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at 5:21 your options are far different from mine. I only show "Groups" "Members" "Activity" and that is under Pages...there is no BuddyPress "tab" to click
Such an amazing in depth video for freelancers and wordpress developers. In just 30 minutes you made me master of buddypress that seemed to be something only professionals could do. You are Guru definitely worth a Like on this video!
This is a really good video. I do have a question, though. At around the 6:56 mark of the video, when you post your update on the Activity feed, I am getting a "User Account not activated" message, even though when I did my first test case, I inputted the string of characters, and it apparently accepted that. Is there something I need to revisit or reset to get this to function correctly? I am using the "Customify" theme.
That was a GREAT Tutorial. I've been struggling with Buddypress and part of the info you shared took me over a huge hurdle. I can't thank you enough, but THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
Wowee, that's a well presented and very informative video. Well done! For the sake of clarity, may I suggest that in future videos, you make your profile one colour and George's another. That way we can see what profile we're looking at. Great work!
Hello, thank you very much for the video. It is very helpful. I'm a beginner with web design. I already have divi installed and want to create my own social network. I read that buddy press is very good for that but that it does not work very well with divi. What do you recommend so that I can create my own social network?
Thanks sooo very much for this easy to understand video. You have helped open up endless possibilities for collaboration with like hearted souls across the planet. Doesn't that feel wonderful!?
Hi Mr. Bjorn.. you are a great tutor... its quite simple.... Just 1 issue . You have created separate screens for registration(Along with some extra tabs) and Buddypress menu options. I am no able to create a separate login ( At 15:18) ,plz guide
hi there, I do have a question when watching your buddypress video on the youtube. When I follow you steps to create the pages on my site, there is no buddypress components on my page. So could you please advise? thanks for your tutorial!
I am sorry for not being specific. My bad. I was referring to "featured filter" while changing the buddypress theme. It is mentioned at 07:41 in the video.??????
Hello Thanks for your very clear explanation.:-) But I still have a couple of problems when I install the plugin buddypress. The first is: After I have installed buddypress on a clean install of Wordpress, there is a problem with the confiuration of Pages. The first three pages - Members, Activities and groups are created by buddypress, but the Pages Register and Activate NOT. Even if I then create those pages again myself. Those two pages both link to my homepage. And I do have enabled the option in general settings that - anyone can register Yes, I can choose the "Register & Activate pages" that have been created by buddypress, but if I want to view those pages then I will come to both of them on the Homepage, with no extra functionality created by buddypress to register or activate !! Maybe those pages have been created somewhere, but I can't find them, select them or let new members link to those pages :-( Second is: That I dont have any BuddyPress tab when adding menus, or can I choose that in the screen options, as you demonstrate in this video for the Login and Logout Menu. So it looks like there is something missing in my buddypress install. I do not know what I am doing wrong or still have to adjust to have these two pages made by buddypress ?? Hope you can help me out with this. Thanks Rob
Hi Rob, It's been three years and I highly doubt you will a) respond and b) need my information anymore :) But, seeing as you probably haven't slept right since that day, here's what probably went wrong: you installed the wrong theme for the menus problem, which might not support the menus or blogging functions. I had the same problem too but I just tinkered for a while. As for the first, I don't know either, but I hope this helps 😅😂
Question - Users / Role - I am only getting the 5 standard roles. How do I get the list for Moderator, etc like you have in the video? Do I need to add another plug-in? Currently using BuddyPress 2.9.3 with Vantage 1.7.3 Theme.
Hi! Great tutorial! I want my users to be able to upload videos of external links and engage around them. I prefer they can share external link videos (youtube/vimeo/dailymotion/etc) and not upload as i am limited on supporting so much storage and all the risks involved. How can i do so? is there an enhancement inside Buddypress or you know about some other Free plugin that integrates with buddypress? Thank you so much!
I know this video is old, but had a question for you. Is it possible to assign accessibility to a normal WordPress Page, Post, or Media File based on Buddypress Groups (or some other accessibility right) of Buddypress? For example, create or update a Page, Post, or Media File so that only Users who have access to a Buddypress Group? -Thanks
Hi Kevin, I haven't tested this plugin yet, but it sounds like it may do exactly what you need: wordpress.org/plugins/groups/ I hope that helps :) Let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks for watching!
Hi Buddy, I assume things have changed for the menu feature in the new BP, I followed all the way through but no BuddyPress menu now in the drop downs any suggestions???
Hi James, Not much has changed yet. Can you check in the Screen Options to make sure the BuddyPress option is selected. Here's a tutorial on screen options in case it would be helpful: ua-cam.com/video/JXvPKooVSF4/v-deo.html I hope that helps and thanks for watching!
Hi, great work. About choosing theme for BuddyPress. I do not see the same filter from Wordpress.com. Basically, there is no such a filter. In Wordpress.com, after pressing "Themes" button. There is "Feature", and no mention about BuddyPress in any themes or menu. Do I need to do this in other website or? Thanks. Barry
Hi Barry, I've never really dug into WordPress.com so I'm not sure how to go about it. You may need the business plan to access more themes? This video is created on WordPress.org, so it's a little different then WordPress.com.
