Originally Posted by harvey

Again, BuddyPress is just an extension, you gotta understand the difference in order to work with it. OR just use the "out of a box" versions. Anyway, in order to do what you want just install Nextgen and you'll be able to do that.

But let me insist on this: if you don't understand the difference between WP and BP you'll have the same kind of issues with almost every single thing you want to do, so try reading BP's manual and FAQ first and you'll save a lot of time