[buddypress-dev] Fwd: forum not associated with a group ("open forum")

[Paul Gibbs]

I was playing around with a single forum. I haven't looked into groups having multiple forums.. yet?
Regards Paul


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> From: Peter Anselmo <peter_anselmo at yahoo.com>
> Date: 1 February 2010 17:04:47 GMT
> To: Paul Gibbs <djpaul at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [buddypress-dev] forum not associated with a group ("open forum")
> 
> I see; subforums would be cool.  Was you proof-of-concept for that or for the originial "open" forum?  I'm still in the camp that needs the latter, so if you decide not to go that route, let me know if you have any ideas to steer me in the right direction.
> 
> -Peter
> 
> From: Paul Gibbs <djpaul at gmail.com>
> To: Peter Anselmo <peter_anselmo at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Mon, February 1, 2010 1:27:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [buddypress-dev] forum not associated with a group ("open forum")
> 
> Thanks Peter
> 
> I had a go at a proof-of-concept this weekend. It was straightforward enough but I came to the conclusion that what people really want and what is actually needed is a way for a Group to have more than one forum I.e. Group subforums
> 
> Regards,
> Paul Gibbs
> 
> On 1 Feb 2010, at 07:58, Peter Anselmo <peter_anselmo at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Paul,
>> Having an "open" forum exist would definitely be useful.  I'm working on a site right now that will need it in the near future, so seeing other people interested in it is reassuring.  I'm not sure about the best way to implement it (sorry, not the response you were looking for), but if you do decide to move forward, let me know if I can be of any help.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Peter Anselmo
>> 
>> 
>> From: Paul Gibbs <djpaul at gmail.com>
>> To: buddypress-dev at lists.automattic.com
>> Sent: Thu, January 28, 2010 2:52:27 PM
>> Subject: [buddypress-dev] forum not associated with a group ("open forum")
>> 
>> First post of 2010 - let's see if anyone still subscribed here :-)
>> 
>> Hello all
>> One thing I see very often on the BuddyPress forums is people getting their heads around the concept of how forums are provided within groups, and that a typical "open" forum doesn't exist. Surely this is a great idea for a  plugin.  How do you think this is best done -- create, say, a public group and hook into BuddyPress so it isn't displayed in the group directory, etc? Another way I can see is to create a new record in wp_bb_forums but I imagine the BP group directory would iterate through the records and try to find a group based on the forum_name; what happens if it fails?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Paul Gibbb
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