[Jared Atchison]

If you don’t want to use WordPress my recommendation would be to check out Vanilla

[busterbox]

i jus dont want to use wordpress but i am using wordpress in one of my site and want to create sumthing else

[SK]

You can change the look of it with CSS and by editing template files. I can’t comment much because the link you provided http://fotosputnik.com/wordpress returns 404

[wizardregis]

When users use the WordPress toolbar (black bar at the top of the screen) and go to new > reply they can see topics that belong in hidden and private forums in the dropdown list to the right. They can also post the reply to those topics.

The user role can’t see the forum in the forumlist, nor can they access the forum or any of the topics directly.

I’m using the 2.0.2 WordPress plugin and Members role manager plugin.

[purplesea]

I’m new to wordpress and bbpress.

I’m trying to build up my company site with wordpress and I need to have two different forums with different templates.

So I installed bbpress and I created two different pages in wordpress and in each page I used shortcode “[bbp-single-forum id=$post_id]” to create a single forum page.

Each single forum page should use different template or theme, but I couldn’t find any way to use different templates for different forums simultaneously.

Does anyone know if this is possible to do with bbpress?

Thanks in advance.

[grahamgrocho]

Hm. OK.

Is there any way for me to just make the plugin bbpress look like the standalone? I really can’t stand how going to http://fotosputnik.com/wordpress is the way to browse to my forums, etc. And they look like blog posts, etc.

As opposed to my phpbb3 forum: http://fotosputnik.com/phpBB3

I much prefer a traditional message board but this wordpress/bbpress plugin does not seem like the right answer. The bbpress plugin did, and I much prefer it over phpBB3, but I can’t seem to transfer my phpBB3 database into the standalone bbpress w/o totally messing it up. Transferring to plugin version worked just fine though.

[pagal]

@POS2012 bbPress.org/forums using standalone cms version which is much better and more comprehensive then current bbPress plugin.

I can design a custom bbPress theme like bbPress.org/forums layout for you.

Contact me via http://scr.im/pagal

Thanks!

[POS2012]

Yes, I understand that the surrounding layout (WP theme) can be changed, but I would like a forum set up that is more like this one.

So I am more thinking of the setup of the forum that is “rendered” inside the WP layout’s page.php.

[SK]

Check out free ones here: https://wordpress.org/extend/themes/search.php?q=bbpress

You’ll have to search for paid themes on Google.

But really, almost any WordPress theme should work with bbPress

[SK]

+1

Added to Trac https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1815

[SK]

You can use the “old” standalone version. But that’s not recommended as it’s not being developed anymore.

Why do you not want WordPress? Even if you don’t use WordPress, it provides a great framework for bbPress. You should try it.

If you absolutely, positively don’t want to install WordPress, then you should look for another forum software.

[POS2012]

I have installed bbPress today and been looking around in the files, and have started to get a grip on the theme and how it works.

But I am no designer, and I would like to buy a theme that is either exact alike – or close to – what I would like to get.

I do like the simplicity / setup of the theme used here in bbPress.org/forums – but would like have a little more icons etc.

Do you know any place where I can buy theme(s) for bbPress when using it as a WP-plugin?

I mean themes placed here:

wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-themes/

Thank you

[eternal noob]

Situation:

I am writing a post, and want to have a related forum for that post. For this I am using the Posts 2 Posts-plugin by scribu. This is easily and beautifully done by simply typing in the new forum name in a metabox when creating the post. So now I have a connected forum to the post and want display the topics of that forum.

The brilliant plugin is here: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/posts-to-posts/

So – I asked Scribu what to do here: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-connect-post-to-a-forum-and-fetch-the-topics

And he told me to ask you this for more help:

given a forum id, how I can I display a list of recent topics, with links?

Thanks for anything.

Jacob

[busterbox]

How can i set up bbpress forum by it self but not with wordpress ?

[paulychilds]

Hi – I have a wordpress blog (installed on my own mySQL Database/webspace) and have added bbPress as it seemed the best forum plug in I could find. I am using the theme Graphene. These are all the latest version as of 19/04/12.

I have created a blank page called Forum which, when the menu item is clicked, forwards to the bbPress forum main page and which appears on the top menu, along with Home and Blog.

Here is where things get difficult…

I would like for the ‘Forum’ menu item (page_item_419) to be highlighted when I am in the bbPress Forum but currently, when I am in the Forums it is the ‘Blog’ menu item (page_item_146) which is highlighted.

