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i much like yourself don’t have much if any programming skills but reading your post gives me two thoughts.

#1 not sure i agree with you about the child theme thing unless you are saying the people shouldn’t need to know html/css in order to customize html/css. if you are not saying that then i think the regular wp child theme doc should be fine. https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes

#2 we (i use that term loosely) are actually working on a new default theme it’s called turtleshell which if I’m not mistaken is being designed as a completely fresh UI/X perspective and responsive from the ground up. i think you are more then welcome to be a part of that process, if you want more info start here: http://bpdevel.wordpress.com/

bonus the plan for 1.7 is (i believe) to make it work with any wp theme by default so maybe that this something to consider as well.

The first issue is fixed by a 1.6.3 update, which we will be releasing very soon.

I am not aware of any bugs with your second issue; if the current user is a member of that private group, they have access to see its activity items on any page on your site.

Third issue is a WordPress setting; see http://www.agentwp.com/enable-or-disable-user-registration-in-wordpress

We have a 1.6.3 out very, very soon to address a few minor issues, but BP is compatible with WP 3.5, yes.

You do not install BuddyPress through the WordPress theme upload. Upload or install the plugin via the plugin upload or add new. Then you choose the BuddyPress theme via Appearance > themes

https://codex.buddypress.org/user/setting-up-a-new-installation/

creating a gallery sounds like a wordpress thing not a buddypress thing per se. also might be helpful to send a link to your site or at least tell us what theme you are using.

Thank you for your reply but I made the changes but still nothing. Also, I disable ALL the plugins and there is only buddypress 1.6.2 installed with it’s default theme and nothing else at all. I CAN upload media files within wordpress normally but I cannot upload photos as avatars in buddypress profiles, groups, etc.

I also tried buddypress 1.6.1 but still the same..

🙁

You should set up a test environment if you plan on running a BuddyPress site. Test versions/plugins. current bp has a few minor issues with 3.5.

https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6708

of course.

hi,

to know what is done and not in upcoming BP version, and so on, there is only one address:

https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/report

When you update WP and BP, do you also update your theme if you use a third party theme ? Troubles you describe let me think you have some JS conflict somewhere.

Yes.

did you checkek skeleton ? It’s a good starting point.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-skeleton-component/

delete the content of htaccess and put this:

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

and create a phpinfo() file at the root of your site and check the exact php version.

Google to see what is phpinfo if you don’t know

have you php 5.2 or something greater?

WP requires more as 5.2.4 https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/

What is in the htaccess file ?

Hi,
who’s your host ? What type of host do you have ? What is your host mysql and php version ?
What is your WP version ? Do you want to install BP on a single or MS wordpress ?

@johnjamesjacoby
Hi i downloaded the trunk version and tried to activate it on my test site and received a error. WordPress is 3.5 version and downloaded the trunk from the above given link…Here is the error i received

Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.

Warning: require(wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-template-loader.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in wp-content/plugins/trunk/bp-loader.php on line 401

Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-template-loader.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php’) in wp-content/plugins/trunk/bp-loader.php on line 401

Hi Barry,
sorry to begin with a bad news: buddypress is buddypress and facebook is facebook. To have the same as FB, you have… FB !
But the trend is the trend and you’re not alone to ask for the same thing. So a plugin still exist that allows you to create an administer your Facebook fan pages directly from WordPress.
This is the nearest i know so far to respond to your question ” which creates fan pages exactly like facebook”
Unfortunately, the plugin’s FAQ tells
Will this plugin work with BuddyPress?
Meh, yes and no. We’ve had reports that it does look odd and behaves strangely in BuddyPress.
Should be tested, huh ?

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/fanpage-connect/

So you have probably to imagine your own solution after grabing a bit here:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=buddypress+profile

@cannedbear,

BP 1.6.2 should be installed with WP 3.5…. You’re not alone, read here: https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4713

tchuss !