Two questions: First, is there a way to set up a more traditional web forum that is closer to threads, topics, and designated places for specific topics of discussion? I was told this is BuddyPress but I can't get that to work at all. Second, I am not able to remove my sales products widget from the social media portion of the site. Ideas? I'm trying to "Hide on checked pages" and selecting all social media pages, but won't remove. Ideas?
To make a traditional forum you'll need bbPress. I have a tutorial for it here: ua-cam.com/video/BmtFh-pb7F8/v-deo.html What are you using to try to remove the sales widget (ie.where are the check boxes that aren't working coming from?)?
I apologize if this is already been asked. but I was at the part of adding the menus and it doesn't show up. I assume there are certain themes to use. which one is best for buddy press
There are some themes are great for BuddyPress, but it should work with any theme. If you 're in the WordPress theme repository (Appearance > Themes > Add new) you can search of "BuddyPress" and the themes that show up should be somewhat better for BuddyPress. With your menus, are you adding them under Appearance > Menus and then they don't show up on the front-end of your website? I find that BuddyPress doesn't look great out-of the-box, if you want to improve it's appearance by A LOT, check out this tutorial: ua-cam.com/video/69icRHgO3vM/v-deo.html
Does Buddypress have the capability for each member to be able to write blog posts that other members can read/comment on? My main purpose to set up a membership site is basically for a social blogging site.
Hi, do you have a video on subscriber using partial payments with points and money to purchase? Using buddypress and woocommerce. myCred didnt seem to support partial payment, so im not sure how to go about it. Thanks!
Thank you for this Bjorn, but do you know how to remove that sidebar? I'm so frustrated trying to figure out how to remove that top title bar and the side archive bar
Thank you for this valuable video. It works! I had difficulties with the login and logout, but it works now. However, I don't see the menu/sidebar like you show in your video. I did put all the Buddypress widgets in the left sidebar and set the sidebar visible to the applicable pages. Still doesn't show the sidebar. Do you have any idea how to solve this?
Hi Mate, you have explained very well on all features? I don't know why but I don't find list of all members in latest version? Can you tell me what should I do see members list? any specific change in backend?
Hi Hardik, There should never be a change that removes your members, so I'm not sure what happened. Have you check to see if there are multiple pages of members to look through?
Do Buddypress forums allow in-line or '@' responses so it is clear which post you are responding to? Or is it just 'add to the bottom' like Google Groups? Also, when you log in, does it show you how many unread posts you have? Thank you for your help.
Do you have a tutorial on creating a custom login using CSS and also does the TOP WP admin BAR disappear for subscribers, or would I need CSS or plugin for that as well. I would like the admin to see TOP BAR but not subscribers. Thanks Bjorn, Herman!
Thank you very much for this tutorial. Can you please advise how to create a forum that is NOT a part of the main menu? E.g. to appear on domain.com/forum ?
Hi, I'm starting up a website and have been trying out themes with Buddypress and thought that the new WP-twenty twenty theme would be nice, but it isn't... am I doing something wrong or is it just not made for it?
@wordpresstutorials is there anyway that I can place all the features of Buddy Press on one drop down menu on my home page for guests to access? I've been messing with the custom menu plug in, and I just am having a really difficult time figuring out how to set this up correctly. I'd appreciate some help with that, if you can give me a tip. Thank you!
I think what you're looking for is in this tutorial at around 2 minutes and 23 seconds: ua-cam.com/video/L8vu-scEFro/v-deo.html You would create a main link that appears in the main navigation and then move all the Buddypress links under that. Let me know if that's what you meant.
Thanks, great video!! Why is there not a cancel button on the create groups ? and Anyone know how the add one? My site is very group oriented and once step one is complete, the group appears in the group DB. I know they can be deleted by admin, but want the users to be able to change their mind. TIA for any help
I don't know of any plugin that adds that functionality. It's a bit of a risk giving random users the ability to delete groups, even it's just their own groups. That's probably why that functionality hasn't been added to Buddypress.
@@wplearninglab thanks, poorly worded on my part; anyway, i needed a cancel button that would cancel the process of starting a group as well as, delete it from the DB (which it gets added after step 1) so as to not over populate the DB. I think my helper solved the problem... thanks again!!
I am working on creating a social media platform by buddypress, but I have a problem, how do I allow the customer to schedule his post, is there a WordPress plugin that schedules posts.
He Bjorn, thanks for this tutorial. Great content! I want to use buddypress together with my membership site, build with Simple Press. I don't want my members to again have to sign up or have two different login's. How would you suggest to solve this? Thanks so much.
So question, I have a news/media theme and don't want to change it for buddy press, so what are my options? And there are no icons for the different sections when you put it in like the top header menu. Do I need to make a seperate site and link my main site to it?
Good question and as (almost) always the answer is, "it depends"... It's difficult to know the right advice without knowing your exact situation, but in general, if BuddyPress is not working with your theme the fastest solution is to put it on a separate site or a subdomain. You've probably encountered many sites over the years that have different parts of their site on different subdomains. There are cases where the best solution is the customize the CSS of BuddyPress to make it work with your site. This takes a lot more time and a lot more skill, so it's not always the best option even though it's the best option. If that makes sense. Here's a tutorial on building a site on a sub-domain if you decide to that route: ua-cam.com/video/ZfMgAAH9Jis/v-deo.html I hope that helps and thanks for watching!
