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@alanchrishughes, @djpaul is dead right, it should have been a child theme. I started looking at it before WP 3 was out & figured most wouldn’t have Twenty Ten installed so started it as a stand alone theme. It only took 10 mins to turn it into a child theme, should have done it sooner…. All others […]

@alanchrishughes Haha! Thanks for keeping the discussion in this thread. Integrating bbPress with WordPress is not easy. In fact, it can be a real pain. I have not tried integrating bbP and WP since BuddyPress offered a different solution — group forums. That being said, have you seen this article ? More than likely it is out of […]

@alanchrishughes I took it a little off topic to provide you with some help. I knew that you were having issues with bbPress and WordPress integration (as you have posted on several threads stating as much). So I was politely trying to provide a little help while asking to not turn this into a bbPress integration […]

@alanchrishughes I’m sorry that you are still having issues with deep integration of bbPress with WordPress. Many sites have an integrated bbPress install. In fact, @r-a-y has helped you extensively with the issue of bbPress integration into WordPress, pointing to many resources to help you accomplish that goal. If you are having trouble…[Read more]

@alanchrishughes – It sounds like you want to integrate a standalone version of bbPress with WordPress, I’ve already given you directions on how to do this. Please do not hijack an old thread, post a new one to discuss your problems, or go on the bbPress forums for help. *Edit: Here’s another guide that might be easier to […]

@alanchrishughes; It’s not difficult to create a child theme. I’ll try to put it in newbie terms as I’ve become increasingly aware that a) lots of WP and BP newbies seek help here, and b) we’re all newbies until we know something, at which point it becomes “easy and why didn’t I think of that before”..! […]

@alanchrishughes It is/will be a big project, yes. The external integration approach does work (with BuddyPress, too), and that way you can have the traditional forum view (or at least, a normal bbPress site as well). It’s not straightforward to do, and it has been a long time since I did it last; hopefully someone will […]

@alanchrishughes; Ah, sorry. I wasn’t implying that you were criticising the BP developers, more that I’ve criticised the project and product, which is easy to do when you’re not involved in it. (And sometimes when you are, too!)

@alanchrishughes (“you keep talking about privacy”) To develop a real social network you want to encourage people to share their real identity, real name, post a picture, some personal information, etc. They will happily do that provided there is some basic privacy protection in place; only members can see their profiles, only friends can see certain […]

@alanchrishughes (“I’ve never understood the whole privacy freak out problem …”) That has nothing whatsoever to do with what I said. @lincme.co.uk (“Ah Peter, without visionaries such as yourself, how would we ever have got to where we are..?! Growing out of rigid definitions into new flexibility is where the virtual world is heading, like it or […]

@alanchrishughes They are EXACTLY like facebook fan pages. You have an activity stream on both. You have forum/discussions on both. Not sure why you think otherwise. You can also add apps to facebook fan pages and buddypress groups. They look different and the wording on each is different but they really are the same thing.

@peterverkooijen; Good points about the focus of a social network being on the member, while a forum is focussed more around the information. I think @alanchrishughes has a point too though, about non-techies being put off by having to register.many people are still terrified that if they enter their name and email address then you’ll have access […]

@alanchrishughes; That makes sense to me, and I think that’s the way social networking will go soon, though it’s in its infancy right now. I think the very concepts of ‘forums’, ‘groups’, ‘blogs’ and so-on will merge, and fade into history soon enough. I like the information filtering provided for user in the activity streams. For […]

@alanchrishughes; What we’ve done – and it’s making sense to a few testers so far – is to ditch the forums and just use groups. So people know, for example, that they can create a cycling group, or a business group, or a flower arranging group. They understand that they can post messages in their group, […]

@alanchrishughes said: “What is the idea even behind this “groups” concept? I have been trying to understand it and figure out a way to just work with it, but it just doesn’t make sense, it’s backwards.” Just waking up Alan, so I hope I haven’t completely misunderstood. Personally, I’ve always been interested in how people respond […]

@alanchrishughes – i’m working on an activity based solution now but waiting on 1.2.5 with some hook fixes

@alanchrishughes – Here’s such a tutorial to integrate WordPress and standalone bbPress:
http://www.techblog.viveksanghi.com/2009/12/bbpress-installation-and-deep-integration-with-wordpress/

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Login to dashboard, go to Buddypress and then Forums Setup to install. Once it’s configured, create a group called Support or whatever you want to call it and then you have a forum inside.