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So in my case I find the problem of why “upload avatar” doesn’t work.
It’s because of the BuddyPress Template pack plugin. When I use the bp default theme everything works perfectly.
When I use any wordpress theme that I made compatible with BuddyPress using the plugin bp Template pack I find exactly the same problem: Avatar Upload, private message, register… all of that doesn’t work… as soon as you click on the button “Submit” or “Crop” you go back to the same page and nothing happen?! It’s like the information wasn’t given at all…
There is a conflict somewhere that I can’t find!
Any Ideas???

[EDIT] Ok I solved the problem!!!
Ok so if none of the solution you have in this topic works for you it’s probably because you have a conflict between a js script in your default theme and a js script in your wordpress theme… take a minute tu disable all the js action in your wordpress theme ton test if it’s coming from there…

Go to admin side of your blog then click from left menu Settings -> Miscellaneous Settings — I don’t think this menu is available in WordPress MU, am I missing something?

Go to admin side of your blog then click from left menu 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. e.g “http://yoursiteblog/wp-content/uploads”

Go to wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-avatars.php
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;

Note: Take care for quotes you must remove and again add by yourself, otherwise you will get Warning: Division by zero …
Hope it will work perfectly for image upload and crop issue.

@nessradio and @psyber I am repeating all steps gain in detail mentioned by @gian-ava

Go to admin side of your blog then click from left menu 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. e.g “http://yoursiteblog/wp-content/uploads”

Go to wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-avatars.php
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;

Note: Take care for quotes you must remove and again add by yourself, otherwise you will get Warning: Division by zero …
Hope it will work perfectly for image upload and crop issue.

I have the same problem, I am experiencing exactly what you described triv, and while I am running a custom child theme, I do have all the default divs in place.

I have the same issue, although I haven’t attempted a code fix yet. I am running a custom child theme with BP 1.2.3.

I’ve got a similar problem and I tried all the solution present in this topic but none of them worked…

Please have a look to my Topic to help me:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/impossible-to-upload-image-on-change-avatar-and-album-upload-picture-and-cant-send-private-message/#post-54071

Thx All

This worked a treat for me!

If you need to find your “Full URL path to files” you can find your DOCUMENT_ROOT by using phpinfo(); and adding “wp-content/uploads” to the end.

e.g:
Store uploads in this folder “wp-content/uploads”
Full URL path to files “/home/ACCOUNT/public_html/wp-content/uploads”

How can I create a phpinfo.php page? Try this link:
http://kb.mediatemple.net/questions/764/How+can+I+create+a+phpinfo.php+page%3F

Be aware that copying the code directly from @gian-ava will copy the wrong type of single quotes as @shaista points out above.

To check that your image is being uploaded take a look in /public_html/wp-content/uploads/group-avatars on your server

@gian-ava You are great, thanks a lot
@Leonardo & @loomz: I think you both just copy paste the gian-ava code. If I’m right then remove the single quotes in code and again add by yourself with single or double quotes, that’s it.

The default size for activity stream thumbnails is 100px in height, and then the width is dynamic proportioned changed according to the image size of the picture your using for thumbnail. Either you have to define the image size/proportions when you initially upload a picture to the article (Do this via the “media” menu where you can define the different sizes for images to be generated when you upload them for an article. Or else you need to find a thumbnail app that will create thumbnails .. the build in feature will only scale not crop. Proportion is the issue .. keep the image ratio same on all pictures, if you wish to only use the build in image handler.

With CSS …
Aply an “img” style to the div=”id” in wich the image is displayed. In the “img” class, you can define the size you wish the img to be displayed. The loop doesnt crop the image, it just scales it .. you can define the proportion and sizes in the CSS

I having the same problem mentioned above …if anyone can, plz provide some help…

Please answer https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/when-asking-for-support/ to help us help you

In the meantime, you might be able to use avatars if you upload rectangular shaped images and crop at that point. At least that works on my BP installation.

