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I figured out that if you set the time settings in Settings / General and you have another language installed, it is getting resetted. When its default its fine by me, as soon as I adjust WPLANG into nl_NL the notice is back again.

edit: I uploaded the dutch pack to wordpress MU and got all fixed, only the Members widget (New tab) is showing [Adjust Time Zone]

No, not yet. Future versions you would be able to, but I’m not aware of any timescale for this yet.

Your not trying this with WordPress are you? (as opposed to WordPress MU)

You are trying to use BuddyPress with WordPress. BuddyPress needs WordPress MU which you can get from https://mu.wordpress.org/download/. In future versions, BuddyPress will work with regular WordPress but at the moment it doesn’t.

And before you ask ‘how long’, I suspect it will be quite a while before BuddyPress supports WordPress.

Liagk-

The primary resource for learning about translating WordPress files is here: https://codex.wordpress.org/Translating_WordPress

Also, some helpful forum threads:

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=171

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=1877

Finally, when you’ve completed your translation, it would nice if you would add and link in the codex: https://codex.buddypress.org/translations/

Is the height parameter a must, or can you leave it like (800, )?

No. You cannot leave the parameter blank. You could pass a variable into the space if you wanted, but it must have something.

When I tried to remove one WPMU folder I got the error message

“500 Can’t Remove Directory. Permission denied”.

A few questions:

1. Have you checked the files / folder permission on your WPMU install? You should be able to delete everything that you personally upload to your public_html. Although, with shard hosting, there could be issues with apache owning certain files and folders.
2. Are you using an automatic WordPress Mu install option from your hosting company? I’m not sure if any hosting companies offer that option for WPMU, but it’s worth asking.

The answer I got was WPMU does something at the Apache level and that I can’t do much about it unless mine is a dedicated hosting service.

1. Have you contacted tech support for your hosting service provider and asked for their help? This WPMU forum post may prove useful in talking with tech support: https://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic.php?id=3173&replies=3#post-19388
2. Have you considered changing hosting companies or upgrading to a more robust hosting plan? A VPS perhaps?

WPMU really does not do too well on a cheap hosting plan. Here is sage advice from andrea_r, a WPMU guru: http://wpmututorials.com/news/choosing-a-host/

I have a new installation now.

I think the width problem is to be fixed elsewhere.

Please consider these:

As far as figuring out what’s going on with your CSS, this is where the Firebug tool comes in very handy! It takes awhile to learn how to use it. But once you do, you can determine where a given div or class is pulling its instructions from and then temporarily override those selector parameters within Firebug and see how that affects the overall layout. It is a very powerful and useful tool!

Concerning CSS issues with IE6: my personal opinion is to not worry about supporting that browser anymore. It is just a big pain and too much work for too little return–less than 20% usage ( http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp ). Again, that is just my opinion.

Check out http://code.google.com/p/wordpress-geo-mashup/ , think about some donations and let Dylan know that u are also interested in a WPMU/Buddypress version of GeoMashup!

Here he is writing that he managed to get a first basic geoMashup Version working with WPMU/Buddypress:

http://code.google.com/p/wordpress-geo-mashup/issues/detail?id=19&colspec=Stars%20ID%20Type%20Status%20Modified%20Summary#c10

Importing blogs (your second bullet point) is part of WPMU and nothing to do with Buddypress. You can do this by visiting /wp-admin/import.php on your site as an admin user.

The first bullet point is something that at least person is working on, but I don’t expect to see anything released for a long time yet.

I will eat my hat if their isn’t an existing RSS widget for WordPress. Have a look through https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/.

Maythil-

You’re welcome–although I don’t know how helpful I’ve been.

With FTP, you should be able to go into your web root and do pretty much anything you want–that is assuming your hosting firm gives you FTP access privileges.

ie6 only displays 800px screens. is there a way to trick firefox or chrome into behaving like that?

Well, it seems that you are trying to do just that via the CSS. I’m not sure what the issue is though?

I suppose you could use JavaScript to force a resize of the browser window but this would only work for users you have javascript enable (most do) and have not set the Firefox Option that prevents a script from moving or resizing a window. Look here: http://schleichermann.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/javascript-resize-window/

Another great FireFox Add-on is the Web Developer Tools. It may help you gain more insight into what is going on!

Show stopper for me too. Looking into http://wpmu.org/an-alternative-to-buddypress-three-new-wordpress-mu-plugins-communities-messaging-and-friends/

Best,

Dainis

Hi there,

when following the upgrading instructions I forgot to activate the new plugins after uploading them manually. Instead I continued with all the theme changes right away [edit: on the ftp-server].

After all, I can not log into my MU installation at all – there is just a blank screen. I tried to bring the old files back in place – without success.

Is there any way that I do not have to re-install all of WordPress MU in order to get back my admin panel??? *argh*

Ezd-

Have you worked much with CSS before? Have you designed a custom WordPress theme before?

If not, here are some resources I recommend for starters:

1. First, if you’re not using the Firefox browser, do so. Also, install the FireBug Add-on.
2. Second, the WordPress Codex is a great resource for theme designers
3. Finally, BuddyPress themes are unique themes in the WP family. Andy has written a great BuddyPress Codex on BP theme loops

@Squashroby & @Tyviris-

It appears that both of you are using WordPress single user version. BuddyPress must be used with WordPress Multi-User version (WPMU).

You can download it here: https://mu.wordpress.org/download/

Start over from scratch. First, delete all the files (except any custom themes you may have created or downloaded). Create a new MySQL database. Them go though the install process again:

1. Install WPMU — the multi-user version! Follow these instructions
2. Next, install BuddyPress following these instructions