[designserve]

I installed the following plugin on my dev site:

https://wpfavs.com/plugins/import-export-for-bbpress

Export is working perfectly (latest wordpress and bbpress).

Import not working at all but I might be doing something wrong. Very disappointing because this plugin looks so promising.

Giving up for now, I hope this helps someone I’ll actively update this if I make any progress.

[designserve]

Hi All,

I’ve spent the last 10 hours 36 minutes trying to import a few topics into my forum from CSV. I’ve tried many different techniques and plugins. I am updating this because maybe it will help someone, or you might be able to help me.

I’m assuming that Stephen’s method worked when he posted it. It appears to me that post_parent does not behave as it used to. I have used Stephen’s files from Github and imported them into my forum. I’ve very carefully followed every nuance of his post, as far as I can tell. Ultimate CSV Importer and WP ALL IMPORT EXPORT (I have the extended pro version) do not expose post_parent in the mapping. However, Ultimate CSV Importer (now known as ‘Import Export Post as CSV File’) does say in the documentation that it will pick up post_parent when importing. Unfortunately I didn’t check in the database before running the repair tools and they always seem to remove the hierarchy when i use them.

When I import using the fields bbp_forum_id and bbp_topic_id I am able to make some progress in that the Topics show that they are in the correct forum in the backend. But they don’t show up in the frontend.

See this post for some useful information:

Bulk-move bbPress topics

Anyway, when I import Stephen’s files, the Topics and Replies won’t show up for me. post_parent is incremented in the database when importing as far as I can tell. I have read many posts on this and other forums virtually begging for a bbpress csv importer and many of the replies mention post_parent as being central to the issues.

One example statement says “The standard WordPress Importer only sets a post’s post_parent if that post also exists in the import; it can’t map an imported post to a post that already exists in the database.”

With that in mind, I went into the database after importing Stephen’s files and I manually updated post_parent for the Topics and Replies. When I do that, the Topics and Replies show up in the frontend as they should. At least I’m understanding what needs to happen for the Topics and Replies to show up on the front end.

Having edited post_parent in the database (using phpMyadmin) I then ran the forum repair tools. Counts were updated and everything is where it should be.

I’m now almost at the point of letting sleeping dogs lie. However, I’m going to try an old plugin on my dev site and I’ll post the results of that shortly.

[Robin W]

use then alternate template in

bbp style pack

once activated go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>forum templates

[Robin W]

bbpress just uses wordpress users, so if they are registered as part of your course, then bbpress will allocate them the default role (if you change nothing, then that is participant) on first login

[ginaginagina]

I’m in bbPress 2.5.14
Wordpress 5.2.2
Avada theme 5.9.1 (and yes, I tried disabling it 🙂

I’m not sure how to get the breadcrumbs to show above subforums and topics so that users can navigate back to the main forum page as they go deeper into the threads. I tried the troubleshooting steps in the “Getting Started” section, but to no avail. The forums are private, so I’m not able to share a useful URL. Not sure what I can share to help get this solved. I tried Robin’s bbstyle pack, too, under the “breadcrumbs” section and no go for me.

If the img embed doesn’t work, the screenshot can be seen here: share.getcloudapp.com/E0uln5v2

[designserve]

Thanks I actually feel better too that I have some company!

So, so many late nights. I’m looking at very old plugins and searching around the Internet at the moment. Wondering whether to try installing old versions of wordpress and bbpress so that they will work with old plugins, and then transfer to the latest bbpress somehow. I’ve been scraping my sites to get the CSVs and now I can’t import them, I actually can’t believe the situation I’m in. I decided on bbpress with buddypress for my new system last year and I’ve spent months setting it up, I can’t bear to start from scratch again.

Thanks for listening 🙂

[designserve]

I think I have a very similar issue (my replies are in the thread regarding CSV importing). Having imported Topics and replies WordPress is telling me they are in the same forum but I can’t get them to show up in the front end without editing them. I desperately need some help from a bbpress expert regarding importing forums via any reliable method please.

[amandainjames]

I think you want to add a custom widget in your theme. You can add custom widget adding this code in functions.php

function wpblog_widget()
{
    register_sidebar(array(
        'name' => __('Primary Sidebar', 'wpb'),
        'id' => 'primary_sidebar', // unique-sidebar-id
        'description' => '',
        'class' => '',
        'before_widget' => '<li id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
        'after_widget' => '</li>',
        'before_title' => '<h2 class="widgettitle">',
        'after_title' => '</h2>',
    ));

}

add_action('widgets_init', 'wpblog_widget');

Reference: WordPress Custom Widgets

[amandainjames]

