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In theory you can use any theme but you’d have to use the template pack https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-template-pack/ to add the files you need which is what that link valuser supplied does. To be honest, it’s going to take some work / adjusting it’s a case of not knowing how much until you do it really.

If you are not comfortable with doing this then I’d personally recommend you also have a look at some BuddyPress themes. You can purchase themes for BuddyPress with all the support and bells and whistles of WordPress ones so perhaps that would be an option. There are also a number of very feature full and robust free themes for BuddyPress. https://buddypress.org/extend/themes/

see https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/

There are great volunteers on this forum. When they have the time, I am sure they will assist you.

1) Disable user registration in WordPress, and create user accounts manually via the wp-admin screens.

2) This is default WordPress multisite behaviour.

3) You will need some kind of front-end posting form for your theme(s).

Sounds like you’re might have found a bug. Please would you make a report on http://buddypress.trac.WordPress.org ? thanks

May be you can do something with this plugin?

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/author-avatars/

It works for us with WP 3.4 and BP 1.6.

There’s a BP Followers plugin available on the WordPress.org plugin directory.

Hi Hans,
you have to digg in the prehistorical 1.0 version of BP
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/branches/1.0?order=name
where you can find this old coutry field and a csv file with different countries.
You can find some interesting code in buddypress 1.0/bp-xprofile/bp-xprofile-classes.php

Good luck !

Ok, to set new fields for your members you should read the paragraph ‘Optional: Set Profile Fields’ of this tutorial
http://wpmu.org/the-illustrated-guide-to-installing-and-setting-up-buddypress-1-5/

if you mean login in with email, then you can try this interesting plugin https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-email-login/

then you can add a function in the functions.php file of your active theme to change the label of the sidebar login form :

add_action('bp_after_sidebar_login_form', 'bp_login_by_email_adapt_login_form');

function bp_login_by_email_adapt_login_form() {
?>

jQuery(document).ready(function($){
usernameoremail = $("#sidebar-user-login").parent().html().replace(/Username/ig, 'Username or email' );
$("#sidebar-user-login").parent().html(usernameoremail);
});

<?php
}

or if you’re using a child theme of BP-default theme, you can add/edit the template sidebar.php and replace the label for=sidebar-user-login by Username or email.

To build this kind of feature, you need to be a PHP developer:

• You’d add new profile field groups for each type of stat (or if the stats are too complex for profile fields – a custom component to handle them).
• You’d then assign a role to each member based on whether they are a batter, pitcher or fielder – ideally implemented using the underlying WordPress user roles.
• Finally, you’d implement conditional logic in your templates to display appropriate profile field groups based on the member’s role.

Sorry, I was up late: BuddyPress.svn.WordPress.org

Ok. Before we play on your test server you need to contact your host and ask if you have SSH access to use a terminal. In the interim, we can try the concept out locally on your Mac.

How familiar are you with using the Terminal app? (it’s in Applications > Utilities) If not very, you’ll have to do some Googling to figure things out.

Open the Terminal app. Type these 2 commands:

cd ~/Desktop
svn co https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/trunk BuddyPress

That last command might take a couple of minutes. It’ll download a copy of BP trunk. Look at your desktop, and you’ll find a folder called “BuddyPress” containing… BP trunk

Then wait for the BuddyPress team to do a new update to trunk. Easiest way to do this is keep an eye on https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/log and remember what “Rev” it’s up to. When you spot an update, open Terminal again:

cd ~/Desktop/BuddyPress
svn up

“svn up” is an “update” command. It figures out what SVN revision your checkout of BuddyPress is on, compares that to the version on the server (it remembers what URL you fetched it from originally), and then downloads and applies any updates automatically.

This is the method I like doing on my servers, so maybe see if it works out for you.

Plaza is a very nice website – it’s also a significant custom development.

Are you a skilled PHP developer with solid WordPress development experience (writing custom post types, taxonomies, url rewrites and such like)?

If you have those development skills (and in the case of Plaza – some strong design skills as well) or are willing to hire them in, then yes, BuddyPress is a suitable underlying platform to build the user profiles on, and to provide a backbone where you can unify their reviews and hotel submissions.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-login-redirect/ can redirect to 3 different locations after login. 1. Personal Profile / Personal Activity Page 2. Site wide Activity 3. Friends’ Activity

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/login-with-ajax/ this plugin’s settings allows you go to any particular page OR to the current users particular page on login & on logout if you use %USERNAME% — its on the settings page

Not really sure how multisite works, but this plugin here can be configured to work the way you want I think:

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/peters-login-redirect/

Did you install WordPress with a one click installer from your host? If so the directory may not have permissions set to allow BuddyPress to create folders and add images to your server

Your best bet is to ask on bbpress.org or search for bbPress plugins on the WordPress.org directory.

User registration also has to be enabled in WordPress for this to work, too. (via Settings > General, in wp-admin)