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WP 3.0.1 would be the best install with BuddyPress 1.2.6 (released this coming weekend).

But before walking through too much detail, is there a reason you want BuddyPress on a subdomain? Is WordPress installed on the main domain?

Now, it is possible to install BP and have members create blogs using subdomains .. but maybe you have a different purpose for putting the whole community on the subdomain .. which is also possible.

There are a growing number of great themes for BuddyPress:

http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/buddypress-magazine-theme

http://bp-tricks.com/

Also, you can take any WP theme and modify it to match the community by using the template pack.

@boonebgorges: Thanks!
@cryptidresearch: Thanks for your feedback!
1) as Sven mentioned above, the next version comes with variable header height.
2) good idea, there’ll be an option for this in the next version!
3) I will also have a closer look on the title..
You can play around with style.php and both .css-files, but all changes will be gone with the next update.

@hnla – installed the branch the other day and pagination still doesn’t work on the activity stream. Decided to look at the way I had it done in the child theme but am not done.

@johnnyscience – sounds like a javascript / CSS problem to me – are you definitely running with the vanilla BuddyPress install AND the BuddyPress default theme.

No CSS or HTML changes at all?

The default theme uses javascript routines to display a lot of the reply code – if you are using a different theme, you need to also modify your javascripts to ensure they still work

Yes, enabling zlib compression by placing code in the header.php of a child theme will improve performance.

`<?php
ini_set(’zlib.output_compression’, ‘On’);
ini_set(’zlib.output_compression_level’, ‘1?);
?>`

Source: WPMU.org

Additionally, you could enable W3-Total Cache as a plugin and gain other benefits, ie. CDN, Minify, database caching, object caching, browser caching, and user agent groups.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/

You cannot do both the plugin and the enabling of zlib compression in the header

Go back to a base WordPress install with the default 2010 theme. Then try to set custom permalinks to /%category%/%postname%/

Does that work? Can you go to categories and posts without problem?

If not, it is a problem with your server setup for WordPress and nothing to do with BuddyPress. You should fix that problem before attempting to use BuddyPress

@obakitch You can over-ride the theme files — I guess you can get an events directory, etc. as required; disable the forums; to match the look of your site the edit-form, create and edit pages will have to be drastically re-themed.

For future reference, try raising plugin issues on the plugin group: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/eventpress/

Alright, concrete feedback now that I’ve played with your features.
1) Header image is too small. I would like options to have a larger image. I like 275 px
2) Remove the search from the header. I’d like options to remove that. It’s unneeded for my site.
3) Title. It’s currently behind the gray bar for the buddypress. Move it down?

Now, I’m just learning PHP, been using HTML for years. New to WordPress in last year. Can I make the above changes somehow in the style.php? I hate to make changes and break it.

I like that it uses the custom menus, so much of my information needs to be accessed in it’s categories.

Thanx for the hard work!

never mind, figured it out. don’t use the # mark on the HEX number. Thanx! It’s looking good!

Alright, finding out the ups and downs of your theme. Good work! Wondering though, what code do I put into the theme options for the colors?

What plugins are you using? Does the problem persist when you enable bp-default instead of your custom theme?

I like it. Thanks for sharing.

It would be nice if the header image was a bit taller

Not quite sure what you mean, but if you’ve deleted this line with wp_list_pages in header.php then you need to add it back,

ok, with thanks to http://cleverness.org/2010/08/08/add-user-types-to-wordpress-and-buddypress/ found another starting point:

Put this in you BuddyPress theme /registration/register.php file:

`Account Type:

User Type A
User Type B
User Type C

`

Put the following code in your theme’s functions.php:

`<?php
/* Add sign-up field to BuddyPress sign-up array*/
function bp_custom_user_signup_field( $usermeta ) {
$usermeta = $_POST;

return $usermeta;
}
add_filter( ‘bp_signup_usermeta’, ‘bp_custom_user_signup_field’ );

/* Add field_name from sign-up to usermeta on activation */
function bp_user_activate_field( $signup ) {

update_usermeta( $signup, ‘signup_type’, $signup );

return $signup;
}
add_filter( ‘bp_core_activate_account’, ‘bp_user_activate_field’ );

function synchro_wp_usermeta($user_id, $password, $meta) {
global $bp, $wpdb;

$type = $meta[signup_type];

update_usermeta( $user_id, ‘signup_type’, $type );

}
add_action( ‘wpmu_activate_user’, ‘synchro_wp_usermeta’, 10, 3);
`

This should create selection of account types on the signup page.
If anyone knows how to update profile-loop.php, so that every account type would have different profile group, please share your opinion.

thanks.

I am the owner of Blogcastor.com and is not in anyway harmful. It was a comment with a link (cc.co) that cause the problem. It has been removed and is running fine now.

In that process(reactifying) I have lost my data. Themes will be available for download ASAP.

Hi @travel-junkie!

I am very interested in your plugin, but am wondering about one thing: will it be possible to embed the events map in another place (for example the front page?) . I don’t need any fancy plugin option or anything to do this, just some code that I could paste into my theme…