I just checked the tempalte’s css file and it says:
/**
* Theme Name: BuddyPress Default
* Theme URI: https://buddypress.org/extend/themes/
* Description: [NOTE: except for security issues, BuddyPress Default is no longer being actively maintained by the BuddyPress team.]
so is there another default theme available?
Hi @ovizii – Changing to a separate theme just because of a single styling issue is a pretty big step. If you’re generally happy with the way your site looks and works, it may be worth putting a bit of time into solving the specific issue, rather than looking for a larger switch.
If you do want to change, BuddyPress now supports a feature called “theme compatibility”, which means that it works well in most WordPress themes – whether or not they have specific support for BuddyPress. A nice place to start is the WP default themes (Twenty Sixteen, etc), some of which are particularly well suited to running a BuddyPress site.
Hi @boonebgoges and thanks for replying.
I get what you are saying, its just that I am maintaining this site for a bunch of friends for their forum. basically no other feature of buddypress is used. I try and keep my efforts at a minimmum as its an unpaid favor I am doing them. So for the last few years all I did was keep WP and themes + plugins up to date.
What I am looking for is the solution with the least effort 🙁
Still, do you have some pointers where to start? Some links I could read up or tips what to do and check?
What to do about this budypress message about the outdated template pack? I googled those terms and found some old posts from a few years back, mentioning some BP template pack plugin but that seems outdated information.
Say I can solve this outdated template pack, can I then keep using the buddypress default theme? I did improve it by adding some css but that is the only change I made to it.
If the users of the site don’t care too much about what it looks like, then I would suggest switching to a theme like Twenty Sixteen. This will move you over to a “template pack” that is more modern and well-supported by the BuddyPress team.
Otherwise, there’s no danger in sticking with the existing theme, as long as it’s working for you. It’s outdated in the sense that it won’t receive any more feature updates from the BP team, but if you’re not using most BP features, this probably won’t bother you or your users 🙂
> Now the problems I see is that when creating a new thread, the thread is created and shown but only the title, the content posted when creating the thread is hidden. All subsequent replies show just fine.
If this is a CSS issue, it’s easily fixed. Look at the page source to see if the content is there. If so, it is probably being hidden by a rogue style, which you could override. If not, it’s a deeper problem that may require some PHP skills to debug.
