I’ve tested this on three sites:
Site one: WPMU, BP, BP Social Theme, s2Member installed
Site two: WPMU, BP, BP Social Theme
Site one: WPMU, BP, BP Default Theme
I’ve also gone through the rick-m-roll of deactivating all the plugins to see if it makes a difference.
No difference… The problem exists on all three sites.
As soon as I add the bp-custom.php file under wp-contents/plugins, the Buddypress menu moves from the Network admin panel to all the admin panels in the network.
Surely this must be an issue pertaining to buddypress or at the bp-custom.php file…?
Or perhaps an issue with my hosting?
Should enable-globals be activated?
Thank you very much for that info!
The index.php code in pastebin is from activity/index.php and not from your WP theme 
In any case, no worries since your page.php code is enough for this project.
Before anything else, open up your WP theme’s footer.php file. Move “ from top of footer.php to just above closing body and html tags like so:
`
`
Many plugins hook into wp_footer and if you have that placed elsewhere, it could cause you problems – layout and other stuff.
To continue with the BP compatibility process:
1. Open up your WP theme’s header.php with text editor and Save > As header-buddypress.php in your WP theme folder.
Open up the new header-buddypress.php file and at the very bottom of the file below other code, add:
`
`
Save file.
2. Open up your WP theme’s sidebar.php and Save > As sidebar-buddypress.php in your WP theme folder
Open up sidebar-buddypress.php and at the very top of the file before all other code, add
`
`
then at the very bottom of the same file after all other code, add
`
`
Save sidebar-buddypress.php
3. Styling issues – use the style modifications used on BP Twenty Ten child theme and adjust to taste. https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/theme-dev-bp-template-pack-walkthrough-twenty-ten-bp-1-5/3/
4. Upload all modifications to WP theme in server.
Right now, I’m simply trying to get BuddyPress to fit my container width, the rest of my theme uses #container and #post_content for this – as you can see in page.php
I am using the BuddyPress plugin for this. Thanks for the help!
header.php – http://pastebin.com/NkXBha5r
index.php – http://pastebin.com/90ghgrKL
page.php – http://pastebin.com/kD2Kw8MV
footer.php – http://pastebin.com/VMnd4c96
https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/
There’s a second method in above link which you can use for your theme. If you need further assistance, open up your WP theme’s header.php in text editor and copy all code, then go to pastebin.com and paste the code and click submit. Post the generated pastebin.com URL here. Do the same for your WP theme’s index.php, page.php, and footer.php
I did add that same code to the functions.php for the theme the subdomain is running — it didn’t work there.
As I continued to experiment, I thought it would be useful to disable something in the logged-in state so I could more easily see when it was working without logging in and out (to switch themes and such.) In doing so I figured out that I have to use the priority the menu-item was originally added with:
add_action( ‘bp_adminbar_menus’, ‘bp_adminbar_thisblog_menu’, 6 );
becomes:
remove_action(‘bp_adminbar_menus’, ‘bp_adminbar_thisblog_menu’, 6);
Without the “6” it won’t work. I’ve tried it with the priority I found in bp-core-buddybar.php, but since it does work in one theme and not another I’m wondering if maybe a theme can change this somewhere?
EDIT: Yup, a theme can change it … if it overwrites the original function with one with a new name but exactly the same code. *headdesk*. Searching for a unique bit of CSS I tracked down where the login code was actually being generated — not by buddypress, but not visually distinct from it either.
remove action bp_login
create you’re own function for login then add action
Then, remove it from sub themes
I’m using my own theme, it really sucks that so many are having the issue.
What theme are you using? Change to bp-default theme to see if issue is corrected.
@paul Gibbs i see.. can u give me the search code example? each theme have the different way right? i wanna look at the structure
forget the question , it works now after installing “WP Page Numbers” plugin : http://www.jenst.se/2008/03/29/wp-page-numbers and putting the code instead default BP pagination code
@mercime how can I implement to your expert’s code feature post image with for example fixed width=100 height=100?
Thanks a lot…
In my end I get a parse error
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘{‘ in xxxxxxxx/index.php on line 41
?
Thanks mercime for awesome help as always..and thanks Xevo. I’m learning:o)
I need to bump this 
, anybody knows ho can I change “previous entry – next entry” pagination code in index.php ‘‘ with 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 … 89 90 pagination , I have installed WP- PageNavi plugin but I can’t make it work in main index.php page
@mercime thank you , works perfect .
I got it working with the code I gave you.
A new version of Graphene theme came out since you last posted here. When you upgrade Graphene theme, you’ll lose all the BP template pack folders transferred before, and you’ll have to run BP template pack plugin’s compatibility process again via Appearance > BP Compatibility. Then follow the instructions I posted before https://buddypress.org/community/groups/installing-buddypress/forum/topic/where-are-my-sub-menus/?topic_page=1&num=15#post-115080
Per same instructions in that post, add the following at the very bottom of graphene theme’s style.css file after other styles.
`/* BuddyPress Compatibility Style Mods */
.post .avatar {
position: static !important;
}
table.forum {
margin: 0 !important;
}
table.forum tr > td:first-child, table.forum tr > th:first-child {
padding: 15px !important;
}
div#item-header h2,
form#whats-new-form h5 {
clear: none !important;
}
div#item-header ul {
list-style-type: none;
}
div.dir-search {
margin: -20px 0 0 !important;
}
div.item-list-tabs {
margin: 25px 0 20px !important;
}
div.item-list-tabs ul,
div#object-nav.item-list-tabs ul,
div#subnav.item-list-tabs ul {
font-size: 13px;
margin-left: 0 !important;
}
div.item-list-tabs ul li:first-child {
margin-left: 15px !important;
}
div#subnav.item-list-tabs {
margin: -15px 0 15px !important;
}
#activity-stream {
margin-left: 0;
}
.padder div.pagination {
margin: -20px 0 0 !important;
}
ul.item-list {
list-style-type: none;
margin-left: 0;
}
body.activity-permalink div.activity {
padding: 20px;
}
body.activity-permalink .activity-content {
padding: 0 !important;
}`
Hi there. Let me check this out again and I’ll get back to you.
#1.
a) Copy over index.php file from bp-default theme to your child theme folder.
b) Open up index.php in child theme folder and make the following change. On line # 37 of that file, replace:
“
with
`<?php
if ( is_home() ) {
the_excerpt();
} else {
the_content( __( ‘Read the rest of this entry ?’, ‘buddypress’ ) );
}
?>`
c) If you don’t have one yet, create a blank functions.php file in your bp-default child theme folder, then add the solutions to excerpt length and “Read more” are at https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_excerpt
#2. The avatar with username is wrapped in div.author-box lines 22 – 29 in the same index.php file you copied over
EDIT – took too long to answer. Didn’t see Xevo’s post
@mercime I have followed your instructions but the results are still the same.
basically I can’t find the code that render out those summaries.
Your custom theme needs to be upgraded to support the new settings templates:
https://codex.buddypress.org/releases/1-5-developer-and-designer-information/#theme
Please pass this information to the theme designer.
@Bikramglobal, can you do the following:
1. Set these options as follows in your wp_config.php file:
ini_set(‘display_errors’,1);
ini_set(“error_reporting”, E_ALL);
define(‘WP_DEBUG’, true);
define(‘WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY’, true);
2. Switch to the buddypress default theme
3. Paste any warnings/errors that are displayed on your page when you attempt to send a message, friend someone, etc.
WP 3.2.1 / BP 1.5.1
I am using Theme Salutation.
As I change to standard BP theme it works fine. Any solution?
