Hi All !!
I have upgraded phpBB 3.0.4 to 3.2.8 recently following steps on Upgrading from 3.0 to 3.2
When trying to import to bbpress 2.5.4 on a WP 5.2.3 I get this message:
Error en la base de datos de WordPress: [Unknown column 'forums.forum_topics' in 'field list']
SELECT convert(forums.forum_id USING "utf8mb4") AS forum_id,convert(forums.parent_id USING "utf8mb4") AS parent_id,convert(forums.forum_topics USING "utf8mb4") AS forum_topics,convert(forums.forum_posts USING "utf8mb4") AS forum_posts,convert(forums.forum_topics_real USING "utf8mb4") AS forum_topics_real,convert(forums.forum_name USING "utf8mb4") AS forum_name,convert(forums.forum_desc USING "utf8mb4") AS forum_desc,convert(forums.left_id USING "utf8mb4") AS left_id,convert(forums.forum_type USING "utf8mb4") AS forum_type,convert(forums.forum_status USING "utf8mb4") AS forum_status FROM phpbb_forums AS forums LIMIT 0, 100
No hay foros que convertir
No hay datos que limpiar
Effectively column forum_topics was on table forum in phpbb version 3.0.4 but it is not anymore on phpbb version 3.2.8.
Script to import from phpbb must have a bug or expect a different database structure for phpbb.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance
Is there an API that I can call when a user registers on our product website?
Users
If they are logged in to our product and click on SUPPORT/Forums, how do I go about having them automatically logged in?
mzybe
WordPress REST API – OAuth 1.0a Server
And my last question is if I can create new topics and replies to them with custom dates/times? For example, I want to create a new post with a date of a week ago, and then reply with a date from 6 days ago?
Just add/edit the topics and replies from the back end – there you can changed then publish date
ok, the problem is that bbpress stores topic and reply authors as their WordPress ID, so unless the new sites WordPress ID’s match the old site’s then they won’t match.
are the old authors all on the new site ?
Rainmaker is a platform that is built on wordpress. It uses bbpress that is modified.
my style pack plugin has an unread posts section
bbp style pack
Hi @sirlouen,
I did not really look for this, but any plugin that is showing ‘related posts’ and accept custom post types, might be able to do this.
I never tried it, but maybe https://wordpress.org/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/ ?
I have a database in Rainmaker that has bbpress records I am developing a new wordpress website. I need to move the forums, topics and replies out of Rainmaker into the new wordpress mysql database. I tried the import/export function but there are over 500 authors and the records don’t match up. Does the Forum function under tools allow you to move from one bbpress to another. The only option I saw was bbpress1.
I tried to do it inside wordpress but with no luck, which is why I went to the post and metapost tables in the database, if you do not have access I am not sure what you can do.
Sorry
Clive
OK, I think I have solved this by following this thread, except I had to do one thing the other way around…
1. Scrap User Role Editor and install the Members plugin by Justin Tadlock
2. Don’t put anything in your functions file
3. In WordPress under Users/Roles, clone the Participant user role and give it a name and slug (in my case I am using ‘bosun’) and save the new role.
4. Add this code to your functions file:
function vip_add_custom_role( $bbp_roles ) {
$bbp_roles['bosun'] = array(
'name' => 'Bosun',
'capabilities' => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_participant_role() ) // the same capabilities as participants
);
return $bbp_roles;
}
add_filter( 'bbp_get_dynamic_roles', 'vip_add_custom_role', 1 );
… where bbp_roles and name is changed to your own name of the user role. This must be the same as the name/slug you inserted when cloning the participant user role.
5. Now any forum user assigned this user role will display the correct role, rather that ‘participant’ ‘subscriber’ or ‘spectator’.
The thing I had to do the other way around from the instructions in the other thread was to not put anything in the functions file and install the plugin first.
Phew. Took me two days to get there!
Put this in your child theme’s function file – or use
Code Snippets
add_filter( 'bbp_get_replies_per_page', 'rew_replies');
function rew_replies () {
$replies = 5 ;
return $replies ;
}
I would suggest you reverse the order for answers, as pagination will not solve it.
