BuddyPress.org

yeah, made a child theme now and will see if i can update buddypress…

maybe, by some chance, after i upgrade buddypress, the activity stream will display properly using the commercial theme i purchased

…otherwise…it’s right back to bp-default…

What’s the best theme to use with BuddyPress? Thanks. I think this may explain a lot…

yeah, just bought a $60 theme — and upon activation — there is an overlap issue on the activity stream.

this is why we need a buddypress default.

for people who just want their community software to work.

i mean, it’s not “massive,” the community in question is just over 300 people, but i just bought a theme figuring eh, i’ll improve some stuff, and maybe eventually, having purchase will “improve” some stuff — but really — i just want it to work.

so it goes:

i used bp-default directly (not child theme)
i updated buddypress
i got a white screen of death
started fiddling with memory etc
still the white screen of death
–good i have backups–
bought a $60 theme hoping it would “just work” the way bp-default did — so i could upgrade buddypress
noticed an “overlap error” in the activity stream…
now, it looks like i need to make a child theme (just in case), then upgrade BP, then hope it works with the child theme — then try the commercial theme…

i mean, i “can” go in and resolve these things, it’s just not that fun, and really, it would be nice if there were a theme that “just worked” for users of buddypress.

for one site, i just used bp-default directly because i figured it would always be there and would always work.

but i did find this:

If you are already using bp-default, either directly or as a parent theme, don’t worry.

at the link you recommended…

right now, i am less interested in making buddypress look and feel the way i want it to — than in just using wordpress community software that actually works.

with BuddyPress, over the years, i noticed that the best strategy is just to leave it alone and not try to do anything with it, because then it’s just going to break in unforseen ways — and not even “configuration,” but just implementation can and will be riddled with errors and problems and headaches.

so, for one site, yes, i used a child theme, but for the site in question, i didn’t. i just figured some form of “buddypress default” would always be there — and it would always work.

if “it” changed, i would just configure it — but i would not need to dig around and search for errors and fix things and ask at the forum and have peoples’ emotions flare just cuz i am interested in having the software work — etc.

i also figured it would be a theme buddypress would always maintain and upgrade — and improve. for example, have you ever seen the activity stream in twentytwelve? while there may be classier activity streams around — for 2012 — it was easily one of the nicest looking activity streams available. so — i figured buddypress would notice that — and just continuously improve whatever the “buddypress default” theme was…

i “might” make a child theme now — but i have now looked around at some commercial themes — so maybe i’ll buy one of those.

really — it is about immediate functionality and convenience. it needs to work, first and foremost, and it needs to “look good” as well (but it needs to actually work — first).

anyway — what this development at BuddyPress did — is it sent me searching for a commercial theme to upgrade to. not sure if that was the intended result, but it’s what it did in my case.

best and blessings and thanks for all the work you do, let us know if you ever plan on releasing a kind of “default theme” in the future ok?

sincerely,
dainis

Hi @djouonanglandry

I have seen this in action already on another site, I am just not sure whether it is a buddypress site or even a wordpress thing.

All the evidence looks like it is as it has activity/groups, etc but it is a privately built website so not sure.

http://www.rvillage.com is the site and the accounts are free if anyone as 5 mins to go and have a look at the explore page on the site. This is the page that has the functionality

Jayce

@mercime,

Thanks for checking into this issue for me, I apologize but for testing purposes I had to disable Activity Social Plugin. The activity page should now show the “Share” button.

I was able to fix the alignment issue with the css code i posted earlier this week, and that only works for buddypress meta buttons not plugin generated buttons.

The main issue now is that everything looks aligned correctly when clicking on the “load more” button and the “share” button works. But not on the default results of the activity page.

I’ve contacted the theme support team and they are still unable to figure it out, I’ve deactivated all plugins, re-installed buddypress and installed a clean version of the theme. This issue has been driving me nuts for over a year now and would appreciate some help. Thanks!