[wiste]

The codex page for this is outdated and a lot of the threads are for older versions so here is a version for WP 3.8, bbPress 2.5.2.

Resources

Here are the pages from which I pieced this together.

http://codex.bbpress.org/step-by-step-guide-to-creating-a-custom-bbpress-theme/
http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes
http://op111.net/53/
http://perishablepress.com/bbpress-theme-template-files/
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/wordpress-child-themes-dev/

WordPress Child Themes – What, Why & How

Initial Setup

Install WordPress and bbPress.

Step #1: Create a child theme of your WordPress theme.

Even though what you’re wanting to change is bbPress and not your WordPress, there are not separate themes for plugins, so you need to create a child theme of whatever WordPress theme you are using to have a place to put the bbPress plugin child theme files. This will ensure that any updates to bbPress or your WordPress theme will not overwrite your changes. Here is how you create a child theme:

1. FTP to your website
2. Go to ../wp-content/themes
3. Create a new folder for your child theme. Name it yourtheme-child for the sake of organization.
4. Create a new file called style.css and add the below, changing the valuesto the value for your child theme. The critical fields are Theme Name, Template, and the the parent theme directory name (which should be the same as “Template”) in the @import. Everything else is used by wordpress.org for categorizing templates so don’t stress if you don’t know what to put there:

/*
 Theme Name: Your Theme Name Child
 Theme URI: Your website if you don't intend to publish a separate site just for your theme
 Description: A brief description of your child theme
 Author: your name
 Author URI: your website
 Template: parent-theme-directory
 Version: 1.0.0
 Tags:  whatever tags you might want to use for your child theme
*/

@import url("../parent-theme-directory/style.css");

/* =Theme customization starts here
-------------------------------------------------------------- */

5. FTP your newly created style.css to ../wp-content/themes/yourtheme-child

Step #2: Add your bbPress Child Theme files to your WordPress Child Theme

1. Create a folder called “bbpress” on your local machine.
2. FTP to ../wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates
3. Download the contents of the “Default” folder to the “bbpress” folder on your local machine
4. Edit the files you want to change for bbPress (see bbpress-theme-template-files link under resources above).
5. Delete any files you haven’t changed. You can skip this step if it’s confusing, but you should try to only upload files you’ve changed.
6. FTP to ../wp/content/themes/yourtheme-child
7. Create a folder called “bbpress” inside yourtheme-child
8. Copy the contents of the “bbpress” folder in your local machine to the “bbpress” folder inside your child theme folder.

Step #3: Activate your Child Theme

Once you have created your child theme and made changes to the bbPress files in the child theme, you need to activate the child theme in order to see the changes on your site.

1. Log into your WordPress admin panel
2. Go to Appearance -> Themes
3. Find your child theme. It would be the same as the “Theme Name” you gave it in the first line of the style.css you created in Step 1.
4. Click “live preview” and make sure nothing has gone horribly wrong.
5. Activate the child theme.

Since you didn’t change any files from your wordpress theme, the theme for the site will be inherited from the parent theme so the only changes you should see are the changes you made to the bbpress files that you uploaded to your child theme. The only problem I encountered was that because it was a new theme, my custom “header top menu” was not associated with the theme, so I just had to go into the menu and check the box to tell it to use that custom menu as the header menu.

[nightsmusic]

My problem is, as soon as I uploaded it, my site went blank. I had to get in touch with Bluehost to resolve the problem. I did use the WordPress plugin uploader. I don’t know if it would work using FTP through CPanel. My other problem is, I don’t think I’m good enough to ‘make’ it work. Does that make sense? I need plug-n-play type plugins because I can’t tell you how many times I’ve uploaded one and tried to follow the instructions for the various settings and once again, broken my site.

[Stephen Edgar]

You should use define(‘WPLANG’, ‘ar’); as both WordPress & bbPress Arabic translations use ar

https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/bbpress/dev/ar/default
https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp/dev/ar/default

[baylock]

Hi,

I installed WordPress (3.8) and BBpress (2.4) in arab for a client.
But I can’t have both translations at the same time…

If I want to have WordPress in arab, it only works if I to tweak the wp-config this way: define(‘WPLANG’, ‘ar_AR’); -> then, BBpress remains in english
But if I want to have BBPress in arab, it only works if I tweak the wp-config this way: define(‘WPLANG’, ‘ar’); -> then, WordPress remains in english

So far, it’s one OR the other, but I would like, logically, one AND the other.

