[Stephen Edgar]

Create a WordPress page called ‘Support’ and use the [bbp-forum-index] shortcode on that page.

https://codex.bbpress.org/shortcodes

[Stephen Edgar]

I didn’t recogonize it of the top of my head but a quick search landed me here:

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/15499 & https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/22742

So it looks like it is generated from RSS Feed requests and that would make sense.

Does your site use the same URL’s now RSS Feeds as it did before and what are your RSS subscribers numbers like?

[Stephen Edgar]

Fair enough, I don’t know of any plugins that support this, you could ask @jaredatch if that’s something he could add to his plugin or head over to trac and create a new detailed ticket of the enhancement you would like to see in future versions of bbPress.

[Ramiuz]

I´m having the exact same problem as Limbobski is questioning. And nobody here is bothering to answer him either.

This question needs a proper solution. There are many of us who have been with BBPress for YEARS now, and we have WordPress and forums on different databases. We need a step-by-step guide on how to keep the content and merge the two together. To successfully update to the newest version of BBpress.

[Lynq]

Topics are custom post types. When you save a post in wordpress and then rename it, the permalink doesn’t change, it stays the same.
This is the same for bbPress.

[Lynq]

You might be better off asking this on the wordpress forums: https://wordpress.org/support/

[yngyachting]

We know wordpress is great system for web world. I already using wordpress website and I am thinking open a new video website with wordpress but not sure yet.. cause of wordpress plugins..wordpress system enough for video website u think ?
Please give some advice.. thank you

[Stephen Edgar]

I just came across this post and it might help

WordPress on Windows Server 2012 with IIS 8 and SQL Server 2012

[Stephen Edgar]

There are a couple of routes you could go down depending on how you plan on running WordPress:

• WIMP (Windows, IIS, MySQL/MS SQL & PHP)

• http://blog.rajenki.com/2012/12/wordpress-on-windows-server-2012-with-iis-8-and-sql-server-2012/
• http://wordpress.visitmix.com/
• (I have no idea how or even if the current logic of the MS SQL WP DB Abstraction plugin would allow us to connect to the DNN database to perform the import)

• LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL & PHP)

• Convert your database to MySQL
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6315582/how-do-i-convert-files-mdf-ldf-to-mysql-format

Once you have either of the above up and running and my suggestion is most definitely the second option to convert your database to MySQL then it would involve writing a custom import script based on the included example `Example.php` included with bbPress.
(I have been updating all the import scripts lately so hopefully a new version of `Example.php` will not be far away, if not `bbPress1.php` and `phpBB.php` would be better to use as a basis for a custom DNN import script.)

[Lynq]

Well it depends on what your theme uses as it’s sidebar container.

.bbPress is a class which is applied to the body tag so you can tell if it is on a bbPress page.
.sidebar is a guess at what the sidebar container is on your theme.
stack them together and then use display:none to hide the sidebar on all bbPRess pages.
You can add this into your bbPress stylesheet or your wordpress stylesheet (it is usually nicer to add it into your bbPress stylesheet so that all bbPress styles are contained in one place).

Good luck!

[Rachel Biel]

Here is one thing I found:

1. In Settings>Forums, it says:
Archive Slugs
Custom root slugs to prefix your forums and topics with. These can be partnered with WordPress pages to allow more flexibility.

Forums base
 Possible BuddyPress conflict: Member Forums page

Topics base

 

 

I disabled Forums in the BuddyPress area, following a tutorial I found here from you guys.  So, there should be no conflict, right?

 

[parellex]

Wordpress 3.5
bbpress 2.2.3
Hi,
I just installed bbpress into wordpress but bbpress wont link with a Forums page i created at my wordpress website, parellex.net. The bbpress top-level forums page that wont link with the wordpress forums page is here. Does it have something to do with the slugs? Or was it a during setup problem?
Thanks in advanced!

[jesse017]

I just inherited the admin position for our club’s wordpress site, and am a total noob at this. I upgraded the to WP3.5 and BBPress 2.2.3 and the formatting went all screwy. I deselected the Twenty Twelve theme, and that fixed the menu/text formatting, but now when you go to the ‘Forums’ page it just has a link to ‘edit’ but doesn’t display the forums/threads/replies.

