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@snark I’m trying this now. If you’re not using a child theme, I would create one so you don’t mess with the core BP files.

So far, I’ve done this:

1. Copy the function bp_get_options_nav() from bp-core-templatetags.php into my theme’s /groups/single/home.php file

2. Rename it my_bp_get_options_nav()

3. Call it

Not sure what to do next, but will probably try to:

4. Hard code the echo apply_filters to list Forums first.

same issue here.

@ruffrazor @twob @erich73 @snark @3sixty

Here’s how to set the “Forum” tab as the default in groups:

I took Boone’s former code and tweaked it with a little URI trickery! Requires no core hacks and complicated function duplication

Paste the following in /wp-content/plugins/bp-custom.php
http://pastebin.com/j3n17CVe (you’ll probably need to tweak the code for BP subdomain installs!) (updated)

If you want to reorder it so the “Forum” tab is displayed first, add this snippet to your theme’s functions.php:
http://pastebin.com/eTNKwgCR

I think I have made the php file properly and pasted in the code but on my site it just shows the code in the header. I must be doing something wrong.

@r-a-y cheers for that. I’m still totally rubbish at coding anything but it now works a treat!

I’ve got the forum as the default tab now and have it first in the list of tabs. Is there a simple way to rename the Home tab to ‘Group Activity’ ?

Thanks again r-a-y

Thanks @r-a-y! Works like a charm.

@r-a-y, thanks for this as it works great! To @Robcwright and others interested, I know it’s an old thread but have found this change will make it only do this for public groups or groups where you are a member and private groups will no longer redirect but keep the default setup. I put both in bp-custom.php and that seems to work great with a variety of child themes. If you want any other modifications for other cases I haven’t tried, just mention me in the reply and I’ll take a look when I can.

`
function redirect_to_forum() {
global $bp;
$path = clean_url( $_SERVER );
$path = apply_filters( ‘bp_uri’, $path );
if ( bp_is_group_home() && strpos( $path, $bp->bp_options_nav ) === false ) {
if ($bp->groups->current_group->is_user_member || $bp->groups->current_group->status == ‘public’) {
bp_core_redirect( $path . $bp->bp_options_nav . ‘/’ );
}
}
}
add_action( ‘wp’, ‘redirect_to_forum’ );

function my_bp_groups_forum_first_tab() {
global $bp;
if ($bp->groups->current_group->is_user_member || $bp->groups->current_group->status == ‘public’) {
$bp->bp_options_nav = ’50′;
$bp->bp_options_nav = ‘Activity’;
}
}
add_action(‘wp’, ‘my_bp_groups_forum_first_tab’);
`

Thanks @r-a-y v.helpful

Here is a small improvement, because depending on the name of the group e.g. “home group” you could get a false positive here with the previous strpos function

`
<?php
function redirect_to_forum() {
global $bp;

$path = clean_url( $_SERVER );

$path = apply_filters( ‘bp_uri’, $path );

if ( bp_is_group_home() && $bp->current_action == $bp->bp_options_nav )
bp_core_redirect( apply_filters( ‘bp_uri’, $bp->bp_options_nav) );
}
add_action( ‘wp’, ‘redirect_to_forum’ );
?>
`

so this bit of code from @r-a-y seems to let me see the group activity but redirect to forum as default: http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/changing-group-tab-display-defaults/#post-55449

Thanks @netweblogic Marcus – that code worked for me and various others didnt !

@Marcus
Thanks very much for this – haven’t tried it yet but am about to.
But what I think is really needed is simply the option for the group admin to choose the default tab – as part of the group settings.
I wil have several groups that will need different defaults. Can your code accommodate that in some way?
Who is up to writing a plug-in to do that? Not me I’m afraid..!
I also agree that Home should be changed to Activity.

Thanks guys for your assistance with the code! It’s really helpful