[7meetsnick]

Hello,

This is my first post and my first time using BuddyPress. Now I had some questions that I hope you guys can help me with. First off I want to make the Forums open to registered users of course but I noticed I can only add new topics to the Forums by being in a Group. Is there anyway that I can get around this issue without being in a group?

Thanks,

Nick

[Mike Pratt]

One thing to consider is that it is supposed to work that way, otherwise all you have is a standard old-fashioned bbPress setup. Groups give forum topics context, which gives user something to rally around topically. If a forum isn’t part of a group, then eventually all your topics will blur and you will be awash in a sea of unrelated postings. (which is the state of most b-board systems today, imho

[Xevo]

You could make one group a standard group which everbody auto joins, but other than that the only option is a seperate bbpress install.