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Archived file. Good up to BP 1.6.5

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• Settings > BuddyPress > Components panel
• Settings > BuddyPress > Pages panel
• Settings > BuddyPress > Settings panel
• Settings > BuddyPress > Forums panel
• Users > Profile Fields panel
• Activity Streams admin panel

Settings > BuddyPress > Components # Settings > BuddyPress > Components

Only the xProfiles and Activity Stream components are enabled by default. You can selectively enable any of the components by using the form and saving your choices.

• Available Components
  Each component has a unique purpose, and your community may not need each one.
  • Extended Profiles
    Customize your community with fully editable profile fields that allow your users to describe themselves.
  • Account Settings
    Allow your users to modify their account and notification settings directly from within their profiles.
  • Friend Connections
    Let your users make connections so they can track the activity of others and focus on the people they care about the most.
  • Private Messaging
    Allow your users to talk to each other directly and in private. Not just limited to one-on-one discussions, messages can be sent between any number of members.
  • Activity Streams
    Global, personal, and group activity streams with threaded commenting, direct posting, favoriting and @mentions, all with full RSS feed and email notification support.
  • User Groups
    Groups allow your users to organize themselves into specific public, private or hidden sections with separate activity streams and member listings.
  • Discussion Forums
    Full-powered discussion forums built directly into groups allow for more conventional in-depth conversations. NOTE: This will require an extra (but easy) setup step.
  • Site Tracking
    Make BuddyPress aware of new posts and new comments from your site.
    N.B. “Network mode” is a feature of WordPress that needs to be manually enabled and configured first. Instructions for enabling this can be found on the WordPress codex WP Codex – Create A Network
• Required Components
  The following components are required by BuddyPress and cannot be turned off.
  • BuddyPress Core: It‘s what makes [time travel] BuddyPress possible!
  • Community Members: Everything in a BuddyPress community revolves around its members.

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Settings > BuddyPress > Pages # Settings > BuddyPress > Pages

BuddyPress components are rendered as WordPress Pages in BuddyPress. You’ll recall that the above Pages were created and associated to respective BP components in Step 2 of the Installation Wizard.

• Directories
  Associate a WordPress Page with each BuddyPress component directory.
  • Activity Streams
  • Discussion Forums
  • User Groups
  • Members
• Registration
  Associate WordPress Pages with the following BuddyPress Registration pages.
  • Register
  • Activate

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Settings > BuddyPress > Settings # Settings > BuddyPress > Settings

• Disable BuddyPress to WordPress profile syncing? (default: No)
• Hide admin bar for logged out users? (default: No)
• Disable avatar uploads? Gravatars will still work (default: No)
• Disable user account deletion? (default: No)
• Disable activity stream commenting on blog and forum posts? (default: No)
• Restrict group creation to Site Admins? (default: No)

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Settings > BuddyPress > Forums # Settings > BuddyPress > Forums

Three choices are available: Group Forums only, Sitewide Forums only, or Group and Sitewide Forums. Proceed to the illustrated step-by-step guide to set up both forums.

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Users > Profile Fields # Users > Profile Fields

Your users will distinguish themselves through their profile page. You must give them profile fields that allow them to describe themselves in a way that is relevant to the theme of your social network.

Note: Any fields in the first group will appear on the signup page.

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Activity Stream Admin Panel # Activity Stream Admin Panel