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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?

Is not the latest version of BP 1.2.5 ? Or is there BP 1.3 ?
Me having similar problem: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/how-to-show-bp-avatars-in-wordpress-blogs/

Read this blog entry and try out the function mentioned in the article:
http://dustyreagan.com/global-page-navigation-accross-wordpress-mu-blogs/

Props to Boone for pointing me to that blog article awhile ago.

Beau Lebens indispensible email login plugin!

@thekmen so do you have this theme working with the new version of bp 1.4.5 and 3.0? I have been using your version of mystique for awhile now and have had to make adjustments to other plugins theme files but other than that it seems to be working good…. though I still seem to have the iusse I had on the activity page where the footer was not put in place right in which data started to over lap. in my case now I seem to have an hr line at the bottom of the page that over laps the main container.

Locking thread.

@queertoday – BP-FBConnect, as Jeff has stated, is an old plugin. The FB plugin that is even recommended by BP is WP-FB-AutoConnect.

Unfortunately, there are some things that are not added out of the box like FB avatars. However in the comments section of the plugin author’s page (located at the bottom), there is some code you can use to add that functionality.

@jeffsayre @DJPaul

Can’t wait see import/export like wordpress. Useful for transfer, another install, etc.

@Jalien, gradebook should be ready in a week or so. The idea is to use BuddyPress forums as a platform for students solutions postings, and implement a grading system above it. All the data later will be pulled into main Courseware dashboard.

A testing version is available now, but it has no gradebook so far, and will require UI/UX work. A final version is scheduled at the end of my gsoc period, which is end of this summer.

Basically the API approach I’m using is the same as in WordPress: Actions and Filters. The component will be full of hooks so extending it should be a snap.

Here’s the initial list of features: http://gsoc2010.wordpress.com/stas-suscov-academic-suite/

@LPH2005 The code on svn works and allows creating courses, adding assignments and bibliographies to it. Untill monday there will schedules support too.
People ask how can they install and test…

“Getting premium and other theme developers on board with BP is the only way it will reach the level of success BP deserves. “

One premium theme shop currently selling WordPress themes outright is alreayd on board with BP themes. Another is right behind.

Sounds cool, @lincme. I’m not 100% confident that the theme gallery on this site is updating properly so if, once it’s on the wordpress site, it doesn’t appear on here, get in contact with me and I’ll prod the necessary people

Forums are not going to be detached from Groups. I expect that in future releases, that Groups will be able to contain multiple Forums. Some things to bear in mind:

1) If people don’t contribute to the code, it isn’t going to happen.
2) Expect this to happen after bbPress has been rewritten as a WordPress Plugin (part of what the Automattic crew are calling their “3.org” project). More news on this soon.