BuddyPress.org

1) How do I change the width of buddypress?
http://www.fabsie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/buddypressproblem.png

2) Can I put the ‘profile’, ‘friends’, ‘messages’ inbox into my main navigation menus?

WordPress: 3.3.1
bbPress: 2.0.2
Installed at: http://www.mysite.com/blog
Apache Server running the latest Php, etc.

I have a fresh install of WP in an empty directory called “blog”. Ran through the steps outlined here: http://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/before-installing/ Verified permalinks etc.

Next I went through the automated installation instructions here: http://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/setting-up-a-new-installation/

And then walked through the BP 1.5 Installation Wizard here: http://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/setting-up-a-new-installation/buddypress-1-5-installation-wizard/
I kept all of the defaults.

Next I walked through the Configuring of Components keeping all of the defaults. http://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/configure-buddypress-components/

When I got to the Forums configuration I chose Install Site Wide Forums and then walked through page 2 only of Installing Group and Sitewide Forums: http://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/2/
(NOTE: on Step 2 with the orange Install Now button, there was a note saying that this was not tested in my version of WP – however I had no issues the rest of the way with the install process)

After bbPress was installed, I activated it and then went into the bbPress Settings and left the defaults. I saw the note here saying: ” During the Installation Wizard, Forums will be associated with the “Forums” page. In some installations, you do not need to change anything. But if your sitewide forums won’t work, go to wp-admin BuddyPress > Pages and you’ll find the association and remove the Forums Page as the selected page.”

I then followed the directions to add test forums and topics and then tested.

Here’s where I have issues. At the beginning I found that links were messed up. The forum link went to the blog and the blog went to the forum however the page was completely white. I messed with the menus and sorted that out (I think) and then set the Forum under BuddyPress > Pages > Discussion Forums to – None – per the NOTE above and now a page for the forums showed up however there were no forums. Looking for hours through the codex I found something that said I had to add this shortcode to make it work: [bbp-forum-index]

It seems to work in this configuration however when I use the Dashboard I get this message: “The following active BuddyPress Components do not have associated WordPress Pages: Discussion Forums” With a Repair button next to it. Clicking the Repair button takes me to the BP > Pages page again. If I set that to Forums, it Pulls up the blog root directory page (Home page) and has a big red warning that says “The forums component has not been set up yet.”

I’ve deleted the entire ‘blog’ directory and started from scratch twice with the same exact results. It’s not a hard process and I find it difficult to think that you’d really have to manually add the short code for the forum to work. So what am I doing wrong or missing?

All help is appreciated. Oh, I did try searching the forums first. But the search is broken and I got tired after reading the first 50 pages. So please excuse me if this has been answered previosuly.

Thanks,
Jared

HI all,

I have decided to change from using group forums to using sitewide forums.
I realise it may not be possible to move the group forum posts to a sitewide installation but the site is very new so this doesn’t concern me.
I’m having trouble disabling the group forums. I go to the forums setting screen under the buddypress menu and click uninstall group forums.
I then click install sitewide forums and install bbpress. when I go to the site the group forums are still showing and if I go to the forum settings page again the option is still there to uninstall group forums and also the option to install sitewide forums is still there as if my changes are not taking effect.
Maybe I am doing something wrong?
WP 3.3.1 BP 1.5.4 using custom community theme.

Many thatnls for any help.

[sorted this now, I renamed the bbp-config.php to .old the root of my WP installation
Rather than deleting it so I can go back to my old forums if i choose.]

Hi, I have installed BuddyPress a a few other modules and am almost ready to build my live site (working on a test site atm). Just two problems I can see.

A users profile page doesn’t actually show their profile.
A user can only edit their profile using the dashboard. Which isn’t (and never will be by me )themed.

You can see a screenshot of what I mean here http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x334/Woden83/bpprofile.png I have entered information for that user, interests a website etc but they ar’nt showing. And the edit profile page linked to in the menu only allowes a user to change their password.
Ideally general users (subscribers) would never see the dashboard.

I am running WordPress 3.3.1, BuddyPress 1.5.4, bbPress 2.0.2

Hi

From Members Directory page I have the following problems
1. Use the drop down menu to change listing order (eg last active / alphabetical) error message: “Sorry, no members were found.”

2. Click on the page numbers below to look at members not appearing on first screen: same result.

Is this a bug or user / setup error.

Thanks

Details
– WordPress 3.3.1 and BP 1.5.4
– tested w Chrome and Firefox
– Theme: Canvas BuddyPress child theme (Woo Themes)
– No BP plugins; WP Backup Plugin.

Hi,

I just installed buddypress and have the following question if someone could please assist me?

1. I do not use Groups and the forum on buddypress, can this be deleted instead of just deactivating it?

2. I have a problem with my menu, if you look at my site http://www.sweepbook.com/rate-this/ you will notice the menu items are on top of each other, I would like to have it horizontal as per the original theme, it just changed for some reason??? I have also tried custom menu, but that did not work either.

3. The logos on my site, redirects to http://www.sweepbook.com/rate-this and therefore throws the famous 404 error, the URL is missing the / after rate-this. It should be http://www.sweepbook.com/rate-this/ instead of http://www.sweepbook.com/rate-this. How can I fix this?

I am currently on Windows share hosting with GoDaddy. Thank you in advance.

@r-a-y Long ago (Original thread: http://tinyurl.com/7h6cgld ) you posted some code about modifying the names of the group tabs:

function avatar_change_bp_groups_submenu() {
global $bp;
$bp->bp_options_nav = 'Activity';
}
add_action('wp', 'avatar_change_bp_groups_submenu');

A similar function works fine for modifying the profile menu

function avatar_change_profile_tab_names() {
global $bp;
$bp->bp_options_nav = 'Change Photo';
}
add_action( 'bp_setup_nav', 'avatar_change_profile_tab_names', 999 );

But the groups menu version doesn’t appear to work any more. Can you advise?

Using BP 1.5.3.1/WP 3.3.1/MAMP testing setup.