Edit menu – depending your role on the site you access from here to new post, comments and so on.
And on the right, the howdy menu aka usermenu. Where sit a login/logout menu and all the access links to your buddypress profile, messages, groups, etc
So far, so good. But what do you want to achieve now ?
Hello All,
Is there any plugin in wordpress for creating Company Page Profile like in LinkedIn and facebook have.
I want to integrate that type of functionality in my buddypress site for my all users.
Please suggest me.
Thanks in advance.
Apologies, I was trying out a few things so I had re-checked the toolbar for logged out user.
I’ve unchecked it now.
I can see the login/logout button on the left sidebar; please have a look and see if the site is as it should be.
If this is how it’s supposed to be, I would still much rather have the kind of toolbar that I get in wp-admin, or on this buddypress.org site. Is that possible?
Thanks in advance
Thanks for replying @danbp
I’ve acted on all your notes, but there are still some issues. First in terms of what I did:
1. I did go ahead and upgrade the theme, but I also switched the theme to twenty-fourteen as I saw a buddypress video where this theme was in use and gave good results in terms of buddy press.
2. I’ve removed the definition as per your ticket link
3. I’ve refreshed my pages removing duplicates
4. I’ve deactivated the ‘Show the Toolbar for logged out users’
The issues I still have:
1. The buddybar that I want is in my wp-admin, but not on my site. In fact there is an even better buddybar right here on this page (look up) which has the link to buddypress.org and “My Sites” which is needed for me since I’m running multisites. How can I get this bar on my site?
2. Having followed your instructions, there’s no toolbar at all, which is not what I want; I do want users who aren’t logged in to be able to do so without my added links in the site itself to a log/reg page
Please advise; thanks in advance
Try bp multi network https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-multi-network/ AND Networks + from http://wpebooks.com/networks/
Networks+ is a “premium” (small) plugin written by one of the authors of bp-multi-network and numerous (about 30) other plugins in the WordPress repository and it is fully supported.
Using buddypress and bbpress together with those two plugins you will be able to have separate communities with separate activity streams, forums, groups and blogs all in one wordpress installation and in one database. Membership is shared.
There may be other combinations of plugins that may work. The combination above does work.
Hello,
I’m new to this forum.je like to know how I can put several communities in one site with buddypress
Thank you. I went through the second round! installed even the one mentioned above
confronted “do not have associated wordpress pages” problem
searched for help and came up with https://buddypress.org/support/topic/do-not-have-associated-wordpress-pages/
It all sounds very complicated to me. Is there somewhere a clear HOWTO to install this.
I have deactivated and deleted the plugin.(all sorts of spams including viagra!! were present on the pages)
cleartalk blocked 80 spams! Thankfully I installed the spam blocker on time
Tempera theme was recently updated and normally you haven’t to use the old buddybar.
So the define is of no utility… (see ticket)
BP use now the WordPress Toolbar.
It looks also that you have 2 activity pages, 2 members page and 2 groups page. There should be only one. See if you have deleted pages, and clear the trash.
Also set up the pretty permalinks (anything but default), or at least re-save that setting page.
Finally, make a test with one of wp’s default theme, bring anything to work, before activating Tempera.
I use another theme of the same author, and if like i suspect, there is the same theme customization tool in Tempera, you must be carefull with that theme settings.
In BP settings, you have an option to show/hide the toolbar to logged out user. Deactivate it.
And read the theme doc attentively ! 😉
Dear Buddies
I’m running (trying to) wordpress 4.1 with buddypress 2.1.1.
My wordpress runs in multisite subdomain mode.
I have read exhaustively, and the issue I’m having now seems to have been an issue of between 2 and 3 years ago – I haven’t seen posts from this year on this topic. Trying the old solutions have not solved my problem (outlined below):
1. On the left hand side, the wp toolbar appears to be overwriting the buddybar – clicking login takes one to the wp-admin page rather than a buddypress type login
2. The registration appears to be correct, but when one registers and logs in, the option to log in or register still appears in this bar
3. On the right hand side, even without logging in, there is a dropdown menu which allows one to visit a random member or a random group
4. I don’t think the items in the bar described above that is showing now are when I’m supposed to be seeing – in other words, I don’t think this is what buddy bar is supposed to be. I do get a buddybar in the wp-admin page which I think is more like what it is supposed to look like.
