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Are you sure that your custom-sample.css file is actually being included? With a file name like ‘custom-sample’, I’m guessing that it might not be. Check out the theme’s main style.css, and see if there’s an @import rule for custom-sample.css (or if there is a rule in any other imported stylesheet).

I’m not sure how bp-social works (it appears to be a premium theme so I can’t look at the code) but if it is a child of bp-default, then you won’t be able to create a “grandchild” theme so that your changes won’t be overridden – WP doesn’t support that. However, you could fake it by dropping a snippet in your bp-custom.php file that looks something like this:

`function bbg_custom_style() {
$myStyleUrl = WP_PLUGIN_URL . ‘/custom.css’;
$myStyleFile = WP_PLUGIN_DIR . ‘/custom.css’;
if ( file_exists($myStyleFile) ) {
wp_register_style(‘myStyleSheet’, $myStyleUrl);
wp_enqueue_style( ‘myStyleSheet’);
}
}
add_action(‘wp_print_styles’, ‘bbg_custom_style’);`

(See https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_enqueue_style for more info on how to enqueue styles)

Just make sure that you have your custom styles in a file called custom.css in your plugin directory. That should make sure that your styles get loaded, but that they don’t get overwritten by future upgrades to your main theme.

The bundled version of jQuery in WordPress is different than the stock jQuery library.

WP adds a jQuery.noConflict() call. Most WordPress plugins rely on the WP version of jQuery. So by getting rid of the WP one, you’re going to be breaking some plugins.

I’m pretty sure WP has jquery-ui in their includes folder.

Check out this nifty codex article on wp_enqueue_script() to call a specific, bundled JS:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_enqueue_script

You’ll need to modify wp_list_pages() in your theme’s header.php to exclude the page ID of the classifieds.

If you don’t like messing around with theme files, you could probably try this plugin:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/exclude-pages/

You need to change the_content() to the_excerpt() in your theme’s index.php:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_excerpt

@nonegiven, @mistercyril

You can disable Gravatars! Perhaps you should put in some effort to research the subject. I have disabled it on many sites that I’ve built. I won’t lie to you, I’m not a fan of gravatar because the actual gravatars look cheap and tacky.

This plugin is the most effective and easiest way of disabling gravatar. https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/disable-user-gravatar/ It says its only compatible up to WP 2.8.6 but I’m using it on 3.0.1

There’s Private files plugin (not sure if it’s for bbpress) https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/private-files/ or
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/private-files-for-social-privacy/

There is Private rss plugin that uses authentication https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/private-rss/ (Not sure how it would work for groups)

My workaround was to set the WP time zone to UTC, comment out my ini_`set(‘date.timezone’, ‘Pacific/Honolulu’);` in wp-config.php and empty the WordPress cache. I don’t particularly like this move, however.

Susan, I know this is old news, but I use Private BuddyPress:

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/private-buddypress/

It protects BP pages that are not protected by WishList.

Good to know you figured it out!
BuddyPress has forced me to learn a lot more about WordPress as well. A win-win!

I have a german wordpress … and I do not know if I re-translated it exactly to english!

It is in WordPress Administration ==> BuddyPress ==> General Settings ==> Disable user account deletion?

==> example.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=bp-general-settings

cu, guido

@bazonline – You shouldn’t have much trouble then. Just activate bp-default on the community blog only and not on all the blogs. If you’re just having problem with the page `

@helpy

I have the same config as Falcon Show – WordPress – 3.0.1 and BuddyPress – 1.2.5.2

I couldn’t figure out where the option “user cannot delete itself” is, either in buddypress/wordpress dashboard. Can you please tell me where can I find this option? ( I am using default BuddyPress theme). Thanks.

It’s not really possible to have multiple BuddyPress networks running from the same WordPress installation (though it might be possible some day down the road). Your users will have to be satisfied with their own groups, or they’ll have to install BuddyPress on their own WP installation.

Out of the box, BuddyPress only lets you send group invitations to people you’re friends with. It’s a spam prevention measure. If you want to bypass it, install Invite Anyone https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/invite-anyone/.

a cheap/simple method: if they share the same db – you could setup each wordpress instance to the same custom_user_tables

BuddyPress supports forums via the bbPress forum script. It does not offer native SMF import support.

You might be speaking of the BuddyPress SMF Import plugin:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-smf-import/

If you haven’t tried it already, give it a shot.

I am having the same issue, all I want to do is get access to my Wp dashboard but I am getting redirected to my website. How can am I able to get access to my dashboard without having to delete plugins every time? Please help!!!

@Eddiegj

Yes, you can put widgets on a page. If you create a page template with widget areas in it, you can assign that template to any page you create in WordPress. Then put your widgets on that page under “Appearance” > “Widgets”.

[blockquote]Jeff, yes, I like MAMP, but also wanted to avoid creating lots of copies of Apache and php et al – and I want to run on port 80 anyway…[/blockquote]

I have a single Apache/PHP install (the default MAMP version) and simply use Apache’s virtual host directive to host 9 different WordPress development sites locally. They all have their own test domain (they do not use “localhost”), and they use the default Apache port (80) and MySQL port (3306). It’s simple to set up and manage. This is done with MAMP not MAMP Pro. If you don’t know how to do this, then MAMP Pro will do it for you.