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Page Layout Problem with BussyPress and Enlightenment

I use Wordpress MU, Buddypress and Enlightenment theme.
Members, activity and groups pages don’t read a page layout from page settings but use global settings set within Enlightenment there.

Can you take a look at it and let me know how to fix it, please?
I'm paid user here.

Cheers,
Marcin

Predrag Dubajic
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Hey @Marcin,

Hope you're doing well today :slight_smile:

Unfortunately I'm not familiar with Enlightenment theme so I'm not sure how the layouts work there.
Could you give some more info about how the page should look?

Also, would you mind allowing support access so we can have a closer look at your setup?
To enable support access you can follow this guide here:
https://premium.wpmudev.org/manuals/wpmu-dev-dashboard-enabling-staff-login/

Have you tried contacting theme developers to ask about compatibility between their theme and BuddyPress?

Best regards,
Predrag
Marcin
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Hi Predag,
first site has Enlightenment child theme.
Go to menu > Appearance > Theme option and click on Layouts Tab - this is where you set a site layout. It is set to first one if for any "page".
If you click on menu > pages > all pages and then click on "Groups" page then you'll see that different page layout is selected.
Site layout is displayed if you go to website/groups/ and page layout doesn't work.
It works for standard pages, have a look at "About" page.

I'll go and enable support access for you now.

Cheers,
Marcin
Predrag Dubajic
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Hey Marcin,

BuddyPress uses it's own templates which override your theme settings, so there are few things you can do.

You could contact theme developers so they can help you getting their theme options to work with BuddyPress.

You can manually change BuddyPress templates, some more info can be found here:
https://codex.buddypress.org/themes/theme-compatibility-1-7/a-quick-look-at-1-7-theme-compatibility/
https://codex.buddypress.org/themes/theme-compatibility-1-7/template-hierarchy/
https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/how-to-create-a-custom-buddypress-members-directory/

Or you can try applying CSS code from below that will make your Groups page fullwidth:
```
.buddypress.groups #secondary {
	display: none;
}

.buddypress.groups #primary {
    width: 100%;
}

.buddypress.groups #primary article {
    margin: 0 45px 40px;
}
```
You can use plugin like this one for custom CSS code:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-custom-css/

Hope this helps :slight_smile:

Best regards,
Predrag
Marcin
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Hi Predag,
thanks, CSS updates work best for me.

Can you let me know what do I need this one for?
.buddypress.groups #primary article {
margin: 0 45px 40px;
}

I'm asking because I get will width without this one.

Cheers,
Marcin
Marcin
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I also have changed members page in the same way and it works well.
One last question about activity.
100% width works but I can see that user profile pages use activity template too and I want to have a widgets on slider on user page but not on side-wide-activity page.
Is that possible?
Marcin
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Hi Predag,
I know that #primary article is now so don't worry about that.
Appreciate if you can let me know about possibility to have 100% width on side-wide-activity and standard settings including sidebar on user profile page.

Cheers,
Marcin
Adam Czajczyk
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Hey Marcin,

I hope you're well today and don't mind me jumping into this conversation :slight_smile:
```
Can you let me know what do I need this one for?
.buddypress.groups #primary article {
margin: 0 45px 40px;
}
```
You don't have to use this rule if your site is working without it. I think Predrag suggested it just to make sure that the content is nicely positioned on the page and - as you most likely know - there might be some slight variations depending on the screen resolution. So, to summarize it, I'm pretty sure he just decided that it looks better this way :slight_smile:

100% width works but I can see that user profile pages use activity template too and I want to have a widgets on slider on user page but not on side-wide-activity page.

If I understand you correctly, you may need a custom template for this and so far it's not something that can be done with "just one click". You'll want to copy BuddyPress default template files to your theme's directory and work on them. A bit of custom coding and CSS styling would be needed here. That said, if you decide to give it a try don't hesitate to ask questions and we'll assist you along the way.

Cheers,
Adam
Marcin
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Hi Adam,
I use Enlightenment child theme. What files and where should I copy to try it?

Cheers,
Marcin
Predrag Dubajic
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Hi Marcin,

You will need to create buddypress folder in your child theme root folder and copy the files needed from plugin and make the change in those copied files.

You can read more about BuddyPress hierarchy here:
https://codex.buddypress.org/themes/theme-compatibility-1-7/template-hierarchy/

Best regards,
Predrag