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== custom groups template from my theme is not loaded anymore ==

@struppolo If you have a backup of the groups template in your computer, then just upload to your theme’s folder in server via FTP/FileManager/cPanel, etc.

@nickharambee Remove the BP Component Pages you want to make private from the custom menu https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/how-to-set-up-your-main-site-navigation-using-the-built-in-wordpress-menus/

Add the following to your theme’s or child theme’s functions.php file

add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_items', 'mme_loggedin_only_links' );
function mme_loggedin_only_links($items) {
if (!is_user_logged_in())
return $items;
else
$ouractivity = '<li><a href="' . home_url('/') . 'activity' . '">' . __('Activity', 'buddypress' ) . '</a></li>';
$ourmembers = '<li><a href="' . home_url('/') . 'members' . '">' . __('Members', 'buddypress' ) . '</a></li>';
$ourgroups = '<li><a href="' . home_url('/') . 'groups' . '">' . __('Groups', 'buddypress' ) . '</a></li>';
$ourgroupforums = '<li><a href="' . home_url('/') . 'forums' . '">' . __('Forums', 'buddypress' ) . '</a></li>';
$items = $items . $ouractivity;
$items = $items . $ourmembers;
$items = $items  . $ourgroups;
$items = $items . $ourgroupforums;
return $items;
}

Deactivate all plugins except BuddyPress and change to bp-default theme to begin isolating what’s causing the strange behavior.

Please post only once for the same issue. Closing this duplicate of https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/buddypress-theme-looks-diff-help/

Not clear what you mean by “in instant WP”? What theme are you using? Screenshot or site url so we could see what’s going on.

Where is WP installed, in domain root, subdomain or subfolder. Is your multisite subdomain or subdirectory structure?

Site url? Have you tried changing to bp-default theme and deactivating all plugins except BuddyPress?

== I am running a buddypress site consisting of hidden groups only. ==

@crazywhistlepig

1st, remove the Groups tab from your custom menu. We will add the link to respective group per member.

2nd, add this to your theme’s functions.php file

add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_items', 'mme_my_hidden_groups' );
function mme_my_hidden_groups($items) {
if (!is_user_logged_in())
return $items;
else
$hiddengroups = '<li><a href="' . bp_loggedin_user_domain('/') . 'groups' . '">' . __('My Groups') . '</a></li>';
$items = $items . $hiddengroups;
return $items;
}

The “My Groups” link will appear at the end of the custom menu and will show up for logged in users only.

@timetraveler we are aware of the search issue. In the meantime you can use google: buddypress.org keywords phrases and/or username (if applicable)

As for site activity – make sure you have /activity/index.php in your active theme’s folder. Change to bp-default theme and go to yoursite.com/activity (assuming you didn’t change the slug) and check if issue is resolved..

@luisrosario If you have enabled BP_ENABLE_MULTIBLOG, you will need to ensure that each active theme on your installation is BuddyPress-enabled

On the default’s theme Activity page, rather than the list of activity being paginated, it has a “load more” button. The “bp-activity-oldestpage” cookie remembers what page of activity the “load more” is on.

@gatoresg I know what you mean. You need to go through Step 3 of the BP Compatibility process https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/ and make the HTML structure of the BP template files compatible with your Leetpress theme like many other themes listed at the lower half of the webpage I linked to above.

@pixie2012 WP/BP versions? Have you changed to bp-default theme as Hugo mentioned above?

@oklamokla – that theme has not been updated for some time and support for that theme has been dropped by the developers. You can use a WP theme and install the BP Template Pack plugin to go through the BP compatibility process. Check out the list of WP themes we’ve template-packed so far near end of the page https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/

== . My question is how do I fix it so that my old user comments show as if they were posted by that user instead of defaulting to me all of a sudden? ==

WP/BP versions? You’re referring to comments in blog posts, correct? BuddyPress doesn’t cause this kind of issue. Change to bp-default theme and deactivate all plugins except BuddyPress to see if issue is corrected and work from there.

That’s a theme issue. Contact theme author.

WP/BP versions? What have you changed recently in your installation? Change to bp-default theme and deactivate plugins except BuddyPress to start troubleshooting.

– See links to subpages on the right sidebar of https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/
– I suggest using bp-default while you are setting up the site and change to a different theme later.
– After going thru installation wizard, you can make changes at dashboard menu BuddyPress > Choose specific setting you want to change

No if you’re using BP and just creating a child theme for purposes of overriding a few styles then BP will enqueue your child themes style.css file so all you should need to do is add your rulesets in there

If they are not getting applied you may not be adding sufficient weight to your selectors examine the BP rules to see the selector grouping and match or increase the selectors i.e ‘ul#groups-list li .item-meta {}’

Can someone clear this up for me?

Do I need to muck about with the function that enqueues the CSS if all I want to do is tweak the CSS and leave the default.css to handle the things I’m not touching? The tutorial says no, but reading the comments here I’m no longer certain.

One thing I do know though is that my custom styles (in wp-content/themes/themename/styles.css along with the required information) are not overriding the defaults. They do on the home page but not on the activity stream.

You can see the results here: http://platoon13.org/news

If you have specific issues then you need to create a topic for it, explain in as much detail what exactly is wrong, then we can attempt to help you with something specific.

All the information that is available is in the BP Codex, I’m not suggesting that you necessarily write something for it but it is only as good as the effort put in by the collective volunteer community and is acknowledged to be in need of expanding.

@ChrisClayton answered many of your points but if you have further specific issues start a new thread and people will attempt to help you with them.

As for the visual editor issue that is a WP function not BP so suggests that perhaps your WP install is not functioning correctly. The best approach to setting everything up is to to first install WP and simply work with that checking that all it’s functions work as expected,i.e posts, permalinks, registering new users etc only when all that checks out proceed to activating BP using it’s default theme and checking all it’s basic functions are working.