Kudos @kingary for not giving up! 
Cheers.
@mercime
WP 3.3.1 and BP 1.5.3.1 — Check
WP and BP installed at domain root — Check, sub-domain root
Changed to bp-default theme / deactivated all plugins — Check
Linux server
Re: group/stand-alone — I installed stand-alone so that I could get some data for the DB. I thought if I just imported some existing data it might change something. I installed bbPress stand alone, created a topic or two with a post or two, exported all the data to a SQL file, changed then prefixes of the tables, and inserted it into the buddyPress/bbPress tables, then deleted the stand-alone installation. Through phpMyAdmin, there were clearly records in the tables; buddypress still said there were no forums, and I was still unable to create any forum post. I’ve since also deleted all records from the wp_bb_XXX tables.
Current forum setup: “Forums for Groups” installed (under “Forums” tab at buddypress admin); Sitewide forums NOT installed; NO other plugins; default theme; everything is as Plain Jane as humanly possible. Still, same errors on submitting new forum topic: either: “This group doesn’t have a forum set up yet.” or “Please pick the group forum where you would like to post this topic” (which of course I did).
There’s no registration security question in a default BuddyPress installation so the security question in your theme is not a BP problem. Deactivate all plugins except BuddyPress and change to bp-default theme and you’ll find that there’s none at all.
Sanity check:
– WP 3.3.1 and BP 1.5.3.1?
– WP and BP installed at domain root?
– You have changed to bp-default theme and deactivated all plugins except BuddyPress?
– You want group forums so you don’t need the stand-alone forums installed and messing up with installation. Or are you trying to make the stand-alone forums work as group forums?
– Linux or Windows server?
Log in the BuddyPress demo site testbp.org and send me a private message with username and password and the url to the webpage you are referring to.
Still just trying to keep this current.
In short: I can’t get forums working. Nothing I’ve tried works, not even suggestions (rather, the suggestion — thanks @mercime) here. It’s a rather fundamental element that is not working, and I’m about to give up on it and go look for alternatives.
Hmmm , strange . All I got is BuddyPress Plugin and thats all . All others are different plugs . So I never seen Humanity Part . Im using WP 3.3.1 and latest BP 1.5.3 . Please help . Thank you very much
You should build a child theme for bp-default so your customizations won’t be overwritten when you upgrade BuddyPress https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/
You’d add the new styles In your child theme’s stylesheet. If you need assistance, site url?
Hello.
I seem to be back to squar one this morning.
When I login to WordPress I am taken to my website’s homepage with the BuddyPress toolbar at the top.
When I click on ‘Dashboard’ i get a completely blank page at http://www.kairoscanada.org/wp-admin/.
Not good.
I can’t access my admin at all.
Nik
Forgot to say what I’m using:
Wordpress 3.3.1
Buddypress 1.5.3.1 with default theme
bbpress 2.0.2
GD Attachments 1.5.3
The latest buddypress ( with bp-default theme ) can use the default wordpress menu, which is under appearance section of admin.
Some web hosting requires an extra plugin for email. https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/ has a useful feature that displays debugging information when sending a test email. Another plugin is suggested in https://codex.buddypress.org/troubleshooting/frequently-asked-questions/
Have a log in option in the sidebar of all pages of your website ..Make sure it is shown only to a user who has not logged in…For this you should create a new sidebar.php and just copy the code from the BP sidebar.php…Hope u got it…
Thanks! Hopefully I get the green light soon. They seem pretty inclined to use BuddyPress. When they asked me about suggestions for Content Management Systems, guess what first came to mind? 
Solved my issue… had to start from a totally fresh install, but went a bit more step-by-step with the install to ensure that the forums were working.
Terribly inconvenient, have to work on restoring a bunch of things now… but overall, I would say it is worth it for the group forum function.
-A little off topic, but if you all are into the Occupy Movement and want to stay informed about the happenings in Minnesota, feel free to join me at occupymn.org
I guess I shall slowly master BuddyPress. I’m thinking the issue that I was having was due to my changing of the root file names in the process of making it live in place of an older site.
My recommendation is to always have lots of backed-up information just in case you need to start fresh with new software! :p
Thanks all for your suggestions.
Now onto the next task… custom admin bars that do not show posting options immediately.
I turned on error reporting and got this:
Fatal error: Cannot access empty property in /home4/daisypee/public_html/classroom/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-template.php on line 693
In that file, on line 693, is this:
` if ( isset( $bp->{$component}->root_slug ) &&`
Which is part of:
` // Loop through active components and look for a match
foreach ( $bp->active_components as $component => $id )
if ( isset( $bp->{$component}->root_slug ) &&
!empty( $bp->{$component}->root_slug ) &&
$bp->{$component}->root_slug == $root_slug )
return $bp->{$component}->name;
return false;`
Does that help solve my issue?
I just went to another directory, installed stand-alone bbPress but configured it to use the same DB as by bbPress installation. I pulled all the data from the stand alone tables and dumped it into the wp_bb tables. Still, even when browsing tables, buddyPress says there’s no forum.
@ easylife4ever
It’s Buddypress Humanity. I just deleted it myself because it was showing in my security scan as being at risk for xss (cross-site scripting). Go into your plugins and scroll down to Buddypress Humanity. Deactivate it, then delete it. You should be all set.
You’re welcome. If I recall “reports” from WP.org forums well, I believe you also need to increase your memory limits from 32MB to 64MB at GoDaddy if it’s allowed on your plan. Good luck.
If you installed WP/BP in directory http://yoursite.com/wordpress/ and if you have enabled registration and BuddyPress is activated, the link to create an account goes to http://yoursite.com/wordpress/register by default. The only way to have http://yoursite.com/register is if you installed WP/BP at domain root.
I will be surprised if GoDaddy cooperates with BuddyPress at all. I am currently working on another WordPress site that moves like molasses with GoDaddy. Fortunately for them their hosting/domain expires in a month so they can easily change hosting providers. In the case of where I am planning to install BuddyPress it looks like they have a long time left until GoDaddy ends. I probably will have to figure out other solutions to optimize WordPress and BuddyPress if it’s real slow.
Thanks for the advice about building a child theme!
That’s fine. You can bump your post if unanswered after 24 hours. All of us here are volunteers living in different time zones
– check the generated bb-config.php file in the root of your WP install. Database info there correct?
– check your database via phpMyAdmin and see if the 7 tables needed for your Group Forums were generated. List of tables and screenshot https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/3/#bp-forums-db
Finally got my line sorted then battled for 2 days because I didnt know the wp svn was case sensitive..
Anyways, Ive added some screen shots and the plugin is sorted, would love some feed-back or feature requests.
Ps: Buddypress isnt on Klout so I used the WordPress one instead for the group scores
“if GoDaddy can handle it” is the operative phrase. At a certain point, you’d have to upgrade from shared hosting to VPS/Cloud etc.
== would I be better off sticking with the default theme and customizing it for now? ==
I recomment that you build a child theme of bp-default theme instead and customize all you want from there.
