I have a wordpress mu with buddypress 1.6.1 installed and was working perfectly. I made the mistake of activating sitewide forums and now my group forums throw the following error. Please advise/help someone….

Warning: require() [function.require]: Filename cannot be empty in /home/johny/public_html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bp-forums-bbpress-sa.php on line 42

Warning: require() [function.require]: Filename cannot be empty in /home/johny/public_html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bp-forums-bbpress-sa.php on line 42

Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required ” (include_path=’.:/usr/local/php5/lib/php’) in /home/johny/public_html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bp-forums-bbpress-sa.php on line 42

I did a lot of research on google to no avail

[@mercime Participant 12 years, 3 months ago]

@donsony first deactivate bbPress from Plugins > Installed. Next, check if your bb-config.php is still at the root of your WP installation and if the DB/user information is still correct.

[@nggablog Participant 12 years, 3 months ago]

I found many site facing this same problem…
https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=+Warning%3A+require%28%29+%5Bfunction.require%5D%3A+Filename+cannot+be+empty+in+bp-forums-bbpress-sa.php+on+line+42&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

My site is also got it..
Example: http://www.spriteblogs.com/members/daniabrooks/forums/
Please, show me the stepping guide to solve this.

[@mercime Participant 12 years, 3 months ago]

@nggablog https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/
If you already installed Group Forums in Settings > BuddyPress > Forums, then you should find your bb-config.php file at the root of your WP installation i.e., same level where you find your wp-config.php file.

[@nggablog Participant 12 years, 2 months ago]

@mercime

I found bb-config.php in the root.
DB/user information is correct

What the next to do?

[@mercime Participant 12 years, 2 months ago]

@nggablog go to dashboard Settings > BuddyPress > Settings panel — Forum Setttings – bbPress configuration -> make sure you have the correct “Absolute path to your bbPress configuration file.”

[@nggablog Participant 12 years, 2 months ago]

@mercime

Thank you so much. The error has gone.

But, what does the functions of buddypress’s forum?
I didn’t find any content/forum post even a member have some posting in the main forum (bbpress).

“Sorry, there were no forum topics found.”

[@mercime Participant 12 years, 2 months ago]

@nggablog What you have in your main navigation – Forum > Gossip & Celebrity, etc. are from your Sitewide Forums (bbPress plugin). In the meantime, daniabrooks has not joined a Group with a forum and therefore has not posted any forum topics yet.

[@nggablog Participant 12 years, 2 months ago]

@mercime Great. Thank you for the explanation.

I think the Forum menu in buddypress display archieve of forum post from a member.
Is it possible to remove this menu since I don’t allow group have its own forum. I want to all member only active in one (main) forum.

And… how to remove bbPress Forum menu in the member’s dashboar?

I appreciate you helping me.

[@mercime Participant 12 years, 2 months ago]

== I want to all member only active in one (main) forum. ==

Then deactivate the Group Forums. Go to dashboard Settings > BuddyPress > Components and uncheck Discussion Forums. https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/configure-buddypress-components/#settings-buddypress-components

[@felipeolcav Participant 11 years, 10 months ago]

Hi guys,

I think I have the same problem, just tried and tried many times to solve it, but it won’t work… I got this message:

Warning: require() [function.require]: Filename cannot be empty in /home/prima430/public_html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bp-forums-bbpress-sa.php on line 42

Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required ” (include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/prima430/public_html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bp-forums-bbpress-sa.php on line 42

And the on config tab I got this:

Forums Settings
bbPress Configuration
Repair File does not exist
Absolute path to your bbPress configuration file.

I have bb-config at the root and just tried “/”, “/home/username/publica_html/” and nothing works…

Even if I deactivate bbpress and ask buddypress to uninstall group forums, the system reinstall it and the problem continues…

Any tip? Thanks and regards,

Thanks, Felipe