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At the moment, it’s probably not as easy as we all wish it was.

It’s best to start with WPMU if you can…

If you have an existing site with plugins installed, it won’t be an easy transfer. If it’s just a normal WP install with no plugins, you can export your blog, install WPMU, and import the blog as your primary blog into the new site.

Did you have BuddyPress 1.1 installed previously? Are you using WPMU or WP?

I’ll admin to not knowing how phpinfo should look if not using apache, so we might need additional help here.

Who is your web host? Chances are this is a PHP version or a memory issue.

If this can help, on a fresh bp 1.1 install i get these errors when trying to activate the plugin :

Warning: Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated; If you would like to pass it by reference, modify the declaration of do_action(). If you would like to enable call-time pass-by-reference, you can set allow_call_time_pass_reference to true in your INI file in C:wampwwwwordpress-muwp-contentpluginsbp-eventbp-events.php on line 2186

Warning: Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated; If you would like to pass it by reference, modify the declaration of do_action(). If you would like to enable call-time pass-by-reference, you can set allow_call_time_pass_reference to true in your INI file in C:wampwwwwordpress-muwp-contentpluginsbp-eventbp-events.php on line 2215

Warning: Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated; If you would like to pass it by reference, modify the declaration of do_action(). If you would like to enable call-time pass-by-reference, you can set allow_call_time_pass_reference to true in your INI file in C:wampwwwwordpress-muwp-contentpluginsbp-eventbp-events.php on line 2265

Warning: Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated; If you would like to pass it by reference, modify the declaration of do_action(). If you would like to enable call-time pass-by-reference, you can set allow_call_time_pass_reference to true in your INI file in C:wampwwwwordpress-muwp-contentpluginsbp-eventbp-events.php on line 2265

Warning: require(C:wampwwwwordpress-mu/wp-content/plugins/bp-events/bp-events-cssjs.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:wampwwwwordpress-muwp-contentpluginsbp-eventbp-events.php on line 2764

Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘C:wampwwwwordpress-mu/wp-content/plugins/bp-events/bp-events-cssjs.php’ (include_path=’.;C:php5pear’) in C:wampwwwwordpress-muwp-contentpluginsbp-eventbp-events.php on line 2764

If you moved the installation this is going to cause problems, you will need to change a number of things in the database. This is no doubt the cause of your issues.

Some of these results may help:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=en&q=moving+wordpress+mu+directory&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

use locate_template() —

https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/locate_template

I think the comparison, in that case, would be wordpress vs. drupal, and then drupal social vs. buddypress…

You can probably imagine it’s a rather large and complicated plugin, but when it’s ready for beta it will make it into the WordPress plugin repository for download and feedback.

Also, consider that because BuddyPress uses WordPressMU which is compatible with most of the normal WordPress plugins out there, you have an existing free library of pretailored website features and upgrades that jump-start your development time.

On a large scale, using plugins like HyperDB and donncha’s cache plugin can help manage server load… Consider that wordpress.com uses a codebase very similar to WPMU to manage millions of users and blogs and activity, and it’s easy to see that WordPress is capable of handling a ton of pages and data… BuddyPress also now powers the http://profiles.wordpress.org pages too, so you can see how it handles tens of thousands of users there as well.

Yeah, I used this tutorial instead: http://theeasybutton.com/blog/2009/07/17/integrating-buddypress-wordpress-mu-and-bbpress/

Bear in mind that I am not very skilled at BP/WPMU/bbP, so my answer to your previous question could be wrong !

You really need to understand buddypress…and maybe bit about WordPress. Everything is explained in readme.txt

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or whatever, BuddyPress stays in plugins directory as it’s a plugin for wpmu.

Using an existing WordPress theme will require work on your part. WordPress themes are designed for blogs, not for all the extra features that BuddyPress offers. You will be able to integrate the header and footer and overall look and feel, but specific features will still need CSS styles.

You can do whatever you want if you can code a plugin for your needs. I hear it shouldn’t be hard for wordpress plugin developers to make one for buddypress as they’re the same.

It’s fairly simple. If you don’t like an aspect of the default theme, edit it. The new theme architecture in BP 1.1 makes this easier than ever. I suspect over the remainder of the year we’ll see more BP themes being released.

If aren’t familar with how WordPress themes work, there are lots of documentation online and there are always people you can hire to create one for you.

All of this has been discussed on this site many times before.

To add further credence to the healthy, continued existence of WordPress Mu and the strength and solidity of BuddyPress, 8 months ago I went through the same investigation, searching out the strongest, best supported, most flexible open-source based platform with which to build out a very large social network. I decided that WPMU + BuddyPress was the solution for me.

Since that time, I’ve fully immersed myself in both platforms, even becoming a moderator on theses forums (as you can see). Over that 8 month period, WPMU and BP have become even stronger, have improved in numerous ways. They are both at the stage where I am now very confident in their foundation. My project is now a go and I am currently feverishly working on building my platform. I hope to be rolling out a beta of my “professional grade community” by the first of the new year.

So do not worry about the future of WPMU or BuddyPress. The future is strong, bright, and healthy.

Don’t believe the hyperbole around “WordPress MU being discontinued”. It is simply merging with WordPress and all the features will be provided under that version. The misinformation on the internet about this is ridiculous.

BuddyPress does not yet have image galleries, this will come in the next version. Mark Jaquith developed GigaOm, so perhaps you can ping him to find out more.

I also just noticed that buddypress profiles don’t import from wordpress profiles or vice versa. It takes enough tooth pulling to get people to complete one profile. Adding those fields to sign up would be good because required fields would also have some anti-spam benefits.