I would forget bp-privacy and move on. There is this plugin as a start. Not sure if it works looks abandoned.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-profile-privacy/
@satomom – No membership software. Just some basic PayPal subscription buttons and theme/function customizations based on whether a user is logged in or not. This method requires more oversight and maintenance (ex. if someone cancels their subscription), but it keeps everything simple for upgrades.
If you’re looking for a more robust solution, you might want to check out – https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/s2member/
If you use a non BuddyPress theme then you need to do a little more work search for BuddyPress template pack plugin. Install and follow directions. This will move some extra theme files into your WordPress theme and include the necessary functions and JavaScript to run BuddyPress
Mark him as a bozo, on the backend of bbPress, or a spammer on the ack end of WordPress. Oughta do it…
Excellent. Thank you all. I will check those out.
You can get all that working on the BP registration form.
The requiring x amount of numbers for a password can be done with JavaScript
@adamrice I switched to Suffusion.
@modemlooper Please see my second post. I’ll use the BP registration if it’s the easier way to get that functionality.
Just curious, what is the reason to use WP registration?
what theme did you switch to?
Um, reinstalling wordpress is not necessary. This is an issue with your Database Connection, not connecting properly, changing your DB psw in your bb-config.php can trigger this to happen.
I’ve verified it is related to the default Buddypress theme. I switched to a different BP-compatible theme, and I’m able to load the WP register page.
yep, been an hour already;
i have another wordpress based webite on the same host, and emails are always sent
#1. I see that you’ve installed WP 3.1 RC3. Unless you’re developing and/or interesting in debugging, you should install stable version of WP 3.0.4 which is what you’ll get in download here https://wordpress.org/download/. I recommend reinstall from scratch – clean database.
#2. Re Gallery plugin you installed – PhotoSmash Gallery plugin. I haven’t used the plugin and do not know whether it’s compatible with BuddyPress in terms of allowing users to upload media without going to the backend/dashboard i.e. uploading images in posts. There are free and paid Gallery plugins which are compatible with BuddyPress.
BP Album +: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-album/
BuddyPress Media Component with KalturaCE Suppor: http://wpveda.com/buddypress-kaltura-media-component/
BP Gallery (paid): http://buddydev.com/plugins/bp-gallery/
#3. How young are the kids you’re expecting to post in your site? In relation to that, won’t you need parental permission for kids to enter your site? Different laws for different states/countries.
#4. I suggest changing your admin username and password. Anyone can come in and mess around in your site – though I appreciate the pass since I saw right away what WP version you’re using and Gallery plugin you installed 
Paul thanks for the reply.I’ ve reverted to the theme and disabled buddypress as you suggested. I am working on fixing the rewrite issue and see what happens. I will also check the wordpress forum. I appreciate your time and effort.
Cheers,
Douglas
I can’t get into your blog posts, which means you’ve got a bigger rewrite problem. Revert to the twentyten theme, disable BuddyPress and then fix the rewrite permalinks; best place to ask for / research common problems with WordPress is at https://wordpress.org/support/
BP-Default is only distributed within the main BuddyPress plugin, which lives at https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress/. You will need BuddyPress for BP-Default to work.
Do I need to edit the functions.php file?
bet it’s the chat plugin. Also each plugin could have it’s on CSS and javascript files. Did you try using this?
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/autoptimize/
I figured it out. It’s not quite as elegant as I was hoping, it works. I put the following code right after `
` in the member.php theme file.
`have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>
`
The page ID needs to be the page id # for the page you’d like to use for the description. It has to be the number though, the function doesn’t work with anything but an integer. I found my page’s id by mousing over the page name on the Pages listing in WordPress; the number is in the link.
You can see the output at http://makemeanexpert.com/members.
To give you the entire picture of what happens when you register, or do anything else, go to Buddypress Test Drive. http://testbp.org.
Register, and you an experience everything it says and does for your site.
On the email subject, Buddypress email are actually wired around WordPress emails. In the very most likely case, the email is at a snails pace, and either ends up at the spam folder, or just takes along time to receive. This pace on which the emails get received will fluctuate, depending on the activity on the site. My emails on my site take a couple minutes to receive, Only because I am on my on server, there is nothing you can really do to speed up the emails, because you are on a host server, multiple servers. Emails taking 20-30 minutes is actually pretty good, compared to most, like on bluehost, which can take up to an hour and a half!
I am still quite stuck on this. Poking around inside the files, but not really sure what I’m looking at here…. I’m server/network guy.
In wordpress general settings, in the timezone, scroll all the way down to the “manual offsets”, and set it to UCT-7
