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Like wordpress fan… I also need a solution that shows different components to registered vs. non-registered users. I can’t launch without it. Unless we build to separate sites… but I really don’t want to do that. The “public” (non-members) should basically only see the main blog’s posts, pages and events. Everything else needs to be hidden until you log in. I guess a bit of PHP might fake it just by hiding navigation options. In fact, there is a thread on the forums about that. I was assuming that the new privacy module would make that information moot however.

@Anointed: It’s not that the core is “flawed”… it’s that BuddyPress is simply a plugin that sits “on top” of WordPress MU while Elgg is an integrated solution. Personally, I still prefer BuddyPress. The theming process in Elgg caused me great pain and I find the Elgg interface suffers from inconsistencies and poor usability.

@sschablow

The auto upgrade usually does its job. But you are using a version of WPMU (2.7.1) that is 5 months old. Also, you were attempting to upgrade from a version of BP that was at least that old as well.

Whenever that many months have elapsed between your updating software versions, it is wise to check the readme.txt files and make sure that the versions you are using are compatible with each other. Had you done so, you would see at the top of BuddyPress’ v1.0.3 readme.txt file that you need at least WPMU 2.8.1.

=== Plugin Name ===

Contributors: apeatling

Tags: wpmu, buddypress, social, networking, profiles, messaging, friends, groups, forums, activity

Requires at least: WordPress MU 2.8.1

Tested up to: 2.8.1

Stable tag: 1.0.3

During those five months, many updates have been made to both platforms. In fact, it is recommended that you upgrade WPMU to 2.8.4a for security reasons. Here’s some information that might help in upgrading WPMU.

As for your comment here:

Crash occured after fatal error during BP upgrade (If it’s not possible to upgrade automatically you REALLY SHOULD REMOVE THAT S***[edited for content] FROM THE OPTIONS. DAYUMN. )

That is an issue. I’m not sure that it has been reported, but as you are the first to report such a bug in the BuddyPress forums, you should check in WPMU Trac and see if it has been reported. If not, add a new ticket.

Thanks Reboot Now – and wordpressfan for suggesting it in the first place. Will definitely look into giving this code a try prior to future BP work as this is very important for privacy, especially for children, who will potentially be a significant part of a site I am working on. Membership will be verified to ensure protection of the children’s private information while allowing them to participate fully in the community.

Maybe someone could take this and turn it into a plugin…?

@Jeff Sayre – your plugin is also useful as it gives a universal (i.e. WP not just BP) and individual-focussed privacy option, which is also very important. good work!

If you are running WordPress MU outside of the root, for example: http://example.org/wordpressmu/ then you are going to experience problems with the 1.1 beta. I am fixing right now.

Never edit the parent theme unless you copy the files out of it and create your own. By editing the parent theme directly you’re risking it not working correctly in future versions.

Copy the header.php out of the parent theme folder, and into your current active theme folder. bp-default, or whatever else you might be using.

WordPress will automatically override the parent header.php because files in child themes have a higher priority over parent themes. You won’t need to do anything additional to tell it what to do.

If you haven’t already, make a child theme. Copy in header.php and edit it.

If you want to manually add a link to your specific page, do that, otherwise look into adding this: https://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_list_pages

As moderators, we cannot recommend hosting providers–at least I will not!

Here’s a thread that may help you better understand the requirements of WPMU. I would suggest searching the Mu forums for hosting suggestions.

It will help but I think you will still have the same problem. This is the problem with hosting WPMU on a shared/virtual server.

OK, I almost understand. I want to use Theme Hybrid Framework and BP Framework to create a custom Parent or should that be, custom Child?

From @Detective, it sounds like I need to integrate the functionality of both frameworks and build the child(ren) off that functionality. Is that right or am I missing something?

Will that method allow the benefits of upgrades to both Frameworks?

I’ve been looking at TastyKitchen.com and VW Tankwars both on the WP.org showcase https://wordpress.org/showcase/flavor/buddypress/ for ideas for 1 blog implementations of WPMU and BP.

@ John

I know Burt hasn’t updated the group blogs plugin in a while…

I believe that jeff is talking about this plugin and not Burt’s Community Blogs plugin.

Here is a plugin that should do what you want. Although I don’t know if it is tested on 1.1

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/limit-blogs-per-user/

@wordpressfan, you will want to make sure that wp-contents/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bbpress/ contains all of the files that come with bbPress.

When you use the auto-install functionality of BuddyPress forums, it will create a bb-config.php file at the root of your WordPress MU installation.

There appears to be some confusion (at least in my mind) on the steps needed to enable forums in the beta.

1. Do I place the bbpress files in bp-forums or not?

2. The forums “one-click” setup mentions placing the generated code in the “root WordPress directory.” Is that domain.com, bp-forums, or where?

Thanks.

@wordpressfan

You have several threads with various issues floating around the forums so I cannot possibly remember all the answers that you’ve already provided to our questions.

So, more questions/suggestions:

• Do you have any plugins other than BP installed? If so, deactivate them and see what happens. Make sure that you are using the default theme and that you have reselected it.
• Are there any errors in your server’s log files? I mean ANY. Do not try to decide which errors are relevant to this issue. We will decided.
• I believe that you are running BP trunk. So this is a test site as you should not be running the bleeding-edge version on a production site. Do a clean install and see if the problem persists. This means deleting everything–all BP, WPMU, and DB files. You need to start from scratch. Don’t install any plugins other than BP, only use the default theme. What happens when you do that?

As DJPaul, said, you should talk to your web host whenever you are having server issues. This WordPress codex article may help, if it does not, talking with your web host is the next option.