[wordpressfan]

After considering the options, funneling the forums through groups makes a bit more sense – particularly since the current method *works* instead of the voodoo magic required to get a stand-alone bbpress and buddypress to communicate.

I’ve solved the problem by posting a ‘sticky’ forum note alerting members they need to join groups to take advantage of the forums. But it would be nice to have the ‘create new topic’ as an option.