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This is a known bug with the Nouveau template pack.

Keep track of https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7895

In the meantime, you can use the Legacy template pack by navigating to “Settings > BuddyPress > Options” and selecting Legacy.

@edukedaventura Glad to hear my workaround worked for you 🙂

Glad it worked 4 u @damon18

@damon18 to be honest, I’m actually overriding the nouveau theme from inside my child theme, like you’d like to do. I just sort of simplified the solution initially shared on this post for everyone since not everyone edits their themes or creates custom child themes for their projects.

So yes you’ve got the right idea but the correct file location would be

/wp-content/themes/my-theme/buddypress/groups/single/cover-image-header.php

so it’s without the /buddypress/bp-templates/bp-nouveau/ section.

Hope that helps 🙂

@ipokkel unfortunately that line (line 62) does not exist, and it appears there’s been a change to that file since you posted your workaround.

so where would i place that fix now? there appear to be several places that are similar to the code you mentioned, but nothing is exactly the code you mentioned…i think. i may have missed it if it is elsewhere; short on coffee today. 😀

thoughts?

here’s the code in that file:

<?php
/**
 * BuddyPress - Groups Header
 *
 * @since 3.0.0
 * @version 3.1.0
 */
?>

<?php bp_get_template_part( 'groups/single/parts/header-item-actions' ); ?>

<?php if ( ! bp_disable_group_avatar_uploads() ) : ?>
	<div id="item-header-avatar">
		<a href="<?php echo esc_url( bp_get_group_permalink() ); ?>" class="bp-tooltip" data-bp-tooltip="<?php echo esc_attr( bp_get_group_name() ); ?>">

			<?php bp_group_avatar(); ?>

		</a>
	</div><!-- #item-header-avatar -->
<?php endif; ?>

<div id="item-header-content">

	<p class="highlight group-status"><strong><?php echo esc_html( bp_nouveau_group_meta()->status ); ?></strong></p>

	<p class="activity" data-livestamp="<?php bp_core_iso8601_date( bp_get_group_last_active( 0, array( 'relative' => false ) ) ); ?>">
		<?php
		echo esc_html(
			sprintf(
				/* translators: %s = last activity timestamp (e.g. "active 1 hour ago") */
				__( 'active %s', 'buddypress' ),
				bp_get_group_last_active()
			)
		);
		?>
	</p>

	<?php bp_nouveau_group_hook( 'before', 'header_meta' ); ?>

	<?php if ( bp_nouveau_group_has_meta_extra() ) : ?>
		<div class="item-meta">

			<?php echo bp_nouveau_group_meta()->extra; ?>

		</div><!-- .item-meta -->
	<?php endif; ?>

		<?php if ( ! bp_nouveau_groups_front_page_description() ) { ?>
			<?php if ( bp_nouveau_group_meta()->description ) { ?>
				<div class="group-description">
					<?php echo bp_nouveau_group_meta()->description; ?>
				</div><!-- //.group_description -->
			<?php	} ?>
		<?php } ?>

</div><!-- #item-header-content -->

<?php bp_nouveau_group_header_buttons(); ?>

Glad to hear you got it working for your BP 🙂

@ipokkel okay lol….i had to restore my site to an earlier time, so….this fix was lost. totally sucks.

and, i updated to the latest version. which apparently came out after your fix was posted.

so here’s what you recommended:

For a temporary workaround this worked for me:

buddypress\bp-templates\bp-nouveau\buddypress\groups\single\cover-image-header.php

line 62
<?php echo esc_html( bp_nouveau_group_meta()->description ); ?>

replace with:
<?php echo bp_nouveau_group_meta()->description; ?>

reference: https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/esc_html

so i interpreted that location as:
wp-content\plugins\buddypress\bp-templates\bp-nouveau\buddypress\groups\single\cover-image-header.php

but when i got there, there was no line 62 as there had been before. even after the coffee this time… 🙂

here’s the contents of the cover-image-header PHP file that i see at that location now:

<?php
/**
 * BuddyPress - Groups Cover Image Header.
 *
 * @since 3.0.0
 * @version 3.2.0
 */
?>

<div id="cover-image-container">
	<div id="header-cover-image"></div>

	<div id="item-header-cover-image">
		<?php if ( ! bp_disable_group_avatar_uploads() ) : ?>
			<div id="item-header-avatar">
				<a href="<?php echo esc_url( bp_get_group_permalink() ); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( bp_get_group_name() ); ?>">

					<?php bp_group_avatar(); ?>

				</a>
			</div><!-- #item-header-avatar -->
		<?php endif; ?>

<?php	if ( ! bp_nouveau_groups_front_page_description() ) : ?>
		<div id="item-header-content">

			<p class="highlight group-status"><strong><?php echo esc_html( bp_nouveau_group_meta()->status ); ?></strong></p>
			<p class="activity" data-livestamp="<?php bp_core_iso8601_date( bp_get_group_last_active( 0, array( 'relative' => false ) ) ); ?>">
				<?php
				/* translators: %s = last activity timestamp (e.g. "active 1 hour ago") */
				printf( __( 'active %s', 'buddypress' ), bp_get_group_last_active() );
				?>
			</p>

			<?php echo bp_nouveau_group_meta()->group_type_list; ?>
			<?php bp_nouveau_group_hook( 'before', 'header_meta' ); ?>

			<?php if ( bp_nouveau_group_has_meta_extra() ) : ?>
				<div class="item-meta">

					<?php echo bp_nouveau_group_meta()->extra; ?>

				</div><!-- .item-meta -->
			<?php endif; ?>

			<?php bp_nouveau_group_header_buttons(); ?>

		</div><!-- #item-header-content -->
<?php endif; ?>

		<?php bp_get_template_part( 'groups/single/parts/header-item-actions' ); ?>

	</div><!-- #item-header-cover-image -->

</div><!-- #cover-image-container -->

<?php if ( ! bp_nouveau_groups_front_page_description() && bp_nouveau_group_has_meta( 'description' ) ) : ?>
	<div class="desc-wrap">
		<div class="group-description">
			<?php bp_group_description(); ?>
		</div><!-- //.group_description -->
	</div>
<?php endif; ?>

where do i put that fix now?????

thanks in advance for any and all help.

@ipokkel unfortunately lol upgrading to 3.2.0 didn’t help for my issue.

it’s definitely 3.2.0 that i have. it’s the strangest thing. the workaround worked perfectly before; i’m almost tempted to reinstall the previous version, just to get that fix back.

@lookingahead, I did a test with a fresh WP 4.9.8 and BP 3.2.0 and no issues.

Pop me a mail at ipokkel at gmail and I’ll see if I can help you sort out the bp group display on your site.