To answer your P.S. question, no the theme is not BuddyPress ready. It’s a regular WordPress theme. I just really liked the way it looked for my website, and I was unable to find a BuddyPress enabled theme that fit the style I was looking for.
Thank you for the quick response! My apologies, I thought I read a comment by a moderator from a previous post that said not to follow the instructions about 1.7.1, but I was mistaken.
When you say to follow the 1.7 steps, I assume you mean the information contained in this codex: https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/theme-compatibility-1-7/a-quick-look-at-1-7-theme-compatibility/
If not, can you list the codex that contains this information, or can you recommend any other BuddyPress Codex you feel would help if I read?
The user “mercime” helped another user get BuddyPress to work on the theme I purchased, but it was using the BP Template Pack, which I know I cannot obtain anymore with BuddyPress 1.8.1. Those instructions were in this post https://buddypress.org/support/topic/resolved-problem-with-adjusting-code-to-fit-theme-modernize/
Thank you again for your help!
No the current theme compatibility documentation is up to date and doesn’t say don’t follow 1.7 steps. 1.7 introduced theme compat, 1.8 just extended the template hierarchy, you need to follow the steps outlined for creating child themes, creating a buddypress.php file based on page,php and then that buddypress file will need to updated to work correctly with your theme which sadly, as a lot of themeforest themes are is not compliant with the standard WP template system that BP works through.
So use those guides they should put you on the right lines and if this is client work then oughtn’t to be too hard to figure out.
P.S I note that you say told the theme that bp pages should have sidebars, so is this actually a BP ready /enabled theme ? If so and things aren’t working then you’re best of speaking to theme author or their support channels as they will no best how their theme is constructed and offer far better help.
@cogden-1
Try this plugin I made. This only makes BuddyPress and bbPress private.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/private-bp-pages/
Also make sure you read the FAQ first:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/private-bp-pages/faq/
Make sure you clear the previous code out of bp-custom.php that you posted above!
Thanks @henrywright-1
I did look at Buddyblog but didn’t know that a list of posts on profile comes standard. I actually don’t want my users to blog from their profile. I just want to show a list of blog posts on my member profiles. In any case I will check it out.
It seems a pity that the simple Posts in Profile plugin cannot be fixed. I posted on this subject 7 months ago and no one has been able to make it work. It also seems like a highly visible and critical piece to Buddypress WordPress integration. Anyone using WordPress and thinking of adding BP social networking features will want this.
Guess I will let it go!
After setting up bbPress and BuddyPress I keep having an weird user on my site. @user-firstnameuser-lastname keeps showing up in the member list. I have Are You Human as a form of spam protection but what gives? Is this a hacker or a issue with WordPress/Buddypress/bbpress?
Thanks for the reply, You we’re right it was deprecated, however still no joy.
e.g. <?php echo xprofile_get_field_data( 'TWITCH TV Username', get_the_author_meta('ID') ); ?>
Also tried <?php echo xprofile_get_field_data( 'TWITCH TV Username', the_author_meta('ID') ); ?> re: https://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_meta
Also with no joy.
Any other thoughts
As I was trying to change some features in website, I decided to deactivate the Buddypress plugin for a while. Immediately buddypress plugin and some plugins associated to bp are crashed. I got the following Notification. Rest of the plugins are working good. I can access my cpanel but in cpanel I could not access any of the plugins.
Error: Call to undefined function bp_core_do_network_admin() in D:\Hosting\11531525\html\wp-content\plugins\buddypress-virtual-gifts-widget-make-money-boost-social-network-engagement\lib\admin\admin.php on line 44
This is the error message I am getting.
I do not remember which version of bp i was using. wordpress version is 3.6
Website link: http://www.tamilanet.com
Please help in resolving this issue.
Thanks,
Looks like the problem is that the WP function you’re using is deprecated. Try
get_the_author_meta('ID')
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_the_author_meta
Hello BP community,
I have been having trouble with certain aspects of Buddypress on my website. One reoccurring problem is a blank page when users try to “create a group” from the toolbar.
I understand that it may be a theme compatibility issue, but am pretty tied to my current theme (Nature 2.0 by SMthemes.com). Can anyone please help me out about how I can make my theme completely compatible with BP?
I have limited coding skills, but could find someone to help me out.
I’m using BP 1.8.1 and WordPress 3.6.1.
My website is: http://www.thefreeair.com
Thanks in advance,
Josh
Greetings!
