1. Click on the Group.
2. Click on “Admin” tab in the group.
3. This should take you to your groups settings. You should see a sub menu showing “Details”, :Settings”, “Avatar:…etc
4. Click on settings and make sure “Enable Discussion Forum” is checked.
5. Save
6. Now if you click on the forum tab you should see something.
Well while certainly not “easy”, I think its definitely possible, and a reasonable request for buddypress.
Here is the design:
1. When creating a topic, add an option to override avatar and upload an image for a topic.
2. When topics are displayed, there should be a check to see if a custom topic image was specified for the particular topic. If so display it, if not, display creator avatar…