[superaven]

Hi Siparker,

Thanks for taking time out to reply and pass along insight. I think I’ll likely hold off a bit longer as I’m weary about whether this is ready for prime time on a really big forum (6.5m comments, 150k+ users). Honestly I don’t need all the bells and whistles so long as the links and pages are SEO friendly and there are robust moderation tools. Rest is just simple comment posting with some options for emoji’s, links, and photo / video embeds and uploads. Oh, and import tools!

I would truly love to migrate over to BBPress. The lack of a performance optimized forum option is a huge void in the WordPress platform IMO. I believe once they get this sorted out and stable, that along with WooCommerce, it makes WordPress the only real player out there for the most part.

Look forward to see this project mature, but can’t say it hasn’t been difficult remaining patient for the last two years as I wait for this to evolve to a point that it’s usable for us.

[siparker]

I recently moved VB to bbpress for my forum.
i pruned a lot before moving.
9k users now.
20k topics
115k replies

I managed the import ok. the key to this is pateiance to a certain degree. the 2.6 alpha i am running worked better for the import than 2.5

However. if moving from VB your in for a bit of a shock. as it does not work the same way. so please do double check everythign before you move. one of my other posts has a plugin to create VB like urls as i came from vbseo across to bbpress which has a very different hierarchy.
however it does put your forum into wordpress which opens up amny other options. which is why i did it.

If you need any help let me know and i will do what i can to advise what i ahve done / used to make bbpress more like vb.

Two major things to not do
Do not leave the default notifications enabled when you move the forum. mine sent every notification ever out again. somethign like 250k emails got sent every time i did the import.
And on top of that i had several test versions so by the time i realised i had well and truly pissed a lot of people off.
Secondly the basic spam filters bbpress uses are different to how vb works and will possibly block some users. I know new moderation stuff is due in the near future but its not in yet so the spam options available are a bit difficult to work with.

[NormadSoul]

Hello

English is not my forte. I will try to write you understand what I mean and what I want and something advise.

We’re going to be a big project. We establish mmporg page in which guild will have its pages, posts and also their forum and all in one website.

BbPress will do together with Budypress.

I set up the group in Buda press and there a separate forum, but can not add multi layer one major forum in the forum. It has to do administration on the bulletin board in WordPress.

Assign rights administrators with limited options, but the problem is that it can delete all topics and I do not want it. It may read topics.

I want to set that could delete your own topics and dirty.

I adjusted the law in the bbPress code, such as false and true, may well lubricated.

I just want that each guild had their own separate forum and in which their users and manage this forum only. The others can not do.

Thank you

[superaven]

Wondering if there’s been any progress with this? Sort of bummed that version 2.6 isn’t out even though it’s mentioned as a solution in this thread I started 2+ years ago.

Been struggling with WordPress x Xenforo integration and have literally bought every commercial bridge addon / plugin and have spent thousands of dollars hiring sys admins and developers to try and make it work. Best case scenario is it works until the next update and then it’s borked again. Most are one way bridges so they force logins / registrations through Xenforo, which also sucks.

Honestly BBPress is the last hope as far as the exhaustive reserach I’ve done on the subject, but it’s dead on arrival for anyone running a high traffic forum. Almost tempted to drop WordPress, but nothing else with forum integration comes close.

Anyone have any type of news beyond try the alpha version and report issues?

Thanks.

[vtorres7332]

Hi,

I’m having an issue with the multi-line text area. I am able to add the box without issue but when I sign in as a member and fill out the field, in this case it’s called “description” and hit save it sends me to a blank page and does not save what was done. Any thoughts on how to fix this issue.

Wordpress 4.5.3
BBPress 2.6.1.1

Many thanks,

Victor

[Manish Kumar Agarwal]

WordPress Bulk Password Reset

WordPress Bulk Password Reset is a light weight simple plugin which allows super admin to reset all users password in a single click.

