If I switch to one of the common permalink options, everything is fine. But if I enter a custom one, it creates problems, i.e. sends me to a 404 page, rearranges my theme moving the sidebar to the other side, etc I’m also using Dean’s Permalink Migration plugin. If I deactivate the plugin, I don’t get the 404 page but the category pages can’t get accessed, and some other weird problems
What if I just want them to be able to add posts and then have the buddy press features? Could that be done by changing their permissions from being a subscriber to an author and then also using buddypress?