This helped a lot!
Thanks for your great help!
I did change:
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Hello,
I’m trying to get a child theme installed on my installation of buddypress 1.5.3. As far as I can tell I’m doing everything exactly like the walkthrough here:
http://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/
I added my new theme to the wp-content/themes folder and here is the header in my style.css file:
`
/**
* Theme Name: Cornerstone Theme
* Theme URI: http://www.cornerstonecooking.com
* Description: Theme for Cornerstone
* Version: 1.0
* Author: Nick Evans
* Author URI: http://www.macheesmo.com
* License: GNU General Public License
* License URI: license.txt
* Template: bp-default
* Tags: buddypress, custom-background, custom-header, custom-menu, editor-style, featured-image-header, featured-images, fixed-width, light, right-sidebar, rtl-language-support, sticky-post, threaded-comments, translation-ready, two-columns, white
*
*
*/`
The new theme showed in my themes list and I was able to activate it.
Now for the problem… it doesn’t look like any actual changes that I make to that new style.css file actually get loaded.
In fact, I can’t even view the new style.css on the web. For example, if you go to:
http://www.cornerstonecooking.com/wp-content/themes/cornerstone/style.css
I get a page not found error. If I try to access the original default stylesheet then it loads:
http://www.cornerstonecooking.com/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/style.css
SO something funky is clearly going on.
I’ve also checked the permissions on the child theme style. It’s set to 775 right now which I think should be fine.
I’m pulling my hair out… anyone have any tips or clues?
THANKS!
@mercime,
I’ve verified that the BP files on our BlueHost server are in agreement with the table published following step 5 of the activation wizard outline.
Given this fact, do you suppose I might have a good BP install and simply need to work through the Genesis Child Theme tempate issues to get a good presentation outcome for BP?
Genesis Connect claims to make changes in the way log ins are handled and reports in the Genesis Connect support forum as follows:
**************Quote
Actually, GC *does* offer extra functionality, in addition to the required templates I mentioned in the other thread.
Custom registration llink to stop spammers, support for Simple Menus and Simple Sidebars, so you can have different menus and/or sidebars on the BuddyPress pages, and showing whether the user is logged in or not.
I’ve attached an image of the Settings page for GC.
If you do try out the BP template pack, be aware it physically places files and folders in your child theme. They *must* be removed before you use GenesisConnect, becasue they will override the plugin. ************* End of quote
In my case,support at StudioPress believes that a re-install may not be required.
`http://www.studiopress.com/support/showthread.php?t=89578&highlight=forum%3A+genesis+connect`
Thanks for your further review. I’ll appreciate any further thoughts you might offer.
Mike
@AtlantasRealtor I would say backup database as always. Go to the lowest common and successful denominator by changing theme to Twenty Eleven and deactivating all plugins first.
– Given that, when you activate BuddyPress, do you now see the Installation Wizard link under the admin bar?
– If you do not see the the wizard, at this stage change to bp-default theme.
– Do you see the BuddyPress menu at the bottom of all other dashboard menus? If so, go through each one of those panels and configure.
– Yes, it is logical to make sure that your theme and connect plugins are compatible with latest WP and BP versions. However, I recommend not activating Genesis child theme nor Genesis Connect until you have BuddyPress working properly
– Btw, is this a new installation or is this an upgrade from previous WP version?
I’m building a theme based on the Buddypress default theme.
I would like to remove the ‘Home’ button from the navigation menu which is created using wp_nav_menu.
I understand one way to do this is to replace the menu with a custom menu. However I would rather not use this solution as it would require me to manually build the entire menu on a site with a large and complicated page structure and alter it when I add or remove pages.
The menus created using wp_nav_menu automatically reflect any changes in the hierarchy, which would be a preferable solution.
I found a technique for removing the ‘Home’ button described here using this code in functions.php:
`function page_menu_args( $args ) {
$args = FALSE;
return $args;
}
add_filter( ‘wp_page_menu_args’, ‘page_menu_args’ );`
I have been unable to get this code to work although it seems others have had succes with it.
I wonder if this is because of the additional arguments added to the menu through the Buddypress theme which calls the menu using this argument in header.php:
`’fallback_cb’ => ‘bp_dtheme_main_nav’`
And adds the following in the default functions.php:
`function bp_dtheme_main_nav( $args ) {
global $bp;
$pages_args = array(
‘depth’ => 0,
‘echo’ => false,
‘exclude’ => ”,
‘title_li’ => ”
);
$menu = wp_page_menu( $pages_args );
$menu = str_replace( array( ‘
‘ ), array( ‘
‘ ), $menu );
echo $menu;
do_action( ‘bp_nav_items’ );
}
endif;
if ( !function_exists( ‘bp_dtheme_page_menu_args’ ) ) :`
Can anyone suggest a solution to this?
