I’m not sure what I’m looking for in those files. So it seems when replying and commenting in wordpress post seems fine, but when I try to add comments or reply in the activity stream of buddypress I get the 404 page.
Error Console:
Timestamp: 6/9/2012 6:58:25 PM
Warning: Use of getAttributeNode() is deprecated. Use getAttribute() instead.
Source File: http://edmraveconnect.com/activity/
Line: 0
Timestamp: 6/9/2012 6:56:00 PM
Error: target.addClass(“loading”).prop is not a function
Source File: http://edmraveconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/_inc/global.js,qver=20110818.pagespeed.jm.V1Ix_wk8YG.js
Line: 31
Frisco Theme for BuddyPress – https://wordpress.org/extend/themes/frisco-for-buddypress
Or use any responsive WP theme and install+activate the BP Template Pack plugin, then go through BP compatibility process. There’s a list of “template-packed” WP themes https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/#template-packed-wordpress-themes for reference on how to go about it.
Hi Paul,
Thanks for your in-depth reply. I will probably circumvent the default WordPress comment system and fully use Disqus. I sent an email to the Disqus team, however I’ve got a feeling that I’ll need to purchase their professional add-on package to get their full support on the implementation. From the information outlined in the OP article, I’d say that this was the route that the Telegraph.co.uk took as well in order to get your three way system up and running?
I’ll see what I can come with 
James
Hi there!
I currently work for the Telegraph, so have first-hand knowledge. If you want to use Disqus, you need to get user authentication going between WordPress and Disqus. At the Telegraph, we have our own in-house authentication system, too, so we’ve got a three way connection between our system, WordPress, Disqus. It’s as tricky as it sounds, and it’s not perfect.
We also have to use the Disqus Single Sign On feature, which you have to pay money for.
Disqus do have a WordPress plugin https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/disqus-comment-system but as I understand, it syncs between WordPress comments and Disqus comments (it never looks like you’re using Disqus).
I would suggest either using Disqus comments fully or WordPress comments fully. Not a mixture. Requiring people to sign in to Disqus via FB or TW I don’t think will realistically be a problem, as a lot of users have those social media accounts already. If you absolutely must have the Disqus / WordPress user authentication going, I’d suggest you get in contact with Disqus support at http://disqus.com/support/ and see what their thoughts are.
If you learn something, do share
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4242 (which you know about, since you posted the bug report. Thanks!)
If you’re using wordpress 3.3+, you can use the wp_editor function in your buddypress powered theme. For example, the is the textarea for posting reply for group forums in BuddyPress Default theme located in /buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/groups/single/forum :
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Change it to
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`
Where the first quote (‘Type here …’) is the initial content for the editor (You can just leave it as ” if you don’t want any initial content) and the second quote (‘reply_text’) is the id of the editor.
By default, wp_editor will use the default TinyMCE editor that comes with WordPress but you can change it via a plugin e.g. CKEditor For WordPress
@b1gft copy over https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/1.5.5/bp-themes/bp-default/forums/forums-loop.php into child theme folder/forums/forums-loop.php – then change value in line 61 for the poster avatar and line 68 for the groups avatar.
== please create an account to test a couple things ==
@finallyanime Do provide a test username and password which you can delete later.
1. if you’re referring to blog posts, then you’d need to install a subscription plugin https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/subscribe2/ or via feedburner etc.
2. What’s wrong about the blogs section specifically? You need to have a multisite installation for that
== Doesn’t look like “create new topic or group” is possible ==
3. Did you see the link to create a group beside title of the Groups Directory page? Or go to http://mysite.com/groups/create directly ? Create a new topic for Group Forums or Sitewide Forums?
@ktown28 I would look at the comments.php file and customization of comment form in functions.php. You could also install the Theme Check plugin and the Log Deprecated Notices plugin to check if your theme is up to WordPress standards.
I’ve created a gist here:
https://gist.github.com/2888847
The problem, I suppose is more to do with WordPress shortcodes. I’m sure the members loop would work but I’m struggling to get it to load from within the confines of a shortcode.
WordPress 3.2.2, GoDaddy Hosting, PHP Version 5.2. something…. Anyone know about this? Do you always have to enter a subject to send a message to another user???
It seems this is being caused by the WP Email Login login plugin. @r-a-y is an author so hopefully he sees this.
