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Take a look at the BP Template Pack plugin.

This plugin will try to make your WP theme compatible with BP.

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You can also build a child theme from the default BuddyPress theme.

Read how to do it here:

https://codex.buddypress.org/how-to-guides/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/

Ha! Didn’t know you could add a TOS as a CC license!

Cool of WordPress.com to offer one! Will take a look at this later.

@motionsw – yes you can use it as a guide for your own.

Here’s the part that says you can:

…you’re more than welcome to steal [this TOS] and repurpose it for your own use, just make sure to replace references to us with ones to you, and if you want we’d appreciate a link to WordPress.com somewhere on your site. We spent a lot of money and time on the below, and other people shouldn’t need to do the same.

You can use the regular <img> HTML code to show images.

<img src="YOUR IMAGE URL" />

There are also some third-party plugins to attach images:

*BP-Gallery beta (paid plugin) – http://buddydev.com

– adds a gallery component to BP; you can attach images to groups (and profiles) this way as well

* Forum Attachments for BuddyPress -https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/forum-attachments-for-buddypress/

– allows you to attach images to forum posts only in BP

– needs some testing in BP 1.2 though; i’ve only tested this a bit in BP 1.2, needs a little work

r-a-y’s right, but I can’t help but feel that what you’re proposing could potentially be trouble with regards to XSS and people trying to break your site.

Another approach, with different benefits and drawbacks, would be to utilise either WordPress 2.9’s custom post types or just upload a number of background images using the Media Uploader; you’d still use the xProfile field to get users to select which image they want, but you write some code that switches the image selected with the actual image URL from the media library.

BuddyPress works with standard WP, so yes you can use it with your site!

You’ll probably need to use the BuddyPress Template pack plugin if you want to use your existing theme with it.

Like DJPaul said, you should test BP locally to see if it fits your site’s needs.

There’s also another option for social networking on WP called Mingle. Some consider it easier to setup with an existing WP theme.

Hope that helps!

BuddyPress isn’t all-or-nothing; it’s built to let people integrate it into existing themes and websites. I’d set up a test copy of your blog somewhere (or on your local PC) so you can install BuddyPress and give it a test to see how it fits in with your existing content/theme.

Buddypress pages are not listed in the admin. To edit those you need to make a child theme.

https://codex.buddypress.org/how-to-guides/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/

If you want to make additional pages you can via admin like you do any normal WP blog. Admin >> Pages >> add new

If you know how to make wordpress page templates you can create anything you want and then in admin >> settings >> reading choose your custom page as the static front page.

Get in contact with https://buddypress.org/developers/boonebgorges/ or look for his blog posts and WordCamp presentations (http://wordpress.tv/2010/01/23/boone-gorges-buddypress-boston10/), he’s done this @ http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/

@Tadziz,

http://www.blogohblog.com/adding-extra-sidebar-to-your-wordpress-theme/

Sorry Tadziz but that’s a simple WordPress question. There’s a lot of tutorial around on “how to add widgetized areas” on sidebar. Just google it.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/welcome-pack/ is the URL for the welcome pack. It does show that it’s been updated for 1.2

I found this plugin and it seems to allow you to moderate new users I think this will help everyone a lot:

http://webdevstudios.com/support/wordpress-plugins/buddypress-registration-options/

you can try this as well https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-quickpress/

I’ve already answered this question.

If you have a spammer with admin access on a blog, they can add new users to that blog. They are then new users in the system since WPMU shares a global users table. So essentially once a spammer has a blog they can get others in.

This is simply the way WPMU works, and if I try and change that, people shout and scream at me. The reality is, if you want to use WordPress MU and BuddyPress along with it, you are going to have to manage this somehow. Otherwise, just use standard WordPress since it doesn’t have these issues.

just a thought: How about the intruder coming from another end than wordpress? There are so many theoretical ways to enter some data in the database.

Of course that doesn’t mean it’s not a wordpress problem – just to keep an eye on other things too.

Our website uses the WordPress.com TOS made available as a CC license: http://en.wordpress.com/tos/

I assume you know the email login plugin? Do you mean you want to give the user the choice, have either work?

I’m trying to integrate P2 in the bp-groupblog plugin. Haven’t tried BP theme template pack.

P2 apparently only works on a regular blog index.php. On a group home (and probably other BP pages like members home etc.) it can’t find the right blog and the Ajax breaks.

The fix probably involves setting the blogID somewhere and changing settings in P2’s js.php. If it’s possible at all…

I appreciate your rationale and enthusiasm, Tim.

It’s because certain issues might not be relevant anymore.

And I doubt Alessandro is reading this thread.

r-a-y, I definitely understand that these days people like to consider older posts and forum threads dead after a short period of time. Some user just like to jump on old stuff without finding the answers in newer threads. However, when there is a dearth of information about a particular topic and people are trying to properly research before posting and all that comes up is old threads, I’m of the opinion that they should be resurrected. Why start a new post asking the same questions and diverging the threads? I’m actively searching for information about this and scrounging through PHP code and websites for answers. I’ve uncovered some good information that I’m trying to share, but am still looking for more answers. If I run a search and it returns all these “dead” threads and no new threads, the masses are going to as well.

Plus, I just replied to other threads offering to help with questions you’ve asked here months ago to which I see no answers. If you’ve figured all this out, why not update those original threads with the answers for newer folks trying to figure things out? If you haven’t figured everything out, then why not be happy that the threads are going active again and information is being shared?

Please don’t take this the wrong way, I just don’t understand why some forums seem to be filled with people complaining about “old” threads being responded to and others appreciate it. And why don’t the forums that are dead-set against replying to old threads, simply close out the old ones?

seanx820, I’m pretty experienced in PHP, WP, and am now diving into BP (since it works on non-WPMU installs). I’ve done a lot of theme mods, including making changes to the navigation links, both in standard WP themes and now in BP themes. My site http://xtremelysocial.com sounds similar to what you are trying to do in that your blog is your main focus, but you want to add social-networking type features on top of that.

One of the big challenges with BP is theme support. There are almost no BP themes out there and adding full BP support to an existing themes is very difficult. However, there are some resources for you to check out.

Your best bet if you want to keep your current theme is to use this plugin. Its very basic and won’t have the BP sections in your site looking sharp, but it will work.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-template-pack/

Also, here are some more details on hacking themes for BP.

https://codex.buddypress.org/how-to-guides/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/