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@johnjamesjacoby
Hi i downloaded the trunk version and tried to activate it on my test site and received a error. WordPress is 3.5 version and downloaded the trunk from the above given link…Here is the error i received

Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.

Warning: require(wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-template-loader.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in wp-content/plugins/trunk/bp-loader.php on line 401

Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-template-loader.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php’) in wp-content/plugins/trunk/bp-loader.php on line 401

Hi @intimez,

you have 2 possibilities to use bbPress. As group forums, this is intended in buddypress standard install, or as standalone forum., aka sitewide forum, with the complete bbPress plugin. The bbPress part shipped with BP is not exactly working as the plugin.

In the first case, you may use the install wizard of BP. Activate “discussion forums” and create the appropriate page on the “pages” tab. Done ! You have to create first a group, and from ithin the group admin you can then activate a group forum.

In the second case, don’t check “discussion forums” and install the bbPress plugin. Once installed, a “forum” menu appears on the left in the dashboard. Go to the forum settings page and do your settings.

If you want to use ONLY a sitewide forum, you can let all the forum settings by default.

If you want to use the group forums AND a sitewide forum, witch is not recommended because confusing for your members probably, you have to take care to one thing.

The “forum base name” in the forum settings of the plugin. By default this name is “forums”. But this base name is also used by the group forums, so it wouldn’t work for both. In fact, this name is reserved for BP only.

So if you want both forum types, CHANGE OBLIGATORY the base name to something other as forum or forums, and that’s it !

Hi @tombot86,

of course ! You can use syntaxhighlighter evolved plugin.
Because BP is stripping out some html in posts replies, you have to modify a line in
bp-forums-template.php:1167 (or near these line)
Replace by this:
<code>`return apply_filters( ‘bp_get_the_topic_post_content’, wp_specialchars_decode( $topic_template->post->post_text, ENT_QUOTES ) );`</code>

And in your child theme functions.php, add this:
<code>`remove_filter( ‘bp_get_the_topic_post_content’, ‘bp_forums_filter_kses’, 1 );
remove_filter( ‘bp_get_the_topic_post_content’, ‘wptexturize’ );`</copy>

From now you can use the different shortcodes provided by the plugin to insert code snippets into your group forums posts.

Take care of quotes and backsticks by copy/pasting from here.

Here’s an example of what you will see on BP 1.6.2 MS/ WP 3.5
http://bp-fr.net/groupes/comment-faire-pour/forum/topic/des-icones-rondes/#post-5887

Hi @elangley I ‘m glad you use buddypress group documents.
If you have made an updated version can you please share it?

Thanks
Lena

You can create something like Good Reads out of BuddyPress most definitely. How you go about it though is a bit of a huge question. If you don’t feel comfortable first I’d recommend hiring a developer and designer or partnering with some. It’s certainly going to be beyond the ‘tie a few plugins together’ task.

Once you’ve got the ‘who’ to build sorted you can then look at planning what you want to form the foundation. You probably want to figure out what people want to do – their actions when using your site. From there, you can work out a list of what you need built.

I know you may be looking for a plan but that’s not really something anyone can provide you, it’s ultimately up to you as to what you want to build. In short, can you – yes… how – up to you 🙂

maybe this will help?

https://buddypress.org/support/topic/upgraded-and-now-nav-and-sidebar-is-responsive/

Hi Barry,
sorry to begin with a bad news: buddypress is buddypress and facebook is facebook. To have the same as FB, you have… FB !
But the trend is the trend and you’re not alone to ask for the same thing. So a plugin still exist that allows you to create an administer your Facebook fan pages directly from WordPress.
This is the nearest i know so far to respond to your question ” which creates fan pages exactly like facebook”
Unfortunately, the plugin’s FAQ tells
Will this plugin work with BuddyPress?
Meh, yes and no. We’ve had reports that it does look odd and behaves strangely in BuddyPress.
Should be tested, huh ?

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/fanpage-connect/

So you have probably to imagine your own solution after grabing a bit here:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=buddypress+profile

@cannedbear,

BP 1.6.2 should be installed with WP 3.5…. You’re not alone, read here: https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4713

tchuss !

Obviously if I had experience with this type of coding then I wouldn’t get stuck on it but unfortunately that’s the root of the problem

Well start from somewhere if people want other than what is provided for free out of the box, defaults then they ought to be prepared to put a little time in on  learning and gaining those skills at least at a basic level.

I do hope you did read the codex walkthrough and at least try to understand  the process, it’s not too difficult.

I would have urged you to take the advice earlier and wait for BP 1.7 to be released then this process would have been much easier for you.

@steveredshaw Yes, I just saw your post at the bbPress.org forums re same issue. Marking this topic as resolved.

If you encounter any issue with the plugin, please post at bbPress.org forums or better yet, at the plugin’s forums https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bbpressmoderation Cheers.

@inkblots Apologies for the inconvenience. We’ll get this fixed soon.

@All Thank you for your patience.

@kkradel if you changed anything in BP core files, then it would be a challenging upgrade. I would set up a test server and check out BP trunk with import of your current site’s DB to figure out what to do when you upgrade. Check out WP codex re moving to new site for how to change DB info before importing to test server.

@suziwilson Glad it worked out for you again and thanks for letting us know 🙂

Initial scan shows that you would need to change 17 files within the 6 BuddyPress folders transferred to your Flexx theme during the BP Compatibility process. Open up your header.php file, copy all code, paste to pastebin.com, click submit and post the generated URI here. Do the same for your theme’s page.php, index.php, sidebar.php, footer.php files. If you have the code for the other sidebar-xxxx.php as well as a possible template file for a 3-column page, then post the codes for both files in pastebin.com as well.

@steveredshaw check out this plugin https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpressmoderation/