Yep, the top level forum was created after running the top 3 repair actions.
The way the content creators would like to structure the forums is by having the category and several forums inside that category, no further levels down. On the front forum form, selecting a category as a parent forum is not an option either, and the forums moderators can create are in a 3rd tier level instead of a 2nd tier.
I guess I can suggest to them that instead of using category, they use parent forums created by keymaster as the tier 1 organizational structure. I still think it would be helpful if the moderator could create parent & children forums. Maybe it could be considered as a feature request?
Thank you both for coming back to look into this issue.
Pascal, I did the series of steps you recommended in both, the installation where we have our site as well as a brand new installation in my local without anything but bbPress plugin. Unfortunately, the Forums menu still doesn’t show for the moderator role & the front end forum form doesn’t allow a moderator to create a forum without assigning it a parent in either one.
For the error on the front forum form: ERROR: Your forum must have a parent.
This error actually happens for the keymaster role as well. I was reading through the function bbp_new_forum_handler, & it always checks that a parent has been passed with the comment “No forum parent was passed (should never happen)” – So it seems to be working as designed. Is there a reason I am unaware of the restriction was placed in the front forum form? Could it be a request to update the validation to allow the creation of parent Forums through the front forum form?
Dirk, one year later I am having the exact same problem you described. Did you find a solution?
