OK thanks for the info, I will give it a try and see how I get on.
If you have searched the forum, developers (from the navigation on top), and google you have two options:
1. Install bbpress from the one click installer by BuddyPress
2. Install bbpress alone and connect to BuddyPress
You’ll have total freedom customizing the forum if you choose option 2, but thanks to the community, there’s a plugin for option 1 too.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/forum-attachments-for-buddypress/
Get a testing environment, try the both and explorer the bp world!! 
I finally solved this according to:
https://svn.buddypress.org/trunk/bp-core/bp-core-templatetags.php
I’ve made a new custom function, bp_member_user_login as follows
function bp_member_user_login() {
echo bp_get_member_user_login();
}
function bp_get_member_user_login() {
global $members_template;
return apply_filters( 'bp_get_member_user_login', $members_template->member->user_login );
}
But with bbpress it is not possible to do file uploads, you know such as an image in a post! Or am I wrong, is this possible? Oh and another thing, it is possible to moderate new user sing ups etc. Again is this possible with bbpress ?
Take a look at bbpress before you start phpbb 
I am just about to move from phpbb to bbpress/buddypress
and converting it is major pain 
so take a look before you decide
Global anything would be very good. We cannot have a global search, it seems, and so global tagging would at least be a second best.
Wonderful idea.
Iis doesn’t usually support php. Web.config is a file that’s used for an asp.net application/website. You should switch your plan to a Linux based hosting plan if you want to use buddypress and wordpress as those are usually best run on Linux plans. I’m not even sure how you got them running on IIS as you need mysql database and I wouldn’t think you could get one with a windows plan.
Use the buddypress forum extras plugin. It enables quoting
interesting. thank you! I will try deactivating, but not sure how to get my emails delivered then. I do have all the latest wordpressmu and buddypress editions. I was thinking maybe it’s the “welcome pack” plugin? Could this be? I will try deactivating a few of these and see what happens. I just got off work, or I would have replied sooner. Thanks for your help!
Cleared the cache as suggested and no change. Changed browser and no change. I’m using the default theme for buddypress 1.2, I don’t think that’s a child theme, is it? Where in functions.php do I add that line?
Thanks 
Thanks, Peter. I saw too late that this thread had been started just a few weeks ago (such is the nature of forums):
https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/global-content-tagging#post-38480
Did you take a look at Burt’s code? Jeff Sayre says he created a version of this for BP 1.0 but needs to be updated.
@rolfe
BP Album+ will probably do the trick for you.
You can see some screen shots of what the next release will look like here: https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/bp-album-new-features-requests-and-discussion/page/2?replies=16#post-43760
https://codex.buddypress.org/how-to-guides/changing-internal-configuration-settings/
Put the following into your wp-config.php:
define( 'BP_DTHEME_DISABLE_CUSTOM_HEADER', true );
Has anyone determined if wishlist membership works with Buddy Press?
Or have you found other plugins that work to protect your site content ?
I activated Buddypress Template Pack plugin. It when right away to step 3, I just clicked “Finished” and boum! The bar is all there!
Now I need to midify that thing…
Ohh… Thanks, but can i just make a big forum to everyone or do i need to install it and find some guide to integrate it to buddypress?
Which version of BuddyPress are you running? The current version of BP does not have that function. Instead, it is bp_has_members().
Having you been developing under an older version and then you upgraded? Codebase changes are to be expected. The first thing to do when previously working code fails is to check the logs, they will often indicate the issue. Then, if you need to sleuth some more, check the core functions to see if something has changed–the function name, function parameters, or both.
kriskl – I assume you’re talking about the ajax quote plugin that’s part of https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-group-forum-extras/other_notes/. I just tried it and they seem to be working fine together on my installation. Can you be more specific about what is “breaking”?
avi-m – I installed the widgetized theme and I didn’t have any redirect problems. I wonder if the problem is arising from a combination of theme + my plugin + some other plugin. I don’t suppose you could turn off all other BP dependent plugins for a second to test that theory? Or perhaps give me a list of the plugins you’re running so I can try it myself?
Which version of WordPress and BuddyPress are you running?
To post a new topic to a thread using the Group Forums Directory, you must be a member of that group and the group must be public. So, you will not have the option of selecting groups that are private or those of which you are not a member.
BuddyPress.org uses bbPress, the same forum software that comes with the BuddyPress download. However, the forums on BP.org are site-wide forums (using an external install method) and are skinned to look like the rest of the site. They are not group-based forums as you get with a standard install of BuddyPress.
To learn more about external bbPress installs, read this:
https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/create-a-site-forum#post-36466
I’ve been playing with Mystique as a likely candidate for a blog I’m working on, but I’d lo be able to play with BuddyPress without giving it up! So I’ll just add in another voice that’s excited for this development
@MrMaz Yeah… I’m not having any luck getting avatars resized and uploaded on a single wordpress install. BP Links (Version 0.3.2) is just embedding the URL of the original image. I’m guessing the plugin currently has no folder structure for a single install like it does for MU, which you stated earlier places avatar images in: /wp-content/blogs.dir/files/link-avatars/ — I’m keeping my fingers crossed the next release will have a fix for this
Out of curiosity, anyone know how I can alter the user link (will be editing: link-header.php)?
Currently using bp_link_userlink() but I’d like to change the output from mysite.com/user/ to mysite.com/user/links/ so people can see other links posted by the link owner.
