BuddyPress.org

At the Admin Dashboard select Settings then the Permalinks subsection….

Buddypress does not work properly with the ‘Default’ so select something different.

Save Changes.

If wordpress can’t write to the .htaccess file, it should tell you what you need to manually copy and paste.

The main .htaccess file is normally in the top level of the directory where the wp-config.php file should also be…. In some file systems it may be hidden…

mod_rewrite must be enabled on your server for pretty permalinks to work.

See: https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks

WordPress 3.2 uses a newer version of jQuery that conflicts with the JS in BuddyPress 1.2.x.

Alter your /bp-themes/bp-default/_inc/global.js to reflect the following:
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=4450%40trunk%2Fbp-themes%2Fbp-default%2F_inc%2Fglobal.js&old=4349%40trunk%2Fbp-themes%2Fbp-default%2F_inc%2Fglobal.js

At the end of the day, this is a support site for BuddyPress. Us opening up groups for third-party plugin support was an experiment of its own, and a successful one I think. We put your plugin and support information in one convenient Group as opposed to mixing all of them together with tags like WordPress.org does.

That said, there is nothing anyone can ever do here that will give it more emphasis than BuddyPress itself. I actually think its great if you outgrow your space here, as it means you’re doing well and being successful, fostering an essential part of the BuddyPress ecosystem.

I like the idea of eventually having a popular plugin page. If that happens, clearly BP Media stands out. I think the best way to keep things running smoothly currently is to focus on BuddyPress core development and support, and iterate on the third-party plugin experience for what it is.

It’s documented in functions code.
– Build a child theme of bp-default theme https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/
– To change header height/width, create a functions.php in child theme folder and apply filters per https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/1.5.2/bp-themes/bp-default/functions.php#L91
– To change `#header h1`, in same child theme’s functions.php you’ll override parent theme’s function (lines 213 to 270) at https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/1.5.2/bp-themes/bp-default/functions.php with:
`function bp_dtheme_admin_header_style() {
?>

// add/revise styles you see in file

<?php
}`

Before going through the theme compability process, you have to go through the proper installation of BuddyPress through the wizard first, hence no BP Compatibility link in Appearance dashboard menu.

Before going through the BP installation wizard, make backups of your database and server files first. If you’re using the same server where BP ‘crashed’ the site, then there’s a possibility it could crash again, or it might not crash since there have been major code improvements already.

Please do your backups now.

https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/setting-up-a-new-installation/buddypress-1-5-installation-wizard/
https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/configure-buddypress-components/
https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/

my plugin https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-rate-forum-posts/ is compatible and has been for a while now. The version they tested on this page https://codex.buddypress.org/releases/1-5-plugin-compatibility/ was an out of date version. how can this be rested and updated?

https://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked
http://wpmu.org/hacked-is-your-wordpress-site-being-turned-into-a-cheap-luxury-store/
https://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress

Their’s lots of plugins that do that. Have a look at the plugin directory.
eg. https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-private-community/

Or; code it yourself.
http://pastebin.com/rgJ6BQc8 (thanks to David from friscotheme.com for the pastebin)
just paste the code into your bp-custom.php file and modify to your needs.

I would install https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/ and see what debugging information it provides when sending a test email

Then google for the errors….

According to: https://codex.buddypress.org/releases/1-5-plugin-compatibility/ Buddypress Ajax Chat is incompatable with wordpress 1.5

Others are having similar problems: https://wordpress.org/tags/buddypress-ajax-chat?forum_id=10

Did you try this plugin?
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/welcome-pack/

Do you have Network enabled? have a look at this page – https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network

The option to allow user blogs wont show up in the buddypress settings page unless network’s is enabled.

EDIT: Also, RE: Roles – it’s the same as wordpress have a look at https://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities

Something like this? https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-profile-menu/screenshots/

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-auto-group-join/

If you want to disable commenting only for forum topics and blog posts in activity stream, then you only need to go to wp-admin menu BuddyPress > Settings and click Yes radio button beside “Disable activity stream commenting on blog and forum posts?”

If you want to totally disable commenting in activity streams and you have a bp-default child theme, copy over https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/1.5.2/bp-themes/bp-default/activity/entry.php to your child theme folder following directory structure like mychildthemefolder/activity/entry.php then delete lines 54 through 84 as seen in link above. Save file and upload to server.

If you used the BP Template Pack to make your WP theme compatible with BP, open up /activity/entry.php which had been transferred to your WP theme in server during the compatibility process and delete lines as stated above.

@jennybeaumont this is something you should post over at https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite where I recall seeing a solution to this. Very helpful and knowledgeable Mods will point you in the right direction.

thanks @boonebgorges for the mention

I’m not sure this is a bp-moderation problem, from the traces I see bpmod is calling bp_forums_get_topic_posts that load bbpress that tries to alter the db causing the error (the altered tables are not bpmod tables either), bpmod could just be the first to call something forum related and makes bp load bb.

@unwiredtech you could try disabling bpmod and see if the forums work correctly without errors, but I feel its more likely that something is wrong with bb db upgrading, maybe some corruption or wrong db version stored in the options.
Anyway if you narrow down the problem to bp-moderation please write to the plugin forum https://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-moderation/forum/ or mention me, I’m not usually around here but I follow the plugin activities via rss.

Before installing BuddyPress, make sure that your pretty permalinks are working in your WordPress installation and that you can access your .htaccess file. Otherwise, please resolve these issues at WP forums first – https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting