BuddyPress.org

1. Deactivate all plugins except BuddyPress.

2. Change theme to bp-default.

3. Install Forums – BuddyPress > Forums Setup > New Installation

4. Run Settings > Permalinks

5. Create new public Group and allow Forums

6. Create a new Topic and publish.

I am using default Theme and Friends Feature on, had the same Problem but fixed it.
Here is how i fixed it:

I fixed it.

It was an Error with the settings.urlLookup function.
For Example:

jQuery(settings.inputClass,tmp).autocomplete(settings.urlLookup,settings.acOptions);


was giving me:
settings.urlLookup=”http://www.******.de/cms/cms/wp-load.php”;

But that was not The URL to the wp-load.php,
so i fixed the Code:


settings.urlLookup="http://www.******.de/cms/wp-load.php";
jQuery(settings.inputClass,tmp).autocomplete(settings.urlLookup,settings.acOptions);


Now it is working Great, for Explaining or Helping with the Fix contact me.

Best Regards,
Steffen Rogge

Hello, I have installed Buddypress 1.2.8 in wordpress 3.1, and solved the forum topic creation error buy adding an auto_increment field to the bb_term_relationships table, as follows:

id bigint(20) auto_increment

It seems that the installation does not create the table with a primary auto_increment id field, and for me that was causing the problems. I am running a windows xp with xampp, working in localhost. Mysql version is 5.5.8 and php 5.x. The theme I am using is a custom one, located at wp-content/themes/

Still, I cannot see each topic’s detail page when I click them. I am trying to fix this at the moment, any clues ?

Yes you can. However, installing BuddyPress only for the forum feature alone is overkill if you’re not going use the social networking components of the plugin. The BuddyPress internal bbPress forums are associated to groups by default. I would suggest that you install a WP or WP-compatible forum plugin or software like:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/forum-server/
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mingle-forum/
http://simple-press.com/
or integrate external bbPress plugin with your WordPress site.

If you do intend to use BuddyPress components plus the forums, before you install and activate BuddyPress, you would need to make your WordPress theme compatible with BuddyPress via BP Template Pack plugin or by building a child theme of bp-default theme that comes with BuddyPress plugin first. If you are going the first theme route – BP template pack – then you could add the necessary link to your BP components including forums by adding the links listed in ul#nav seen here
https://trac.buddypress.org/browser/tags/1.2.8/bp-themes/bp-default/header.php#L46

=== I’ve made a custom template for the website’s front page and the widgets do not seem fully functional. ===

In your new front page template are you sure that you registered your sidebar/s in your custom theme’s functions.php and did you add the necessary dynamic sidebar tags in your template file?
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/dynamic_sidebar

Change to bp-default theme and see if erratic behavior exists. If it’s corrected using bp-default theme, check out theme forum of @svenl77 and co. at http://themekraft.com/groups/custom-community/forum for solution/s.

`bp_before_sidebar_login_form`
and
`bp_after_sidebar_login_form`
As long as be default theme has these 2 line before and after sidebar login form, the code should work.
This means if BP decide to change these 2 hooks to something else, you can change my code to
`add_action(‘before_somethingelse’, ‘mesh_before_somethingelse’);
function mesh_before_somethingelse() { ob_start(); }
add_action(‘after_somethingelse’, ‘mesh_after_somethingelse’);
function mesh_after_somethingelse() { ob_end_clean(); }`

OK. So, is there a way to generically modify functions.php (like another WordPress hook or whatever) so that if I change themes the code you gave me would not “go away”. Or, would I have to make the same changes in a new theme if I decided to use it?

Sure you can comment out 29-56.
The code I posted is for the case that if you don’t want to touch the theme template,

My original thought was to just comment out 29-56, and then add the widget to the sidebar.

But, I guess that’s not really the point. Buddypress seems to be designed around the concept of being “hack free”. And then, what does BP do? Put something in the “core” template that requires a work-around. In the “old days” I had to hack themes and plugins right and left to make them work. I was kinda hoping I could work with Buddypress in the same framework I’ve been used to with WP in general. Guess not?

