Wordpress 3.0 – Run Buddypress on Secondary Blog

[vantucker]

Wordpress 3.0 with Buddypress on a Secondary Blog profiles returns to members directory. I have defined the BP_Root_Blog to ID: 3 and it works besides the inability to see profiles. When I visit: ​http://example.com/BLOG3/BLOGTILE/members/username/ it displays the members directory. All the links in the admin bar are correct. I have tested Blog ID: 1 and Buddypress works prefect.

[andrea_r]

just confirming the same happened to me.

[boonebgorges]

What version of BuddyPress? BP_ROOT_BLOG seems altogether broken on the current 1.3-bleeding trunk.

[vantucker]

Version 1.2.4.1

[robertosbf]

Same problem with version: 1.2.5.2

[boonebgorges]

Just had another look, and the problem is this (at least in the trunk). The latest trunk uses WP pages to display top-level components. Those pages are specific to the blog where you initially installed BuddyPress. If you install BP and then switch your BP_ROOT_BLOG, BP will recognize that it is already installed (thus skipping the setup process, as it will recognize the site option bp-db-version), but it won't actually work because the association between BP components and WP pages will not have been established yet.

I think that the solution is probably to do a better job at checking that BP is properly installed. Instead of the current
if ( get_site_option( 'bp-db-version' ) < constant( 'BP_DB_VERSION' ) ), BP should also check to see whether BP_ROOT_BLOG has an option bp-pages, and if not, then it should load the setup routine.

I will try to figure out a patch for this, but in the meantime here's my suggestion. Access your wp_sitemeta table and delete the option bp-db-version. That will force BuddyPress to reinstall its WP pages on your new BP_ROOT_BLOG (without deleting any of your existing data).

[DJPaul]

Boone, is this issue still open? I can't remember if this was covered when you were working on the upgrader a couple of months ago.

[boonebgorges]

No, this is not fixed. It's actually sort of more broken, because of the way that the new Network Admin changes tho way pages are loaded on the BP Component Dashboard panel. Working on it now.

[boonebgorges]

Note: this will largely be fixed when #3144 is fully implemented

[boonebgorges]

I'm about to commit a fix that makes bp-pages setup (the Components admin screen) compatible with changing the BP_ROOT_BLOG. Switching the root blog will bring up admin notices informing the admin to activate a BP-compatible theme, and setup bp-pages manually on the Components screen.

[boonebgorges]

(In [4257]) Enables the Components/Pages setup panel to work correctly when BP_ROOT_BLOG is set to something other than 1. Fixes #2456