Hi Luis, I think you may be using WordPress.com. On WordPress.org, which this tutorial is based on, new users don't have pay for any plan. Everything I showed you in this tutorial is completely free for the webmaster and for the users on WordPress.org.
Greetings! On our WP website, we have a custom "sign-up" form that users must complete (that creates a wp account for our website) and is necessary to access some of the educational resources on our website. We have integrated this custom form with MailChimp, as well as with Salesforce via MySQL and Zapier. Is it possible to use Buddypress in a way that it easy and clear for users to tell the difference between where they go to the create account/login for accessing special resources on website from the registration and login to Buddypress? Our goal is to create an online forum/thought exchange for different follower groups, i.e., Alumni of our graduate programs, participants of our online Solutionary Micro-credential Program for teachers (sliding scale to free for access for all), and for other teachers who are working on implementing IHE's solutionary framework in their classrooms, and others. We want the two to be separate because through our custom 'sign-up' form, users are signing up for our enewsletter, blog, as well as downloading free resources. Is Buddypress the right plug-in for our set-up? Could we add something like "online forum communities" to our navigation/menu? Thanks for your input!
Love your work as always! I am in the making of my forum via wpforo in combination with Buddypress. I watched a tutorial, but it didn't get into depth and completely didn't touch buddypress....So my question is, can you PLEASEEEEE make a full tutorial of making a forum with wpforo in combination with Buddypress? Wpforo seems to become more popular and if you will make it, please say when you are working on a buddpress setting or wpforo setting so I know the difference between the 2.
So I have noticed with the latest versions of WordPress and BuddyPress (as of Feb 28, 2021) the navigation links no longer work. I believe something has changed with the default URLs in BuddyPress becasue no data is ever entered in. So every page (except Logout and Login) actually work. There is no documentation that I could locate on how to correct this. I have looked at the status bar on my browser for the path the links are set to. On my local test server it is IPAddress/social/members/USERNAME/PAGE Yes my server is properly configured because every other website I test works without issue. This is only happening with BuddyPress. As an aside, this issue I am facing has nothing to do with the permalinks built into WordPress because I have changed them. Also when you do change a permalink you are suppose to update the hidden .htaccess with the code given (unless permissions are set to change it for you). I have to admit this is very annoying as I have already spent nearly 30 hours in the past couple of days trying to solve this issue. I have no idea what files in BP handle the URL paths, if I did I'd make the changes. In closing. RTFM or WTFV (watch the BLANK video) does NOT help whatsoever due to the fact that there is no topic in forums, configuration guides or UA-cam that talks about this very issue in detail.
Thank You, Bjorn, I am the Admin for a local HomeOwners' Association and I can see where this could be very useful to open up communication. Is there a way to put the big BuddyPress menu into a particular area so the website isn't overrun with menu items. I am thinking that a secondary menu placed on a particular page labeled "Forum" to have access to the BuddyPress Information? Does that make sense?
+John Boyd That does make sense. You'd probably be Anne to do that using a plugin like this one wordpress.org/plugins/conditional-menus/ I haven't tried it yet, so I'm not sure if that's what you need but it sounds like it
I do not see a way to upload a profile picture. I do not have that option. I can change my cover photo, but there is just gray space where the profile picture option should be. Any idea why this could be happening?
Hi Sandro, Yes, that's possible. You'll need a membership plugin to make it happen. You can use Paid Memberships Pro (free plugin with a full walkthrough that I created here: ua-cam.com/video/Rw8Dergcspc/v-deo.html ). Then use this add-on (I don't have this one in the walkthrough, but it appears to do what you need): wordpress.org/plugins/pmpro-bbpress/ It integrates the Paid Memberships Pro plugin with bbPress, bbPress being the forum plugin for WordPress. In case you need a walkthrough of bbPress you can find it here: ua-cam.com/video/BmtFh-pb7F8/v-deo.html I hope that helps :) Let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks for watching!
+Kim Crayton Hi Kim, that's a great idea. I haven't tried it, but I don't see why you couldn't. Did you get the idea from watching this video and my membership tutorial?
I haven't watched either all the way through but yes. I was hopeful when I saw the popup that you had a video and a suggested option for membership sites. I'm going to try it. Is there any specific type of theme that works best? My intention is to follow this tutorial along with both of yours ua-cam.com/video/y1tpusD9UwA/v-deo.html
Hi Ryan, When you're on the Menu page can you try clicking on Screen Options in the top right corner of the page. There may be a checkbox for the Buddypress settings. Mine was on by default so I didn't think to mention that. Hopefully that fixes it!
Hi guys can you please help with how i can do the following on buddypress: 1) Add attachments feature and emojis on private messaging 2) Change text on the dashboard tans and elements 3) create different member types eg student and teachers im hoping to archive all the above using free plugins
I have carefully followed the instructions to install buddypress. The problem I'm having is with the Register page. It won't won't show in pages when I try to add to menu (yes it is published). I can add the custom link named Register. Wil this still work in the same way? Thank you.
Hi Mo, The custom link to the register page shouldn't be a problem. Are you using the Registration page Buddypress creates or are you using on you built with shortcodes?
Great video! Question for you, do you know if you can add accolades to a user's profile? For example, let's say they completed a course on your website and you wanted to add it to their profile. Is that possible? Thank you!
