I don’t think this is a problem with Buddypress, so much as any popular WordPress site. They will get plenty of spambots registering for accounts.
There are plenty of solutions including:
Captcha plugins like SI Captcha or WP-Recaptcha
Akismet
Bad Behavior
Etc,
However, the best solution is active moderation. And I’m guessing the crew that runs this site is also busy developing Buddypress, bbPress, etc. to spend a bunch of time moderating this site. Perhaps they should seek out volunteers to help moderate.
In activity/index.php – at the top replace
`
`
with
`<?php
/**
* @package WordPress
* @subpackage Clockstone_Theme_1.1.1
*/
get_header();
$page_layout = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), ‘page_layout’, true);
if (!$page_layout){ $page_layout = ‘sidebar_bg’; }
?>
<?php
if ($page_layout == ‘sidebar_bg’){
echo ‘
‘;
} elseif ($page_layout == ‘sidebar_bg sidebar_left’){
echo ‘
‘;
} else {
echo ‘
‘;
}
?>`
At the bottom of activity/index.php, replace
`
`
with
`
`
Let’s see how that goes 
To clarify, I’ve seen the documentation here:
https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/
But my theme template is fairly complex, and I’m not sure where to begin. I’d really appreciate some help.
Am running multisite
Have bp on blog 2 define ( ‘BP_ROOT_BLOG’, 2 ); in wp-config
the tab ‘Pages’ in Dashboard > BuddyPress > Components on blog 2 has no mention of a blogs directory
earlier in the Dashboard Network admin there was a warning
“Some of your WordPress pages are linked to BuddyPress Components that are disabled: ok, one ore time. Repair” pressed button . this seemed to redirect me to BuddyPress Components on blog 1 which had the same set-up in the tab ‘Pages’
(i did have 1.29 on this site)
Directories
Associate a WordPress Page with each BuddyPress component directory.
Activity Streams
Discussion Forums
User Groups
Members
then registration.
no mention of a Blog Directory ?
(just posted from another blog (id8) and it was picked up by the activity stream)
If this is not replicated in your setups then i must have installed incorrectly and thats ok please say so as i don’t want to waste your time.
just testing this out the version im using is trunk 4932
On http://testbp.org/ bbpress 2.0 is used. I’d like to change to the plugin version, too.
Maybe a little stupid question, but I’m not sure about it: Do I have to drop the content of bbpress-folder in buddypress and install the new bbpress plugin version via wordpress plugin installation? (So that it’s in the plugins folder, not in buddypress)
In my case I don’t have to care about data, because I’m still testing and there are no real discussions. But for the others it maybe interesting: Will the forum data be catched by the new install?
@djpaul Thanks for your answer. I was not able to recreate it on the test drive – I’d have to be a group admin to see these admin links. But I saw there that you use bbpress 2.0 – do we have to change from standalone bbpress version to the bbpress wordpress plugin?
not sure about it – in this thread Bage said no: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/buddypress-1-3-trunk-and-bbpress-2/
@darrenmeehan
Hi. Some URLs can be changed, some others need to be changed in the theme (or core), unfortunately.
In BP 1.5, root-level pages e.g. .com/members and .com/groups are controlled by standard WordPress Pages. You’ll be able to rename title and slug by editing the Page details.
URLs like e.g. .com/members/admin/**groups**/ are changed as detailed on https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/changing-internal-configuration-settings/ (“Change the URL slugs of BuddyPress components”).
URLs like e.g. com/groups/group_name/**send-invites**/ have to be changed by editing the theme files, and filtering parts of the BuddyPress core output.
“, does Buddypress.org use multisites for its blogs and forums.”
YES. it uses multisite for individual blogs for each user. Full blogs like wordpress.com has.
“When i installed buddypress
and added the forums it says group forums???”
Ye,s the forums are attached to groups. that’s how it works here too.
Multiple post of the same thing Buddypress.org did that not me and when i go to delete it goes to a page that says cant find page, like i said who ever is packaging or updating the actual site needs to fix bugs in Buddypress.org and the plugin for wordpress, you guys have been very helpful thanks…
I’ve put on our bug tracking system, and I’ve just fixed it — thanks for testing
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3442
Ok so how do i enable blogs for my member, ok for example on ning you just drag and drop your features
where you want them, how do i do that with wp and buddypress/ i tried multi site but didnt work right.
buddpress is supposed to be the plugin that ads social network to your wordpress but when i ad the plugin
only thing it does is give metheme but the default theme doesnt have blogs forum etc like who ever did the pacakeing for buddypress should realy rethink the concept of social network. they need to add
photos, blog, forum, videos etc to the theme. Like i said im useing wp and bp to start a social network like Ning
not a personal blog, where my members can post blogs, forums, videos, photos etc.
