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Time to dig in the code and look around. The /bbp-includes/bbp-template* files are a good place to start.
bbPress’s template logic works almost identically to the way WordPress’s works, it just needs to do all the same things that WordPress does for specialized content. Just like WordPress has queries and conditions for posts, pages, categories, and tags, bbPress has them for forums, topics, replies, users, topic views, and front end posting and editing.
In many ways, bbPress feels more complex because it is more complex. But, I can assure you, it’s built to the same standard and uses the same conventions as WordPress does.
You’re wrong.
They are most certainly related. Most likely that your install thinks it lives in a different directory, .htaccess rules, rewrite rules, or something similar.
Your feedback is appreciated. It’s not new information, though – and it doesn’t really help us do anything differently to improve your experience here.
Making bbPress easier to use has been the primary goal of its past 2 years of development. The number one tag on these forums is ‘integration’ and it’s because a majority of users want bbPress to work seamlessly with WordPress. Given the constraints of WordPress’s templating engine, we’ve done a great job with bbPress 2+.
Had you tried to use bbPress in 2008, you probably would have completely written it off; you *had to* go into the code and make edits to configuration files, it was part of the connection process and there was no turn-key solution.
Right now, as long as your theme is behaving:
* Install bbPress
* Make some forums
* Go to yoursite.com/forums/
* You now, have forums
* Optionally make login/register/lost-password pages, configure widgets, etc…
If you have BuddyPress installed, if your theme isn’t playing nicely, if you have a page with the slug ‘forums’ already for some reason, if you have anything more complicated you have to go hunting around for solutions. bbPress can’t predict every situation, it can only work with WordPress core files. If you’re experiencing one of these complications, it’s unique to a small subset of users and you (or someone you hire/know) is the expert in your installation.
You say you don’t want to look at code, and you’re not a developer; that’s okay. The problem is that bbPress isn’t going to be exactly what everyone wants, and why plugins exist. If you decide to dive into the code, it’s been painstakingly documented to read like a book – top down, left to right – with hints, direction, and pointers to connect things together in plain English.
In terms of staff on these forums, we are a volunteer staff of mostly Jared and myself with others that come and go as they can. When a topic goes unanswered, it’s because we just don’t have the time to take away from other things to help that day. Being disappointed is understandable; the only way that improves is by becoming familiar with the project and committing to time towards it.
bbPress, the project, has been around since 2005. bbPress, the plugin, since 2011. It’s born again, and new. No better time to get in on the ground floor of something awesome.
Sorry you’re unhappy. In the future it would be great to have more specific things we can address. General happiness isn’t really what we supply here.
Don’t worry about defaults.bb-htaccess.php. It’s part of the version of bbPress that you’re using.
No idea what your ‘data folder’ is, so can’t say for sure if it’s correct or not.
And no, I can’t really just fix your problem for you.
You’ll have to do some digging. Searching for something like “apache htaccess redirect” should be all you need to do.
I don’t think it’s the theme you’re worried about, I think it’s the content. Which, won’t show up until there is some, just like your blog.
Make some forums, then go to yoursite.com/forums. There they are.
