those buttons are loaded via javascript on page load. When you refresh activity stream via ajax the button’s code is not called again. This is why they do not show. I killed javascript buttons on my share plugin because it really slowed down BP activity (the javascript code gets called for every activity item on page x each button using javascript) and for the same reason you are experiencing. You could also try to use your own image for the buttons. This is against Facebook TOS but there are some tuts online. Google “custom like button facebook”.

sorry i misunderstood, i’m not english, i thought banner == header…

This is an example for the activity/index.php template : the hook just under the activity page title is :
`bp_before_directory_activity_content`

so in the functions.php of your active theme, you can add something like this :

`add_action(‘bp_before_directory_activity_content’, ‘i_do_not_want_custom_header’);

function i_do_not_want_custom_header(){
?>

<?php
}`

I’m sure you’ll find the right hooks to add your ‘narrow photo’ in the other BuddyPress templates..

Hello @tgoedde

If you’re using the theme BP Default, it’s quite easy actually. As this theme supports custom-header, you can simply edit the BuddyPress pages (Activity, register, groups, forum… and so on) in which you want to add a custom header.

I just tested this in my activity page.
1/ Edit the page in WordPress backend
2/ Use the media button to select your photo, it must have at least a width of 1250px (if under, the pic won’t show)
3/ Upload and choose not to insert but to use as featured image. Once done you can close the thick box window.
4/ you’ll see in the edit page / the featured image box at the bottom right with your uploaded image shrinked.
5/ Save the page. And you’re done

Repeat these steps for each BuddyPress template you want to add a custom header to.

I have installed the latest version of BuddyPress on a WP.

However, the Activity, Members, Groups, and Blogs tabs all show “Page not found” errors.

I tried deactivating BuddyPress, resetting the permalinks, and then reactivating BuddyPress, but still am receiving the errors.also i did mod-rewrite to apache server and customize my .htaccess file.But still i am getting same 404error.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

@ktown28 I would look at the comments.php file and customization of comment form in functions.php. You could also install the Theme Check plugin and the Log Deprecated Notices plugin to check if your theme is up to WordPress standards.

hey johngraybeal did you ever figure out what the issue was? I’m having the same issue with my custom theme. Thanks

== Does the same thing in the bp-default theme? ==

Are you asking me if the issue will still be there using bp-default theme or are you telling me that it’s doing the same thing using the bp-default theme and mistakenly added the question mark?

The thing is, there’s something wrong with your BP theme – Bodybuilder Yukon ‘child theme – or your customization of the theme. I can’t even open up the site activity page. There are BP pages like my test account > activity > friends which is not rendering at all and the source code shows that it ends at “ Aside from which, each page takes too long to load, So different from what I see for example at http://demos.ithemes.com/buddypress/yukon/members/justin/

Is this a test site or did you install WP/BP in a physical subdirectory?

Been having the same issue – in my case working up a custom set of files and the most likely reason is that I’ve upset the markup structure/class tokens . Despite spending a little time recently going through the default bp global.js file to reduce dependency on markup (this won’t be of benefit until 1.6) you do have to be very careful to respect the markup structure in activity stream and it’s various classes as the necessary JS depends and expects certain elements to exist.

So check and compare your entry.php template in activity so see if you have left out any classes or changes markup.

@nickharambee Remove the BP Component Pages you want to make private from the custom menu https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/how-to-set-up-your-main-site-navigation-using-the-built-in-wordpress-menus/

Add the following to your theme’s or child theme’s functions.php file

add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_items', 'mme_loggedin_only_links' );
function mme_loggedin_only_links($items) {
if (!is_user_logged_in())
return $items;
else
$ouractivity = '<li><a href="' . home_url('/') . 'activity' . '">' . __('Activity', 'buddypress' ) . '</a></li>';
$ourmembers = '<li><a href="' . home_url('/') . 'members' . '">' . __('Members', 'buddypress' ) . '</a></li>';
$ourgroups = '<li><a href="' . home_url('/') . 'groups' . '">' . __('Groups', 'buddypress' ) . '</a></li>';
$ourgroupforums = '<li><a href="' . home_url('/') . 'forums' . '">' . __('Forums', 'buddypress' ) . '</a></li>';
$items = $items . $ouractivity;
$items = $items . $ourmembers;
$items = $items  . $ourgroups;
$items = $items . $ourgroupforums;
return $items;
}

Can someone clear this up for me?

Do I need to muck about with the function that enqueues the CSS if all I want to do is tweak the CSS and leave the default.css to handle the things I’m not touching? The tutorial says no, but reading the comments here I’m no longer certain.

