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<pre style='padding-left: 1em; margin: 2em 0; border-left: 2px solid #ccc; line-height: 1.25; font-size: 105%; font-family: sans-serif'>Documentation: migrate the Codex Page about Multisite installation
- Split Installation and Activation process.
- Add info about installing BuddyPress from the Network admin to the existing installation guide (renamed from `activate-buddypres.md` to `install.md`).
- Create a page to explain regular site Activation.
- Create a page to explain 3 possible options about Multisite Activation.
- Add some screenshots.
Props vapvarun
Closes https://github.com/buddypress/buddypress/pull/275</pre>
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</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">-- [Activate BuddyPress](./activate-buddypress.md)
-- Set up BuddyPress
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+- [Install BuddyPress](./install.md)
+- Activate BuddyPress [on a regular WordPress site](./activate.md), [on a multisite WordPress](./network-activate.md).
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</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">-# BuddyPress Installation Guide for Website Administrators
-
-Welcome to the BuddyPress installation guide! BuddyPress is a versatile plugin that enriches your WordPress site with a community environment for your family, friends, colleagues, teammates, customers, in short the people you want to be in touch with. This guide will walk you through installing BuddyPress on your WordPress site. Before you begin, please ensure that your server meets [BuddyPress's minimum requirements](./php-version-support.md) and that your WordPress version is compatible.
-
-## Prerequisites
-
-Please ensure your WordPress installation is current and compatible with the BuddyPress plugin. A good way to quickly find this information is to check the [plugin's official page](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress/) on the WordPress Plugin Directory and look for the required **WordPress Version** as well as the required **PHP Version**. These informations are also available at the top of the [readme.txt](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddypress/trunk/readme.txt) file that is include in the plugin's package.
-
-## Automated Installation Procedure
-
-### Step 1: Confirm WordPress Installation
-
-Please confirm that WordPress is installed on your hosting environment. If WordPress still needs to be installed, please download and install it from the [official WordPress website](https://wordpress.org/download/).
-
-### Step 2: Install BuddyPress
-
-Access your WordPress administrative panel and navigate to `Plugins → Add New`. You can either activate the "Featured" tab and scroll down to find it or use the search field to look for `BuddyPress`. Click on `Install Now` blue button of the BuddyPress plugin card.
-
-### Step 3: Activate BuddyPress
-
-Following installation, select `Activate` to enable BuddyPress on your website. Post-activation, you will be redirected to your WordPress Dashboard home page which will show the "Hello BuddyPress" modal window we use to inform about the plugin's version highlights.
-
-## Manual Installation Process
-
-For administrators who prefer or require a manual installation approach, please follow these steps:
-
-### Step 1: Download BuddyPress
-
-Navigate to the [BuddyPress page](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress/) on the WordPress plugin repository and download the most recent version of the plugin. You'll get a zip Archive having a name looking like this `buddypress.VersionNumber.zip`.
-
-### Step 2: Upload BuddyPress
-
-You can alternatively go to the `Plugins → Add New` administration screen and use the WordPress plugin uploader to transfer the zip Archive you downloaded into your plugins directory or unzip the Archive locally and utilize your preferred FTP client to drop the `buddypress` plugin folder into the `wp-content/plugins` directory within your WordPress installation on your web server.
-
-### Step 3: Activate the Plugin
-
-Log into your WordPress administrative dashboard, proceed to `Plugins → Installed Plugins`, locate BuddyPress in the plugin list, and select `Activate`. Subsequently, you will be directed to your WordPress Dashboard home page which will show the "Hello BuddyPress" modal window we use to inform about the plugin's version highlights.
-
-## Next step
-
-- Set up BuddyPress
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</span><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+# BuddyPress Activation Guide for a regular WordPress Site.
+
+Welcome to the BuddyPress activation guide for a regular WordPress site! This document is designed to help beginners configure BuddyPress on their WordPress site. Whether you're setting up a community site, a social network, or a collaborative space, BuddyPress is a powerful plugin that adds social networking features to your WordPress site.
