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Off the top of my head locate the min / max widths and replace them with width:960px or larger if you really wish. Child theme approach is best as then you can move a copy of the bp default css to your own folder to work on , problem is that min/max properties are a nuisance as they can’t be unset as such, once stated you are stuck with the damned things ‘auto’ is not a value for min/max nor is re-setting them to ‘0’ so the original property decs need to be removed really.

It works for me!

As always first question – as in the other thread – is does it work if you drop back to the default theme?

@johnnyscience – does it work if you switch to the default theme?

If so, you know the problem is in your theme, and you should probably try contacting labsecrets.com for advice on this one

If not, fire it back on here

What theme and plugins are you running. if custom theme does this occur when using default. If running plugins disable all but necessary i.e BP does it still occur?

Does that link url have any meaning to you?

The layout of default is a fluid one, the image is going to look diffrent on various browsers depending on their width and screen resolutions.

The instruction to set an image with a width of 1250px is not an indication the image will be fine, an image of that width will only display fully if your browser has at least 1338px width, start to narrow the browser width and the element being asked to hold the background also has to reduce in width thus clipping the background.

Creating graphics and placing them appropriately for fluid layouts is actually a lot harder than it appears.

The method that would ordinarily be used would be to divide the graphics in to two separate slices, the right hand stripes portion would be it’s own graphic this would be placed as a background to an inner element to the main one holding the other graphic, the new element would be left to simply run full width of it’s parent i.e default natural behavior of a block level element the red stripes would then be set as a background to this new element but placed at 100% on the y-axis i.e all the way to the right.

Now what occurs is that the right hand graphic moves independently of the left it will sit to the right hand edge of the header. Drawback to this is that you have to be aware of what has been set as a min-width for the layout if this value is too small it will allow the graphic to move too far together and overlap; min-width need to be sufficient to keep the two images reasonably separate.

I’m afraid that the bp-default theme is not really geared up to handle a graphic of the type you have made, with it’s principle resting on clipping the header image at smaller width thus requiring an image type that still makes sense if pert of it is hidden.

Another solution is to set the bp-default layout to a suitable fixed width and match your header graphic to that width, then the issue doesn’t occur.

Failing all that your last option is to move the stripes to the left by the amount that is appropriate at the layout min-width for it to show fully, now when you expand the browser you will eventually arrive at a blank area where the stripes run out /end so you will need to run the graphic on from the point where the stripes meet the bottom of the header or height, so for ~100px or so you need to continue the graphic albeit it clipped to top and bottom in your graphics software

Thank you Paul for responding but answer the questions in detail here:
1. Which version of WP/MU are you running? Answer: WP 3.01
2. Did you install WP/MU as a directory or subdomain install? Answer: Using it on my main domain
3. If a directory install, is it in root or in a subdirectory?
4. Did you upgraded from a previous version of WP/MU? If so, from which version? Answer: when it says upgrade I click that. So I guess it supdated.
5. Was WP/MU functioning properly before installing/upgrading BuddyPress (BP)? e.g. permalinks, creating a new post, commenting. Answer: Yes
6. Which version of BP are you running? Answer: It says..Buddy press 1.2.5.2
7. Did you upgraded from a previous version of BP? If so, from which version? Answer: Every time it says update I always click that…So maybe..??
8. Do you have any plugins other than BuddyPress installed and activated? If so, which ones? Answer: Buddy press 1.2.5.2, Live journey importer, akismet, fast secure contact form 0.2, OPML Importer 0.2, Post video player slideshow and photo gallery 1.79, Rss Importer, simple social sharing widgets and incons 0.2, Word Press Importer version 0.2 and WP Touch 1.9.19.1
9. Are you using the standard BuddyPress themes or customized themes? Answer: Standard
10. Have you modified the core files in any way? Answer: I don’t think so…Didn’t touch anything…Just beginning to do this…
11. Do you have any custom functions in bp-custom.php? Answer: I don’t think so
12. If running bbPress, which version? Or did your BuddyPress install come with a copy of bbPress built-in? Answer: Using Hostmonster.com is my web host part of their menu control panel comes with concrete5 and under concrete5 I installed buddy press…Then that’s all I did
13. Please provide a list of any errors in your server’s log files. Answer: The only problem I’m having is nobody can “create an account” or cannot register…And of course no email was sent for verification and account is obviously not created..
14. Which company provides your hosting? Hostmonster.com
15. Is your server running Windows, or if Linux; Apache, nginx or something else? My server is running? I’m using century link previously Sprint…Mozilla fox and Explorer…Windows XP

So I guess I answered all the questions…That’s all I did…And can’t create an account…I did it to test the application…Now go to my website hostpugs.com create an account and see what’s going on…my email: whiteflower12004 @yahoo.com….Thank you!

The default theme files are in plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/

But, don’t edit these directly, create a child theme and work on that

You’ll find the activity loop calls in the activity folder in the default theme

@brianowens

What theme are you using?
Could you post a link?

But Mystique has already been ported to BP by the same author: http://bp-theme-converts.com/mystique-with-buddypress/ have you tested it ?

Hello guys,
I think i have arrived at right thread to post my query at.

I am looking to filter Group creation and member joining activity from Group activities.

I dont want to display “Member has joined this group” And “Member has created this group” in group activity stream.

Please tell me how to do it using custom-bp.php file or themes function.php file. I am ok with both the types.

Regards,
Sam.

hello sir,

Can you please guide me how to use this function to filter ‘user joined’ and ‘user created’ a group from groups activity.

Awaiting your response.

Sam.

@PJnu: Yep so far I’ve tried a bunch of popular plugins and they work and look fine! BP-Slick is a Child Theme of the standard Theme and inherits a lot of it’s templates. The templates I’ve added are build with the same classes and template structure so this means that all plugins which are developed for BP-Default (I think all plugins are) are working fine.

Plugins that are really extensive (BP-Media, CourseWare etc) might require some additional styling, but these modifications can be shared in the support group. Everyone who has bought the plugin can upload/download new templates, styles and tweaks for the Theme. So if something does not behave as expected, chances are that me (or someone else) has fixed it and has put it up for grabs in the “goodies” section of the support group!

@Bowromir have you tried the theme with most of the popular buddypress plugins to see that the plugin works well with them? I’ve had a few awesome themes that strangely didn’t work well with BP. The video demo seems to show you’re quite comfy with BP so that’s a great sign.

I removed/commented out the create a blog option from the member registration form while still keeping blog creation on. I only left access to the bp create a blog form for users is_loggedin Only. By tucking it away within the member profile for the member to create a blog later during their profile detailing/editing process, I was able to get to the point where I only needed to delete crap members that get in, not crapmembers + crapblogs that get created at one time wasting all my low number blogIDs!

At the end of the day, if you’re running BPmu you don’t really need to have insta-blog. The option to create a blog is link within the member profile “dash” that they can get around to when they feel settled. I’ve found it’s easier for the user to get their profile up and running first and then breathe and think of a good blog name/url after they’ve logged in for the first time.

but if you really really want instablog, which really isn’t that instant due to the wp-admin of it all. Plus, it’s not really instant because there are too few frontend posting options in member themes for the user to start posting right away, so no need for instablog in registration process, so just indicate to your user that they can do that part later. if you still want blog creation at first registration, then you can keep up the good fight by zapping spammers and their blogs.

@Bowromir

1 – Phew!
2 – Cool!
3 – Umm… no more for now