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1. does the privacy plugin by Jeff work with BP 1.5.4? Has anyone ever tested or enhanced it?
It doesn’t work. (properly) Yes, afew people have ‘enhanced’ it. Have a look at @modemlooper‘s privacy plugin – https://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-profile-privacy/

2. Is there ever going to be a core privacy module ever for BP? If yes, then in which version can we expect this?
Yep. It’s already coded and is set to be released in 1.6 (next major update)

Have a look at the Trac ticket that details it – https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3695#comment:10

“I think when prioritizing the tasks for upcoming release, this should of the highest priority. Things like theme/css bugs and changes, minor bugs can be ignored. This one feature will make this software complete.”
I disagree. Features should NEVER come before bugs… i hate cockroaches all over my site

If you have created a child theme of bp-default theme:

1. copy over create.php file https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/1.5.4/bp-themes/bp-default/groups/create.php

2. open up create.php, and above line #99 add: ` `
and then after line #106 add: “
so that you, the Site/Super Admin can create hidden groups if you want to

In effect, the hidden group option would look like this now:
`
<input type="radio" name="group-status" value="hidden" checked=”checked” />

`

3. upload the file to your child-theme-folder/groups/create.php

I can only confirm that issue was resolved in BP 1.5.2 with this fix https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/5338

I don’t know if the bpfb short code is anything to do with BP Activity Plus or not, but it may be work contacting its authors directly for supporting and letting them know about the problems when viewing it in an RSS Feed. That’s not something we can fix in BuddyPress core (obviously).

Thanks for the feedback about the RSS feeds, I made a ticket: https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4082

Based on the HTML structure of your theme, you’d need to use the first option, i.e., change 16 template files within the 6 BP folders transferred to your iFeature theme folder in server during the compatibility process.

If you’ve previously changed any of the BP template files in your theme folder, replace all of them for a clean slate by deleting the 6 BP folders in server – /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 for registration/register.php: http://pastebin.com/q7te52hk
Updated 050812 — Simplified with right sidebar
`

`

Save files.

C. Upload the 6 BP folders containing the 16 files you revised up to your server wp-content/themes/ifeature/

D. Copy the style modifications made in BP Twenty Ten https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/theme-dev-bp-template-pack-walkthrough-twenty-ten-bp-1-5/3/ to the bottom of your theme’s stylesheet. Adjust styles to taste after.

thanks for this code, answers my next need in current BP project. in answer to last two questions, try this plugin I found: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-access-manager/ has allowed me to create custom BP roles recognized by BP core and other plug-ins like Justin Tadlock’s roles-at-registration, role-scoper, etc.

You have to enable registration in WordPress side. Go to dashboard menu > Settings > General — Membership – and check “Anyone can register”

No Luck, buddypress said that it was a wordpress to server issue. but my server company is saying that the gd library is installed and working fine. So i dunno

== I did install through the one click installation. ==

WordPress should be installed manually i.e. via FTP, cpanel, etc. and NOT via webhost scripts which bring about numerous issues when BuddyPress is activated. – https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/before-installing/#system-server

@indyowls I would need pastebin of some other files as well. But if you’re using the ifeatures free theme here https://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ifeature then you won’t need to add any more pastes.

@videogamerznet Arras is no longer hosted at WP Theme Repo.
Which Arras theme version did you download from Google code home http://code.google.com/p/arras-theme/downloads/list ? You might want to install the a) Theme Check plugin and b) Log Deprecated Notices plugin to check if the Arras theme version you have has been updated for WordPress 3.3 at the very least before thinking of making it compatible with BuddyPress.

@roguedjinni Are you using this colorway theme? — > https://wordpress.org/extend/themes/colorway

Are you on Windows or Linux server or locally hosted on WAMP, MAMP, or XAMPP?

If on webhosting service, did you install WordPress via webhost script like Fantastico or Simplescripts, etc.? Start from scratch and install WordPress manually as in upload via FTP/cPanel/etc. Otherwise, please check server requirements plus WP configurations https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/before-installing/#system-server

@pfelberg I know you wanted the second option. But based on the HTML structure of your theme, you’d need to use the first option, i.e., change 16 template files within the 6 BP folders transferred to your Minimatica theme folder in server during the compatibility process.

If you’ve previously changed any of the BP template files in your theme folder, replace all of them for a clean slate by deleting the 6 BP folders in server – /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
`

Which Frisco theme are you referring to? URI to theme?

WP Theme Repo has https://wordpress.org/extend/themes/frisco-for-buddypress which is child theme of BP-default theme