I will suggest you to go through a WordPress custom taxonomy tutorial. Here are three steps to create a custom taxonomies in WordPress. To create a custom taxonomy you have to add this code in functions.php

add_action( 'init', 'create_cw_hierarchical_taxonomy', 0 );
//create a custom taxonomy name
function create_cw_hierarchical_taxonomy() {
$labels = array(
'name' => _x( 'Topics', 'taxonomy general name' ),
'singular_name' => _x( 'Topic', 'taxonomy singular name' ),
'search_items' => __( 'Search Topics' ),
'all_items' => __( 'All Topics' ),
'parent_item' => __( 'Parent Topic' ),
'parent_item_colon' => __( 'Parent Topic:' ),
'edit_item' => __( 'Edit Topic' ),
'update_item' => __( 'Update Topic' ),
'add_new_item' => __( 'Add New Topic' ),
'new_item_name' => __( 'New Topic Name' ),
'menu_name' => __( 'Topics' ),
);
// taxonomy register
register_taxonomy('topics',array('post'), array(
'hierarchical' => true,
'labels' => $labels,
'show_ui' => true,
'show_admin_column' => true,
'query_var' => true,
'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'topic' ),
));
}

[John James Jacoby]

You won’t get much advice about other forum software in these forums, as these forums are for bbPress (not against it.)

The support in these forums is all volunteer based. No one gets paid to be around to help. Everyone is passionate, but no one is obligated. We have great moderators that keep things clean, but your experience is not uncommon – it helps to be your own site admin.

I see you’ve created 6 topics here, 1 of them was asking for some code help, and 2 of them (including this one) are general gripes with (not) getting things working how you’d like them to without anything really to say back?

bbPress is intentionally simple forum software. It’s opinionated but flexible, so you get a pretty basic experience out of the box, but it requires a bit of determination to customize it to do exactly what you want it to.

You’re right that most hosting providers are generally disinterested in helping with websites themselves; they’re in the business of making sure websites work, so they’re not spending much time deep into how plugins and themes look or feel or work with one another. They’ll probably redirect you back here for most bbPress questions.

If you’re the only person running your community, and you’re unable to keep things working on your own, I can understand why you feel the way you do. I can tell you that bbPress.org runs an unmodified version of bbPress that has required very little ongoing maintenance. All we’ve done here is create a WordPress theme to make things feel a little bit more like a forum than a blog. Together with WordPress.org we do have 11 million user accounts and a high volume of concurrent users across multiple different forums.

It sounds like your forums might be more active than ours here, but it’s hard to know exactly what glitches and problems you’re having, and most things aren’t as easy as coding a snippet for you and having you drop it in someplace.

I’m sorry that your experience with bbPress hasn’t been pleasant. I’m not sure what more to say, other than if you keep with it and keep learning, it is a very capable and fun piece of software that helps hundreds of thousands of communities run really smoothly. Hopefully that continues to include yours!

[John James Jacoby]

The breadcrumbs are automatically generated based on the page or archive hierarchy.

Try: Admin > Settings > Forums

Forum Root: community/fora
Forum Prefix: Unchecked

Then for all of the Single Slugs, prefix them with community/.

You could also try creating a WordPress Page hierarchy that has “community” as the first slug and “fora” as the second child page, then use a bbPress shortcode in the content of that page.

[Robin W]

bbpress just uses WordPress registration, so anything that does WordPress registration will work fine, including many free custom add-on plugins

you can also use the bbpress registration shortcode on a page

Shortcodes

[ginaginagina]

I thought this would naturally happen as a super sticky topic. Basically, I want the same message to show up at the top of each forum so that members see it before they start posting (sort of like a “Read this before you get started” pinned topic). However, as soon as I started creating other sub-forums and topics, it got pushed to the bottom of the page, which obviously means a lot of people will miss it entirely.

How do you get it to stay at the top of each forum as a reminder?

My forums are all private, so you wouldn’t be able to see it (hence, I’m not adding a URL), but I am including a screenshot.

Wordpress version: 5.2.2
bbPress version: 2.5.14
Screenshot: https://share.getcloudapp.com/eDuoLJGy

Unfortunately, I can’t test a different theme; I just tried in staging to do that and the site broke completely, so I don’t want to test in my live site. However, this doesn’t seem like a theme issue.

[rickmunroe17]

I am using Divi theme version 3.2.2.5 and the latest version of the BBPress wordpress plugin.

Trying to have a full width forum without the sidebar.

