did you try going back to default buddypress theme and deactivating other plugins. In these way we can know what could be wrong.
could you check the settings ~ user capabilities and make sure you have the correct caps?
also, might be worth checking a plugin/theme isn’t doing this somehow.
Marcus – you got it! It was the user capabilities. to be fair, they were all unchecked, but the labels next to them were all gibberish, like missing 80% of the letters, so i didn’t even click what it was. i’d post you a photo, it looks fricken weird and as a result i just ignored it, but i can’t see how to attach a photo.
THANK YOU for responding. I can’t tell you how much i appreciate it.
great, there are alot of site which allows photo upload and then just post the link here.