This may work
bbPress – Sort topic replies
This plugin seems to do that and claims bbpress support
I have not tried it, so please come back and let us know if it works
Highlight Search Terms
Private groups
will get you most of the way there. You could then link your purchases to joining a group, but you’ll need a hook from whatever payment/membership plugin you are using
I checked the database posts table via phpmyadmin and confirmed that replies posts did not come over to bbpress. Is there a way I can fix this manually by running some manual sql code?
I’m using latest wordpress just downloaded today, and latest version of bbpress (bbPress 2.5.14).
During the conversion I only get the following error which I don’t think tied to the replies posts not coming over.
Repair any missing information: Continue
WordPress database error: [Table ‘*.*_core_tags’ doesn’t exist]
SELECT convert(core_tags.tag_meta_id USING “utf8mb4”) AS tag_meta_id,convert(core_tags.tag_text USING “utf8mb4”) AS tag_text FROM *_core_tags AS core_tags LIMIT 0, 100
No tags to convert
No super stickies to stick
Please forgive me my ignorance – don’t worry we were all there when we started !!
bbpress uses the wordpress database and pages so is contained entirely within wordpress.
at it’s simplest, just put a ‘custom link’ menu entry of url ‘/fourms/’ and navigation label of ‘forums’ into your menu.
Alternately create a page with a title of say ‘forums’ and put [bbp-forum-index] in the content.
Hi Robin,
Many thanks for that!
One and last question: does bbPress creates all forum files by itself (or uses existing WordPress pages within website) or will it need anything ‘external’ (such as completely external forum hosted by someone else). Please forgive me my ignorance as I’m a bit ‘old date’ from past times when website was a website only and forums were completely separated story 🙂
TIA,
Kris
bbpress is just a plugin that sits within wordpress, so you would just install it and typically have a menu entry to
yoursite.com/forums
see
Step by step guide to setting up a bbPress forum – Part 1
yes, in effect create the subdomain you say, and install wordpress and bbpress.
Then you could just have a home page with the code [bbp-forum-index] in it and that is all that site would contain
this is a theme conflict issue, and you need to get your theme to recognise bbpress.
Not bbpress’s fault and not your theme’s fault, both just use wordpress
see
Step by step guide to setting up a bbPress forum – Part 1
section 8 on trying to get them to work together
I use
bbPress Notify (No Spam)
to notify me of new topics/replies
I am part of a group of people in the beginning stages of forming a new non-profit organization.
I am about to create a website for the group (wordpress) as well as a forum, but I don’t want all of the people who have access to the forum to also have access to the website itself. My preference for the 2 sites is
Main website: https://siteurl.org/ (and https://www.siteurl.org/)
Forum: https://forum.siteurl.org/
I have full access to the cPanel for the hosting location. Do I need to just create a seperate folder in the home directory called “forum” and do a separate install of WordPress there (assuming of course that the main website will be installed in the .public_html directory)?
I have created a forums page using bbpress, and linked it to my main header menu. Below is the page
https://honingds.com/activity/
I am not sure why the forum page is starting at almost middle of this page. What should I do to make it appear just below the header. I am noob at wordpress and bbpress so please bear with me. My theme is Impreza wordpress theme.
editing users is a wordpress rather than bbpress function
It may well be possible, but the easier way would be to use a wordpress role to do this.
This link will give you code to make the ‘editor’ role able to do user stuff, and you may want to hide admins as per their suggestions
Let Editor Manage Users in WordPress
so you would just set your moderators to be editor as well as moderator
I will need to spend long periods of time away from my site and bbpress forum, and want the Moderators to have the ability to delete users that are clearly just there to spam. I want them to have more than blocking capability and the ability to delete posts and topics.
I have not found much on this topic through searching. I am willing to implement some specific code. If there is something I can edit with Buddypress to allow this, please let me know. However, I don’t want to make the moderators Keymasters – I only want them to have authority over the forums and who uses them.
I would rather use code than a plugin. Not sure if it is simple as adding a line to the bbpress moderator capabilities that allows them to essentially ban Buddypress users.
WordPress version: 5.2.3 (Vantage theme)
bbPress version: 2.5.14
Site: https://pirateswithben.com/forums/forum/pirates-csg/
Thank you!
Ben
