I have a newly installed latest BP with WordPress 3.3.1 without multisite configuration.
When I tried to upload a picture sized 160kb for my avatar, an error message showed up telling me the file must be less than 98kb for the avatars.
However, my wordpress install allows file uploads to 250MB max, so I’ve been wondering why BuddyPress is limiting so much. And…I can’t find any configuration page to set avatar max upload size for BuddyPress.
Does anybody know how to fix this problem?
I didn’t write the resolution, here’s what I did.
1. Create bp-custom.php
2. Add define (‘BP_AVATAR_ORIGINAL_MAX_FILESIZE’, #); where # is the file size
3. Upload it under wp-content/plugins/ (do not upload it under budypress)
@nivanc Just to start off, you will need to
1. Install WordPress
2. Create a Network of your WP installation
a) subdirectory structure – http://www.domain.com/subsite1; http://www.domain.com/subsite2; http://www.domain.com/subsite3, etc.
OR
b) subdomain structure – http://subsite1.domain.com; http://subsite2.domain.com; http://subsite3.domain.com, etc.
3. Install/activate BuddyPress plugin
4. Make your BuddyPress “multisite” (separate instances of BP in one WP installation)
a. BP Multi-Network plugin https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-multi-network/
OR
b. BuddyPress Multi-Network plugin http://buddydev.com/plugins/buddypress-multi-network/
5. s2membership plugin – Free or Pro version
Then install other plugins to improve user experience in the different BP installations in WP subsites.
Thanks for the fast reply! I got xampp running and reinstalled wp and bp. I am still seeing the blank page when logging in, it works if I use the wordpress log in but if I use the log in on the side bar of the default buddypress theme I just get sent to a blank page. Is there anything else I might have setup incorrectly that would cause this?
Hello everyone!
I am trying to setup buddypress on my pc to test it out and see if I can eventually start a site. I am a bit new to wp. Whenever I install buddypress, it seems to work but when I log in from the homepage it takes me to http://127.0.0.1/wp-login.php and all I see is a blank page. It does actually log me in, I can go back to the home page and then browse the site fine but I cannot stop the initial blank page from popping up every time.
Here is some info that may or may not be useful:
-I am running windows 7
-I have wamp installed and working
-wordpress works fine when buddypress is deactivated
-I am not using any other plugins, everything is set to the default settings minus changing the permalinks for buddypress. Nothing else was added to wordpress, it’s just there to get buddypress up and testing
-I can uninstall wp, delete the mysql table and reinstall everything from a clean slate and still see this problem
-wp is in the root directory
-I have turned on the wp debug and I see no errors. There are no errors in the php or apache logs either.
Any help would be much appreciated, look forward to hearing from everyone!
JJG
Hey there,
I am new to developing with WordPress and Buddypress and I cant seem to figure out how I can show the full image that has been uploaded as the Groups Avatar instead of the page just showing the cropped and / or thumb-nailed version.
Any information on this would be much appreciated 
Have you checked basic things, like is $bp->displayed_user->id set, does the user have posts published? Does the code work if you copy it into a regular WordPress template somewhere (obv. manually set $user_id)?
BP doesn’t try to do anything when WordPress regenerates its permalinks. Does disabling BuddyPress “fix” the problem?
If it matters, we’re running WordPress 3.3.1 (with the current version of BP) and the active site is at http://maclab.guhsd.net/blog/
District tech has verified permissions are set correctly. He suspects something odd is happening with the htaccess file. I’m more of a graphics guy than a coder so I’m unable to offer any insight into the issue. Thanks for any suggestions you might have.
Oh, and if the test site at http://maclab.guhsd.net/blog2/ becomes visible (once the guy at the district waves his magic wand), it will look horrible as we’ve not yet applied the new template.
-Mike
Also I forgot to mention this site has 10 years worth of links running all around the site, and I understand that changing the links from Default to Numeric will still work because WordPress recognizes a link to a pageid and redirects if the permalink structure was changed, it just doesn’t work the other way around (linking a numeric link to a page with a pageid link).
Hi,
I’ve got BuddyPress working with all the default sections. But I need to add a loop to one of my wordpress templates to display the activity stream for a specific Group.
I can get the stream to appear for all site wide updates or to show a list of the Groups that exist but cannot get the activity stream for the Group ‘Showreels’ to appear.
I’ve tried playing with the loop details here but can’t get it to work:
http://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/custom-buddypress-loops/the-activity-stream-loop/
Your help would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Nick.
Thanks for the replies. I added BuddyPress to my WordPress install on my web site (that I’m not doing anything with) and fiddled around with it a little, and got a little better foothold on it all. I’ll check out the link.
