BuddyPress Codex

BP_ENABLE_MULTIBLOG is a BuddyPress constant that, when defined as true, allows your BuddyPress content to be displayed on any site in your WordPress Multisite network. By default, BP_ENABLE_MULTIBLOG is disabled. Description On a normal BuddyPress installation (with BP_ENABLE_MULTIBLOG disabled), BuddyPress content – groups, profiles, etc – can only be viewed on the “root blog”. So, [...]

Creating your own unique site design or theme is extremely simple to do, thanks to the Parent-Child functionality available in BuddyPress. This step-by-step guide will help you build your own custom theme. BuddyPress themes include more templates than your standard WordPress theme, However, these templates follow exactly the same structure as WordPress templates. Child Themes: [...]

BP TEMPLATE PACK 1.2 == BUDDYPRESS 1.5 == WORDPRESS 3.2.1 There are two ways to implement Step Three of the compatibility process: – First Method: Superimposing the HTML structure of your WordPress theme onto 16 BP template files which were transferred into your WP theme folder during the compatibility process or – Second Method: Creating [...]

BP TEMPLATE PACK 1.2 == BUDDYPRESS 1.5 == WORDPRESS 3.2.1 There are two ways to implement Step Three of the compatibility process: – First Method: Superimposing the HTML structure of your WordPress theme onto 16 BP template files which were transferred into your WP theme folder during the compatibility process or – Second Method: Creating [...]

To enable your existing WordPress theme for BuddyPress, please download and activate the BuddyPress Template Pack plugin. This will run you through the process step-by-step. The Process At-A-Glance This requires a working knowledge of HTML and CSS at the very least. After you install and activate the BP Template Pack plugin, head over to admin [...]

This article is about developing BuddyPress Themes. If you wish to learn more about how to install and use Themes, review Using Themes. This topic differs from Using Themes because it discusses the technical aspects of writing code to build your own Themes rather than how to activate Themes or where to obtain new Themes. [...]

v1.5 A lot of new features.  To read about them, view the “Highlights” section on the 1.5 release page. For those upgrading their theme to BuddyPress 1.5, please read the issues and solutions listed here: http://codex.buddypress.org/releases/1-5-developer-and-designer-information/#theme v1.2.9 jQuery 1.6.1 fixes for WordPress 3.2 jQuery Easing Plugin updated to 1.3 jQuery bgiframe.js updated to 2.1.2 To [...]

BP TEMPLATE PACK 1.0.2 with MOTION THEME 1.0.7 on WORDPRESS 3.0.1 and BUDDYPRESS 1.2.5.2 After moving the BP Template Pack component folders into your active WordPress theme in Step 1 and getting a success message in Step 2 regarding the transfer, you will proceed to Step 3 where you’ll be asked to check if the [...]

The bp-default theme bundled with the BuddyPress plugin is a theme framework which contains all the functionality of regular WordPress templates enhanced with BuddyPress template tags along with special templates, AJAX, JS, and CSS to render the basic components and features of BuddyPress. Basic bp-default theme HTML Structure bp-default theme files have the basic structure [...]

To enable your existing WordPress theme for BuddyPress, please download and activate the BuddyPress Template Pack plugin. This will run you through the process step-by-step. The Process At-A-Glance This requires a working knowledge of HTML and CSS at the very least. After you install and activate the BP Template Pack plugin, head over to admin [...]