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– Updated from what WP/BP version to what version?

This isn’t a “real” update, it’s a new theme laid over an existing site. I began by porting the existing database over to a test server. I then updated WP/BP and all plugins used from there.

– How does new registration “break” the site? White screen or 500 error? What shows up in your error logs?

As stated above, when a new user registers, as soon as the form goes through, most pages of the site break. They are truly random. Sometimes its the activity page, member directory, or even a simple contact us page that’s not tied to BuddyPress.

On the test server the page serves a blank index.php template (no content in the content area) with a title bar that says “Not Found”. On the production server, it goes straight to the typical GoDaddy 404 with the silhouettes.

– What random pages show up 404? Pages created in Pages > Add New or BuddyPress pages?

Both

– How did you install WordPress – via webhost one-click install or did you upload WordPress

As stated in this post, the database was ported over. Home and Site URLs were changed and recommended WP script for find/replace to change URLs was used.

I’m less concerned with the production server, since both serve the same error. What I’d like to know is if porting over the database may have screwed things up. To further explain, I basically took the WP user and BP tables and merged them into a virgin WP database. I continued building the site and it was “good to go” for launch, and then realized this bug.