@Haxs1990 I see a right sidebar here http://elegantthemes.com/preview/InStyle/?page_id=135
if this is the Instyle theme you’re referring to
… and so you open up your instyle’s page.php file and compare the HTML structure of that page file with the HTML structure of the template files transferred to your instyle theme folder during the BP template pack process.
For more info about the whole process and a sample walkthrough:
https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/
https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/bp-template-pack-walkthrough-level-easy-2/
ok can you help us out personally it would mean alot i cant get this to work at all
Open your theme’s page.php, select all and copy.
Go to http://pastebin.com
You do not need to log in or sign up.
Paste the content of your theme’s page.php in pastebin text area
Click the “Submit” button below text area
Post the pastebin URL here
UPDATE 07-11-2012: Check out the latter half of Page 3 of this topic for the instructions for latest version of Instyle theme
@einn1
1. Download BP template files transferred to your active WP theme via the BP compatibility process to your computer hard drive.
2. Open up /activity/index.php with text editor. We’re going to replace the top and bottom sections of the file.
At the top of the file, replace
`
`
with
`
`
then at the bottom of the /activity/index.php, replace
`
`
with
`
`
3. Save revised file and make necessary replacements in the rest of the files listed here https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/#revise-templates
4. Upload revised files to active WP theme folder following directory structure.
@mercime Thank you so much for your help! Everything’s perfect now after following your instructions. 
You’re welcome. That was the easy part 
Backup and make notes of the revisions you made so when you next have to upgrade BP Template Pack plugin, you’ll know what changes you’ll need to do again.
hello mercime is it possible to help me out with installing buddy press. my site is http://www.gamezandgirlz.com
@curtis642 sure, just start a new thread. Before doing so, I recognize the theme you’re using as one which needs some decryption if you haven’t done so already. Clean the theme files up first. You’ll find decoding assistance here https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-decoding-thread?replies=7
Mercime, I have the same (InStyle) theme and I have been trying to install buddypress with no luck yet.
Can you guide me a little on what I am missing? Thanks!
@misterbdon same theme but do check if there were any changes to the page.php source code posted by einn1 two months ago. If there were no changes, then follow the instructions I posted in previous page. If there were changes, post code of page.php in pastebin.com, click “submit” and post the generated URL here.
Here ya go: http://pastebin.com/RsgtbHjC
Is the “clearfix” div id tag is something that’s new?
Since version 1.2 of the BP template pack plugin for BP 1.5, the devs have provided a 2nd method to get your WP theme compatible with BuddyPress – works in many WP themes. Fortunately, the Instyle theme can be made BP compatible with the 2nd method instead of the 1st method which involves changing 14 BP template files transferred to your WP theme. The steps below show the 2nd method for BP compatibility in action.
1. Activate BuddyPress
2. Activate Instyle theme
3. Install and activate BP Template Pack plugin and go through the BP compatibility process so that the BP files are transferred to your instyle theme folder.
4. Open up Instyle’s header.php, insert this code at the very “BOTTOM” of the file, after all other pre-existing code
(Updated)
`
`
and Save As > header-buddypress.php in the same Instyle theme folder
5. Open up Instyle’s sidebar.php, we’re going to insert codes at the TOP and BOTTOM of the file
At the very TOP of the file, insert code above all other pre-existing code in file
(Updated)
`
`
At the very BOTTOM of the file, insert this code after all other pre-existing code in file
(Updated)
`
`
and Save As > sidebar-buddypress.php in the same Instyle theme folder
6. Upload header-buddypress.php and sidebar-buddypress.org to your theme’s folder in server.
@mercime, thank you for helping me. I appreciate it. I was unsuccessful at integrating Buddypress although.
I received a php error message regarding in the header.php, line #75. When you say insert the code at the bottom or top, you do mean the absolute bottom, or are in saying at the bottom of the final div tag ?
When I say BOTTOM for header-buddypress.php and sidebar-buddypress.php, I mean post given codes after all other pre-existing content in respective files. When I say TOP for sidebar-buddypress.php, I mean post given code above all other pre-existing content, the first line of the file.
Your theme’s original header.php and sidebar.php files should not be changed at all.
@mercime, ok that’s what I thought you meant, I’m going to try it again now. TY!
You’re welcome. Sorry, I should have stated it more clearly
Edit – ok, revised wording in adding code to header- and sidebar-buddypress.php
Ok I insert the lines as you instructed me. I keep getting this error message on the “Activity” page although:
Warning: include(/home/brbabb/public_html/wp3/wp-content/themes/Theme/TheStyle/includes/top_info.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/brbabb/public_html/wp3/wp-content/themes/Theme/TheStyle/header-buddypress.php on line 77
Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening ‘/home/brbabb/public_html/wp3/wp-content/themes/Theme/TheStyle/includes/top_info.php’ for inclusion (include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/brbabb/public_html/wp3/wp-content/themes/Theme/TheStyle/header-buddypress.php on line 77
Any idea what’s happening here?
Delete the line “ from header-buddypress.php
Ok i did. No more error message. but buddypress is extending past the theme’s sidebar on the right side of the page still. This one is busting my brain. Man I will compensate you through paypal if you can help me resolve this, thank you