Login_with_Ajax doesn’t automatically replace buddypress sidebar login form.
You can either modify or remove the sidebar login form.
If modify– follow Boon’s instruction, modify lines 29-56, take the widget_out.php as reference, and no need to add LWA widget
if remove–put this in your child theme’s functions.php, then, add LWA widget in sidebar:
`add_action(‘bp_before_sidebar_login_form’, ‘mesh_before_sidebar_login_form’);
function mesh_before_sidebar_login_form() { ob_start(); }
add_action(‘bp_after_sidebar_login_form’, ‘mesh_after_sidebar_login_form’);
function mesh_after_sidebar_login_form() { ob_end_clean(); }`

@cam4060

Scroll to the bottom of your WordPress sidebar where you’ll see a link labeled “Theme Settings”. Click on it, then under the “Buddypress” tab, you’ll see an option to turn the login sidebar on or off.

Rename, delete or move the /custom-community/ theme folder, then visit example.com/wp-admin/themes.php.

Ok, so I would do the CSS rule I posted above.

But I wouldn’t really recommend putting a custom px for the width of the header, because you can make the header fit nicely on your current browser, and computer screen width, but as soon as you go to a new computer with different screen widths, the header will not stretch across the entire screen because you have specified it to be a specific width.

You don’t even need to specify the “width” in the theme, just make sure you have:

`position: relative;`

When you network activate BuddyPress, one of the widgets which comes up for use is the “Recent Sitewide Posts” widget which you can add to a dynamic sidbar of a BP-compatible theme. The list of recent sitewide posts rendered in sidebar has direct links to the subblogs where users have published their posts.

=== I have a theme I have chosen for my main landing site (product info, testimonials, etc.) and want to set up buddypress as a subdomain while using s2member to implement paid-access to the buddypress network. ===

Sounds like a plan. Just “point” BuddyPress to the subdomain, secondary blog. https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/install-buddypress-on-a-secondary-blog/

=== My question is whether I have to create two WP sites within my domain (one standard WP for my landing and one BP for my paid network) ===

Go mutlsite/create a network with a subdomain structure so you can create a virtual subdomain for your paid network.

=== whether I can implement a BP theme for part of my site (the network) while maintaining my non-BP theme for the rest of my WP site. ===

Yes you can use regular WP theme in main site and should implement a BP or BP-compatible theme to subdomain.

=== what would then be the simplest way to bounce my clients who are already logged in straight onto the BP network upon landing without going through the usual sales page that is my landing. ===

If I was your client, I wouldn’t want to be “bounced” to a site I didn’t expect to enter. Provide a link straight to the BP site instead with something like a big button “Start Networking” or something like that.

Creating The sitewide global/unified search Page for your Buddypress Theme

Few things for posting on this forum.

When you ask for support, it would be best for you to provide as *much* information as possible to help us out. Posting just one sentence does not give us any information on anything, and would most likely diminish your chances of getting support, and it will delay solving your issue.

If you don’t say what theme your using, I am going to assume that it’s not a buddypress issue, and redirect you to the wordpress support forums: https://www.wordpress.org/support

if you are using default theme, look at the header and specify your preferences there.

`#header {
width: 960px;`

@elia.lombardi

To customize the header headline, add the following to your child-theme’s style.css file and adjust to taste:

`#header h1 a {
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
font-size:48px;
font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic;
color:#555555;
}`

For help with css, a good place to start is here:
http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp

To help identify what you what to customize, install the Firebug addon in Firefox:
http://getfirebug.com/

Hope this helps!

You will need to install the BP Template Pack plugin to make your WP theme compatible with BuddyPress.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-template-pack/
https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/
https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/bp-template-pack-walkthrough-level-easy-2/

Please don’t bump more than every 24 hours 😆

If your permalinks are redirecting to homepage, this is because it has nowhere else to go than the homepage, because it does not exist/not in the right location.

-Do you have template pack installed?
-Are you using custom theme, and do you have a child theme?

=== I am using Platform 1.1.3 by PageLines ===

You will need to install the BP Template Pack plugin to make your WP theme compatible with BuddyPress.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-template-pack/
https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/
https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/bp-template-pack-walkthrough-level-easy-2/

Other than that, you could create a bp-default child theme and tweak it to look like Platform theme.
https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/