To answer the usual questions, yes, I have enabled user registrations (well, in multisite mode, I just used the last option, which is for all users to register, and they can register any sites); I have also include the following lines in the wp-config.php file:
define('BP_USE_WP_ADMIN_BAR', false );
My website is vibral.co.za if you want to try it out.
This has taken up a lot of time and I would sincerely appreciate any help in getting this sorted.
Thanks in advance
Randhir
Nothing is so ugly as a community in which all members use the default avatar. We want new members require use of an avatar. This must be uploaded during registration. Who knows a solution?
BuddyPress Version: 2.1.1
WordPress Version 4.1
Hi Guys,
I have decided to use buddypress for a new initiative we have called “ManBook”. This is “Facebook for Men”. I am new to BP so by all means point me to the beginners section!
This is our new site.
http://www.manbook.biz/
What I want to do is to put the Groups, Members, Activity tabs on the menu bar only after the user is logged in. When I put them on the menu bar they appear even when I am logged out.
I know this must be easy and documented but I searched around and did not find an article on it. The number of articles on BP are a bit overwhelming.
I am using the Custom Community 2 Theme from ThemeKraft. I am not sure if this question is a question aimed at the theme itself or BP.
Thank you in advance for any pointers you can provide.
Best Regards
Joschua.
@henrywright
Yes i have it, https://buddypress.org/support/topic/add-ad-code-into-activity-stream/ you gave an instruction there, but please help me on where exactly i should put the code you mentioned and how best i can use it. Am not good in coding, but i can copy and paste code in the right place with right instruction.
thanks for the reply.
Hi @atomonfire have a look at this thread which is quite related to your issue https://buddypress.org/support/topic/spambot-users/#post-230739
apart from that try plugins such as wanguard,bp security question.
I hope this helps
Thanks
How many members can join our website before buddypress slows or has problems?
I just found this site and studying forum (bbpress) and social (buddypress) software for WP installs
Still absorbing info on this massive area of topics to help me pick what to do as i work on my websites
I have a hosting package that allows unlimited domains hosted
so also want to know any heads up effect if i install this on multiple wed domain’s under that single hosting pack and any issues that i need to know not only for single installs indivudualy but any issues from having this ad on to many installs but on a single account
I use IPAGE
and they seem to keep the current version of WP
I have no intention of changing providers as i have been with them a long time
and they always do whats needed to take care of my at the best prices for me anyway
so please no atemps to point me away from them in the answers
Thanks from the new guy
Hi guys,
I’m having issues with spam registrations. I have BuddyPress Captcha installed and BP Registration Options addon enabled though I’m still getting spam requests and sometimes users are actually getting through without my approval. Are these people actually sitting there filling out my Captcha or is there a bigger issue here?
Thanks.
I’m tying to utilize some of the BuddyPress Extended profile field information on a custom area of my site, but it seems as though certain values aren’t being initialized before I try to access them. More specifically:
On my custom php page, I load WordPress with the following:
require_once( WORDPRESS_DIR . '/wp-load.php');
Lots of WordPress functions work great (even BuddyPress functions). But a bit after this require I’m trying to use the following function:
xprofile_get_field_data( $field,$user_id );
The function is accessible, but regrettably it appears as though $bp->profile->table_name_fields is empty…so it can’t search the database for the appropriate field. I end up getting blank results.
What do I need to do in order to have BuddyPress (and even bbPress) load more fully?
Thanks — and Merry Christmas!
And if that doesnt works try activating site tracking component from dashboard>>settings>>buddypress>>components tab and then check for logs from new Activity tab in your dashboard this will help you see all the activity of your site users from dashboard like who wrot new blog post etc
Note:I think the blog posts written after following the steps given in 1st post above will only appear in activity of your site and old blog posts will not appear
Thanks
