Customizing Using a Childtheme Problem

[Alex]

Hi guys,

I am new to buddypress and I am trying to customize the BuddyBoss theme and have run into a problem.

I am customizing the member profile area and have changed the code in the child theme:
themes/buddyboss-child/buddypress/members/single/member-header.php

Things look great. Now I need to customize the file:
/plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/members/single/home.php

It’s not in the BuddyBoss theme so I have copied the file from the plugin to the child theme:
themes/buddyboss-child/buddypress/members/single/home.php

BUT it is now not calling my customized file member-header.php
It appears to be using the original.

If I change the line in home.php:
<?php locate_template( array( ‘members/single/member-header.php’ ), true ); ?>

to:
<?php include( STYLESHEETPATH . ‘/buddypress/members/single/member-header.php’ ); ?>

It works. That doesn’t seem right.
Then the plugin ‘BP Custom Background for User Profile’ stops working, so I assume making the above change is causing issues.

My question,
Why when bringing in the file /members/single/home.php
Has the line:
<?php locate_template( array( ‘members/single/member-header.php’ ), true ); ?>

Stopped working?

Cheers
Alex

[Alex]

OK I think I have it!

It’s because I copied the file from here to my childtheme:
/plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/members/single/home.php

I should have copied the file from here to my childtheme:
/plugins/buddypress/bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress/members/single/home.php

Why there are two places in the buddypress plugin with the same file names…………

That said in your documentation you do say to copy it from /buddypress/bp-templates/bp-legacy/

So my mistake. Nothing to see here. Move along!

[Alyssa]

Haha, I’ll close this out then. Please open a new topic if you need future help.