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After spending an hour trying things, I’ve discovered that if you’re on https, the user avatar includes are always http.

EDIT: Made a ticket https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4110

You need to create both menus. Without it wordpress has it’s own default menu which you have been relying on

A good guide for understanding wordpress menus is http://justintadlock.com/archives/2010/06/01/goodbye-headaches-hello-menus

You should make a child of bp-default and backup files and db just in case…

You don’t add or remove any pages from the code. The point is that it works from the built in wordpress default menu system. ( https://codex.wordpress.org/Navigation_Menus )

To get the second menu to appear – In your child theme’s functions.php file add:
`function register_my_menus() {
register_nav_menus( array(
‘primary’ => __( ‘Header Navigation’ ),
‘secondary-menu’ => __( ‘Alternative Menu’ ),
‘another-menu’ => __( ‘Another Menu’ )
) );
}
add_action( ‘init’, ‘register_my_menus’ );
`

You shouldn’t touch wp or bp core files.

What theme are you using?

In your child theme’s header.php file you replace the `wp_nav_menu` section with either of the above ( not both ).

Then you can define two menus on appearance > menus ( primary and secondary-menu on the above example ) Set one for logged in users and one for everyone else.

You need to figure out and tell us what is being included over http. Also your WordPress and BuddyPress versions. Thanks.

== how can they sign up to my database without filling in the recaptcha or confirming their mail? ==
There is a possibility that your old BP1.2.7/WP3.2 installation has been hacked. I would start backing up DB and server files to your hard drive. See https://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked

== but for some reason the search field always brings me to the homepage instead of search results. ==
Yes we are aware of this and the issue will be resolved soon.

== Using cpanel (fantastico) … how can i reinstall wordpress, can this be the issue? ==

@allentan you will need to re-install WordPress. WordPress should be installed manually, e.g. via FTP, and NOT via webhost scripts which bring about numerous issues when BuddyPress is activated.” (reference)

That is why BP 1.5.5 was released https://buddypress.org/2012/03/buddypress-1-5-5/
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/installing-buddypress/forum/topic/1-5-5-imortant-update/
All users should upgrade BP ASAP.

Reported to developers and fixed in version 1.5.5

One way of doing that is by serving different menus depending whether someone is logged in or not such as
`
<?php
// https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_get_current_user
$current_user = wp_get_current_user();
if ( 0 == $current_user->ID ) {
wp_nav_menu( array( ‘container’ => false, ‘menu_id’ => ‘nav’, ‘theme_location’ => ‘secondary-menu’, ‘fallback_cb’ => ” ) );
// Not logged in.
} else {
wp_nav_menu( array( ‘container’ => false, ‘menu_id’ => ‘nav’, ‘theme_location’ => ‘primary’, ‘fallback_cb’ => ” ) );
// Logged in.
}
?>
`
or another approach:
`
<?php
if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {
wp_nav_menu( array( ‘container’ => false, ‘menu_id’ => ‘nav’, ‘theme_location’ => ‘primary’, ‘fallback_cb’ => ” ) );
} else {
wp_nav_menu( array( ‘container’ => false, ‘menu_id’ => ‘nav’, ‘theme_location’ => ‘secondary-menu’, ‘fallback_cb’ => ” ) );
}
?>
`
replacing the `wp_nav_menu` bit in the ( child ) theme’s header.php file. It may need adapting depending on theme etc. Remember to make backups before editing!

Then use the walled garden or similar techniques to redirect users if they try to reach the page directly…

@BossX – As in, similar to the wordpress profiles (https://profiles.wordpress.org/matt)?
Yes, it’s possible through a custom theme.

The top part with the profile information is simply the members/single/member-header.php file with code to insert their bio and other info – See: http://bp-tricks.com/snippets/displaying-certain-profile-fields-on-your-members-profile-page/

The bottom part is the members/single/profile.php template (their activity is an external custom built activity stream, but the theory is the same… just add the activity loop) – See: https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/custom-buddypress-loops/the-activity-stream-loop/

And then they changed the default profile view from the activity view to profile with – define( ‘BP_DEFAULT_COMPONENT’, ‘profile’ );

I am also http://testbp.org/members/aces/ You should be able to pm me there, although I haven’t tested it with pm before and I’m not sure I can help…..

Did you use an auto installer provided by your host to install wordpress and/or buddypress etc? Autoinstallers have been the cause of many problems in the past.

Note

@nahummadrid, Have u tried https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-activity-stream-bump-to-top/

@enderpal, don’t have time to actually look closely at the stackexchange atm. but if it helps, you actually don’t need to unhook it.

The way wordpress works is it will always look through your child theme first, so if you copy the function into your child theme – when wordpress goes through default and finds `if ( !function_exists( ‘bp_dtheme_comment_form’ ) ) :` since it DOES exist inside your child theme, it will pretend that the function inside the default theme doesn’t exist essentially doing the exact same thing as ‘removed all the filters’ would do.

Unfortunately as @mercime has stated to use 2011 you will have to go through the process of theme compatibility.

In a related question, is there a plan to try and make bpuddypress theme independent?

On the surface it looks to me like it should be possible using some smart and unique CSS class naming that buddy press could be installed as a plugin with a set of additional CSS files rather than replacement CSS files.

I see in the dev chats that some folk are working on yet another child theme, but to be honest having buddy press so tightly coupled to the theme has been one of the main setbacks of this project (imho)

Surely the resource and time of these talented and dedicated members would be better spent on decoupling buddy press from the theme rather than creating another theme that existing users are unlikely to benefit from and gives yet another unrequired decision (and potential dead end) during the early process of getting started.

Buddy press components appear typically in:

The top navigation (can be handled using the menu builder or manually)
The main content area
The side bar
The buddy bar (now the wordpress tool bar)

Most themes contain these areas (to be compatible with other plugins) so we must surely be at the stage where serious thought is being given to starting the decoupling process?

Future versions of buddy press should be tested to death on the wordpress default theme and and let theme owners take it from there.

Is this possible or it the task immense?

Best place for this is https://buddypress.trac.WordPress.org as an enhancement ticket. Patches welcome!

Question, though: what happens if it inserts multiple items into the table_name_fields?

There is something wrong with your register page as, I think, it should have Name ( at least ) as a required field under the profile details section.

If I click on ‘complete sign up’ without filling anything in then it redirects to the home page whearas I think it should stay on the same page but with error messages.

What plugins are your using? Single or multi-site? Any unusual permalink or .htaccess settings?

Have you altered the Name field in any way from the default:

This seems to be similar to @allentan‘s problem: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/installing-buddypress/forum/topic/registeration-doesnt-work/