The forums are still there, I can see them from the dashboard, but I can’t get them to show up on the site.

Someone PLEASE help me.

Link… http://custerrodandgun.com/wordpress/

[paradise123]

hi…,
my greet to everyone on this forum site. i know wordpress is a big site but it also have its plug ins. it’s awesome. great improvement.
thanks.

[carmelneta]

Here is the solution:

All forums pages on non-default WordPress template.php

[carmelneta]

Iv’e copied all the defult files to my theme dir, but it’s still go to page.php.
Have you solved this?

[Benn Jomy]

I’m new to wordpress and bbpress, as far as now i have managed to built a forum.

http://bennjomy.com/support/

I am an html web developer, the forum setup for the support for my themes, but the title of the support page is forum. How to change the title from forum to support?

Please Help,
Thank you

[ishanshade]

Hello,

My WP website uses the Bangkok Press Theme. I’ve installed bbpress, but there is no sidebar appearing in the forum.

How can I add it?

I’ve already asked the creator of the theme, but he’s not familiar with bbpress, so I’m asking help around here 🙂

Here is my website : mm2013.rp050.ihecs-multimedia.be/wordpress/forums

Thank you

[Stephen Edgar]

This support forum is specific to bbPress plugin for WordPress.

I suggest you have a search of the WordPress Supports forums here and put a post up there if you do not find an answer. https://wordpress.org/support/

[Stephen Edgar]

Stop using bbConverter, it does not work and is no longer supported by the developer.

Use the import tool that comes with bbPress 2.x, you can find this in your WordPress Admin Dashboard under ‘Tools’ -> ‘Forums’ -> ‘Import Forums’

[beervanger]

I tried but it’s stuck on “starting Conversion…” With the circle which turns all the time.
EDIT : After few minutes got the same problem

WordPress database error: [You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ” at line 1]
SELECT * FROM wp_posts WHERE id =

I don’t know what i can do.

[Mal]

Custom Fields (Meta Data, Meta Boxes) – do they exist for BBPress 1.0?

I mean something like `get_post_meta();` in WordPress – do threads or single posts support them?

[Lynq]

Because bbPress is using custom post types you could use: https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query.

See the part about taxonomy parameters, you can set the post_type to whatever you want.

[shrewdies]

OK, here are the redirects, but first some background.

Your move takes some planning, and the redirects are specific to your old Simple:Press Forum structure and your new bbPress settings (Admin-Settings-Forums). I describe how I approached my conversion, but you may need a different approach. If you need specific help with a different set of objectives, then please just ask. I did not use tagging in Simple:Press, as it was more trouble to implement than the benefit it gave. None of this refers to tagging, and I notice that the r4638 version of SimplePress5.php has them commented out.

If your forum has little search and external referral traffic, then save yourself the bother of all this, and just get on with building your new forum.

Before I explain the permalinks, you need to be aware that I took this opportunity of simplifying my forum structure. I used to believe in different forums for different subject areas, but I’ve come to realize that most forum users do not understand my theme, so they cannot decide which forum to post in. I noticed the same thing here when I looked around for the best place to post. I decided to simplify my forums to two main choices, with the rest as child forums. I did this by manually editing the Forums parents in bbPress after the conversion. That explains my choice of Topic slug in bbPress settings, but redirects should handle any choice.

In Simple:Press, topics get permalinks in a hierarchy under their forum, and all forums lie within the WordPress forums page in the Simple:Press settings. Thus, a topic will be referenced domain/wp-forums-page/sp-forum-title-slug/sp-post-title
In bbPress, permalinks are built from your WordPress root, with prefixes set in the bbPress settings under slugs. Thus a topic will be referenced domain/bb-forums-base/bb-topic-slug/bb-post-title

The post titles are the same in bbPress and Simple:Press, so redirects have to account for the changed forum slug structure.

