1.6 beta 1 doesn't show the admin bar for logged out users

[piano08man]

Just upgraded a development site from 1.5.6 to 1.6 beta 1 and can’t figure out why the admin bar won’t show up for logged out users. I like how it works on here, where the user can login directly from the admin bar. I’d also like to see a register link up there, but as it stands, I don’t see the bar at all when I’m logged out.

creatorsboard.com

[boonebgorges]

Could you check Dashboard > Settings > BuddyPress > Settings to see whether you've enabled the admin bar for logged-out users?

[DJPaul]

We fixed some issues regarding the toolbar settings in ticket #3661. Need further details from reporter to be confident we've already addressed this issue.

[piano08man]

Replying to DJPaul:

We fixed some issues regarding the toolbar settings in ticket #3661. Need further details from reporter to be confident we've already addressed this issue.

I looked at 3661, some of the changes were in beta two. My 'true' was originally set to 'false'.

if ( (bool) bp_get_option( '_bp_force_buddybar', false ) ) {

I still can't get the buddy bar to show up properly after that initial upgrade. I'm guessing that the upgrade problem wouldn't be an issue with the new code, but this upgrade is probably fubar'd. A normal person would start over...

[DJPaul]

Right, you might need to dive into the wp_options table and delete the _bp_force_buddybar option. Can you try this please, and let us know if you still have a problem with BP 1.6.1?

[DJPaul]

Closing ticket as no follow-up from original reporter in 4 months. I believe this issue was caused by us flipping the behaviour of the "force buddy/admin bar" options during 1.6 development; I've not seen any other reports of this, which I would have expected to, had it been widespread.