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Dear @inspirationacademy,
Unhide the .messages-form .submit (Astra Pro may be hiding it) with:
.messages-form .submit { display: inline-block !important; }
If it’s still missing, copy the BuddyPress messages template into your child theme, add back the <button type="submit" name="send">Send</button>, then clear all caches.

To integrate BuddyPress into your Chipotle menu site and boost user engagement, start by enabling key BuddyPress components like user profiles, activity streams, and groups to let users share reviews, customizations, and tips. Use a lightweight theme like Astra or GeneratePress for better performance, and install caching plugins like WP Super Cache to keep the site fast. You can pair BuddyPress with plugins like rtMedia for photo sharing or Youzify to enhance profiles and community layout. Keep the social features focused on food discussions and menu insights, and avoid adding too many extras to maintain a smooth user experience.

Thanks for the screenshots, they do help. The page shown (General Settings) looks very similar to a page that is provided by the BuddyPress Groups Extras (BPGE) plugin, see the following screenshot:

As indicated in the screenshot, the Home or, in your case, the
Activities tab is fixed in place by the code:

if ( $nav['slug'] === 'home' ) {
	$disabled = 'ui-state-disabled';
}

The above snippet can be found here and just indicates that the Home tab is disabled from being sortable. The following is what the element (li) has as classname (default ui-state-disabled) for a non sortable tab of which the only one is the Home tab.

<li id="position_686f6d65" class="default ui-state-disabled">
     <strong>Home</strong>
</li>

While a sortable tab has default ui-sortable-handle as a classname.

<li id="position_6d656d62657273" class="default ui-sortable-handle" style="">
      <strong>Members <span>1</span></strong>
</li>

The BPGE plugin author claims this change was due to:

Group's "Activity"/"Home" navigation link is hard coded in BuddyPress to always be the first one, so disable its reordering.

However, when I rollback from v3.7.0 to v3.6.10, the Home tab is now sortable and can be moved. So the reason for the change is not entirely true.

Moving along, since the General Settings page from the BPGE plugin is similar to the page from your screenshots, we may be able to infer that there was a fork of some the code (the pages portion) from the BPGE plugin and was included in the BuddyBoss theme which AFAIK is a commercial (paid) theme, meaning I can’t verify the code within this theme due the status of free vs paid. If this is the case, then your resolve will have to come from the BuddyBoss developers. However, if the code that supports manage Page general setting resides elsewhere, e.g., custom code or 3rd party plugin, then the resolve is the responsibility of those who authored the code.

As an aside, as it relates to the BPGE plugin, there is an appearance of wonkiness with the reordering of group tabs which appears to be a factor that caused the change to make the Home tab not sortable, however, I’m not sure if BuddyPress is causing the wonkiness,

Having stated all of the above, it seems to me, the reason that you want the Pages tab to be the first tab is because you want that to be the landing page. Would this be a correct assumption? If so, there may be the possibility of changing the landing page to Pages, regardless of the tab order, which will depend on similar the code is similar enough to the BPGE plugin.

2) … Also there, there is no way to change things here ? Add the thumbnail on the posts list for example, or separate the “comments” and “posts” tabs,…

“Things” can be changed programmatically. Additionally, BuddyPress does not come standard with “Posts” or “Comment” tabs. The only separation for these items is via the dropdown filter selection for “Posts” or “Comments” located in the Sitewide or User Activity streams which is standard for BuddyPress.

3) OK, really confusing.
And if the displyed name and real name arent the same, how can a user know the real @ he has to use to tag someone ?
BTW, i’ve made some tests and even if i use @displayname or @username, it doesnt send a notification to the user,…

Users typically figure out who is who and for @mentions, only the username is used for notifications. For example, a scenario where there are 2 users with the same displayname which happens to be Apple, however, each has a different username because usernames must be unique. Maybe a visual will help you digest this information:

If you are having issues with notifications, that is a different issue and might be related to some external factor such as a plugin or theme that is interfering with the notification process.

As for Main settings, yes, those available via a UI are limited, however, programmatically, there are plenty via constants, filter hooks and action hooks.