Cannot figure out how to hide the sidebar in both desktop and mobile.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[Robin W]

As the ‘about’ page says ‘We’re keeping things as small and light as possible while still allowing for great add-on features through WordPress’s extensive plugin system.’

so bbpress will be maintained, but their will not be lots of features added – many are provided by others eg

Private groups This Plugin creates unlimited private forum groups
bbp style pack Lets you style bbpress, and add display features
bbp topic count Adds any combination of topics, replies and totals under the authors avatar in topics and replies
bbp profile information Adds up to 4 fields to the bbp user profile and displays any combination of these under the authors avatar in topics and replies
bbp user ranking Lets you add ranking and badges to topics and replies and profiles
bbP Toolkit Swiss knife tweaking and hacking Toolkit for bbPress. Set global options and style your forums.
bbpress sort topics/replies Sort topic replies in ascending or descending order for each bbPress Topic. You can choose to save setting for each topic, for the whole Forum or set globally for every Topic
bbPress Genesis Extend Provides basic compatibility with bbPress and the Genesis Framework with a few extra goodies
bbPress – Moderation Tools Add the ability to moderate and approve new topics and replies in bbPress
bbP Signature This plugin adds user signature support to bbPress
bbPress2 BBCode This plugin adds support for popular bbcode forum code to posts, comments, pages, bbpress forums and buddypress activity and group forums.
GD bbPress Attachments Implements attachments upload to the topics and replies in bbPress plugin through media library and adds additional forum based controls.
bbPress Go To First Unread Post Allows registered bbPress users to quickly jump to the first unread post in a topic
bbPress Topics for Posts Replace the comments on your WordPress blog posts with topics from an integrated bbPress install
Inline Image Upload for BBPress Upload inline images to BBPress forum topics and replies.
bbpress Simple Advert Units Insert advert units (such as adsense or Amazon widgets) into your bbpress forum.
bbPress – Private Replies A simple plugin to allow your bbPress users to mark their replies as private.
bbPress Messages bbPress Messages – User Private Messages with notifications, widgets and media with no BuddyPress needed.
bbP Move Topics Move topics from one forum to another, convert post/comments into topic/replies in the same site.
bbp user online status A WordPress plugin to show user online/offline statuses in bbpress topics and replies
bbp-valoration Adds thumbsup, visits and replies count to topics on bbpress, display results on a widget.
BBP Auto-Close Topics BBP Auto-Close Topics will automatically close bbPress topics after an admin-specified time period.
bbResolutions bbResolutions, will let you set topic resolutions (Resolved, Not resolved and Not a question).
Inline Image Upload for BBPress Upload inline images to BBPress forum topics and replies
bbPress Advanced Statistics Achieve phpBB / vBulletin-esque statistics for your bbPress Forum
bbPress Custom Email Notifications Modify subscription emails sent to users
Canned Replies Let’s moderators and keymasters create standard replies and use these in responses
BBP Improvements for yoast This is a very simple but very helpful tool to help yoast wordpress seo support bbpress better.
bbPress GDPR bbPress GDPR plugin extends new Data Export & Data Erasure feature bundled with WordPress 4.9.6 Release.
AsynCRONous bbPress Subscriptions Amends how bbpress sends emails

This may or may not suit what you require

[thomaslindvig]

I have the prefix /forum set, and I want my forum URLs to be full path URLs, like this:
example.org/forum/MainCategory/ChildCategory/ChildChildCategory/the-topic

An example could be this topic URL:
cars.com/forum/Europe/VW/Golf/how-to-repair-the-steering-wheel

And of course the topics’ forum URL should be
example.org/forum/MainCategory/ChildCategory/ChildChildCategory/

Right now my topics are
example.org/forum/topic/the-topic

Website: http://tf210619.tantraforum.dk
Wordpress: 5.2.2
Bbpress: 2.5.14

[theatereleven]

I typically use Discourse for my forums, but would like to set one up in WordPress directly. I know BBPress has stood the test of time and is hard core WordPress, used by people like Elliot for AdvancedCustomFields support.

But is development planned for the future? I just don’t want to sink a lot of time into something that isn’t going to be supported. I’d gladly pay for BBPress… Whatever. Just want to know there’s a future.

For example. in this box I can’t add an image via a simple paste in. That’s a big deal for support forums where screenshots are used.

Thanks anyone for advice on this!

[Robin W]

yep, that’s a wordpress standard which bbpress also obeys- you can’t change your own privileges !!

so create a temporary admin account with administrator privilege, and log in as that temporary account – then go into

dashboard>users>edit users>’your old account name’ and edit, and near the bottom you will see that you can change yourself to keymaster.

Once saved, you can then delete the temporary admin account

🙂

[rock714]

http://www.t-34.com
bbPress Version 2.5.14
WordPress 4.8.9 running Sahifa theme.

I just recently took over admin and cleanup of the above site. My role is Administrator, Participant in WP. I am not able to delete some forums that have aged quite a bit and have no activity. When I try to access the forums for administrative cleanup I get the following message:

“Sorry, you are not allowed to edit posts in this post type.”

