I’m on GoDaddy, using WordPress MU and BuddyPress, it’s working fine for me. I do have a dedicated IP with my Deluxe hosting account, have you look into the possibility that you may need a dedicated IP or to upgrade your regular hosting account? Check out my installation at LwEEs.com.
Hi,
I am now running WordPress 2.9.2 + BuddyPress 1.2.2 + BuddyPress template pack plugin. Integration seems good, except for one MAJOR glitch: I cannot write posts or pages from the back-end interface anymore!
Is this intended – I doubt it – or am I doing something wrong?
Thanks for any advice,
Hector
WordPress = CMS / blog
BuddyPress = Community
bbpress = Forum
So yes, WordPress/BuddyPress is not yet a true forum like phpbb, which was just designed for the purpose.
Hooray just got it to work! I just do not like the way topics are posted! At the moment all content from all the groups I have made go into one forum!! It would make so much more sense to have individual categoried forums!
Just wondering what is the point of having groups? It would be great if post topics could be kept in group forums, all content relative to the group kept in that forum!
It is difficult for people replying to post, when all content gets thrown together!!!! PHBBB really does look so much better!
But there again I am supposing I am expecting to much! WordPress/ Buddypress is a blogging software, not a forum one!
@tomstage you are just going into a wrong direction…
1. You need to learn requirements to run WordPress.
2. Linux is just another OS, just like Windows or Mac.
3. Ask your web.config questions to your server provider, buddypress forum is not a place for questions regarding windows servers.
And most importantly, read and follow the instructions here.
https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/help-us-help-you
Hi socialpreneur, so you mean standard wordpress install, then install bbpress, then add buddypress!
That’s option 2. Try both, use the one you feel the most comfortable.
Hi socialpreneur, so you mean standard wordpress install, then install bbpress, then add buddypress!
Did you rename your wordpress admin user account?
If you have searched the forum, developers (from the navigation on top), and google you have two options:
1. Install bbpress from the one click installer by BuddyPress
2. Install bbpress alone and connect to BuddyPress
You’ll have total freedom customizing the forum if you choose option 2, but thanks to the community, there’s a plugin for option 1 too.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/forum-attachments-for-buddypress/
Get a testing environment, try the both and explorer the bp world!! 
I did give buddypress a try, I thought this would be the ideal package to use. The problem I have with the forums in buddypress is, it does not have a forum layout. At the moment when I post topics it is does not flow very well! It would be easier if it was in the standard format, something like: Board name/ Categories/ Forums / Topics. This way all the topics could be kept much more neat.
I have gone back to a standard wordpress layout, and I am simply going to link to a phpbb forum, that way all the post will be able to be kept in order.
It would be great if there were an option to add a forum such as phpbb etc into buddypress, as I said I did give the buddypress forum a try, but topics could not made like standard forums!
So this is a pretty huge issue I’m having,
For the longest time I’ve had a maintenance plugin turned on so that no one can view my site unless they’re logged in. And there were a few times when I would turn it off to check out the registration page (in previous versions of BP) and it would work, I would see the registration page.
So now, I’m about ready to launch the site, and I decided I’d turn of maintenance mode for a while and check out the registration page before I launch and it just takes me back to my homepage.
I’ve deactivated every plugin except buddypress and it still refuses to work, I’ve even switched back to the original buddypress theme, and I’ve temporarily deleted my bp-custom.php file to see if there was an issue in there. It just refuses to go to the page.
I’ve tried going to /wp-signup.php and then I can see in the URL it’s obviously redirecting to /register, and then it redirects back to /.
Then for the heck of it, I decided I’d try and turn off buddypress (so it’s back to wordpress-mu). THEN it works, but obviously it’s just the simple wordpress-mu sign up page on /wp-signup.php
So I’m completely stumped, I really would like some help on this.
I haven’t edited anything in the buddypress core files. (and yes signup IS enabled in the admin)
I’m using:
Wordpress-Mu 2.9.2
Buddypress- 1.2.2.1
Thanks for any help I get.
yes and no. It’s not updated yet to work with current BP
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/achievements/
I am new to BuddyPress so this may be a simple problem. I installed the BuddyPress plug in (version 1.2.2.1) on my WP website the other day and everything seems to have gone smoothly. The only problem I’m having is that I can not view my admin profile on the website. Whenever I click on my name or go to my account->Profile, it links me to the home page. I tried making another account and I am able to view and edit that user’s profile. When I tried clicking on my admin account name when signed in as a regular account, it still links to the home page.
