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I had the same problem, this is the final code that solved it for me.

WP 3.0.4
BP 1.2.7
Suffusion theme

`$aspect_ratio = (int) constant( ‘BP_AVATAR_FULL_WIDTH’ ) / (int) constant( ‘BP_AVATAR_FULL_HEIGHT’ ); ?> <script src="/wp-includes/js/jcrop/jquery.Jcrop.js”>) )
$aspect_ratio = (int) constant( ‘BP_AVATAR_FULL_WIDTH’ ) / (int) constant( ‘BP_AVATAR_FULL_HEIGHT’ ); `

— Due to the privacy issues, and to be a member on my site, you need to pay a fee, —

99.9% of those who help out in this forum are volunteers. You cannot expect volunteers who are trying to help you to pay a membership fee to troubleshoot your custom theme which is already going beyond getting BuddyPress working in your site.

— is it absolutely necessary to be on the front end? —

It would make it much easier and faster to identify the problem.

Do you have a link and maybe a dummy login? If it’s a js/css problem, it shouldn’t be too hard to figure out from the front end.

Off the top of my head, it could be that the theme author did not include the proper WP hooks in that particular template (wp_head) so that the stylesheet isn’t loading correctly. Or maybe something in the crop javascript is keeping styles on the rest of the page from being activated. It’s hard to tell without actually seeing the site. Have you tested to see whether the problem persists when using the BuddyPress Default theme?

=== The IMages just don’t even load on the crop page, which is not really a huge problem, but it is sort of ugly and out of place. ===

@Bigjimmysisco I understand that your avatars uploads are working. Good for you because most of the problems I saw in these forums were the avatar uploads and not that of header or background image upload/rendering.

Since it’s the loading of the background image and a header image that is failing for you, we have to troubleshoot what’s causing the block to a very basic function.. So are you using the bp-default theme or child theme of the bp-default theme OR a custom theme? If it’s the first two, then reupload manually (via FTP/cPanel) buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default theme to your server. If it’s a custom theme, contact theme author of theme glitches for BP 1.2.7/WP 3.0.4.

Another aspect to consider is that default maximum file size uploads are 2MB or less. Check image file size. Check also image file types allowed – jpg, gif, png.

More info needed, like WP/BP versions? Have you deactivated all plugins (which includes all BP and WP plugins, MU plugins and bp-custom.php) except BuddyPress and change theme to bp-default, cleared cache and checked if cropping works?

i suppose a javascript conflict with plugins…i had one error of this with Gtranslate plugins…..u need to delete eery plug installed to discover it

Thank you for your plugin, it works for me, but i can´t change (crop) avatar – no thumbnail to show after upload.

Please read through this post and try a manual install for the reasons noted in that post.
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/forums-posting-problems-the-definitive-post/

That needs to be attempted before being able to help that much further, this issue of forum error creating new topic crop up frequently and the solutions covered a few times in threads, it’s a cas of finding the right one for the circumstances.

Also please try searching on a topic before posting as you may well find the answers or steps to follow without needing to post afresh.

Try a search on ‘forum posting’ it returns quite a few threads on the subject.

Go to Settings -> Miscellaneous Settings
Set “Store uploads in this folder” to “wp-content/uploads”.
Set “Full URL path to files” to the REAL FULL PATH of your uploads.

Then change bp-core-avatars.php line 389:

Replace:
`if ( !$path = get_option( ‘upload_path’ ) )
$path = WP_CONTENT_DIR . ‘/uploads’;`

With:
`if ( !$path = get_option( ‘upload_path’ ) )
$path = WP_CONTENT_DIR . ‘/uploads’;
else $path = ABSPATH . $path;`

Bluehost and email issues crop up quite frequently, this is really an issue with the host/server setup rather than BP.

Can we ask you to do a search of the forum as you’ll find threads and possible solutions like a plugin to use smtp rather than sendmail or phpmail
or contact Bluehost ans ask for a solution, after all they are listed on WP.org as a WP suitable host!