I copied the bbp-twentyten theme and personnalized it.

Did you move the copy to bbp-themes or to the wp-content/themes?

Then I redefined it as the default bbpress theme

Do you mean changes in both functions.php or making changes in core?

%FUNCTIONS_PHP_OF_MY_BBPRESS_THEME%

What is that? Should I change it to path to functions.php and should this path to be absolute?

Thanks!

Thanks again,
Natalie

I am currently integrating BBPress with my custom theme. All going well so far, i've edited all the template files so they fit with my blog but i can't seem to find the file that controls the user profile page. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks,
Natalie

I read the beginning of the topic cause I am very interested in building compatibility between my theme (a child theme of buddypress) and bbpress (indeed I installed the buddypress plugin and the bbpress one).

I don't know if this has already be given as a solution (or even if it actually one :). I copied the bbp-twentyten theme and personnalized it. Then I redefined it as the default bbpress theme, in order it is the one used instead of bbp-twentyten.

What I wrote in the functions.php of my theme:

if ( class_exists('bbPress') && file_exists(%FUNCTIONS_PHP_OF_MY_BBPRESS_THEME%) ) {
    require_once %FUNCTIONS_PHP_OF_MY_BBPRESS_THEME%;
} else {
    add_action('admin_notices', 'message_if_my_bbpress_theme_is_absent');
}

In the functions file of my bbpress theme I have:

$bbp->theme_compat->theme = new MY_BBP_THEME();

And thus I have my child theme from buddypress safe and my second theme for bbpress used instead of bbp-twentyten.

Hope this is a good solution and it can be helpful!

Make sure when you copy files from /bbpress/bbp-themes/bbp-twentyten that you maintain the subfolder structure as well (e.g. css, js, bbpress). I was copying all files into the root of my custom wordpress theme (wp-content/themes/mytheme) without maintaining the directory structure and I was getting some strange behavior.

Hope this helps someone who might be having trouble!

here is a such
http://bbshowcase.org/forums/view/available-themes

Well done guys, seriously. Being able to just drop in the files I want is sooooooooooooooo nice.

Fantastic jeorb!

However, to override the default markup, it would most likely require you to use an action or filter in your wp theme (or child theme) functions.php, or to modify the core plugin theme files (being aware of the fact that you would then have to protect these in the event of any plugin update). See this for a list of some 110 action hooks: https://gist.github.com/1372637

You could use body.bbPress xxxx {element:attribute;} in your css to help you restrict your css mods to only bbPress pages. I believe you can also use many bbPress specific conditional tags as well. See: http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-20-conditional-tags

Is there at least a conditional tag I can use in my theme to determine whether I'm on a forum page or not?

As a result, just make a regular page with your wp theme, and add shortcode to the post editor. If you want you can style the wp template for header and footer and sidebar and width, etc., but not to add the short codes for bbpress :-)

I already had a "forums" page, with the short code in place. The page slug is "forums."

So, I figured I would make a template called page-forums.php, thinking that WordPress's template hierarchy would take over... no such luck.

I will watch the vid when I get off the train. I'm sure the answer appears within the first 30 seconds...

We have a full video that might also help you:
http://labsecrets.com/2012/01/23/buddypress-and-bbpress-forums-made-easy/

Cheers!
Spence
http://labsecrets.com

Let's say, for example, the main forum view.

Right now, it's based off page.php in my child theme, and is taking the title of the last forum, and using that in the the_title() tag I have for the page title.

On other "pages" I this makes sense; it's getting the title while in the loop.

For the bbPress forum page, it's wonky.

So, I want to make a main forum-view specific template file... but I'm unsure as to the best approach when I'm running a child theme for Buddypress.

FWIW, all forum's are being handled by bbPress and it's default template files.

Thanks!

The idea is when a user is reading a Topic, they can click a button to directly message the person who created a particular topic or reply. I'm thinking it would fit somewhere under the avatar.

I have a plugin called cartpauj PM which can accept the user ID via a GET variable in the URL.

The trouble is I can't seem to find my way through the many layers of template files and functions to do what I want.

The bbp_get_reply_author_link function seems to be closest to doing what I need but I don't want to edit that directly and screw up any potential updates in the future.

Any tips?

I've read about a tremendous interest in using bbpress as a viable forum option. I want to start by saying I've been involved in open source for over 15 years myself and the work and dedication here is very admirable (remembering ROI.) People such as myself would be willing to put in some time and effort to make this project work but there are some fundamental things lacking here that give me cause for concern in using bbpress. Virtually all forums I see using are either (a) the most basic customer support, nothing long term discussion/community based, or (b) amateurish sites set up that are chop shop and will be down in a few months. It doesn't have to be that way. Couple of things:

1. If it's not relatively easy, simple or clear to theme bbpress, few will ever use it. Fewer will design themes for it too. And if there isn't at least a decent, comprehensible system, nobody will use a plugin if it just typically looks like another ratcheted in plugin. Hopefully, this is not the case.

2. Organization here is a mess. I go to plugins and I see listings from 5 years ago and the top. It's not easy to figure out what is what here. Documentation is incomplete and I remember having a terrible time installing it too - and I'm not a novice. This is the easy part that scares away many potential users.

3. Sometimes simple is too simple. Some things should be standard. For example, nobody wants to have to scroll down to the bottom of the page just to post a reply. That's just one issue that leaped out at me. Sometimes less is just less.

4. No clear vision here, e.g. the latest blog entry is November 28 2011 and this place feels half deserted. It doesn't have to be that way.

5. There needs to be an easier way to navigate the forums on this site. I could care less about a long list of tags I'll rarely use. I do want that short list of forums in the sidebar or somewhere so I don't have to click my way back to the home page.

Just a few pointers. I like this project, would love to consider using it for a large site but the ghost town effect is putting me off a little.

What didn't you like? What was your experience? It's very possible the problems you experienced weren't even with bbPress.

My question is that I'm trying to modify the output and html layout of my bbpress template files, and I can't seem to figure out a solution.

1. My forum is on the page: Forum, and my forum base slug is: forums. Different, you see? That's because I want to show the Latest Topics, not default to showing all my forums, when you click the menu for Forum (very much like the bbpress.org/forums).

2. I'm using a page template for the Forum page that outputs the Latest Topics, except as soon as you click away from this page, it reverts back to the default layout.

Problem: I need all the forum pages to use the same layout, preferably a custom one, and the 'front' Forum page to output the Latest Topics.

Any ideas?

Also make sure that your actual permalinks settings page uses something other than the default top option. Chose any other option and click save.

That should get you going.

Thanks.

Resident newbie