@joetheboss1998 First, please do not edit core files as these will be overwritten when you upgrade BuddyPress. Second, you’re looking at the wrong file.
Create a folder named buddypress at the root of your active theme/child theme folder then copy over https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/2.1.1/src/bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress/members/register.php and place that within the buddypress folder created earlier following the directory structure, i.e., wp-content/themes/your-theme-folder/buddypress/members/register.php
@mercime Thank you for replying
I dont understand what you mean by the child theme? I am using “semplicemente” so I click that folder in FTP then do I add a new directory named “buddypress” then add a another one called “members” and then in this folder/directory I add a file named register.php and copy over all the code from
“/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/registration/register.php”
Is this correct? @mercime
– Joe
@mercime I tried creating the directory but all it came up with is this:
Status: Creating directory ‘/wp-content/themes/semplicemente/buddypress’…
Command: CWD /wp-content/themes/semplicemente
Response: 250 CWD command successful
Command: MKD buddypress
Response: 550 buddypress: Permission denied
Command: MKD /wp-content/themes/semplicemente/buddypress
Response: 550 /wp-content/themes/semplicemente/buddypress: Permission denied
🙁
Please contact your host, about server user permissions this isn’t a buddypress or application issue. You could try logging into your hosting account and cpanel or similar control panel and perhaps trying this from whatever file editor it provides.
@hnla I tried doing this on my cPanel but this message came up:
Add a directory to: /purefactions/wp-content/themes/semplicemente
This directory is read-only: You cannot create files or directories in it.
How do I change the directory to read/write/execute?
– Joe
Logged in as the user for that account you should have all the permissions required to manage files/directories – file managers usually have the ability to change those permissions so studdy your screen options.
As to changing permissions please be very careful here, unless you have experience you could open up permissions to far, rule of thumb if you set world writeable 777 you should not have even if things do start working 777 is never required.
Other than that we can’t help with hosting account issues, contact you hosts support to resolve the issue if it persists.
Okay thank you @hnla I will get back to this form thread if there are any other issues concerning this registration issue.
– Joe
