@mrjarbenne
By repo, do you mean the list of WordPress plugins?
It looks like a really cool plugin! Though what i wanted to do, is a bit more simple. I would just present the users with some different cartoon and comic figures, which they could pick from.
Our users are teenagers, and might not be so fluent in English, so if the plugin would work through doppelme, it would be a problem.
I’m not that experienced, but maybe it would be possible to replace the avatar function, with some kind of gallery function?
@nivanc Just to start off, you will need to
1. Install WordPress
2. Create a Network of your WP installation
a) subdirectory structure – http://www.domain.com/subsite1; http://www.domain.com/subsite2; http://www.domain.com/subsite3, etc.
OR
b) subdomain structure – http://subsite1.domain.com; http://subsite2.domain.com; http://subsite3.domain.com, etc.
3. Install/activate BuddyPress plugin
4. Make your BuddyPress “multisite” (separate instances of BP in one WP installation)
a. BP Multi-Network plugin https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-multi-network/
OR
b. BuddyPress Multi-Network plugin http://buddydev.com/plugins/buddypress-multi-network/
5. s2membership plugin – Free or Pro version
Then install other plugins to improve user experience in the different BP installations in WP subsites.
Thanks for the fast reply! I got xampp running and reinstalled wp and bp. I am still seeing the blank page when logging in, it works if I use the wordpress log in but if I use the log in on the side bar of the default buddypress theme I just get sent to a blank page. Is there anything else I might have setup incorrectly that would cause this?
Have you checked basic things, like is $bp->displayed_user->id set, does the user have posts published? Does the code work if you copy it into a regular WordPress template somewhere (obv. manually set $user_id)?
BP doesn’t try to do anything when WordPress regenerates its permalinks. Does disabling BuddyPress “fix” the problem?
If it matters, we’re running WordPress 3.3.1 (with the current version of BP) and the active site is at http://maclab.guhsd.net/blog/
District tech has verified permissions are set correctly. He suspects something odd is happening with the htaccess file. I’m more of a graphics guy than a coder so I’m unable to offer any insight into the issue. Thanks for any suggestions you might have.
Oh, and if the test site at http://maclab.guhsd.net/blog2/ becomes visible (once the guy at the district waves his magic wand), it will look horrible as we’ve not yet applied the new template. 
-Mike
Also I forgot to mention this site has 10 years worth of links running all around the site, and I understand that changing the links from Default to Numeric will still work because WordPress recognizes a link to a pageid and redirects if the permalink structure was changed, it just doesn’t work the other way around (linking a numeric link to a page with a pageid link).
Thanks for the replies. I added BuddyPress to my WordPress install on my web site (that I’m not doing anything with) and fiddled around with it a little, and got a little better foothold on it all. I’ll check out the link.
BTW. If you’d like to read more about filters – this one’s a great one. While it’s focused on themes, it’s the exact same theory
Using Filter Hooks in WordPress Child Themes
@Tfazlani – It’s possible. It would consist of using bp_core_new_nav_item();
https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/functions/core/bp_core_new_nav_item/
Basically, create a screen function (what displays on the screen) and hook it into bp_core_new_nav_item;
This loop will probably help you build the screen function (splitting up profile details) – https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/custom-buddypress-loops/the-profile-data-loop-bp_has_profile/
EDIT: WordPress has some helpful examples on adding admin menu’s and as BuddyPress’ new_nav_item is built in a similar way might help if you have issues – https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_menu_page
@o4tuna – to follow on from @mrjarbenne‘s replies – BuddyPress doesn’t kill anything that WordPress does, WordPress by default allows you to move the blog to a sub-page (as done on this site) or on your homepage (testbp.org) BuddyPress doesn’t touch it. The only real time that BuddyPress touches functionality of WordPress is for small fixes when conflicts arise (for example, theirs code which ensures that the activity stream functions correctly on the homepage – as it was having issues at one point) or to enhance the features to provide an amazing experience.
I should also mention as a sidenote that I run a Buddypress/Wordpress Multisite install for 7000 users on IIS7 without issue.
I commisioned the creation of a plugin integrating the Doppelme.com avatar creator into BP for a school community where I wanted to control the types of avatars that users create (and wanted to block local uploads of inappropriate pictures.)
It’s a thing of beautiful, but it’s also the developers first go at creating a WordPress plugin, so it isn’t in the repo. Here’s a screenshot. http://dev.commons.hwdsb.on.ca/files/2011/10/doppelme.png
The developer (Andrew Scott) was just talking the other day about figuring out how to get his plugin into the repo. I would email him if it’s something you think you might be interested in: info@doppelme.com
I found the solution!!