I’ve made a post in its forum here: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-email-login-this-plugin-allows-non-activated-users-to-login?replies=1
Hi Paolo!
Do check out the WordPress plugin S2Member which is a powerful membership plugin that supports PayPal.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/s2member/
Also, we’re using a foreign language version of WordPress and BuddyPress which both have completely translated mo files but the email came in English. Could this be related or another issue?
It is WordPress 3.3.2 multisite installed in the root directory. We have a custom theme but based on bp-default without many modifications, certainly not any to the mail functionality except we had tried the Welcome Pack plugin but the activation link did not appear in that email either. This problem has occurred even without any other plugins running but BuddyPress.
It seems to be a variable that should be created called $activate_url in /bp-core/bp_core_filters.php . Is there a way to add a filter there or somehow create another email to take precedence over this one?
We’d like to keep email activation but if it doesn’t work we will have to manually re-send emails or disable it? Both seem like bad solutions, such a basic feature should be working without any tweaks to the system.
Sorry I meant Multinetwork, i was given the below: but having some troubles… I’ll keep slogging away.. thanks
1. BP MultiNetwork – https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-multi-network/ which requires WP MultiNetwork or Networks+
2. BuddyPress Multi-Network – http://buddydev.com/buddypress/introducing-buddypress-multi-network-plugin-create-multiple-separate-social-networks-on-a-single-buddypress-install/ which you can use with Join Blog Widget plugin which you’ll find in the same site.
I don’t really need buddypress not to be installed on the main site anymore, I’ve found a suitable theme that will allow me to do what I want, so now I need the ability to have the following but the ability to have users login to one and be able to move between them all:
Main site = site1.com (buddypress theme/network)
Child Site = child1.site1.com (buddypress theme/network)
Child Site = child2.site1.com (buddypress theme/network)
Child Site = child3.site1.com (buddypress theme/network)
Question remains, do I need separate installs of WP and BP and if so how do I make it so users can move between them (so have one user database).
Or do I use wordpress network and bp multisite?
They are not there own sites, I used wordpress network to create all the subsites, are you saying I need to create separate wordpress and buddypress installs for all the subsites, then use multi-network to join them all? I’m happy for them all to be separate, I just need the user databases to merge so people can login to them all without logging out and having different accounts to login with?
If you have a bp-default child theme, copy group-header.php file.into your child theme folder as in wp-content/themes/yourchildtheme/groups/single/group-header.php
then delete lines 11-15 of said file. If you also want to delete Group Mods, then delete lines 7-30
I have tried to push ahead and test the install on a test site, I followed these steps:
1. Installed WordPress on main site – mainsite.net
2. Installed and setup WP Multi Network
3. Created my child sites – site1.mainsite.net, site2.mainsite.net, site3.mainsite.net etc – all works fine
4. Installed Buddypress on mainsite.net (network install, couldn’t install on child sites which was expected)
At this stage I noticed the mainsite.net had buddy press (I figure I can hide the bits on this site if I don’t want to have social networking on the main site) .. but I also noticed the sub sites have buddypress but just linking back to the mainsite, they are not social networks in there own right, each separate, which is what I need…. so
5. I installed BP Multi Network – to have separate networks
This didn’t do what I expected, the sites still all appear to link from the main site, the sub sites do not have pages for:
Activity
Blogs
Groups
Members
I could create these but they will all go back to the main site, they need to be site specific, separate for each site…. which is what I expected BP Multisite to do..?
Any ideas?
I can put up with buddypress on the main site, although I hoped not to have so I could have a good newspaper/magazine theme on the main site, but if thats the only way to have all the user databases connected I can hide what I need to.
Any help please?
@pgrinnell Based on the HTML structure of your theme, you need to use the first option, i.e., change 16 template files within the 6 BP folders transferred to your enews theme folder in server during the compatibility process.
If you’ve previously changed any of the BP template files in your 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
`
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with the following:
`
<?php if(function_exists('bcn_display')) { bcn_display(); }
else { ?>
:
`
Then, in each of 16 files, you’d like to change the BP Templates’ page title’s header tag from `
…
` or `
..
` to `
// Titles Of Respective BP Page Templates //
` and move it to just above `
`. Careful when you do this in the /activity/index.php page.
Save files.
Does that mean I have to delete the theme and reupload the same theme but with the added 2 files or can I do it all within wordpress?