Hi Gavin, Yes that's possible using a plugin like BadgeOS. Here's a tutorial for it: ua-cam.com/video/k913tgqRWD4/v-deo.html In the tutorial, I also show how to integrate BadgeOS with Credly, which is not required for what you want to do. There are numerous plugins to integrate BadgeOS with learning management plugins, forum plugins, BBPress and more. I hope that helps and thanks for watching!
They do with this simple plugin: wordpress.org/plugins/simple-buddypress-profile-privacy/ I hope that helps :) Let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks for watching!
I've done everything you said here, it all worked nicely, but my users have problem with activating site, after they click the link it redirects them to a an activate page saying" paste activation key" and the email they get is a link not a key. Isn't the link suppose to automatically activate the account
Hi Frank, The link should automatically activate the account. Or at least the email should have the activate key. Have you made sure that plugins, your theme and your WP Core files are up-to-date?
@@wplearninglab yes, I think it was a problem with the theme "kleo" it was redirecting or rather formatting the activation key. I installed another theme (buddy boss) and it worked perfectly
ive seen a few diferent wordpress tutorials on youtube and I like how detailed you are about showing people how to do something. this is my first video I have watched of yours and I am looking forward to others!!!!!! :)
Is wordpress able to be used on a tablet what if you don't have a computer or laptop then what ? Now days People are using mobile devices not everyone can afford to buy a computer or laptop and they rely on their tablet and smartphones. I normally go to the library and use the computer that's how I started designing websites but covid-19 messed all that up plus their computers are blocked from downloading anything to it. Libraries monitoring the use of their computers and there's only so much business you can do and get done at the library , I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 9 smartphone and my tablet is a Samsung Galaxy tab A will my Samsung Galaxy tab A allow me to create a social media website like Facebook using buddy press?
Seems like BuddyPress is easy to setup, but difficult to style. What free theme would you recommend for BuddyPress that works with Elementor? I am using Astra atm. It doesn't have full support for BuddyPress.
I have some problem in using buddypress in my website, would you please advise me how can I solve this problem. When I click "personal message" button the composer is not shown.
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hi bro when i want to change menu like what you do step by step i cant select the menu in buddypress because its not aviable
at 5:21 your options are far different from mine. I only show "Groups" "Members" "Activity"
and that is under Pages...there is no BuddyPress "tab" to click
WordPress Tutorials - WPLearningLab sir please help me out ...is there any plugin for transfering payments between buddypress users?
If there is any video on this title please suggest me
Good work Madden!
Amazing and simple tutorial. Took just over an hour to follow everything and complete the tasks. Thank you so much for this!
Awesome work Esther! I’m happy I could help and thanks for watching!
at 7:42 minute, i am not showing that buddypress option under appearance>themes>addnew>feauture filters.... solution??? :(
Such an amazing in depth video for freelancers and wordpress developers. In just 30 minutes you made me master of buddypress that seemed to be something only professionals could do. You are Guru definitely worth a Like on this video!
You are "the My favorite WordPress Teacher..! "Thank you so much...!
Thanks Gayal and thanks for watching!
Bless you man! I was starting to freak out because I had no idea what was going on and you saved my life! Thank you so much!
Hi Lukas, I'm glad I could help. Thanks for watching!
This is a really good video. I do have a question, though. At around the 6:56 mark of the video, when you post your update on the Activity feed, I am getting a "User Account not activated" message, even though when I did my first test case, I inputted the string of characters, and it apparently accepted that. Is there something I need to revisit or reset to get this to function correctly? I am using the "Customify" theme.
That was a GREAT Tutorial. I've been struggling with Buddypress and part of the info you shared took me over a huge hurdle. I can't thank you enough, but THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
Very kind and sweet of you to take time to do this video for us. Thank you.
Thanks and thanks for watching!
Wowee, that's a well presented and very informative video. Well done! For the sake of clarity, may I suggest that in future videos, you make your profile one colour and George's another. That way we can see what profile we're looking at. Great work!
Hello, thank you very much for the video. It is very helpful. I'm a beginner with web design. I already have divi installed and want to create my own social network. I read that buddy press is very good for that but that it does not work very well with divi. What do you recommend so that I can create my own social network?
Very clear instruction. Do you know if the public messages button/option can be removed? Hence only allow private messages. Thanks!
Thanks sooo very much for this easy to understand video. You have helped open up endless possibilities for collaboration with like hearted souls across the planet. Doesn't that feel wonderful!?
Thank you! But can this plugin allows to create two different users and establish a seamless communication ?
Hi Mr. Bjorn.. you are a great tutor... its quite simple.... Just 1 issue . You have created separate screens for registration(Along with some extra tabs) and Buddypress menu options. I am no able to create a separate login ( At 15:18) ,plz guide
Thanks for the tutorial, with buddyboss can I enable the user to schedule their posts on my social platform?
5:35 there is no BuddyPress option on the menu, nor any login/register option....as seen on screen
Go to Appearance → Menus. Open Screen Options from the top right corner. Make sure you have marked BuddyPress
hi there, I do have a question when watching your buddypress video on the youtube. When I follow you steps to create the pages on my site, there is no buddypress components on my page. So could you please advise? thanks for your tutorial!
Can I apply the filter even if I already have a theme? I only want to use in the buddypress section
Sorry for the delay in responding.
