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Got pretty much the same issue here. Latest WordPress (non-MU) and BuddyPress installed via BuddyPress Template Pack Plugin.

With nothing disabled in BP general settings, everything enabled in component setup.

There is no “create group” in the “groups” tab. Only “My Groups” and “Invites”. Clicking the “groups” tab goes to http://www.ultimatecultureclash.com/members/cupedoll/groups/ which seems fine.

But I want forums. And it seems forums are a property of groups. So I need groups. How to create groups?

(After much confusion) I enter MANUALLY: http://ultimatecultureclash.com/groups/create/step/group-details/

This goes to /groups/create/step/group-details/images/images/bg_body.gif which looks good. The heading says “Create a Group” and there’s input fields for “Group Name” and “Group Description”.

But entering group name, group description and pressing “Create Group and Continue —->” button only reloads blog homepage and creates nothing.

I’ve read somewhere that this might be theme-related? I run Atahualpa, pretty extensively customized. Yet the BuddyPress Template Pack Plugin was supposed to integrate everything painlessly (for ignorant non-coders like me). And the weird thing is how smoothly it seemed to have done the job. Until it came to creating groups.

Did you try is_home() instead?

https://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags

The above link suggests that it should be is_front_page() but given how bp-default is playing around with that setting in the backened, you might need to check is_home()

There are WP plugins that will auto-create a WordPress post from each item in an RSS feed as it happens (well, cron schedule notwithstanding, I guess, or something like that). I kind of hate Facebook, so I’m not sure, but are there RSS streams generated by the appropriate activity there?

Or, come to think of it, if there were an RSS stream from Facebook, you could just use Andy’s External Group Blogs plugin and pull the RSS items into an activity stream for a group, as well.

I’ve never seen one (although there might be), but the challenge I have is understanding what from Facebook you’d want to create the post on the blog. Would you want someone’s wall post to be added to the blog? That doesn’t make much since to me. Would you want a Facebook Note to be added to your blog?

The other option is to add the WordPress app (and there are probably a number of these out there) to your Facebook account. I think a Facebook WordPress app would be able to post to your blog and to Facebook at the same time. At least I think there are 2 way Facebook apps like this.

For the first part, what version of WordPress are you using?

Secondly, you can edit the sign up text by using a language file:

https://codex.buddypress.org/how-to-guides/customizing-labels-messages-and-urls/

Or by creating a child theme and modifying the registration templates.

@jivany – yup

@Modemlooper – as stwc posted above, he wanted a front page other than c) A WordPress Page

Should one want to continue in that vein (via Settings > Reading > static home page), instead of creating the special template file home.php, he can:

1. Create a Page template, e.g. page-home.php and paste 2.a. or 2.b. within and upload to server.

2. Create a page called Home using the page template and publish.

3. Go to Settings > Reading > Static home page and choose Home.

4. Delete the link (forums or blogs or groups) from header.php navigation div to avoid duplication

Try Connections: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/connections/

Have a look at wp polls instead, in my opinion a very nice and customizable poll system. It includes a widget.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-polls/

Edit: I just found that automatic install of the plugin does not seem to work. However install and using it right out of the box works fine for me when uploaded by FTP, in WPMU 2.9.2 with BP default theme. There are also some theme related issues: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/358769

This is build basic in wordpress, just add a page in the backend of wordpress and it’ll show up in your menu bar.

@mrvon

Uninstall your copy of WordPress and install a new copy of WordPress MU (Multi-User).

WordPress MU allows each member to have his own blog. You need to set up blog domains first, though. For more instructions on setting up multiple blogs, read the WordPress MU readme.

BuddyPress will automatically set this up for you if it detects that you have WordPress MU installed.

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Check this out:

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-profile-widget-for-blogs/

That does what you want, but you can take a look at the code to modify it for your specific needs..

This actually sounds like it might be the root cause of my own issue.

After installing BuddyPress, I am getting the following error in my Dashboard under WordPress Development Blog, Incoming Links, and Plugins

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 30720 bytes) in /home/herzsage/public_html/wp-includes/class-simplepie.php on line 14271

I’m not sure how it’s eating over 30MB to begin with, but the symptoms are there (no BBpress tables or files, Page Not Found error midway through group creation after installing BBpress, etc) and my Dashboard is clearly telling me I’m having memory issues.

However, I never had this problem when integrating the three before. I’m even running BuddyPress off a single-blog WordPress installation because I have no use for Mu – how is it eating so much memory, and what did you set your memory limit at to resolve the issue?

BP is just a plugin that provides the social interaction components. Everything still works like any other WordPress site.

Try one of these:

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/auto-join-groups/

http://brentandmary.net/2009/10/24/bn-auto-join-group-plugin/

http://buddypress.webdevstudios.com/blog/2009/11/13/buddypress-registration-options/

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/welcome-pack

I think that one of them does what you’re describing or could be modified to do what you want.

As an added bonus, here’s one that should subscribe people to a blog at sign up:

https://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic/13675

I got this after trying to download and install from the WP admin:

Downloading install package from https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/buddypress-activity-as-blog-comments.0.1.0.zip.

Unpacking the package.

Could not create directory /xxx/xxx/xxx/wp-content/upgrade/buddypress-activity-as-blog-comments.tmp

Uploading via ftp and activating worked fine.

I think you may have a mod-rewrite issue going on. I’m having the same thing happen and that is the direction I’m headed. I’ll let you know the outcome.

Thanks!

CPC