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I too, am looking to simplify/modify the registration page. I would like to control the fields, is there a plugin for this? I would like to remove the email as a required field. I’m running the default BuddyPress theme. Can anyone help with this? I just want username and password. I have used CIMY Extra Fields, but it seems to not appear in BuddyPress installations, and it does not allow for removing the default fields. If anyone can also tell me how to force avatar or photo uplaod at registration, please post. Much appreciated, everyone.

No, but you could recreate it as a child theme.

Theming BuddyPress is like theming any other WordPress theme.
You’ll just need to add all the BuddyPress-related template files to your theme for it to be BuddyPress-compatible.

There’s a plugin out there that automates this, BP Template Pack: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-template-pack/
However, use it as a guide as it needs to be updated.

There’s also another guide by @thekmen, which can be found here:
http://bp-theme-converts.com/convert-buddypress-theme-to-wp-theme/

BP 1.2.6 made some changes to the way buttons are rendered.

Read this for more info:
https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/bp-default-theme-changelog/

Follow the steps listed in the second point.

If you encounter any other problems with your child theme, please post follow-up responses in this thread.

The BuddyPress Default theme is not meant to be used network-wide.

If you want to use the same theme across your blogs, you need to create a child theme of the BuddyPress Default theme.

Then you can modify the header (header.php) to use the main site’s header image.

@Altermann

I’m currently working on a theme package with widgetized front page;
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/new-theme-sneak-preview/

Here’s a good tutorial on how to widgetize any page:
http://wpmu.org/how-to-widgetize-a-page-post-header-or-any-other-template-in-wordpress/

Hope this helps!

I have the same issue as open flips and Sebastien; the second column does not extend the height of the page when it’s longer than the other two columns, and therefore the widgets get cut off.

Any solutions?

Hello,
I’am using this template and working fine. I just want to know if I can use only 2 columns and how I do that.

Thx

test and learn with the buddypress-widget_theme, specially designed for the homepage and with widgets on 3 cols
https://wordpress.org/extend/themes/buddypress-widget-theme

I have the same problem with the Thin Wide Thin template and have no idea how to fix it. Is it due to the central column absolute position ? Thanks.

Under the “Add a reply” textarea there is a line of text that reads thusly:
“To display code, put it between `backticks`”

Ok so the fact that the function is run for logged in users tells me that the check on the ‘disable adminbar for logged out users’ actually simply checks to see if the value has been set ‘true’ or ‘false’ not whether that function is in current operation as it were so there needs to be a further query to see if the user is logged in so the ‘if’ statement needs to include something like:

`&& !is_user_logged_in() `

added to the line at the end.

BP 1.2.6? Are you using bp-default or child theme thereof? Any privacy plugin enabled? By default, BP’s blogs directory shows all public user blogs.

@dtclarinet If you’re using BP 1.2.6, copy header.php from bp-default theme into your child theme folder, then remove lines 84 – 102 from header.php and upload. Shouldn’t be any white screen.

EDIT- modemlooper’s advice to remove via CSS is easier

you either need to remove the code or hide it with CSS either way it’s best to create a simple child theme. If you choose CSS, the easiest way, find the id for it and give it a display:none;

You would have to be more specific. BP version? Where is BP installed – main site or secondary blog? You’re using bp-default theme on main site and subsite?

Ok then skip back to the other thread where I think I suggested trying my original snippet of code but replacing ‘#header’ with ‘body’ and give that a try, is this not the issue that you are trying to loose that gap and that that gap is padding, the only padding I noted in your custom theme was on the body element.