[Robin W]

ok, so back to your initial post – you renamed the forum root slug as ‘Index’ – yes?

if you do that, and then create a wordpress page called ‘Index’ and in that page put

[bbp-forum-index]

Then call that page from your menu and it should all work nicely.

[Robin W]

my style pack plugin lets you change what breadcrumbs say

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-style-pack/

[DamnDramaQueen]

Hi Robin,

In the dashboard page it displayed this message that how i find out about it. So appearently 2.6.1.1 doesn’t have it, otherwise this message link wouldn’t displayed on admin page?

Attention: bbpress-bug: If you use bbpress < 2.6 please apply the changes described there: https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2779 to get the notifications working

I even opened the notifications.php in notepad and even did a search for “else return $action;” , looked from top to bottom many times, no phase like that?

Not sure if I have to change the whole bunch of code or what from the 5512 link above.
This is a another language I have no idea what I’m suppose to do?

If all I need is to put this “else return $action;” , please show me how and where to put it? I put very bottom “else return $action;” ?> and getting a white page? Please help..

Show how bbPress 2.6.1.1 don’t have it? Perhaps is there’s a page I can go download this notifications.php ?

Please help,help. Thanks

[Stephen Edgar]

You shouldn’t need to download the .po or .mo files anymore

You should be able to change your WordPress install language to Spanish and WordPress will automatically download the WordPress translations for you, this will also include the latest bbPress translations and any other theme or plugin that has Spanish translations.

[Robin W]

the other trac ticket it refers to tells you where to put it

https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/5512

but you’d need to check whether 2.6 has already included that

[DamnDramaQueen]

Hi bbPress,

I am using bbPress Version 2.6.1.1

I put this ( else return $action; ) very end/bottom of that page, also I realized there’s NO ?> at the end, so I added this ?> in and getting a WHITE PAGE? Can you tell me what am I doing wrong?

Anyhow, it say put the ” else return $action; ” at the end of the function? There are many functions, but which one or line btw? Help!

Please click this link for the info https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2779

Please advise help.

[Robin W]

bbPress is tested with wordpress default themes. It maybe a conflict – you need to check plugins and themes

It could be a theme or plugin issue

Plugins

Deactivate all but bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

Themes

If plugins don’t pinpoint the problem, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentyfifteen, and see if this fixes.

Then come back

[haddly]

Hi there,
The person in charge of my forum would like to see the email address of the user that makes a post. Is it possible to do this without giving him full admin access to wordpress site?
thx

[Robin W]

bbPress is tested with wordpress default themes. It maybe a conflict – you need to check plugins and themes

It could be a theme or plugin issue

Plugins

Deactivate all but bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

Themes

If plugins don’t pinpoint the problem, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentyfifteen, and see if this fixes.

Then come back

[barb21148]

Good day, I’d like to find out from you if is is possible to parse the glossary terms that come up in the heading of my forum. In other words, I do not want the words that are linked to my CM Tooltip plugin to be highlighted in the headings of my forum topics so I need to wrap the term in [glossary_exclude] [/glossary_exclude] within the template.

For examples of what I mean, see the headings in the links to these topics:
http://www.pdsnet.co.za/index.php/forums/forum/investment-advice/ – the word “investment” is highlighted
http://www.pdsnet.co.za/index.php/forums/topic/elimination-of-the-bears/ – the word “bears” is highlighted

Wordpress Version 4.5.3, bbPress Version 2.5.10

Thank you

[packzap]

Yes, running Akismet. It does a great job of flagging WordPress spam posts. I did not realize that apparently Akismet also flags bbPress forum topics and replies, putting them in “spam” sections. I will now keep an eye on those areas.

[vegecravings]

Hi,

I have recently installed BBPress for WordPress. When I create a new topics I can see the counter for topics & posts gets updated, but the topics do not show up under the forums. I can see the topics in my wp-admin area or when I make them sticky.

