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New to this, need some help please!

  • @shootingstar85

    Participant

    10 years, 10 months ago

    Hello,
    I am new to this and I am trying to get the BuddyPress plugin to work correctly. I installed the plugin from the wordpress dashboard. Then I created some user profile fields. Next, I was trying to create new groups, but when I am in dashboard, I go to ‘Groups’ then push the ‘add new’ button it takes me to a page with a 404 error. Im not real sure why it is doing this or what I need to do. I am wondering if I missed something when installing. Any help will be greatly appreciated! If you need more info just let me know.

    -Jen

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  • @shanebp

    Moderator

    10 years, 10 months ago

    Have you activated groups via the checkbox on this screen?
    /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bp-components

    Have you assigned a page to Groups via this screen?
    /wp-admin/admin.php?page=bp-page-settings

    The same and more info:

    Configure BuddyPress

    @shootingstar85

    Participant

    10 years, 10 months ago

    Yes, groups have been activated and assigned a page.

    This is what I think looks off to me, but I’m not sure how it is suppose to look.
    When I go to any other page from my dashboard the address is (for example) growpinion.com/index.php/about-growpinion/ and when I click on ‘add group’ it is just growpinion.com/groups/create Not sure if this has anything to do with it but it gives me the feeling that maybe its not going to the right place.

    @shanebp

    Moderator

    10 years, 10 months ago

    The problem is the ‘index.php’ in your url.

    On this screen: /wp-admin/options-permalink.php
    Is ‘Post name’ selected?

    On this screen: wp-admin/options-general.php
    what does WordPress Address (URL) say?
    And Site Address (URL) say?

    Go to Pages > Groups and click edit.
    If you see ‘index.php’ in the permalink, remove it.

    @shootingstar85

    Participant

    10 years, 10 months ago

    Yes “Post Name” is selected.

    WordPress Address URL says http://growpinion.com
    Site address URL says http://growpinion.com

    When I go to Pages>Groups edit, it does say ‘index.php’ but it wont let me edit that part of the permalink, it will only let me edit the ‘groups’ part on the end.

    @shanebp

    Moderator

    10 years, 10 months ago

    Permanently delete the Groups page – don’t just put it in the Trash.

    Then go to /admin.php?page=bp-page-settings
    And assign or create a new page for User Groups

    If that doesn’t work, then there is some other problem with either your BP or WP install.

    @shanebp

    Moderator

    10 years, 10 months ago

    Just looked at your site.
    All page url include ‘index.php’.

    I don’t know why, but suggest you do a search or ask on the WP forums.

    You’re not the first to have this problem:
    https://wordpress.org/search/remove+index.php+from+urls

    @shootingstar85

    Participant

    10 years, 10 months ago

    I tried to permanently delete the Groups page and then create a new one but that did not work. All my pages have the index.php in the address, it is not suppose to be this way? I tried to reinstall the BP a couple of times but it did not change anything.

    @shootingstar85

    Participant

    10 years, 10 months ago

    Ahhh, well thanks for your help. I’ll see what I can find out!

    @hnla

    Participant

    10 years, 10 months ago

    ‘Almost Pretty Permalinks’ ? == index.php in url paths, windows server?

    @shootingstar85

    Participant

    10 years, 10 months ago

    Y,es Windows with IIS 7.5. Do you know how to fix this? A friend of mine hosts my site for me, is there something he needs to do on his end?

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