IF wordpress isn’t sending any emails (ie they’re not in spam or junk folders) it may need an extra plugin – see https://codex.buddypress.org/troubleshooting/frequently-asked-questions/
Or try https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/ to help diagnose where the issue is and add some extra settings to fix it…
I’ve added extended fields per buddypress’s capabilities; however, they don’t show up in my registration process….any idea why not and what I need to do about it:
Here is a completed profile where someone actually went back into their EDIT PROFILE and finished adding all the data: http://www.localjobs.com/blog/members/jimtait/profile/
Yet, even then – not all the REQUIRED fields are showing up on EDIT mode.
And here is the URL to register…and you can see that just a small bit of those initial fields actually during a new registration process – and my REQUIRED fields don’t show up either: http://www.localjobs.com/blog/register
Any ideas what I’m doing wrong? I’m asking this here because I’m getting zero responses after 3 weeks in the HOW-TO section having asked the same questions and this can’t be that hard to answer….
Much thanks.
Ok Im like 0 for 7 getting a response to questions on here but Im really hoping for this one. I just want to know how to add a link to the member header menu. I added a front end editor and it has a link for the dashboard and I want to add that to the menu. Anybody know how?
Hello all,
I am running: WordPress 3.2.13; Buddy Press 1.5, Multisite options, and php 5.2.13
I know that according to various posts on bp that the “User registration is currently not allowed” error is a bug issue that developed with the latest release of bp. I also discovered that the bag-0-fun.patch, at the link below, is the method to repair this bug but I do have a few questions about this patch.
http://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/3313/bag-o-fun.patch
Here are my question(s). How / where do I install this patch? Is it a manual patch that I have to update each core page (not good as a bp update would remove this patch) or by using the downloadable patch add it to a centralized location e.g. functions.php, wp-options, or home directory to make this work?
I have never added a patch before so this would greatly help me and perhaps others too.
Thanks
SW
I just downloaded and was attempting to install the latest default version of BuddyPress on my site, http://FloridaPrisoner.com, from within the WP Dashboard. I completed the 5 pages of setup questions, and it my creen went blank and then returned the following message:
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 30720 bytes) in /home/florid/domains/floridaprisoner.com/public_html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-members/bp-members-template.php on line 593
I tried to abort the install but it was too late. As a result, my site is now completely crashed, and I am searching for my month-old backup, but not sure if I did that correctly either. I just want to get my site back up and running, and will worry about installing BP later.
Can anyone give me a hand with this?
Thanks,
Pete
peterdolinger@gmail.com
Hey echoman,
I just stumbled across your questions through Google and thought I’d offer you a little help. Do you see in your Fatal error where it says “is_site_admin()”? That’s where your problem is. You will need to open the bp-album-core.php file, scroll down to line 305 where it says “is_site_admin()”, and replace the word “site” with the word “super”.
is_super-admin()
Please answer some troubleshooting questions posted
Try this tutorial:
https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/install-buddypress-on-a-secondary-blog/
Please test on a dev environment first!
Just so you’re aware, there are a few 1.5 bugs that have popped up regarding multisite installs:
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3602
I am a little confused about WP Multisite and where to put my BuddyPress community.
I test installed BP on my current WP blog but it wont work well with my custom theme, even with the Template Pack, it literary lays on top of each other. I uninstalled it.
I would like my “community” to be separate from my main blog/website, it could even use a different template that works better with BP, a basic template that I could customize to look similar to my main site. At the same time, my community will be based on the topics and contents of my main blog and I would like BP to be able to show recent posts from my main blog and for the community users not to have to create two login accounts.
If I install Buddy Press on a Multisite (in a directory off my main domain ie; http://www.myblog.com/community/) ; can I use a BP template without disturbing my main blog theme? Can my blog and user logins be linked to my BP community or does it have to be installed on my main WP blog to do this?
What are my best options here? I look forward to using BuddyPress as my community. Thank you!
Image, title, and link of… what? Posts from your blog(s)? If so, that’s all standard WordPress theming and has nothing to do with BuddyPress making it any harder.