@gian-ava
yes i get error to when i did the changes….
Warning: Division by zero in /hsphere/local/home/mahzouni/mahzouni.com/appfactory/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-avatars.php on line 390

but awatars work… :S

Try this:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/avatar-cropping-after-upload-image-and-cropper-dont-appear-fails/#post-43770

@gian-ava
I pasted in your changes. My avatars work but now I am getting this error on my blog
Warning: Division by zero in /home/bethelbc/bethelbaptistkalamazoo.com/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-avatars.php on line 393

I had the same problem but finally got it solved. I had to do 2 things:

1 – go into “settings>miscellaneous” and fill in the “full URL path to files” so it will be example http://yourdomainname/wp-content/uploads

2 – requires editing the php coding in the file bp-core-avatars.php in BuddyPress. You can find this file by going into “plugins>editor”. On the right side, there is a drop down box labelled “select plug-in to edit”. Change this default selection from Asimet to BuddyPress and press “select”. The list of files beneath will change. Scroll down to “buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-avatars.php” and select it.
The changes need to be down on lines 389 & 390, it’s down near the end of the page. (I used copy/paste in MS Frontpage editor to find the line number close to “function bp_core_avatar_upload_path() {“) You’ll be replacing the 2 lines with 3 lines. ** Use the WordPress editor to make the changes to copy/paste the lines once you find them **

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;

See this post for the solution https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/avatar-cropping-after-upload-image-and-cropper-dont-appear-fails/

Temporary fix? Open bp-core-avatars.php and around line 288 you should see the following:

$bp->avatar_admin->image->url = str_replace( WP_CONTENT_DIR, BP_AVATAR_URL, $bp->avatar_admin->image->dir );

Replace it with:

$bp->avatar_admin->image->url = str_replace( WP_CONTENT_DIR, BP_AVATAR_URL . ‘/wp-content’, $bp->avatar_admin->image->dir );

…this is presuming you’re having issues with image uploads on an MS site where you get as far as cropping without seeing an image. If you’re on an MS site and you can’t get that far because of an unknown error, (object of class WP_Error can not…) you first need to apply changeset 2124 (https://trac.buddypress.org/changeset/2124) just to see the proper error, then back to bp-core-avatars.php and find around line 266:

if ( getimagesize( $bp->avatar_admin->original ) > BP_AVATAR_ORIGINAL_MAX_WIDTH )
$bp->avatar_admin->resized = wp_create_thumbnail( $bp->avatar_admin->original, BP_AVATAR_ORIGINAL_MAX_WIDTH );

…and replace it with:

$orig_dimensions = getimagesize( $bp->avatar_admin->original );

/* Resize the image down to something manageable and then delete the original */
if ( $orig_dimensions[0] > BP_AVATAR_ORIGINAL_MAX_WIDTH || $orig_dimensions[1] > BP_AVATAR_ORIGINAL_MAX_WIDTH )
$bp->avatar_admin->resized = wp_create_thumbnail( $bp->avatar_admin->original, BP_AVATAR_ORIGINAL_MAX_WIDTH );

This is what I’ve done to fix the problem on my install of WP 3.0 and BuddyPress 1.2.3, your mileage may vary.

Hi, im not sure if people have tried testing on different hosts with different results??

2 hosts one works one doesn’t- its so weird, is this a godaddy problem?

working: http://www.intelioum.com/buddypress/members/ (see there is a avatar there)

not working: http://eyemagine.info/buddypress/

user and pass for eyemagine(feel free to check it out): u: tester p: 123456

you successfully sign in, it asks for you to upload a pic but later it just stalls and goes blank.

what i noticed is that on my server the images are uploaded although the crop function ect never works.

Would be great if someone has a fix- please let me know

i have the same problem- funny thing is that i have it set up on 2 servers one works one doesnt- its so weird, is this a godaddy problem?

working: http://www.intelioum.com/buddypress/members/ (see there is a avatar there)

not working: http://eyemagine.info/buddypress/

user and pass for eyemagine(feel free to check it out): u: tester p: 123456

you successfully sign in, it asks for you to upload a pic but later it just stalls and goes blank.

what i noticed is that on my server the images are uploaded although the crop function ect never works.

doesn’t work for me

hi i did everything
it still didn’t work

there were problems

they didn’t show the preview

and therefore There was a problem cropping your avatar, please try uploading it again.

help