Yes, the filter should still work if you already have a theme. Are you having problems with it?
@@wplearninglab hi thanks for the reply. Yes when I apply the filter it changes the whole theme.
Hello, to get multi language website with buddypress what is the best structure : wpmu or mono-site? thanks
I am sorry for not being specific. My bad. I was referring to "featured filter" while changing the buddypress theme. It is mentioned at 07:41 in the video.??????
Hello
Thanks for your very clear explanation.:-)
But I still have a couple of problems when I install the plugin buddypress.
The first is:
After I have installed buddypress on a clean install of Wordpress, there is a problem with the confiuration of Pages.
The first three pages - Members, Activities and groups are created by buddypress, but the Pages Register and Activate NOT.
Even if I then create those pages again myself.
Those two pages both link to my homepage.
And I do have enabled the option in general settings that - anyone can register
Yes, I can choose the "Register & Activate pages" that have been created by buddypress, but if I want to view those pages then I will come to both of them on the Homepage, with no extra functionality created by buddypress to register or activate !!
Maybe those pages have been created somewhere, but I can't find them, select them or let new members link to those pages :-(
Second is:
That I dont have any BuddyPress tab when adding menus, or can I choose that in the screen options, as you demonstrate in this video for the Login and Logout Menu.
So it looks like there is something missing in my buddypress install.
I do not know what I am doing wrong or still have to adjust to have these two pages made by buddypress ??
Hope you can help me out with this.
Thanks
Rob
Hi Rob,
It's been three years and I highly doubt you will a) respond and b) need my information anymore :)
But, seeing as you probably haven't slept right since that day, here's what probably went wrong:
you installed the wrong theme for the menus problem, which might not support the menus or blogging functions. I had the same problem too but I just tinkered for a while. As for the first, I don't know either, but I hope this helps
😅😂
What is the theme you are using? I pretty like it.
Question - Users / Role - I am only getting the 5 standard roles. How do I get the list for Moderator, etc like you have in the video? Do I need to add another plug-in? Currently using BuddyPress 2.9.3 with Vantage 1.7.3 Theme.
I was wondering if it’s possible to allow individual users to sell items
Thanks, great video. Just wondering what would make the Members page not showing the members. Cheers
Hi! Great tutorial!
I want my users to be able to upload videos of external links and engage around them. I prefer they can share external link videos (youtube/vimeo/dailymotion/etc) and not upload as i am limited on supporting so much storage and all the risks involved.
How can i do so? is there an enhancement inside Buddypress or you know about some other Free plugin that integrates with buddypress? Thank you so much!
I know this video is old, but had a question for you. Is it possible to assign accessibility to a normal WordPress Page, Post, or Media File based on Buddypress Groups (or some other accessibility right) of Buddypress? For example, create or update a Page, Post, or Media File so that only Users who have access to a Buddypress Group? -Thanks
Hi Kevin,
I haven't tested this plugin yet, but it sounds like it may do exactly what you need: wordpress.org/plugins/groups/
I hope that helps :) Let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks for watching!
Hi Buddy, I assume things have changed for the menu feature in the new BP, I followed all the way through but no BuddyPress menu now in the drop downs any suggestions???
Hi James,
Not much has changed yet. Can you check in the Screen Options to make sure the BuddyPress option is selected. Here's a tutorial on screen options in case it would be helpful: ua-cam.com/video/JXvPKooVSF4/v-deo.html
I hope that helps and thanks for watching!
Even i m not able to see buddypress option in menu
This worked - Screen Options -> Buddy Press
Thanks for the tip Abhay and thanks for watching!
James Slater you need to be in menus> screen options, then find Buddypress. Screen options dependent on the page opened
Hi, great work. About choosing theme for BuddyPress. I do not see the same filter from Wordpress.com. Basically, there is no such a filter. In Wordpress.com, after pressing "Themes" button. There is "Feature", and no mention about BuddyPress in any themes or menu. Do I need to do this in other website or? Thanks. Barry
Hi Barry,
I've never really dug into WordPress.com so I'm not sure how to go about it. You may need the business plan to access more themes?
This video is created on WordPress.org, so it's a little different then WordPress.com.
Two questions:
First, is there a way to set up a more traditional web forum that is closer to threads, topics, and designated places for specific topics of discussion? I was told this is BuddyPress but I can't get that to work at all.
Second, I am not able to remove my sales products widget from the social media portion of the site. Ideas? I'm trying to "Hide on checked pages" and selecting all social media pages, but won't remove. Ideas?
To make a traditional forum you'll need bbPress. I have a tutorial for it here: ua-cam.com/video/BmtFh-pb7F8/v-deo.html
What are you using to try to remove the sales widget (ie.where are the check boxes that aren't working coming from?)?
is there a way to use the Divi builder for my buddypress pages i want them to look the same as my other pages
I apologize if this is already been asked. but I was at the part of adding the menus and it doesn't show up. I assume there are certain themes to use. which one is best for buddy press
There are some themes are great for BuddyPress, but it should work with any theme. If you 're in the WordPress theme repository (Appearance > Themes > Add new) you can search of "BuddyPress" and the themes that show up should be somewhat better for BuddyPress.
With your menus, are you adding them under Appearance > Menus and then they don't show up on the front-end of your website?
