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Hello, im going to tell you a quick easy way to do step number 1.
Create a field called School or w.e you want to make it and make a drop down field of all the schools that you can think of.

I would also download buddyprress-better-directory ( it may not scale well with your theme depending on what theme you are using )

so now onto question number 2. As I said for your answer for number one, using the drop down menu for the schools will make it easier to search rather then having the members type in their school. as far as searching for UNC and University of North Carolina, Im sure the search would list all the UNC first, then list the University of North Carolina,

I would also suggest installing s2Members (plugin) and follow the steps to help make your buddypress/wordpress more secure,

@vuiet914

Best of Luck,
Ps, this is just a suggestion and it really isn’t a FULL answer to your questions.

Not familiar with bp-sidbar plugin as the requirements for adding sidebars and or widget regions with or without page checking is a relatively simple one.

Not sure what you have done incorrectly then if you have tried creating a new sidebar region, added it as a call in the sidebar.php. It’s one of those questions that is impossible to answer without seeing the code really.

All your requirements seem to revolve around creating specific widget regions and adding them to sidebar.php and correctly wrapping the block in an if ( bp_is_members_component() ) or bp_current_action() or something similar.

@cicakchanson Marking this as resolved. Start a new topic if you have new questions.

== I’m hoping that I can help others in the community one day as well. Best! ==
Ole!

Deactivate BuddyPress. Is activation email sent/received if you deactivate BuddyPress?
Also, read about email activation solutions –> https://codex.buddypress.org/troubleshooting/frequently-asked-questions/

The register form appears to be displaying when I visit the link?!

I’m afraid that you are asking theme specific questions and this support forum is really geared to buddypress itself and it’s default theme. Salutation does a have support forums and asking there will get you a far better response also they will have guides that you should read and follow.

The top tabs are accessed from /wp-admin/themes.php?page=sidebars-top-tabs you need to also do something about adding their behaviour in the Appearance > widgets page

@abbas667 there are indeed some who have not succeeded in installing group forums but there have been many many more who have successfully gotten their group forums plus sitewide forums going for old and new installations.

What we’re doing now is troubleshooting to see why it’s not working for you and how to resolve this. I can empathize with your situation and frustration, but in order to assist you, we need to know the answers to the questions I posted above – WP/BP versions, hosting, etc.

You should also check out – https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/

Then, to enable forum in each group – https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/4/#forums-faqs

The php function is substr()
There are many ways to use it.
Here’s some:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/79960/how-to-truncate-a-string-in-php-to-the-word-closest-to-a-certain-number-of-chara

@tank2012 these questions are a little general, have you read through the BP codex ? Read through the beginners guides first as they will answer some questions.
https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/

Basic things like starting forum topics, registering really require having a little play around with the install before you let lose live. Registering is a WP function and initially you need to enable it in the WP general settings then the BP page will work at /register/ or whatever you titled the empty page.

Forums have to be enabled in the BP settings and then you can add them to groups or run as a sitewide one – again have a play around first to see how these things work then post back in a new thread if you have specific issues and problems.

Lastly bear in mind that TastyKitchen woulld have taken a while to get to the stage you see so be prepared for a little work getting there.

1. Alternative to BP Album –> BP Gallery plugin, a premium plugin, handles images, audio and video for individual and group galleries.

2. Set group forums as default homepage for groups –> http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/44863/whats-the-easiest-way-to-change-the-default-landing-page-for-buddypress-groups

Put this
define(“BP_DEFAULT_COMPONENT”,”profile”);

in your bp-custom file
https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/bp-custom-php/

Search is broken.
I believe the fix is ‘coming soon’ as part of a larger site update.
It will be nice when search is working.
Yours were frequent questions.

https://codex.buddypress.org/troubleshooting/frequently-asked-questions/ see “BuddyPress isn’t sending out emails (eg. activation emails, email notifications)”

https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/bp-custom-php/

1. /wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/

You shouldn’t need to touch those files, instead create a child theme: https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/

2. https://buddypress.org/community/groups/welcome-pack/

https://github.com/sbrajesh/bp-redirect-to-profile/blob/master/bp-redirect-to-profile.php

http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/29545/login-redirect-to-certain-bp-profile-page

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I’ll leave the Ajax question to someone else who actually understands ajax stuff.

2. Would it be possible to make a app that notifies you when someone mentions you, comments on your status, ect kinda like facebooks app i have a andromo app going

Native mobile apps are entirely possible to do — but will require some heavy development work. BuddyPress wasn’t built with mobile apps in mind as it started before the “mobile craze” went off. So, it really depends on your definition of possible.

If your happy with a Web App though, their are afew plugins, such as @modemloopers BP Mobile https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-mobile/

Folks it’s very bad forum nettiquette to post in existing threads with ones own issues as things rapidly become confusing trying to respond to multiple questions in that same thread – even if original question ‘appears’ closely relate to ones own.

You need to create a new topics please.

Have you read and followed the advice / instructions in this thread?

Disabled all plugins? All the same instruction applies please follow those before posting so we know if those aspects have been ruled out.

When you have done that and issue continues please create a new thread and mention first that you have disabled all plugins and reverted to default theme to test and issue persists.

Also if you are running any caching plugins please disable those first before any other tests and see if that clears things up.

Closing this thread as it’s run it’s course.

@allentan Check out Mail From plugin per https://codex.buddypress.org/troubleshooting/frequently-asked-questions/