Just a tidbit of info, keeping a forum topic open, will cause future responses to it to also generate automated responses to all the participants of the forum thread, unless they "unsubscribe".

And then for any other additional topics or questions, that you may have, you can create a new Topic in the "Add Topic" of the Main Forum.  Our conversation here has about 27 replies, and it would be difficult to follow the conversation, and your next question will get drowned by our earlier conversations.  :-) 

I responded to your NEW question on the new topic you created here. :-) 

https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/logging-in/#post-25140

Please navigate to Dashboard > Forums > Settings > Members admin page make sure the value of the Login URL field is empty.

More info here: https://wpforo.com/docs/root/wpforo-settings/members-settings/#custom-authorization

Also please Navigate to Dashboard > Appearance > Menus admin page, select wpForo Navigation (wpForo Menu), make sure the shortcode for login is correct: 

• Login: /%wpforo-login%/

More info here: https://wpforo.com/docs/root/getting-started/forum-menu/

You are so awesome...this was totally out of my comfort space but thanks to you I'm doing it...thank you!  For the registration I have the link, as the admin where do I find the members and emails (behind the scenes) and to login it bring me to my homepage

You are welcome @2ndlifeclub-com . Yay!  Bye-bye comfort zone!  My solution to my own self-doubts (and I have a ton!) is to re-frame my line of questioning for the things I don't know yet.  Instead of saying "I can't" I ask myself, "How can I".  And that's the tip I share with everyone. That mind-trick would open our brains to creativity and solution seeking.  (Where focus goes, energy flows) Because in my study of HCI (Human Computer Interaction) - I realized that all this web technology that surrounds us, is only 50% tech skills & expertise in technology,  and 50% psychology.  So people who treat developers horribly or rudely, are actually shooting themselves in the foot.  They're making it awfully difficult for the tech people to be nice to them or to help them, since the psychology part has been compromised - "the seeker of help" already pissed off the "giver of help".  LOL!  That's why there's a lot of unanswered tech questions, even in our own tech world outside of this forum.  So I say, be nice to developers! They're people with feelings too. :-) 

And I digressed... now going back to you, CONGRATS!   You're making it happen!  :-) 

(In tech speak, "Behind the scenes" - is the "Back End", or "Admin area" of a website, and "Front End" means the way your website looks to the internet world)

From your screenshot, what you see is the "Show Admin Bar for Members" functionality that you can switch on or off by selecting NO. 

1. Just go to the WP Admin area, (Back End)

2. at the Top Bar, you will see "Forum Dashboard"

3. Click Settings

4. Select the Features tab,

5. On the "Show Admin Bar for Members" row, select NO

6. Then scroll way down to the bottom

7. Click Update Options.

8. Then look up to the Top Black Bar again on your page, and select "Forum Dashboard" Again

9. Click "Visit Forum" to go to the "Front end" of your forum.  

10.  Remember that the WP Admin will always be visible to you as the admin of your website.  Another TIP:  So if you want to see how it looks like to others, "right-click" on your mouse, and then you can select "Open link in incognito window" (using the Chrome Browser).  

And then so here is where you "jazz up" the rest of your wpForo Forum! (I had to read that several times, and test it on my forum, until it all clicked in my brain, so remember to be patient with yourself as you are learning something new) :-) 

https://wpforo.com/docs/root/wpforo-settings/features/

I will borrow this image from wpForo for this post (if you click the image below, it should open a new tab so you can see the full and bigger picture):

And thank you for your kind words @2ndlifeclub-com .  I am not awesome.  wpForo , it's developers and the wpForo Support Team, are the ones who are awesome for building all of this up for all of us! :-)  

Good luck and God bless you.  :-) 

I love that you are challenging me and so grateful for your help!  I don't get the same options as you do on your screen.  I only have 2 menu options for WpForo and here is what pops up when I choose them.

Posted by: 2ndLifeClub.com

these are the only options and pop up i get

Wp-menu2.PNG

Hi @2ndlifeclub-com -

While you are on the "wpForo Navigation Menu", make sure you are triggering it to appear on your site, by going to the corresponding "Display location" and checking the corresponding box, and then clicking Save Menu.

Attaching image on where it is. :-) 

And then I am just quoting here too, my other suggestions from the above thread (it looked to me like I went all over the place, so I will put here the other suggestions as well in one post. :-)  - I'm fairly new to do the "Threaded Layout" and have been using the "Extended Layout" in my forum). 

Posted by: CrisW

IN CASE you wanted to create a new wpForo Menu, here's a link to that step by step (in case it gets messed up, like I messed it up when I started & tinkered with it, that's how I ended up knowing how to do it.  :-) 

Here's the thread:  

https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/many-issues-please-help-2/#post-23833

Good luck!  :-) 

And

Posted by: CrisW

@2ndlifeclub-com I suggest you also put a recaptcha on your registration page.  :-) 

Good luck! See? You can do it! :-)