I find that BuddyPress doesn't look great out-of the-box, if you want to improve it's appearance by A LOT, check out this tutorial: ua-cam.com/video/69icRHgO3vM/v-deo.html
Does Buddypress have the capability for each member to be able to write blog posts that other members can read/comment on? My main purpose to set up a membership site is basically for a social blogging site.
Hi, do you have a video on subscriber using partial payments with points and money to purchase?
Using buddypress and woocommerce.
myCred didnt seem to support partial payment, so im not sure how to go about it.
Thanks!
i dont have buddy press in the filter themes
What a great presentation! Thia is how good teaching should be done. Thanks
You're welcome Mel, thanks for your kind words! And thanks for watching!
Thank you for this Bjorn, but do you know how to remove that sidebar? I'm so frustrated trying to figure out how to remove that top title bar and the side archive bar
just added buddypress to a site. Half of the pages are missing..notifications, friends etc. Can you do an updated video for 2019?
I am having the same issue.
add new member when there will be more than 1 members you will see all of the tabs on your profile.
MALIK HASSAM FAISAL Thanks!
Thank you for this valuable video. It works! I had difficulties with the login and logout, but it works now. However, I don't see the menu/sidebar like you show in your video.
I did put all the Buddypress widgets in the left sidebar and set the sidebar visible to the applicable pages. Still doesn't show the sidebar. Do you have any idea how to solve this?
can u kindly share how you resolved the login page
If i have both BBPress & Buddy Press on my site will users have to log in to each separately?
Hi Mate, you have explained very well on all features? I don't know why but I don't find list of all members in latest version? Can you tell me what should I do see members list? any specific change in backend?
Hi Hardik,
There should never be a change that removes your members, so I'm not sure what happened. Have you check to see if there are multiple pages of members to look through?
Is there a way to charge for membership? I'm trying to connect with Simple WP Membership plugin which I already use.
Do Buddypress forums allow in-line or '@' responses so it is clear which post you are responding to? Or is it just 'add to the bottom' like Google Groups? Also, when you log in, does it show you how many unread posts you have? Thank you for your help.
Do you have a tutorial on creating a custom login using CSS and also does the TOP WP admin BAR disappear for subscribers, or would I need CSS or plugin for that as well. I would like the admin to see TOP BAR but not subscribers.
Thanks Bjorn, Herman!
Thank you very much for this tutorial. Can you please advise how to create a forum that is NOT a part of the main menu? E.g. to appear on domain.com/forum ?
Excellent tutorial Bjorn, really got me up and running! Thanks.
You're welcome Steve, thanks for watching!
I don't see a BuddyPress menu option. can someone help, please?
hello. Can you please tell me how put like icons in my buddy press social site?
Hi, I'm starting up a website and have been trying out themes with Buddypress and thought that the new WP-twenty twenty theme would be nice, but it isn't... am I doing something wrong or is it just not made for it?
Is it possible for user to create a group and geo tag it?
I want only to upload video just like sharing videos. Can it be done in buddypress?
What did you do to create your WPdone for you login logo.CSS or just a plugin?
Thanks
@wordpresstutorials is there anyway that I can place all the features of Buddy Press on one drop down menu on my home page for guests to access? I've been messing with the custom menu plug in, and I just am having a really difficult time figuring out how to set this up correctly. I'd appreciate some help with that, if you can give me a tip. Thank you!
I think what you're looking for is in this tutorial at around 2 minutes and 23 seconds: ua-cam.com/video/L8vu-scEFro/v-deo.html
You would create a main link that appears in the main navigation and then move all the Buddypress links under that.
Let me know if that's what you meant.
Ok. Thanks! I will give that a try.
Thanks, great video!!
Why is there not a cancel button on the create groups ? and Anyone know how the add one? My site is very group oriented and once step one is complete, the group appears in the group DB. I know they can be deleted by admin, but want the users to be able to change their mind. TIA for any help
I don't know of any plugin that adds that functionality. It's a bit of a risk giving random users the ability to delete groups, even it's just their own groups. That's probably why that functionality hasn't been added to Buddypress.
@@wplearninglab thanks, poorly worded on my part; anyway, i needed a cancel button that would cancel the process of starting a group as well as, delete it from the DB (which it gets added after step 1) so as to not over populate the DB. I think my helper solved the problem... thanks again!!
I am working on creating a social media platform by buddypress, but I have a problem, how do I allow the customer to schedule his post, is there a WordPress plugin that schedules posts.
He Bjorn, thanks for this tutorial. Great content! I want to use buddypress together with my membership site, build with Simple Press. I don't want my members to again have to sign up or have two different login's. How would you suggest to solve this? Thanks so much.
hi my registration page is not working , so is member , do i need to create registration form separate ?
how do you connect it to the login, register and edit profile pages?
So question, I have a news/media theme and don't want to change it for buddy press, so what are my options? And there are no icons for the different sections when you put it in like the top header menu.
Do I need to make a seperate site and link my main site to it?
Good question and as (almost) always the answer is, "it depends"...
It's difficult to know the right advice without knowing your exact situation, but in general, if BuddyPress is not working with your theme the fastest solution is to put it on a separate site or a subdomain. You've probably encountered many sites over the years that have different parts of their site on different subdomains.