One thing I do know though is that my custom styles (in wp-content/themes/themename/styles.css along with the required information) are not overriding the defaults. They do on the home page but not on the activity stream.

You can see the results here: http://platoon13.org/news

You can do this one of two ways:

1. Place a loop on your front page https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/custom-buddypress-loops/the-activity-stream-loop/ is a great resource for this.
2. Make entire activity page your front page. To do this you simply go under settings > reading and select a static page and your activity page.

Based on the HTML structure of your theme, you need to use the first option, i.e., change 16 template files within the 6 BP folders transferred to your canvas child theme folder in server during the compatibility process.

If you’ve previously changed any of the BP template files in your theme folder in server, replace all of them for a clean slate by deleting the 6 BP folders – /activity, /blogs, /forums, /groups, /members, and /registration – then re-run Appearance > BP Compatibility.

Download the 6 clean BP folders to your computer hard drive.

A. At the top of each of those 16 template files I linked to above, replace
`

You have a custom theme that’s supposed to be BuddyPress-ready. I would contact theme author regarding this issue. To confirm if it is a theme issue, change to bp-default theme, clear cache and see if issue is corrected.

hi again @juanmaguerrero, I do not have any customizations, just child theme of bp-default (local at the moment) and your 2 steps. When I switch to “updates” in drop-down of site wide activity directory, I see my 3 activity updates. Now I press page refresh, 3 activities are still there, but every move of scroll bar returns “Sorry, there was no activity found. Please try a different filter.”

If you won’t be able to recreate it again, will send you some video from my test site in approx. 10 hours, it’s already night here. Drop me some email. thanks!

hi @juanmaguerrero, great tutorial!
unfortunately, bug that @shawn38 has mentioned partly is still there. Go to site wide activities, switch to “updates” as drop down filter – everything still will work fine, but now refresh page and bug is back again. If you have custom bp_has_members loop on separate page, bug is always there. Have to say that for those, who really needs this functionality, it is not so terrible. thanks again!

But did you deactivate the custom theme and activate bp-default, disable all plugins except BP and for good measure visit permalinks page to clear cache.

And are you really having exactly the same issue? It is proper to create a new thread and describe your issue in as much detail there rather than tag (hijack) on to an old thread.

The code here works:
`/* Redirect BP group to forum tab rather than activity tab */
function redirect_group_home() {
global $bp;
$path = clean_url( $_SERVER );
$path = apply_filters( ‘bp_uri’, $path );
if (bp_is_group_home() && strpos( $path, $bp->bp_options_nav[$bp->groups->current_group->slug] ) === false ) {
if ($bp->groups->current_group->is_user_member || $bp->groups->current_group->status == ‘public’) {
bp_core_redirect( $path . ‘forum/’ );
}
}
}
function move_group_activity_tab() {
global $bp;
if (isset($bp->groups->current_group->slug) && $bp->groups->current_group->slug == $bp->current_item) {
unset($bp->bp_options_nav[$bp->groups->current_group->slug]);
}
}
//The following line redirects to a group forum page rather than a group activity page
add_action(‘bp_init’, ‘redirect_group_home’ );
//The following line removes the group activity tab entirely
//add_action(‘bp_init’, ‘move_group_activity_tab’);`

However, it renders the activity update button useless (i.e. can’t post activity updates in a group!). Removing the code from bp-custom makes group activity updates work, putting it back in breaks activity updates Any hints?

@kristopherlouie You’d need to use the first option, i.e., change 16 template files within the 6 BP folders transferred to your custom theme folder in server during the compatibility process.

If you’ve previously changed any of the BP template files in your theme folder, replace all of them for a clean slate by deleting the 6 BP folders in server – /activity, /blogs, /forums, /groups, /members, and /registration – then re-run Appearance > BP Compatibility.

Download the 6 clean BP folders to your computer hard drive.

A. At the top of each of those 16 template files I linked to above, replace
`

As agreed to above, we will create two new files, header-buddypress.php and sidebar-buddypress.php to make your WP theme compatible with BP

IF you’ve revised any of the BP template files transferred to your fullscreen theme folder in server during the BP Compatibility process, please delete the 6 BP folders transferred to your evolution theme folder in server – activity, blogs, forums, members, groups, register – then re-run Appearance > BP Compatibility again to make sure that you have clean template files.

A. Copy header.php and Save As > header-buddypress.php

Open up header-buddypress.php and at the bottom of the file, below other code contained within, add this:
`