Within the profile when logged in the user can select and add their own cover image. This will allow all users to have their own unique cover images.

You might want to make sure your images are not too big and the correct proportions otherwise they will be cropped. Depending on your theme this size might vary but a good starting point would be 1350px wide and 350px tall or for full screen width 1920px x 640px.

### **1. Check if the Groups Directory Page Exists**
– Go to **Pages** in your WordPress dashboard.
– Look for a **Groups Directory** page. If it’s missing, create a new page and set it up as needed.

### **2. Verify Permalinks**
– Go to **Settings > Permalinks** and click **Save Changes** (without changing anything). This refreshes permalinks and can fix missing pages.

### **3. Check Theme & Plugin Compatibility**
– Temporarily switch to a default theme (e.g., **Twenty Twenty-Four**) and check if the directory appears.
– If it does, the issue might be with the **Kadence theme** or custom code.
– Disable all plugins except **SCF** and gradually enable them one by one to find conflicts.

### **4. Review Page Template Settings**
– Edit the **Groups Directory** page and check if the correct **template** is selected.
– Try switching to a **default template** if a custom one is causing issues.

### **5. Ensure Groups Feature is Enabled**
– If you’re using **BuddyPress**, go to **Settings > BuddyPress > Components** and ensure **”Groups”** is enabled.

### **6. Check for Custom Code Issues**
– If you’ve added custom code in **functions.php** or used **SCF** for custom fields, check if it’s interfering with page visibility.

Hi,

Some of the answers may have to come from the Theme developer, i.e. Re-Hub theme, for example:

1) How can I configure the user profile page? There are elements I find unnecessary for my website, and I’d like to remove them: the sharing buttons, the “write a note” option, etc.

The “sharing buttons” and “write a note” options are not standard for BuddyPress and are either introduced by your theme in use or possibly from a plugin you have actuated.

Additionally, without getting into a lot of detail, depending on the template pack in use, e.g., Legacy or Nouveau, there are an assortment of template pages that can be overloaded/overridden (requres advanced knownledge).

2) Users registered on my site can publish articles using a frontend plugin, comment, etc.
However, nothing appears in the “Activity” section: even if someone has published an article, nothing shows up. Similarly, nothing appears if they leave comments, someone replies to their comment, or tags them.
Also, what does the “Favorites” button correspond to? With the theme I’m using, users can save articles as favorites, which are then displayed on a dedicated page. Is that what it’s supposed to refer to?

As to “articles“, I’ll assume these are synonymous with “blog posts“, typically these are synced to “Activities” via BuddyPress settings (wp-admin > Settings > BuddyPress) by enabling the “Site Tracking” component within the “Components” tab and enabling the “Post Comments” option under “Activity Streams” within the “Options” tab. See Post comments

As to “Favorites”, think of these as “bookmarks”, IOW, Activity items may be marked as “favorites” or unmarked as “Favorites” which will be listed within the “Favorites” tab, if marked accordingly and, yes, Favorites behave as you have indicated.

3) On the profile page, users can change their username and select a username that’s already in use (which isn’t allowed during registration). How can I fix this?

Usernames are unique and cannot be changed. In a “users” profile, the username is preceded/prefixed with the @ symbol. What may be confusing is the “Name” field which is more akin to the display name, to be more precise, it appears to be the “Display name publicly as”, which can be the same as the username or can be different from the username. What’s confusing is that there specific BuddyPress profile fields that correspond WordPress profile fields that may or may not have the same nomenclature. See Your Profile Screen – names section.

It seems like you are trying to fix something like, there can only be one user with a display name of "Alice". Rightly or wrongly, I suppose confusion abounds when a “display name” is conflated as being a “username”.

Perhaps, someone else will have a better or more precise explanation than I have provided.

I setup a fork of the original github repo, I can’t guarantee it 100% works, especially like with following blogs and stuff like that as I haven’t tested that throughly. I also haven’t tested it with legacy themes. However, for regular following and for the following activity filters in bp_noveau etc… it should work.

https://github.com/Alexanderwbell/buddypress-followers