I noted that the previous admin has Administrator, Keymaster role. I have searched through every menu, plugin and widget possible but the option of Keymaster does not seem to exist anywhere so I cannot promote myself to Keymaster.

I have tried to use the change forum role but the only options are Moderator, Participant, Spectator and Blocked. I also created a new user with Administrator role, then edited the user but the only options under forum role are Moderator, Participant, Spectator and Blocked.

Kinda stuck here. Any suggestions?

[Pascal Casier]

Goede morgen,

First of all, if bbPress is still at 2.1 then it might be time to upgrade, especially if you are running WP 5.2.2

For your specific question, logging in or out to bbPress is in fact logging in and out of WordPress. So any tool that you find to log in and out of WordPress would do the trick.

If you have the top ‘admin bar’, then just go to your name and hit ‘Log out’. If you don’t have that, then you could add anywhere a link to http://webvoorbeeld.websitezien.nl/wp-login.php?action=logout

Mvg,
Pascal.

[Pascal Casier]

Hi, that is not a standard bbPress function. Some plugins like https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-simple-view-counts/ and https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-postviews/ might help you, but I have never used those.

See also https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/new-feature-viewhit-counts/

[Pascal Casier]

Hi,
So you are publishing from the backend (/wp-admin) and set the publication date (the WordPress one) in e.g. 3 days and it appears immediately? For the test make sure to put some days in the future, not just hours.

If the post appears immediately then you have an issue with your Theme or another plugin that is not respecting the standard WordPress way of working. So you would have to switch to a standard theme and/or start deactivating plugins that could have an influence.

[armyadarkness]

My experience with BBPress is definitely that it’s over-complicated in so many areas, and then completely misses the boat on the most basic of features. Until reading this thread, I had no idea just how outdated that it was.

WordPress won’t support BBPress… But BBPress is the ONLY reason that I use WordPress. I’ve spent the last year searching for the basic requirements that I need in order to keep my current and future sites here, but I’m constantly striking out.

Thanks to the internet… You can’t even hire a pro anymore. There’re so many liars and cheats out there that it’s impossible to tell who you’re hiring.

Unfortunately, It’s now easier to just switch platforms altogether than it is to continue wasting days on end, trying to get help for antiquated platforms. I’ve lost so many of my followers and subscribers, because they just couldnt deal with the glitches.

[jeepcreed]

Hello, just installed and activated bbpress with several extensions to improve functionality; however, my forum page does not look like a forum at all. I even set up the bbpress sidebar, and it isn’t showing either. I’m using WordPress version 5.2.2 and bbPress version 2.5.14. The link to my staging site where I am testing this is http://www.jeepcreed.com/stagingnew/forums

[John James Jacoby]

Hey everyone! I got a nudge from @jeffr0 that this thread had some replies, and I just wanted to chime in and say thank you, very much, for being patient.

I understand everyone’s feelings. I get where they come from.

bbPress is a 15 year old piece of forum software based on and specifically for WordPress. The last thing it will ever do is die. (That’s a terrible play on words, but keep reading!)

The GPL (and it being open-source in general) guarantee everyone that as different people use it, different people will contribute to it, and it will continue to grow, evolve, and be iterated on in perpetuity.

It being based entirely on WordPress gives it one of the largest and most stable foundations to be built off of.

The projects spiritual commitment to backwards compatibility through the years means that as the software grows, your content will always grow with it.

Other forum projects have made sweeping changes without migration paths from old to new versions. bbPress as a project simply appreciates and respects its users and their communities and content too much to not provide great tools to scale your community along with the software.

bbPress as a project gets developed in bursts. Like it or not, I think that’s the honest truth. If you look at its life as a piece of software as a whole, there is a ton of evidence to support the idea that sometimes a few months will go by with nothing, and then a few months will go by with tons of activity.

The dips might make your stomach drop at first, but it’s a long ride… a fun ride… and one that I hope others see from a distance as a beautiful effort. One that provides a platform that empowers WordPress users to give their visitors a simple, clean, and dedicated place to enjoy communicating with each other.

Lastly… strictly on numbers alone, WordPress.org relies heavily on bbPress as the primary method of communication & support for over 75k plugins in 200 languages, and 11 million registered users. bbPress is actively installed in over 340k websites. It’s a fraction of the total WordPress installs (but if the numbers on builtwith and other tools are accurate) it is currently the most widely installed piece of forum software in the world.

bbPress will never die. It will only get better.

Thank you, everyone, again, for being patient and for your interest in bbPress. It’s a pretty cool piece of software with some of the best contributors and forum moderators around! I’m working on bbPress everyday, sometimes in my head, and sometimes on other projects that bbPress will inherit someday. It’s always on my mind, even if the commit log doesn’t show it. 💕