Look up ‘locate_template()’ function in the WP codex as that would explain how things work, it ties in to the WP template hierarchy in that locate_template first looks for the path designated in the stylesheetpath (child theme) if not found there it then searches the templatepath (parent dir) ‘true’ or ‘false’ just designate how the file is required into the template ‘require’ or ‘require_once’
If you want it to use the child theme template you simply have that file in the child theme. You don’t have to link in the parent it simply will look to child first.
@mercime links to the pages
index http://pastebin.com/deCyBbCW
header http://pastebin.com/BdHGeJ3d
page http://pastebin.com/jF8TuVha
footer http://pastebin.com/mv6VnWDx
Post http://pastebin.com/Wmx06pm1
I added ‘post’ because the theme does not have a sidebar file, theme description says it’s dynamic, the post file was the easiest to understand on how the sidebar works.
the theme is too complicated, i’m only using it because the UI is superb and it’s responsive.
this is the website i’m working on: http://inspire.org.ng
theme page: http://themes.rubenbristian.com/?theme=ikaros
thanks a million for your help, dedicating so much time and resources to questions, i salute sir/madam. Thanks again.
The bad news …waking up at half past 6, on my day off, and seeing this message; therefore instantly activating my brain. The good news …the problem is fixed before breakfast. YOU ARE A LEGEND! You are a legend I had tried renaming my theme folder and even tried naming the plugin folder (which doesn’t work as too many things call the plugins) so I was at a loose-end and about to rebuild. However, I was confident that my custom functions file was clean, despite calls for the groups (as they were all contained in “if”s …So I began naming all of the plugins that controlled groups in buddypress the two in question were “Buddypress group control” & “buddypress groups extra” I now have groups re-enabled and also know how to safely disable it. THANK YOU!
without Sidebar.php file on theme @mercime
it is not working for me @mercime
Thanks, i am looking for this 
WoW Way theme!
@garrickbs Open up your theme’s header.php, copy all code, paste code in pastebin.com, click submit, and post the generated URI here. Do the same for your theme’s page.php, index.php, sidebar.php and footer.php files, I want to see the whole picture.
sounds like you have something in your theme’s function.php (or perhaps a plugin) that’s using a groups function without checking whether it exists.
Try renaming the folder for your theme, and if that doesn’t work, check through your plugins folder for an obvious suspect and rename.
Open up your theme’s header.php, copy all code, paste code in pastebin.com, click submit, and post the generated URI here. Do the same for your theme’s page.php, index.php, sidebar.php and footer.php files.
You’re welcome. Marking this as resolved.
You can add this to your theme’s style.css file
`div.item-list-tabs ul li a,
div.item-list-tabs ul li span {
color: #333;
}`
Code updated and moved to http://wp.me/p1I84P-1J
12/14/2012
You will be creating two new files, header-buddypress.php and sidebar-buddypress.php
If you’ve revised any of the BP template files transferred to your modernize theme folder in server during the BP Compatibility process, please delete the 6 BP folders transferred to your modernize theme folder in server – /activity, /blogs, /forums, /members, /groups, /register – then re-run Appearance > BP Compatibility again to make sure that you have clean template files.
@mercime that was the first tutorial i followed and i got no result. thanks for your response
@garrickbs there template-packed themes already at https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/#template-packed-wordpress-themes
== If you’re still stuck no doubt mercime will revise your files for you in due course so have another shot at it and update this thread with the results. ==
@hnla looking forward to BP 1.7
@abid-khan
– Deactivate the theme you were using when BP was activated by renaming theme folder in server e.g. wp-content/themes/mythemefolder-xx
– Go to wp-admin. If you still cannot access wp-admin then deactivate BuddyPress plugin folder in server by renaming the plugin folder wp-content/plugins/buddypress-xx
Link to full width page in demo?
Thanks for your response. I tried and tried and tried, at one point the sidebar was completely gone and then i got …error on line…..
You need to compare the markup used by your choice of theme on a page such as page.php to a BP page such as mentioned /activity/index.php your chosen theme dictates the markup that must be reflected in the BP template files – you do need a modicum of knowledge to be able to do this though but it’s not really technical knowledge just how to identify the main element differences and copy them to your BP template.
Thankfully though these requests will be a thing of the past as soon as BP 1.7 drops and BP starts working with any theme people choose to use.
If you’re still stuck no doubt mercime will revise your files for you in due course so have another shot at it and update this thread with the results.