There are cases where the best solution is the customize the CSS of BuddyPress to make it work with your site. This takes a lot more time and a lot more skill, so it's not always the best option even though it's the best option. If that makes sense.
Here's a tutorial on building a site on a sub-domain if you decide to that route: ua-cam.com/video/ZfMgAAH9Jis/v-deo.html
I hope that helps and thanks for watching!
Thank you the awesome tutorial. Is there a way to restrict what the user can post? Like if I dont want the user to upload videos?
This buddypress plugging takes the members to the WP dashboard board
Thanks. One question, Do the new users of the social group have to pay the business plan to wordpress in order to be part of?
Hi Luis,
I think you may be using WordPress.com. On WordPress.org, which this tutorial is based on, new users don't have pay for any plan. Everything I showed you in this tutorial is completely free for the webmaster and for the users on WordPress.org.
6:41 it gives an error "404 not found" when i click on activity
Hello, if anyone read this, you have to change your permalink setup
Greetings! On our WP website, we have a custom "sign-up" form that users must complete (that creates a wp account for our website) and is necessary to access some of the educational resources on our website. We have integrated this custom form with MailChimp, as well as with Salesforce via MySQL and Zapier. Is it possible to use Buddypress in a way that it easy and clear for users to tell the difference between where they go to the create account/login for accessing special resources on website from the registration and login to Buddypress? Our goal is to create an online forum/thought exchange for different follower groups, i.e., Alumni of our graduate programs, participants of our online Solutionary Micro-credential Program for teachers (sliding scale to free for access for all), and for other teachers who are working on implementing IHE's solutionary framework in their classrooms, and others. We want the two to be separate because through our custom 'sign-up' form, users are signing up for our enewsletter, blog, as well as downloading free resources. Is Buddypress the right plug-in for our set-up? Could we add something like "online forum communities" to our navigation/menu? Thanks for your input!
I must have a different buddypress because NONE of those menu are there at all.
No friends, messages nothing just account, members, cart etc.
How many users can a site like this handle at once?
Love your work as always! I am in the making of my forum via wpforo in combination with Buddypress. I watched a tutorial, but it didn't get into depth and completely didn't touch buddypress....So my question is, can you PLEASEEEEE make a full tutorial of making a forum with wpforo in combination with Buddypress? Wpforo seems to become more popular and if you will make it, please say when you are working on a buddpress setting or wpforo setting so I know the difference between the 2.
So I have noticed with the latest versions of WordPress and BuddyPress (as of Feb 28, 2021) the navigation links no longer work. I believe something has changed with the default URLs in BuddyPress becasue no data is ever entered in. So every page (except Logout and Login) actually work. There is no documentation that I could locate on how to correct this.
I have looked at the status bar on my browser for the path the links are set to. On my local test server it is IPAddress/social/members/USERNAME/PAGE
Yes my server is properly configured because every other website I test works without issue. This is only happening with BuddyPress.
As an aside, this issue I am facing has nothing to do with the permalinks built into WordPress because I have changed them. Also when you do change a permalink you are suppose to update the hidden .htaccess with the code given (unless permissions are set to change it for you).
I have to admit this is very annoying as I have already spent nearly 30 hours in the past couple of days trying to solve this issue. I have no idea what files in BP handle the URL paths, if I did I'd make the changes.
In closing. RTFM or WTFV (watch the BLANK video) does NOT help whatsoever due to the fact that there is no topic in forums, configuration guides or UA-cam that talks about this very issue in detail.
Thank You, Bjorn, I am the Admin for a local HomeOwners' Association and I can see where this could be very useful to open up communication. Is there a way to put the big BuddyPress menu into a particular area so the website isn't overrun with menu items. I am thinking that a secondary menu placed on a particular page labeled "Forum" to have access to the BuddyPress Information? Does that make sense?
+John Boyd That does make sense. You'd probably be Anne to do that using a plugin like this one wordpress.org/plugins/conditional-menus/
I haven't tried it yet, so I'm not sure if that's what you need but it sounds like it
I do not see a way to upload a profile picture. I do not have that option. I can change my cover photo, but there is just gray space where the profile picture option should be. Any idea why this could be happening?
Can you create a kind of subscription system for the forums created on Wordpress?where you pay to enter?
Hi Sandro,
Yes, that's possible. You'll need a membership plugin to make it happen. You can use Paid Memberships Pro (free plugin with a full walkthrough that I created here: ua-cam.com/video/Rw8Dergcspc/v-deo.html ).
Then use this add-on (I don't have this one in the walkthrough, but it appears to do what you need): wordpress.org/plugins/pmpro-bbpress/
It integrates the Paid Memberships Pro plugin with bbPress, bbPress being the forum plugin for WordPress.
In case you need a walkthrough of bbPress you can find it here: ua-cam.com/video/BmtFh-pb7F8/v-deo.html
I hope that helps :) Let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks for watching!
Do I need to use both BuddyPress and PaidMembersPro to build a paid membership social network?
+Kim Crayton Hi Kim, that's a great idea. I haven't tried it, but I don't see why you couldn't. Did you get the idea from watching this video and my membership tutorial?
I haven't watched either all the way through but yes. I was hopeful when I saw the popup that you had a video and a suggested option for membership sites. I'm going to try it. Is there any specific type of theme that works best? My intention is to follow this tutorial along with both of yours ua-cam.com/video/y1tpusD9UwA/v-deo.html
5:22 buddyPress settings not present, :( anyone else encountered this?
