@woodwardmatt: Thanks for the kudos. 
The theme layer is complicated because there is no easy way to create a new type of content in WordPress without the theme supporting it.
Originally you *had* to use a bbPress theme (bbp-twentyten) but that was only so I could build something out of nothing. Once I had a theme, I made shortcodes that use individual template parts so things could live anywhere and still look the way the theme looks. Lastly, I built the whole abstraction layer that used the shortcodes to output content where it belongs without you needing to do anything about it.
The thing is, there is only one bbPress 2.0 theme in the world right now, and it’s the one that comes with bbPress 2.0. I’m not opposed to including more theme’s in core, but I think it’s someone else’s turn to make the next one.
To your request: Currently impossible. Plugin updates delete the parent folder and recreate it with new contents. No way to avoid it getting wiped out. 
To your reason: Makes sense, and if we want to make more bbPress themes for core, we can. Then you can pick which “style” of bbPress you want inside your existing theme. Advanced developers still get the flexibility they desire. Win/Win.
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There is no file named bbp-template.php.
I’d also suggest not editing any core bbPress files. Your changes will get wiped out when you update bbPress.
Curious what the bug is also. Paste a link in here and I’m happy to see if there is something I can do in bbPress to fix it.
You’ll want to get familiar with how template parts work. The reason there are so many is bbPress uses them to make the shortcodes work correctly.
The file names themselves are fairly verbose, and at the top of each file is the name of the file, which is a fairly clear indication of what it does.
When we get some documentation setup here, I’ll post up a list of the files and what they do and why.
Add /feed to the end of any bbPress 2.0 url.
Link me to your site. The breadcrumb is designed to avoid duplicates, so it shouldn’t be happening like that.
The permalinks are working the way that WordPress is designed to make them work. This is actually the same way that bbPress 1.0 has worked since the very beginning.
Do not modify the core files.
If you don’t like the way it looks, you can change it by creating a custom theme and passing different parameters to the bbp_list_forums() function instead.
Likely will happen in 2.1.
Happy it was a simple fix!
No worries. Have you updated to RC 4 yet? Does this issue still happen then?
It sounds like either there is a slug collision, or you’re using a custom theme that is missing the template file it’s trying to include.
You’ll want to make a custom theme and remove what you don’t like.
By design. If you need it to look different, you’lll need to jump into the theme and create your own style.
Is it specific tags that have the problem? Or all tags?
You’ll want to contact WangGuard’s plugin author here:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wangguard/
Seems the problem is unrelated to bbPress. There are several other users with issues too.
https://wordpress.org/tags/wangguard
That is the anticipated behavior. What did you expect?
There are existing plugins in place to help connect the two separate installations together if you want to use bbPress 1.x. Overall, you will probably have much better luck and a better experience using bbPress 2.0.
Possibly a tag slug mismatch in Forum -> Settings.
Are you using the forum root slug?
Are you using a plugin that is being greedy with it’s query filtering?
The number is limited by the ‘_bbp_forums_per_page’ in the DB, and it’s default value was 15 or 50, depending where it was called.
Thanks for the report. See #1619 for details and fix.
The guys at WPCandy either used Shortcodes or a custom template to pull that off.
If you’re going to link to your site here for help, please remove the Facebook pop up. Waiting 30 seconds to see it was really frustrating.
If using bbPress 2.0, it obeys your WordPress Gravatar settings.
He’s using the beta/RC versions of both. Pretty well too with very little modification.
Nice work!
You can also designate forums as having “global access” which allows any registered user to post on them, even if they are not registered on that specific site.
Refresh your permalink settings. This is fixed in the next version.
