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Install BuddyPress first.

Activate your Evolve theme.

Install and activate BP Template Pack plugin to make your WP Evolve theme compatible with BuddyPress.

Go through the BP Compatibility Process – https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/

Before installating BuddyPress – https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/before-installing/#system-server

You either use an FTP program like FireFTP or Filezilla and/or use your server’s cPanel/FileManager/etc. The first one’s better because you have backup copy of your theme files in the your computer’s hard drive.

Or, keep that function in your functions.php file, copy over header.php from bp-default into your child theme folder, and add the link to stylesheet to header.php:
`<link rel="stylesheet" href="” type=”text/css” media=”screen” />`
between
“
and
`<link rel="pingback" href="” />`

`function bp_dtheme_enqueue_styles() {
// Bump this when changes are made to bust cache
$version = ‘20111214’;
// Register our main stylesheet
wp_register_style( ‘mytheme-style’, get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . ‘/style.css’, array(), $version );
// Enqueue the main stylesheet
wp_enqueue_style( ‘mytheme-style’ );
add_action( ‘wp_enqueue_scripts’, ‘bp_dtheme_enqueue_styles’ );`

Will be updating BP codex re child themes for WP 3.3 and BP 1.5.2

Ok, so I think I am still experiencing the CSS issue on page editing screens because I am developing a child theme of bp-default. I updated the functions.php file as provided on the ticket but am I supposed to alter my child theme functions.php file? I have no idea how that would go. Maybe I’m barking up the wrong tree? Please help!

`if ( !function_exists( ‘bp_dtheme_enqueue_styles’ ) ) :
function bp_dtheme_enqueue_styles() {
// Bump this when changes are made to bust cache
$version = ‘20111102’;
// Register main stylesheet
wp_register_style( ‘child-theme’, get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . ‘/style.css’, array(), $version );
// Enqueue main stylesheet
wp_enqueue_style( ‘child-theme’ );
}
add_action( ‘wp_print_styles’, ‘bp_dtheme_enqueue_styles’ );
endif;`

I’ll check it out. In the future do not open more than one support request for the same issue. If somebody hasn’t responded to you first post after 24 hours then post a reply to the original post and it will move back to the top of the forum.

I just noticed a similar problem: buddypress and child theme (no multisite), and when I upgraded to 1.5 my language customizations in bp-languages/buddypress-my_site.po stopped displaying.

I had define( ‘BPLANG’, ‘my_site’ ); set in plugins/bp-custom.php, but I found I also had to set
define(‘WPLANG’, ‘my_site’); in the wp-config.php file

In buddypress 1.2.8 just setting the language in bp-custom.php had been sufficient. Hope this helps someone else with the same problem.

@rodtrent new Custom Community 1.8.8 is not yet out in WP repo but available at https://github.com/Themekraft/Custom-Community – this version is compatible with WP 3.2.1

Btw, BuddyPress 1.5.2 for WP 3.3 is out now https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress/

Thanks for you post and self help it actually helped me fix the very same problem.

Sorry if this is the wrong place for this. I updated functions.php using the file given in https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3849 but it hasn’t fixed the issue on page editing screens. I first tried pasting the code in manually, then I tried uploading the provided file found on the ticket. Am I missing something?

add_action( ‘wp_enqueue_scripts’, ‘bp_dtheme_enqueue_styles’ );

Change to bp-default theme and see if the issue is corrected.

Yes, this is a known issue and ticket has been filed at WP trac. https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16744

To install buddypress, u need a theme compatible. If you want to make your theme compatible, download this plugin: BuddyPress Template Pack (https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-template-pack/). Install and go to the link BP Compatibility at menu Appearance in WordPress Dashboard. In this page are a tutorial to how make your theme compatible.

hello. i am using buddy press widget theme, wordpress 3.2.1. and the latest bp version. Can you please tell me how i can fix my main menu navigation? example: when rolling over the drop-down button”stuff” it looks bad – due to the length of text i think? please help. http://nexneurocare.com
thanks, paul L.

To clarify, are you on WP 3.2.1 or have you upgraded to WP 3.3 or is this is a new WP 3.3 install with BP 1.5.1?

Also, is this happening using the bp-default theme or with another theme?

Lastly, internal server error – What is showing in your web server error log? Where are you hosted? Shared or Cloud or other form of hosting plan?

This issue is driving us bonkers – has anyone come up with a solution please?

It all started when we moved our site (www.eradar.eu) to its own server (accessed thru cPanel). We have lost all forums and when another group is created it creates multiple groups rather than just 1 (even though the unique ID numbers are the same) – everything was working fine with our previous shared server.

I’m beginning to think it is a server side issue……

Some observations

1. Not a plugin issue – all have been tried and tested
2. Not a theme issue – was all working fine under the theme (Custom Community)
3. We are using all latest editions of WordPress, BuddyPress and BBPress…
4. We’ve followed discussion threads and deleted unique forum ids in MyPhp.

Absolutely no idea what to do next……

Please help

Hey Oz,

You don’t have a problem pal, that’s totally normal.

It just means that the BB Press forums will use their default styling, nothing fancy from your theme.

there are templates out there to dress up BB Press forums to make them look a little nicer, but if your theme doesn’t contain any, BB Press will just use the default styling.

You don’t have anything to worry about!

Another thing worth noting, the default BP theme creates problems when viewing add new posts/pages/etc. pages.

This is probably because theme CSS is being loaded admin-side – submitted a bug – https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3849

I’m also trying to change things with my css style sheet but nothing seems to work

I’m so confused myself….i created the child theme and created and inherited all the templates. But then I try to copy and paste the header.php or functions.php file into my child theme and an error shows up saying I can’t modify that file….am I doing something wrong….Please help this is for my thesis project and I don’t want to mess it up

Just to clarify, when you say regular WordPress navigation menu, do you mean your theme’s main navigation menu which should have custom navigation menus or the WordPress Admin Bar? Or do you want something like tutorial at http://www.michaelkuhlmann.com/tutorials/customizing-admin-bar/