@Firynze @Witi
Are the emails in the spam or junk directories?
Some hosts need an extra plugin to work with wordpress mail, such as the one suggested on the following page: https://codex.buddypress.org/troubleshooting/frequently-asked-questions/
I have used https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/ which has a useful debugging feature….
@mycreativeway –
jqueryui has an autocomplete widget you can work with (or have a look at the older autocomplete plugin that’s used already in BuddyPress for usernames e.g. when you send a message). http://jqueryui.com/demos/autocomplete/
The correct way to set up it up in a WP environment is by getting the autocomplete plugin to make an AJAX request to admin-ajaxurl, which will call on to an action that you create to return suggested names.
It’s not straightforward, but a Google around will retrieve details on how to best setup an Ajax call in WP – alternatively the book “Professional WordPress Plugin Development” has a good chapter on it.
@boonebgorges Thanks for this, I have another question, as a test, I installed 3.3 beta 1 today, and tried to install buddypress ( latest SVN version) but every time I click network activate it do nothing, the plugin is never showing as activated in the list of plugins or any further install instructions showing, is current svn not compatible yet with WordPress 3.3?
FYI, this filter has been added, and will be in 1.5.1. See https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/5237
After searching for hours on end to find the solution to this I think I’ve found something. I too had installed the latest Buddypress with the latest WordPress and couldn’t get the forums to work. There was no tab linking to the forums page using the default buddypress theme and when typing in /forums/ it would just redirect back to the homepage.
Under Buddypress->Pages set ‘Discussion Forums’ to ‘none’ rather than the ‘Forum’ page.
This worked for me an hopefully it works for everyone else. Please note this works for the site wide forum option, I haven’t tried the group forums.
Also seeing as it was so easy I’m guessing it’s probably not the best way to fix things and I’ve more than likely done something wrong but until someone corrects me it’s a solution that works.
Hope it helps 
Download and install bbPress 2.x from WordPress.org
By the way, I’m using:
BuddyPress v1.5
WordPress v3.2.1
Custom Profile Filters for BuddyPress Plugin v0.3.1 with it set to strip tags except for
.
I did disable the Custom Profile Filters for BuddyPress plugin and nothing changed, so I don’t think there is plugin interference.
Check out this:
BuddyPress / WordPress Giveaway Plugin | CubePoints Lottery Giveaway / Contest System
It’s very feature rich and I tested it meticulously as well. I’m very proud of it.
It’s a plugin that you install, set your settings in the admin and your good to go.
You can use the shortcode [lottery1] to display it on any page. With support with up to 5 lotteries running at once.
More info and how to get it here: http://store.slyspyder.com/
Please post this as an enhancement ticket on Trac:
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/newticket
On the backend, you’d need to experiment with adding some activity meta.
In BP 1.5, all the activity meta functions are available in bp-activity/bp-activity-functions.php:
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/1.5/bp-activity/bp-activity-functions.php#L438
On the frontend, you’ll need to add an input field to the post form and then grabbing the form data so you can save it as activity meta. Check out /bp-default/activity/post-form.php for the actual form.
Saving the title might be a little tricky with AJAX though.
Is there an exact reason why you want to use WordPress signup rather than the BuddyPress one? BuddyPress sign up is a bit more apt for a BuddyPress site so trying to understand the use case here.
@nahummadrid do post this also at https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite where there are BP/MS users as well.
I have followed these two steps –
1. Create a new theme folder for your Twenty Eleven child theme. For this example, the child theme is called BP Twenty Eleven so we’ll name our theme folder bp-twentyeleven.
2. Create a style.css file and add it in the bp-twentyeleven folder with content below:
(copying the suggested content for style.css)
3. Upload the bp-twentyeleven folder with the style.css file within to your server at /wp-content/themes/
NB My installation is on stand alone PC not connected to the internet.
When I attempt the start of the Compatibility Process and click on “update your existing wordpress theme I get the following error:
An unexpected HTTP error occurred during the API request – Try Again
I cant progress beyond this point.
dubwarrior, If you do not want to show activate/register in main navigation, bp-default supports custom menus. Go to dashboard – Appearance > Menus. Create a menu with just the links you want in your main navigation, Save. Then associate that menu with the Primary location and Save.
Deactivate all plugins by renaming the plugins folder manually via FTP/cpanel to e.g. wp-content/plugins-xxx
IF wordpress isn’t sending any emails (ie they’re not in spam or junk folders) it may need an extra plugin – see https://codex.buddypress.org/troubleshooting/frequently-asked-questions/
Or try https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/ to help diagnose where the issue is and add some extra settings to fix it…
hi there modemlooper can you help????
The question is, is there any way to use Google Apps with WordPress. BuddyPress doesn’t touch any user authentication parts. Good idea, let us know what you find out
To be honest just put in the theme files probably is the lightest / speediest solution. Google lets you know where in the code to place things – put that in the footer.php before the closing tags it says.
But, if you are using the default theme for BuddyPress you probably either want to do a child or you want to use a plugin.
I’ve not tried it but perhaps: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/ works – after all if it’s just inserting into the theme files….
BuddyPress Private Community is in the Fail list here https://codex.buddypress.org/releases/1-5-plugin-compatibility/, however the error listed in this table seems to be for another plugin.
When I install Private Community, it does create a php error, but I found this error is not created by the plugin, but by a BuddyPress bug described here: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-buddypress-private-community-when-clicking-on-a-protected-page-i-get-error.
I have made the fixes described for this bug, and Private Community now seems to be working, although I am still testing.
