The main (home) page would have to use a customized theme that is simply a splash page (spalsh screen) that gives basic information about your site and a place to login and sign up.
Once a user has logged in, it would then go to the BuddyPress home page–which you could also customize if you want.
Read this thread for how to Secure components from non logged in users.
@Stefk, try Burtadsit’s solution.
Private members and groups sections should be a core feature of Buddypress imho.
I’ll reply to the name issue here also. The group names and descriptions can be arbitrarily long and can trash the theme layout in bbpress. These are two different software packages Elody and I chose to be as minimally invasive as possible. I left the forum name and description up to the bbpress/wpmu admin’s discretion.
I didn’t think that a site admin would be too happy to have the theme broken by a long group name.
I included a way out also. The name and description of the group are pulled over to bbpress and are available as template tags for you to use.
oci_group_name()
oci_group_description()
The Group Status Change Issue has just been solved by the creator of this great plugin : http://code.ourcommoninterest.org/2009/02/14/buddypress-group-forums-for-bbpress/comment-page-1/#comment-216
Next, the Name Issue 
It would make sense to have a searchable blog for such code snippet creations. The restrictions on proper searching in bbPress makes it difficult to find things. I get better results searching google to find things I know exist in these forums. That is where a blog would be way better
Trent
From the forums installation-readme.txt:
11. Enable user switching in bbPress by copying the following line of code into your bbPress
bb-config.php file:
$bb->bb_xmlrpc_allow_user_switching = true;
Needs to be in your bb-config.php
A helpful topic here: https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=471
I see you are over at the wpmu forums asking this question also. That would be the proper place to start. It doesn’t look like a bp issue since your site isn’t running bp..
wpmu does go out and try to validate the domain. It doesn’t look like it is able to do so.
Hey Matthew,
I am experiencing the same problem. The author of forum posts is always me (the admin).
Did you find a solution ?
Regards,
Thomas
Mascix, this is really a WPMU question. I suggest searching the WPMU forums and if you can’t find the answer, then start a new thread there.
Having problems uploading an avatar? Do they turn black? Do they not show up at all? Does the cropping tool malfunction?
https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=302#post-1212
https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=1960#post-10404
Some good advice on how to change blogs.dir directory permissions: https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=1153
Here is a rule of thumb. You do not want to try uploading too big or too small of an avatar file. By default, BuddyPress sets the small avatar at 50 by 50 and the large avatar at 150 by 150. So, if your source image is smaller than 150 on at least one of its dimensions, you could have issues with creating the large avatar. If it is smaller than 50 on at least one of its dimensions, you could have issues with creating the small and large avatar.
Finally, if you are still having issues after following the linked advice, you may have a WPMU plugin conflict–especially if you are using any plugins for image manipulation or display. Here is a list of plugins that can cause conflicts that users have reported to date:
- NextGen Gallery
- WP-cycle
- lightbox
- Dynamic Content Gallery
To figure out if you have plugin issues, follow the standard WPMU protocol for determining plugin conflicts.
Oh. bin.buddypress.org of course.
EDIT: I said that with just a knee jerk reaction. Kind of a ‘not invented here’ thing. Now that I’ve had time to think why, I realize it’s because we do need to control it. In case nobody has noticed, we’re have the opportunity to *not* follow the rules for technical support and software development. The nature of buddypress, it’s social nature, gives us the opportunity to invent something truly different and useful.
Don’t ask me yet what that is yet but signs of it are beginning to appear.
Complaints about the bp.org group forums not being live yet. They aren’t just complaints. They seem to be us, struggling to accomplish something in a certain manner and knowing that the tools are dangling before us.
We’re discussing code collaboration, commenting, sharing solutions to user problems and questions. Solving things in front of people. How best to accomplish that with code paste bins.
Suggestions and approval of a ‘technical blog’ that will show people, by example, how to do things.
It’s like we’re all suffering some vague malaise and we sense where to find the remedy.
I agree. A technical blog is different than a codex page is different than a code snippet. I like the idea of using whichever makes the most sense. I also think a dev group forum would be very useful.
However, I believe we are specifically talking here about where to host a code snippet library.
Anointed-
As Rayni suggests, you can add a given thread to your feed reader. And, as Toly points out, the feed icon is right after the thread title–although perhaps we need to make it bigger 
How in the world do I get to the page that shows all the theads I have participated in?
On the forum’s homepage, look at the top, for the “Forum Listing” heading. In the second sentence below that heading, that reads, “You can also view your started and replied topics,” there is a link to accomplish just that.
Thanks Lance. Nice job.
I don’t like idea of permanently using outside paste bins right off the bat for the reasons you outlined. We’re already using them from time to time for temporary things. It’s just that, transient and temporary. I do like the idea of stuffing code on one for sharing and collaborating. Forums and blogs seem to hate code. A paste bin has lovely things like line numbers and syntax hilighting. Isn’t there a code editor built into wp itself? The regular one. I’ve never seen it since I’ve only worked with wpmu where it’s insanity to hand over the source code to a theme to all blog admins and give them a ‘save’ button.
I think the Codex pages should be sources of documentation and education not guides to implementation. That little tutorial I wrote today outlining how to mod the admin bar would be better suited as a blog post on that tech blog you mentioned.
I completely agree about the new FAQ sticky forum post. It only really solves my frustration at having to hunt the damn things down all the time.
A bp group forum like the one that exists would be an asset once Andy fires up the actual group forums. One problem/solution one thread.
So, it looks like I’m voting for all of the above.
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On the rss idea, I do not see a button anywhere on this page to sign up for rss for this particular thread. Is there a trick to that?
There\’s a small rss button right next to the thread\’s title.
thanks Rayni:
On the rss idea, I do not see a button anywhere on this page to sign up for rss for this particular thread. Is there a trick to that?
As to activity streams:
Well as I don’t ‘blog’ or anything on this site that can ‘sort of’ work for now. I’d hate to have to go that route on my own buddypress setup though, as I may post 20-50 blogs posts a day, and respond to a few hundred other posts. The forum posts would simply get lost in the mix.
Are simple functions like subscribe and add to favorites not available in bbpress?
I subscribe posts using RSS feeds. I just use my mail program and check it every now and then to see if there is any activity.
And about that last question, you can check out your activity stream on your page to see them. I think the search function only searches for content in the topic without including who posted it.
additionally….
How in the world do I get to the page that shows all the theads I have participated in?
I tried typing my username into the search box, but that did not return the threads.
How to upgrade to the trunk version of buddypress
https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=2145
You don\’t have to use SVN if you don’t want to:
https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=2171
SVN is definitely the best way but not the only way.
Oh, I meant to say that my current problem is I can’t get a new registration to work. I’ve posted about it at:
https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=2184
I guess I’m just excited and eager, but stuck and I can’t do anything until I get someone’s advise who’s been through this before
Happy building
This is my notice of a fresh install on
http://club.consciousvibe.co.za
Its my first site, I’ll be relying heavily on these forums to get it to work, but its great to meet and greet everyone here.
Hi
I’m excited to be developing here
