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I have read several articles about removing the bbpress slug for forums and then creating a page “forums”, but I really don’t to do that if there is another way. I simply want to add a link to my main navigation menu so when a user clicks it, they are taken to the forum main index. I know when i type in http://www.samplesite.com/forums it takes me where i want to go. So how can i accomplish this with/without creating a forums page. When I have a forums page, the link displays in the main navigation menu, but takes me to an empty page with no forums. Thanks in advance!!!