*Self bump to keep this floating at the top*
Also, it’s super important to read this document before you attempt upgrading:
https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/upgrading-from-10x/
Read it, followed it to the letter – still no joy!
I even PM’d you, but you are avoiding me, lol.
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I had to first upgrade wpmu to 2.8.4a (from 2.8.4), and then I no longer got the fatal error when I auto-upgraded the BuddyPress plugin. However, my site was blank. In reading the instructions about the themes, I saw that I needed to move files from /wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-themes. When I went to my server, there was no bp-themes folder there. Don’t know if something happened in the auto-upgrade or if auto-upgrade installs an incomplete version of the plugin.
I reinstalled buddypress, moved the themes from /buddypress/bp-themes to wp-content/themes (per the readme file), and I get this error message:
You do not have any BuddyPress themes installed.
Please move the default BuddyPress themes to their correct location (move /wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/ to /wp-content/bp-themes/) and reload this page. You can download more themes here.
Note that the readme says:
move the themes in “wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/” to “wp-content/themes”
while the error message says
move /wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/ to /wp-content/bp-themes/
following the instructions from the error message does allow wpmu to recognize the themes–but I still have a blank site. One problem down, more to go.
One more bit of confusion here:
The readme states
VERY IMPORTANT: If you are no longer using the old two-theme system from BuddyPress 1.0, please make sure to delete your /wp-content/bp-themes/ folder to activate the new one-theme setup.
This conflicts with the error message, which says to move the new theme files to the folder that the readme tells me to delete.
Dan-
The readme.txt instructions are correct. The error message is incorrect.
As I linked to in my first post, more information about upgrading can be found here. With regards to your particular issue, from that link:
If you are using the default themes: Delete the /wp-content/bp-themes/ folder. Move the /bp-default/ and /bp-sn-parent/ folders from the /wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/ folder and put them into the folder /wp-content/themes/. Enable the BuddyPress default theme in the “Site Admin > Themes” menu. Finally, activate the BuddyPress default theme in “Appearance > Themes” for the root blog of your installation.
Solved the blank site problem–the appearance admin page was still set to BuddyPress Default Home Theme. Once I changed the theme to BuddyPress Default 1.1, the site appears.
@John James Jacoby, awesome–thanks for the quick response! It’s this kind of thing that makes me love the WordPress/MU community.
Yes that error message is confusing I must say, I’ll change it for 1.1.1.
Why don’t you make this topic sticky?
I’m making this sticky for the time being.
Having a similar “blank site” issue as @danbucher. I can’t even login on my site…just the blank screen.
– Currently running wpmu to 2.8.4a
– Manualy installed buddypress 1.1
– Delete the /wp-content/bp-themes/ folder and moved the /bp-default/ and /bp-sn-parent/ folders
My error_log says: “[03-Oct-2009 22:54:13] PHP Warning: require(BP_PLUGIN_DIR/bp-core/bp-core-signup.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/fashion5/public_html/wp-content/themes/denis_template/functions.php on line 70″
Assume that I need to direct the admin page theme to the BuddyPress Default 1.1 theme. But not sure how to do this since I have a blank site.
Any ideas? Thanks!
Thanks – went into the site url/wp-admin and the page loaded.
Then “Site Admin > Themes” menu. Finally, activate the BuddyPress default theme in “Appearance > Themes”
Hi, I did the upgrade from 1.0 to 1.1 and it looks ok. The only problem I have is that the “Blog” tab (to the right of the “Home” tab) on the home theme point to the wrong URL. How can I change that?
Man my head is swirling from browsing the Forums for the right thread. I was trying to be good about not re-posting a similar topic/issue, but I give up. Hopefully this is the right spot?
I’ve upgraded my site. All was well, but the bp default theme admin bar keeps re-directing to the homepage. I try to see my profile and it sends me to the homepage. I’ve noticed that Buddypress.org is doing the same. I try to click on my name and it takes me to the Buddypress.org front page. Quite discouraging. suggestions?
I’ve tried the following, which I thought might help:
– cleared my browser cache
– turned off all site plugins, activate only BP
– it is not related to bp-themes location. I’ve read all of the threads on the proper placement and the bp-default theme is displaying fine
Please advise.
Colorful tones: deleted the bp-themes folder in wp-content?
Can anyone direct me to some tutorial on this:
Hi, I did the upgrade from 1.0 to 1.1 and it looks ok. The only problem I have is that the “Blog” tab (to the right of the “Home” tab) on the home theme point to the wrong URL. How can I change that?
Andy, yes I deleted the bp-themes folder in wp-content.
Does having the Buddypress core activated disable WPMU’s auto upgrade feature. Because I have a problem where my WPMU is stuck on an older version and the auto upgrade link at the top doesn’t appear. I would prefer to do an auto upgrade than a manual one.
I updated to 1.1.1 and still having the same issue. Has anybody else noticed that this site Buddypress.org is not working too? When I log in and go to any of the links in the top admin bar they all re-direct me to the front page.
@Colorful tones
You seem to be having a few issues getting BP installed and working properly. Please start a new thread so we can better help you. When doing so, answer these questions in the first post of that new thread.
With regards to this issue:
Has anybody else noticed that this site Buddypress.org is not working too? When I log in and go to any of the links in the top admin bar they all re-direct me to the front page.
Although you do not technically have a space in your username, you have a dash, this thread may provide some insight. Did you sign up using a space between “Colorful” and “tones”?
https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/when-logged-in-to-buddypressorg-some-links-do-not-work#post-13743
@Jeff Sayre
I’ve posted a new topic, and changed my user name.
I tried to upgrade to 1.11 and I faced this problem
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bp_activity_install() (previously declared in /home2/travelq0/public_html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-activity.php:19) in /home2/travelq0/public_html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-activity.php on line 52
So what do I need to do?
and now my page has an error even if I tried to deactivate bp
Fatal error: Call to undefined function bp_is_blog_page() in /home2/travelq0/public_html/wp-content/themes/thesis_151/header.php on line 24
I found the upgrade instructions to be incorrect for older versions of BP to be upgraded. Not exactly sure which version I was running, pre1.0 I guess.. buddypress was in “mu-plugins” (that’s where we were supposed to put it back in the day right??)
Anyways, I could not find anyway to “deactivate buddypress” – maybe I’m losing my mind.
So I got stuck on that part.
I decided to backup my install, then delete all the buddypress files / folders I had in “mu-plugins”, then upgraded wordpressmu to 2.8.4a – then uploaded newer buddypress into “plugins” – so far seems to work, not sure if I lost anything, or if I would lose anything doing this on my other buddypress site.
Any suggestions?
I suggest a not in the upgrade instructions for anyone attempting and older bpress version upgrade.
