TwentyTen for BuddyPress
WordPress 3.0 is out and with it a new default theme. If you’re running BuddyPress, you already know it needs a bit of love when you pick a standard theme. Sure, you can also add the BP Template pack plugin, but why reproduce the workload on the tweaks?
Here’s a zip of a BuddyPress child theme for TwentyTen. [download#6]
I’ve filed a trac ticket to get it included with BP itself, so if we can get as many people testing it and providing feedback, that’d be great.
Note: Please make sure you are running WordPress 3.0 and you have BuddyPress enabled. Do NOT activate the BP template pack plugin as there will be function collisions and you’ll white screen.
EDIT: The theme has been updated and the menu bar is in the right spot. Please test again if you had issues.
I may not be getting it…
The normal Twenty Ten theme works as a theme for an individual “site” in a Multi-Site installation. The BP toolbar comes from the main site’s theme (in this case, BuddyPress default).
If I try activating this child theme on the main site, the BP toolbar goes blank and I get the toolbar content (activity, etc.) in the footer. I put this child theme as a sibling of BP Default (in /plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-twentyten). Am I missing something?
WP 3.0 in French (official release from fr.wordpress.org), BuddyPress 1.2.4.1, very few plugins, no theme customization.
I tried it with the newest BP and WP 3.0 (Single). I am also getting the toolbar content (activity, etc.) in the footer.
Any tips?
Hi,
There is no menu at the top of the theme when the child theme is active, the bp menu is at the bottom and unstyled.
The menu manager doesnt carry over the category menu items either, when the menu is selected.
Also the community menu item and sub menu items are not added to the main menu.
It needs more work, a lot has changed since I did this.
New theme is working fine for me
Try it again, I just fixed it last night.
Can you redownload the theme? There was an update.
The generator image for wordpress is also missing.
There’s a new download, please try it.
Build a custom menu.
BuddyPress menu items won’t automatically to the main menu until the BuddyPress 1.3 release.
ok cool, will test it today
The child theme goes in the wp-content/themes folder. The only theme that should be in the bp-themes folder is bp-default.
WordPress does not carry menu selections/slots from theme to theme.
Screenshots aren’t much help in figuring out what you are doing.
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Hi,
After 3 days and nights of installing, modifying, deleting, uninstalling, installing again, and round and round and around, I am hoping that someone here can save me from this set-up nightmare.
Although I have a very good plugin-rich WP site, I am very new to all Buddypress things. I am trying to set up a BP site for a community group I run, and am struggling with the basics. We have to move our site from Ning because they’re going to start charging on 20th July. I’ve been delegated to create our new home, and since I know WP reasonably well, I’m struggling so bad with Buddypress.
I have a couple of simple questions that when answered, I think I’ll be able to continue on by myself, but until I get answers, I’m just so stuck.
So, if you can help me with these, I’ll be eternally indebted to you
1. Do I need to run WordPress MU to have BP-Groupblogs work?
2. If yes, do I need WPMU and WPBP installed, or just one, and if so, which one?
3. Do I install TwentyTen and then install TwentyTen BP?
4. Do I need WildCard DNS on my server to run the above?
So, basically, I think I need a step-by-step to installing BP and it’s basic themes (TwentyTen looks good) and the necessary plugins that I need to run a site that allows for group blogs too.
I am waiting with baited breath for your help.
Thanks,
Helene
1. Do I need to run WordPress MU to have BP-Groupblogs work?
install WordPress 3.0 and enable the network (http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network), you will already have the TwentyTen theme installed and you will be able to use the Group Blog plugin.
2. If yes, do I need WPMU and WPBP installed, or just one, and if so, which one?
I’m not sure what you mean by WPBP. In addition to WordPress, you also need to install BuddyPress.
3. Do I install TwentyTen and then install TwentyTen BP?
See answer to #1. If you want to use TwentyTen with BP then you need the TwentyTen BP child theme.
4. Do I need WildCard DNS on my server to run the above?
Only if you run a subdomain network. If you choose subdirectories when installing the WP network, then you don’t need wildcard subdomain support.
Hi,
I have been trying to make a child theme of bp-twentyten. But it seems like WordPress won’t accept this kind of tweaking since WordPress just says that the parent theme doesn’t exists.
Do any of you know how to get around this error?
Thanks
You cannot make a child theme a parent of another child theme. You will have to modify TwentyTen BP and apply the changes you were planning to use in your child theme.
Thank you for doing this. I recently made a comment on the development blog saying this needed to be done. I do have 1 comment and 1 question about this theme.
Comment – There is a bullet point next to “Home” on spiritpost.com. This is a custom menu. I have a similar menu on spiritpost.com/squared, using the regular 2010 theme which does not have a bullet point next to the main menu.
Question – Why doesn’t this theme show up on WP.org, enabling it to be easily updated?
Thanks again,
Andre