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Bpfan,

You can install the same old standard WordPress theme if you’d like, but keep in mind that it won\’t have any functions that tap into BuddyPress at all. Yes they will work, exactly like they did before.

You upload and install them in the same place you’re used to, wp-content/themes/

Then they must be activated in the Site Admin->Themes area.

(Hope you don’t mind, I renamed your topic title so it doesn’t confuse “Member Themes” with “Themes for Members” haha!)

Check the new sticky regarding the theme preview.

I’m going to integrate bbPress on my test install and give it a go myself this evening.

Andy reviewed and made some additional updates to v1.2 of the Skeleton Component. It is now official and is located here:

http://testbp.org/resources/bp-skeleton-component-1.2.zip

i think he’s referring to this:

https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/installing-buddypress/upgrading-from-rc-1/

which i followed but still not showing me my wire unless in default buddypress theme..

A new version of the Skeleton Component for plugin developers is is now available. Please see this thread for details: https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=2329

Ok, I surrender. I was wrong. Yes, changing the groups slug does trash the icons. I’m thinking to myself “These people are nuts. I just changed the BP_MEMBERS_SLUG to ‘boysinthehood’ and nothing changed”. I picked the only slug that doesn’t have a dependency in the member theme css for an icon.

The member theme\’s userbar does bp_get_nav() which generates the html for the user nav bar. The individual nav items \’css_id\’ is the slug for each component. You change the slug you change the \’css_id\’ in the nav menu.

This isn\’t a bug really. Its a side effect of having the flexibility to actually change the slug. The component slug is the only site wide identifier for a component.

I don\’t see any easy way around this. The css defaults to what the component default slug is. Which is \’groups\’. Changing the slug invalidates the css.

@Erichamby-

I hope that TMD works well for you!

Incidentally, I noticed that their BuddyPress tutorial is out of date. They have not been keeping up with the changes in theme directories. Also, they state that:

As an addon to the official WordPress MU, BuddyPress is fully compatible with all the plugins and themes of WordPress and does not limit its functionality in any way

This is not true. There are several incorrect statements there. For instance, there are a number of steps that must be taken if you are using a custom WordPress theme with BuddyPress. I hope they’re good at tech support!

@natscrim: Check out “download zip” instead of clicking on the link ; because the link is pointing to the RC1 version while the “download zip” link is pointing to the right link.

yeah, it’s bug https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/691 if anyone has anything to contribute

Thanks, Nicola,

Yes, I removed the plugin and upgraded to 2.7.1 — but… after I reinstalled RC-2 for second time and got the blank preview, I didn’t go further, assuming it would be the same as before. I just tried it, and it works!

Thanks, again.

Nat

have you removed bp plugin in mu-plugins and updated to wpmu 2.7.1 ?

Natscrim – the preview thing is a known issue. I have spent about three hours investigating it with jjj and not getting anywhere. I have made a ticket on trac.

But, for me, even though the preview was blank, the theme worked on the homepage.

So the problem is in your custom theme then? It’s a tricky nuggest but read through https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=2298.

I just reinstalled RC-2, following all the instructions with the same result: a blank screen in the themes preview, and if I choose this blank window, I get a home blog without any theme at all. Perplexed.

@Dbascent94: I’ve got the same problem, no preview is given just “activate”.

Although the themes -are- activated, because I see the standard buddypress theme is activated.

If I could only get rid of all those 404 errors on the normal buddypress functions ..

This thing is not buddypress, so it should be posted on wpmu forum. n/w, I see everything properly on 2.7.1 and rc2.

Control themes here: ursite/wp-admin/wpmu-themes.php

bp-themes/buddypress-member/css/directories.css Look for #letter-list

I was running WordPress MU 2.7 before and have been manually upgrading ..

bp-themes contains the original buddypress RC2 theme.