[mattkern2]

Thanks John. If going from 1.0 to 1.1 is not too difficult I guess I will wait.

as an aside, any idea why I can’t post in the forum under my actual account?

https://buddypress.org/developers/mattkern/

[Andy Peatling]

The style.css file in your child theme should override the bp-sn-default style.css so the screen.css should never be loaded.

Check out this theme as an example:

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/new-avenue-k9-bp-11-theme-released

[John James Jacoby]

Still exists. I’ll make a patch for it now. Noticed this a while ago but didn’t see it was getting output by the template.

Funny note about this, it’s spelled wrong in the WP core in three places also.

[r-a-y]

If the issue still exists, please post a ticket in the trac:

https://trac.buddypress.org/newticket/

Login with your existing BP.org credentials.

[AphelionZ]

So what I did to patch this was comment out the BPDB function on line 140 of /bp-forums/bp-forums-bbpress.php

Not ideal, I know – but it allowed me to keep working. Here’s the paste. http://pastebin.ca/1574452

I’m open to suggestions

[wordpressfan]

You don’t need to first browse to a group, click a group name on a topic and you will go straight to that group forum where you can post a reply or new topic.

Correct. However, placing group areas within the forum front page helps indicate that groups are message containers. Placing all groups’ forum posts on one page is similar to placing every BuddyPress file in one directory.

Stickies cannot be show on the front. You may have hundreds of groups, each with stickies. This will clog up the directory and make it useless.

That should be at the discretion of the site administrator. Hopefully, a developer will create a component which provides site owners with more flexibility.

These points should not be taken as a slam against BuddyPress.

[Andy Peatling]

@wordpressfan: You must first visit a sub forum on this site to post a topic. You cannot post a topic from the front. It is identical except for the fact there are no groups listed on the forums directory in BuddyPress.

Also –

You don’t need to first browse to a group, click a group name on a topic and you will go straight to that group forum where you can post a reply or new topic.

You don’t need to be a member of the group, you can post a reply or a new topic on a group forum and will auto join that group. It’s not a two step process.

Stickies cannot be show on the front. You may have hundreds of groups, each with stickies. This will clog up the directory and make it useless.

@allenweiss: If you don’t want a group to be a place for starting topics and discussions then simply disable the forum on that group.

[wordpressfan]

There are some exceptions.

For instance, the buddypress.org forums front page includes groups, followed by new messages throughout all of those groups. The default forums home page simply displays new messages. The presence of groups introduces the concept to users that they must first enter a group, then enter a topic.

The buddypress.org forums front page also includes stickies. For some reason, stickies are only available to group members. This requires a subscriber to somehow know a sticky was created – and in what group – then go to that group and read the sticky. This defeats the ability to globally inform all users via forums.

These two features – including groups in the forum home page and permitting stickies to be available globally – would greatly enhance the usability of the forum concept.

[abcde666]

@Andy,

this is fine as it currently is, but probably a simple feature like the following would be nice:

1)

currently, when the user is logged-in, then he can see the following buttons: “Newest Topics”, “Most Popular Topics”, “Unreplied Topics”, “My Topics”.

2)

can you make an additional button which says “Post NEW Topic” ?

3)

When clicking this button, then the user will be forwarded to a screen at which he is able to create a “NEW Topic” and he needs to select from a list of “Groups” (only listing Groups at which he is a member of) where he would like to have his post into ? But the user should be limited to be able to post his new message into ONE Group only.

4)

If the user is a new user and is not yet a member of any Group, then he gets a list of all Groups and when selecting the Group ( at which he wants his message posted into), he will automatically become a member of that specific Group (considering it´s a Public Group).

Many thanks,

Erich

[allenweiss]

Thanks Andy….however, I’m not sure how to make my forum look like your forum which is more intuitive. For example, your forum has a Main theme (which is similar to the groups concept) as is easy to browse through the main themes, but with 1.1 to do that, you first need to understand you have to go to the groups tab (very non-intuitive). Also, many of the groups could be formed for reasons quite different from posting topics and discussions.

Anyway, I don’t mean to complicate things, but just raise some issues of usability and how to make this most intuitive for new visitors.

[Andy Peatling]

It is no different than the way things work on this forum. You cannot just post a new topic. You must first browse to the correct group/sub forum/category before you post. You do not have to explicitly join a group to post.

