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I disagree. Yes plugin authors SHOULD do that, but WordPress plugins should be able to declare a parent plugin that must be active. That way, when BuddyPress is deactivated, my Welcome Pack plugin is deactivated automatically. It also protects against plugin authors who do not know how to do this properly; either through lack of PHP experience or ignorance. There’s a whole range of WordPress plugins out there, and some are really well written, and some are really poorly written.

It’s not up to WordPress to deal with this, it’s up to plugin developers to write their plugins so they don’t die if BuddyPress is not present. I’ve put the code all over the codex for this:

https://codex.buddypress.org/how-to-guides/checking-buddypress-is-active/

did you use this plugin?

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-restrict-group-creation/

if so and that caused an error – can you drop me a message with what happened so I can fix it? thanks!

I’ve spent the last couple of hours using the compatibilty pack to get everything lined up – by matching the HTML layout.

It was quick and dirty but now it all fits fine and my sidebar is present (although I’d like to remove it from the buddypress specific pages). To be honest I was surprised I got this far!

Problems:

1. How to get the Nav buttons on the bar? or somthing like. Personally I’d like a ‘Socialise’ Button with Mystique drops downs for the buddypress components I use.

2. Forums don’t work. If I load up the default theme they work (although I can’t create a topic) but through Mystique I just get a black white page.

Any thoughts? If I send you my email address any chance I can have a look/ at what you’ve done?

Plugin dependancies is a WordPress-level issue, and well-written BuddyPress plugins can silently quit if they find BuddyPress is available.

Nope, I’ve got it down pat right now. I was working on it again just the other night, as I’ve had to go back & redo all the ones I took screenshots of.

My only dilemma right now is whether to release it as a child theme (of the original WP theme) or a forked theme. Hrm.

Hi,

This was an issue with looking for spam and deleted fields in the db. They were not there in wordpress install so I removed this contraint. I just checked in version 1.1.8 to fix this.

Thanks,

Dave

Hi Andrea_r,

I am too trying to get bp to work with mystique, it looks like you made some excellent progress. Do you need any assistance or is there anything available for download yet?

I really appreciate the help.

Finally a buddypress user gallery plugin that’s free and works with 1.2.

Just a question though, will it work with wordpress single, or isnt it tested with it yet?

I’ll do the Dutch translation by the way.

@xevo Generally, I agree with you but there are reasons other than user blogs for using MU. It’s often practical to use blogs for specialty purpose (as we have on our site) while still not allowing user blogs. We have 4 indiv blogs with unique functions. It may be possible in a Single setup but the power of doing it within a blog is compelling.

MediaTemple is the best choice for wordpress related hosting needs it also suits for Buddypress also

If you are not afford thier package then you may go for HostGator , i found it the best one after mediatemple for Buddypress hosting

@muratk

MU doesn’t add tables for every user. It only adds tables for another blog.

If you don’t need user blogs, don’t use wpmu.

Wpmu was created only for that purpose.

the answer is certainly WordPress. If giving blogs to your users is not a must WordPress is the pnly answer.

Why? Because MU adds tables for every user and you get a huge database at the end. You will need a VPS for MU at least.

@Ann Christine

Did you configure the SMTP plugin correctly?

Here are some instructions:

http://ericlbarnes.com/how-to/wordpress-and-google-apps/

The email bug on the BP site I was working would not send any BP email to a GMail account, but would send to all other email addresses. I thought it was semi-related to the issues you and ruthlessbookie were encountering.

I ran into a similar issue recently on a BP site I was working on.

I used this plugin:

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/configure-smtp/

with a Google Apps email account.

Unfortunately I have the same problem as the two of you. I am running fresh installations – newest WPMU and BP.

It was running all fine.

Now I (admin) get no email notifications at all – users do not receive any either. The activation emails are not being sent. The WPMU ones are not sent out either.

I am using a catch-all email on my email host to be able to sign up with different emails on the same domain.

First thing I was thinking was whether BP or WP was thinking all this signup from the same email domain was SPAM and therefore closing down signups from my IP or whatever.

I have searched for answers and found this: https://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic/13039

Apparently some hosts do not allow automated emails to be sent out.

(However, if my host do not allow this, how come it worked fine for two weeks?)

Only plugin I have installed is the cets-blog-defaults. I have tried to deactivate it, but it does not help.

This is really frustrating

@lpegram

Are you using WPMU or standard WP?

If you’re using WPMU, read what I just wrote here:

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-vs-wordpress-mu#post-41890

This is my personal opinion, but If you’re building on top of an existing WordPress blog and theme, I would recommend WPMU so you can install BP on a secondary blog.

This is so you can separate the community side from your main WP blog. It will make things much easier from a theme perspective and for future upgrades to BP.

Plugins are a non-issue, unless you want to use the BP Group Wiki plugin or the BP Classifieds plugin.

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If you’re starting from scratch and you do not anticipate the need for user blogs, I recommend standard WordPress.

If you install BuddyPress you’re blog will remain the main blog and all your posts/authors/categories etc are still there.. It does not remove your existing blog, it simply adds social network functions to them!

Your WordPress theme can’t be used though, so you’ll might need to change the standard BP theme to fit your needs by creating a Child Theme.