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This isn’t currently possible without some programming work. ie; there’s no settings in the backend to fiddle.

Buddypress manages everything centrally.

Wordpress manages *users* globally on the network.

“However members should not be allowed to create sub blogs themselves from their own site “

You can’t do this anyway.

Blogs: You have to enable multisite in your WP install first before you can let journalists create their own blogs. Read how to https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network

Template Pack: Here’s a BP Template Pack walkthrough which could shed some light on how to add styles – https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/bp-template-pack-walkthrough-level-easy-2/
Basically, you copy some styling from bp-default theme and tweak it to taste.

I absolutely agree! I really think the lack of a front end post method is still a disadvantage of buddypress vs other social media creation tools. I´ll definitelly check more of your plugin! One question about it, is it able to use a wysiwyg editor? it would be really good to be able to have the same functionality as we have in the backend (such as using tinyMCE) to include pictures in the post without the need for shortcodes, as most users should not be expected to learn this method, and most members of my sites are used to visual and more accessible image posting methods in their post on other social sites. I will head on now to theidea topic and check it out! keep this plugin going! how can we help?

Regardless of how you are using multisite, if you enable BuddyPress on one of those sites, it will be active across the entire network*. There is no segration of content.

*It is possible to force it to run only on one site, but you can still only run one BuddyPress site per WordPress installation (at the moment).

It’s an out of memory error message. Have a look at https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Increasing_memory_allocated_to_PHP

@techguy trying to figure out if I fall into the “many other people” category..

I have one install of WordPress MU with 3 blogs, one for each of my 3 domains (domain1.com, domain2.com, domain3.com). Username and passwords are shared across all 3 domains.

I want to add Buddypress. How would that work? A single Buddypress site (ie. a shared list of all groups) or would the domains be segmented somehow (ie. domain1.com would only see groups for domain1.com?) I don’t see any options to control the behavior.

Did you create a network? Or is this a single WordPress install?

you have to enable multisite to have extra blogs.

Yep.

Buddypress does not make the blogs, though. WordPress does with multisite enabled. Buddypress just does the user profiles.

Does not look like you’re using a BuddyPress compatible theme. The default TwentyTen theme is not BP compatible, out of the box.

Try making the your current, activated theme compatible with BuddyPress by using the BuddyPress Template Pack plugin:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-template-pack/

Or, create a child theme for BuddyPress:
https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/

Either way, your theme must be BP compatible in order to utilize the BP features.

Good luck!

I’ve experienced a bit of success with AVH First Defense Against Spam:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/avh-first-defense-against-spam/

Checks the user’s IP against StopForumSpam and Project Honeypot (with an API key) before parsing the entire page.
This won’t stop human spammers but every little bit helps.

We installed the WP Super Captcha plugin on 3 different WP/BP high traffic sites and it cut the spam sign ups down by 80% immediately. Not a beautiful solution, by any means – but it does work somewhat. 80% is better than nothing.

Can be configured to show the captcha on the sign up page and login page – whichever you prefer, or both. Compliant for WordPress (with or without Multisite enabled) and BuddyPress configurations.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/super-capcha/

Good luck!

Have you under BuddyPress > general settings – under your admin panel for WordPress turns on and configured your forum?

Check out the following network plugin:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpmu-new-blog-defaults/

It doesn’t add a field on the registration page, but it gives the super admin the option of adding users to specific blogs in the admin area.

Whilst I’m not familiar with the plugin I have another suggestion that you use built in featured images that comes with WordPress. Forgive me if you have other reasons for using that plugin but maybe this will work for you.

You can add post thumbnails using featured posts like this for instance in functions.php (adjust size according to what you want):

`if ( function_exists( ‘add_theme_support’ ) ) {
add_theme_support( ‘post-thumbnails’ );
set_post_thumbnail_size( 210,160, true );
}`

Then in the code:

` `

There are many ways to skin the thumbnail cat though this link may help:

https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_post_thumbnail

Hi! I’m having same issue. No avatars on blogs.

On main buddypress blog, avatars works great and their url’s are like this:
http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/aab71f7a93155ef3cabb5d9660686005-bpthumb.jpg

On the other blogs, avatars aren’t displaying. Their url’s are like this:
http://example.com/files/avatars/1/aab71f7a93155ef3cabb5d9660686005-bpthumb.jpg

My installation info:
WP: 3.0.3 (updated from a WP3.0)
BP: 1.2.6
Multisite & subdomains.

My .htaccess:
`# BEGIN WordPress
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index.php$ – [L]

# uploaded files
RewriteRule ^files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ – [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]
# END WordPress`

Is it fixed for next release of buddypress? or is there a patch that I could apply?

Thanks at all

I would like to add the Email field to the members profile… using your method!
Which file needs to be modified!?

Thanks
Bojan

What versions of WordPress and BuddyPress are you using, please?

As forums are provided totally by bbPress, it’s a possibility that as you can’t access the bbPress admin, you can’t set its time like you do with WordPress. Hmm.

EDIT: if you want to try a totally crazy “fix” which I have not even verified the problem exists, let alone the cause, try creating a new record in your wp_bb_meta table as follows:
object_type = bb_option
object_id = 0
meta_key = gmt_offset
meta_value = ? (set this to a number for the timezone offset, i.e. “1” for central european time)

For the alternative method, use Rich’s block activity types plugin:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-block-activity-stream-types/

I get the same amount of spam on my site. I’m currently deleting one spammer every 10 minutes, and I am not sharing anything with official WordPress sites. Something is going on with Buddy/Word and someone needs to dig into it because this is insane. It isn’t just this site. It’s the code somewhere. I’m sure it’s WordPress because I have a wordpress only site running and the sign-up spam is ridiculous there too. I am not joking when I say every 10 minutes either. I’m freaking out.

@manimaranvel BuddyPress can only be activated once in either the main site or a secondary blog of a WP Multisite installation – there is no BP multisite at this time. If you allowed your members to create own blogs and then want to show the member profile in his/her blog, you can use a plugin – https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-profile-widget-for-blogs/

99% who help out here in the BP forums are volunteers. On a very rare day, someone might come into the forums and make a long long list of all that they need for a BP site and get spoonfed with all the answers in one go, though I haven’t seen that happen totally. I know you expect answers that’s why you go to the forums but on our end, we expect that you did some research on your own as well. If you want simple BP/WP install, it’s all easy (assuming you have good server). But If you want fully customized BP install, the learning curve is medium high if you’ve got WP experience.
BP Codex – https://codex.buddypress.org/home/
BP compatible plugins – https://buddypress.org/extend/

Back to Woo’s City Guide Theme, I only mentioned that theme because I saw it just before I saw your post here – CITY GUIDE. Also, as I mentioned before in post above, you would need to install BP Template Pack, make necessary changes, and if you have HTML/CSS/WordPress theming knowledge, it’ll be a breeze. You could choose whatever WP theme you want and install BP Template Pack or get a free BuddyPress theme or go for a premium BuddyPress theme with free support.