BuddyPress

Hi guys,
I’m very new to BP, just installed the plugin on a fesh insatll of WP tonight.
I have created my first group and now want to create a forum topic for that group.

I click on Forums and the ‘New Topic’. From here a drop down appears where I can name the topic and put in a description. I then select the topic to be posted in my only group from the drop down list and click Post Topic.

Unfortunately the topic isn’t posted. Instead I am taken back to the forums main page and given the same default message ‘Sorry, there were no forum topics found.’ which was there before I attempted to post my topic.

Any ideas? It just doesn’t seem to be saving the topic anywhere.

As I said I’m very new too so aren’t the most technical yet, please be gentle.
Thanks in advance.
Ross

I am having the same problem, would love to hear some answers.

Have you gone through the bbPress installation process in your wp-admin yet?

Yep, I went through the 2 click set up. It says it has installed and should be okay but I can’t post ANY topics at all???

having the same problem

I’m having similar problems – when I post I get the red bar that says “”There was an error creating this topic”

Do you get an error or just the redirect?

Right guys, I reinstalled everything and in general settings in admin changed the content link from the default addresss to the absolute url, eg http://www.mysite.com/wp-content/uploads before trying to post a thing.

I also changed perma links to ‘Day and name’

All seems to work.

Let me know how you get on.
Ross

Replaced the BP folder I’d upgraded from 1.0.1 to 1.1.3 to 1.2.1 with the forums folder from a fresh 1.2.1 install and all seems well now.

rossagrant, can you clarify where you updated the default address to the absolute url? I went to both the BuddyPress > General settings and the Settings > General in my WP Admin but I’m not sure where to put the absolute url. I must be blind. Thanks for your help!

Tridian,
Setting —> Miscellaneous

blank out the top box and fill in the absolute path underneath. Hope it works for you!
Ross

Thanks for the quick reply rossagrant, unfortunately I’m still getting the dreaded “Sorry, there were no forum topics found.” when I try to post a topic to a forum. I’ve reinstalled once but I think I’ll try photodesign’s advice again and see what happens. I’ll keep you all posted if I have any luck and thanks again for your help.

This might seem silly – you’ve probably already tried this… but make sure you login as the admin to the group you’re trying to post to and enable forums for that specific group.

Well Sarah Gooding, you are a saint in the making! This is interesting and your idea made this possible. I was logged into the forum as the admin and the group I was trying to post to had the “Enable discussion forum” checkbox checked so I decided to uncheck it and save my settings which were confirmed. I then checked the “Enable discussion forum” box again and saved my settings and viola! It worked just as it should. How odd (and cool at the same time:). I can also post to other groups now that I did not create as well. I wish I could explain why that is but at this point I am not questioning the answers. Thanks again to all and I’ll keep you posted if anything goes awry, but at this point I appear to be in business.

why “http://www.mysite.com/wp-content/uploads”???
I have same problem!

Thank you for being so specific Tridian & Sarah Gooding – it worked for me this time – i hadn’t made me an admin on the new group that I hadn’t created – once I did – I found – Group Settings under Admin and unchecked ‘enable discussions’ saved it – and rechecked it and saved it – working now!

Hi,

Not on MU – have a standard brandnew WP install – cannot post topics to the forum. I am the admin. I went into the group I created and unchecked and saved ‘Enable discussion forum’ then went back in and saved it with Enable discussion forum checked – still no success…. HELP please….