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I’m also unable to get this to work. I just want to make ‘Forum’ the default tab in a group, and get rid of the ‘Home’ tab.

The code here works:
`/* Redirect BP group to forum tab rather than activity tab */
function redirect_group_home() {
global $bp;
$path = clean_url( $_SERVER );
$path = apply_filters( ‘bp_uri’, $path );
if (bp_is_group_home() && strpos( $path, $bp->bp_options_nav[$bp->groups->current_group->slug] ) === false ) {
if ($bp->groups->current_group->is_user_member || $bp->groups->current_group->status == ‘public’) {
bp_core_redirect( $path . ‘forum/’ );
}
}
}
function move_group_activity_tab() {
global $bp;
if (isset($bp->groups->current_group->slug) && $bp->groups->current_group->slug == $bp->current_item) {
unset($bp->bp_options_nav[$bp->groups->current_group->slug]);
}
}
//The following line redirects to a group forum page rather than a group activity page
add_action(‘bp_init’, ‘redirect_group_home’ );
//The following line removes the group activity tab entirely
//add_action(‘bp_init’, ‘move_group_activity_tab’);`

However, it renders the activity update button useless (i.e. can’t post activity updates in a group!). Removing the code from bp-custom makes group activity updates work, putting it back in breaks activity updates Any hints?

Sure enough, @peeld, your code A) set FORUMS as the default tab, and broke the activity updates! Thanks for the help!

I don’t actually mind losing the activity updates, but I’m sure most folks’ projects could benefit from a solution here that didn’t break that function.

Anyone have input here?

I came up with this on WP 3.4.1 and BP 1.6:
`

function redirect_to_forum() {
global $bp;

$path = esc_url( $_SERVER );

$gpath = esc_url( bp_get_group_permalink( $bp->groups->current_group ));

if ( bp_is_group_home() && strpos( $path, $gpath ) === false ) {
bp_core_redirect( bp_get_group_permalink( $bp->groups->current_group ) . ‘/forum/’ );

}
}

add_action( ‘wp’, ‘redirect_to_forum’ );
`

I’m not sure whether this is an optimal/efficient code, I just wrote what works..

Is there anyone here that knows how to improve it? Does this redirect code burdens the server at all? I’m concerned with how the redirect will heighten the server load when multiple users open group pages. I’m on a shared hosting so this is something that needs to be considered..

Hi @Chouf1,

that actually works very well! Since now there isn’t any redirection the page loads without a redirection delay too. Thanks a lot for pointing that page out!

(Edit)

After using
`
define( ‘BP_GROUPS_DEFAULT_EXTENSION’, ‘forum’ );
`

I found this repeating over and over again in my error log:
`
[20-Aug-2012 18:56:13] PHP Warning: call_user_func_array(): First argument is expected to be a valid callback, ‘redirect_to_forum’ was given in /home2/public_html/wp-includes/plugin.php on line 484
`

I’m not sure what I should do now.. any clue?

Edit:

Sorry, this was caused by my silly mistake of forgetting to delete
`
add_action( ‘wp’, ‘redirect_to_forum’ );
`

@boone

What changed with bp_options_nav?

bp_options_nav = ‘new_name’;

no longer works, neither does position

EDIT: nvrmd found your blog post http://bpdevel.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/manually-modifying-single-group-navigation-in-bp-1-5/

looks like codex needs and update.

for those searching:

`$bp->bp_options_nav[$bp->groups->current_group->slug] = ‘New Name’;`

I ended up (mostly) resolving this issue by using the Commons in a Box plugin. It has two checkboxes in the “Settings” area that allow you to set the Group and Member default tabs to “Forums” and “Profile”, respectively. Lifesaver.