Also I added the ‘admin bar’ plugin as was suggested to another user with a similar problem, and it doesn’t appear to do or change anything. What is the ‘admin bar’ plugin supposed to do?

Ok one thing at a time. This explains moderation settings: http://codex.simple-press.com/codex/faq/problem-with-post-edit-buttonow-to/problem-with-post-edit-buttonow-the-post-moderation-permissions-work/

forum admin > Admins > Your admin options – you can turn on email notifications.

The Admin Bar is a tool that allows you, as a forum admin , to review every post that is made. From within the tool you can mark as read, approve (if in moderation) and also reply using the Quick Reply feature – as well as Delete posts.

Your post deletion issue sounds like it might be a caching issue? Do you have a cache plugin active by any chance?

* found the email notifications; thanks

* caching issue it was! Thanks.

* still don’t SEE any admin bar. where is it to be found? it’s not part of the wpadmin bar; i don’t know where to look for it and cannot find it.

Oh sorry – I thought you said you had already installed it. It’s an SP plugin. You will need to download and install and activate.

http://codex.simple-press.com/codex/plugins/using-plugins/

I did already install it. But it doesn’t appear to change or add anything to any view. Should I be seeing something that looks like an ‘admin bar’? I don’t.

Installed AND activated?

Under the option where you turned on the setting to recieve emails there is also a setting to display the admin bar? Maybe that is turned off? It should be on by default. It is a personal choice as some admins on the same site may not want to use it.

On the page Admin > Your Admin Options there is a box labeled “Your Admin Bar Options”. Inside of that box is a single grey/green toggle labeled “Display the Simple:Press admin bar.” It’s green.

I see no admin bar. I do not know where to look for the admin bar or what it should look like. If you would send me a screenshot of what I’m looking for, that might help.

Caching is off.

Any other ideas?

Mine looks like this – at the op of every forum page: