[bluuey]

hello i just installed the latest buddypress on the latest wordpress.
when i have installed the widesite forum, the page for forums didnt exist.
in the bbpress setting there was conflict between forums base with the forums page, i have changed it to any names but still the forums page wont show up.
i also have tried it by going to the page manually http://mywebsite.com/forums but theres an error saying “The forums component has not been set up yet.”
how to fix this?
ps: its working fine with groups forums.

[r-a-y]

It’s important to know what you want to accomplish.

Do you want to install both group forums and sitewide forums or just one of the choices?

Try reading this tutorial:
https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/

If you have any questions after reading it, please post them.

[bluuey]

i have read that tutorial, i even used it as a guide. i just want to install the sitewide forums.

[r-a-y]

Okay, try uninstalling group forums and delete the page associated with it. (This is usually the /forums/ page).

Next, re-run the sitewide forums install. What happens?

[bluuey]

i dont have the group forums at the moment, the forum page will show up if i dont associate it with the installation forum. but its gone when i associate it. this is really confusing.

[r-a-y]

Did you try deleting the “Forums” page that the group forums installation created in the WP dashboard under “Pages”?

[bluuey]

yeah i did. “The forums component has not been set up yet.” what does it mean?

[bluuey]

just want to add one thing. when i look into the forum tab on buddypress setting. the “install sitewide forum” still exists. Should it be “uninstall sitewide forum” or something?

[@mercime]

Since you only want to install sitewide forums, make sure that there’s no bb-config.php where you installed WP, i.e. same level as your wp-config.php. If you find that there’s a bb-config.php, delete it.

Check in wp-admin menu Plugins > Installed Plugins and see if bbPress is listed and activated there. If you ran “install sitewide forums” and were able to download bbPress via pop-up screen in backend and activate it, then yes, the link in BuddyPress > Forums – Sitewide Forums should be “Uninstall Sitewide Forums”. If you see “install site wide forums” instead, then you were not able to install bbPress in the first place.