Hi guys,
I installed the latest version of WordPress, then used the ‘Plugins’ search to install BuddyPress, and then within the /Forums/ section I installed bbPress.
Everything is working wonderfully, except when anyone posts on the forums it doesn’t update their activity feed:
http://buddypress.p-h1.com/community/topic/this-is-my-first-topic/
And here is the admin activity page:
http://buddypress.p-h1.com/members/admin/
Is there anything I can do to fix this? It’s the one remaining piece of functionality I’d like to be working.
Well, with all the Spam that Forums get as well as allowing Anonymous posters to also post BUT get moderated, I (and many others) are having to use the plugin at https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpressmoderation/
For my Relationships Forum, obviously people are more inclined to seek help when they’re not obliged to leave their public identities.
So this plugin leaves all Topics and Replies in a Pending and unpublished state.
The issue with Spam posts are these Spammers are also pumping the Tag with URLs or other rubbish.
From a logic point of view, Pending and/or Unpublished Topics/Replies shouldn’t affect anything for a Published Topic.
But they are. I’m seeing Published Topics losing already established Tags from unPublished and Awaiting Moderation Repies which, in my opinion, is a bbPress bug and certainly not a logical workflow.
2.1 can be downloaded by going to this page https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/branches/plugin and clicking download zip archive at the bottom of the page – is this the one you downloaded from earlier?
Keep in mind that 2.1 is not quite final (although stable from my testing) so it would be wise to do a backup before the upgrade if you are doing it in a production environment.
I’m actually the author of bbPress Genesis Extend. If you are using 2.0.x you actually dont need Genesis Extend (unless you want some of the new features) because bbPress 2.0.x has limited Genesis compatibility built into it.
You can post videos by use using the URL, just like you do in a WordPress post.
Just enable this in the settings (this is 2.1 only) http://sht.tl/GSr
Right now bbPress doesn’t ship with image upload capabilities, this might be worth a look https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gd-bbpress-attachments/ – I have not personally used it with 2.1 though.
This is actually something that is set by WordPress (since bbPress uses WordPress users).
You’ll have to do some digging, this might be a starting point
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-option-to-limit-user-name-length?replies=6
Okay…we resolved the issue by installing a SMTP plugin for WordPress.
The default mail() function apparently works fine for the basic WordPress functions but for some reason it wouldn’t work with the bbPress plugin. So we went around it. 
unzipped foldername is “trunk” which i renamed to bbpress.
Downloaded a zip file from:
https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/branches/plugin
and it had a different content then the “trunk” folder.
Uploaded this one and it worked in wordpress.
However, the initial problem from this topic still remains, also in version 2.1 
Tried that, but after that nothing shows up in the plugin list in WordPress.
By the way, it’s a multi site install.
Don’t know if that makes any difference?
Just delete the bbpress directory in your plugins folder and replace with the new one. You don’t need to do any uninstalling in WordPress, no.
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Is it true about the new WordPress policy that says any support for Custom Post Types does not belong in themes?
Wow, that is really weird.
Just for grins, if you upgrade to 2.1 does that fix it.
2.1 link:
https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3818/trunk?old_path=%2F&format=zip
Thank you John, I use bbPress 2.1 and using Shortcodes actually improve something. The list of forum looks better. But still not working correctly, you can see it again in http://site.teamcyanide.eu/example-forum.
I know no one will take so much trouble but if you want I can give you access to the web or create an instant portable wordpress (http://www.instantwp.com/) with themes, plugin and everything ready to see what errors have. If not, nothing happens, I understand that you do not waste time on this with me.
John thank you very much for your help, really appreciate it
In theory this should work with bbPress as well, but it has not been confirmed or tested.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-facebook-connect/
I continued to do some tests but continues to do the same. I have asked in the support forum wordpress theme, but nobody has any idea. So I’m giving up, I do not know what else to do.
Hi, I am new here.
I just upgraded WordPress and Buddypress on my site to the newest version. I noticed the avatars folder has been moved from wp-content/blogs.dir/1/avatars to wp-content/uploads/avatars, and since avatars are not showing in bbpress I guess it is still looking for avatars in the old location.
I am using bbpress verson 1.0.2. I will upgrade to 2.0 sometime later on, but for now I need this one to work.
Does anyone know what I need to do to make this work?
Jaredatch I might wait since I just checked the development tracker ( https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/roadmap ) and realized that 2.1 is 99% finished.
Maybe we can see a finished release this week?
We have a somewhat complex integration of BB press for a client site and it’s our first go around with this functionality, so my developer needs some consulting support. This is a paid position for phone support in the US. Estimate 2-6 hours of support needed, pay is $75/hr. Need someone who is a fluent English speaker, available during US business hours and has successfully implemented BB Press on WordPress sites before with a high degree of proficiency.
Would love help this week please. Email lisa@birdwingdesigns.com with your qualifications if interested. Thank you!
Hi there,
We just installed bbPress 2.0.2 on the latest version of WordPress. Everything is working great, except that when someone subscribes to a topic they never receive the email notifications. Regular WordPress notifications (such as new user registration) work fine. Any idea what’s wrong? The only other plugins we have are small things like random quote widget and weather widget.
Thanks!
Hello, I have bbpress up and running along with buddypress and it’s working fantastic. I have just one issue.
On my main forums page, I can’t figure out how to get the topic count to update. For example, here is my page listing all my forums:
http://www.cornerstonecooking.com/forums/
The second forum (Cornerstone recipes) says it has two topics but there is really only one. I created a topic in that forum and then deleted it but the count still shows 2 topics. While this isn’t a huge deal, I can imagine it getting confusing as forums grow.
I even permanently deleted the topic in the wordpress admin section thinking that might do it. Still no luck.
Is there some reason why this count isn’t updating normally?
Thanks!
I’m using “bbPress (Twenty Eleven) 1.0 by Stephen Carroll, WordPress and bbPress teams.” I get the error:
“Your active theme does not include bbPress template files. Your forums are using the default styling included with bbPress.”
And the page templates don’t show up, so I can’t create a forum index. Have I installed this theme incorrectly?
thanks!
I’ve just installed bbpress and it looks great. I seem to some sort of problem. When some post a reply to the first post i looks strange…
LINK: http://www.neworleanssaints.dk/Forums/emne/test-trad/#post-3573
WordPress vers: 3.3.1
bbpress: 2.0.2
My installation instructions.
1. Installed plugin and activated in WordPress.
2. Copied the contents of /wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-theme-compat/ into my themes root folder /wp-content/themes/YOURTHEMENAME/
3. Modified bbpress.css in /wp-content/themes/YOURTHEMENAME/css/
4. Put in this line in my header.php <link rel=”stylesheet” href=”<?php bloginfo(‘template_directory’); ?>/css/bbpress.css”>
5. Modified my page.php in /wp-content/themes/YOURTHEMENAME/ (please note if you have any other pages using page.php in your theme modifying this file will also modify those pages utilizing this wordpress page template). I modified it so my forum would be full width without the sidebar. This will vary depending on your theme.
6. Created my forums in my wordpress admin panel under the forum section.
7. Tested, everything is working great!
You’ll need to give the .htaccess file permissions (via FTP) so WordPress can write to it.
