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hi @wolfied,

it’s difficult to help if you don’t give details.

BP/WP version, install type, PHP version, theme name and used plugins. An URL would be welcome too, at least to the mentionned topic. Thank you.

I just read the codex on this and it is conflicting….at least for me.
here is what confuses me:

When a user posts to the discussion forum of a public group, the user automatically becomes a member of the group.

But we are not allowed to post, that is the message Buddypress shows when going to a public groups forum, instead we get

Oh bother! No topics were found here!

followed by

You cannot create new topics.

So how do we automatically join this group by posting?

My guess is that there was some confusion when Buddypress wrote that part of the codex and now it sounds like all members can post on the forums of a public group and will automatically join that group.

What problem? the initial comment is along the right lines Groups require members you can’t post or partake in them unless you join the group, perhaps take up the suggestion to create a forum outside of groups?

@peter-hamilton Hmm that used always to be the process, updating or posting to a group automatically joined you to the group if it was ‘Public’; The codex may need updating or we may have regressed, I’ll have a delve into that.

> and it must NOT be compulsory to join the group for the public groups. Why can’t this be done?
Perhaps it can be, suggest it on a trac enhancement ticket if you feel that strongly, by default groups need members, BP list participants in a group or at least can track things if people are matched with a group.

bbP forums is a standalone plugin that ties in to BP due to historical use of forums in groups, but you can create forums outside of BP groups and categorize/nest them but bbP support and documentation better explains how to setup bbPress, although we have a decent guide in our codex too just have a look through the docs 😉 but do come back with any questions you might have to doing this if things still not clear.

@wolfied,

did you read this guide ?

Installing Group and Sitewide Forums