[selise]

i have yet to test this, but it appears that the answer to my question above is ‘yes’…. with the plugin bbPress Topics for Posts by David Dean:

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-post-topics/changelog/

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-bbpress-topics-for-posts-export-post-comments-to-new-topic

[selise]

very cool!

is there a way to transfer a standard wp blog to this? … iow, turn previous blog comments and comments threads into replies and a topic thread?

[selise]

thanks jjj.

here’s what i needed to do, in case anyone else is interested.

1. install bbpress and wptouch pro plugins
2. in bbpress settings, under theme packages, choose the bbpress
   default – bbp-theme-compat
3. create a wp page forums and use [bbp-forum-index] short code for a
   forum index page
4. in wptouch admin make sure that both “Enable ‘topic’ post type” and
   “Enable ‘reply’ post type” are NOT selected (thanks to emilio at
   bravenewcode)
5. put a copy of bbpress/bbp-theme-compat/extras/archive-forum.php into
   the active wptouch child theme iphone (etc) directory(ies).
6. tweak style

i have no idea why a copy of archive-forum.php was needed in the wptouch theme as i didn’t need to copy any of the bbpress files into my desktop theme (twentyten child) and i didn’t copy any of the other bbpress files into the wptouch theme. but at least it seems to be working with a minimum of fuss.

[selise]

justin, there is a wordpress plugin, Math Comment Spam Protection:

http://sw-guide.de/wordpress/plugins/math-comment-spam-protection/

which i *think* might be almost reasonable for a non-programmer (like me) to extend to bbpress 2 for anonymous posters. what appears to be missing in bbpress (at least i can’t find it) is a filter hook analogous to ‘preprocess_comment’ for bbpress topics and replies.

has anyone here come up with a non-captcha based solution to allow anonymous posting without being overrun with spam?

[selise]

rossagrant, are you looking at the buddypress profile? i ran into something that sounds similar and the issue was that some of bbpress / buddypress integration is in progress and planned for next release. here’s the previous topic thread, which might be of use (includes workaround plugin from travishill)

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/user-profiles-in-bbpress-buddypress

[selise]

you can use short codes listed here:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-20-shortcodes

but even easier, if you are ok with the default layout, is to just use the template, “bbPress – Forums (Index)” for the blank forum page you’ve created (under page attributes on the edit page).

[selise]

mjpg, thanks for writing up the ticket and for the plugin info. i added “read_hidden_forums” only to forum participant capabilities and now a test user forum participant can see a hidden forum in the forum index, but still can’t read it.

andre, thanks for the info. that makes sense to me wrt to user roles, groups and forums. guess you are right: need jjj to say whether bug or feature and if feature, how to properly configure and use.

[selise]

mjpg, i just checked and it looks like i’m seeing the same thing you are (with wp 3.21, bbpress 2.1, buddypress 1.5): forum participant user is not able to access either hidden and private forums (although forum moderator works fine).

hmmm…. is this actually working (forum participants can access hidden forums?) for everyone else/

[selise]

travishill, your plugin works a treat for me. many thanks (and also to daveshine for the head’s up).

[selise]

thanks daveshine and travishill, i’ll give travishill’s suggested plugin a try.

[selise]

andre, thanks for your reply. i didn’t realize that bbpress and buddypress still had a ways to go wrt to integration.

… based on your info, i took a look at trac tickets and dev notes and will post the links here in case anyone else has the same (or similar) question:

http://bpdevel.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/5th-october-dev-chat-notes/

https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3177

http://buddypress.trac.WordPress.org/ticket/3598

looks like jjj is on it and if we’re lucky there may be something in bp 1.6 and/or bbp 2.1. fingers crossed!

[selise]

thank you for this plugin! i’ve installed it to test (on my very slightly modified twenty ten them) and the one problem i have is that the tool bar shows up at the top of the page and not just in the add topic/reply box.

[selise]

thank a lot, jjj!

[selise]

master5o1 – i’m seeing a possibly related problem:

updated to beta-3 and now have a blank forums page. was fine with beta-2.

wp is unchanged at 3.1.3. am using a twenty ten child theme with the new bbpress files, page name is “forums” using the “Forum Index template”

and the following forum slug set up:

forums base archive slug is “forums”

single forum slug is “forum”

forum prefix is not included (button unchecked)

p.s. thanks sareiodata

[selise]

many thanks jjj! (you just saved me a bunch of time trying to track down my mistake)

[selise]

so sorry, another breadcrumb question to add to the thread….

installed are: wp 3.1.3 and bbp beta-2

(first bbpress plugin install was pre-alpha and have been updating every few days as development has progressed — many thanks for a great plugin!)

my setup is:

forums base archive slug is “forums”

single forum slug is “forum”

forum prefix is not included (button unchecked)

for mydomain.com/forums/

where the forums “page” uses the template “bbPress – Forums (Index)”

and there are three individual forums (example: forum1, forum2, forum3)

the breadcrumb on each of the individual forums seems correct:

site › forums › forum1

site › forums › forum2

site › forums › forum3

i’d expect the breadcrumb on the “forums” index page to be:

site › forums

but instead i see:

site › forums › forum1

where forum1 was the first forum created.

…..

is this the desired behavior? my set up error? a bug?

[selise]

gautam, are you perhaps referring to tooltrainer’s tip on upgrading?

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-plugin-updates/page/21#post-86344

[selise]

“Does Twentyten somehow “create” the /forums/forum/ and /forums/topic/topic-name/ pages when it’s initialized?”

mralexweber – you may need to uncheck the “Include base?” option at the bottom of the admin -> settings -> forums page. anyway, that’s what i did. that and making sure my forum page slug matches the “Forum slug” at forums settings seems to have done the trick for me.

disclaimer: i’m just a general user, not a wp or bbp expert.

[selise]

my apologies if this has been covered elsewhere. how will wp user roles map to bbpress plugin functions (start new topic, etc)?

[selise]

“The bbp-twentyten theme is currently a child theme, but will most likely be a parent theme”

that’s great news, thanks!

[selise]

thanks for what looks to be a great plugin. my question is on the bbPress Twenty Ten theme: it looks like it is a child theme of the Twenty Ten theme (references the twentyten template). is that the case (and intention)? if so, does that mean i won’t be able to write child themes for bbPress Twenty Ten (or use the child themes already written for Twenty Ten)?