BuddyPress.org

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1. Which version of WPMU are you running?

-WordPress MU 2.8.6.

2. Did you install WPMU as a directory or subdomain install?

-subdomain install

3. If a directory install, is it in root or in a subdirectory?

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4. Did you upgraded from a previous version of WPMU? If so, from which version?

-no

5. Was WPMU functioning properly before installing/upgrading BuddyPress?

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6. Which version of BuddyPress (BP) are you running?

Version 1.1.3

7. Did you upgraded from a previous version of BP? If so, from which version?

-no

8. Do you have any plugins other than BuddyPress installed and activated?

yes-i unistalled all – issue still remains

9. Are you using the standard BuddyPress themes or customized themes?

-standard

10. Have you modified the core files in any way?

-no

11. Do you have any custom functions in bp-custom.php?

-no

12. If running bbPress, which version? Or did your BuddyPress install come with a copy of bbPress built-in

–builtin

13. Please provide a list of any errors in your server’s log files.

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14. Which company provides your hosting?

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http://testbp.org/forums is the better place to look instead of http://testbp.org/bbpress/

Just enable forums component in BuddyPress. Bugle Notes is using the default theme for BP (with some CSS tweaks). If you download BuddyPress 1.1.3 and use the default theme provided with the download, your forum will look the same.

Testbp.org is using a new theme created for BP 1.2 (not yet released yet).

Awesome wp themes? Try googling.

Also, converting a normal wp theme to a bp theme isn’t that easy, it adds a few folders and a lot of extra template files. And yes, if you know how to make bp/wp themes, you can design above average and do some coding; you could make a site like tdi volkswagen.

Today Andy will release the newest buddypress parent theme, you might wanna check that out too.

@foodin65 – You could make your main site’s theme into a BP child theme to make it easier to get the functionalities you want in your site and make it future-proof. Given that Andy has coded the BP Parent Theme with dynamic and multiple body classes as well as other styling hooks within the body content, you could target certain sections of the site with different layouts, it makes a lot of sense.

With child themes, updating BuddyPress is almost seamless. You would only need to add or update some selectors and/or declarations in style.css instead of having to find out almost each and every new BP feature and updating them in your WP-turned-BP theme files plus style.css.

Hi Marius,

a question related to BP-Events-plugin:

is the Events-plugin now running smoothly without any major bugs ? Will it work with the new BP 1.2 default-theme ?

I have checked the website of Erwin, but still not sure whether this plugin is fine to use in working-environments.

Appreciate your feedback.

You just need another theme for BP activated on the BP blog. That’s the terminology you’re looking for.

this thread might help:

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/intergrating-bp-with-existing-wordpress-theme

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/extending-wordpress-themes-post-experiences

technically, simply duplicate the theme, and change the infos in the style.css … so they do not have the same name… tada, you can customize the one for your other part.

Is there any reason why you made the buddypress site a subdomain rather than just being installed on the main blog?

What is the thinking behind deprecating the hook and recommending a template edit? I would think that if someone is using the default theme and only wants to add a single link to the header… it might be better to do is using the hook and the functions.php file… rather than have to duplicate an entire template in the child? Just wondering.

Updating my previous post, if anyone is curious, a wikimedia styled wordpress theme was just released. Combined with my earlier plugin, you could already make a wordpress wikimedia for a normal install.

You can download it here.

Great theme, but I dont understand how you change the content on homepage ? I played with widgets but my home is still a blog.

Looks good Detective — are there specific benefits to using Thesis integration, in terms of your Buddypress sites, or was it more that you were familiar working with Thesis?

It looks great. Does this Andy character sleep? As he obviously isn’t planning a Christmas holiday:

“I will probably play with a few child themes over Xmas and produce some new color schemes with a bit more ‘flair’.”

Just wondering if the members/blogs/groups will be in a sn-parent theme that we can grab if we already have a custom theme? … as the functionality is much better than in the old theme.

Cheers for all your hard work.

Just been playing around with Tarski – seems to work fine. I’m a noob so any hints or tricks on getting a nav bar working and other things to look out for would get great … not that you haven’t done enough already.

What if you used the buddymatic framework??? Will the new BP default theme change things much for your child theme? As I like the consistency of the groups/members/blogs pages.

If you are interested, I’ve released my Thesis integration.

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/genealogies-theme-integrated-with-thesis

I love the new theme! I am so glad that you all paid attention to this because I know that this was a major stumbling bloack for many of us early adopters. I cant’ wait to see the fbconnect functions added back in.

Marius I also want to thank you for your help. You and Erwin are to be commended for bp-events which in my opinion should be a core BuddyPress function. I hope that all of the functions that were once in that plugin make there way back in. I also have the latest version running and it help smooth out some of the wonks with my theme.