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I’m using latest branch which will be 1.2.6 on a pretty busy site at the moment (http://xfactor-updates.com/members/) and it’s extremely stable so far.
One thing I would say is that if you are upgrading & using a custom theme, you will have to make some updates to your functions.php.
Code to display join/leave group buttons and so on, secondary activity stream avatars as well as localisation for a few JS terms will need to be added.
All required code can be found in the latest bp-themes/bp-default/functions.php

“activity private” – was just a general thought if you’d added a plugin or other custom code.

As I said before, without detailed info about your configuration, and your theme – it’s going to be difficult for anyone to help you on this one.

Does it only affect one user, or more than one?

Can you simulate it on one machine / browser – i.e. try activity for 2 users – do they both work?

The navigation menu is in the header.php starting here https://trac.buddypress.org/browser/tags/1.2.5.2/bp-themes/bp-default/header.php#L46
You can change the links by creating a Child Theme so your revisions won’t be overwritten when BP is upgraded.
You won’t find the BP menus in the Appearance > Menu unless you revise the links in navigation menu an code navigation menus function in your theme’s functions.php file and add the template tag for that in header.php – https://codex.wordpress.org/Navigation_Menus
You can also try out this plugin – https://buddypress.org/community/groups/add-all-nav-links-to-bp-adminbar/home/

It’s highly unlikely that it’s a bug in the activity stream – hundreds / thousands of sites run the BuddyPress activity stream without problem.

It’s almost certainly something wrong in your bespoke theme / bp-custom.php file.

Have you changed the theme since the second person carried out their activity? Does it show in the main site activity stream? Have you installed some privacy plugins, or has the member specified that their activity is private? Is the site hidden from search engines?

It’s impossible to provide much more help without a lot more information about your site configuration and the details of your theme code.

Ah! I was thrown by a prompt that said the theme offered logo management – perhaps the mention referred to the default buddypress theme. I appreciate your answer, though.

This question would be better directed to the plugin developer (it’s not really a BuddyPress question)… they should be able to tell you what elements you need to have defined in your theme.

Note: We use wp-fb-autoconnect on one of our bespoke BuddyPress sites without problem.

and, yes… you can write any php you like. Have a look through some of the includes in the default theme files (and also the use of locate_template )

switch out the image file in the theme folder. I think it’s logo.png

@jhansensd Agree with @hnla. You asked for advice and that’s the standard one that you’ll get to isolate what the conflict is. You might also want to check out
https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/before-installing/#wp-configuration
Then if all’s well with BP plugin, you activate your custom theme and see how it works out. install the other WP plugins one by one to find out which one is conflicting with BP.

EDIT – took too long to answer, two already did

@jhansensd

Yes, it is a common issue… and almost always plugin or theme related.
Follow the advice given by @hnla to troubleshoot your install.
Start by deactivating your custom theme to see if that’s the problem.
If not, then deactivate all plugins, and reactivate them one by one to track it down.

Feature-proof until we add a new screen or function in the core code. If your theme is a child theme of BP-Default, then it’ll automatically get those updates, otherwise they’d have to be added. I think you’re probably safe for the next few months at least.

Have a look at: http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-themes/how-to-add-custom-navigation-menus-in-wordpress-3-0-themes/

How do I change the logo and can I use custom menus?

The theme looks very nicely organized. I have just two questions: will it support custom menus and when will it be available to purchase?

Well the first thing that must be done when troubleshooting is to take your installation back to the bare minimum required, that means no plugins other than BP and using the default BP theme then test whether the issue still arises; this way we know if the issue is theme or plugin related and of couirse we first have ensured that the actual plain WP install all works correctly – which it sounds as though it does in this case.

The ‘New Site’ is not! a buddypress site it’s a WP blog which will carry the BP adminbar. These blogs effectively work just as a standard WP blog their theme is defined from their own admin backend.

I would have a good read of all the docs you can find on the BP codex and WP codex.

Yes, you are right with your second assumption – they would typically click back to the main site through the little icon in the wp admin bar top right, or through a custom nav menu that you put in the secondary blogs.

It is better to use 2010 or other theme for the secondary blogs. Bp-default is intended for the maim site where bp is installed

@amattajm directions are in the readme file.

******How to set up featured posts*****

To show a featured post place it into a category ‘featured’

To show an post in the midbar column place it into a category ‘breaking’

******How to set up custom front page*****

Create a page called home and choose ‘Widget Home Page’ as the page template. Then in admin >> reading choose your created home page as the static front page.

The custom front page shows one featured post and four thumbs of the latest posts. The midbar shows two ‘breaking’ posts. The rest of the front page is made up from widgets.

To show a thumbnail on the front page posts just set an image as a featured image. Thumbnails are automatically cropped. To create exact thumbnails use the sizes listed below

Thumbnail sizes:

featured 405×175
midbar: 150×150
sub content: 190×100

******How to set up custom front page widgets*****

Widget areas include the sidebar that is a site wide column. The midbar, only on the front page. The bottom left column under the latest posts.

******How to set up sidebar ad space*****

Add your 300×250 ad code to sidebar.php file.

Could you post a link to your theme?