+
+## Before you begin
+
+If you haven't installed the BuddyPress plugin into your WordPress site's plugins directory yet, please read this [documentation page first](./install.md).
+
+## Step 1: Activate BuddyPress from the Individual Site's Dashboard
+
+- From your site's admin area, navigate to `Plugins`.
+- Locate BuddyPress in the list and click `Activate` to enable it.
+- Post-activation, you will be redirected to your WordPress Dashboard home page which will show the "Hello BuddyPress" modal window we use to inform about plugin's major version highlights.
+
+
+
+## Step 2: Configure BuddyPress
+
+- After activation, you'll find the BuddyPress settings under `Settings → BuddyPress` in the site’s admin panel.
+- Configure the necessary components, such as Profiles, Groups, and Activity Streams. You may choose to activate only what's necessary for this site's community.
+
+## Final Steps
+
+- After completing the installation and configuration, it is crucial to thoroughly test all BuddyPress features, such as user registration, profile updates, group creation, and private messaging across different sites on your network, to ensure everything is working as expected.
+- Maintain regular backups and update BuddyPress, WordPress, and all other plugins and themes to ensure security and compatibility.
+
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</span><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+# BuddyPress Installation Guide for Website Administrators
+
+Welcome to the BuddyPress installation guide! BuddyPress is a versatile plugin that enriches your WordPress site with a community environment for your family, friends, colleagues, teammates, customers, in short the people you want to be in touch with. This guide will walk you through installing BuddyPress on your WordPress site. Before you begin, please ensure that your server meets [BuddyPress's minimum requirements](./php-version-support.md) and that your WordPress version is compatible.
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+Please ensure your WordPress installation is current and compatible with the BuddyPress plugin. A good way to quickly find this information is to check the [plugin's official page](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress/) on the WordPress Plugin Directory and look for the required **WordPress Version** as well as the required **PHP Version**. These informations are also available at the top of the [readme.txt](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddypress/trunk/readme.txt) file that is include in the plugin's package.
+
+## Automated Installation Procedure
+
+### Step 1: Confirm WordPress Installation
+
+Please confirm that WordPress is installed on your hosting environment. If WordPress still needs to be installed, please download and install it from the [official WordPress website](https://wordpress.org/download/).
+
+### Step 2: Install BuddyPress
+
+Access your WordPress administrative panel and navigate to `Plugins → Add New`. You can either activate the "Featured" tab and scroll down to find it or use the search field to look for `BuddyPress`. Click on `Install Now` blue button of the BuddyPress plugin card.
+
+
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> If you are using a WordPress multisite config, BuddyPress installation happens into the Network administrative panel, inside the `Plugins → Add New` network admin screen.
+
+
+
+## Manual Installation Process
+
+For administrators who prefer or require a manual installation approach, please follow these steps:
+
+### Step 1: Download BuddyPress
+
+Navigate to the [BuddyPress page](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress/) on the WordPress plugin repository and download the most recent version of the plugin. You'll get a zip Archive having a name looking like this `buddypress.VersionNumber.zip`.
+
+### Step 2: Upload BuddyPress
+
+You can alternatively go to the `Plugins → Add New` administration screen and use the WordPress plugin uploader to transfer the zip Archive you downloaded into your plugins directory or unzip the Archive locally and utilize your preferred FTP client to drop the `buddypress` plugin folder into the `wp-content/plugins` directory within your WordPress installation on your web server.
+
+
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> If you are using a WordPress multisite config, BuddyPress installation happens into the Network administrative panel, inside the `Plugins → Add New` network admin screen.
+
+
+
+## Next step
+
+- Activate BuddyPress [on a regular WordPress site](./activate.md), [on a multisite WordPress](./network-activate.md).
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</span><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+# BuddyPress Activation Guide for WordPress Multisite
+
+Welcome to the BuddyPress activation guide for WordPress Multisite! This document is designed to help beginners configure BuddyPress on their WordPress Multisite network. Whether you're setting up a community site, a social network, or a collaborative space, BuddyPress is a powerful plugin that adds social networking features to your WordPress site.
