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@localpaper and all the others: this is a working start (at the moment only working with multisites enabled):
http://cleverness.org/2010/08/08/add-user-types-to-wordpress-and-buddypress/

Give it a try.

@zenzard

Everything you ever wanted to know about page templates can be found here:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Templates

I’m in the same boat, experienced in WordPress and building my first BuddyPress site. I can’t speak to all the specifics of the photo gallery but overall I’d say yes, a site like that is possible. I’d be surprised if there wasn’t a good photo gallery BP plugin out there.

BuddyPress functions should be pretty intuitive if you know WordPress, although BuddyPress is not as well documented. So it helps if you know enough PHP to understand how a function works just by reading the code.

Good luck!

Re plugin – you might want to look at how BP Group CSS plugin is done – https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-group-css/ where CSS can be set by group

Re pure CSS manipulation – filter body class to add e.g. username to body class so you can manipulate layout, colors, fonts, etc. in individual member pages

@paulhastings0 – I was able to setup a local host environment on a Mac for WP 3.0.1 AND enabling the multisite user (though I never got to testing any sites in DW yet as I immediately installed BP). An outstanding tutorial on how to do this can be found here: http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/wordpress/how-to-set-up-a-killer-wordpress-testing-environment-locally/

Did you enable multisite in WordPress?

https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network

@nickcdy

1 – Make sure you have multisite enabled. https://codex.wordpress.org/Tools_Network_SubPanel
2 – Enable creation of new sites in the “Registration settings” section under “Super Admin” > “Options”

I think they want the main tabs to have drop downs. Search https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=drop+down+menu&sort=

There are a bunch but the problem is they won’t match the BP default style. You’ll have to add the code to call the wp custom nav and delete the hard coded BP nav.

@whitbyglennk if you have BP 1.2.6 installed, there’s some conflict with BP Template Pack https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-template-pack/. Check out @hotforwords‘ BP Template Pack “fix/upgrade” in this thread https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/buddypress-template-pack-and-buddypress-1-2-6-things-break-but-i-have-a-solution

I was actually under the impression that WordPress 3.0.1 stopped working with Dreamweaver CS5. Have you verified that this is a BuddyPress-specific problem?

As hnla suggested, the topic is covered extensively on these forums. You can try a search using, ‘white screen’ (https://buddypress.org/search/?f=white+screen)

Before going too far, you might try to increase the php memory limit via the wp-config.php file first. If your host allows it, you can also change the setting in the .htaccess.

https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Increasing_memory_allocated_to_PHP

“The primary theme is buddypress enabled,”
@zenzard – what primary theme? Per your post, you’re using “Ecolines” theme from repo, but I can’t find any such theme there https://wordpress.org/extend/themes/

Ishimwe thank you for your help. I for one certainly appreciate the huge effort that goes into Buddypress.

To get a WP theme working with BP, you need to install the BP Template Pack plugin then go through the steps – see BP Template Pack walkthrough https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/bp-template-pack-walkthrough-level-easy-2/
Btw, BP Template Pack plugin needs to be updated for BP 1.2.6 yet, but someone has unofficially updated it at https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/buddypress-template-pack-and-buddypress-1-2-6-things-break-but-i-have-a-solution

@JustinCA: here’s the solution. I have had the same issue for a long time until I came accross this small plugin. However, I hope you are descent enough to understand that nobody here ” owes you help”. The same goes for anyone who thinks along those lines. If I had been here 3 months ago, possibly it would have helped, but I was possibly roaming the web elsewhere because we DO NOT live here, NOR do we work here!

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mail-from/

@ketan khope: If you left buddypress already, coming to vent about it to buddypress users is pretty cheap man. Grow up and learn to appreciate others’ efforts. How many CMS or plugins have you put together? I bet 100% certainly that it can’t be much. Even if it is, it can’t be the size of buddypress/wordpress because you wouldn’t be on this forum thread. Would you?

This site is not meant for production support; what ‘service’ are you referring to anyway (obviously everyone here is volunters, though mainly enthusiasts).

Your posts aren’t including any technical details around your setup yet you’re expecting a resolution? What version of wordpress? What version of buddypress? What version of php/apache? Multisite enabled? What do you see in your error log? What has recently changed in the environment, plugins, themes, etc?

Themes more obviously break things, they are for more obvious if they perform badly, and reflect that much more on WP as a whole would be my guess. I’ve always been of the opinion that they really ought to be vetting plugins as a badly written plugin could have far more serious consequences it would be nice to see a two tier repository where there were approved /recommended /tested plugins and a second general pool but it’s probably a lot of work.

It had crossed my mind to mention the lack of comment tag in pages but sort of thought that it might have been for a reason and that I’d be pointing out the obvious.