Good call Ipstenu… bbPress 1.0+ creates those folders itself rather than having users create them, which can lead to permissions problems:
https://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1139
Crackpixels – I had the same issue… but _ck_ just released a patch which resolved the problem for me!
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/front-page-topics/changelog/
I’ve never seen the “+2 more” link before… is that a new feature of Akismet?
Allso – what version of the Akismet plugin are you using?
I ended up having to support both, because I wanted users who sign in on a bbPress page to “stay” on the same page… and users who signed into a WordPress-powered page to also “stay” on the same page.
I used to only use the bbPress signin, which worked great… but then users who signed into WordPress pages got sent “back” to the frontpage of my blog, which annoyed my users.
Hope that helps!
I don’t think that’s been released yet hpguru?
https://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1149
Lack of ability to delete old posts is a long-standing issue. If you don’t have access to phpmyadmin, someone wrote a script which does it… but I can’t vouch for it as I’ve never used it:
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/permanently-deleting-topocs-and-posts
Before trying anything like this, make sure to backup all of your data!!!
Do you have a link to your forum? It’s tough to troubleshoot css without the actual code. 
Sam mentioned that 1.0.2 fixed some Akismet/spam stuff… maybe worth upgrading to see if that addresses it?
https://bbpress.org/blog/2009/07/bbpress-102-bbpress-0906-legacy-version-released/
If that doesn’t do it, do you have the bozo plugin installed now (or did you use it in the past)? That can cause weird problems…
Here’s the current state of deep integration – along with hints at the future path.
There’s no known way to access bbPress functions inside of WordPress:
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/first-pass-at-a-fix-for-deep-integration-in-trunk#post-21621
Sam has said he’s willing to support WordPress function calls from inside of bbPress
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/what-is-the-opposite-of-deep-integration#post-36853
But WordPress isn’t returning the favor:
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-access-to-bbpress-functions#post-37451
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-access-to-bbpress-functions#post-37460
So essentially, we’re looking at one-way integration being the probable future. bbPress is working hard to make sure it itnegrates deeply with WordPress, but WordPress isn’t making the same effort. 
But- keep in mind that there’s a performance hit for “deep integration”! I personally use simple integration on my sites. _ck_ highlights the advances of simple integration here:
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/display-bbpress-on-wordpress-page-inside-the-blog#post-25353
It’s pretty disappointing that WordPress isn’t using BackPress… especially since Sam made such a huge effort to integrate BackPress into bbPress. Also, bbPress took quite a performance hit from integrating BackPress.
I’m hoping for a miracle somehow to redeem bbPress! In the meantime, I’m preparing contingency plans…
It sounds like a plugin which lets you use OpenID or other commercial services to sign in…
If users sign in using your WordPress domain using RPX, then they should automatically be signed into your bbPress (I can’t say for sure though, since I’ve never used PPX).
But to have it work 100% of the time, you’d probably have to disable registration and signin from the bbPress side of things…
Which user system do you want to use… bbPress’ user system? Or another CMS’s?
I think you’re right. I only know how to request a password reset, which is only possible from bb-login.php *after* you’ve failed at least one signin attempt with the username you’re trying to sign into.
The whole username management section could use a revamp to support:
* Password Reset: A standalone page where you can request a password reset (instead of requiring users to signin incorrectly once)
* Forgot Username: The ability to request what account(s) are tied to a particular email.
* A security question/clue feature upon registration, that’s also available when editing profile and/or signing in.
You’d probably need a plugin to achieve all that though…
A lot of those features do exist… although you’re not going to have much luck getting all those features/plugins to work on bbPress 1.0. bbPress 1.0 is a very new release, and most of the plugins won’t be upgraded until later this year.
That said, I get the feeling that you would like WordPress and bbPress to interoperate more? I don’t just mean integrated signins – some of your points suggest that plugins would ideally work on both systems interchangably… I don’t think that’s on their product map. Even having more interoperability between the two themes systems seems pretty low on the bbPress priority list.
It’s all good to have concerns about bbPress! I have many concerns myself. I’m staying on bbPress for now, because it is the only option for a lightweight forum with a plugin model. I’m very concerned about the 1.0 path though, and am starting to think through whether or not I want to stay on the bbPress platform in the long term. So I especially appreciate hearing your concerns.
Role Manager only works on version 1.0 and up…
_ck_ just wrote a plugin last week that removes the ability for moderators to see IPs anywhere in bbPress:
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/how-do-i-remove-the-posters-ip-address-from-the-post-display#post-55575
Just stick it in a plugin information wrapper:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_a_Plugin#Standard_Plugin_Information
And you should be good to go!
They’re merging WordPress MU and WordPress (single user). Since Buddypress is WordPress MU + plugins… the social features should be integrated into WordPress single user when that’s done.
I agree that bbPress lacks many social features… but that’s not really the scope of the project, which is more focused on forums? If there’s a specific feature you’d like to see, let us know in the forums!
Did you import your data from somewhere else? If so, maybe it’s this same issue:
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/admin-panel-warning
Is it possible that the user has been bozo’d?
Here are some instructions on how to change your file permissions using an FTP client:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions#Using_an_FTP_Client
This is the plugin that enables this in 0.9:
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/page-links-for-bbpress/
It was moved into the core in 1.0, so no need for a plugin if you’re on 1.0…
This Super Search plugin by _ck_ should let you do just that:
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/super-search/
Sometimes if there is a problem with bbPress data in general, certain plugins will deactivate on their own:
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bb_meta-corrupted
Which plugin(s) deactivated? And what other plugins are you using?
