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thekmen’s advise should be noted to refer to a true custom theme rather than a child theme.

If you are running as a ‘child theme’ i.e you are using and referencing the bp-default files – even if you have copied over some to customise then that is a child theme and you are still loading the original functions.php so DON’T copy anything in it over to your own file as that duplicates or attempts to call the same function twice and that results in problems.

If you are not familiar with building child themes in WordPress / BuddyPress – you should read this page before beginning:

https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/

Where do you want to write the code – is it in a file in your child theme?

If the files are in the same directory, e.g. in your child theme folder, use something like:

locate_template( array( ‘myfile.php’ ), true )

It sounds though as though you are wanting to modify code in bp-default. You shouldn’t be modifying bp-default! All your changes should be in your child theme.

@bojanski

hide_sitewide is a boolean, and in this line is being used to test whether an activity item has been marked as hidden or not – (it’s not a count @tom_taylor_85)

You should NOT be modifying the code there – that’s a core file, and you’ll run into problems when you upgrade if you’ve modified them. You’ve also changed the logic to say: if an item is marked as hidden get it to display – which is not what you want.

@bojanski – can you be clearer about what you mean by “remove sitewide activity tab” – do you mean you want to remove the main Activity page from the main nav bar?

If the latter – edit it out in header.php in your child theme.

In order…
-Depends what you mean, but this is a built in featured to BP
-This is pretty much a requirement for BP. Although, you can choose how big or small you want the profiles to be
-Groups in BP should satisfy this. You can make them public, hidden or private.
-This is a widget in the default BP theme
-Just turn it on in the BP settings
-There are a couple picture plugins. One that’s paid that’s pretty good from BuddyDev.com Another one that’s getting really close called BP Media. They have a version available now, but it’s basic. In a month? or so it will have even more features.
-These can just be added to your theme anywhere that you think would be good.

So, pretty much everything but the pictures is available by default with BP. The pictures need the plugin.

Theoretically it’s possible, but I would really discourage it at this point. You’re basically contemplating taking some 100+ files (I’m guestimating that number, it might actually be closer to 200) from a BuddyPress compatible theme and making them all accessible in the WordPress theme editor. It would be an absolute nightmare.

Do not edit the theme files from the folder bp-default. you need to create a child theme first. This way you won’t mess up your installation and can upgrade.

Can you share a link to your site?

I’m using latest branch which will be 1.2.6 on a pretty busy site at the moment (http://xfactor-updates.com/members/) and it’s extremely stable so far.
One thing I would say is that if you are upgrading & using a custom theme, you will have to make some updates to your functions.php.
Code to display join/leave group buttons and so on, secondary activity stream avatars as well as localisation for a few JS terms will need to be added.
All required code can be found in the latest bp-themes/bp-default/functions.php

“activity private” – was just a general thought if you’d added a plugin or other custom code.

As I said before, without detailed info about your configuration, and your theme – it’s going to be difficult for anyone to help you on this one.

Does it only affect one user, or more than one?

Can you simulate it on one machine / browser – i.e. try activity for 2 users – do they both work?

The navigation menu is in the header.php starting here https://trac.buddypress.org/browser/tags/1.2.5.2/bp-themes/bp-default/header.php#L46
You can change the links by creating a Child Theme so your revisions won’t be overwritten when BP is upgraded.
You won’t find the BP menus in the Appearance > Menu unless you revise the links in navigation menu an code navigation menus function in your theme’s functions.php file and add the template tag for that in header.php – https://codex.wordpress.org/Navigation_Menus
You can also try out this plugin – https://buddypress.org/community/groups/add-all-nav-links-to-bp-adminbar/home/

It’s highly unlikely that it’s a bug in the activity stream – hundreds / thousands of sites run the BuddyPress activity stream without problem.

It’s almost certainly something wrong in your bespoke theme / bp-custom.php file.

Have you changed the theme since the second person carried out their activity? Does it show in the main site activity stream? Have you installed some privacy plugins, or has the member specified that their activity is private? Is the site hidden from search engines?

It’s impossible to provide much more help without a lot more information about your site configuration and the details of your theme code.

Ah! I was thrown by a prompt that said the theme offered logo management – perhaps the mention referred to the default buddypress theme. I appreciate your answer, though.

This question would be better directed to the plugin developer (it’s not really a BuddyPress question)… they should be able to tell you what elements you need to have defined in your theme.

Note: We use wp-fb-autoconnect on one of our bespoke BuddyPress sites without problem.

and, yes… you can write any php you like. Have a look through some of the includes in the default theme files (and also the use of locate_template )

switch out the image file in the theme folder. I think it’s logo.png

@jhansensd Agree with @hnla. You asked for advice and that’s the standard one that you’ll get to isolate what the conflict is. You might also want to check out
https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/before-installing/#wp-configuration
Then if all’s well with BP plugin, you activate your custom theme and see how it works out. install the other WP plugins one by one to find out which one is conflicting with BP.

EDIT – took too long to answer, two already did

@jhansensd

Yes, it is a common issue… and almost always plugin or theme related.
Follow the advice given by @hnla to troubleshoot your install.
Start by deactivating your custom theme to see if that’s the problem.
If not, then deactivate all plugins, and reactivate them one by one to track it down.

Feature-proof until we add a new screen or function in the core code. If your theme is a child theme of BP-Default, then it’ll automatically get those updates, otherwise they’d have to be added. I think you’re probably safe for the next few months at least.