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Adding Groups In Codeless “Specular” theme not working


  • bchase2
    Participant

    @bchase2

    8 years, 3 months ago

    Using the most recent WP and BuddyPress versions (8/15/2016). Site is currently under construction and unavailable on the frontend.

    I am using the theme “Specular” by Codeless. I’ve installed the BuddyPress and bbPress plugins. Both appear to have functionality within the theme, however there is a problem with adding “groups” using BuddyPress within this theme. On the admin WP dashboard I can go to Groups-> and get the bp-groups admin page showing no current groups created. At the top, when I hit the “Add New” I am taken to a blank page that is customized as the rest of the site is with the header and footer showing, however the body of the page is blank.
    If I deactivate the Specular theme, then activate the Twenty-Fifteen WP theme and go through the same steps, I am take to a page that starts the process of adding group details and steps through the process. This is not present when the Specular theme is active.
    I can then re-activate the Specular theme and go to the Groups -> admin page and the group created while using the Twenty Fifteen theme is present, and I can edit in while in the WP admin area, however it only shows up on the “Forum” page of the Specular theme site.

    The Specular Theme support feels this is a BuddyPress issue. I’m not sure who can help, but appreciate any suggestions.

    Thankx!

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  • sharmavishal
    Participant

    @sharmavishal

    8 years, 3 months ago

    its a Specular theme issue…tell them its working with default wp theme and not their theme


    danbp
    Participant

    @danbp

    8 years, 3 months ago

    Hi,

    sorry, but we can’t assist you for premium theme, as we have no access to his code.

    For the BP part, ensure that a group page exist in BP settings > pages. This page must be unique and without any template model or other settings.
    Ensure also you activated permalinks (whatever but default).
    And test with a Twenty theme as first.
    Once ok, go to front-end Groups Directory and try to add a group from there.


    bchase2
    Participant

    @bchase2

    8 years, 3 months ago

    I appreciate your assistance. The developer says the time it would take to evaluate BP with his theme is outside of his support services, so I’m on my own there. Unfortunately, I really like the theme and so want to try and find a work around if possible.

    I am learning as I go with this. I do know how to handle basic modification to .php files and current templates. Is there a way to create a page for groups that is outside the theme settings? I believe this is where the problem lies, with the Specular Theme default page template. I just don’t know how to modify a single page or subsequent pages to remove the template model just for this page. If I activate any of the basic WP themes, BP works fine in all respects within that theme, but reactivating the Specular theme seems to disable the groups page functionality whether I create it in the WP basic theme or from within the Specular Theme.

    If it matters, I have the bbPress plug in also installed and it’s “forum” features work fine within the Specular theme using a shortcode on the “Forum” pages. Is there a similar BP Group page shortcode I might be able to install in the same fashion?

    Thx-


    r-a-y
    Keymaster

    @r-a-y

    8 years, 3 months ago

    It sounds like Specular has some built-in BuddyPress support, which is either incomplete or wrongly added.

    See if there is a buddypress folder in the Specular theme folder. If this folder exists, rename it to buddypress-backup temporarily and see if the group creation page works again.

    If there isn’t a buddypress folder, there is probably a code snippet in Specular’s functions.php that is interfering with the group creation screen.


    bchase2
    Participant

    @bchase2

    8 years, 3 months ago

    No BP folder in the Specular theme. Not sure what to do with rest of your comment. Is there someplace particular in the functions.php file I need to look at to determine if there is a conflict with a group page creation?

    Thx


    sharmavishal
    Participant

    @sharmavishal

    8 years, 3 months ago

    check the whole functions.php if it mentions group/groups….would suggest u shift to a theme which actually supports bp

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