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Parts of themes have to be written specifically for BuddyPress; the project itself has been out for at least 18 months.

And you are using BuddyPress 1.2.5?

This is not currently possible with BuddyPress. There is some talk about allowing multiple BuddyPress installs under a single Multisite-enabled WordPress install, but that would not allow for the sharing of logins and passwords without some additional coding.

Which versions of WordPress and BuddyPress are you running? Also, please answer the rest of these questions: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/when-asking-for-support/

BuddyPress is a plugin that requires WordPress. It does not, nor cannot, have its own install.

Your issue is more than likely caused by your theme. It is not updated to work with BuddyPress. You need to deactivate BuddyPress. Since you cannot gain access to the admin backend, you need to drag the buddypress folder out of your /wp-content/plugins/ folder. Try logging in again. It should now be possible. Reinstall BuddyPress but do not activate until you have gone through the below process.

Here is some information on converting your WP theme to work with BuddyPress.

By the way, if you are using an older version of WP (2.9.1 or 2.9.2) you will have to click the “Activate BuddyPress Site Wide” link instead of the regular “Activate” link.

How do WP plugins work in BP?

Like any other plugin in WordPress! They’re separate entities. So let’s say you decide to use an Events Calendar plugin, that plugin will be in its own little world unless you decide to hack it to be more in rhythm with BuddyPress (display names, avatars, etc.).

All you do is unzip the theme, then copy it into your /wp-content/themes/ folder and activate it in WordPress. Very easy. You can play with it by editing the files, and activate the default theme if you make a mess.

I have not looked at your pasted code. But you are correct in stating that bp-custom.php loads prior to the accessory core BP files. I’d suggest the following tweaks:


remove_action( ‘bp_setup_nav’, ‘friends_setup_nav’, 5);
add_action( ‘bp_setup_nav’, ‘my_friends_setup_nav’);


Basically, hooks are defaulted to a priority of 10. So, you want to make sure that friends_setup_nav is removed before your custom my_friends_setup_nav() is added.

This is just a quick stab at guessing the proper hook firing sequence. So, if this does not work, I suggest installing my WordPress Hook Sniffer plugin.

The fact that you are using WP 2.9.2 means that you are in luck. WP 2.9.1 is the minimum required version of solo-blog WP (single site) that will run BuddyPress. If you do not need to offer your client multiple blogs (or more precisely, if you think that your client will never need to offer their employees and departments blogs), then you can stick with the solo-blog version of WordPress.

As far as setting up departmental pages, I would think that BuddyPress groups would be the perfect fit. But, if each department will need their own blog, then you will have to go the WP multisite route (a.k.a. WordPress Mu.)

In your case, you could do this [?php wp_page_menu( ‘sort_column=ID&exclude=2,25,253’ ); ?]
More info at https://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_page_menu

@jpsbhullar if you want the site content to be seen by registered members only, then you could use either of these plugins https://buddypress.org/community/groups/s2member/ or https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/registered-users-only-2/
– there are also other methods, just input “members only” in Search form above.

At least two simple ways to get back control of your pages (change brackets to curlies in codes below):

A. delete [?php dp_list_pages(); ?] and replace it with [?php wp_page_menu( ‘exclude=5,53,75’ ); ?] in your header.php
then delete block of code in functions.php from # Displays a list of pages to ending curly of that block (just before you reach # Displays a list of categories)

B. If you’re on WP 3.0, you could add wp 3.0 custom navigation menus
– replace [? php dp_list_pages(); ?] in header php and the block of code in functions.php mentioned in A with info per this article

Heads up! my themes numbers correspond with the BP version. So that theme needs to be updated to 1.2.5.

It’s should still function though. You have to create a page and choose a page template to add widgets to columns.

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/367781

Post header.php and functions.php at http://wordpress.pastebin.com and place URL here. Methinks it’s customization of navigation links by theme author that’s preventing you from excluding pages.

Do you have a link to your site I can see?