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As promised…for now it means changing the code inside the plugin as follows:

* Find this function groupblog_screen_blog() in bp-events.php (somewhere towards the bottom)

* Uncomment that whole function.

* Replace it with the following function:

function groupblog_screen_blog() {

global $bp;



if ( $bp->current_component == $bp->groups->slug && 'blog' == $bp->current_action ) {



bp_core_load_template( apply_filters( 'groupblog_screen_blog', 'groupblog/blog' ) );

}

}

add_action( 'wp', 'groupblog_screen_blog', 4 );

* Create a folder in your active theme directory named ‘groupblog’.

* Then create your template file (in this case ‘blog.php’) in the groupblog folder.

Send me a message if you run into problems

The basic difference is that in this function we use bp_core_load_template to load our template file and fire an add_action to register this function.

DJPaul and Kevin to the rescue. Gents you rock. Followed your instructions and ended up having to install 2 new none edited themes and its working perfectly. Thanks again for your patience.

Done. What do I do for php files within directories, such as bp-xprofile? (Do I recreate that directory in my child theme or somehow call a custom .php file?

I actually changed up the homepage slightly from the older 3-column version to reduce it down to a 2-column one, since it gets kinda busy with the filters and all. If you want to have 3 columns, though (I had a request for this yesterday), all you have to do is delete the “layout” folder… just an fyi, anyway

Thanks DJPaul and Kevin for the quick response. I can’t thank you enough as I know you’re busy men …

Heres what I’ve done:

— Moved bp-themes into wp-content/themes/bp-themes

— Placed bphome and bpmember into bp-themes

— Deleted the directory bp-themes from wp-content

Now the entire site is a blank page (http://footiemate.com)?? The only thing I can think of is that I’m not using the correct version of Buddypress. In the BuddyPress readme.txt it says I’m using: Stable tag: 1.0.3 … should that be 1.1??

Thanks again

I actually don’t use the plugin-template myself either , but it is easier for people to install and upgrade though wp-admin, since you don’t have to move theme files around.

I don’t have the opportunity to show how now, but will post later today when I get a chance.

Yeah, I have been using Firebug extensively. From what I can tell with Firebug, it looks like the .bp_core_widget_welcome is not being used at all in the new theme arch. In the old one, I could see the left column being overwritten by the welcome css settings.

Thanks for the input, I will look into Yslow might be useful.

Founded it. I didn’t copy one of two screen.css files.

btw, 1 in 5 times I get HTTP 404 error accessing this forum. What’s wrong with the server?

Kevin / Gerikg – Thanks so much for the response … but I fear I’m still in trouble . Theres definitely something screwed up with how I have the folders structured. I’ve tacken a screenshot of the directory structure here: http://footiemate.com/blog. (bphome and bpmember) are in wp-content/themes.

You can click around on FootieMate.com. Right now the the main BP homepage and blog are showing up, but the members, groups and blogs are giving me an error (You do not have any BuddyPress themes installed. Please move “/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/” to “/wp-content/bp-themes/” and refresh this page. You can download more themes here.).

I’ve done that (bphome and bpmember in a ‘bp-themes’ directory in themes) and the entire site gets a white page. In the widgets area I’m told I’m using BuddyPress 1.0.3. I’ve had a base level of success by putting ‘bphome’ into ‘themes’ and ‘bp-themes’ (includes bpmember) into wp-content and the everything shows up, but the CSS styles in members, groups and blogs gets completely lost. Really appreciate any advice you can offer. Thanks

Thanks, I started messing around with the default theme. One small issue that I have ran it is with the welcome widget. In the old version, I was able to change the gif for the welcome widget and have a different dif for the left column.

It seem that whatever gif I use for the left column is now used for the welcome widget as well.

.bp_core_widget_welcome h2 {

background:transparent url(../images/org_leftcol_header_back.gif) no-repeat scrollleft top !important;

color:#FFFFFF !important;

}

doesn’t seem to do anything. Looks like the columns have been broken down into sections now.

1. Which version of WPMU are you running?

2.8.4

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

directory

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

subdirectory /blogs/

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

fresh install

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

yes

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

1.0.3

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

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

standard themes

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?

not running

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

Not quite sure where to find those, will keep looking

Thanks for your continued help by the way. I am suspicious about the blog subdirectory and think that may be related to the problem since there is already a blogs folder in Buddypress. I started to look for a setting to correct it in the Buddy press setting in the dashboard but couldn’t find any way to change that path to correct things. Perhaps a change in a php file?

That’s true. One thing that’ll definitely happen relatively *soon* is that I’ll block out my demo site, because I’m thinking of creating another BP 1.1 theme… one that’s a bit more customized that this css/image one. It’s always fun going back to the drawing board, knowing more than what you knew before.