@shirleyl open up your theme’s full-width page template and save as buddypress.php and upload this file to your theme folder in server wp-content/themes/yourthemename/
Do the same for bbPress, create a new file bbpress.php from full-width theme template and upload same to theme folder in server.
Know that the full-width with apply to all BP and bbPress templates. If you want different layouts for each BP component, read this https://codex.buddypress.org/developer/theme-development/a-quick-look-at-1-7-theme-compatibility/
Thanks for the help @mercime. I’m making progress. I did as you instructed and placed the buddypress.php and bbpress.php files in the root of my theme directory. Previously, I had the customized buddypress.php file in my theme’s buddypress directory. Now, the sidebar doesn’t display on the groups or forums pages, but the main content is still not expanding to full width, the way it does on the Calendar page http://sndhome.org/calendar/ (which is associated with the All-in-One Calendar plugin).
I can tell that this theme accomplishes the full-width display by swapping CSS settings. But even after spending some time digging through the theme’s files, I haven’t been able to locate the code that controls this behavior. I can just see that it works for pages that aren’t associated with BuddyPress or bbPress. I would just change the theme’s default template, except the template author doesn’t provide a default option that enables the full-width display. 🙁
I have posed the question to the template developer as well. Still awaiting a response there. I really appreciate your help. I’m learning a lot today! 🙂
OMG! Just had a major break thru! Forget figuring out how to invoke the theme’s fullwidth display CSS. I figured out how to have a customized sidebar on my BP and bbP pages in my child theme, which is way better. Check it out at http://sndhome.org/groups/ and http://sndhome.org/forums/. What a great way to end the week! I’m going to quit working on this now, before I break something.
@shirleyl 🙂 Marking this as resolved. Have a great weekend.
