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Deleted groups in bp_groups (I had blank rows as well) and didn’t fix the issue. Disabled all themes (except for BuddyPress Template Pack). I’ve seen this in two or three forums now with no real resolution… Guess I’ll go diving into the code:(

@win – any luck setting it up? Would love to see the theme in action. The demo version is too minimal for me to get a good grasp. Thanks!

There are ways of saying things and there are ways of saying things Glen

TBH I’m not sure these sorts of discussions should be directed to and made on the site in question though, is there not a forum/group where one can ask questions of the author/s in advance of possible use?

Hope you dont think Im rude, Im just saying what I see. No point in lieing. I am looking for a god quality premium theme. However, when I look at the demo on the site I am thinking this is not much of an improvement on the default buddypress theme, A few changes of colour, text and images, but nothing substantial.

If I was trying to sell a premium theme I would make the demo show that theme and have plenty of data on the site to illustrate how the theme looks right across the board. The current demo wont sell anything.

I am certainly interested in seeing what people make with the theme and if it looks good I would buy it. I am also looking at the wpmudev themes in particular blogsmu which I really like, but I refuse to pay for upgrades, I dont mind paying a one off fee upto $100 but upgrades must be free.

@rossagrant would like to see a base-demo of the pro theme… I’m currently looking at some of the themes from WPMUdev.org as well….

I’m setting up the theme right now. Will share links soon. So far, it’s been fairly user-friendly.

Glen that’s a little rude

Your demo does not inspire me.Im hoping your theme does more than you are showing me. Is anyone using this theme ? Can you give links to your sites so I can see what they are like. Also, are future upgrades free ?

@revolutionfrance @hnla is correct, I was talking about using a custom theme that doesn’t rely on the BP default theme.
If you are using a child theme of the BP default theme, you wouldn’t need to copy the new functions over.

thekmen’s advise should be noted to refer to a true custom theme rather than a child theme.

If you are running as a ‘child theme’ i.e you are using and referencing the bp-default files – even if you have copied over some to customise then that is a child theme and you are still loading the original functions.php so DON’T copy anything in it over to your own file as that duplicates or attempts to call the same function twice and that results in problems.

If you are not familiar with building child themes in WordPress / BuddyPress – you should read this page before beginning:

https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/

Where do you want to write the code – is it in a file in your child theme?

If the files are in the same directory, e.g. in your child theme folder, use something like:

locate_template( array( ‘myfile.php’ ), true )

It sounds though as though you are wanting to modify code in bp-default. You shouldn’t be modifying bp-default! All your changes should be in your child theme.

@bojanski

hide_sitewide is a boolean, and in this line is being used to test whether an activity item has been marked as hidden or not – (it’s not a count @tom_taylor_85)

You should NOT be modifying the code there – that’s a core file, and you’ll run into problems when you upgrade if you’ve modified them. You’ve also changed the logic to say: if an item is marked as hidden get it to display – which is not what you want.

@bojanski – can you be clearer about what you mean by “remove sitewide activity tab” – do you mean you want to remove the main Activity page from the main nav bar?

If the latter – edit it out in header.php in your child theme.

In order…
-Depends what you mean, but this is a built in featured to BP
-This is pretty much a requirement for BP. Although, you can choose how big or small you want the profiles to be
-Groups in BP should satisfy this. You can make them public, hidden or private.
-This is a widget in the default BP theme
-Just turn it on in the BP settings
-There are a couple picture plugins. One that’s paid that’s pretty good from BuddyDev.com Another one that’s getting really close called BP Media. They have a version available now, but it’s basic. In a month? or so it will have even more features.
-These can just be added to your theme anywhere that you think would be good.

So, pretty much everything but the pictures is available by default with BP. The pictures need the plugin.

Theoretically it’s possible, but I would really discourage it at this point. You’re basically contemplating taking some 100+ files (I’m guestimating that number, it might actually be closer to 200) from a BuddyPress compatible theme and making them all accessible in the WordPress theme editor. It would be an absolute nightmare.

Do not edit the theme files from the folder bp-default. you need to create a child theme first. This way you won’t mess up your installation and can upgrade.

Can you share a link to your site?