>> I use my own theme for buddypress .using buddypress theme plugin
@mahdiar you mean you use a WP theme and installed the BP template pack plugin or something else? As for changing the style, it’s done in your active theme’s style.css file unless otherwise instructed.
I am using a free version
lol 
excellent answer! thanks Paul. that sort of explains why i couldnt make sense of them.
looking a bit closer, i see that:
in file: bp-groups-classes
class: BP_Group_Extension
function/method: _register
reads:
Code:
var $ display_hook = ‘ groups_custom_group_boxes ‘;
…
`if ( bp_is_group() ) {
if ( $ this->visibility == ‘public’ || ( $ this->visibility != ‘ public ‘ && $ bp->groups->current_group->user_has_access ) ) {`
…
// Hook the group home widget
if ( !bp_current_action() && bp_is_current_action( ‘ home ‘ ) )
add_action( $ this->display_hook, array( & $ this, ‘ widget_display ‘ ) );
}
}
…
– then in file bp-groups-template.php:
Code:
function bp_custom_group_boxes() {
do_action( ‘ groups_custom_group_boxes ‘ );
}
– which doesnt appeare to be called from anywhere in BP 1.6 (or its std theme)
– though does i suppose make the hook available (on group home only), were i to override the default template or call the theme/template func. bp_custom_group_boxes.
i cant think of a use for it yet either. but i’m sure i will.
thanks again
ps. code backquotes seem to be broken at the moment – thus i put spaces around $ signs etc above – hope its stil readable
@cleaus I made no mention of a child theme anywhere. Let’s re-start this conversation with: where did you download your theme, WP theme repository (free version) or at theme author site (PRO version)?
@mercime Agreed. It took me a week to figure it out. Finally, copied the default.css to my child theme and began modifying it there. I just need to remove few extra borders here http://ourcog.org/ and style the menu effects like http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/
Definitely, a lesson learned the hard and time consuming way.
@bibliata I believe there’s a misunderstanding here. You should not be changing anything within the bp-default theme in /wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/
If you want to revise the bp-default theme, you should create a child theme https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/
BP Columns is already a child theme of bp-default theme. If you want to make any style changes in this child theme, the simplest thing to do there is add your new styles at the bottom of custom.css file and back it up since it will be overwritten when it’s upgraded. Or, you can create a new css file e.g. mystyles.css in BP Columns theme folder to add your new styles to, then open up style.css file and add
`@ import url( mystyles.css );`
under `@ import url( custom.css );`
(remove the space between @ and import when you do this)
If you’re using Firefox, install the Firebug add-on to help you ID what elements need to be changed.
And, as I’ve mentioned in the other post, you can use a WP theme which approximates the layout you need and install the BP Template Pack plugin. For reference, we have a list of “bp-template-packed” WP themes, free and premium @ https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/#template-packed-wordpress-themes
@tomelk31 No problem. You’re lucky you only had to add styles instead of revising 16 template files for Step 3 Marking this as resolved.
Hi, you’d need to either get a theme for BuddyPress that had bbPress / forum styling built in or create your own theme for it. It’s quite well documented though:
https://codex.bbpress.org/theme-compatibility/
https://codex.bbpress.org/component/theme/
@mercime Thanks for all your help. It is working great now, I think it was my PC cache rather than the site cache which I cleared to begin with.
It is working fine now though!
@mercime As i did not use a child theme, is there any way of just replacing the old missing files with the new files i download in the new theme?
Thank you for the reply @karmatosed !
I do use the latest version of Salutation. But I already asked the developer and he’s sure that it has nothing to do with the theme?!
I would say that if you are HTML- and CSS-challenged, you could change to WP theme which approximates the look you want to have for your site and install the BP template pack plugin.
If you’re just going to run a default BP installation, i.e., just use default features, then you’re set until the time where you need a multi-DB solution for the growing number of users/blogs in your install. But if you want to customize presentation and functionality within the site, then you’d either have to learn PHP,HTML,CSS,JS,WP,BP or hire a developer to help you out.
Please contact your theme author re issues with Salutation theme compatibility with current BP version.
@bibliata You can make a WP theme compatible with BP by installing the BP Template Pack plugin and going through BP compatibility process which we are addressing in this thread.
@mercime got it – took me forever but the .css was all the way in
/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/_inc/css
Had to add two extra div-s in the custom.css:
div#container, div#header, div#content, div#content .padder, div#footer-widgets
Now, how do I remove the space between the div-s?
is this even a buddy press theme?
What theme are you using? I ask this as it may have an impact.
im using salutation its a buddypress compatible theme
See bp_has_message_threads() for type param. It defaults to ‘all’.
You don’t need to dirty hardcode anything – you just need (maybe) to write a custom query and call it from a theme file.
read/unread is stored in wp_bp_messages_recipients
Good luck
@cleaus I just found out that DailyPost is hosted in WP Theme Repo and the content-page.php code has the “missing” lines, see https://themes.svn.wordpress.org/dailypost/1.0.5/content-page.php
I see that the theme has a PRO version as well.
So are you using the pro version or the free one from WP theme repo? If you’re using the one from the repo, you should download another copy of the theme and re-upload it manually via FTP to make sure all files are there and I will work from the code in repository. If it’s the pro version, it’s weird that it’s missing some lines which are available in the free version.
@tomelk31 Clear cache. The Members Directory page layout is just fine in desktop and iPad. What browser/device are you viewing it in?
You’re welcome. Marking this as resolved
@mercime The members page shows the sidebar pushed down still. here: http://www.chelseatalk.co.uk/members
Paul, anyway it’s pretty simple to use both methods. We know that default wp_users support first_name, last_name, nickname and description (bio). Maybe you could make possibile to modify each of that from buddypress (i made it in my theme) and make a base group with these fields. Then if administrators want to add more fields and groups you could populate xprofile table. In this way you could have a more deep integration into WordPress.
