In your theme, you can use the is_user_logged_in() function to show content to only logged-in users.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/is_user_logged_in
Take a look at this, might do everything you need:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-group-hierarchy/
Note – It can have minor conflicts (mainly css, afaik) with other plugins.
Or you can use the
https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/group-extension-api/
I’ve used that api to create things like “Team Sheets” within a group / league.
You can do a lot with it, if you can program.
Yes, WP + BP users are the same. Yes to WP/BP profile data in different places.
As I’ve said in another thread of yours, admins can edit all BuddyPress information from the front-end of your site. The codex is probably as good as it gets unless someone’s written a blog post, or if you can find an old post on this forum.
It’s split like this because BuddyPress’ profile system is more powerful and therefore complicated than WordPress’, and it wasn’t possible to use the WordPress database tables for BuddyPress profile data.
I’m not aware of any existing plugins that do CSV import for BuddyPress profile information, or any that do BuddyPress profile export. If you’re just looking to import WordPress user data, there might be something on the WordPress.org plugins directory.
Admin users can already change any users’ profile data via the front-end, not wp-admin. We’re building out screens in wp-admin; in 1.6, we added an Activity admin area, and in 1.7, we’re introducing groups. It’s not as quick or easy as “add it to the WordPress user profile admin”.
I suspect in future we’ll probably just link to WordPress.org.
I am also interested in this.
Guys, I am a newbie but I found this functionality in plugin “BP Posts on Profile” – https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-posts-on-profile/
It’s two years old, but it works.
FYI, it displays post links as per their WordPress loop presentation (ie. large headline and excerpt, per the BP Default theme) rather than with smaller text as though in the Activity stream.
Yes they are using a WordPress ratings plugin because that’s all they need. A BuddyPress user IS a WordPress user. BuddyPress just makes it easier to make WP content more social. a lot of WP plugins work with BP like the ratings plugin. Your expecting BuddyPress to be exactly what YOU want OOTB. It should only give you building blocks to achieve your goal and it does. The reason I showed you Tasty Kitchen is that its a perfect example of they had a site that users added posts(recipes) with ratings. Nothing new here WordPress gives you this through various plugins. They then used BuddyPress to aggregate user content and allow user relationships.
As a newbie, I’m finding it bizarre that the system apparently keeps two separate sets of user profile data in two different parts of the world – standard WordPress user stuff and BuddyPress stuff. Right?
Authors post recipes, and user read and discuss that recipes.. That’s basic function of WordPress, (not BuddyPress..).
Tasty Kitchen uses WordPress plugin WP-PostRatings so their users can rate a post by an author.. That’s a WordPress plugin, (not exclusive to BuddyPress..).
What I’d like to say is:
such a basic social feature between authors and readers (which needed by sites like Tasty Kitchen) should be covered by BuddyPress default.
Yes, in WordPress Repository both the last update date and the warning labels are shown..
Maybe WordPress just want to emphasized the invalidity of old plugins ?
love the concept.. 
In my opinion, navigation on the right side should be moved to left side..
Let articles on the right side.. and advertisement space can be inserted between articles..
Lately people is getting familiar with sites like Facebook, Twitter, WordPress, Blogspot interface layouts which put navigation on the left column..
Just my opinion.. But nice concept anyway..
Okay, thanks for replying @Modemlooper ,
So the goal of this community in creating BuddyPress is just to create a common social-network platform for everyone.. right?
So anyone are free to extend its functionality..
(they can create their MySpace, they can create their Facebook, and so on..)
BuddyPress uses WordPress CMS as platform and follows WordPress’ open source philosophy,
but BuddyPress has nothing to do with how WordPress manages users and content.. (as admin, editor, contributor, reader…)
If WordPress fans need to add social features to their WordPress authoring activities, they should extend BuddyPress functionality themselves to accomplish this..
Let’s say if WordPress bloggers need to add like button for post and follow/unfollow feature for favorite authors.. they should tweak BuddyPress functionality themselves or find a plugin for this..
Is it right?
Hello,
i am searching round the web ,but i didn´t find the answer for my problem. Suddenly when i activate the custom cumminty theme in buddy press i became this error.
Warning: Creating default object from empty value in J:xampphtdocswordpresswp-contentthemescustom-communitycoreincludesbpbuddydev-search.php on line 49
I hope someone could help me, i am using wordpress 3.4.2 and buddypress 1.6.
Should i post some pagefiles here?
Many thank´s
Frank
They’re having issues with the latest update. You’d be better to following the plugin here:
https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/buddypress-media
@nicholmikey You can make a WP theme compatible with BP by installing/activating the BP template pack plugin and go through Appearance > BP compatibility process.
– the process at a glance with some “template-packed” WP themes near bottom of page https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/
– a recently “template-packed” artisteer theme https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/bp-compatibility-plugin-with-an-artisteer-theme/
I believe there are some wordpress plugins with feature like this…
Some plugins like “PrintFriendly” perhaps ?
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/printfriendly/
Just choose a plugin that most compatible with buddypress..
Hi @mercime
Aside from the final tweak mentioned above… given the effort to make it all work so far… should I avoid adding further plugins such as listed in the plugins directory on here, or… should they all integrate without any problems now we’ve fixed the theme compatibility issues?
I’m thinking about things such as a login box, removing the WordPress bar from the top of the pages for anyone other than site administrators, adding one of the event management plugins, etc.
Basically… I don’t want to have to keep asking you for help ever time I try to add something new. 
Many Thanks,
Ronnie.
This is really a question for the theme in question, this forum is really meant to be for help with BP and it’s default theme.
But I see that you have already asked this exact same question :
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/frisco-theme-sidebar-of-width-300
So I suggest that you wait for a reply from that post firstly, cross posting the same question on multiple forums is considered a bad practise, if the theme author cannot help after a reasonable period then ask the question here or on other tech forums that might be able to help.
What have you attempted when you say it “doesn’t merge well”?
Have you started the template pack process as outlined in the BP codex guides, if not that’s where you must start.
https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/
if the theme is too awkward to integrate with BP then choosing a more compatible theme is wise and there are many that have been run through the template pack process and listed in the codex for you to choose from, alternatively Woo do produce a theme or themes? that are BP compatible you might want to consider one of those?
http://www.woothemes.com/2011/11/canvas-buddypress-gets-a-revamp/
If you can wait for BP 1.7 to be delivered then that will ease the process as it is theme compatible in that it will run with any well coded theme on activation.
Lastly I’m sure @mercime will help if you’re really stuck as mercime has with other themes but please bear in mind that this is a relatively complex process and time consuming.
Found this in BP trac. See if solution works in your installation https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4523
== but i dont have that folder in my server so i get a “page not found error. ==
Virtual pages ala folders are created and won’t be seen in your server at all. You mentioned that you have WP/BP installed in a subdirectory, mysite.com/wordpress/ What do you have installed in domain root mysite.com? HTML or PHP or something else?
