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I forgot to add — add this to your child theme’s functions.php (if you don’t have one, create one)
`<?php
define( ‘HEADER_IMAGE_HEIGHT’, 200 );
?>`
adjust to taste

Create a child theme of bp-default theme.
Re: background color = You need to override default style by changing the background color and image from
`body {
background: #eaeaea url( ../images/background.gif ) top left repeat-x;
…
}`
to something like the following which you should add in child theme’s style.css
`body {
background: #fffff none;
}`
which you adjust to taste.

Re: header size change height set in default theme by adding this to your child theme’s style.css
#header{
height: 200px;
}
adjust to taste.

I’m not sure the current BP-Default theme is suited to front-end blog posting; it doesn’t make sense for all themes. We’re quite close already, as we could re-use the post box on the activity stream page as a starting point. Maybe we could template it out a bit.

Another option in your theme is changing the relevant template(s) to specify a number of items in the activity stream to show; see https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/custom-buddypress-loops/the-activity-stream-loop/ for API documentation.

I agree that if an user tries to log in, who hasn’t activated their account yet, there should be more help in the default theme; there’s nothing stopping you from building this into a custom theme right now.

Please would you submit this as an enhancement request and we’ll build it into a future version of BuddyPress? Thanks

One other note.

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“I copied the bp-default containing the members directory and its files.”

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You should not copy over the entire bp-default directory and its contents. Only copy over the individual file (and possibly directory) that you are trying to override.

If you copy over the entire bp-default directory into your child theme, your child theme would essentially be a standalone theme and you won’t benefit from using the bp-default theme when you upgrade. The parent theme would be ignored. Copying over only the specific files you are changing will also help you to see exactly what you’ve changed when it comes time to upgrade.

This link should help you get your child theme ready to go – https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/

It sounds like the child theme you created might not be activated yet. Once you activate the theme you should see the changes straight away when you modify the child theme.

On a related note, I’d highly recommend using the stylesheet of your custom child theme wherever possible to manipulate the presentation of your content. If you wanted to change the style of the members directory, start your selector with body.directory.members like this:

`
body.directory.members a { color: #000; }
`

In the example above, I’ve just chained together the two body classes (directory and members) that are used in the default BP theme when viewing the members directory.

Source: Class selectors

No courseware. The site was launched March 2009 on WordPress MU/BuddyPress. Slight modifications based on snippets/plugins posted by Burt Adsit, Paul G., Boone G., JJJ and Andy.

The content is mostly pre-recorded video and audio – not a formal educational program with assignments etc. So the setup is pretty straightforward and most of the customization is just theming. Main site has different content for logged out and logged in users. “Classrooms” are private sub-domain blogs (soon-to-be sub-domain sites) with a classroom theme. The main site and classroom sites are both using custom child themes powered by the BuddyPress default theme.

I’m in the process of upgrading the site so I’ll be around here more often if you have questions.

Well, there’s the elastic theme, and there’s P2 both of which have front end editing. there’s other front end editing plugins which work after the entry is posted.

Given the admin bar is going in wp 3.1, things are moving in that direction anyway. A bunch of developers are working independently on things like this.

Blogs: You have to enable multisite in your WP install first before you can let journalists create their own blogs. Read how to https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network

Template Pack: Here’s a BP Template Pack walkthrough which could shed some light on how to add styles – https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/bp-template-pack-walkthrough-level-easy-2/
Basically, you copy some styling from bp-default theme and tweak it to taste.

i make a child theme to parallax header, but the problems come later.

the z-index of my header put all popup divs under the body, and a i have not a solution at the moment for this.

You will have many problems with the plugins if use parallax header.

this is the link to download my custom theme (parallax) is a child of bp-default theme.
http://www.tropicthunder.com.es/bp-parallax.zip

¿anybody have a solution for this problem on a child theme.?
I think Parallax have many posibility of dinamic header for bp.

Ditto here, I’m not using the default theme, and I don’t have the friends component disabled..

What karmatosed said. For #1 with Template Pack, make sure you have “ before ending “ tag in `footer.php`

Can you try activating the BuddyPress Default theme to see if these problems go away?

Re: #4 – I just signed up for your site and it did not redirect me to the control panel after logging in.

“My current theme is supported by buddypress & I’ve installed the template pack in order to resolve this matter.”

If your current theme already supports buddypress, you DO NOT NEED the template pack.

that plugin is *only* used if your theme does *not* have BP support. Likely that’s why you’re getting errors.

If you wanted to replicate all the BP sections on each blog, you can do this:

Allow BuddyPress to function on multiple blogs of a WPMU installation, not just on one root blog:
`define ( ‘BP_ENABLE_MULTIBLOG’, true );`

They still have to register at the main site.

Does not look like you’re using a BuddyPress compatible theme. The default TwentyTen theme is not BP compatible, out of the box.

Try making the your current, activated theme compatible with BuddyPress by using the BuddyPress Template Pack plugin:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-template-pack/

Or, create a child theme for BuddyPress:
https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/

Either way, your theme must be BP compatible in order to utilize the BP features.

Good luck!

And it is good to state so, because it also bugs me when someone shows up complaining that it’s not free.

here’s hoping more theme authors jump on the bandwagon and do the needed work to add support for BP. It’s just better for us all then.

There are a few options open to you:

1. Use the template pack – this is due an update : https://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-template-pack/
2. Get a free BuddyPress theme : https://buddypress.org/extend/themes/
3. Get a premium theme
4. Pay for a developer to adapt your theme: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-jobs-board/

Can you try overwriting what is in your /buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/ folder from the manual package?

Do the buttons show up when you use the bp-default theme?

Sounds like you have the image working, but you need to get acquainted with CSS, especially the float declaration.

Try fooling around with this in your stylesheet:
`
.entry .thumbnail {float:left; padding-right:1em;}
`