you can hook to various actions in bbpress eg
add_action( 'show_user_profile', 'xxx', 50,2 ) ;
//does the display/edit if viewing another's profile
add_action( 'edit_user_profile', 'xxx', 50,2 ) ;
//does the save if viewing own profile
add_action( 'personal_options_update', 'xxx' );
//does the save if viewing another's profile
add_action( 'edit_user_profile_update', 'xxx' );
but would need user registration to tell you what functions to put in the xxx
Thanks Robin. I will pass this forward to our developer.
if they want to look at code that already does this, then they can download and crack open the code in
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