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I had just come across a thread yesterday on the BuddyPress site about how to edit our header, footer, etc. PHP files so that BuddyPress would work

@nasc generally, that would be the case if you were still on BP 1.6.5 or below. BP 1.7 beta and RC versions should automagically insert BP template files into your theme if your theme adheres to the WP templating system otherwise it won’t work.

One way to resolve this is to create a file named buddypress.php which you would need to upload your theme’s folder in server. buddypress.php should contain the HTML structure of a page with sidebar or full-width (up to you and the theme author) as well as the_title() and the_content()

As an aside, if you’re going to have bbPress sitewide/group forums, you would need a bbpress.php file as well. Copy the content of the buddypress.php file into bbpress.php and upload the latter into theme’s folder in server as well.

I renamed the three files as BP Compat asked…not sure what I need to do.

@latenightbeeradvocate first, it looks like you’re using an old version of WP/BP since I can only see jQuery 1.7.1 near the footer as the head area is non-existent on that page. What versions of WP/BP are you on?

If you’re using old WP/BP version, then you need to install, activate the BP Template Pack plugin then go through Appearance > BP Compatibility process. Then you need to change 17 files from the BP templates transferred to your The Style theme folder in server.

If you have a new installation (not live site yet), you could already use BP 1.7 RC1.
First delete the 6 BP folders transferred to your theme folder in server if you ran Appearance > BP Compatibility. Then install and activate BuddyPress 1.7 RC 1 and it will automagically render BP pages in your site. If there’s an issue, it’s possible that your theme author made some changes to the templating system. There’s a way to resolve this though..

@latenightbeeradvocate You have hijacked someone else’s thread here, this is considered bad form on tech forums and confusing as a response is still awaited from the OP.

In future please don’t hijack threads start your own and describe the issues you are having particular to your site.