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Learning about BuddyPress theme creation, template pack.

o4tuna
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@o4tuna

12 years, 7 months ago

Hi,

I’m trying to get my feet on the ground with BP, and creating a theme for a site. I’ve read that once one installs BP, the themes for the site come from plugins/buddypress/themes (or something like that) instead of the usual directory. Then, I read about the BP Template Pack. When using this, does it still move the location for the site’s theme to the BP directory?

And this question, a little OT, but once one has BP installed, do the regular WP plugins still work? Is there anything else that might be “overridden” by using BP?

Thank you

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@mercime
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@mercime

12 years, 7 months ago

@o4tuna Re: Themes and BP – Ways to have a BuddyPress-compatible theme

1. Create a child theme of bp-default theme – https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/

2. Make your regular WP theme compatible with BP via BP Template Pack Plugin – https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/ – includes list of “Template-Packed” WP themes in latter part of the page

3. Install a WP theme with explicit BuddyPress-support e.g. Elbee Elgee – https://wordpress.org/extend/themes/elbee-elgee – this theme already includes BP template files

4. Plugin purchase – Premium themes more often require purchase of a plugin so you could use their themes with BuddyPress – e.g. Genesis, Pagelines, etc.

RE: Do the regular WP plugins still work with BP?

In general, yes. BuddyPress is also a WP plugin. There are rare conflicts with AJAX, JS, etc.

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