Page Templates and BuddyPress

Hi
I appreciate that my question basically crosses over between this forum and Buddypress. Edin theme to me is very clean and functional with a fair degree of customisation on its own. But I have one major prob.

I want it for a community blog and site and have installed Buddypress and bbpress. Despite reading shedloads of support forums and posts I cannot get the forums etc pages to go full page width – they default to 2 column with right sidebar and frankly look pretty awful. (That’s the Buddypress default). Has anyone else managed to find a work around through php manipulation or even css?

I’ve set up child theme(incidentally used Child Theme Configurator plug in which was so easy to install? – does not use çimport etc etc and is all radio buttons. The support has already proved brilliant. Also pro version available which may get. Recommend to all those having trouble with set up of child theme.

Back to query. When bbpress and Buddy press installed Edin page templates folder returns following php files:- alternate-sidebar page php; buddypress.php; front-page.php; full-width page.php; grid page php

The buddypress.php is obviously the default page we get under Template on page edit as it has right sidebar etc etc. The other 4 are as above.

I’ve tried renaming buddypress.php as default-page.php and creating another full width page and saved that as buddypress.php. Unfortunately that and a whole host of other attempts have not worked. I even tried using, under plugin directory – buddypress>bp-themes>bp default> to the ‘one column page.php file and tried inserting that into the child theme, but again without any joy.

Unfortunately most threads on this talk about setting up a buddypress.php file due to the nature of Buddypress cascade feature when it is looking for a place to go but Edin now already has one and as I said, trying to ‘con’ it by renaming etc has not worked so far.

Also before anyone asks- using or trying to use full pasge template on any configured Buddypress page, with or without shortcode I’m afraid doesn’t work either as it reverts and defaults when published.

Has anyone any ideas or know of a plug-in that might do the job?

I should also add that the CTC plug in only really deals with stylesheets but has original template functioning but does not work with plugins and so my edin-child does not contain any php detail but when I’ve been experimenting, I’ve pulled across the relevant php detail from parent to the child theme and then worked on that. Do you think that is sufficient or should all php function be on the child to try to solve this?

Sorry -I know this is not strictly an Edin theme matter but others may have come across a similar problem and may do in future as the theme is great for using as combination site and for social community.

I also have to say that both social plugins went in without a hitch, and it looks as though css customisation is not going to be too difficult to alter. The CTC does have that functionality by the way for a lot of the obvious changes you may want to make. Takes a bit of getting used to but does it for you and offers previews etc. Incidentally – I’m not part of their sales team, just that it’s proving very useful!!

Grateful for any help at all please. I’m a glass is always half full merchant, well unless it’s a session obviously, and so here’s hoping!!

Thanks a lot.

Bibblehead (Rob)

PS Just for info, I’m using Wamp local server for site set up but that should not be making any difference I don’t think.