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.
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
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.
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/
@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?
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.
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).
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…
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.
Hi Robin,
thanks for the quick reply. Unfortunately, the code did not work. When I enter text that I know is in a wordpress page into the forum search box, I get a list of forum topics, and that list disappears. When the list disappears, I get a no post found message.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8xv3qblzumnh16s/forumsearch.PNG?dl=0
Need help… I need the name, email, and web site fields to always display in the “Create New Topic” entry. When my customers login to WordPress it automatically removes those field. We have multiple people using one WordPress login and I need them to be able to post using their name and email.
The import was completed successfully.
Yay, did you use bbPress 2.6-alpha?
The imported topics still remain uncategorised though. I had a look at the support ticket at https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2380 . I tried the repair tool, but it did not work too.
You need to run each of the repair tools and that should fix those up.
That Trac ticket is quite old and really related to any of these issues.
I had a widget on my theme’s sidebar which displayed the recent posts feed from the forums. The topics were visible there too.
You’ll need to add bbPress “Recent Topics” widget to your theme, do that from the customizer.
I am ready to take the pain to categorise the topics themselves. Is it in an importer bug that the topics were not categorised? How can I categorise them manually?
It shouldn’t be a bug, but I’m not entirely sure what you mean by “I categorise them manually”?
By this do you mean that your topics are not forums?
Do your topics not have topic-tags categorising each topic?
I have my wordpress search configured to include bbpress forum topics; however, the bbpress search only searches forums topics. How do I include wordpress pages in the forum search?
Thank you.
Some users are getting their posts and new topics flagged in my bbPress/Wordpress site as spam. They are long-time contributors with valid and thoughtful comments. It seems that bbPress occasionally gets too aggressive flagging valid posts as spam. I am running the latest bbPress (2.5.10) and WordPress (4.5.3) versions. Is there anyway to correct this situation?
unless wordpress.com allow it, there is no way to add plugins – sorry
interesting question – bbpress will add the default role you set in forums settings, so if you set this to participant this would sort the majority of users out from a forum perspective.
Which then makes this more of a wordpress question – in essence you could set up the users manually and click to not send them emails, so they would be on the live site when you transfer, but then of course they wouldn’t know their password, so it is a bit of a catch 22 !
The import was completed successfully. The imported topics still remain uncategorised though. I had a look at the support ticket at https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2380 . I tried the repair tool, but it did not work too. I had a widget on my theme’s sidebar which displayed the recent posts feed from the forums. The topics were visible there too.
I am ready to take the pain to categorise the topics themselves. Is it in an importer bug that the topics were not categorised? How can I categorise them manually?
Best Regards
My moderator needs to be notified of all activity on my forum to be able to respond. It seems that when they are subscribed to each forum, they only receive email notifications for new topics created – but not replies within topics. Is there a way to subscribe my moderator automatically to all activity? or do they really have to subscribe to each new topic as they are started?
Thank you.
website: http://www.progressivesurgicalsolutions.com
Wordpress version: 4.5.3
ppPress version: 2.5.9
Use this to get rid of that silly Private prefix 🙂
https://gist.github.com/ntwb/8662354
p.s. We’ll get that removed from bbPress and/or WordPress proper one of these days ;P
Excellent, glad that worked.
The full details and code for bbPress’ fix is here if that kind of thing interests you 🙂
https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6061
Hmm, strange indeed, I’ve not tried Jetpack with an Anonymous forum.
If you want to track this down further creating a ticket on our bug tracking site with some detailed information on how your site is setup, what versions and what features you have enabled of WordPress, bbPress, Jetpack etc and how we’d recreate/simulate your setup.
https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/newticket#ticket
Also if you find just a Jetpack issue you can create a ticket for that here:
https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/issues
I disabled Jetpack and have left it disabled since this happened.
However, something happened this Sunday that might be part of this problem, though I can’t be sure. Just posting it here so others can benefit.
Trying to view my forum on my phone last night, but not logged in. I get the message “oops nothing here.” No forum at all. That’s not right, the forum should be visible to everyone!
I try to log into my WP site on my phone. Instead of logging me in a form pops up that wants me to prove I am human by performing a simple math equation. This has happened before and I had no idea why, but usually only when I am trying to access the site via my phone. So now I am locked out of the dashboard by this form that is never satisfied by my answers and I can’t see the forum either. Great.
Searching the WP troubleshooting forum I discover this Prove You Are Human math form is a function of the Jetpack setting called Protect. Many people have been locked out of their dashboard for days at a time. In the forum topic three ways to defeat this are suggested. The simplest, if you can get into your dashboard, is to turn off this Protect setting. More complex is doing it via WordPress.com settings or changing a file in your server.
Today, Monday, I am able to log into my forum via my computer, and the forum is visible. Jetpack, for some strange reason, is no longer disabled. I have no explanation for that, I left it disabled.
The first thing I look at are all the Jetpack settings and I unchecked the Protect function. I noticed that the default settings for Jetpack includes many things I had no idea were part of it. Very powerful plugin.
Will this allow folks who have been blocked to post topic and replies in the forum? I don’t know yet. I would be curious if anyone has tangled with this Protect function prohibiting anonymous users from posting in the forum?
Hi I was wondering if anyone can help me please.
I have set up a private forum on our work-hosted instance which is running wordpress 4.5.3 and bbpress 2.5.10 and am manually adding forum users.
Until recently I was able to assign forum roles via the Users > All Users menu on left hand side. However, now when I select a forum member and select a forum role from the drop down top menu and press apply the forum role column remains the same.
This error happens when I try to edit an existing forum user e.g. to alter them from participant to moderator after hitting and also when I am manually trying to assign forum roles to new members.
As such I am unable to manage any of the forum user roles now. Does anyone have any suggestions?
I’m about to launch a website for a club which will use bbPress as their online forum. Is there a way I can add current club members to WordPress and assign their roles before I launch the website? My thought is that the site will generate emails to these users, but the link will go to localhost. I’m trying to minimize downtime with the site launch. My only thoughts are to add users after the website is launched, which will then link to the production URL. Any thoughts or tutorials on this?