Site: http://www.vegecravings.com
Forum Link: http://www.vegecravings.com/forum
Theme: Evolve
Wordpress version: 4.5.3
BBPress version: 2.5.10

[Ziga Sancin]

I rewrote the caching part of freshness output… However, the patch in bug #2414 fixed my issues, so I don’t need this workaround anymore.

[Robin W]

Yes you can use the private groups plugin to set up different groups that can see different forums

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-private-groups/

[Robin W]

@aeneas1 I don’t think that plugin should be hosted on wordpress plugins, and I’ve asked the plugin review team to see if it violates the plugin rules.

There is an import phpbb in the bbpress software – I think you may have seen it

Dashboard>tools>forums and you can select phpbb – did you have an issue with this?

[Robkk]

do i need both bbpress and buddypress?

Depends on what you might need for your site, but technically no.

assuming i don’t “need” both, is it advantageous to have both?

Having BuddyPress allows you to use Group Forums, wordpress toolbar notifications for new topics and replies, better profile and custom profile fields, Members page, and a bunch of other stuff that might be useful if you want a more featureful forum.

do i need a wordpress page? i thought this was the case, so i registered and signed up for an annual wordpress account.. now that i’ve installed bbpress, it appears that i don’t actually need a wordpress page or an annual account, is this correct?

You don’t need a page, its not on the recommeded requirements for set up in my opinion. It might be required for a workaround for a theme/bbPress related bug. What do you mean by annual account? Just so you know bbPress won’t work on wordpress.com sites, and only self hosted ones.

how do i import a phpbb 3.1 forum into wordpress? i read the tutorial but a phpbb import tool isn’t included among the other import tools…

for 3.1 phpbb forums look into using bbPress 2.6 alpha, because the current version of the phpbb import in the stable version of bbPress does not work for version 3.1 phpbb forums.

my goal is to set up a phpbb-type forum/discussion, i’m not interested a wordpress blog or the like, just a discussion board. is this something i can achieve with bbpress, bbbuddy, the combo of both?

Its possible to create a forum with some features sort of like phpbb with the help of BuddyPress and bbPress, and quite possibly some other plugins that might be useful.

[Robkk]

it’s enough to send a prospective wordpress user running in the direction of other alternatives

bbPress has a forum import tool in Tools > Forums > Import Forums (free and open source code, so any dev can just improve the program how they want then official devs can commit changes or not).

[aeneas1]

no experience with wordpress or bbpress but it looked great so i installed it… next up was an attempt to “import” my phpbb data to bbpress using the dashboard import tool but, sadly, a phpbb install plugin was not among those listed in the dashboard so i had to search the plugins directory… not knowing which one was best, i blindly chose the “CMS2CMS: phpBB to bbPress Forum Convertor” and began the migration process.. well surprise, surprise, shortly after the program began the migration a popup window reared its ugly head asking for $38 in order to complete a full migration… what the f is that all about? so is the wordpress life? wordpress plugin life? plugins are listed with no indication that they cost x amount of dollars until after you install the thing and try to use it? what sort of nonsense is that? how does this practice fly with wordpress? it’s enough to send a prospective wordpress user running in the direction of other alternatives, good grief…

[aeneas1]

i’m having a bit of a tough time understanding the wordpress flow and my exact needs in order to setup a standalone wordpress-based forum…..

– do i need both bbpress and buddypress?
– assuming i don’t “need” both, is it advantageous to have both?
– do i need a wordpress page? i thought this was the case, so i registered and signed up for an annual wordpress account.. now that i’ve installed bbpress, it appears that i don’t actually need a wordpress page or an annual account, is this correct?
– how do i import a phpbb 3.1 forum into wordpress? i read the tutorial but a phpbb import tool isn’t included among the other import tools…

my goal is to set up a phpbb-type forum/discussion, i’m not interested a wordpress blog or the like, just a discussion board. is this something i can achieve with bbpress, bbbuddy, the combo of both? or for a standalone forum is phpbb actually recommended over a wordpress-based option? thank you for your time.