template ignored in Buddypress child theme

Has there been any progress in allowing a custom pro template in a Buddypress child theme as discussed here: http://www.s2member.com/forums/topic/modified-pro-form-template-ignored/

Cheers

Just to make it clear, custom paypal-registration-form.php doesn’t work unless you put it in the parent buddypress bp-default theme folder in the plugins directory.

Thank you for your inquiry.

I have not heard of any developments on this. s2Member uses the WordPress standards for getting the current theme’s directory, so I’m unsure how this could be remedied, but I will ask Jason (Lead Developer) if this is possible.

Could the path be defined in s2memberhacks.php?

Could the path be defined in s2memberhacks.php?

We took a look at the code, and s2Member uses TEMPLATEPATH to get the correct directory to look for its templates. We’re making note of this and are going to find a way to also search a child theme directory as well.

A custom template file can live outside of the theme directory, and be placed inside: /wp-content/my-template.php. However, this will ONLY work if you call the template by name using the template=”my-template.php” Shortcode Attribute for s2Member Pro Forms.

It is also possible to do something like this in your Shortcode:
/wp-content/themes/my-theme/template.php

So you could use the template attribute to get the correct template from your child theme that way.