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You can see 3.2RC1 on the BP Test site:

http://testbp.org/

I can’t see how it could be a caching issue. Are you on multisite or regular WordPress, and do you mind sharing what’s in your .htaccess file?

@triznic have you tried to work on what I posted above?

get_sidebar appears in footer.php for the intrepidity theme https://themes.svn.wordpress.org/intrepidity/1.5.1/footer.php so following the structure of your theme onto the activity/index.php file, you don’t add any get_sidebar calls in the other BP template files

WP started out primarily as a blogging tool.

The default home page for BuddyPress using the bp-default theme is the blog index page like you see at http://testbp.org/

If you want a static page in front page and have a “blog” link read https://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page

It’s possible that the server isn’t sending any mail….

Some web hosting services need an extra plugin to send mail. I have successfully used: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/ but there are others.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/quick-post-widget/ plus others listed (check if updated to current WP version) in http://wpmu.org/8-wordpress-plugins-that-enable-posting-and-editing-from-the-front-end/

It’s not that the activation key is being “lost”. It’s that the user has already been activated, and the error being thrown by WP/BP (“provide a valid key”) is extremely unhelpful. It will be improved in BP 1.3.

Just instruct your users to log in with their username and password. They should find that their accounts are fully functional.

BTW, another plugin to help with activation is https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/unconfirmed

@v_andreev

There’s also this plugin that’s supposed to work with BP: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-activate-users/
And the code snippet in this thread works very well (I’ve used it): https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/get-non-activated-users/

I think you need to fix WordPress before you use BuddyPress. I am assuming your host has disabled ini_set; research into if you can re-enable it.

@Shazar

Joining a site running Buddypress can be as simple or as convoluted as you want to make it for potential members. There are quite a few plugins that can be implemented for captchas; authentification via other networks like Facebook, Google, etc; profile synchronization with other networks; custom login pages and much more. An example of the basic BP account creation process can be found on one of my sites here: http://buddylite.com/register/

The only thing I’ve added to the default registration process on BuddyLite is a simple math captcha called Buddypress Humanity: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-humanity/
You can see a working example of one front-end post solution called TDO-Mini-Forms on the same site here: http://buddylite.com/buddybuilder-style-submission/ and the end results here: http://buddylite.com/category/custom-buddybuilder-styles/
You’ll need to login as a test user to see the form though… user = buzzer / pass = hellobirdie

On another site I’m currently working on, you can see an example of another front-end post form called Quick Post Widget: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/quick-post-widget/
See it here: http://kwitterz.com/share-your-thoughts-with-all-kwitterz/
Again, you’ll need to login… user = pjohn / pass = gollysarge

Hope this helps to get you started!

Make sure the .htcaccess file is at the root of your WordPress installation at that it has permissions of 644. Also, make sure Apache is enabled to do the URL rewrites that BuddyPress requires: http://www.lavluda.com/2007/07/15/how-to-enable-mod_rewrite-in-apache22-debian/.

> but why does BuddyPress think it’s not the case that a user should redirect to their info?

That’s just the way it works. By default, the BuddyPress front page is not the user’s profile page.

> Is there a way to code this, without getting into BuddyPress and later regretting it. I don’t want to use anymore plugins.

You can either edit/create bp-custom.php in the plugins directory or use a plugin that someone has created like bp-profile-as-homepage. If you look at the code for this plugin (one short php file), it is very simple. It taps into a wordpress hook to add a check to see if the user is logged in and if so whether the current page is the front page. If it is, then it redirects to the user’s profile page. That seems to be what you want.

1. Create a child theme of bp-default
– https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/

2. Copy header.php from bp-default and paste in your child theme folder.
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/1.2.8/bp-themes/bp-default/header.php

3. Open up header.php in your child theme folder. In the area below and insert the code in bold below.
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<li class=”selected”><a href="” title=””>

• class=”selected”><a href="/about/” title=””>


`

Are you using a child theme of bp-default or a WordPress theme with BP template pack plugin activated?

Template file – https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/1.2.8/bp-themes/bp-default/members/single/activity/permalink.php

EDIT – pcwriter, didn’t see you there. Bad habit of mine to take phone calls and chatting first before answering forum post

@ttibot

Quick Post Widget allows guest posting with captcha:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/quick-post-widget/

BuddyPress Activity Plus allows embedding or uploading media directly to the activity stream:
http://wpmu.org/introducing-buddypress-activity-plus-a-free-plugin-for-uploading-and-embedding-media/
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-activity-plus/

Hope this helps!

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-wp-signupphpnewmydomaincom-loop-after-multi-site-installation

https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/roadmap

So I see you installed the BP Template Pack plugin.

You still need to go through the compatibility process as seen here https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/

An example of how this is done https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/bp-template-pack-walkthrough-level-easy-2/

I have author bios on my blog, see this: http://culturismo-fitness.com/puedes-ganar-musculo-pero-se-realista/
It is a example… if you wanna how to: http://gabediaz.com/blog/displaying-author-pic-and-bio-in-your-wordpress-post/