+
+## Before you begin
+
+Just like there's only one common Users database table shared across your multisite network, BuddyPress only installs a common set a database tables for your network. This means, out of the box, BuddyPress does not provide a way to have more than one instance of it into your network so that you could have different communities for each of your network sites. In other words, activating BuddyPress network widely will only power your network with one BuddyPress instance you can choose to house on the main or a secondary site of your network.
+
+If you haven't installed the BuddyPress plugin into your WordPress site's plugins directory yet, please read this [documentation page first](./install.md).
+
+## Activation Options
+
+BuddyPress can be activated network-wide, affecting all sites in your multisite network or on a single site within your network, allowing for a more tailored setup.
+- **Case 1:** Network-wide activation using the **Main** Site of your network to house your BuddyPress community
+- **Case 2:** Network-wide activation using a **Secondary** Site of your network to house your BuddyPress community
+- **Case 3:** Activating BuddyPress on one of the site of your network only.
+
+### Network-wide activation using the Main Site of your network to house your BuddyPress community
+
+Enabling BuddyPress network-wide allows you to have social networking features across all the sites in your multisite network. BuddyPress is activated across the network but configured to consider the main site as the primary location for all BuddyPress content. This setup is perfect for networks where the main site is the central hub for all community interactions.
+
+#### Step 1: Network Activate BuddyPress
+
+- From the Network Admin dashboard, go to **Plugins**.
+- You will see BuddyPress listed among other installed plugins. Click on **Network Activate** to enable BuddyPress across your entire network.
+
+
+
+#### Step 2: Configure BuddyPress from the Network Admin
+
+- In the Network Admin dashboard, navigate to **Settings → BuddyPress**.
+- Configure the components you wish to enable network-wide, such as Friends, Groups, Private Messaging, etc.
+
+### Network-wide activation using a Secondary Site of your network to house your BuddyPress community
+One way to set up BuddyPress network-wide is to activate it across the entire network. Still, a secondary site should be designated as the main hub for all BuddyPress content and activities. This setup can be especially helpful if the network's main site has a specific function and is not meant to be used for community interactions.
+
+#### Step 1: before Network activating BuddyPress: identify Secondary Site ID and Modify your WordPress Configuration
+
+1. **Access Network Admin Dashboard**:
+ - Navigate to `Dashboard → Network Admin`.
+
+2. **Identify the Secondary Site**:
+ - Click on the `Sites` link.
+ - Locate and note the ID number of the secondary site you want to use as the root for BuddyPress.
+
+
+
+3. **Configure wp-config.php**:
+ - Access your server via FTP or your hosting file manager to open the `wp-config.php` file.
+ - Add the following line, replacing `$blog_id` with the actual ID of your chosen site: in the above screenshot it's `4`.
+ ```php
+ define('BP_ROOT_BLOG', 4);
+ ```
+ - Save and close the file.
+
+#### Step 2: Network Activate BuddyPress
+
+- From the Network Admin dashboard, go to **Plugins**.
+- You will see BuddyPress listed among other installed plugins. Click on **Network Activate** to enable BuddyPress across your entire network.
+
+
+
+#### Step 3: Configure BuddyPress from the Network Admin
+
+- In the Network Admin, navigate to `Settings → BuddyPress`.
+- Set up and adjust the necessary settings and components, such as user profiles, groups, and site tracking, to suit your network’s needs.
+- Confirm that all settings are properly saved and effectively applied network-wide, focusing on the newly designated root site.
+
+Following these steps, you can successfully configure BuddyPress on a secondary site within your WordPress Multisite network, centralizing all BuddyPress activities on your chosen site and preserving the main site's primary functionalities.
+
+### Setting Up BuddyPress on an Individual Site in WordPress Multisite
+
+You can also choose to only activate BuddyPress on one of your WordPress network site. This allows for site-specific community features without affecting other sites in the network. In this case, the activation process is very similar to [Activating BuddyPress on a regular WordPress site](./activate.md).
+
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> Please note BuddyPress can only be activated once in such a case. You currently cannot have multiple instances of BuddyPress on a WordPress network.
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