@Paul Gibbs – everything is working fine. I had to change the directory in the .htaccess file. thanks for your insight.
AL
@Paul Gibbs… changes the directory from groups to alg… now, none of the pages work… To me that’s a good thing. I was really tired of looking at page not found. Do you think I need to reinstall BP.
I am looking to change the name of the “forum” sub nav tab in the groups to something like “message boards”. I have found this article:
http://themekraft.com/customize-profile-and-group-menus-in-buddypress/
It explains how to change the name of a tab, but when I add the code to my bp-custom.php file, nothing changes.
I am using WP 3.3.1 and BP 1.5.3.1
Is there a way to make those changes?
After you make the changes, go to dashboard menu Settings > Permalinks and Save page.
My set up: WP 3.3.1 – Directory root – BP 1.5.3.1 – Twenty Eleven Theme – bbPress 2.0.2
I followed lmburfords guidlines http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/dummys-guide-to-installing-bbpress-buddypress-and-wp
To paraphrase:
I the changed the BBPress “Forums base” name to “Forum Boards”, made a wordpress page with that permalink. And then put in the short code [bbp-forum-index]
I changed the BBPress Forums base name to “Forum Boards”, then made a new wordpress page with the same permalink “Forum Boards”. So my forum would be located at mywebsite.com/forum boards. Theres still nothing there regardless of if I created new forums or topics. I created a page “Forum Boards”, and popped in the shortcode go to mywebsite.com/forumboards and its there.
I wanted to change the name “Forum Boards” so I deleted the page and changed the name in bbPress settings Forum slug to “Community” to avoid clash with Buddypress. The Forum base name is now “Forums”
When I click Forum in the Menu it goes to the home page which I don’t think should happen. However if I go to via the Dashboard I can access the Forum pages and then View them.
If I could be pointed to the php page with the offending code that would be a start I think to solving this problem I have.
Suggestions greatly appreciated! (starting to go loopy!)
@mercime
– WP/BP versions? WP – 3.3.1 / BP – 1.5.3.1
– Are you on Windows or Linux server? Linux Server
– Have you changed to bp-default theme? Yes… I tested a few themes.
– Have you deactivated plugins except BuddyPress to isolate issue/s? I have a total of 4 Plugins active… Better RSS Widget, Black Studio TinyMCE Widget, BuddyPress, Private BuddyPress… Originally I thought it was the Private BuddyPress plugin that was causing the issue. I deactivated it and the problem continued.
Thanks for your insight.
https://codex.buddypress.org/troubleshooting/navigation-links-return-404-errors/
– WP/BP versions?
– Are you on Windows or Linux server?
– Have you changed to bp-default theme?
– Have you deactivated plugins except BuddyPress to isolate issue/s?
You know, that’s what I thought I could do. But even though I have logged into the wp-admin dashboard many times, I have never been able to find a place where I can change (for example) the landing page. The list of Pages under the Pages submenu does not show many of the pages I need to access and edit. Here is one page I would like to be able to edit, but cannot because it is not listed in the Pages submenu:
http://druid3realms.org/index.html
Hey Guys!
I’ve got a big issue, that’s giving me a big headache…
I really really need to customize the buddypress admin bar, but I’m really new with php codes, and I need some help, ’cause I need my buddypress project running this week, and I’m not getting to customize the buddybar…
The customizations I want to do is for let the admin bar like Facebook/G+. So I studied this two bars to have some idea of a new admin bar, so my idea is like that:
I really like WP 3.3 admin bar, but I need to modify some features, like the WP logo and the dropdown menu of this tab, I have some idea of how to modify this part, I want to put another logo in place of WP logo and change all the dropdown menu of this tab to “Privacy Politics” of my social network and another things, I think this is the most easy part, ’cause I need modifications like that (imagine the admin bar):
littlelogo | mylogo | wp-actualization-logo | Central Search Bar | blank space | My acount
dropdown I want this logo to With buddypress with a
with privacy show buddypress search options to bigger
politic info. user’s notifications search members, user’s
Groups, Foruns… avatar.
And for last, I need to increase the height of the admin bar.
Is it possible?
Thanks guys!
Change to bp-default theme. If issue is corrected, then its the premium theme that in all probability needs to be updated. Also, looks like the theme dev does provide support at TF.
First up what theme are you using? Are you using the default BuddyPress theme?
