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@mgelblum For BuddyPress features out of the box, see home page of buddypress.org which lists the major features including Groups, Profiles, Forums, Members, etc. For general guide/info: Check out https://codex.buddypress.org/home/ and test features further by logging in at http://testbp.org/ using your username and password here.

“how to get inexpensive support/wordpress developers “
If you have luxury of time, learn more about WordPress and BuddyPress, create site yourself, then use forums of WordPress.org and BuddyPress.org if you encounter bumps or challenges along the way with specific questions – e.g. how do I get the rating system/review system like the ones bp.org plugin groups have in my site

Not cheap, but reasonable prices from experienced developers who are competent professionals and who also help out in these forums
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-jobs-board/

Whilst you say you have a VPS with 768 Mb of RAM, how much is allocated to PHP?
https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Increasing_memory_allocated_to_PHP

If that doesn’t work, try setting it manually in php.ini via the ‘memory_limit’ variable.

This is really a WordPress question, but it is possible. You can find the documentation to do it: https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_time

@dwenaus https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-buddypress-restrict-group-creation-deletes-group-tags – can you look into this conflict?

@Anointed: Ah, ok. I haven’t actually updated the gsoc repository for quite some time now. I also thought about moving to git but decided against it in the end — WordPress’s repositories will be the sole location for up to date versions of EventPress and BuddyPress Custom Posts.

Check out the codex here for a full list of all functions (great stuff!):
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference

@Anointed: Apart from EventPress, you’ll also need BPCP
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-custom-posts/download/

@Luccame: Thanks.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/eventpress/download/

@mgelblum Many things in your post are do-able with BuddyPress out-of-the-box and with additional customizations and plugins which are free and those which are paid for. And then it also depends on your server and your ability to go through with the project or might need to hire someone to do.

As for the Sansation theme, either add BuddyPress Template Pack or port Sansation design to your own BuddyPress Child Theme. Either way, you need to have HTML/CSS skills with knowledge of WP/BP template tags.

Re: stability – what works for me may not work for you. Did you read information about the plugins? Both plugins are being actively developed. There was insufficient doc on EventPress, so here’s a sample – http://gsoc2010.wordpress.com/2010/07/12/status-update-4/

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-sitemap-generator/ (ignore some of the warnings in the dashboard – i haven’t updated it awhile but still works and waiting on bp 1.2.6 to do so.)

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jet-event-system-for-buddypress/
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/eventpress/

@adelack – two thoughts:

1. You can probably do this with the new WordPress custom post types. Build a theme that only gives your users an image upload post type

or:

2. Modify the activity status update to support image uploads, and use that instead of blogs for your users

Chiming in here…

@hnla is correct (as well he should be, with all the help I got from him building the plugin). Add All Nav Links to BP-Adminbar does not modify any links inherent to the adminbar itself (My Account, My Blogs, Notifications…). It simply adds Buddypress and WordPress page links to it and allows you to customize how everything is displayed.

Not necessarily, all depends, BP uses a stock install of WP so generally WP plugins will work on that part of the site that is WP, but won’t necessarily be BuddyPress aware. This is one of those suck it and see type questions.

Is it possible to add a filter to allow shortcodes in group descriptions? I would like to use the plugin “donation can” but I can’t get the shortcode the plugin generates to work properly. Ideas?

@irishartisans – did you get the custom permalinks working on your basic WordPress install with BuddyPress de-activated?

You’ll need that before you attempt to use BuddyPress.

Does this article help: http://www.benhuson.co.uk/2010/03/01/wordpress-permalinks-zeus-server/

I think you need to run CHMOD on the parent directory to something like 755

I have only used wordpress standalone + BP though. But worth a try.

A link like that won’t break the site. It must be something else. Is this something new since you’ve installed a plugin (other than BuddyPress) or changed theme? Most likely, I’d guess it’s an PHP memory error.

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

allows editing top level status updates (not replies – think after 1.2.6 hits i can hook into a new filter)

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-edit-activity-stream/