I am attempting to install BuddyPress 1.8.1 on my local machine and having issues with its activation.
When you click activate, the page will not load. From the browser messages I assume the script is causing a 500 error to occur but I cant figure out why as all other scripts work.
The Error Messages
In Chrome it says “This webpage is not available”
In IE it says “This page can’t be displayed”
In FireFox it says “The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading.”
In Safari it says “Safari can’t open the page”
The URL in question
http://localhost/uni/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=buddypress%2Fbp-loader.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=1a83d64615
My Environment
– WAMP Server 2.2
– Apache 2.2.21
– mod_rewrite enabled
– PHP 5.3.9
– MySQL 5.5.20
– WordPress 3.6.1
What I have tried
– Pretty permalinks are setup and functioning correctly
– Deactivated all plugins, switched to Twenty Thirteen Theme
– Tried installing from the repo inside wordpress and manual install
Can anyone offer some insight into why this may be happening?
Thank you!
I advice you to take a look at this collection of themes you may find something that you need
wp worldtheme
it was useful for me, maybe for you too 😉
You could use this or study it to write your own:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-profile-search/
I am using the Colorway Pro theme and the plugins are Buddypress V1.8.1, Buddypress Activity Plus V1.5. WordPress is the latest update.
The site is in testing mode at the moment, but can be seen at http://www.thedogsclub.com/testing/
This is the link to the page I have problems with
http://www.thedogsclub.com/testing/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bp-components
I am trying to achieve something that looks like this screenshot, but at the moment it is more like a dogs dinner! http://wpmu.org/top-3-ways-to-build-a-social-network-with-wordpress/
Many thanks
So I’m trying to figure this out on my own and I got as far as finding out that since BuddyPress 1.7 there’s a new class: BP_User_Query – which should be similar to the standard wordpress WP_User_Query
However the official BuddyPress documentation page for the class is just a holding page (argh!) – https://codex.buddypress.org/developer/class-reference/bp_user_query/
Does anyone have a basic ‘Hello World’ example they could give me for pulling in a list of users based on a custom profile field?
I’d really appreciate it.
Thanks
I’ve set up a BuddyPress site (currently a test site) with the intention of anyone worldwide registering. I have a Pending Activations plugin active, and when any UK users register they immediately appear in the Pending Activations list, but when my friend in the USA registers she doesn’t appear in WordPress Users or Pending Activations. She isn’t prevented from registering, and she receives no notification that there is a problem with her registration. I have the site on a Centos VPS, and I’m using WordPress 3.6.1 with an Elbee Elgee Child Theme. All my plugins are up to date. I have no plugins that I have set to block any IP addresses, where do you think I should look to resolve this issue, please?
sorry but actually i finally found the correct plugin, here is the link for those who need it :
https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-sitewide-activity-widget/installation/
cheers,
have you checked out rt/buddypress media?
https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-media/
not really sure if it does what you want but just throwing it out there.
Hello guys,
I’ve been some issues in my buddypress site. In the profile page, every link is broken, missing part of the link.
Here is: http://i.imgur.com/nI7tPIf.png
If you guys look, the “members” or “membros” (in pt-br) is missing! Someone know what is going on?
My WordPress version is: 3.5.1
My Buddypress version is: 1.8.1
What I did:
– Reinstalled the buddypress
– Reinstalled the whole wordpress
Thanks!
After reading through prob. over 100 topics on this same problem I have not found a solution that works. I am running WP 3.6.1, BuddyPress 1.8.1 and the Function theme from Woothemes. I have installed BP and it seems as if everything works except the registration page is blank. YES I have checked “anyone can register” as has been suggested in 50 different other topics, I have changed the theme to the default 2012 theme from wordpress, I have even used the default theme that comes with BP and all still leads to a blank registration page. I have deactivated all of the plugins and still same problem. My theme folder did not have the folder “registration” in it so I added it as well as the register.php and activate.php files. I am totally frustrated and stuck. WordPress is installed within a /wordpress folder in the root. Help is greatly appreciated.
Webhost is GoDaddy
Site is http://www.store.imagebotique.com
Here are the details:
Wordpress 3.6.1
Plugins:
Buddypress 1.8.1
bbpress 2.4
Private Community For BP Lite 4.0
BePro Listings 1.2.35
@kvschwartz
I have not tested all of the capabilities of this plugin. I would pose this question to the author of this plugin here:
https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bp-direct-menus
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