For those of you in a similar situation here are the configurations that worked for me:
Mail From Plugin configured as such:
Sender name (whatever you want)
User name (the part that appears before the @ in your email address)
Domain name (the part after the @ sign in your email address)
WP Mail SMTP Configured as such:
From email (your full email address)
From name (whatever you want)
Mailer (Use the PHP mail() function to send emails)
Leave all SMTP options blank or checked No.
I am using Buddypress 1.5.5 with the Buddy Corporate theme and WordPress 3.3.1 with Hostmonster as my hosting provider.
I hope this helps someone else out there experiencing this frustrating problem!!
@jcaynes this plugin https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-private-community/ has not been updated for BP 1.5+. Delete it from your installation.
@Hugo BuddyPress Template Pack creates the folder eg. /Activity/index.php but when I try to choose the Pages, the system does not see them and I can not select anything.
Thanks
That code string is essentially what I had and it is producing a similar broken link. I am just trying to create this link on a standard wordpress page. Is that not going to work? I just want a link on a member login page that will allow them to maintain their profile and do other BP related tasks. It is producing this kind of broken link “http://myurl/profile/”>My ProfileManage your <a href=". For example, the broken link contains text from after the code string for the url. That part that says "my profile" is the url text and "Manage your" comes after the . I am really trying to eliminate the need for the admin bar, but can’t until I figure out this hardcoded links.
Do the pages actually exist? you have to have empty pages created and there to be selected, either named as conventionally or named as you wish.
@mercime I did what you told me by changing almost to all available permalink and the issue still exists. The error I am getting is:
The following active BuddyPress Components do not have associated WordPress Pages: Activity Streams, Discussion Forums, User Groups, Members.
but when I go Buddypress pages I can not find any of the above pages to associate Activity, Streams and so on.
Plus I am using Templatic GeoPlaces theme.
Thanks for your help.
@indieconnect Good luck.
@hnla I know, I know, Atahualpa’s tables and all. But it’s a valid request for a popular theme plus it’s much much much better than the Artisteer” themes which I have declined to “template-pack-it” even if table-less. Having said that, all customization requests for BP-Atahualpa layout should be sent to theme author
== you must have a good working list of themes now? for a codex list ? ==
Done it, I did I’d already started compiling and adding to the list of all template-packed themes (45+) assisted in forums and 3 posted in Codex. My last update includes Atahualpa.https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/#template-packed-wordpress-themes
@mercime Thanks very much for the reply. I was concerned that adding BuddyPress, say 6-12 months after launching a WordPress/bbPress site, would be more technically challenging to ‘interface’ with the existing WP/bbPress setup, than starting out initially with a WordPress/BuddyPress configuration.
From your reply, I’m inferring that it really doesn’t make any difference…BuddyPress will ‘play’ as nice coming onboard later to a WP/bbPress configuration, as it would have if the site was initially launched as WP/BP. Am I understanding you correctly?
Thanks
== I have already running custom permalinks as /%city_name%/%post_id%/. ==
@nookeet Change custom permalink to what’s available on panel other than default and see if issue is resolved.
What WP theme are you using with BP Template Pack plugin?
@jafar1374 Change the styles of div#sidebar and div#content .padder in your RTL stylesheet to
[UPDATED 04-24-2012 From default.css for right sidebar structure]
`div#content {
-moz-border-radius-topleft: 6px;
-webkit-border-top-left-radius: 6px;
-moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 6px;
-webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 6px;
border-top-left-radius: 6px;
border-top-right-radius: 6px;
float: left;
width: 100%;
}
div#content .padder {
border-right: 1px solid #ddd;
-moz-border-radius-topleft: 6px;
-webkit-border-top-left-radius: 6px;
-moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 6px;
-webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 6px;
border-top-left-radius: 6px;
border-bottom-left-radius: 6px;
margin-right: 225px;
}
div#sidebar {
border-left: 1px solid #ddd;
-moz-border-radius-topright: 3px;
-webkit-border-top-right-radius: 3px;
border-top-right-radius: 3px;
float: left;
margin-left: -226px;
margin-top: 1px;
width: 224px;
}`
@coxis123 It’s the other way around. You need to make your Thesis theme compatible with BuddyPress. We use the BP Template Pack plugin to make WP themes compatible with BP.
Overview to the compatibility process and the list of WP themes at the bottom of the same page that we’ve made BP-compatible at https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/
