=== I’m assuming i have to activate the child theme in the main wordpress dashboard, is this correct? ===
Yes. Activate the child theme in dashboard of WP site where BuddyPress is installed. So if your BP is in main/primary site, activate child theme in dashboard of main site.
thanks mercime, that was really helpful. but actually, after reading your post, all i did was swap out the URLs in my child theme’s stylesheet, so now i have,
/* Inherit the default theme styles */
@import url( ../../themes/bp-default/_inc/css/default.css );
/* Inherit the default theme adminbar styles */
@import url( ../../plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/_inc/css/adminbar.css );
that seems to have done the trick, as now if you visit the mockup2.html page, it looks just like the pre-mockup.
the next thing i’ll need to do is actually throw the switch by activating the theme in the wordpress admin, i think
with the above mockup page, all i did was copy the homepage source code and save it as a .html file so i could play around, and linked it to the child theme style.css by changing the link in the head. however to get this live on the site, I’m assuming i have to activate the child theme in the main wordpress dashboard, is this correct? (a little nervous).
=== There is no Super Admin panel, not to mention no choice either in the drop down menu at the top of the buddypress toolbar, or in the wordpress dashboard called ‘options.’ ===
Super Admin and special Options panel only show up for WordPress multisite installations – so if you want those but more importantly, you want to allow your members to create blogs in your site then read this https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network
=== buddypress not posting the link for the codex anywhere on this site ====
Sure there is a link. Click on “Support” tab in main navigation then click on “Documentation” link that appears in line below main navigation.
I’m running the latest version of wordpress, 3.0.3 and a brand new installation of Buddypress. There is no Super Admin panel, not to mention no choice either in the drop down menu at the top of the buddypress toolbar, or in the wordpress dashboard called ‘options.’
so… how do we allow folks to register?
I guess this topic is closed thanks to Dave, please see [Plugin: Buddypress-Ajax-Chat] Plugin not working : Fatal error for more information.
any links to a current downloadable version? If anyone has one they can share, shoot it over to jake at ja-bob dot com. 
Gents, I guess something is missing on …/members/www/profile/edit/
Notice: Undefined variable: group_id_sql in C:inetpubwwwrootwordpress-DEVwp-contentpluginsbuddypressbp-xprofilebp-xprofile-classes.php on line 102
When I use debug comes with members/www/profile/edit/group/1 and works.
Any ideas?
By the way, my wordpress theme is cosmic buddy.
I’m pretty interested in this too, I had my members set as “members” but have just noticed this has allowed someone to submit a blog post to the site which I don’t want.
The plugin works fine on all my installations of the latest WordPress.
If your users are not able to leave a star rating, it is likely that you are having a Javascript conflict. Are you using a custom theme? Try reverting to the BuddyPress Default theme to see if the stars work that way. If so, then maybe I it someone else can help you to troubleshoot the theme.
I should make it an option in the future for admins to turn off the part of the plugin that requires star ratings.
Hey all,
I am having a difficult time allowing my users to rate and comment on a particular group in this plugin – http://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-group-reviews/
My users can not rate the star system, but can give a text review of the particular group. When they hit submit, it will give them an error because they have not rated the system with the stars.
I have multiple WP sites and it looks like it is just not compatible with the newest WordPress (it works with later versions of WP). Not sure if the Author of the plugin has addressed this issue. Has anyone come up with a solution?
Thanks!
Update:
I think it’s the template pack. If I remove the registration template folder from my template, then it works. While registration folder is there, login does not work. Do I really need this folder? Registration, login, and activation work without it on the old wordpress system… right?
WP and BP are all up to date. When users try and change their passwords it generates this error
>>Warning: require_once(wp-includes/registration.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /wordpress/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-settings.php on line 40
Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘wp-includes/registration.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/local/php5/lib/php’) in wordpress/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-settings.php on line 40<<
I’ve taken a look at the file in question and I think this is over my head. Any guidance oh wise ones?
Alright, just added buddypress to my standard wordpress install last night. Till then, registering worked fine. After install now, when you click the register link, go to wp-signup.php OR wp-register.php, they all redirect to ‘/wp-login.php?action=register/’
My site: http://thenozzle.net/
PLease help. When I disable the plugin (not remove it), just disable, it works. ALso when I switch to twentyten default wordpress theme is works. But EVEN ON THE DEFAULT BUDDYPRESS THEME, it does nto work. I’ve tested tons fo themes, and the verdict is that when buddypress is active, the register link ONLY works with twentyten. I’ve tried tons of buddypress compatible themes. So it could be a theme problem, or it could e something in twentyten fixed the buddypress install.. I’ve tried to re-install buddypress 3 times now, same problem each time. Can’t figure it out! Please help!
– Jackson
Hi,
I didn’t realize this was a problem. I’ll go patch it today. Easy fix. Please friend me or something if there’s a problem. I didn’t see this one until someone on the wordpress forum pinged me. I’m happy to fix stuff, just need to know 
Thanks,
Dave
Ive installed the forums on my site, but the Forum tab (page) doesnt show up. Before I did have this working. If I try to acces it through Groups > Forum > Topic > Group Forums Directory (= http://www.hollanduktrade.nl/wordpress/forums/) it brings me back to the homepage.
Can anyone help?
Hi. I have successfully installed WPMU into my WordPress & Buddypress install. My question is how do the users actually create a blog?
still cannot figure this out. Can we please go 1 by 1? I have a single installation WP+BP and i have buddypress registration on, so everybody is becoming a member through BP. Let’s say that i want to create a simple widget “About me” and echo what the author’s filled in *this* profile field. The profile field would be called “About me
.This will appear only in author’s posts. I say again my wordpress installation is not MU but it is multi authors write in the same blog. this plugin does exactly what i want, but it echos the WP’s core “About me” and i want to modify it with buddyopres’s field!
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/author-profile/
Please help 
As the admin of a wordpress 3.01 site using BP 1.2.6, I would like to be able to send one PM to multiple members, even though they may not be my friends.
How can I do this?
I’ve just checked your site. Looks like you’ve disabled BuddyPress.
Hi everyone I am a beginner at all this and I am having a little problems with the bp implementation with the bp -mystique theme and was wondering if someone could guide me towards the right direction. The wp portion of the site is looking good but as soon as i go to a bp part the header is not where it suppose to be there is a big space and the background image for the site is not there anymore.
It seems that the bp is not registering the modification I have made on the wordpress part.
the site im working on is icacsports.com
Any help would be most appreciated
cheers,
@thealchemist do bear in mind that Multisite is a WordPress feature (and therefore really a WP support issue rather than a BP one) even though we are happy to help where we can with non BP support issues 
== Firstly, I can’t find the httpd.conf file they want me to edit. I do have the ability to add subdomains so I wonder if putting * in the cpanel field will suffice.==
Depending on your hosting plan, some webhosts do not allow users to have access to httpd.conf file. Note that the subdomains created by WordPress are “virtual” not “physical” or actual subdomains you would create in your cPanel. And yes, sometimes just adding `*` in field will suffice, sometimes not.
Have you tried to
– install WordPress and go straight to Step 3 and see if you can already set up subdomain structure – there will be feedback/notice in admin panel whether you can or cannot go subdomain
– Contact webhost if your hosting plan allows for WordPress Multisite in subdomain structure and point them to the WP Codex page re “Create A Network” to get a definitive answer. Some webhosts require server plan upgrade, some don’t.