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Open up sidebar-buddypress.php, at the top of the file, above other code add this:
`

jQuery(document).ready( function() {
if ( jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).length && !jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).hasClass(‘show’) )
jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).toggle();
jQuery( ‘input#signup_with_blog’ ).click( function() {
jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).fadeOut().toggle();
});
});

`

Save file.

Upload to wp-content/themes/quickstart/

Re: styling of BP components. You might want to use some or all of the style modifications used in Twenty Ten theme https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/theme-dev-bp-template-pack-walkthrough-twenty-ten-bp-1-5/3/

First of all, delete footer-buddypress.php, we won’t be needing it.

Open up header-buddypress.php and at the bottom of the file below other code add this:
`

It’s in a WordPress context. Unfortunately, get_avatar() accepts a size parameter, but simply scales the thumbnail rather than fetching the full-sized image. There must be a way to retrieve the full-sized image?

@Craiglovelock – the “create an account” link is in the sidebar.php file.

Line 37
Seen Here: https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/bp-themes/bp-default/sidebar.php#L37

@Craiglovelock – you will have to figure out how to insert a custom textfield into the wordpress registration page and then insert a “name” field (sorry, cant help more since i have never touched the wordpress registration form)

Since you have disabled the buddypress registration form and you have given wordpress back control over it, you may get better answers on the wordpress.org forums.

== I also tried to use some of the code in prior threads that helped others with this similar problem, but nothing worked. ==

Those won’t work because of different HTML structures in all probability. Let me check on what you’ve posted so far.

EDIT – Please confirm that the codes within header-buddypress.php, sidebar-buddypress.php and footer-buddypress.php are original copies of your theme’s header.php, sidebar.php and footer.php respectively. That is, you have not added any other code to the aforementioned xxx-buddypress.php files.

Correct.

== If that’s true, I’m gonna have to rethink how I do future WordPress installations ==

True, but you could also export XML from one install and import that into a new WP site installed at domain root. Or, if that’s going leave behind other data you want to keep, have you posted at WP org forums to find a way to reverse the process of giving WP its own directory so that you could export clean DB from old install and import into WP installed at domain root.

You mean https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory which doesn’t work with WP multisite either?

It would appear that BuddyPress overrides the send from address to wordpress@yourdomain.com which you may not have setup as a email on your host.

But yes the Mail From plugin allows you to change it to an address that you have on your host.

you can go back the the wordpress toolbar by adding
define( ‘BP_USE_WP_ADMIN_BAR’, true ) to your bp-custom.php file – https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/bp-custom-php/

The buddybar is being depreciated, so it’s no longer worth messing around with it to get it perfect (and the wordpress toolbar is alot cooler lookin’)

@illusionApp – what exactly isn’t working? is the sidebar not aligned correctly? or…?

We have some codex entries that might also help – https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/bp-template-pack-walkthrough-level-easy-2/

Is this for a WordPress blog comment or a BuddyPress activity comment / group comment / status update / anything BuddyPress?

If WordPress query the codex for params https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_avatar

`<?php
echo get_avatar
(
‘user-id-which-you-can-find-in-users-table-or-user-email’,
‘size-in-numeric-form’,
‘path-to-avatar-if-none-supplied-will-use-mystery-man,
‘alt-text-for-image-goes-between’
);
?>`

If it’s BuddyPress and you are using outside a loop then there are also parameters you can pass. However documentation here is a little sparser than the WordPress Codex.

Hey @Marcella, 10 bucks is awesome! I can drink to BuddyPress and the possibilities it represents

You can find the donation link on my blog http://alextheafrican.wordpress.com/

Thanks!

My working setup for a site-wide forum is:
Disable the BuddyPress Forum component altogether (BuddyPress>Components)
Install the bbPress plugin for WordPress.
Don’t create a “Forum” page within WordPress. If one exists, I got odd behavior, even if it was in Draft status. (Definitely don’t make a Forums page and add the bbPress shortcode.)
Enable bbPress plugin.
Create a new forum via the admin menu Forums > New Forum.
Go to the dashboard menu Settings > Permalinks and Save. (This flushes your permalinks.)

Now, when you go to your bbPress default slug, it should take over and build the page. If you have other forum-related weirdness, like “Please pick the group forum where you would like to post this topic” or “Can’t create topic”, check for the existence of bbconfig.php at the root of your web space. If it exists, open it and make sure that it has the correct database info entered in it. (The host, user and password should probably match what is entered in wp-config.php.)

Are they in a spam or junk folder?

Have you tried installing https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/ then use it to send a debug email? It can show where an email gets stuck and error codes that can be googled….

That sounds like a good idea for an enhancement. Can you add a ticket onto our trac at http://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org? Thanks.

Putting forums aside, do only member pages not work? Does everything else work? e.g. WordPress post permalinks, WordPress pages, BuddyPress groups.

@FuriousCigars “I doubt anyone here is really worried about my one site” I’m worried. Not about you deactivating buddypress, that’s your problem… but i am worried about your site

Firstly, have you read through the codex? https://codex.buddypress.org/troubleshooting/navigation-links-return-404-errors/

Secondly, are you running any other WordPress plugins? Their usually the common cause of 404 errors (in my experience). If you can, deactivate them all (except for buddypress) and see if the problem gets resolved. if it is resolved start reactivating them all one by one to find the culprit.

@Haraldo88

1. Yes, you get that out of the box.
2. There are a couple ways to make this happen. One is a plugin called BP Album (or BP Media): http://code.google.com/p/buddypress-media/ Another is a simple forum attachment plugin, which is a bit outdated and not easy to set up on all systems, but might be worth a look: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/forum-attachments-for-buddypress/
3. BP Media is your best bet for that.

Good luck with BuddyPress!