Any idea what I need to do? I am not a great deal of coding experience so go easy on me

Many thanks

PC

[wout_m]

I solved this problem by modifying de bbpress-login widget.My users can upload their fotos in the front-end by clicking on their avatar-photo, that is displayed in the sidebar.

The info is from here: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-user-photo-front-end-upload

I am aware this it is not the most elegant way, but this is how I fixed it:

1) I installed the WP-prettyPhoto plugin (maybe this is not necesary, but I think I need it )

2) activate the bbpress-login widget by putting it in the sidebar (in the WP admin section)

3) I addded this script to my sidebar.php: (in my case in wp-content/themes/inove/)

<script type="text/javascript">

function user_avatar_refresh_image(img){

jQuery('#user-avatar-display-image').html(img);

}

</script>

<script type='text/javascript'>

var swrAjax = {

ajaxurl: "http://www.yoursite.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php"

};

</script>

4) add jquery to the head section:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js?ver=1.3.2"></script>

5) I added these lines to wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-includes/bbp-core-widgets.php, just

after “<?php else : ?>” (line 132):

(this will show the avatar when the user is logged in)

<div id="user-avatar-display" >

<p id="user-avatar-display-image"><?php echo get_avatar( bbp_get_current_user_id(), '100' ); ?></p>

</div>

<?php

echo ‘Upload avatar
‘;

You have to configure the css for a nice layout.

[RideCBR.com]

I’ve tried every plugin in the wordpress database, and nothing seems to work.

Can anyone help and let me know how to add breadcrumbs at the top of every forum page for members using the forum to easily navigate?

http://ridecbr.com/forums/ is our forums page.

Above where it says Forum, I need breadcrumbs for navigation.

I’ve tried all the plugins so I really need step by step help here.

Thanks in advance.

[lukebattez]

Hi

I want all my forums private.

So my parent forums are all private. However when I made a private subforum, it did not show up. But if I made it public it does (if logged in).

However, I Want to check that if I have a public sub-forum it will be private if its parent is private? (this is fine if so, I just want to check!)

I tried the URL of the subforum and I Could not reach it if I was logged out so I think it works, but want to be sure! bbpress = v2, wordpress = 3.3.1

[pagal]

Hi ericaski,

I can help you for getting this solution. I’ll use bbPress 1.0.3 (standalone)version. I’ll integrate same design, database, users & cookies for you. bbPress standalone solution have more features with bunch of available extra plugins to enhance forum taste comparing with current WordPress plugin. bbPress plugin is also good, but currently it seems bbPress full fledge cms can achieve your requirements list.

Interested? You can contact me via pagalsoch (at) gmail (dot) com for more help.

Thank YOU

[grahamgrocho]

I prefer the look/feel/functionality of bbpress standalone. The wordpress plugin version seems odd to me, while the standalone bbpress functions more like a typical forum.

How can I best transfer my wordpress bbpress plugin forum data to a standalone version?

[grahamgrocho]

Update: I tried something new.

I installed wordpress on a folder in my site. And then installed the bbpress plugin version.

Then I tried this bbpress conversion plugin.

Voila. It worked.

However, I hate the way this is set up and looks. Anyone can read the forums. You only need to login to reply. I like the standalone version much better and I feel like I had better control over the settings, too.

I wonder why the conversion plugin works, but converting for standalone doesn’t…

For the record, using the plugin version with wordpress retained both my wordpress and phpbb3 passwords/usernames. Converting using standalone erased both, it seems, rendering any login impossible.

I wonder if I can now convert from plugin version to standalone version…

[Stephen Edgar]

Give this a go… It should work for you fine https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbconverter/

There is also a thread about it here:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/introducing-bbconverter-convert-your-current-forums-for-use-with-bbpress-2x

[ericaski]

I figured it out! There is a plugin called ‘Members’ that allows you to make the forum private, then allow certain users to access it and see all the topics.

Here is the link I found on this BBPress Forum with the information.

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/how-do-you-make-a-private-forum-visible-to-some-wordpress-classes

[Ben Hayes]

It’s a shame there doesn’t seem to be a way to get consistent breadcrumbs working across an entire site at this time with BBPress (i.e. including non-forum pages).

[SK]

Might be helpful if you ask in BuddyPress support forums…