I hope some one with intell on this setup can give me better way to do this asfor the buddy press themes
noneof them have blogs or forums in the theme. I more geared towards adding these features manually than plugins, like how dow i add blog feature for my members videos, photos, forums etc? that multisite thing
after i installed it took away the ability to even add plugins or update my theame and i had to rebuild my whole site because people cant answer simple question on this forum as how to add features for users
Please some one who understands what imean please let me know if theres a theme with allthis included…
Ok so how do i enable blogs for my member, ok for example on ning you just drag and drop your features
where you want them, how do i do that with wp and buddypress/ i tried multi site but didnt work right.
buddpress is supposed to be the plugin that ads social network to your wordpress but when i ad the plugin
only thing it does is give metheme but the default theme doesnt have blogs forum etc like who ever did the pacakeing for buddypress should realy rethink the concept of social network. they need to add
photos, blog, forum, videos etc to the theme. Like i said im useing wp and bp to start a social network like Ning
not a personal blog, where my members can post blogs, forums, videos, photos etc.
I hope some one with intell on this setup can give me better way to do this asfor the buddy press themes
noneof them have blogs or forums in the theme. I more geared towards adding these features manually than plugins, like how dow i add blog feature for my members videos photos forums etc? that multisite thing
after i installed it took away the ability to even add plugins or update my theame and i had to rebuild my whole site because people cant answer simple question on this forum as how to add features for users
Please some one who understands what imean please let me know if theres a theme with allthis included…
Ok so how do i enable blogs for my member, ok for example on ning you just drag and drop your features
where you want them, how do i do that with wp and buddypress/ i tried multi site but didnt work right.
buddpress is supposed to be the plugin that ads social network to your wordpress but when i ad the plugin
only thing it does is give metheme but the default theme doesnt have blogs forum etc like who ever did the pacakeing for buddypress should realy rethink the concept of social network. they need to add
photos, blog, forum, videos etc to the theme. Like i said im useing wp and bp to start a social network
not a personal blog, more like Ning where my members can post blogs, forums, videos, photos etc.
I hope some one with intell on this setup can give me better way to do this asfor the buddy press themes
noneof them have blogs or forums in the theme. I more geared towards adding these features manually than plugins, like how dow i add blog feature for my members videos photos forums etc? that multisite thing
after i installed it took away the ability to even add plugins or update my theame and i had to rebuild my whole site because people cant answer simple question on this forum as how to add features for users
Please some one who understands what imean please let me know if theres a theme with allthis included…
`Deleting a comment/post in a blog is not reflected in the activity stream`
This is how it is meant to work. It’s a good idea for further consideration for a future enhancement; please make such a ticket on https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/
Regarding activity stream comment and favourite buttons not working. I cannot recreate. Can you on testbp.org? Are they broken for *ALL* activity stream items, or just on this “wrote a new blog post” item? Does it still do it if you post on a new blog post’s activity item?
paulpski:
Do you have permalinks working properly?
https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks
You may need to edit your .htaccess file
He asked a tool for wordpress. What does that have to do with WordPress Template Pack? I use the add-on for buddypress to make the theme compatible and it doesn’t work all the way.
Just to be perfectly clear, having multiple blogs is a feature built in to WordPress itself, not BuddyPress. BP just shows them if they are there.
Based on what I see at https://buddypress.org/community/groups/localization/forum/topic/how-to-translate-submenus-slugs/ I skimmed through trac to see if there was any tickets on this,https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2086 came up, but it doesn’t look like its possible without editing core yet.
Deactivate all plugins and change to WP default theme.
Follow steps https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network
If you hit any snag during your multisite setup, please find resolution at https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite before installing BuddyPress.
@greenmeanie WordPress works with any theme if you use the Template Pack.
And Mingle is dreadfully incomparable to BP.
WP wins in almost every category: http://deviousmedia.com/infographics/devious_cms.png
Well I have spent many hours testing the move from 1.0rc1 to 1.2.9 with a smaller sample of user data and it worked out fine. Some hiccups here and there but I worked it all out. This is probably more common than you think, as I understand there was a popular WordPress MU + BuddyPress1.0rc1 package back in the day.
I spend months reworking the root theme from something compatible with 1.0rc1 to 1.2.9, and now 1.5 is announced!! I sure hope a theme that works with 1.2.9 moves easily into 1.5, I made no core changes and uses the appropriate hooks, so heres hoping.
Yeah I figured it was a theme, so I spun up a whole new install at http://consensualreality.net/wordpress/ Activity works, member profiles works. Begin head hitting desk.
As for the bupkis thing.
When I make a new page named ‘news’ (which I had … 2 months ago, but deleted it) or even ‘whats-new’ on it’s own, the page works.
If I make that the Activity page, it redirects again.