Depending on the answer to above if it was the default you’d be looking to move:
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Hi
I need buddypress forums to run on my site (because I’m using Courseware) but I don’t want the forums link to appear on the user account menu.
Could someone tell me how to change this please?
(running WPMU 3.3, Buddy Press 1.5, BuddyBoss)
Hi,
I’m trying to add an admin-only sub tab under the profile section of users. Here’s my code:
`
bp_core_new_subnav_item( array(
‘name’ => __( ‘Test’, ‘buddypress’ ),
‘slug’ => ‘test’,
‘parent_url’ => trailingslashit( bp_displayed_user_domain() . $bp->profile->slug ),
‘parent_slug’ => $bp->profile->slug,
‘screen_function’ => ‘test_something’,
‘position’ => 40,
‘user_has_access’ => current_user_can(‘edit_users’),
‘site_admin_only’ => true,
‘item_css_id’ => $bp->profile->id
) );
`
I know I’m doing this mostly right, because I can get the tab on my own (admin) profile page. However, I can’t see the tab on anybody else’s. If I change the slug to settings, I will see the tab on any of the users as expected.
Therefore, this looks like this behavior is specific to Profile section.
In bp-members-loader.php : Line 137, I see the following code that cancels the sub nav creation for anybody other than the current user.
`
if ( !is_user_logged_in() && !bp_is_user() )
return;
`
Is this the reason why adding sub menu doesn’t work? Is there a way around this?
I’ve been searching for the answer to this for a while now.
Finally found this:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-profile-menu/screenshots/
You’ll need to change a couple of lines of code in your header – but honestly if I can do it anyone can!
Hope it helps
cheers
Stef
Go to admin dashboard menu BuddyPress > Components > Account Settings – should be checked to avoid errors in the meantime – Allow your users to modify their account and notification settings directly from within their profiles.
This has been fixed in trunk as a solution to a different issue but involving bp_get_settings_slug as well.
There is a helpful plugin called BuddyPress Profile Privacy.
It allows users to set privacy settings to their page, (such as, activity stream view, they can allow whom they want to view their activity ) along with many helpful settings.
@candy2012
If your looking for only view to view friends activity on the activity page it’s very simple. Go to the activity php file. Locate the nav menu and you will see a code something like ” is selected ” changed it to the friends activity therefor it will display friends activity rather then the sitewide activity.
Ps, I hope this helps. If not.. I tried.
Hi
I had Buddy press working with ThemeTwentyEleven, then I tried installing the bp-template-pack to use all Buddypress features – tried to follow the instructions without success… so thought I would reverse engineer and tried to undo/remove the files I was told to create in the hope it would revert to normal – this failed. I now cannot see the site on ‘Liveview’ or directly on the localhost.
The question is, do I abandon the whole thing and start again or can anyone help and give any advice what I need to do?
I would also like the navigation menu of Buddypress in the right sidebar…
Just discovered its something to do with the theme files because the ‘native Buddypress’ theme works with no problem. It may be that I go with the native theme for the moment… and just change the image in the header.
If Buddypress could have the option of working seamlessly with the wp native TwentyEleven theme ‘out-of-its-box’ that would be be pretty nifty!
Change to bp-default theme and you’ll see all the Pages generated so far. Use custom menu feature and choose which links you want to be there in main navigation. https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/how-to-set-up-your-main-site-navigation-using-the-built-in-wordpress-menus/
You have two pages titled “Support” in your site – Support with slug Discuss and Support page with support slug – the first one a left-over from previous need to have both group and sitewide forums.
– Delete the first one, Support page with slug Discuss, then go to Trash and Delete Permanently that page.
– The title of the Page should equal name of slug. So open up the Support Page that you kept and make sure the slug below it is also support.
– Now go to admin dashboard menu BuddyPress > Pages > Directories – Discussion Forums, select the page Support and click on Save button on same line.
– Go to admin dashboard menu Settings > Permalinks and re-run it once again for good measure.
Note: if you want to rename the page to “Discussions”, don’t forget to change the slug to discussions as well, and go to BuddyPress > Pages to select the page Discussions from the dropdown.
@primitivpatriot re: http://www.trendkilleronline.com/members-3/TonyIsaza/profile/edit/group/1
Component page title should have the same slug i.e. “Members” page should be /members/ not /members-3/ So go to admin menu Pages > All Pages and delete pages titled “Members” then go to “Trash” and select pages titled Members and select “Delete Permanenently”
Now go to create a new Page titled Members and publish. Double-check page slug is /members/
Go to menu BuddyPress > Pages and associate Members component with the new Members page you created.
Change to bp-default theme and check that everything’s in order.
