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Howdy. I’m experiencing the same problem. Not only group creation is involved. After not being able to continue to the select group avatar step whilst creating a group. I go back to the groups page index and the group is there. However if I try to create a topic I get the error: “There was an error when creating the topic”.
Though I only have one group created, the group count says 4!.
Regarding the discussion capabilities for groups I have installed bbpress through the built in installer in buddy press. bb-config.php looks okay. All the involved directories have the right permissions.

I deleted all the files from the server, dropped the db, re-installed from ground without any additional plugins and it still produces the same error.

I wonder if any of the developers can give us a hint on what to check.

Regards!

Martin

PS: I’m running WordPress 3.0, Buddypress 1.2.5.2.

BuddyPress 1.2.5x hasn’t really been built with the WordPress 3.0 menu system in mind. I know we’ve got some page title bugs on a WordPress network/WPMU install which I hope to get time to fix in a couple of weeks so this might clear up then.

If you’re using a child theme of the BP default theme, you’ll have to alter the index.php and archive.php files in your template.

Thumbnails require a plugin or using WP’s post thumbnail feature:
http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/new-in-wordpress-2-9-post-thumbnail-images/

The layout is more of a general issue. Look up grid based layouts on Google and fool around with floats in CSS to do what you want.

I’ve gone through all the BuddyPress files and inserted ‘/index.php/’ after each of the root_domain elements and that fixed it.


. clean_url( $bp->root_domain . '/index.php/' .


Someone else could probably suggest a better way of doing it that links into WordPress’s permalink structure.

@sadr
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-restrict-group-creation/ does this already.

You can set whatever defined wp_cap/role levels assigned to:
Create group capability
Create group forum capability
Create private group capability
Create hidden group capability

Hi dpolant. I’m also from the jMonkeyEngine project. We’re happy to see you’re extending this neat plugin.

We were up late working last night, so in case Normen didn’t make perfect sense about the forum restriction, I’ll reiterate:

What we’re looking for is a way to restrict users from creating a forum once we’ve assigned them a group. I think at its simplest, we’d want site admins to be the only ones who can enable a forum on a group. That way if group admins really think their group needs a dedicated forum, they’d just have to ask us (naturally we’d clarify the process to our users).

Our site doesn’t have open group creation, so we can easily estimate no more than 1 group every week, meaning enabling-by-request would be perfectly manageable at least in our case.

Now for something more advanced, you could consider playing with the Role Scoper plugin:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/role-scoper/
It’s definitely the most comprehensive permissions-plugin I’ve tested, and it’s actively developed. What you could do is make your plugin integrate with his, so that if both plugins are present, a simple group is created, like ‘forum creator’. Now all we as users would have to do is associate the WP usegroups that should have access to forum creation with the custom ‘forum creator’ group.

Maybe this would be easier just added directly to the role-scoper plugin though, so I’ll suggest it ^^

So yeah, enabling-by-request would suit us just fine!

You should be able to export your DB from GoDaddy using phpMyAdmin. I have done this and it works fine. You have to follow the instructions posted by mercime on the WordPress Codex.

Now, if you are trying to IMPORT your DB the same way on a new host DB, hosts like 1and1 limit your MySQL upload to 2MB only. This means you have to use the command line with linux commands to perform a “mysqldump”. Performing this action, will backup your DB file to a folder. Then, you FTP it down to your desktop. Upload it to the folder on your new server and dump it into the new DB by performing a “mysql” action. You can find the commands in both links provided by mercime.

We just exported and imported in this way from GoDaddy to 1and1. Took me a minute to figure out how to perform a mysql action, but once I learned how to do it, it was a breeze.

What you might find, is that on your new host you don’t have enough php memory. That may be an issue. I’m facing that right now.

These will help you
https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups#Backing_Up_Your_WordPress_Site
https://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database
https://codex.wordpress.org/Restoring_Your_Database_From_Backup

It’s one of or a combination of two issues: the folder permissions may not be set correctly (these can normally be corrected via a decent FTP client folders generally need 755 and files 644)

Check the WordPress codex for the correct permissions required

The other issue and more likely the problem here is that the server group hasn’t got the correct permissions to create and write to directories, if you are on shared hosting you may need to contact your host to get this sorted out and also ensure that PHP ‘Safe Mode’ is turned off.

You should create a network of wordPress sites.

https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network

during the process you have to add some code in your .htaccess files.

Is your original database intact but just associated with a different domain now? If so, maybe you just need to change the siteurl in the database itself by going into Cpanel > myPHPadmin > your wordpress database > wp_options table (or whatever prefix you gave it if you changed it from the default wp). The siteurl field is the first row. Changing it to the right siteurl should allow you to log in to the dashboard again.

Beyond that, I’m not sure what you’re asking, but if my suggestion isn’t too off-base, maybe you’ll know how to proceed from there.

Marian

I’m getting a different result. Never fear, you can download BuddyPress Template Pack from wp.org – https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-template-pack/

A plugin’s readme.txt file is your friend. It can answer many of the common questions you may have about a given plugin. Your question is answered on the first sentence of the Installation section.

From the Installation section of the readme.txt file for BuddyPress Links: “Notice: This plugin is under heavy development, and is not recommended for production environments!“

This is the same information that is displayed on the plugin’s page here on BuddyPress or within the WordPress Plugin Repository.

@tomdebruin: I’m experiencing the same as you. All my pages/posts that are generated by WordPress have the default blog title in the

I installed the plugin, followed your instructions and I keep getting this error message when I activate the fix “Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wp_redirect() (previously declared in /home/thetrans/www.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.com/wp-includes/pluggable.php:874) in /home/thetrans/www.xxxxxxx.com/wp-content/plugins/vJfxs8VV.php on line 33”

Does this fix not work for regular wordpress people who are not running MU. This page not found issue has happen over 50 times in the past hour. No matter what I do, not matter if I am trying to activate a plugin, or write a simple post this error message keeps popping up. Please let me know if there is a fix for this because unfortunately for me it’s not working. I have the most current version of wordpress and buddypress. Thanks

I haven’t tested the plugin with WP 3.0, however some people are experiencing problems with it, but some say it’s working as well:
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/415042
http://www.justin-klein.com/projects/wp-fb-autoconnect

Easy answer is install the BP Template Pack plugin. This will keep the look of your site while adding BP functionality. This will not add BP pages under the “forum” page though.

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If you want everything BP-related including member profiles, groups, etc. to reside under the “forum” slug (eg. thecoalcity.com/forum/members/admin and thecoalcity.com/forum/groups/), you’d first have to deactivate Simple:Press, then you’d have to activate WordPress 3.0 in subdirectory network mode. Lastly, you could install BP on a sub-blog called “forum”.

This may be more work than you’re willing to do to set this up.

thanks @Ray, the patch really helped

http://pakistuff.com

Firstly It’s better if people didn’t piggyback (hijack / resurrect) old threads, it appears to make sense when one finds a thread that mirrors ones own issue but is not generally considered best practice.

Secondly scroll back up to mercims post and the link to the sort of detail you might need to provide the community in order that accurate help may be offered.

To the issue it strikes me that you haven’t possibly? completed all steps to enable MS (Multi Sites) if the answer to that is ‘Not sure’ then likely you haven’t and it may be wise to read through the steps outlined in the WP codex:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network

I notice that your site is running as a sub domain this will likely be an issue if trying to run blogs as sub domains.

You might want to check that you have and can write to the .htaccess file (can you change the permalink structure from the backend and have it report success or a message that it can’t update the file)