I’ve installed a spoiler plugin which uses html tags as bbpress does not accept shortcodes within posts. The spoiler plugin is called enhanced-ss.
The plugin works fine within WordPress Posts but does not seem to work within bbpress posts. I am using the latest wordpress version, buddypress version and bbpress 2.0.
The code is available here –> http://pastebin.com/AkH7eNJ4
Is there a reason why it does not display within a bbpress post?
I don’t appear to be able to share user profiles between my wordpress blog and my bbpress forums with my current setup either. I tried installing the bbpress integration tool. In the instructions it mentions that I need to point to the blog’s database in the bbpress admin panel, but I don’t have an option to get to the bbpress admin panel.
Thanks John for reply,
Yesterday I saw there is an available update for both bbpress and Buddypress. I updated both of them and still can’t see anything in my activity stream.
The wiret part is, I’ve done 10 clean installations with both single and multisite wordpress since yesterday. In Windows and Linux. Everything is working except activity stream still not showing from bbpress.
With new BP1.5 that released yesterday there is no doubt in order to installing these to plugins. First BP and after that we should instal bbpress from the BP settings.
Am I right? No changes any where? any tricks?
Template files prefixed with ‘page-‘ are for WordPress pages, and also reserved for actual Page Template designs. It’s a bit confusing, but you quickly adapt. 
WordPress custom post types use the ‘archive-‘ prefix to denote the default fallback template file if you have not created a WordPress page using the page template in its place.
You could also create a WordPress page with the slug ‘forums’ and make a template called ‘page-forums.php’ and bbPress would default to that too. There are several ways to skin this cat, and bbPress comes with the ones that are tho most flexible.
I’ll be on a work related trip through October 1, so my availability to help will be diminished. In the meantime be sure to keep your eyes out for plugin conflicts, and please document any duplicatable bugs you find at http://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org.
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@Andre – you’d need to do some switch_to_blog() action to pull it off, but it’s doable.
I have been able to install it, no problem. I just wanted to keep my blog theme and to also build a new theme from the ground up for my forum. So two separate themes for the blog and the forum. That’s why I wanted to install bbpress as part of a second wordpress install in a different directory. This way I could set one active theme for the forums that would be independent of the blog’s theme.
Actually, I was able to accomplish this. My blog is installed in “mywebsite.com”. Then I also installed wordpress in “mywebsite.com/forums”. The problem with this method is that bbpress adds a “forums” base to the URL. So the forums index ends up being ” “mywebsite.com/forums/forums”. The solution was to create a new index page and make it the static home page in wordpress. The index page that I created was called “index”. So the home page/ index page of the forums ended up being “mywebsite.com/forums/index”, this is more presentable, and I was happy with that, but there was still a problem. When ever you would click on a forum in the index… the breadcrumbs at the top of the page would still show the “forums” base that bbpress adds to the directory. So if you visit a forum called “chat”, the breadcrumbs at the top of the forum would still read “index/forums/chat”. So I was able to solve the problem with the home page, but the “forums” base is still part of the actual directory, which ends up being a problem in this case.
Like you said though, I should just install the plugin as part of my blog, and that would eliminate these problems, except that then the forums would be constricted by the blog’s theme, and I really don’t want that.
Thanks for the reply. I thought I read somewhere that bbpress can be integrated with another wordpress database as long as they are both under the same domain name. Oh well, I’ll just stick with a different bb program. This doesn’t seem worth the trouble.
You really don’t want to do it this way. The whole point of bbPress is to have an easy way to integrate your forum software with your main WordPress install’s theme and userbase.
I run a fairly large site with a standard integrated bbPress forum, categorized by groups. I’ve been able to successfully update to version 1.5. However my attempts at migrating to bbPress 2.0 have so far been unsuccessful.
All I’ve tried so far is the default process:
Tools -> Import -> bbPress Standalone
I’m given a path to bb-config.php, at the root of my WordPress install, which seems to be correct. Going by these default settings has worked just fine on a much smaller test site. On this big one however, no such luck.
We have ~20’000 threads and ~15’000 users. If you’ve attempted to migrate a fairly large website to bbPress 2.0 from the legacy BuddyPress forum, kindly share your findings.
We are creating a custom theme and have been trying to activate “hot tags” like those being used on wordpress.org/forums and other boards. I’ve searched around the board and found threads that are pretty dated and the code isnt working. BBPress has probably moved past most of the old suggestions.
What do I need to do to add the tag heat map to an area on my custom theme on mysite.com/discuss?
I am using bbpress 2.0 plugin for WordPress. I am trying to have all the forums listed, subforums/categories, on the first page. Much like how the forums are displayed in the Dashboard. Is this possible ? If not, how do I go about making it possible.
I found that bumping the memory limit up in my php.ini wasn’t enough. If I’m reading the WordPress admin code right, it sets a memory limit which may actually be lower than what you’re trying to use and it overrides your settings.