So…what can I do?

Thanks

[Jared Atchison]

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-members-only/

[Stephen Edgar]

How’d you go?

If you’ve had no luck see the following article section where it gives you details to add a plugin from a .zip file (the .zip file you can get from the above GitHub link to the plugin ‘Download Zip).

‘Install a Plugin using Upload Method in WordPress Admin Panel’

Surprisingly this method isn’t outlined in the WordPress Codex here (it should be) https://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins#Installing_Plugins

[Stephen Edgar]

You need to make sure embeds are enabled for both bbPress & WordPress

Auto-embed Links
Enable forum participants to embed links from YouTube, Twitter, and others by simply pasting a link into their topic or reply. This is done using the WordPress oEmbed API. More information and a full list of supported sites can be found on the Embed Codex page.

https://codex.bbpress.org/forum-settings/ https://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds

You could enable Featured Images for your theme and bbPress and also display the actual image just as the site you link to does (at the left of the topic/post)

Find out if your theme supports ‘Featured Images’ and if so then enabling them in some customized bbPress templates would mirror that same look. 🙂

https://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Thumbnails

[artkahlich]

I see the issue covered in ticket 2493 as clouding the issue here – it certainly did for me. You post a new topic or reply, don’t check the “Notify me…” check box at the bottom – because you are already subscribed – get unsubscribed because you didn’t check the box and get no email notifications from that point onward! I am using WordPress 3.8 with bbPress 2.5.2.

I would like a ”’Subscribe”’ link on the ”’Forums”’ page that gives me or any other registered forum user an email for both new topics and replies for any and all forum (including sub-forum) activity. Intuitive behavior for top level forum ”’Subscribe”’ is getting an email for ”’any”’ non-spam activity for that forum and all its sub-forums, if any. I deem anything else (ie, leaving out the sub-forums) as extremely counter-intuitive, even though some people may want that some of the time.

RSS is either unknown, too much trouble, or potentially going away for my forum users who want notifications. I would also greatly prefer these emails to be sourced ”’after”’ the “Bad Behavior” and “Akismet” plugins have deemed the posting to ”’not”’ be spam.

Right now I could hack something together for the top level, likely using the “bbpress email notifications” 0.3 plugin to generate email to a mailman distribution that my forum users could subscribe to. But it would be such an ugly hack and a nuisance to maintain. Setting it up so a spammer couldn’t do evil things with it would also be a pain.

[Stephen Edgar]

I’d suggest you create a WordPress page and use the shortcode [bbp-forum-index] and then after that short code at your disclaimer text and style accordingly.

[artkahlich]

I have filed this as a bbPress defect:

https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2504

[gerardyap]

Lynqoid,

the BB Press is running under a wordpress theme.

The above code to be added onto the plugin >bbPRess >Edit ?

Can I paste the code mentioned below

.forum-disclaimer { display:none; }
.bbpress .forum-Disclaimer
Please take note that this forum responses are for your reference only. Members are not related to any companies and they did it out of voluntarily based on their usage or experienced told by others. Therefore, MJ HUB Pte Ltd and members will not be held responsible on the accuracy of the information being provided in this forum. For affirmation, please contact main supplier on your doubts. { display:block; }

[freshwater]

wow! you’re gonna love this one. the problem is Ghostery the AD blocker i use. with Ghostery off all my wordpress and wordpress/bbpress sites display Twitter feed properly. Ghostery on and some of my wordpress/bbpress sites display the Twitter feed, it’s not bbpress but another plug in that allows Ghostery to be on and still display the Twitter feed. (i use a mac so results could be diff on windoz).
i’d guess all those people posting complaints for 2 years (and no answers), have AD blockers running!

thanks for looking into that!

[Lynqoid]

If I test on a blank install of WordPress the twitter feed works, if I add bbPress it also works. Do you have an example of any other non bbPress site where the twitter feed is not working?

I am guessing a plugin conflict, javascript error or template problem.

Good luck!

[Lynqoid]

Go to WordPress.
Add a new page called something like “Lost Password”.
In the text of the page put [bbp-lost-pass].

