John removing the bb config file fixed it straight away.
you sir are a genius or i am moron 
If you ever come to Australia ill buy you a beer.
I tried changing the physical to something crazy. same problem.
Trying standalone bbpress 1.0.3
thanks for your help
It really depends on what traffic you think you’ll get. How many in your closed community?
It really depends on what traffic you think you’ll get. How many in your closed community?
My main problem was getting my worpdress to look like my phpbb. After spending about a month on my phpbb i scraped it and went to bbpress as users find your forum alot more legit if it fits into your whole websites theme
