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This has been fixed in our dev version; take a look at https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4169 for the fix

PDX came on IRC. For the benefit of Google, PDX is running on a server with the Confixx panel installed. It appears to do something funny with the Apache rules for .htaccess files, causing a 403 error on the entire domain (NOT just the WordPress specific files). http://wp.uberdose.com/2004/03/05/confixx-and-htaccess-and-mod_rewrite-403/ seemed to help

If by Jet Stream events plugin, you mean https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jet-event-system-for-buddypress/. I suggest you drop a line at plugin dev’s site http://jes.milordk.ru/forums/

== project management tool (with a budget tracker would also be cool) that has the ability to be integrated with wordpress and BB. ==

If by BB. you mean BuddyPress (BP), then try out https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-gtm-system/

I also had this problem and went through a deep analysis.

The issue stems from the fact that Bluehost requires that the email be sent from an account that exists on the system. They do this as an anti-spam technique and they require this even if the mail is originating from within the system.

Enter WordPress. PHP uses a mail function mail(). WordPress maps this to wp_mail() and pretty much everyone uses the wp_mail for the plugins within WordPress. This makes sense as it allows customization of WordPress mail at a relatively low cost of performance.

Enter Buddypress. Buddypress places a filter upon wp_mail() such that all email originate from the user ‘noreply’ on the domain such that end users don’t reply to the notifications. Sounds cool.

But remember that Bluehost does not allow email to be sent from non-accounts and that’s the catch.

Using a foreign SMTP does not work for Bluehost blocks those ports. Using local SMTP will work but you need to provide the right setup and credentials. Finally, using mail-from plugin works since it filter’s the Buddyhost filter changing the email from address back to a valid Bluehost email account.

Hopefully, this explains what is happening and you can choose which strategy you want to use to fix the problem.

This will probably be the fix you’re looking for – https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-sidebar/.

@dubsel

Try Advertising Manager. I’ve had no problems at all with it. It works like a charm and automatically recognizes most ad networks.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advertising-manager/

@eventfulsd

I just tried creating an account on your site and believe I’ve found the cause of the discrepancy between subscribers and members: no activation email is received so folks simply cannot activate their accounts.

Check with your hosting provider to ensure that your email accounts are set up correctly for WordPress (Buddypress uses the same email routines as WP).

@dinoraptor101 so you use the plugin https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cloudflare/ or did you test without it? If you did use it, maybe a bug report post on https://wordpress.org/tags/cloudflare?forum_id=10#postform about it would help get it solved

Thank you @djpaul for explaining this was php4 v. 5 issue. As you knew, I was guessing global would fix

And what message if any did you see when setting permalinks? If you saw a lot of code that is suggestive that WP wasn’t able to update your .htaccess file and is showing you what needs to go in the file. You’ll need to confirm that you actually have mod_rewrite working correctly, perhaps first disable BP and ensure that WP works correctly with permalink structure for posts.

Edit// I note that you have a url structure with that dreaded index.php in, ‘Almost pretty permalinks’ ? I think that you perhaps ought to read the WP codex page on permalinks to arm yourself with a little further understanding of this area and how to deal with it, you may have to add a custom link structure adding in the index.php/year/month/etc

https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks

Of course we’ll make sure that whatever the current version of WordPress happens to be, BuddyPress will work with it.

I think people want to know if BuddyPress 1.3 will work with WordPress 3.2, or will there ever be a time when all three versions of software are up to date, completed and compatible with each other, since they rely on each other to run?

People may be concerned about “security updates” and other issues that would make their buddy press site vulnerable to attacks.

Also, will future releases of buddypress have more of the newer social networking features built into it? (Share buttons, sort by popularity, events, pages, recommended users, etc.)

You need to enable user registration: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-enable-user-registration-log-in

And make sure you’ve set custom permalinks. Otherwise, we’ll need more details to help

https://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress

WordPress User Sync

@bgrun80 Sure. For two WP sites with same userbase
https://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_Multiple_Blogs#Multiple_Databases.2C_Same_Users
http://justintadlock.com/archives/2008/09/20/installing-two-wordpress-blogs-with-the-same-users

Cheers.

P.S. Please remember to always back up your database and server files before trying the merge.

Create a Page Template and add the code below
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/1.2.8/bp-themes/bp-default/header.php#L87 to line 97
Then publish and style to taste.

@thewomaninus
== I have Artisteer and started working on a theme and since I just installed buddypress am now wondering “Will it even work with it?” ==

It could work with BP Template Pack, BUT
1. personally, I’d recommend against using Artisteer to generate your theme. Better to download theme closest to design you want from https://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ then adjust accordingly.
2. code generated could most possibly make it harder for your to integrate BuddyPress template files
https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/
https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/bp-template-pack-walkthrough-level-easy-2/
3. don’t know whether any javascript generated from creating that theme with Artisteer would have conflict with BuddyPress or BP plugins.
4. etc.

== Can anyone explain to me how to have the front page of my site not as a blog or buddypress? Then to have a blog of different Categories on different tabs? Then a place to click to go into where buddypress would be? Does that make sense? ==

Yes, I know what you mean. That is basically a WordPress template question. Create a Page Template, put in code for that template, publish the page with custom Page Template and set it as front page of your site.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Creating_Your_Own_Page_Templates
https://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page
For more thorough assistance on this area, please post at https://wordpress.org/support/forum/themes-and-templates