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Thanks @djPaul

I also read another recent thread: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/bbpress-2-1-and-buddypress-1-6-beta-2/?#post-134036 and commented there. It seems likely that there are a few bugs to be sorted out to get this working.

A particular thing I had missed that might help someone else to get bbP2.1 forums working a bit at least with BP1.6RC1 is that, as well as diabling BP Group Fourms I had untick “Discussion Forums” in WP-admin> settings> buddypress> components (which I find counter-intuitive).

Thanks for your comments here @jeaz, @newpress and @PaulGibbs They really helped me out and confirmed that I wasn’t just being really stupid! Yes, I concur with you, I’m getting the same issues you raise above with WP 3.4.1, bbPress2.1 and BP1.6RC1

It’s looking like the new forums will be excellent and useful, so many thanks to all the developers. But at the moment the forum admin between BP and bbP has a some limiting bugs and is also confusing to me. I’d like to help out by testing but, for me at least, I feel that it is best to wait until the developers have another crack at the integration first.

What about by changing your WP site to the multisite and activate BuddyPress on a sub site? In order to not appear as a separate site, you can set it as a sub directory rather than a subdomain.

WP Multisite:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network

Changing BP Internal Configuration Settings:
https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/changing-internal-configuration-settings/, especially on the “Set the which blog ID BuddyPress will run on:”

You can add meta to updates and filter that way. Google “add meta BuddyPress activity” it’s been discussed before. You will need php skills for this customization

Don’t use globals in template files. Use template tags.

https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/buddypress-template-tags/

If this is pure bbPress question, you’re best to ask on bbpress.org, as that where those experts are. Or do you mean that you think BuddyPress is affecting bbPress’ log in process?

Do you mean something like the walled garden technique?

I use (bp version 1.5.6 ): https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/code-snippet-make-site-privet-parse-error/#post-130982

Then I use the following to hide feeds from logged out users
`
function bp_remove_feeds() {
remove_action( ‘bp_actions’, ‘bp_activity_action_sitewide_feed’, 3 );
remove_action( ‘bp_actions’, ‘bp_activity_action_personal_feed’, 3 );
remove_action( ‘bp_actions’, ‘bp_activity_action_friends_feed’, 3 );
remove_action( ‘bp_actions’, ‘bp_activity_action_my_groups_feed’, 3 );
remove_action( ‘bp_actions’, ‘bp_activity_action_mentions_feed’, 3 );
remove_action( ‘bp_actions’, ‘bp_activity_action_favorites_feed’, 3 );
remove_action( ‘groups_action_group_feed’, ‘groups_action_group_feed’, 3 );
}
add_action(‘init’, ‘bp_remove_feeds’);
`

It’s not quite the same thing but with bp version 1.5.6, I use the following in bp-custom.php:

// see: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/1-5-group-avatars-using-mystery-man-default#post-109448
function my_avatar_defaults() {
global $bp;
// change 'identicon' to anything listed here:
// http://en.gravatar.com/site/implement/images/#default-image
$bp->grav_default->group = 'identicon';
$bp->grav_default->user = 'monsterid';
}
add_action( 'bp_init', 'my_avatar_defaults' );

@dreamlarp basic troubleshooting is changing to bp-default theme. I suggest that you double-check that all the BP components are in working order using bp-default theme before installing/activating a third-party theme.

Could also be a plugin issue, one that has not been updated for latest BP version. There are a variety of factors which could trip up a smooth installation. First thing is change to bp-default theme and work from there.

I would suggest posting at WP support forums https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/buddypress-activity-plus

You can change Settings > Privacy option so that one of the blogs – like your dev site – will not be indexed.

@sparklyscotty I presume that you looked if your theme was listed in the page I linked to above? https://buddypress.org/community/groups/installing-buddypress/forum/topic/alligning-buddypress-with-swatch-theme/

@beggers best place to ask is at the WordPress.org forums and to search plugins there. There was a plugin that “bridged” the two (WP/phpBB) way back.

Right now I see the following
– https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/phpbb-single-sign-on/
– https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/phpbb-recent-topics/
– https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/phpbb