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I have created a forum for a class, so this is a closed group with a limited membership. Members get to the forum by clicking on the forum button my web site. That brings up a screen that says the requested group does not exist or you do not have permission to view it. The log in button is in the upper right. Unfortunately the screen also shows the names of new members top posters etc. How can I have a plain login screen with no member info displayed? I have attached a screen shot to show what I am currently getting. I dont' want to display the info in the red box.
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login screen?? Thats not a login screen, but a group view page... the user (or guest) attempting to access the page does not have permission to view any of the forums on your site, so you get the message...
Like most, if not all, display elements, the stats information is controlled by your sp theme with template functions displaying the different elements... if you want to change, move around, or remove any elements, just remove the template function that displays them...
in this case, since the stats are by default shown on all pages, it will be in your sp theme spFoot.php template... just remove the elements (or all) that you dont want...
as always, we recommend you create your own sp theme and not edit the sp provided ones to keep from losing changes on updates...
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So, perhaps I am using the incorrect link to get people to login? Could you direct me to the where in the documentation this is explained? I am using the standard theme with no modifications. From your answer it appears I have gone down the wrong fork in the implementation road!
All I want is a place (could be a standalone page, a sidebar widget or??) so that people only see the login fields and then are taken to the forum itself.
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logging in (and out) is a function of wp... the standard login link for wp is http://yoursite.com/wp-login.php...
in the forum, we have optionally pulled that wp login form into an inline forum, but its still wp doing the logging in, for ease of use... and by default, the button and form appears on every forum page in the sp header... however, if you need users to login before they can view any forum page, you probably want to use the standard wp login page or add in a wp plugin that will give you a login form in the sidebar - there are many dozens of these... and just remove the login button from the forum (delete the template function from the spHead.php template file)...
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Thanks! I will give your suggestions a try.
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np. glad to help. come on back if you have any questions on it...
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sorry to be so dense here . . . but the wp-login brings people to the wp-dashboard. How do I get it to point to the forum page? People won't know what to do if they are in the wp-admin dashboard.
Is this covered int he documentation? I couldn't find anything but could have overlooked it.
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well, that is how wp works.. they send users to the admin... 
but couple things you can do as we have provided some functionality to change that...
in the forum admin, at forum - components - login and registration, do you have a log in link redirecting to the forum? it may not work depending on redirects from the page, but just want to check...
secondly, on forum - options - global settings, you can turn on the block admin feature to keep your users from getting to the wp admin... once on, you can also set a redirect to the forum main page...
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I am not very familiar with editing templates list spfooter.php. Is there a way to just "deactivate" that file easily so no statistical data for the forum is displayed to my members. I just want them to ffocus on the content of the posts, not the new member, most posts, etc...
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you could remove the include of the spFoot.php template file from the other template files, but thats much more work...
here is how to create your own theme: http://codex.simple-press.com/.....g-a-theme/
once you have your own theme, just edit the your-theme/template-files/spFoot.php file and remove the stuff you dont want...
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