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Frequently Asked Questions
Registration
I don』t see the register button on my BuddyPress site!
Login to the WP admin area, navigate to 「Settings > General」, and make sure 「Anyone can register」 is checked.
If you』re using WordPress in network mode, login to the WP admin area, navigate to 「Super Admin > Options」, and under 「Allow new registrations」, select any option but 「Disabled」.
BuddyPress isn』t sending out emails (eg. activation emails, email notifications)
This appears to be a problem with certain web hosts (Bluehost primarily).
Members of the BP community have had success using:
Mail From Plugin
WP Mail SMTP Plugin
Configure SMTP Plugin
WP-Better-Emails Plugin
WP Mail SMTP and Configure SMTP can send a test email which often provides useful debug information. Check also with your webhost』s tech support for more information.
Activity Stream
BP 1.2 Default Theme – Set the Activity Stream as front page, blog posts on another page
1) Login to the WP backend, navigate to 「Pages > Add New」. Create an empty, new page called 「News」 or 「Blog」 or whatever you want. This page will contain the blog updates.
2) Under 「Settings > Reading」, set front page to 「Activity Stream」 and your posts page to the new page that you just created.
How do I disable activity stream comments for blog and forum posts?
1) Login to the WP backend, navigate to 「Buddypress > General settings」.
2) Under 「Disable activity stream commenting on blog and forum posts?」 Select 「Yes」.
Extending BuddyPress
Avatars
Why can』t I upload avatars on my server?
This could be a number of things, but make sure you have the GD image library installed. It might also be permissions, so make sure the web server has correct permissions.