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Have you tried using the default theme? I notice to you have a ton of javascript files being loaded. Conflict?

Go to Settings -> Miscellaneous Settings
.

Set “Store uploads in this folder” to “wp-content/uploads”.


Set “Full URL path to files” to the REAL FULL PATH of your uploads.


Then change “bp-core-avatars.php” line 389:

Replace:


if ( !$path = get_option( 'upload_path' ) )


$path = WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/uploads';


With:
if ( !$path = get_option( ‘upload_path’ ) )


$path = WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/uploads';


else
$path = ABSPATH . $path;

It fixes the problem.

Source: https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/avatar-upload-issues/page/2

This is really something that need be fixed with the next release.

@Diesel Laws, you’re right. There is no Miscellaneous settings in WPMU because avatar uploads go to

e.g. BP in main blog_id_1

wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/avatars/ plus folders for user 1/ 2/ 3/ etc. and

wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/group-avatars/ plus folders for group 1/ 2/ 3/ etc.

Can you see if your avatars and group-avatars folders were created in the /files/ folder?

If they have been created, can you see the images uploaded as avatars in the 1/ 2/ 3/ etc folders inside avatars and group-avatars folders?

If not, you might want to check folder permissions in your server, if 755 does not work then try 777 at /files/ folder. If that still doesn’t work, CHMOD 777 the /1/ folder

In addition to the thread https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/avatar-upload-issues ,

you could also deactivate all plugins and change to default theme, then re-upload BuddyPress via FTP or cpanel. Then activate BuddyPress plugin and bp-default theme and see if uploading avatar works.

Hey Guys, I’m running MU and I use this edit https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/url-being-retrieved-strangely I’m about to try another update so I haven’t tested if this still works with the newest update but I’ll let you know after I do a backup first

I can report the same path issue with 3.0 running bp 1.2.3 in multisite mode. It is not saving the avatar in the /blog.dir/1/ path as it should. Bp is installed on root level of site.

I also see the following server error:
PHP Catchable fatal error: Object of class WP_Error could not be converted to string in /wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-avatars.php on line 281

I am having this problem with WordPress 3.0.1 and BuddyPress 1.2.5.2. I’ve disabled every plugin except for BuddyPress and I keep getting this error in Firefox’s error panel:
Error: jQuery(“#avatar-to-crop”).Jcrop is not a function
Source File: http://www.bladdyblah.com/groups/test/admin/group-avatar
Line: 38

Viewing the page source, I do see that the following js is being included:
http://www.bladdyblah.com/wp-includes/js/jcrop/jquery.Jcrop.js?ver=0.9.8

The uploaded avatars are there an in multiple sizes, but the crop tool doesn’t appear on the page (thus the javascript error). This happens with both user and group avatars.

Any ideas?

@DJPaul Oh heck, how stupid. I can see the javascript now. Now to figure out how/when/where to add that. Thanks!

Cool, glad you figured it.

If you had installed WP-Framework theme using BuddyPress plugin then please check the below url;

http://devpress.com/forums/topics/trouble-with-avatars/