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Hi !

Your idea is great.
Where do you write all those codes ? into functions.php ?
Moreover, I would like to merge all “personal”, “friends”,”groups” and “mentions” in one ? using your method, would it be possible ?
Thanks to help me.

I’m using wordpress 3.0 , buddypress 1.2.5 , and bp-default theme

If you didn’t back up your files, check with your host. Some (like GoDaddy) do automatic backups periodically, so you might be able to recover your old files.

Not sure what you mean. I’m guessing the layout is messed up on your BuddyPress pages.
Like I eluded to earlier, you’ll have to modify the BuddyPress templates in your theme to make it look the same as the rest of your site.

Step 3 in BP Template Pack should have outlined these steps. If you have no experience working with themes, you might find this a little daunting.

@rustybroomhandle/
site is:
http://jerrygaffney.net/groups/mens-ministries/
If you need access let me know where to send a temp pass for you. I have activations turned off, so there is no real way for you to test it out publicly.

You can try the BP Template Pack plugin combined with your WordPress theme:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-template-pack/

Most likely, some tweaking will need to be made to the BuddyPress templates that get imported into your theme once you use the plugin.

Hi Shaigan,

You have to be specific. What theme upgrade patch did you try?

I’m guessing you mean that you upgraded BuddyPress via the admin dashboard and your theme got deleted.

If you installed your theme @ /wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/, then your theme would have been wiped out.
The correct place to put your custom theme is @ /wp-content/themes/.

If you did not backup your filesystem before the upgrade, then your theme is lost.

Try editing /single.php and /page.php in your child theme.

Edit the_time()’s parameters to add the date:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_time

I have the same question and came here hoping someone had answered it. I’ll keep poking and post here if I figure anything out.

At some point you have made some changes to your layout or something has if this theme is essentially the bp-default the #sidebar is in the wrong position for a floated sidebar following after content elements.

#sidebar needs to be inside #container not outside – move #sidebar just before the closing tag for #container.

As is starting to appear the case a large majority of issues people have are often tracked down to simply using custom themes, it’s a wee bit frustrating.

There are two paramount troubleshooting actions to follow that establish very quickly where the root cause of issues lies and ought to always be followed first and foremost – and we should have asked the theme question far earlier on which is where we were remiss.

1/ Disable any custom theme – check if an issue still occurs when running the BP-default theme.

2/ Disable any plugins other than the absolute bare minimum to run BP to establish whether there are plugin conflicts.

@meetsos, if you haven’t solved the problem yet:
I believe you should be able to create a functions.php file in the Randy Candy theme. (Or go one better and create your own child theme based on Randy Candy, so you can benefit from published updates without losing your modifications.)

I came across this post today while researching using a similar method and I have found a work-around that is functional.
It’s not uber-elegant, but it is functional. Here is how to do it.

1.) Create a function that will update the wp-user usermeta to be the same as that of the xprofile.
2.) Create a hook to update the wp-usermeta with the xprofile data everytime the profile is updated.
3.) User the standard metakey / metavalue functions to pull the data back out.

Here is a code sample that can go in functions.php in your theme:

function copyUserMeta(){
global $current_user;
get_currentuserinfo();
$user_id = $current_user->ID;

$gender= xprofile_get_field_data( “Gender” ,$user_id);
update_usermeta( $user_id, ‘gender’,$gender);

$location = xprofile_get_field_data( “Location” ,$user_id);
update_usermeta( $user_id, ‘location’,$location);
}
add_action( ‘bp_before_profile_edit_content’, ‘copyUserMeta’ );

Then when you need to look up those values you can query using the standard user_meta calls.

Are you sing a theme other than BP-Default? have you definitely got ‘Buddypress -> Componant Setup -> Groups ‘Let users create, join and participate in’ enabled

No experience using it (obviously), but I did just see this plugin that limits the number of groups a user can create.

It is rather easier to work with if you’re starting a site than if you’re modifying an existing one, I’d imagine. I’m sure you’ll find other ways to engage people. (I did briefly look at Mingle, but can’t say as I feel strongly one way or another about it.)

It is rather odd the tags aren’t actually used in the bp-default theme.

Not-entirely-a-tangent: I wish I could mark a favorite reply from here, rather than having to find it as part of an activity stream somewhere. .oO(Am I just misunderstanding how favorites are intended to work?)

Uhoh, lost some code in your last reply here. Members has also gone away. DId you disable BP in frustration, or is that a result of whatever changes to index.php you mention?

(Sorry, the problem with forums, we’re in and out of windows and sometimes slow to reply)