I added the following overrides to my wp-config.php file and that allowed me to complete the import. This was on a local machine with a large forum so you would probably want to try it with a lower limit to start.
define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '2048M');<br />
define('WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT', '2048M');
The way that I have my wordpress directory setup is “mywebsite.com/forums”. That’s where I have wordpress installed. When I installed bbpress, I got “mywebsite.com/forums/forums” as the URL to the forums index.
Is there anyway to change this so that I can keep wordpress in the “mywebsite.com/forums” directory on my server and still make “mywebsite.com/forums” as the URL to the forums index?
I already have a wordpress theme installed in my home directory, so I thought it would be easier to manage the forums in its own admin control panel. That’s why I installed it in a different directory.
Something else that I was wondering though… in the case where bbpress is intalled alongside the main wordpress site (blog, news page, homepage, etc.), is it separately customizable? Can bbpress have its own theme?
I looked at “http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks”, it reads: “For performance reasons, it is not a good idea to start your permalink structure with the category, tag, author, or postname fields.”
I can’t seem to be able to use the recommended link structures with bbpress forums and topics such as /%post_id%/%postname%/.
Will the permalink structure greatly affect the loading time of my different pages or has this issue been resolved with the latest version of WordPress?
Any chance making it so all the comment forums for a multisite installation are handled by one of the sites.
Example
1.abc.com, 2.abc.com, and 3.abc.com have their comments in the forums at forums.abc.com?
Yay, there is! And it’s actually so obvious I should be ashamed for posting this question.
is_bbpress
More info in bbp-includes/bbp-common-template.php
Is there a conditional tag I can use in WordPress that will allow me to say “if is any BBPress page”?
This is for the BBPress Plugin specifically.
I’ve updated all my language files to the latest stable versions. You can download them on my page and use them freely wherever you want.
At the moment there are language files available for the following versions of bbPress:
1.0.2 and 1.0.3 (old versions) formal and informal
1.1 (current standalone version of bbPress, released today) formal
2.0 (the brand new WordPress plugin of bbPress, released today) formal
Please report any errors, missing or faulty translations! Thanks!
Ich habe alle Sprachdateien für bbPress an die letzten Stable-Versionen angepasst. Du kannst sie auf meiner Seite herunterladen und sie frei verwenden, wo immer Du willst.
Derzeit sind Sprachdateien für folgende Versionen von bbPress verfügbar:
1.0.2 und 1.0.3 (alte Versionen) formell und informell
1.1 (die aktuelle Standalone-Version, heute veröffentlicht), formell
2.0 (die brandneue Plugin-Version von bbPress, ebenfalls heute veröffentlicht), formell
Bitte melde mir alle Fehler oder fehlende Übersetzungen, damit ich die Dateien anpassen kann. Vielen Dank!
I’ve updated all my language files to the latest stable versions. You can download them on my page and use them freely wherever you want.
At the moment there are language files available for the following versions of bbPress:
1.0.2 and 1.0.3 (old versions) formal and informal
1.1 (current standalone version of bbPress, released today) formal
2.0 (the brand new WordPress plugin of bbPress, released today) formal
Please report any errors, missing or faulty translations! Thanks!
Ich habe alle Sprachdateien für bbPress an die letzten Stable-Versionen angepasst. Du kannst sie auf meiner Seite herunterladen und sie frei verwenden, wo immer Du willst.
Derzeit sind Sprachdateien für folgende Versionen von bbPress verfügbar:
1.0.2 und 1.0.3 (alte Versionen) formell und informell
1.1 (die aktuelle Standalone-Version, heute veröffentlicht), formell
2.0 (die brandneue Plugin-Version von bbPress, ebenfalls heute veröffentlicht), formell
Bitte melde mir alle Fehler oder fehlende Übersetzungen, damit ich die Dateien anpassen kann. Vielen Dank!
Hi all!
I’m using this WordPress theme called “Ari” and I’d really love to add bbPress to my blog. However, the styling on the topic page is completely off and I just can’t put my finger on what’s causing the problem. If anyone could have a look and help me out on this one, I’d be thoroughly grateful for your help!
Here’s an example of the issue: http://www.kahvel.ee/forums/topic/ios-5/
For those interested, a plugin is in development that automates the functionality described in Erlend’s link:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-post-topics/
This is now possible:
http://testbp.org/2011/08/forum-shortcode-as-comments/
Though it’s still unclear to me whether or not this relies on BuddyPress 1.5, the environment in which this functionality is showcased. It would be a very odd dependency though, so I’m hoping this would also be possible with WP + BBP alone.
Users are not actually logging in through the dashboard, but rather the default wordpress login/logout page.
In order to change that, you would probably need to use a custom plugin.
There are plugins available that will allow you to style that page differently.
‘techy’ fix: (requires php experience)
the bbp_has_topics() function appears to function almost exactly like the wordpress loop.
In the bbpress plugin folder /bbp-includes/bbp-topic-template.php line 68 is the bbp_has_topics function.
It takes the parameter post_parent which you can assign as the id of the forum you are trying to pull posts from. There are also a number of other parameters you can set as well.
‘non-techy’ fix: someday I am guessing there will be a widget available which will let you make the filters with a gui.
