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[blockquote]Jeff, yes, I like MAMP, but also wanted to avoid creating lots of copies of Apache and php et al – and I want to run on port 80 anyway…[/blockquote]

I have a single Apache/PHP install (the default MAMP version) and simply use Apache’s virtual host directive to host 9 different WordPress development sites locally. They all have their own test domain (they do not use “localhost”), and they use the default Apache port (80) and MySQL port (3306). It’s simple to set up and manage. This is done with MAMP not MAMP Pro. If you don’t know how to do this, then MAMP Pro will do it for you.

Theming BuddyPress is like theming any other WordPress theme.
You’ll just need to add all the BuddyPress-related template files to your theme for it to be BuddyPress-compatible.

There’s a plugin out there that automates this, BP Template Pack: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-template-pack/
However, use it as a guide as it needs to be updated.

There’s also another guide by @thekmen, which can be found here:
http://bp-theme-converts.com/convert-buddypress-theme-to-wp-theme/

Roger that. Plugins are down on both wordpress and buddypress….

@Altermann

I’m currently working on a theme package with widgetized front page;
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/new-theme-sneak-preview/

Here’s a good tutorial on how to widgetize any page:
http://wpmu.org/how-to-widgetize-a-page-post-header-or-any-other-template-in-wordpress/

Hope this helps!

This seems to be a more upstream WordPress.org issue—check out https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/

test and learn with the buddypress-widget_theme, specially designed for the homepage and with widgets on 3 cols
https://wordpress.org/extend/themes/buddypress-widget-theme

Not sure if there is conflict in code or something that cause similar problem. Maybe not related.

comment not showing up activity stream but that for wordpress and not wordpress multisite

https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/activity-feed-no-longer-showing-commented-on/
https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/2513

I gave up a long time ago rolling my own WordPress and BuddyPress installs directly on OS X. It was too much of a pain for very little benefit. I switched to using MAMP (the free version) and both install easily without issue.

stats plugins can also be a big problem

Good point if your logs aren’t being rotated you’ll end up running out of disk space completely, I forgot about rotating a log tried to open it in my editor to scan through, it editor wasn’t happy at all.

Don’t be surprised if your log file is what’s taken up your space. Look through the folders and tell us what files are taking up the space and maybe we can help you more.

@hnla –

@clarki and @somethingforkaty – these are not BP issues but permalinks in WP. Go to your admin panel and set the permalinks. See step 3 here: https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/setting-up-a-new-installation/

Here is the information on “pretty” permalinks: https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks

Watch the .htaccess after permalinks set in /wp-admin

Im having exactly the same problem. ive installed wordpress and wordpress multisite on two different machines and installed and uninstalled buddypress numerous times trying to solve this problem. ive scoured the internet and a lot of people are havin the same problem but theres not a single solution???

I think the ‘afaik’ would need to be confirmed wouldn’t it? otherwise we are simply being asked to speculate based on little actual information.

What do you mean by ‘web folder space’ ?

Was this change apparent after an update to 1.2.6 or did it simply happen for no apparent reason.

Logs are always a good place to start looking for answers.

You just need to create a new page with a custom page template and assign this new page as the front page:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page#Creating_a_Static_Front_Page

Once you’ve done this, “Activity” should automatically be added to the nav menu (I think!).

With the limited exception of BP groups, BuddyPress offers only one role — that of user. The forums are controlled by bbPress code, integrated into BuddyPress, but it’s bbPress that is in control of offering additional roles. Even when bbPress is relaunched as a WordPress plugin, forum roles will still be controlled by bbPress.

BuddyPress is a social layer that sits on top of WordPress. As such, the notion of user and author are synonymous. What does all of this mean?

With the exception for BP groups mentioned above, BuddyPress is a user-centric platform where there are currently no-jointly owned or controlled subsets of data. Ignoring the overall Site Administrator, in BuddyPress, there is a one-to-one relationship between a given piece of datum and a single owner of that datum. The key is who owns data. That person is the one with ultimate control (ignoring the super admin). Even with groups, the original group creator is the owner of the group–at least until he or she adds another admin. Group mods do not own the group data, they just help to manage it. Now, if the original group admin leaves the group, the new admin becomes the sole owner.

So user roles are irrelevant to the operation of BuddyPress as it focuses on users and not user roles. It is a social networking layer after all and not a content authoring and management layer like WordPress.

If only people didn’t believe that Email protocols and services were such a simple thing, the post above by deadpan10 gets closer than most to understanding some of the potential issues and that it’s NOT necessarily a WP/BP one.

Correctly set up email with correct and proper dns records might go some way to resolving issues many have, interestingly it’s pointed out that even given a correct SPF record Hotmail still appears to have issues, I have no answer to whether it’s the activation link but it’s an interesting notion.