I tried searching for this for the last few days but I can not find anyone with a similar problem. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for your help,
Maylene
Add: I have WordPress version 2.9.2
Iis doesn’t usually support php. Web.config is a file that’s used for an asp.net application/website. You should switch your plan to a Linux based hosting plan if you want to use buddypress and wordpress as those are usually best run on Linux plans. I’m not even sure how you got them running on IIS as you need mysql database and I wouldn’t think you could get one with a windows plan.
interesting. thank you! I will try deactivating, but not sure how to get my emails delivered then. I do have all the latest wordpressmu and buddypress editions. I was thinking maybe it’s the “welcome pack” plugin? Could this be? I will try deactivating a few of these and see what happens. I just got off work, or I would have replied sooner. Thanks for your help!
I’m looking for a Catalog for individual users to catalog their collection of physical items (paintings, for example). Each entry in the catalog would have photographs, a description, tags, and a couple of categories. Items would be available for BP-friends and BP-community members on a site to comment on, share, rate.
Does a plug-in like this already exist? If not, could you describe at a high level the approach for creating one would be? I
I’m new to WordPress/BuddyPress. I have a little coding experience and lots of determination to learn. (I just purchased the WordPress Bible, by Aaron Brazell)
Any of your comments and suggestions are welcome!
This looks like a great Widget. Unfortunately I see an error in my Home page after it has been activated:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function bp_blogs_get_latest_posts() in C:\xampp\htdocs\enterprise\wp-content\plugins\ahjira-recent-sitewide-articles\ahjira-recent-sitewide-articles.php on line 41
Sorry if this is a newbie mistake. I am using WordPress MU 2.9.2. Any idea why it thinks the function is missing?
Thank You for posting the Widget – the options looked really good.
-Gary.
kriskl – I assume you’re talking about the ajax quote plugin that’s part of https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-group-forum-extras/other_notes/. I just tried it and they seem to be working fine together on my installation. Can you be more specific about what is “breaking”?
avi-m – I installed the widgetized theme and I didn’t have any redirect problems. I wonder if the problem is arising from a combination of theme + my plugin + some other plugin. I don’t suppose you could turn off all other BP dependent plugins for a second to test that theory? Or perhaps give me a list of the plugins you’re running so I can try it myself?
Which version of WordPress and BuddyPress are you running?
To post a new topic to a thread using the Group Forums Directory, you must be a member of that group and the group must be public. So, you will not have the option of selecting groups that are private or those of which you are not a member.
I’ve been playing with Mystique as a likely candidate for a blog I’m working on, but I’d lo be able to play with BuddyPress without giving it up! So I’ll just add in another voice that’s excited for this development
@MrMaz Yeah… I’m not having any luck getting avatars resized and uploaded on a single wordpress install. BP Links (Version 0.3.2) is just embedding the URL of the original image. I’m guessing the plugin currently has no folder structure for a single install like it does for MU, which you stated earlier places avatar images in: /wp-content/blogs.dir/files/link-avatars/ — I’m keeping my fingers crossed the next release will have a fix for this
Out of curiosity, anyone know how I can alter the user link (will be editing: link-header.php)?
Currently using bp_link_userlink() but I’d like to change the output from mysite.com/user/ to mysite.com/user/links/ so people can see other links posted by the link owner.
BuddyPress nor WordPress doesn’t have such files called web.config
Every file should be named as something.php. In WordPress, for example, wp-config.php
I think it’s the smtp plugin you installed, which is causing the problem. Make sure the plugin is compatible with current versions of WordPress and BuddyPress.
This thread is going around in circles; I’m closing it. In a nutshell:
If you want to offer your members their own blog, then you will need to use WPMU. The fact that each of your members has their own blog does not mean they have their own site. All the blogs are located on and served from your site.
If you only want to have one blog but offer a social networking layer on top of that using BuddyPress, then single-version (solo-blog) WordPress is all that you need.
You can use single WP and assign users a WP role of contributor or editor if you want users to post on the same blog.
It’s not a HTML file, but rather a function that is located in /buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-adminbar.php.
What are you specifically trying to do?
If you’re trying to modify the BuddyBar, read this:
https://codex.buddypress.org/how-to-guides/modifying-the-buddypress-admin-bar/
Requires a bit of manual coding.
Or you can also try this plugin:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-admin-bar-mods/
