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Hello, interested in buddypress but scared also!

  • @dromicus

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    I currently have been using mingle although looking at moving on to bigger better forums. What I need is
    I am looking for a forum that is simple to set up and has the ability to easily lock down forums so certain users do not even know they are their and even if they were told their profile would not allow them to enter the forum. With mingle it is was super easy to set up, took me less than 20 minuets to have all the users added, the forums made and permissions set. Ease is something I need!!
    Does buddy press fit this criteria?

    An example would be that all forums are hidden except the welcome forum unless you are a member of the site. Only the site admin should be able to create user accounts. Once you are a User you will be able to see and interact with certain forums, including the two personal forums that only you can see* unless you ask an admin to share these forums with another user.

    As an example ford user can see the ford forums and her personal white list and black list although can not see the dodge forums. And the dodge user can not see the ford forums, how ever the mechanic can see both forums but neither of the users personal forums.

    When it comes to knowledge of setting forums up, I am about as smart as a rock…well not quite as smart but close. So looking for a super easy forum to set up, make secure etc. And with luck have all the forums and sub forums created in around 20 minuets or less. Running what ever the most current wp version is.

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  • @bphelp

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    @dromicus
    BuddyPress is for the social networking components and does not provide forums without an additional plugin. You will need bbPress which is for forums and it does integrate with BuddyPress.

    @dromicus

    Participant

    Thank you for the response…sigh thought they were the same sorry for that!!

    Do you know if bbPress will do what we are looking for?

    Again, thank you for the response it is appreciated!

    @bphelp

    Participant

    @dromicus
    Not be be short with you but I don’t care to much for typing long replies anymore but if you go to https://bbpress.org/ and read the documentation you should be able to answer most of your own questions. There are also plenty of plugins to extend bbPress so you can explore that option as well if needed. Good luck!

    @dromicus

    Participant

    Np,
    will look for it when I can spend more time looking a screen, let the retina heal. Take care and good luck.

    @danbp

    Participant

    In addition to @bphelp ‘s advice, my 2 cents concerning BuddyPress and the possibility to use forums in different configuration but also user groups, take a look here:
    https://codex.buddypress.org/buddypress-components-and-features/groups/

    and about group forums:

    Installing Group and Sitewide Forums

    As usage example, visit this site which use groups and forums. Hope you have nothing against motorcycles ! 😉

    @dromicus

    Participant

    Thank you all for the help and links, I am sorry for the delay in getting on to say thank you. Once My eye is healed I will read over all the information. Thank you again for taking the time to help and respond it is appreciated.

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