BuddyPress and bbPress Forums made easy!

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   dianeinatlanta→

   February 18, 2012 at 8:21 pm #

   This is a great tutorial but I’m having a problem. The website declines to show the new forum page I created. (this is on a test site on my computer) It does show all the other buddypress pages, so it’s something I’m doing wrong per your instructions.

   I didn’t have a forums page set up to start with so my forum page is new and there is no forum page in the trash.

   I’ve walked through the video a couple of times. The agf-group-forums page is set to public.

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     labsecrets→

     February 18, 2012 at 8:25 pm #

     Hi Diane,
     if you provide a url, it would be easy for us to have a look. Without knowing that, it sounds like you may have missed the step where you need to ensure that the “forum” slug is not already in use by the native buddypress group forums. This also means that you should check in the “trash” to ensure a page with the slug “forums” is not in there either.

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   dianeinatlanta→

   February 18, 2012 at 8:40 pm #

   This is a 403 forbidden page error. Since this is not a live site, I can’t show it to you. I’m using Instant Press just to test things before I crash my real sites. Finally learned! I didn’t create a forums page – I created a page with a different slug as you directed. This was a first time set up for the Buddypress pages.

   Do you ever do any consulting that is not directly related to your product? I have an active site up with a theme I like but I am not too savvy on the buddypress, bbpress, wordpress combo. Does this solution above work with a multi-user site?

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   labsecrets→

   February 18, 2012 at 8:54 pm #

   If you get a 404 or 403, then you should check your Permalinks are “saved”. This is a good idea after setting up BuddyPress or bbPress the first time

   Go to Settings/Permalinks and click “save” one time.

   We do consult yes, so feel free to call us at 312.344.3280 or skype “spencerforman” or email help@labsecrets.com

   The solution above should work with multisite, but remember that (presently) there is only ONE BuddyPress and one bbPress installation involved in any multisite setup.

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   thefirstladyofbiz→

   April 26, 2012 at 1:15 am #

   I feel like I am missing a piece. I removed the forum page. I created a new page called group forum. I also changed the slugs under the settings. When I go to the site to add topics, I am unable to add topics under the groups. What part am I missing? My site name is http://www.thecoupondistrict.com

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     labsecrets→

     May 3, 2012 at 3:51 am #

     Have you checked to be sure you emptied the trash of the old forum slug? You should also be sure to check your BuddyPress settings to ensure you have enabled groups to create forums using the group-forum feature.

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