You will need to restore your database from a backup.
I am not a BuddyPress support person or BP expert, but I am also experiencing the same issues/problems with BuddyPress upgrades. My general theory on this is that during the database update what is happening is that dependent files are not being installed/copied/added in time/i correct sequence for the database update to complete successfully. I could be totally wrong, but that is what it logically looks like at this point.
Another part of the equation probably has to do with the fact that I have a standard single WordPress installation with BuddyPress and bbPress installed instead of Network/Mulitisite – just a gut instinct/logical guess.
I am a plugin author and need to get a plugin update out for my plugin in regards to the new jQuery in WP 3.6 which is scheduled to be released in a couple of weeks. Once I get that plugin update out then I will get to the bottom of this and post my findings and a complete tutorial on what to do to successfully install a BuddyPress upgrade given all of particular website’s factors. Will post that back here. Thanks
No, restoring the database for this is like throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
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Your theme looks to be dependant on BP-Default, which WordPress is looking for in wp-content/themes/ (BP-D should never be there).
I am assuming that because BP-Default isn’t an available theme when BP is deactive (during an upgrade), it falls back to looking inside wp-content/themes/.
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Go to wp-admin > Themes, pick TwentyTwelve. Then upgrade BuddyPress, then re-activate BuddyPress, then switch back to your original theme.
Ok yeah it is probably just what must be done in my particular case then. I should have stated that better. Something like – if you have tried restoring your previous BuddyPress files and that did not work then try doing a database restore. In my particular case when BuddyPress upgrades do not complete successfully then the only thing that brings that site back up is a database restore.
@djPaul,
I can’t even access the admin section of the site. Is there another way to switch the theme? perhaps from the back end?
solution 1 – use ftp
– @bezbez rename your current theme folder in root/wp-content/themes/ to theme-bak then wordpress may switch to default theme
solution 2 – use mysql – go to phpMyAdmin
– check table “wp_options” edit row “template” and “stylesheet” to default theme example “twentytwelve”
The solution was so simple. Just use good old fashioned manual FTP upgrading methods.
Notes:
1. Deactivating BuddyPress caused a 500 Error and I had to use phpMyAdmin and add the active_plugins db entry back for BuddyPress to bring the site back up.
2. Doing a WP Dashboard upgrade caused a 500 Error.
Successful BuddyPress Upgrade steps:
1. FTP to site and rename the /buddypress folder
2. Upload the new /buddypress folder.
For good measure I resaved all BuddyPress settings just to ensure that everything was actually good to go and no problems. Yeah!
