And the code is giving me an error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘}’ in xxx/public_html/wp-content/plugins/bp-custom.php on line 9
Make sure it has been wrapped around “ at the beginning and the end.
But I want it to display their usernames instead of their RealNames.
Use this plugin: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-usernames-only/
If you are going to use an external forum software, then you can just go to dashboard > BuddyPress > Component Set up > Groups – Disabled. Note that if you go this route, you would have to create a plugin to integrate your forum software with BuddyPress.
If you want to use the internal bbPress forum which you install via BuddyPress > Forums Setup , then you have to keep the groups enabled because the default forums are connected to groups. https://codex.buddypress.org/buddypress-site-administration/buddypress-forum/ In this scenario, you could rename and use Groups as the Main Forum sections like https://wordpress.org/support/ and adjust navigation in BP Admin Bar, Main Navigation and Item Navigation accordingly.
“That is what Buddypress does currently. It displays their “RealName” rather than their Username across the site.”
But I want it to display their usernames instead of their RealNames. And the code is giving me an error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘}’ in xxx/public_html/wp-content/plugins/bp-custom.php on line 9
Note that I just created the bp-custom.php file. Oh, and, how can I add a search bar in the adminbar? but not the BP searchbar, i want to add the wordpress default searchbar. Thanks!
i’ve done so many posts and image uploads, its going to be a nightmare to re do it, so would prefer to be able to fix current install if possible. Seems strange that there wouldn’t be a simple fix for it…… I could stay up all night and do it I suppose but not ideal.
@mercime Yes I was talking to PCWriter about this issue. The strange thing is, the admin bar displayed once the site was firts set up, and was there for about a week then it went? I used Softaculous on cPanel to install WordPress to my site, then I downloaded the BuddyPress plug in from the WordPress admin. Here is the website in question.
First of all it wasn’t obvious on how to create groups. Searched the forum and found some one direct some one to ”websitename.com”/groups/create. Did I miss something here or is that the only way to add groups?
Now about the error ”There was an error when creating the topic.”. I started with a fresh install of wordpress, buddypress and created the bbpress inside of my install. I installed no other plugins except bp-template-pack. I am not running wordpressmu. With the link above, I was able to create a group but I keep getting the error when trying to post to the forum.
There seems to be a lot of confusion in the forum about what causing this or how to solve it. At least I haven’t found the answer, so asking for some help please.
Thanks in advance.
== Now buddypress won’t work, its driving me insane ==
The last time I tested https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory a year ago and installed BP, it just didn’t work. Since you just created your site, why not start from scratch and install WordPress in domain root?
the register link works but the link to log in doesn’t it just keeps giving a 404 page not found error
https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/customizing-labels-messages-and-urls/
Hi,
I have installed wordpress in a different directory to my root but have setup wordpress so it sends visitors to the root, ie copy index.php and .htaccess to root…
Now buddypress won’t work, its driving me insane, the register link works but the link to log in doesn’t it just keeps giving a 404 page not found error
Can someone please help, I just launched a new site and this is having a very detrimental effect on my business…..
Thanks!
Greg, I am using W3TC for object caching (xcache opcode) and browser caching. Along with that I am using MAXCDN as the CDN (was prior using Amazon S3). MAXCDN is set now to cache almost all of my graphics, css, and javascripts -including plugins and child-themes. One of the two sites I was referring to is a straight WordPress site: http://mustech.net and the other is a BUDDYPRESS, non-multi-site (single site), site (htttp://musicpln.org – registration only).
I’ve set up a different pullzone for each of the sites using maxcdn.
You should do some research. Maybe I missed it but I don’t see any links for pre-sales support at http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting/ esp. mod_rewrite? PHP 5+? GD library bundled with PHP? at least 32MB memory? etc.
There are many issues with WordPress alone on Yahoo! hosting, adding a poweful plugin like BuddyPress …
https://wordpress.org/tags/yahoo
http://webhostinggeeks.com/user-reviews/index2.php?item_id=2
The page you were looking for was not found.
Hi new to buddyPress and reasonably new to WordPress I’m getting and “page not found” message on the member page and most of the profile pages but not all the pages, groups, activity all seem to be there. Permalinks and mod rewrite working fine and I’m getting the correct URLs, member pages are “there” but with no content.
The latest version of buddyPress is running with WP 3.1 in a subdirectory. I’m wondering if the correct tables have been initialised I’ve got these:
wp_bb_forums
wp_bb_meta
wp_bb_posts
wp_bb_terms
wp_bb_term_relationships
wp_bb_term_taxonomy
wp_bb_topics
wp_bp_activity
wp_bp_activity_meta
wp_bp_friends
wp_bp_groups
wp_bp_groups_groupmeta
wp_bp_groups_members
wp_bp_messages_messages
wp_bp_messages_notices
wp_bp_messages_recipients
wp_bp_notifications
wp_bp_xprofile_data
wp_bp_xprofile_fields
wp_bp_xprofile_groups
Any pointers in the right direction greatly appreciated
Hi all,
I have seen articles claiming you can call WP functions outside of WP by adding to your non-wp site head.