[chriscarter]

I think the setup is different and, with all new things, will take some time getting used to. For those that prefer it the old way, I’m sure you can still have the traditional looking bbpress forums just as it is here on buddypress.org. The new change is adding a feature, not taking any away.

[gerikg]

read this: https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/is-this-the-way-forums-are-supposed-to-work

[bpisimone]

I agree that the setup is not ideal – users should be able to post new topics anytime and then chose where to post in. Like this it is far too complicated – I plan to run a help forum – so registration and posting of topics should be as easy as it gets.

But since BuddyPress uses the full bbpress files, it should be possible to do exactly that, using some of the basic kakumei files?

[abcde666]

this is clearly a “show-stopper” !

I hope this issue will be fixed soon and messages will be able to be send to anybody on the platform (whether friend or no friend) with auto-complete-function.

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/messages-bug

the way to go is KISS: Keep It Simple & Stupid !

[gmrufus]

Hi, I’m having a problem with the error:

‘Attention Site Admin: Group forums require the correct setup and configuration of a bbPress installation.’

I started with a new site on a subdomain, installed WordPress MU 2.8.1, then installed Buddypress 1.0.3. This worked no problem.

I then installed bbPress 1.0.1 and followed the steps above. Everything seemed to have gone fine, and the integrated logins worked across all areas of the site.

The only problem I’m having is the error above. It appears when I’m logged into Buddypress and try to create a new group. Despite this error, the group is created, but no forum is created for the group.

I have 1 user in the system, using the login details admin/password. Admin is set as the Key Master. I have tried using the suggested versions of the 3 pieces of software, as well as later versions, all with the same problem. I’ve completely run out of ideas. Any help you can give is hugely appreciated.

Thanks

[gmrufus]

Hi, I’m having a problem with the error:

‘Attention Site Admin: Group forums require the correct setup and configuration of a bbPress installation.’

I started with a new site on a subdomain, installed WordPress MU 2.8.1, then installed Buddypress 1.0.3. This worked no problem.

I then installed bbPress 1.0.1 and followed the steps above. Everything seemed to have gone fine, and the integrated logins worked across all areas of the site.

The only problem I’m having is the error above. It appears when I’m logged into Buddypress and try to create a new group. Despite this error, the group is created, but no forum is created for the group.

I have 1 user in the system, using the login details admin/password. Admin is set as the Key Master. I have tried using the suggested versions of the 3 pieces of software, as well as later versions, all with the same problem. I’ve completely run out of ideas. Any help you can give is hugely appreciated.

Thanks

[wordpressfan]

I thought forums held all topics created by all groups. In other words, you had to join a group to post a topic, but you could read and reply to topics, no matter which groups you belonged.

However, I found if I created a sticky topic in group A I wanted everyone to read, it appeared only when I visited that group. I’ve created other topics that were available to everyone. If forums can’t be globally read, the main “Forums” tab should be removed to prevent a misunderstanding.

The other question, I guess, is has the BuddyPress team shelved plans to better integrate with the full-blown BBPress?

[Allen Weiss]

Thanks all for discussing this..I think it makes sense, if it’s going to remain the fact that you need to join a group (or at least go to the group page to post something) to let people know this when they come to the forum page. I agree it’s nice to have people join groups, etc, but if they don’t know what they are supposed to do, they will simply leave and go to another site where it’s more usable and clear.

[John James Jacoby]

I think that’s still a backwards approach, since the goal is to get the user in touch with other users with similar interests/goals/support/topics/etc… If it only lets them post the topic to the people they already know, it doesn’t really open up any new discussion.

[Detective]

Maybe if the user doesn’t belong to any groups, the new topic page could contain an error message. If the user belongs to one or more groups, the “forum” dropdown should list only those forums.

[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.

[Jan M.]

You should use the search-function in the forum before asking… We already solved this issue here: https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/two-questions-about-the-login-process#post-8380

That should work for you

[Mariusooms]

Where did you expect to enter messages? When the groupblog plugin is activated it will create a blog for that group. You can then visit the backend of that blog and make posts like you normally do with WP. Note that users are actually added to the blog when they visit an actual blog post of that group.

Currently we have not implemented posting blog posts from the group yet, but it is on our to-do list, at least for quick text only posts. In this way it would behave much like creating forum topics.

We are retooling the plugin after BP 1.1 gets out, so look out for some changes (mostly under the hood) in October/November.

[Jason Giedymin]

I guess the really important thing I have to keep on reminding myself is that tagging really is that much more important now (with regard to groups).