BuddyPress Codex

Archived file. Good only up to BP 1.6.5 version 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 […]

Archived file. Good only up to BP 1.6.5 version To enable compatibility for your existing WordPress theme with 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 […]

Version 1.5 is a major BuddyPress feature release. Code-named “Lombardi” after the first pizzeria in the United States (with a wink and a nod toward the Wisconsin roots of several members of the BP dev team), BuddyPress 1.5 introduces many dozens of new features and enhancements, on top of hundreds of bugfixes. For Version 1.5, […]

Archived file. Good up to BP 1.5 version As with any release developers and designers may need extra information so here is a collection of links around the new release. BuddyPress 1.5.2 and WordPress 3.3 Use wp_enqueue_scripts, not wp_print_styles, to enqueue scripts and styles for the frontend BuddyPress 1.5 and WordPress 3.2.1 Plugin update information […]

This section 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. […]

There could be a number of reasons uploads would fail, your server error logs may provide a clue as to what has happened. The predominant reason uploads fail is due to the server being unable to write to the uploads directory, the ‘server’ in this instance is the server process that is running your web […]

The BP Default theme was moved into the BP Classic backwards compatibility Add-on during the 12.0.0 BP development cycle. Archived file. Good up to BP 1.5 version 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 […]

Archived file. Good only up to BP 1.6.5 version 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 […]

Please read the following and if your problem cannot be resolved then feel free to post in the support forums. Make sure that you include important troubleshooting information. Check error logs in server. Switch to a WordPress Default Theme like the Twenty Fourteen or Twenty Thirteen themes, etc. to rule out possible issue/s caused by […]

You’ve probably heard a lot of talk about a bp-custom.php file on the BuddyPress forums or WordPress forums. So what is it? bp-custom.php is a file that resides in your WordPress ‘plugins’ folder where you can add a bunch of custom code hacks and modifications to BuddyPress. bp-custom.php is often compared to your theme’s functions.php […]