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The best way to start with a theme for BP is to start off with the bp-default theme. Then copy files across from the bp-sn-parent theme if you need to modify a file. If not, then you can leave that file in bp-sn-parent, cause WP will get that automatically for you.

Of course, you can add all the functions later. The codex here is a great starting point on what functions are available to you. You can also go through the bp-sn-parent theme and have a look what’s in there and move it across, if you don’t want to use a parent/child theme structure.

You can place div#search-login-bar anywhere you like.

do_action functions cannot be reversed. They happen at exactly that spot in the template files. There’s so many, though, that you won’t have a problem finding one that suits your needs. Basically, you can write some custom functionality and add that to a certain hook by calling the add_action function. Here’s an example.

Somewhere in a template you might have this:

do_action( 'your_action_name' );

Then in your theme’s functions.php file you could put the following:

function your_function_name()

{

//some stuff happens here

}

add_action( 'your_action_name', 'your_function_name' );

That’s basically it. Sometimes the action passes along a variable with which you can then work.

Hope this helps you along a bit. The codex at wordpress.org is pretty extensive as well and you’ll find loads of stuff on actions.

@madyogi

Your questions are really better asked in a new thread, not in this thread.

To help you get started, have a look here:

BuddyPress Codex

You may have issues accessing that link at this time. It is a known issue that is being investigated. But, once it’s accessible, you will find many resources there to help you get started.

Well, I appreciate the sentiment but I do not consider myself the most important. That is why I’m sleeping now.

To reconfirm what both Paul and John said above, Andy is the only official core BP developer. There are no other official core developers at this time. The rest of us play our various roles, trying to pitch in where we think we’ll have some positive impact.

From those who file bug tickets and offer patches, to those who create new plugins and themes, and to those who answer questions in the forums and IRC, it is truly the contributions of the overall community that make and will continue to make BuddyPress a strong product.

I don’t have answers for all your questions, but you can’t access bb-admin for “the built-in forums by buddypress.”

Thanks for the extra education Jeff! I had no idea akismet would bozo – I’ll need to check my buddypress and bbpress sites for that to see if anyone has been perhaps – I had no idea.

Please note that I was not singling anyone out, I was just frustrated by some short answers on posts that I was looking for the same answer as some other noob.

I have been scouring the forums trying to figure everything mu related out for years, since pre-version1.3 – and still get confused. I also think that technically any BP question is an MU question since you need the MU to run BP – LOL

Thanks for listening, and perhaps with so much crossover between the two, a little sidebar search that shows MU forums posts when we search the BP forums would enlighten some of us as to answers found elsewhere.

I am anxious to see if the new bp 1.1.1 has features built in to adapt the signup email that is sent to new users, and redirects them to a more social page rather then the WP dashboard, or maybe that is still an MU setting and I need to fiddle over on that side of this. I wonder if the redirect stuff that was written here a while back is no longer needed to get that function. I am afraid to upgrade my BP site, as I can’t find instructions for moving the origial BP that was setup in “mu-plugins”.

I totally understand the mod thing, I mod a couple other sites myself, and I try to answer questions I find in WP and MU forums if I know the answer, and post details as much as possible. Thanks for your help, and everyone else that contributes to this project! I couldn’t do 1% of what everyone it doing here!

As far as being “bozoed” by someone, that someone would be the Akismet algorithm. No person does the bozoing. I have been bozoed twice myself on these forums in the past by Akismet.

If you think you may have been bozoed, just send a friendly message to a moderator. They will look into it.

“that’s a wpmu question” – are not very helpful either. In the times it takes to write some crap like that, you could post a link to the wpmu thread about the issue.

I sometimes do just that. But, there are exceptions.

If it is a question that has been asked too many times here and a little searching would show that to be the case, I will kindly remind them to search first and then I redirect them to the proper place. If it is a question that will require more time to do the research for them than it does to write the response, I will also kindly redirect them to the proper place.

And you are correct. None of the moderators get paid. We all volunteer our time and independently decide how best to serve the overall community. Part of the duties of all moderators is to educate new users on how best to get results and on proper forum procedure and etiquette. Pointing people to the proper place to ask questions falls under education.

What happens in FireFox?

If it is the same behavior, then please answer these questions to allow us to help you better.

I was also “banned”/ got a closed account some time ago. I was new. I created a new account and then kept asking questions that were relevant to me. They’re doing a very good job at the moment even if there are times we’re I’d like more answers/help. It’s for free…

Lisa – I’m going to upgrade my AvenueK9 theme to be compatible with BP 1.1.1 … it works fine right now, but there are a few style issues I’m going to iron out. The documentation is also a bit scanty, so I’ll be more descriptive in the next release to address some of the common questions I’ve been getting for this

But this is not the right place to ask wpmu questions.

1. You should not post wpmu questions to a forum dedicated to buddypress.

2. You should read wordpress documents, as this is a very basic question.

3. Google it.

Hi again!

Read this:

“I’ve used a WordPress theme for my blog with the default BuddyPress member theme”

Over at:

https://codex.buddypress.org/how-to-guides/upgrading-a-buddypress-1-0-theme-for-buddypress-1-1/

You’ll have to edit things and if you’re not comfortable with that you’ll probably need more help than you can get here.

I don’t know your level of knowledge. Search around the forums and read up on the topics you need. I haven’t had answers to all my questions here in the BP-forums. You’ll have to search for some of them on your own.

In the same vein, it might be a good idea to create a theme designers forum, if for no reason other than to hold all of the theme-related questions. Putting more emphasis on buddypress theme development might also spur release of new 1.1 designs.

No, it is not redundant? It is just an unrelated site. It is Nicola’s personal site. The content is different. You are free to sign up at bp-dev.org if you need to ask support questions about any of the plugins hosted there.