Hi Ryan,
When you're on the Menu page can you try clicking on Screen Options in the top right corner of the page. There may be a checkbox for the Buddypress settings. Mine was on by default so I didn't think to mention that.
Hopefully that fixes it!
WordPress Tutorials - WPLearningLab Excellent that fixed it. Cheers for that. As a complete newby to wp I wasn't aware of that.
Same here
@@wplearninglab Thank you Bjor, I was seeing the same thing, couldn't see the BuddyPress settings. Totally forgot about the "Screen Options"! :)
No BuddyPress under Feature filter in Themes as of May 2020 :(
thank you so much! greetings from Germany
For some reason, I don't have the BuddyPress option under the feature filter place in the themes sections. Anybody know why that could be?
Please the login page ... how can I remove that of WordPress and put mine.. thank you
Hi guys can you please help with how i can do the following on buddypress:
1) Add attachments feature and emojis on private messaging
2) Change text on the dashboard tans and elements
3) create different member types eg student and teachers
im hoping to archive all the above using free plugins
how to create separate login page for user except the wp one??
Do you also have the ability to include a "like button" to the posts/activities, just like other social media ?
I have carefully followed the instructions to install buddypress. The problem I'm having is with the Register page. It won't won't show in pages when I try to add to menu (yes it is published). I can add the custom link named Register. Wil this still work in the same way? Thank you.
Hi Mo,
The custom link to the register page shouldn't be a problem. Are you using the Registration page Buddypress creates or are you using on you built with shortcodes?
When I send an invitation, this plus the information is in English. Can I change the text
Hi There. My Buddy press didnt show pages such as profile, friends, settings. I only have activate, register, group and members.
What to do if our website doesn't have menu in appearance?
So wouldn't this be easier if we used elementor? Are there any tutorials that use elementor to customize the pages?
appearence>menus buddypress menus aren't showing
click on screen options and add buddypress
I'm using the 2022 version, but I don't see Buddypress under Theme.
How do I switch the theme in version 2022?
Very Good work =Please Keep doing more. May God Bless You with Happy Long Long Life.
Thanks Siva, same to you!
Great video! Question for you, do you know if you can add accolades to a user's profile? For example, let's say they completed a course on your website and you wanted to add it to their profile. Is that possible? Thank you!
Hi Gavin,
Yes that's possible using a plugin like BadgeOS. Here's a tutorial for it: ua-cam.com/video/k913tgqRWD4/v-deo.html
In the tutorial, I also show how to integrate BadgeOS with Credly, which is not required for what you want to do.
There are numerous plugins to integrate BadgeOS with learning management plugins, forum plugins, BBPress and more.
I hope that helps and thanks for watching!
@@wplearninglab Amazing thank you!
Do users have the option to make their page private?
They do with this simple plugin: wordpress.org/plugins/simple-buddypress-profile-privacy/
I hope that helps :) Let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks for watching!
how to add background adse creation system like Facebook linkdin UA-cam is user paid and allow the adds any plugin In wp
I've done everything you said here, it all worked nicely, but my users have problem with activating site, after they click the link it redirects them to a an activate page saying" paste activation key" and the email they get is a link not a key. Isn't the link suppose to automatically activate the account
Hi Frank,
The link should automatically activate the account. Or at least the email should have the activate key. Have you made sure that plugins, your theme and your WP Core files are up-to-date?
@@wplearninglab yes, I think it was a problem with the theme "kleo" it was redirecting or rather formatting the activation key. I installed another theme (buddy boss) and it worked perfectly
After clicking on members not showing all members..
Hi Abhijeet, so it show some of the members at least? Or no members at all?
No members... Not even admin..
@@wplearninglab I am still waiting for your reply...
ive seen a few diferent wordpress tutorials on youtube and I like how detailed you are about showing people how to do something. this is my first video I have watched of yours and I am looking forward to others!!!!!! :)
I try my best to be helpful and not "gloss over" important details. I'm happy that you find my style helpful :)
what about to put more picture on the profile like an album? any ideas?...
Hi Mariella,
I'm not sure I haven't looked into that before. There could be a BuddyPress add-on for that...
thank you very much for the a wesome video , can you tell me how i can allow login users to add vidoes and pictures to their posts ?
Is wordpress able to be used on a tablet what if you don't have a computer or laptop then what ? Now days People are using mobile devices not everyone can afford to buy a computer or laptop and they rely on their tablet and smartphones. I normally go to the library and use the computer that's how I started designing websites but covid-19 messed all that up plus their computers are blocked from downloading anything to it. Libraries monitoring the use of their computers and there's only so much business you can do and get done at the library , I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 9 smartphone and my tablet is a Samsung Galaxy tab A will my Samsung Galaxy tab A allow me to create a social media website like Facebook using buddy press?
Seems like BuddyPress is easy to setup, but difficult to style.
What free theme would you recommend for BuddyPress that works with Elementor?
I am using Astra atm. It doesn't have full support for BuddyPress.
I think that is a very good assessment. I don't know of any that work the Elementor. I'll have to do some research.
I have some problem in using buddypress in my website, would you please advise me how can I solve this problem. When I click "personal message" button the composer is not shown.