1.6 beta – forums setup
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Anyone else confused by the 1.6 beta – forums setup ?
Using WP 3.4, BP 1.6 betaI’m trying to get sitewide forums working.
In wp-admin: Settings-BuddyPress-Forums
I see buttons to install: Group Forums and SiteWide Forums.I have installed SiteWide Forums and activated it.
So why does Settings-BuddyPress-Forums still have an install button ?
And do we really need a separate bbPress plugin for site-wide forums?I can create a new forum in wp-admin
I created a page “…com/forums”
I’ve assigned it to Discussion Forums in bp-settings – Pages
If I go to that page, I get this
“The forums component has not been set up yet.”
And the Forums link does not show up in the main nav.In Settings- Forum -Archive Slugs – Forums base is set to ‘forums’ shows this warning:
“Possible BuddyPress conflict: Forums page”
If I set it to ‘forumsbb’ – the warning goes away.If I go to Forums in wp-admin and view the forum, it takes me to
“…com/forumsbb/forum//test-forum/”But the Forums link is still not in the main nav.
And goes to /forums still gives me
“The forums component has not been set up yet.”How to correct those issues ?
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== So why does Settings-BuddyPress-Forums still have an install button ? ==
@shanebp I agree. Will you do the honors to raise this in trac?
== And do we really need a separate bbPress plugin for site-wide forums? ==
Yes
== I’ve assigned it to Discussion Forums in bp-settings – Pages ==
If you’re not going to use Group Forums, disable the component in BP 1.6beta1 in Settings > BuddyPress > Components – uncheck Discussion Forums and Save. You don’t need to assign Sitewide Forums Page in BuddyPress > Pages. Just add the Sitewide forums slug in the custom menu.
In Settings > Forums, if you’re using “Forums” as slug, then create a page named “Forums” then add the forums shortcode/s you prefer https://codex.bbpress.org/shortcodes/
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