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BP Template Pack plugin does not work if BuddyPress is not installed and activated first. I had assumed you had done so before.

A child theme uses as it’s core the parent theme, it references any template pages you copy over from parent theme to child theme. The child theme files are used in preference to the same named file in parent theme likewise any functions files are read in order of child theme first then parent theme. All you need for a child theme to work is the style.css file with appropriate header block.

I would follow mercims advise to copy over header.php and simply remove the physical markup or enclose it in php comments, display: none simply hides the visual display but doesn’t remove markup so technically it’s still there.

Those are constants, the whole point of them is that you can set them yourself and override the BP ones as the bp ones check to see if they are defined first somewhere. Try it ou, either in bp-custom.php or functions.php

Why don’t these work or am I missing the point .

`define ( ‘BP_AVATAR_FULL_WIDTH’, 350 );
define ( ‘BP_AVATAR_FULL_HEIGHT’, 350 );`

same for thumbs, also of course one can pass size params back on avatar calls.

There are a whole series of constants in bp-core-avatar.php that may be overridden, not sure what the constant you mention ‘CORE_MAX_FILE_SIZE’ is

Before mercime kindly shows you how can we just check that you have made a start in attempting to enable your theme for BP? Have you moved any BP template pages across to your theme? Have you read through any of the excellent guides/ walk throughs mercime provided in the BP codex, starting with this initial guide:

https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/

To fix alignment of BP template files to fit your theme’s HTML structure, open up your theme’s header.php, copy code, paste code in pastebin.com, click submit and post the generated pastebin irl here. Do the same for your index.php, page.php, sidebar.php and footer.php

#1 and #2 – to fix alignment of BP template files to fit your theme’s HTML structure, open up your theme’s header.php, copy code, paste code in pastebin.com, click submit and post the generated pastebin irl here. Do the same for your index.php, page.php, sidebar.php and footer.php

It’s not a common error. Something went wrong with the installation of your group forums or a conflict with some plugin or theme.

>>> Also, in the “Forums for Groups” section of the admin, when I select “Use existing installation” it asks for the location of the bb-config.

Did you just upgrade your BP site? Did you set up your groups forum in your old installation? If so, what Archive slug did you use for your sitewide forums?

If this is a new installation and it’s the first time you’re going to install the Forums for Groups, choose “Install Group Forums”

WP/BP versions? Is this an old upgraded installation or a new installation? Have you tried basic troubleshooting like changing to bp-default theme and deactivating all plugins except BuddyPres to see if issue is corrected?

>>> Right now I only have 2 groups, as the site grows users will be able to create their own groups and have a forum. The 2 groups I have is one for all users (I don’t want a forum for this group), and the second group is just for businesses that join the site. The business member group has a forum that I am only making visible to the business members.

If you do not want a group to have a forum, then do not enable the group’s forums in that groups admin page.

If you want to make the forum visible to only the business members group, then make that group a Private Group or a Hidden Group.

>>> … the forums page is showing.

Not clear whether you’re referring to the group forum or the sitewide forums page.

>>> How can I set the forums page to be the sitewide forums? I have the custom link in the navigation bar and that is fine.

Not clear. Do you mean that you want to use the “forums” slug for your sitewide forums?

>>> But in the community widget, there is a link for forums and I do not want that because it just takes you to an empty forum and I do not want them to use that for their reviews. Ideally I would love for that to go to the review forum. Hope this makes sense.

Not clear. Which community widget? What theme are you using?

WordPress and BuddyPress versions? Internet Explorer version?

Is this a new installation? Single WP or Multisite?

Did you change theme and/or plugins recently?

Have you tried basic troubleshooting – changing to bp-default theme and deactivating all plugins except BuddyPress then clearing cache to see if issue is corrected?

@igid26 Please post the code for sidebar.php and page.php as well.

You need to make your theme duotive compatible with BuddyPress by installing and activating the BP Template Pack plugin. Then proceed to dashboard menu Appearance > BP Compatibility and go through the compatibility process. https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/