OK. Thanks to both of you. I was actually already using a WP theme and even after BP and all plugins were deactivated, I still was not able to enter a blog (even on the backend).
So I contacted my site provider and they fixed by re-applying my account’s wildcard settings. I however needed to clear my browser’s cache and cookies before I could reach my subdomains (blogs) properly.
Now back to the prob I was originally trying to address, getting all the posts on the subdomain blogs to appear on my main site page. It is unclear to me if Sitewide tags can actually do this
( see discussion https://wordpress.org/support/topic/one-blog-streaming-multiple-smaller-ones). All posts do appear on the Activity page. The problem would be resolved if I could just get my Activity page to appear as my main page 
Thoughts?
try ftp’ing and renaming/removing all the other plugins (probably a bp plugin causing the issue)
I am only getting 404 errors and am able to see login screen, but no site access and no wp-admin access
Figured it out .
global $bp;
echo get_usermeta( $bp->displayed_user->id, ‘aim’);
Take a look at this page: https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/conditional-template-tags/
Essentially, something like !bp_is_blog_page() will return TRUE when you are on any page that isn’t a WordPress blog page – i.e. when you are on any of the Social Network (BuddyPress) pages.
Alternatively, the default theme already embeds some class information in the body tag – although there is no single one for a BuddyPress page, so you’d have to catch all the different classes.
We cant get to your group forum because it’s private.
You groups forum link should be
http://gwspacesociety.org/wordpress/groups/students/forum/
If you can’t get to that link then you have a problem.
No I’m the admin. So that is not the problem. Maybe I dont understand WP permalinks or BuddyPress permalinks.
1. In WP to make a menu link, you create a page
2. In my experience WP autopopulates the permalink
3. When you preview the site in a new window/tab the menu link is there and it works. end of story.
How do I do the same with a forum in a BuddyPress group, so that users don’t have to drill down into the site? I get complaints from users they cant find the forum I’m trying to setup. So I assume the most straightforward solution is to make a WP menu link directly to the group forum (understanding they wont see it or get to it if they are not already a member of the BuddyPress group).
Any thoughts appreciated!
Most likely after the release of bbpress as a plugin then people will start looking into ways to enhance the forums. This is probably first quarter 2011.
PJ – Check out Heavy Analytics – http://heavyanalytics.com. It is a plugin that we are developing for this purpose. The purpose of the plugin is to give you actionable information about your WordPress/BuddyPress users. For example, it will help you figure out who the leaders in your community are, who the most active members of your community are, etc.
We will be releasing the public Alpha soon and would love to have you test it out and provide some feedback when it is ready! Just enter your email address into the sidebar of the Heavy Analytics site.
Toby
I don’t know of anyone who has integrated punBB and BP. Here’s a plugin to share logins between the two systems: http://www.rkblog.rk.edu.pl/w/p/punbb-and-wordpress-integration-plugin/. The group-level management stuff would probably have to be custom coded.
I’m not aware of anyone who has integrated a different forum software into BP that will meet your list of criteria, though maybe someone else in this forum has.
You can’t run BP on a wordpress.com site.
You would need to install your own copy of WP on your own domain and then install and activate BP.
This is more a WordPress question rather than a BuddyPress one – https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL – remember to back up your database first
Basically the answer is no. You can’t have multiple blogs unless you either have WordPress MU or WordPress MS. WordPress Single will still run BuddyPress but it won’t have any blogs.
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BuddyPress forums are group based by default, so you could set each group up to be an office and each office would get its own forum. It would all come together on the forums directory. From what you wrote it doesn’t sound like you’ll be needing all the social networking that ships with BP, so WP MS (setting offices up as blogs) and a standalone forum (without BP) might be better suited to your needs.
Hi @netweblogic. First requirement is that people can post events from the frontend, second is being able to set privacy levels for the events – public, for members only, etc, third is that at least one map can be attached to the event, etc. etc. etc.There are already a couple of feature-rich BuddyPress events plugins in the WP repo:
EventPress – https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/eventpress/
Jet Event System – https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jet-event-system-for-buddypress/
Good luck.
looks like the group is private – so buddypress will redirect back to the main page (if someone is not a member)
Hey thanks but still does not seem to work or I’m communicating my question. When I add a new page to our wordpress site I pasted a link into the html body. The menu for the site now has “forum” but it always redirect me to the wordpress generic forum link not the buddypress group forum.
Desired link:
`gwspacesociety.rog/groups/students/forum/#post-new`
The resulting link:
`http://gwspacesociety.org/wordpress/forum/`
Can anyone point me in the right direction please?
Well, I think I got the locations figured out … buttons are showing up on the General Settings section of the profile. Here’s what I did:
For Facebook
`add_action(‘bp_template_content’,’sfc_login_profile_page’,50); //Simple Facebook Connect account link function`
For Twitter
`add_action(‘bp_template_content’,’stc_login_profile_page’,51); //Simple Twitter Connect account link function`
I’d have to work with style a bit but, hey, they’re where they ought to be! That’s not the end of the story though. On the wordpress profile, you’ll see options to disconnect from the remote account (Facebook or Twitter) but these options don’t show up on the bp profile.
Seems like running both the Twitter and Facebook connect simultaneously gets a bit buggy. If linked to twitter for example, the facebook link button won’t click through.
Also, after linking accounts you have to sign out of buddypress multiple times (if you initially signed in with your buddypress login, then again with eg. your facebook account).
All this is making me think twice about putting SFC and STC to use in my system even though it looks like a sweet and full featured integration. I’m sure some one with a little more skill could make it work. Let me know if you have any suggestions.
Thanks for the link Rolly. Any thoughts on modifying the WordPress login page. Can one create a login page vs. using the stock page?
Thanks,
James
@Dwenaus Yeah, I’m in it for the social networking. I think I actually tried job-manager yesterday, but it didn’t seem to play nice with Buddypress. I’m guessing some plugins for WordPress will work with BuddyPress, but not all…or?
I just tried Jobboardr. The CV part seems great, but I can’t figure out how to create job posts (is it disabled or am I going blind? ). Also, I tried to create a group (thinking jobs might be dependent on groups), but a got an error message saying “Please fill in all required fields.” when pressing “Next Step” on the privacy settings page (public/private/hidden group).
@babelsheep yes this is possible and a good idea for a plugin. However If all you need is a job board and you don’t need social networking then I believe there are wordpress plugins that do this well.https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/job-manager/ is one choice but there are others.
I had the same error and still wanted to use the theme – after I renamed it and got rid of the error message, I tried disabling the BuddyPress Template Pack plugin I’d installed to try to get a normal WordPress theme to work. Then I went back and applied the same buddypress theme again, this time with no problems.
