Yeah that really doesn’t make sense to me.
Which theme is your _active_ WordPress theme?
Is that a page you created yourself or is that the auto-generated forum index?
It’s an issue with your theme and it’s CSS conflicting with bbPress. If you activate TwentyTen/Eleven it will work fine.
You will need to contact your theme author or make your own adjustments to the theme so that it is compatibile with bbPress.
Check your error logs. Try turning wp_debug on and see if that spills any problems.
Are you sure it isn’t redirecting you because you are logged in?
When I visit http://rockymtb.org/register/ I get a form asking me to register 
What version are you running?
I believe this is fixed in the upcoming bbPress 2.1
https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1645
If you don’t have anything in your forums yet I’d give 2.1 a try and see if that fixes it.
Try (you need to do this quickly and temporarily since it is a live site) setting wp_debug to true (in the wp-config) and then activating bbPress.
wp_debug will force any erros that are happening under the hood to surface. At least then you can use it to track down what is going wrong.
I’m confused. If you create a page called /register and put that shortcode in it, what happens?
Are you saying after they register the page redirects?
Hmm, that’s weird. Usually when that happens there is a plugin or theme causing it.
First temporarily switch the theme to TwentyTen (or Eleven) and activate bbP to see if that fixes it.
If not you have two other options to try and find the culprit. You can start deactivating plugins one by one or use WP_DEBUG to tell you where the problem is coming from (wasn’t sure if this is a live site or not).
What version of bbPress/WordPress are you using?
Try add_filter instead of add_action.
bbPress does “just work” – pretty well actually.
Unfortunately it doen’t just work to everyones’ specifications, for example splitting up the all the information like you are referring to.
bbPress is simple and lean. However part of that simplicity factor is it doesn’t have all the options out of the box like some of the other suites have.
You can do what you want by creating a custom theme. If you’re coding chops aren’t that big then there are tons other possible solutions that might fit your need better.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Internet_forum_software_(PHP)
What if you do the reply/post in the admin and not on the front end, same results?
If you are putting it in your theme’s function.php file and it is not working then either the code is wrong or a theme/plugin is doing something wrong.
The easiest way will be to use the widget that is included with bbPress.
Just create a new widget area and place it whenever you want it to go on the homepage.
Hmm, I just tested and couldn’t reproduce the issue.
I’m testing on 2.1 trunk and WP 3.4 trunk, so it’s possible has been fixed in one of those versions that you’re not running.
Anyways, in Settings > Media I set the embeds max size to width 200, height 0 and it resized it correctly.
I’ll have to take a look and see why it doesn’t use the media settings.
In the mean time all you need to do is something like
#bbpress-forums iframe,
#bbpress-forums embed {
width: 500px !important;
height: auto !important;
margin: 0 auto; /* if you want it centered */
}
Pull up the functions.php in you *WordPress* theme (not bbPress theme) – place that snippet at the very bottom. Right before ?> if your file has it.
+1 to this advice.
Best way to learn is to poke around and dive in.
You should be able to put that snippet (running do_shortcode on the bbP content) in your theme’s function.php file – that’s the safest place
@jjman – you can use this plugin to add a button for emoticons to the editor.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tinymce-advanced/
You are going to have to make customizations to your theme using some PHP/HTML/CSS.
Are you familiar with those?
What version of bbPress? What Genesis theme?
