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Everything has its own learning curve. There’s currently a couple of issues on WordPress 3.0 installs, but we’re working on those. Everything else is and should work fine, though that’s not to say improvements can be made in future releases.

I think you thought BuddyPress+WordPress would do things that it doesn’t, and that’s unfair to blame BuddyPress for not matching your expectations.

“ajaxurl” is set as a global reference for the AJAX path for all? WordPress plugins.
The bp-like CSS classes sound as if they belong to the BuddyPress Like plugin, so either they need to be there or the programmer’s got them to load on every page.
_wpcf7 is from Contact Form 7.
#header sets the page header image which is why it’s loaded dynamically like this.
I’m not sure if the “Are you sure” prompt is from WordPress or BuddyPress, but the reason it’s there is that it’s the sensible of localising the words “Are you sure” on multi language installs (because we can’t load text strings from language files in Javascript).

You actually can give each person their own blog. You just have to use what was previously called WordPress MU (now called Multisite and comes with WordPress 3.0). There’s some extra configuration, but it’s definitely possible.

There’s definitely more configuration with BuddyPress and WordPress MU than Ning, but there’s also more ability to customize as well.

You can backup individual tables if you want but it is a wiser move to back up your entire DB. Since BuddyPress relies on user data that is stored in WordPress tables, it is not a good idea to just back up BP tables.

Here are some basic instructions in the WordPress Codex.

https://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database

Which versions of WordPress and BuddyPress are you running? This plugin has not been updated for 9 months, https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-fbconnect/

You should contact @apeatling, the author, and ask him if he plans on updating his plugin.

Have you integrated bbPress with WordPress? Or have you just installed WP for the first time? To share logins with WordPress ( BuddyPress does not handle logins. That is WP’s role), bbPress needs to be configured with what is termed deep integration. This is not a simple task.

Below are some links with more details. Read the first link to decide if you truly need bbPress configured in this way. Perhaps the way BuddyPress uses bbPress (providing group-based forums instead of one, overall site-wide forum) might be acceptable for your site. If so, then you’ll have a much easier time.

https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-discussions/buddypress-forum/

Deep Integration (I have no idea if this information is still accurate for WP 3.0):

https://bbpress.org/documentation/integration-with-wordpress/#func

Deep integration of bbPress with WordPress

@LPH2005 Sorry, I completely forgot to say thanks the other day. I’ll have a look at what you did. Hopefully I can get rid of moodle and use WordPress / Buddypress for everything. Moodle is such a pain to customize and even then it still looks like moodle.

It looks like you didn’t follow the instructions listed under “Update Rewrite Rules”:
http://developersmind.com/2010/06/17/upgrading-wordpress-mu-2-9-2-to-wordpress-3-0/

@Travel-Junkie: Your code below works great for WordPress 3 and Buddypress but not for multisite sub blogs? I need to stop access to sub blogs as well if users are not logged in. If i type in the url of my sub blogs then they show up. Is there anyway to stop this?

tks
james

function sh_walled_garden()
{
global $bp;

if( bp_is_register_page() || bp_is_activation_page() )
return;

if( ! is_user_logged_in() )
bp_core_redirect( $bp->root_domain .’/’. BP_REGISTER_SLUG );
}
add_action( ‘get_header’, ‘sh_walled_garden’ );

If you’re using WPMU or WP 3.0 in network mode, try this:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-registration-options/

The plugin author hasn’t updated this for single WP yet.

A more, manual method involves forwarding the activation emails to an admin account so you can approve them manually that way.

Put this sample code in your theme’s functions.php:
http://wordpress.pastebin.com/Qf2cskRj

Replace “get_site_option( “admin_email” );” with a custom email address if you don’t want it to forward to your admin email addy.

I recommend that you use W3 Total Cache; specifically, it’s minify option.

Either deactivate the BP community blogs plugin or if you’re using WordPress 3.0, follow these instructions:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network

Revert all functions.php mods you made.

Login to the WP backend, navigate to “Settings > Reading”.

Make sure under “Front page displays” that “Your Latest Posts” is selected.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Settings_Reading_SubPanel

Save and check your frontpage.

Follow these steps thoroughly:
http://developersmind.com/2010/06/17/upgrading-wordpress-mu-2-9-2-to-wordpress-3-0/

Particularly the part about the .htaccess edit.

Here’s the link, as well: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/maintenance-mode/

@queertoday: do you need members to be able to maintain their own, separate blog sites, or do you just want them to be able to publish posts on the main site’s blog? If they need their OWN blogs, you’ll need to set your WordPress installation to Multisite mode:

https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network

BP Community Blogs requires WordPress MU/MS, which you aren’t using, which is why you’re getting the error.

@queertoday – what application are you moving from? You might want to see this page https://codex.wordpress.org/Importing_Content

I too would like to move all my users and their blog posts to wordpress. Is this even possible, to move the blog content too?

Mark

1) I’m able to register and see my newly-created profile on your website. Your users have to activate their account via email before logging in.

2) Did you setup the Buddypress forums correctly under the “Buddypress > Forums Setup” menu in the WP admin area?

3) Make sure your wp-content/uploads directory has the right permissions. Check out this article for more info:
http://samdevol.com/wordpress-troubleshooting-permissions-chmod-and-paths-oh-my/

1) Read this.

2) It sounds like you’re using regular WordPress. Your users will need to be setup with the default role of “Contributor” or higher. You can set this on the “Settings > General” page in the WordPress admin area:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Settings_General_SubPanel

Then you can try installing a front-end posting plugin. Read this thread for more details:
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/304606

When you upgraded did you deactivate any running BP plugins?

If your entire site went blank when you activated the bp-default theme, please check your error log to see what the culprit is.
If you don’t know how to do that, try this tutorial.