The link to create a group (if group creation is enabled) is available on the groups directory page in bp-default theme. If you want to add the link to your custom theme, the relevant code is in this line https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/1.6.1/bp-themes/bp-default/groups/index.php#L21
@shawn38, The site was using a blog from wordpress and the theme was well liked and buddypress was just a test at first. It seemed to work out pretty well for what the site needs. I will keep this in mind for any other future buddypress projects. The !important seemed to work. Thanks.
@karmatosed, Thanks for your input and will be using that as well.
@mercime, Thanks but, the way I aligned it isn’t proper. I added styles to each element because when I use the .bpcontent div it was only fixing the Members Directory page. The rest of the pages ended up still being out of alignment. Your post makes sense and I should have noticed that but, I didn’t. Thanks for that one. The sidebar-buddypress,php is no longer in use or shouldn’t be. I am using or planning on using my themes sidebar.php. This made it much easier when making the theme compatible. I am going to go back and fix the css and see if my alignment issue works out a little easier.
Thanks for everyones input, I am sure I’ll be back.
Hi. I am using a custom theme…. I am using a template pack for my (Elegantthemes) WordPress theme.
Sorry that you feel that way.
I’ve looked through the topics, and for what it’s worth, I don’t see any hostility towards you from anyone on the BuddyPress team. Probably not what you want to hear, and probably not unexpected.
I’ll happily remove access to your account if you’d like to be prevented from using it in the future, but we don’t delete user accounts anywhere on the WordPress.org family of sites.
I’m replying to your emails to Paul now, and it would be great if we speak directly for any issues regarding your account going forward.
@sciencefiction68 You need to change 16 template files within the 6 BP folders transferred to your pinterest theme folder in server during the compatibility process.
If you’ve previously changed any of the BP template files in your pinterest theme folder in server, replace all of them for a clean slate by deleting the 6 BP folders – /activity, /blogs, /forums, /groups, /members, and /registration – then re-run Appearance > BP Compatibility.
Download the 6 clean BP folders to your computer hard drive.
A. At the top of each of those 16 template files I linked to above, replace
`
`
with the following:
`
<section id="content" >
<article id=”post-“>
`
Then, in each of 16 files, you’d like to change the BP Templates’ page title’s header tag from `
…
` or `
..
` to `
`, AND move this to above `
`. Just watch out when you do this in the /activity/index.php page.
Save files.
@ r-a-y yes, it is installed in it’s own directory “wordpress” http://mdacintranet/wordpress, the problem is when I install bp the additional sub-directories that (I’m assuming) are suppose to be written under the wordpress directory are not appearing. Thus causing the page not found error, it’s not possible to display a page when the directory the page is suppose to be in is not even there. Maybe I’m suppose to manually create each of the first? I have literally re-installed from scratch about 7+ times. The wp site installs and runs flawlessly until I try to install bp. Once BuddyPress is installed the only thing that works properly is the dashboard and in order for me to then fix the site I have to do a complete re-install of wp. If I try to deactivate the bp plugin, it cripples the entire site. I have been trying this on multiple systems all running Linux (ubuntu 12.04 server) and all in virtual machines. Any help will be greatly appreciated as this seems like the perfect solution if only I can get it to actually work. Thanks.
I found the problem. When I change the theme to bp-default and the link in the Group Directory is working. But oh boy, it is not theme it was the function.php that I add @boonebgorges codes is not working:
What’s the easiest way to change the default landing page for BuddyPress groups?
It was working in BP 1.6 but not BP 1.6.1. I deleted it. It works.
function bbg_set_new_group_default_subnav() {
global $bp;
if ( bp_is_group() ) {
// Set up your new default
$new_screen_function = 'groups_screen_group_forum';
$new_default_slug = 'forum';
$parent_slug = bp_get_current_group_slug();
if ( $function = $bp->bp_nav[$parent_slug] ) {
if ( !is_object( $function[0] ) )
remove_action( 'bp_screens', $function, 3 );
else
remove_action( 'bp_screens', array( &$function[0], $function[1] ), 3 );
}
$bp->bp_nav[$parent_slug] = &$new_screen_function;
if ( bp_is_groups_component() && !bp_current_action() ) {
if ( !is_object( $new_screen_function[0] ) ) {
add_action( 'bp_screens', $new_screen_function );
} else {
add_action( 'bp_screens', array( &$new_screen_function[0], $new_screen_function[1] ) );
}
$bp->current_action = $new_default_slug;
}
}
}
add_action( 'bp_setup_nav', 'bbg_set_new_group_default_subnav', 999 );
function bbg_set_new_group_default_action() {
global $bp;
if ( bp_is_group() && !bp_current_action() ) {
$bp->current_action = 'forum';
}
}
add_action( 'bp_setup_globals', 'bbg_set_new_group_default_action', 999 );
Mikey3D
@ed161718 You need to change 16 template files within the 6 BP folders transferred to your catch-box theme folder in server during the compatibility process.
If you’ve previously changed any of the BP template files in your catch-box theme folder in server, replace all of them for a clean slate by deleting the 6 BP folders – /activity, /blogs, /forums, /groups, /members, and /registration – then re-run Appearance > BP Compatibility.
Download the 6 clean BP folders to your computer hard drive.
