Where do you see it?
look at the default.css look for the ‘body’ ruleset
<snip>
`
@import url( reset.css ); /* Reset browser defaults */
/* > Global Elements
*/
body {
background: #eaeaea url( ../images/background.gif ) top left repeat-x;
font-size: 12px;
font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;
line-height: 170%;
color: #555;
width: 90%; <<<<<<<<<
min-width: 960px; <<<<<< delete
max-width: 1250px; <<<<<< delete
margin: 0 auto;
padding-top: 0 !important; /* Remove the top padding space for the admin bar in this theme */
}
body.activity-permalink {
min-width: 960px; <<<<< delete both change to width
max-width: 960px;
}
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
margin: 5px 0 15px 0;
}
h1 { font-size: 28px; margin-bottom: 25px; }
h2 { font-size: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; }
h3 { font-size: 20px; }
h4 { font-size:
`
Do all that in a copy of the file in your child theme otherwise the changes will be overwritten when you upgrade BP
Child theme can simply be a new folder under /themes containing new styles.css and calls to copies of the other BP stylesheets which you’ll modify in stead of the original, the codex/docs has greater detail on this.
yeah, your lengthly response the other day was a little over my head. It’s the standard buddypress default style. My problem is with knowing specifically where to make the change. Where specifically. In the CSS file? In the Header File? If in the CSS (as I assume) where do you see width:90%? And what min/max widths should I delete?
Sorry for the questions…Thanks for the answers
Hnla /Hugo answered your question on this original thread:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/miscellaneous/forum/topic/header-image-not-fitting-on-site/
Please be mindful not to tie up resources around the net needlessly 
There was no reason not to have continued in the original thread and you should have done.
You have to be a little more liteeral then as to what you have been trying – sorry not wanting to come across too … but do need things explained in coding terms i.e reference actual elements, perhaps show the the snippets of code pertaining to the attempts, is this a child theme? does it work off the BP default styles or is it a unique layout, need some detail to be able to understand what you have tried.
Oh just checked the site strangely familiar! why did you feel the need to ask how to set a fixed width after the very lengthy post I made or did I miss a a question asked in the thread?
I’ve just changed the width on the body ruleset from width:90%; to width:900px; works for me! I would lose the min/max widths though.
OK, if anybody else has this problem, it is a simple but odd solution. The instructions in “bp compatibility” that shoes up after you install the plugin tells you to modify the code THEN hit continue. Turns out you won’t see that code change Until you hit continue and select the option to bypass bp css.
interesting…. but, it now works
oh, I mean I did put 900px…but no matter where its at the header doesn’t change
If you state a value then unless it’s zero it must have a unit, 900 what? banana skins, doughnuts, or perhaps px, em, %
could you tell me how to do that?
No nothing will if you don’t describe a unit!
I had the same error and still wanted to use the theme – after I renamed it and got rid of the error message, I tried disabling the BuddyPress Template Pack plugin I’d installed to try to get a normal WordPress theme to work. Then I went back and applied the same buddypress theme again, this time with no problems.
You would need to modify the profile loop template so only BP site admins can edit the profile field in question.
Get acquainted with the profile loop:
https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/custom-buddypress-loops/the-profile-data-loop-bp_has_profile/
Which you can modify in your BuddyPress theme’s /members/single/profile/edit.php file.
You can use `is_super_admin()` to check if the logged in user is the admin.
@boonebgorges your “less” good solution is the best in my opinion… rather than add to the theme’s function just put in in bp-custom.php best of “both” worlds… (don’t forget to change order of drop-down as Boone suggests in the theme)….
Could be that the theme/s in user blog/s do not have “ in footer.php
I wouldn’t know how to modify the CSS to fix the issue.
Yes I am using the default theme. I’m also using the plugin ‘BP Disable Activation’ (everyone was getting marked as a spammer when they registered).
http://webcomixer.xepher.net/
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Are you using the default theme? And a link to the problem would be helpful!
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Hmm, you could use bp-custom.php to add a global stylesheet that fixes the CSS issues.
Anyone have any ideas? I have at least two sites now that are effected by this.
@bplove @marcrem
You’ll need to build your own bespoke theme, with a custom activity loop that doesn’t filter ‘the scope’, but instead shows all activities.
Sounds confusing – unfortunately, it is a little.
The default BuddyPress theme uses a set of filters (put together by a javascript routine in _inc/ajax.php) to determine which entries to show when you visit someone’s activity.
You can read more about building your own theme, and on writing a custom activity loop in the docs section of this site.
Search works every where except for the Members page, is that where you tried it?
Once again I dropped down to the BuddyPress Default 1.2.3 by BuddyPress.org theme and tried searching for members and still no luck.
Nothing comes up for anyone any which way I try to search?
Suggestions?
Ok, I used this theme: BuddyPress Default 1.2.3 by BuddyPress.org
And tried to reply, which it did and it posted, but then when I refreshed the page again, the reply was once again gone?
So if its not the theme, what next?
I have spent a couple of days trying to find out how to do this on my child theme. Thanks a lot now nealry fixed except for some reason the styling on my side bar on the single activity page is all over the place compared to the sidebar on all my other pages. ?
yes, I use the default BP theme. but it can’t create new blog , only create the user
Hmm not sure what the problem is then, you are using the default BP theme aren’t you
Not a similar issue, these sound like two separate issues.
Please do not post to a forum in this manner you must start your own thread and provide as much detail as possible if you want help.
@holgria Are you running a custom theme or BP-default? Without more detail than you have provided it won’t really be possible to help you.
@micb11 You should start your own thread on your issue, don’t assume it’s similar to someone else; there could be any number of reasons why you are having these issues, without some detail it’s impossible to help you -same question though custom theme or standard BP?