I think the first example at http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/13020/display-thumbnail-only-on-the-very-first-post-in-the-loop will get you started! 
Is it possible to have either a type of web form or set of questions, which members would have to answer befor joining a network. Examples: Age, Type of pets, Does your home have a fenced in yard, and if so what type? etc… The answers would be submitted to admin. It wouldn’t have to require all answers to be correct per say, but it would need to be filled out before hitting a join button.
the box is super small not like ive seen on othere sites
I hope to check BP Labs soon. What’s the problem? Do you get a box appearing, or nothing?
1. How can I make it so people cannot see activity from other people that are not friends with them? (Privacy)
2. How can I auto-complete mentions (Bp labs does not work for me)
3. During long conversation in comments it creates a lot to load so for something like 8+ comments how can I display a see more button
Hi folks sorry, coming back to this after a while.
I submitted my findings/questions to bp trac. They say that avatar upload during registration is going to be discontinued in bp 1.5 default theme. So, it may be a good idea to think about doing avatars after registration.
Personally, I can see their thinking.
1) Why let people who aren’t yet committed users get access to your file system?
2) registration is really complicated by the fact that you don’t yet know the user’s user id.
Still, I may be looking at this some more …
2 – You would have to write some javascript that does the refreshing. I don’t know of any ready-made implementations.
3 – There’s no automatic way to filter these out in BuddyPress at the moment. You could write a function that would take them out of $activities_template when hooked to bp_has_activites.
Your site is unbelievably awesome. I have two questions I really hope you can help me with.
How can I add a social bit like you did in the upper right? Like, Tweet, +1? I’d almost rather the LinkedIn share instead of Tweet but whatever, what you have there would fit my site perfectly!
Also…your login box and Facebook compatibility? Is that a widget or custom? It’s beautiful and perfect.
There’s no end difference between installing and upgrading. Existing child themes should continue to work, as should those guidelines on the codex. It’s possible someone updated the codex incorrectly, or for an earlier beta version where we fiddled with child theme style sheets a bit (and then added more compatibility code in). Feel free to update the instructions; log in to wp-admin on the codex site and find/edit the Page.
Also… I just wanted to comment that it would be really nice if the documentation for Buddypress is more organized. Currently there is information about 1.5 mixed in with 1.2 and even earlier. Is it that difficult to separate major versions and keep it organized?
I came across an article in the codex talking about enqueued CSS, with lines of complex code including instructions to update a variable when changes are made to bust cache.
I am sitting here waiting for some answers without working any further on this project, thinking to myself WTF does enqueue stylesheet and bust cache mean, I cannot even get comprehensible answers googling them, and hoping that I did not waste numerous hours working on a pre-1.5 project powered by BP.
i do appreciate all the hard work put into BP, but just because it is open source doesn’t mean there is no need for any logic behind it. Obviously there is no expectation for serious projects to use it out-of-the-box with the default theme and default components, so in my opinion, it is essential to explain to your users what the next version means and what needs to done for a smooth transition. Instead of publishing several articles about an unreleased version, perhaps it would have been wiser to have done that instead. If I had the knowledge, I would have gladly offered that.
I really hope I don’t move to another platform as I love WP and really liked BP’s usability when doing my research.
Hi
Could someone please help me with some questions I have dealing with the upcoming 1.5 version:
1. Since it is jumping versions, it seems to be a huge upgrade. I was wondering if there is ANY benefit in installing BP 1.5 on a fresh installation or is upgrading 1.2 via dashboard 100% the same?
2. I notice that the codex’s instructions on the custom child theme does not apply to 1.5. Does that mean the child theme will break? I find this ironic because it stated that this method is the way to go to future proof your design.
3. How are rollbacks usually done? I’ve been working on a BP project for the first time so I’m happy this upgrade is happening soon so I can learn it. Say you upgrade to 1.5 and things break, how do you go back to 1.2.10?
Appreciate your time and help. Thanks.
and any answers on the other?