BTW. If you’d like to read more about filters – this one’s a great one. While it’s focused on themes, it’s the exact same theory
Using Filter Hooks in WordPress Child Themes
@Tfazlani – It’s possible. It would consist of using bp_core_new_nav_item();
https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/functions/core/bp_core_new_nav_item/
Basically, create a screen function (what displays on the screen) and hook it into bp_core_new_nav_item;
This loop will probably help you build the screen function (splitting up profile details) – https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/custom-buddypress-loops/the-profile-data-loop-bp_has_profile/
EDIT: WordPress has some helpful examples on adding admin menu’s and as BuddyPress’ new_nav_item is built in a similar way might help if you have issues – https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_menu_page
@o4tuna – to follow on from @mrjarbenne‘s replies – BuddyPress doesn’t kill anything that WordPress does, WordPress by default allows you to move the blog to a sub-page (as done on this site) or on your homepage (testbp.org) BuddyPress doesn’t touch it. The only real time that BuddyPress touches functionality of WordPress is for small fixes when conflicts arise (for example, theirs code which ensures that the activity stream functions correctly on the homepage – as it was having issues at one point) or to enhance the features to provide an amazing experience.
I should also mention as a sidenote that I run a Buddypress/Wordpress Multisite install for 7000 users on IIS7 without issue.
I commisioned the creation of a plugin integrating the Doppelme.com avatar creator into BP for a school community where I wanted to control the types of avatars that users create (and wanted to block local uploads of inappropriate pictures.)
It’s a thing of beautiful, but it’s also the developers first go at creating a WordPress plugin, so it isn’t in the repo. Here’s a screenshot. http://dev.commons.hwdsb.on.ca/files/2011/10/doppelme.png
The developer (Andrew Scott) was just talking the other day about figuring out how to get his plugin into the repo. I would email him if it’s something you think you might be interested in: info@doppelme.com
I found the solution!!
For those of you in a similar situation here are the configurations that worked for me:
Mail From Plugin configured as such:
Sender name (whatever you want)
User name (the part that appears before the @ in your email address)
Domain name (the part after the @ sign in your email address)
WP Mail SMTP Configured as such:
From email (your full email address)
From name (whatever you want)
Mailer (Use the PHP mail() function to send emails)
Leave all SMTP options blank or checked No.
I am using Buddypress 1.5.5 with the Buddy Corporate theme and WordPress 3.3.1 with Hostmonster as my hosting provider.
I hope this helps someone else out there experiencing this frustrating problem!!
@jcaynes this plugin https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-private-community/ has not been updated for BP 1.5+. Delete it from your installation.
hi, I stil have this recurring problem of being unable to convert one of the options form the buddypress admin menu into a normal menu..For example if I wanted the options of “settings” or “profile to be a menu, what would I have to do
In order to create menus on wordpress they ask for a http:// link. However, say if you wanted to make your profile a menu item, then it would have to be something like example.com/member/username/profile. This does not work. So I was thinking maybe you could use a bit of coding instead such as This would direct you to the activity, however once it’s entered in the wordpress menu links it does not work at all. If there was a way to make it work, then perhaps I could find the same bit of code for buddypress “profile” and attach it to the menus link.
@Hugo BuddyPress Template Pack creates the folder eg. /Activity/index.php but when I try to choose the Pages, the system does not see them and I can not select anything.
Thanks
That code string is essentially what I had and it is producing a similar broken link. I am just trying to create this link on a standard wordpress page. Is that not going to work? I just want a link on a member login page that will allow them to maintain their profile and do other BP related tasks. It is producing this kind of broken link “http://myurl/profile/”>My ProfileManage your <a href=". For example, the broken link contains text from after the code string for the url. That part that says "my profile" is the url text and "Manage your" comes after the . I am really trying to eliminate the need for the admin bar, but can’t until I figure out this hardcoded links.
Do the pages actually exist? you have to have empty pages created and there to be selected, either named as conventionally or named as you wish.
@mercime I did what you told me by changing almost to all available permalink and the issue still exists. The error I am getting is:
The following active BuddyPress Components do not have associated WordPress Pages: Activity Streams, Discussion Forums, User Groups, Members.
but when I go Buddypress pages I can not find any of the above pages to associate Activity, Streams and so on.
Plus I am using Templatic GeoPlaces theme.
Thanks for your help.
@indieconnect Good luck.
@hnla I know, I know, Atahualpa’s tables and all. But it’s a valid request for a popular theme plus it’s much much much better than the Artisteer” themes which I have declined to “template-pack-it” even if table-less. Having said that, all customization requests for BP-Atahualpa layout should be sent to theme author
== you must have a good working list of themes now? for a codex list ? ==
Done it, I did I’d already started compiling and adding to the list of all template-packed themes (45+) assisted in forums and 3 posted in Codex. My last update includes Atahualpa.https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/#template-packed-wordpress-themes
