I have just attempted another install on a completely new install of wordpress and still no luck, forums still do not install properly.
ah i see its starting to make more sense now
i am in the process of converting a large php social site into wordpress and just came across buddypress and it looks like the answer to my problems.
So when a user signs up to my site in wordpress are they signing up through wordpress and then buddypress takes this information and allows more social things to be done with it?
I have to pick a new theme for the site so i guess it wil make sense to pick a wordpress/buddypress theme to make sure i get the most out of it all.
It opens up social networking and other things besides yes. Where the menu item is though is down to the theme and also up to you if you edit files.
You do not have to change the look of your blog you’d use the template pack to allow your theme to work for BuddyPress. There are some files you’d need in your theme but the template pack solves that.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-template-pack/
Hi. The same problem…. @zfrost Could you solve it?
Sometimes the ads appear and sometimes not. I tried most of the plugins for adding google adsense to wordpress, and no ones works fine.
I also tried to put the code in to the right sidebar with html text and nothing…
Any idea?
Say i have a normal wordpress site
it already has a menu – home, about, contact us, etc etc
by installing buddypress am i simply adding the ‘community’ tab onto that menu which will then open up the social networking side for the site
users can create profiles
users can create groups
users can communicate with one another
etc
etc
im just a little confused when i see buddypress themes etc, im right to believe that by installing buddypress i wont have to change my design of my blog right?
Hi, I have the same problem. Sometimes the ads appear and sometimes not. I tried most of the plugins for adding google adsesnse to wordpress, and no ones works fine.
I also tried to put the code in to the right sidebar with html text and nothing…
Any idea?
PJParticipant
@modemlooper do you know of a plugin which lets users enter their location and see which users are nearby? Preferably one that works with BuddyPress Mobile?
If so, would it let them know of nearby users based on iPhone or Android gps coords or the city/state they enter to a plugin or field of buddypress? The iPhone app Grindr comes to mind, though it is an app not a wordpress plugin.
Thanks
I sent updated themes to WordPress repo and they should be accepted any day.
On the profile tab? Query a loop on the profile.php template file to out put that users posts. Google how to loop through WordPress custom posts.
Suggested for version 1.6 (eligible for 1.5.1 if someone contributes a patch):
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3627
Can’t edit posts for some reason so wordpress version: 3.2.1
Also, after managing to get the group forums installed, the forums menu link was added. So it looks like the site wide forums just aren’t installing properly for some reason.
Background:
I am using wordpress version
I am using buddypress version 1.5
This happens when I use the defualt theme
I have permalinks enabled.
Working on a fresh(ish) install of both wordpress and buddypress, only other plugin running is jetpack.
I’ve installed buddypress and for the most part it’s working fine, but the final hurdle is getting the forums to work. site.com/members and every other page works fine, but mysite.com/forums redirect to the homepage.
However, when I delete the pages associated with forums, I can access the forums from the front end, but am told in the back end that “The following active BuddyPress Components do not have associated WordPress Pages: Discussion Forums”. The minute I create the page and associate it with the forums, it stops working in the front end, when navigating to my site.com/forums I get the message: The forums component has not been set up yet. Again, deleting this page from the pages backend makes the forums accessible from the front end.
And when the page is tied to the forums, it stops appearing in the menu. When it’s not tied, it appears in the menu but links to a normal page and not the forums.
Also, when I go to buddypress > forum set up, there is still the option to install forums, even though I already have. I can click on the install new link but it tells me I already installed it. Installing from existing doesn’t work either as it can’t find the config file in the root. Not sure if this is standard behaviour.
Any advice on how to get this working would be much appreciated. If it would help I can set up an admin account for someone if they let me know their email.
Much appreciated
Not a BuddyPress issue. You need to query a WordPress loop for that user and post type. Curious as to why you chose custom post type and not a BuddyPress component?
That’s not it. Search on codex.wordpress.org about widgets
Not a BuddyPress issue. You add widget areas to a theme just like you would to a plain WordPress theme.
Hello
I use WordPress 3.2.1. with the last update of BBPress with the default theme.
Since the big update, I can’t modify profile fields : I can suppress, add anything I want : The site looks the same.
Any solution ?..
Thank you
I created a custom post type and comments posted on those pages does not appear in the activity stream. Any ideas on how to include them?
Using BP 1.5.
Thanks
The activity/post issue is known and has been fixed for BuddyPress 1.5.1 (not out yet). In the meantime, either do this https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/5187/ or include the default theme’s javascript into your theme.
hi again Paul. I’m using CosmicBuddy theme and I was able make the blog link work now as suggested by the creator of the theme.
So now I’m missing the member settings area. My wordpress is a single site and the subdir is bp/. The page is blank when i try to go to /bp/members/admin/settings and /bp/members/admin/forums. Thanks again for your help.
Whoa, Just updated to 1.5 current version and this issue started to happen again 
I’ve checked and the file mentioned in https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4939 is “updated”, some clues on where can the error be? Thanks!
$content_width is a standard WordPress theme variable and mainly controls the width of embeds and other media such as images. You’ll see it set something similar in any well-written WordPress theme.
What theme are you using? Are you using multisite? What’s the name of the subdir that you’ve installed WordPress into?
i’m using wordpress 3.2.1 and buddypress 1.2.10 …can anyone tell me how to prevent these errors?
Invalid UTF-8 sequence in argument in /home/mydomain.com/web/public/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/_inc/ajax.php on line 106,
There shouldn’t be an issue with gravatars on BP 1.5.
Give it a shot on the BP test site – http://testbp.org
Did you enable gravatar support on your specific WP install?
https://codex.wordpress.org/Settings_Discussion_Screen (scroll down to the “Avatars” section)
Try this tutorial:
https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/install-buddypress-on-a-secondary-blog/
Please test on a dev environment first!
Just so you’re aware, there are a few 1.5 bugs that have popped up regarding multisite installs:
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3602
