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Here’s another way of using your current WordPress theme with BuddyPress – http://bp-theme-converts.com/convert-buddypress-theme-to-wp-theme/ See popular WP themes converted- http://bp-theme-converts.com/category/bpthemes/

As for BP Template Pack, it needs to be updated whether it’s for someone who knows how to code or for those who don’t know how to code. Check out Kobe Bryant’s site which uses BP Template Pack http://kb24.com/ specifically for BP components.

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

@hlna . I also use manual approve with welcome pack to stop users from activating themselves. Manual approve works properly with the the new custom community bp theme, no header problems. ( I just have issues with welcome pack now since bp’s upgrade, one thing fixes and the other falters).

I wouldn’t use the template pack. I’d create my own framework with the bp files inside or call them via a child theme. There isn’t a right or wrong way but the template pack is really for someone who isn’t capable of coding and a quick start to adding BP to an existing WordPress. If you go the template pack route then the files could be out of sync with the BP core.

I FINALLY got it to work. Had to totally uninstall wordpress and start from scratch on setting up a mu site, but it works. My recommendation to anyone else who is encountering this error… Do not use the Buddypress theme template pack that automatically reorganized your theme. Just install Buddypress and then enable a buddypress compatible theme. If you use the template pack and then install and activate a compatible theme, things may go sideways.

Remember, you can always start from scratch. Good luck. -B

@Buckycat7 no apologies necessary. Many ways to go about theming the BP Project. On my end, if BuddyPress is a section of a full-blown CMS, then I would create a child theme of my framework and install the BP Template Pack (not yet updated for BP 1.2.6 however) in secondary blog of multisite and adjust HTML/CSS of template pack accordingly. If the project is full-blast social networking project, I would create a bp-default child theme and work from there. Welcome to BuddyPress.

Fair enough, hnla. I’ve started a thread at: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/installing-buddypress/forum/topic/installing-on-a-secondary-subdomain-getting-permission-accesss-denial/?_wpnonce=7057b25869#post-80347

but just wanted to chime in and say I was having the same problem. If I don’t get much traction with help on that separate thread, I’ll try posting the details here for the community to track. Thanks for the help. I still can’t seem to get this to function correctly and am considering scraping the site and starting over if I can’t fix this today. (It’s a new install with only a few pages so far)

Just to add to this thread, here is the post I placed on the thread above:
“Hey all,

I’ve gotten this working before for a separate project, but am running into a little difficulty installing Buddypress on this new site. Wondering if someone can help out.

I’ve followed the steps written at: https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/install-buddypress-on-a-secondary-blog/

And am trying to install buddypress on a subdomain http://artambassador.net/artisthub (Blog id #5) but after I implement the htaccess redirect and the additional code to the wp-config.php file, I continue to get :
” Permission Denied
Not Found / No Access

The page you are looking for either does not exist, or you do not have the permissions to access it.”

When I try an reinstall the plugin, that subdomain give me the message:
“Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bp_dtheme_ajax_querystring() (previously declared in /home/gwenda/public_html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/_inc/ajax.php:20) in /home/gwenda/public_html/wp-content/themes/bp-social/_inc/ajax.php on line 63”

Does anyone have a sense of what may be going on and how I can fix this?

(additional post)
btw: I’m using bp-default theme and the switching it to bp-social from wpmudev group. Also, the problem began occurring after I used the Buddypress theme pack.

The default pages that are associated with Buddypress do not appear to be there. Even when I create them by hand, the themes functions, i.e activity, does not appear on the page when it is manually created. (Just a standard page called activity) Just wanted to update the ticket and see if that helped.

Thanks in advance for the help!”

copy login form from line 40 to 52 of https://trac.buddypress.org/browser/tags/1.2.6/bp-themes/bp-default/sidebar.php
look at codes before and after those lines and see which other parts you need in your theme.
this is assuming you have the BP Template Pack installed and working with your WP theme.

“I am working with a two column site where i installed BuddyPress”
Not clear whether your current theme is WordPress theme with BP Template Pack or are you using child theme of bp-default theme. Adding sidebar to bp-component pages involves the same amount of work as adding a sidebar to a regular WordPress theme. You might also want to check this out – https://wordpress.org/extend/themes/bp-columns

https://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Creating_Your_Own_Page_Templates and widgetize it.
Add http://bp-theme-converts.com/buddypress-log-inout-widget/
Then change the old static page in front page to the new one you created. After all, there can only be one home page, normally.

@rogercoathup very very nice child theme! Well done

Wow, what a great theme. (:

Same way you do with WordPress blog theme. Either create
– home.php with the HTML, special widget area, and/or login code etc. Then upload to active theme folder. OR
– special Page Template with special widget area for login and/or login code.. Then Page > Add New with title Home and associate page template, Publish. Then go to Settings > Reading and choose – static front page with name of page as home page.

Installed this on a site and realized there isn’t a full width page template for WP. Are you planning to add this template or should I just create one?

A link to the site and more details on which button my help people give you more help. Plus, have you asked the theme developer of bp-colours-aqua?

Drop downs are coming to BP-default theme soon. you might want to wait instead of using a plugin.

@aweathers; this might help… http://bp-tricks.com/featured/new-theme-bp-default-member-blog-multisite-communties/. Not sure if you want this specifically, but it allows you to have matching themes across your blogs in your install.. you can’t run BuddyPress on them though..

It doesn’t really have many options (fixed or fluid width, sidebar on pages or no), but I offer Blix with several custom templates. i just happen to like how Blix is set up, and think it’s easy to customize.

I couldnt get functionality using any of the above, using the bp-colours-aqua theme. Any ideas or similar problems?

I found a solution, maybe not the correct one, but it happened to work, even though that was not my intent.

I installed and activated the colors child theme. As soon as I did I was able to create groups and the forum was activated.

Seems like someone may want to look inot the original problem though,

Thanks

Charles