[noteasypeasy]

Ok, I’m a little confused here – my first buddypress and multisite set up

I need the social networking aspect of buddypress
I want an extensive forum within the multisite accessed by all users across the network

what i want is
Main site 1 – with main content, and buddypress social network aspect
blog site 2
blog site 3
blog site 4
blog site 5 ………….. 10 etc

on all sites I’d like a menu tab in the navigation menu that goes to a forum, which people log into as part of their network wide subscription, so all users from all sites can interact on the forums

I have tried tinkering with the forums which come as part of the buddypress install – but they don’t seem to play too well within the theme of my whole site, look very basic, and confuse me with the buddypress.

so, what set up is best? – make the buddypress forums work somehow – am i missing something? can I get them to run in a seperate skin/theme
load a seperate bbpress install in a sub-site
use something like mingle plugin in a sub site

I’m sure this isn’t the best answer, but an option – use a bridge to a phpbb install ….
I’ve been using/moderating phpbb forums for a while, but I’d really have an integrated package within buddypress or wordpress

any help appreciated, I’ve tried searching all over the net, and not managed to find a clarity

cheers

Mark