I think we’re kind of in the same boat – and the help I was given in another thread was that for THAT kind of control, you need to disable bbpress within BuddyPress and do bbpress as its own, separate install.
Of course, if I’m off on that, someone will likely pounce in short order.
Brilliant.
Thank you SO much.
Will try that right now, and beg for a rescue if I need one.