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Try http://buddydev.com/buddypress/creating-the-sitewide-globalunified-search-page-for-your-buddypress-theme/
I got it to work. Just download the zip file towards the end of the post and follow the instructions.

@Thorsten that also worked for me…
When using buddypress how do you change it so when you click on “my account”, or any link for that matter, it calls out http://www.yourdomain.com/index.php/groups/ Mine is still defaulting to http://www.yourdomain.com/groups/ even though I changed the permlink settings in my wordpress dashboard

I found this fix and it appears to be working for me:

1. Open the index.php, save it to your theme as posts-page.php (or whatever template name you like).
2. Edit the newly created posts-page.php file and place the following at the top to create a page template:

`<?php
/*
Template Name: Posts Page
*/
?> `

3. Now scroll down in the posts-page.php to the beginning of the WordPress loop and just before the line “ add this one line of code “ Note: (5 == the number of post to show you can change this to whatever you want.)
4. Save the posts-page.php file.
5. In your WordPress/BuddyPress admin panel create a new page called “Blog” (or something similar) and select “Posts Page” under Template.
6. Publish page.

You should now be able to go to your Settings -> Reading menu and set a static page and select your Posts Page to show your blog posts.

Any update on this
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-maps/

@nit3watch – Awesome, it worked, in the sidebar.php in the bp-default I copied the code from line 3 to line 74.. and pasted it into a sidebar widget utilizing the “Executable PHP widget” wordpress plugin, and it works like a charm!

@hnla, yes you are correct… I am using a custom built theme and needed to incorporate buddypress so users can login/register via the front end and manage their profile via the frontend…. it is the only features I am using from buddypress because no other plugin I could find had similar functionality. It gets the job done though, and I like it .

I followed the steps in the template-pack plugin to get it working with my theme, it was pretty smooth and straightforward and I haven’t experienced the overlapping issues stated in the notices. so all is good.

I knew there would be some customizations needed that have to be done manually, I just couldn’t find it in the documentation or via forum searches. I had no idea about the bp-default folder, but now that I do.. I am sure i will be able to solve some of my other problems

cheers!

remove_action( ‘wp_footer’, ‘bp_core_admin_bar’ ,;
remove_action( ‘admin_footer’, ‘bp_core_admin_bar’ ,;

worked for me! thanks..it’s because the remove_action command requires the same priority as the original add_action that was used.

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

@svetka812

Hi Tatiana – it would be better to ask this as 2 separate questions in the forums (one about images, and one about text). Also make the title a bit clearer, as that will get more people to help you (“activity stream 1.2.5.2” is too general).

To get more help and quicker: I suggest you create two question threads, something like: “how do I stop small images from blog post excerpts getting enlarged in the activity stream updates?” and “Why are my blog post updates missing paragraph breaks when shown in the activity stream?”

My quick thoughts:

images
The problem with image sizes is because a core function in BuddyPress is forcing activity images, that don’t have their height or width set explicitly, to be 100px high. The function causing the problem is bp_activity_thumbnail_content_images().

I’ll raise this as problem in the forums or maybe bug trac.

update text
I don’t have a problem with paragraph breaks in the activity stream. My blog posts are being shown correctly with the breaks. I’m using a default installation of BP1.2.5.2

Paragraphs can be removed by a filter in WordPress / BuddyPress. Have you made any changes to your functions.php or bp-custom.php to turn off the ‘autop’ filter? i.e. do you have any code like this in those files:

add_action(“init”,”remove_autop_filters_from_activity”);
function remove_autop_filters_from_activity(){
remove_filter( ‘bp_get_activity_content_body’, ‘wpautop’ );
remove_filter( ‘bp_get_activity_content’, ‘wpautop’ );
}

Perhaps there is something in the blog template you are using that is doing this?

Ask this one about paragraph breaks as a separate question in the forum (and include my comment).

Cheers, Roger

@hnla – looks like she did

Hi — I’ve got an initial version of eventpress ready.

Download links:
http://kunal-b.in/0.1/eventpress.tar.gz
http://kunal-b.in/0.1/bp_custom_posts.tar.gz

Installation:
http://gsoc2010.wordpress.com/2010/08/16/eventpress/

There are a few known bugs that I’ll be taking care of soon.

Any luck? The only way I can find to allow users to log in is via the wordpress backend.. what is this website using as the login widget?

@christinarule nice site. After installing and activating BuddyPress, you coudl install and activate Buddy Template Pack https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-template-pack/ There are steps to go through with the Template Pack plugin and based on your theme, you would have to change the container divs of files within Template Pack. It’s not easy but it’s do-able.

There is a BuddyPress demo at http://testbp.org/

I think best option is to create your own sidebar function and use an if user is logged in statement.

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

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

if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {
SIDEBAR CODE HERE
} else {
SOMETHING ELSE HERE
};

@christinarule

Give this a try: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-template-pack/

I currently have a blog site that I customized http://www.blokmovaz.com I really want it to turn into a social networking community and I thought buddypress was just the thing! How do I easily Integrate buddypress into my existing wordpress site?

It would be ideal if a user who is part of buddypress can comment on the post I make from my wordpress categories. Then once you click on a users profile they are given all the “buddy press features” to interact with that user..

Is this something that can be easily done or do I have to re-theme buddypress?

Thanks for all the help in advance!

Not sure this is exactly the same issue, but looking for input. I’m a brand new buddypress user testing a site. Unless someone already has an avatar in wordpress.org (not .com) photos cannot be uploaded. The error message is “Unable to create directory /home/natural/domains/natural-leader.com/public_html/wp-content/uploads/avatars/3. Is its parent directory writable by the server?”

Can anyone tell me if this is an issue with buddpress or somewhere else such as the domain host? If buddypress, does anyone know how to fix?

You have to make sure that jQuery Tools isn’t conflicting with WordPress’ jQuery call.

Try this:
http://wpmu.org/daily-tip-adding-custom-js-to-wordpress-remember-jquery-noconflict-wrappers/

@bpuser44 : Thanks for the positive feedback. I hit the support forums a little hard over the weekend.

You can find stuff on bp-custom.php and / or functions.php (which can be used for similar things in your theme folder) by searching the forums. BuddyPress development is not as simple as WordPress theming – you are looking at hooks, filters, and reworking core functions a lot more in BP. This should lessen as the API develops in future releases.

BP would benefit no end from a great set of developer tutorials; finding the resource (right people) and time to write them is the big challenge in the Open Source world.

There was a short lived job board forum on the site – that would be a great place to advertise and for you to find BuddyPress consultants, plugin developers, and website designers. Unfortunately, the board was taken down – I don’t know why. We have a current freelance opportunity for a skilled BuddyPress developer, but nowhere effective to advertise it – which is really frustrating.

Most of our work is on commercial BuddyPress developments – so feel free to give me a shout if you want to explore the consultancy route (http://21inspired.com).

I’ve never seen a plugin that can do this. This plugin hooks onto the comment action: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/subscribe-to-comments/ So, it might be a good place to start to write a new plugin.

Try out my plugin, to help combat spam blogs:

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