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The theme is missing the call <?php wp_footer() ?> in it’s footer.php file.

Dan, read this thread for some possible insight and ideas: https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=3173

Have you tried copying the functions.php from the default theme to your custom theme?

Okay, I missed the fact that you were working within a template. It thought you were looking to create a widget.

Instead of creating a function within bp-custom.php, you can place this is your template file. I assume that you have made a copy of the default themes and are modifying your copy, not the original.

Change this one line:

<a href="<?php bp_the_site_member_link() ?>"><?php bp_the_site_member_avatar() ?></a>

To this:

<a href="<?php bp_the_site_member_link() ?>"><?php echo bp_core_get_avatar( bp_get_the_site_member_user_id(), 2 ) ?></a>

What blog are you on and what is the url that breaks when you select one of the directories? What exactly is the error message? Did this work before? What theme is this?

Do you have any plugins other than BuddyPress installed and activated. If so, you need to distill your environment down to the lowest common denominator: Use the default BP themes that come with v1.0.1 and deactivate all other plugins.

What happens then? If you do not have any more issues, then you know it has something to do with your custom theme, one of the plugins, or some combination.

You then start going back up the ladder one step at a time. Switch the default BP themes for your custom themes. Does the problem return? It not, then is has to do with your plugins. Activate one plugin at a time until the issue returns.

Here’s a thread where Paul talks about a similar error message and plugins: https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=2802#post-15313

Let us know how your testing goes.

Test with the default home and member themes – does the problem still occur?

bp, wpmu versions. themes being used?

You get to have one or the other basically. It doesn’t cause conflicts, they both can’t be occupying the same space.

I sometimes think we shouldn’t bundle the Skeleton theme with the BuddyPress .zip. It confuses some people.

It’s a CSS issue, suleiman.

You’ll need to either modify the bp core admin bar CSS or add a CSS rule to your bbPress theme’s CSS file

Well, you could always encapsulate the navigation.php code into a function and just call that function from both places.

funciton my_nav_stuff(){

?>

.. all the stuff from navigation.php…

<?php

}

Stick that in bp-custom.php then in both themes <?php my_nav_stuff() ?>

The template path gets hijacked when a user goes into the member theme. It gets set to /bp-themes. When they go out of it it’s back to normal again /themes. That wouldn’t work for pointing to a file.

@Erich

You are free to use the Skeleton Theme or an existing theme as your template in designing a new BP theme. The Skeleton Theme is a bare bones theme. It has the minimum header and footer code, and function set to make things work. So, if you are using a non-BP theme and trying to turn it into a BP theme, you should either look at the Skeleton Theme or the default themes that come with BP to see what is needed.

Concerning the default themes that come with BP–the bphome theme and the bpmember theme–you can also use those as templates for your new custom themes.

My standard caveat when creating custom themes from the default BP themes is as follows:

Make sure that you make a copy of both bphome theme and bpmember theme. Your customizations should be done in copies, not the originals. The copies need to have unique names. Do not rename the default themes. They stay unchanged. That way, if you have issues with your custom themes (and we all do when working on customization), you can switch back to the standard BP themes to see how things should work.

Try placing your function in bp-custom.php. If that file does not exist, create it and place your function code there. This file should be placed in /plugins/. It will be loaded before anything else–see bp-core.php line 10 and 11.

What theme are you having problems with?

Every theme is written differently. Generally speaking it should be located in footer.php.

From the default Kubrick theme’s footer.php we have:

<!-- Gorgeous design by Michael Heilemann - http://binarybonsai.com/kubrick/ -->

<?php /* "Just what do you think you're doing Dave?" */ ?>



<?php wp_footer(); ?>

</body>

</html>