[freshwater]

http://theboatpeople.org/ all i did was copy the twitter widget html (from whatever site) into my up-to-date wordpress with bbpress plug in and the twitter feed works fine. in any other non bbpress site (only wordpress), the twitter feed does not disply. i see many people complaining of this for a year but i don’t see anyone with a solution.

thank you for any help!

[gerardyap]

Hi,

how do i remove the above mentioned in bbPress forum

Wordpress version : 3.5.1

bb Press Version 2.3.2

http://www.upgrading.mjhub.biz/?forum=general-queries-on-home

[gerardyap]

Hi,

anyone knows how to fix a disclaimer at footer of bb Press Forum

Wordpress version : 3.5.1

bb Press Version 2.3.2

akismet says my API key is invalid, why?

[jsalomone]

I still have the problem on my site, and am not using WishList Member.

I tried a clean install with all plugins I am using, and maybe the order of installing was different, but on the clean install I had no problem, until I did a database restore. Something in the db messes it up. I can’t see where in the code the showing of the first post (or any) is checked against some condition.

Did the past updates of bbpress and other plugins too (not the latest wordpress though) and the behavior is still the same.

[The_Geek]

Hi there!

The bbPress doesn’t works correctly with SMThemes theme Architecture, but with standard WordPress Theme it works well.

I want use bbPress with Architecture theme, but I can’t find information about it. Yes, I’m googling it and trying to optimize theme myself, but it doesn’t works.

In WordPress Theme – http://itmages.ru/image/view/1411812/5e541222
In Architecture Theme – http://itmages.ru/image/view/1411811/16a608ca

Help me please.

[Jeri]

@netweb

Here’s my setup:

Wordpress version: 3.8
bbPress version: 2.5.2
Operating system: Linux
Web server: Apache
Theme: html5blank
PHP version: 5.3.3
Notable plugins: w3tc, buddypress, jetpack, gravityforms, wordpress seo

Thanks!

[Morgan Kay]

Here’s my setup:

WordPress Version: 3.8
bbPress Version: 2.5.2
Operating System: Linux
Web Server: Apache
Theme: Twenty Twelve child theme
PHP Version: 5.3.3

Thanks for looking into this!

[kellbot]

I have the same problem (including all posts classed .even) on two very different setups, here’s what I’ve got:

Environment 1:
* WordPress 3.8
* bbpress 2.5.2
* CentOS (Linux)
* Apache / cpanel
* heavily customized theme loosely based on Twenty Twelve
* PHP 5.4.19
* tons of plugins, many custom, major ones include buddypress and w3total cache

Environment 2:
* WordPress 3.7
* bbpress 2.5.2
* Ubuntu (Linux)
* Apache (no cpanel)
* bbpress Twenty Eleven (a child theme of Twenty Eleven with small adjustments for better bbpress integration)
* php 5.3.10
* no plugins except w3total cache

Both sites have reply threading enabled.

[Robin W]

If I understand you correctly – the breadcrumb is showing

shop>forum

Presume you want something else other than shop?

The problem is that the shop page is your home page – ie if you just have http://www.ladiesbalance.com – the shop page is where you land

In essence you need to change where your wordpress site starts from (probably in your theme), and then the forum will go there.

[FlitterCMC]

I recently installed bbPress over at Cutie Mark Collectables, and I’m having issues with any links which include /reply/edit (i.e. http://www.cutiemark.co.uk/forums/reply/85/edit/). They appear to go into an infinite redirect loop.

Editing original topics (http://www.cutiemark.co.uk/forums/topic/looking-for-trouble-pinkblue-rainbow-dash/edit/) works fine.

The issue appears to be related to the WordPress e-Commerce plugin from GetShopped, because the edit function works when this is turned off. However, turning off my store isn’t a viable fix so I’m looking for a workaround e.g. a way to turn off using permalinks for the edit reply option.

I’m using this stack:
– WordPress 3.8
– bbPress 2.5.2
– Linux
– PHP 5.5.6
– Apache 2.4

Others have reported this issue and not received any support so I’m hoping I can get a hand here.

[5ngua]

Hello,

In the forum setting, it says:”Partner with a WordPress Page and use Shortcodes for more flexibility.”
How can I do that?
Thanks,