I kind of figured there was slim chance that I was the only person to ever encounter this and wonder about it… in fact I should have looked on trac first before I posted, because I just discovered xprofile_sync_wp_profile() and ticket #2315. I’m going to have to look closer at it when I get time because this seems to be exactly what I’m referring to.
1 Upload bp-member-filter.php to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2 Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
3 Add a form to your members/index.php or some other file (See: http://pastebin.com/bw0suXwe )
4 Smile
@andrea_r – can you elaborate on the sitewide features that WP 3.0 won’t have?
This is a longstanding issue with WP/WPMU/BP. I’m not sure why in 3.0 the existing profile page wasn’t discontinued in favour of something that doesn’t require access to admin and that would be trumped if a BP install was present.
While working on the registration page for a new BuddyPress enabled WPMS site, it occurs to me that the profile fields between the two systems don’t automatically integrate with eachother.
I didn’t see any other topics relating to this, so if I missed it, please feel free to direct me to those conversations! In the meantime though, it makes sense that this should be an inevitable feature for BuddyPress to work on – if we run a BuddyPress network with MS and allow members to have blogs, they are going to be faced with two seperate profile pages. The BuddyPress created one which defaults to just your name, and the WordPress one which has many more options such as web site, social networking links, and a short bio.
I’d love to see a future version that automatically pulled the WP fields into BP, and cross-populated them between the two systems so that members are not wondering why they have to fill in such information twice. Anybody agree?
“or will my site loose any features?”
If you have any extra plugins that pull in sitewide features from across blogs, you might.
Hi, after installing Buddypress on a single WP with a Buddypress supporting theme (came along in the budypress download) I was installing/setting up the Forums Setup. This couldn’t go automaticly, so it said:
“A configuration file could not be created. No problem, but you will need to save the text shown below into a file named bb-config.php in the root directory of your WordPress installation before you can start using the forum functionality.”
I didn’t know where to find this file (what is a root directory?) and my provider said it was the httpdoc folder. So I created a new php file with the text shown and uploaded it into that folder. Now, when I go to Forums setup it says:
“bbPress forum integration in BuddyPress has been set up correctly. If you are having problems you can re-install
NOTE: The forums directory will only work if your bbPress tables are in the same database as your WordPress tables. If you are not using an existing bbPress install you can ignore this message.”
Below this text there is nothing to see or do. IS this correct or not? Somewhere I need to setup the forums don’t I?
Any reply is welcome, the more the better. A Dummy like me needs that 
Thanks
In WordPress 3.0 which will be released soon you can have blogs for users as well when using the multi-site options.
Buddypress works fine with WP 2.9.2. I am using both.
I am not sure I understand your problem.
Are you saying that you can’t sign in to the site?
Can’t register?
How about posting a link to your site.
I don’t like the WP register/login screen so I use a login with Ajax plugin.
The only difference between WPMU and WPSA is that WPMU offers blogs to your users.
If you are on wordpress, yourposts/pages will have pretty permalinks, like yoursite.com/category/post-title-name instead of yoursite.com/?p=12433 etc.
It is better for you as will give you better SEO and for BP It is required.
Just change the permalinks from numeric to something else.
And as far as I remember, all your posts (previous link) will also function without any issue.
I just intalled BuddyPress in my WordPress blog. I got a message telling me that I must “update your permalink structure” . What kind of effect will this have on any posts that I have already made on my blog?
how can i achieve the functionality like firstly with WordPress, user should be redirected to his/her profile after logging in. It is WORDPRESS, not WORDPRESS MU.
Secondly, after logging in whenever user clicks on HOME link, he should be redirected to his / her profile….
Hello,
I understand that buddypress should work with WordPress 2.9.2 (not WordPressMU). I have installed BP however, when I go to register I don’t have wp-signup.php installed in my WordPress installation. I have seen this file in WordPressMU so I was wondering how I can get this to work without having to reinstall WordPress which is sadly not an option for me.
thanks
Was your WordPress fully working before installing BuddyPress? e.g. posting a new blog post, adding a commenting, etc?
Hello,
I just noticed I don’t need to have the MU installation of WordPress to run Buddypress anymore. So can I just switch from MU to the regular WordPress straight up or will my site loose any features?
Thanks
have you got firebug? the way i had to try to solve the issue was painful, making one change at a time, but if you inspect the area around where the alt text is appearing you can see the paths where stuff is referring to.
for you i’m pretty sure that it is just a matter to change the path to the correct location. i.e. with MU is wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files, for the standalone it should be under miscellaneous settings and i had the full path to the upload folder (people normally keep it outside the WP installation) and the full url is blank for me.
i had to change the htaccess file because the rewrite gave me issues with the slash ‘/’. if i had it at the start it would duplicate it (i.e. mysite.com//wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files) and if i left it out it would modify the path completely (i.e mysite.com/blogs.dir/1/files). it seems that the upload worked in the second instance, but then the reference to the files is not displaying, whilst the first is breaking the upload as well.
hope this helps you, there is another thread discussing similar issues (https://buddypress.org/community/groups/miscellaneous/forum/topic/buddypress-and-wordpress-30/#post-48806)
@gian-ava, if you’re on a cheap shared-host then there’s a possibility that could slow your website down, a lot. With a sudden rise in users and activity on a shared-host your site is bound to take a lot of strain, because of the limited resources that is dedicated to your site from your hosting company.
There is always a possibility of your site being hacked. I’m not too sure how likely this is otherwise it would be a widespread issue across buddypress.org.
For the unusual characters, I would set the encoding of your WordPress to Unicode(UTF8),
1. Make sure you are logged in as admin
2. In the admin dashboard, go to Settings > Reading
3. In the text box next to “Encoding for pages and feeds” insert “UTF-8” without the exclamation marks.
Hi, I’m new here. Any updates on this? How do I put this on the default template? I’ve tried using the codes above on the index but it won’t show up. Thanks
I’m running WordPress 2.9.2 and BuddyPress 1.2.2.1 by the way.
Hi There,
I have tried to install buddypress but I’m getting nowhere. I tried installing via the add new plugin but it stalled and never done anything so I manually copied the contents of the zip file. After doing this it appears as an unactivated plugin and when I try to activate it I get the following fatal error:
Fatal error: Class bp_core_members_widget: Cannot inherit from undefined class wp_widget in /homepages/18/d281354426/htdocs/Group/Congrex.org.uk/biddemo/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-widgets.php on line 13
I’m new to WordPress and buddypress so its probably something stupis I’m doing….please help!!!
@bplove
Basically, use version 0.1.7 from the WordPress plugin repo. It works properly, is reasonably reliable, and it will update properly at the next release.
Do not use the 0.1.8 beta, because it doesn’t use the new file storage scheme and we’re not writing an updater for 0.1.8 because you’re not supposed to be using it on an actual site.
We should have another official release out in a week or two that adds everything you see in the 0.1.8 beta and a much more.
Thanks!
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WP does generate a virtual robots.txt file, but I’m not sure if you can count BP in the mix as I’m not quite sure if BP does anything to it.
Try using this plugin to manage WP’s virtual robots.txt:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/pc-robotstxt/
Hi there,
Does anybody know why my activity page is loading all wacky? Here is the link: http://0308ed3.netsolhost.com/WordPress/activity/
If you visit http://0308ed3.netsolhost.com/WordPress/ , you’ll notice all of the other pages load fine.
Can anybody help me without having me to delete & reinstall buddypress files or themes? (I’ve been working on changing the theme style).
Thanks so much
Hi ipstenu, I have used https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-restrict-group-creation/ in an install with community similar to what you posted above with success 