Is it possible to do this with BP?
Eg so I show online member avatars on my home page (which is not run using wordpress, but plain old php ?
If so, how would one go about this please?
Hi,
Sorry about my english 
I am not a native…
It more about the 2nd option: is the “old plugin” a BP-compatible plugin which needs updating to be compatible with BuddyPress 1.2.8 / WordPress 3.1
I have asked someone to do it in France two years ago but this person just disappears now..
And to be honest I don’t think I will be able to update it, my knowledge in php could be sum up by those three letters..
So maybe I am gonna post on this link you sent me..
Anyway, thanks a lot for the answer
Richard
Make sure the “Anyone Can Register” is enabled under the wordpress general settings
Ok, I see the screenshot now. And yes, you have links to the Pages (text so small I can’t read them all) at the footer of your theme.
In actual site (home page) looking at page source, I see the empty div
`
`
wp_nav_menu is being called but not rendered. This is because the function is not supported in your theme.
Open up functions.php file of your theme https://themes.svn.wordpress.org/bp-columns/1.2/functions.php
and add the following line just above closing `?>`
`add_action( ‘init’, ‘register_goldbrick_menus’ );
function register_goldbrick_menus() {
register_nav_menus(
array(
‘footer-menu’ => __( ‘Footer Menu’ )
)
);
}`
Then save and upload.
Open up your footer.php and replace:
`<?php wp_nav_menu(
array(
‘theme_location’ => ”,
‘menu’ => ”,
‘container’ => ”,
‘container_class’ => ”,
‘container_id’ => ”,
‘menu_class’ => ”,
‘menu_id’ => ”
)
); ?>`
with
` ‘footer-menu’ ) ); ?>`
Then save and upload.
In dashboard Appearance > Menus. Choose Footer Menu and add the links.
== I have an old plugin that someone developped for my project ==
Your post title says BP 1.0.3 plugin. So that “old plugin” you’re referring is BuddyPress 1.0.3, right? Or is the “old plugin” a BP-compatible plugin which needs updating to be compatible with BuddyPress 1.2.8 / WordPress 3.1?
If you need to hire somebody, post here: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-jobs-board/
If you want to explore upgrading the installation yourself:
– backup database and server files
– deactivate all plugins and change theme to default theme
– version upgrades of BP/WPMU and later BP WPMS
– download BP versions from here: https://trac.buddypress.org/browser/tags
– download WordPress WPMU/WP from here: https://wordpress.org/download/release-archive/
(MU versions in last table of webpage)
Better yet, if that install has not been used at all, drop tables and delete .htaccess and wp-config (after DB backup of course), and start from scratch – WP 3.1 and BP 1.2.8
Continued from https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pages-not-showing-on-buddypress-system?replies=4
@jamieh05atgmail.com and @goldbrick
== show up in the footer area of the site when i am logged in as admin, ==
Still not clear. If you’ve added template codes to “call” Pages in specific areas of the site, then you should see the Pages whether you’re admin or not, unless you’ve added a conditional statement `if (is_super_admin)` in front of the code … did you?
It would help if you posted a link to a screenshot of what you see as Super Admin or Site Admin along with site URL or another screenshot of what’s happened next. What theme are you using?
Hi Guys
I’m new here and I’m trying to figure out how BuddyPress works and what I can achieve with it.
I am trying to setup a system whereby I can enter an external url of an article and this would then display a few lines of text and any images from the external source onto my website. This is similar to how facebook works. I don’t want to just imporrt rss feeds, I would like the ability to pick and choose which articles I link to.
I was told this could be achieved with Buddypress and FeedWordpress. I should also mention I am using the latest version of wp and it’s MU.
Would anyone know if this is do-able?
Appreciate your help.
Thanks
J
@goldbrick said in my profile update
Hi Mercime
Thanks for the reply, i did post over at buddypress but did not get a response so i thought i would try here.
By Footer pages i mean i have created pages in wordpress called terms, privacy, about us, blog etc. and they oonly show up in the footer area of the site when i am logged in as admin, if you where to view the site now in the footer there is just a copywrite text in the footer.
Even if i type the URL of the page into the browser the page does not display it comes up with a 404 error. If i then log in as admin and do the same the page will display?
I hope i have explained it ok.
Thanks
Jay
The BuddyPress admin bar is not showing on my website, but it does show when I log into the WordPress dashboard. I haven’t disabled the bar, and I deactivated all my plugins (apart from BP) to see if that was the problem, but I had no luck there.
Also, whenever I add the wp_footer call to my footer, I get a long list of all the pages on the site. Is there any way of getting my BP AdminBar back up on the website? Thanks.
@pjnu ok my bad, I had a de facto plugin in all multisite installs leftover from WPMU days (still effective today) which solved my requirements https://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic/13675#post-79787