The first bbPress setting, Forums base, is the equivalent of your Simple:Press WP page, so I used exactly that. If you made bad choices when setting up your Simple:Press forum, I guess you could change it with the redirects, by specifying different destination URLs. I kept it the same, and simply renamed my old Simple:Press page (be aware this auto changes in WP menus, so you may need to manually delete old forum menu pages and add new custom menu links)

In bbPress settings Single Slugs, the Forum Prefix should be left switched on.

Forum slug has no Simple:Press equivalent, so I opted for something theme related. The default is probably OK, but I’m slug-fixated as a result of a bad SEO upbringing. I have not redirected these pages, but I will assess the impact over the next few days, and come back with these if I see they are necessary.

I set topic slug to my most popular forum, which is very general, as per my introduction. Redirects will handle whatever you put here.

The rest of the bbPress settings do not affect conversion.

At last, @netweb here are the requested redirects. Are you glad you didn’t ask for my life story? 😉

The general construct is:
Old
^ begin with
/wp-forums-page
/sp-forum-title-slug
(.*) store the rest

New
//domain
/bb-forums-base
/bb-topic-slug
/$1 whatever * stored

RedirectMatch 301 ^/gout-pal-forum/gout-symptoms(.*) http://www.gout-pal.com/gout-pal-forum/please-help-my-gout/$1
RedirectMatch 301 ^/gout-pal-forum/gout-cures(.*) http://www.gout-pal.com/gout-pal-forum/please-help-my-gout/$1
RedirectMatch 301 ^/gout-pal-forum/gout-diet(.*) http://www.gout-pal.com/gout-pal-forum/please-help-my-gout/$1
RedirectMatch 301 ^/gout-pal-forum/colchicine-campaign(.*) http://www.gout-pal.com/gout-pal-forum/please-help-my-gout/$1
RedirectMatch 301 ^/gout-pal-forum/united-states-colchicine-sources(.*) http://www.gout-pal.com/gout-pal-forum/please-help-my-gout/$1
RedirectMatch 301 ^/gout-pal-forum/gout-related(.*) http://www.gout-pal.com/gout-pal-forum/please-help-my-gout/$1
RedirectMatch 301 ^/gout-pal-forum/uric-acid(.*) http://www.gout-pal.com/gout-pal-forum/please-help-my-gout/$1
RedirectMatch 301 ^/gout-pal-forum/your-gout(.*) http://www.gout-pal.com/gout-pal-forum/please-help-my-gout/$1
RedirectMatch 301 ^/gout-pal-forum/tech-stuff(.*) http://www.gout-pal.com/gout-pal-forum/please-help-my-gout/$1
RedirectMatch 301 ^/gout-pal-forum/wish-list(.*) http://www.gout-pal.com/gout-pal-forum/please-help-my-gout/$1
RedirectMatch 301 ^/gout-pal-forum/gouties-water-trough(.*) http://www.gout-pal.com/gout-pal-forum/please-help-my-gout/$1

One potential complication lies with multi-page topics. I’m still assessing if it is worth bothering with these, as traffic rarely hits anything after the first page. Google WebMaster Tools is currently complaining, but experience tells me it will soon re-index unless there are other sites that link to specific pages.

Disclaimer: Before you try this at home, you might like to wait a month or so. I’ll be back to tell you if I killed my forum traffic or not. 😮

[Will Brownsberger]

Just wish to report that I have confirmed to my satisfaction that W3 Total Cache is not working with BBPress — using latest versions as of this date, January 8, 2013. I installed both in the last week.

I have an active forum thread going on my website and as I observe it carefully, I can see that new replies are not generating page refresh for the topic. So, an anonymous user coming would not see latest replies. So, either there is an incompatibility or W3 just isn’t working right, which is possible — see this comment on that plugin:

I am liking BBPress but lost some confidence in W3 total when it brought down my site fully on a minify error yesterday (nice enough to send me an error message but then everything went white and had to uninstall and reinstall to complete the fix). Now realizing that it is incompatible with BBPress, I’m going to have to pull it and try to run without caching for a while and see how it goes.