== My end goal is to not have the “group” forums, just normal forums that don’t require group access. ==
@yoyobestbuy if you want sitewide forums only (aka bbPress plugin) then go to dashboard menu Settings > BuddyPress > Components and uncheck “Discussion Forums” https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/
Choose the site wide option
BuddyPress has bbPress so delete the extra plugin. Then go into settings > BuddyPress in the admin. Click forum tab and setup bbPress
Anyone with experience on this??
@mercime
Thank you very much for your detailed response.
We want to keep complaints totally public.
The buddypress multi-network plugin looks great.
I think the author is going to soon update it to BP 1.6 version.
Thank you again.
There is no precedent in which Brajesh does not deliver above and beyond the call of duty. Given the complexity and volume of plugins he builds and maintains along with the many one-off coding requests, a healthy dose of latitude is advisable, imho. I guess at the right price you may find someone who will build what you want and may even maintain it as WordPress/BuddyPress constantly gets updated.
@qrahaman
I checked his blog before posting here. I don’t think there is any development on the plugin there.
But I like how on buddypress.org you can login straight from the toolbar and it redirects to your profile.How can I do that?
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Its really basic just login to your site dashboard/settings/buddypress click settings and uncheck “Show the toolbar for logged out users.”
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LOL! Man how did I overlook that? Thank you @mercime for saving my butt!
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@mercime Your seeing something I am not seeing. One minute they show up, and the next they are not showing up at all. We got a bug. I know John James Jacoby knows about it but I can’t figure out why I experience this phenomenon. Thanks guys!
@micjavier provide testuser login info so I can see the buttons you’re referring to.
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I use WP Google Translate plugin on 2 sites and as @hnla says It works quite good. I just got offered $7.5 million dollars for one of my sites. Time will tell if the offer was legitimate.
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@mercime lol! Sorry man! My wicked sense of humor!
@voarsh either you’d have to learn to code this yourself
or ask WebPurify if they’d create a plugin to integrate with BuddyPress
or hire a developer to do so at https://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-jobs-board/ or http://jobs.wordpress.net
@ashraf something’s getting lost in translation. There’s no bganz plugin in the link you posted and guys above are already rapping.
@nstjwz you’re welcome. glad it worked 
Marking this as resolved.
@mercime I spent a bunch of time figuring out how to adjust it, and your solve my problem on a snap.
I’m really grateful.
So, thank you!
@illutic
Re permissions error:
– Please post issue.when BuddyPress is installed in a network created by Networks for WP plugin at https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/networks-for-wordpress
Re: what the “use excisting installation” & “install group forums” differences are.
– If you have never installed Group Forums before, i.e., no bb-config.php at the root of your WP install, then you would click on “Install Group Forums” button
– Click “Use existing installation” means using the Group Forums (BP’s internal custom bbPress) which was created in BP version prior to upgrade to latest version.
Re: And just in case I need to have more added to wp-config.php, this is the BP related define I have in there: define(‘BP_ENABLE_MULTIBLOG’, true);
– https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/bp_enable_multiblog/
At this stage, I suggest removing that from your wp-config.php until you resolve permissions issues
@mercime I have been trying to put a sidebar on members “profile” page. For instance a side bar on a page like this http://www.guitaragora.com/members/marcel/ … Does that make sense?
Hi Gordon,
I have a similar issue and have posted here https://buddypress.org/community/groups/installing-buddypress/forum/topic/new-users-profile-problem/
I still can’t get mine working but maybe one of these fixes will work for you…
@mercime
thanks for your continued attention.
– I have not tried reuploading/reinstalling as that might put me back in modifications (though I haven’t touched core, I sadly did not keep track of weird, off-hand alterations I might have made to the files I brought into my theme from core..not many, but you see what i mean). Seems drastic, but might be the only option at this point. Though i need to wait for that to happen at the moment.
– I installed WP manually.
– Deactivated all the plugins (even the buddypress template pack, which didn’t have any effect) and the problem still remains 
@mercime I got it, and I’m trying to implement your instructions. In a few days I’ll let you know if it’s all ok or if I have any issue.
Thank you!
