Nobody else has had the same issue? Lets try a different tact. Has there been any changes made to private message, add friend and public message buttons in 1.8?
In
\buddypress.1.8\buddypress\bp-templates\bp-legacy\buddypress\members\single\member-header.php
Find
do_action( ‘bp_member_header_actions’ );
If that action is not in your custom theme, the buttons will not appear.
As always, the simple way to check is to switch your theme to the wordpress 2012 theme.
If the buttons appear, the fault is in your custom theme.
I already have the following in my custom BP functions file:
if(bp_is_active('friends'))
add_action('bp_member_header_actions', 'bp_add_friend_button');
if(bp_is_active('activity') && bp_activity_do_mentions())
add_action('bp_member_header_actions', 'bp_send_public_message_button');
if(bp_is_active('messages'))
add_action('bp_member_header_actions', 'bp_send_private_message_button');
// Group Buttons
if(bp_is_active('groups')) {
add_action('bp_group_header_actions', 'bp_group_join_button');
add_action('bp_group_header_actions', 'bp_group_new_topic_button');
add_action('bp_directory_groups_actions', 'bp_group_join_button');
}
As I say these buttons displayed in the theme in v1.7.3, they only disappear in v1.8. I think you’re right of course, it looks like a theme issue, I just cannot figure out what changed in v1.8 to stop these buttons working in my theme.
I’ve now discovered the issue, which could be considered a BuddyPress bug. My left sidebar is loaded before the page content and if the sidebar contains BuddyPress widgets the buttons do not appear. If I remove the BuddyPress widgets or move them to the right sidebar which is loaded after the page content the buttons display.
