If you are using 1.1rc or 1.1 trunk, then that should happen automatically for you once you turn on and configure the group forums.
If not, and if you’re using an unmodified version of BuddyPress 1.0, upgrading to 1.1 would be the easiest way.
I upgraded to 1.1 and didn’t get any error messages. But when I click on the “Forums” link I get a 404. Trying to post also gets
There was an error when creating the topic
What should I fix?
I should also note that I installed the forums through WPMU’s admin panel through “Forums Setup”, which I’m not sure is the correct way. It went smoothly, but I still don’t get any results.
You will need to upgrade your themes also… Are you using the bp-sn-parent and bp-default themes?
I am also getting “There was an error when creating the topic” however the topics are being written to the database fine. This only seems to be happening when a group is set to ‘private’ or ‘hidden’.
When the group setting is changed to ‘public’, all of the posts in the database for that group appear and the error is not shown when making new posts.
If the group is public then the forum posts show up in the Forums Directory, if they are private or hidden they do not – which is expected – however the tags for hidden or private posts show up in the ‘forum topic tags list’ – not to serious though.
Sorry – seemed to double post! – keep getting a white screen when posting 
You will need to upgrade your themes also… Are you using the bp-sn-parent and bp-default themes?
I think so. They show up in my in WPMU –> BuddyPress –> General Settings as
BuddyPress Default (1.1-rc)
BuddyPress Social Network Parent Theme (1.1-rc)
BuddyPress Default Member Theme (1.1-rc)
I’m currently using the parent theme.
Also when I try to install bbPress by going to http://domain.com/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bbpress/ as indicated in http://domain.com/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/installation-readme.txt nothing shows up. Is this part of the problem?
Yep definitely. Unless I’m supposed to upload the contents to that location and not the folder.
Just to be on the safe side, I checked out and downloaded the latest alpha version and used it and I also just upgraded BuddyPress automatically.