A. At the top of each of those 16 template files I linked to above, replace
`
`
with the following:
`
<article id="post-” >
`
Then, in each of 16 files, you’d like to change the BP Templates’ page title’s header tag from `
…
` or `
..
` to `
`, AND move title to above `
`. Just watch out when you do this in the /activity/index.php page.
Save files.
@mercime, ok thanks! But “honor” is too much 
i opened a ticket witch probably would be considered as “not important” yet…. There are other more important tasks to do first 
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4506
== BuddyPress Components do not have associated WordPress Pages: Activity Streams, User Groups, Members, Activate, Register. Repair ==
@tgnwsauctions Click on repair https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/configure-buddypress-components/#settings-buddypress-pages
Make sure that Pages are associated with the BuddyPress component
@FIQ: That’s quite an assumption to make, personally I thought through my wireframes. I’m not going to really comment on the exercise allegation as the developer chats are showing it’s not just that. You are free to check this by reading the irc logs: https://irclogs.wordpress.org/chanlog.php?channel=buddypress-dev (Wednesday 19:00 UTC is the developer chat). You are welcome to your opinion but please come along to see the action rather than assuming. Also please recognise those of us that are trying to do something here not just dismiss our work. We work together to a solution here not against each other and you are more than welcome to be part of that solution.
looks like they have something for Q&A at wpmudev.org but most of those aren’t free.
http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/qa-wordpress-questions-and-answers-plugin/
@Aron Prins, I currently have
WordPress 3.4.1
BuddyPress 1.6.1
bbPress
Better WP Security
Bug Library
Jetpack
Minotar
SI CAPTCHA Anti-Spam
User Role Editor
WP Smush.it
WPtouch
Using BP Default
Welcome to the BP forums
Firstly, I would like to know if I already have a wordpress site up and running and with a template that is not buddypress. If I install buddypress on that site, would it fit in with the current template or would I have to change my look?
Answer: You will need to integrate the new BP templates with your current theme. The plugin BP Template Pack guides you through this process and is available fro FWEE! in the plugins directory .
I am still finding my way around plugins/ addons but would normal wordpress plugins still work with buddypress?
Answer: This depends on the plugin and it’s functionality – to my knowledge, trial and error is the bestway 
My site would be a Christian portal with community features. Where is best to get buddypress plugins from?
Answer: https://buddypress.org/extend/plugins/
News – This would import news from other sites via rss feed. : Use WordPress
Ecards: Find a plugin or someone to make it for you.
Directory Mod: Maybe you can modify the Portfolio plugin to do this 
?
Q&A: Sorry, no idea
Amazon Store: Run a search with our best friend, im sure he’ll hit you up with a good plugin
You’re welcome for as far as it helped
Cheers,
Aron
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Short answer is yes! You can use bp-profile-search plugin to search for specific profile fields. Not certain it works with the current versions of WordPress and BuddyPress though. It works great in WP 3.2.1 and BP 1.5.1
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-profile-search/
The standard search works well too but you have to know what your searching for. BP-Profile-Search shows a visible form and a user can choose what to search for based on the criteria you set up in the plugin.
Yes, they must login first.
This plugin may not work as it hasn’t been updated
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-disable-activation/
if it doesn’t work reply and i’ll add a setting in BP Extended Settings to turn off activation
If you think it’s a problem, please create an enhancement ticket on https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/, using your username and password that you used to log into this site, explaining why you think the behaviour should be changed, and we’ll take a look at it.
As @modemlooper points out, this is trivial to implement with a little PHP development knowledge.
s2member builds on top of the WordPress roles and capabilities system — so, in addition to the s2member wrapper functions, you can also use standard WP functions. Combine them with the BuddyPress API and you have a rich environment for creating code to handle access control to pages.
You can add your access / redirect logic in your theme’s header.php files, or even neater in an action function (in your functions.php file) — try hooking onto init, or bp-screens.
Did you install WordPress in a subdirectory at mdacintranet/wordpress/?
If so, have you read this codex article?
https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory
Hi tjtate, this forum thread is over 10 months old. When you see an old thread that hasn’t been answered in awhile, it’s better to just create a new topic.
To quickly answer, when bbPress 2.0 is more tightly integrated with BuddyPress groups, it might be possible to use an existing bbPress 2.0 plugin with BuddyPress when that time comes. Until then, you probably won’t see threaded forum posts.
I’m going to close this thread now, but feel free to post new topics in the future.
I understand , I wanted to create something similar , first add general fields for all groups (address and contact fields for example) , then to setup conditional field ( it should be a role field – you can create additional roles for wordpress ), I have nightclubs , agencies and girls working in nightclubs , so 3 new wp-buddypress roles , then within templates I can show content for specific groups , unfortunately on registration form I can use it yet because people are not logged in with their role yet , so it would be nice to have conditional field as gravity forms uses which will show you only set of fields by the role which you will confirm .
While looking for a solution to the same question, I stumbled upon this: dev update. Boone B. Gorges made a “sample plugin to show how these visibility levels can be extended”: BBG’s Sample Visibility Plugin. All you have to do is create a new folder in your wp-content/plugins, and upload bbg-custom-bp-field-visibility.php & loader.php into your new folder. Then, modify bbg-custom-bp-field-visibility.php to your liking.
