[ronthai]

Hi,

I got version 2.5.0 and could update and should.
I made some little changes in design, css and a few templates.

I looked at this page: http://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/branches#2.5
and if I understand correctly, only the bbpress.php has changed (and readme.txt).
Would it be enough to just download that file and replace it or must it be done the official way, by installed plugins/update?

Regards, Ron

[Stephen Edgar]

can somebody tell me where to copy the template files so I can customize bbpress. the information here

https://codex.bbpress.org/theme-compatibility/

As to extending profile information take a look at how the ‘signature’ is implemented in GD bbPress Tools as a good starting point.

[Stephen Edgar]

Here are some themes in the WordPress Theme repo that specifically include bbPress out of the box.

• https://wordpress.org/themes/lobster
• https://wordpress.org/themes/firmasite
• https://wordpress.org/themes/ward
• https://wordpress.org/themes/tonic
• https://wordpress.org/themes/wp-knowledge-base
• https://wordpress.org/themes/snowblind
• https://wordpress.org/themes/magazine-basic
• https://wordpress.org/themes/the-skeleton
• https://wordpress.org/themes/mesocolumn
• https://wordpress.org/themes/voyage
• https://wordpress.org/themes/suffusion

As others have already mentioned you can use any theme you want and typically it will just work and if you want to style up your forums to match your theme then you can do that do as per the links already mentioned above.

[Stephen Edgar]

FYI https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1958 Is where we are tracking and getting feedback on implementation, ideas, feedback and so forth for this feature in bbPress Core.

[Aleksandar Adamovic]

Hi all,

I am the author of the permissions plugin. Sorry for coming into the discussion this late in, but got the topic link from matrixino. I have not done much with bbPress (or WordPress) in a very long time (.NET shop), so please excuse while I refresh my memory.

I will look into this as soon as I can.

[julfontaine]

Is it possible to display the RSS feed of the forum replies in a given group?

http://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-lotsa-feeds/
I tried this plugin but it seems to not work anymore. The section “Individual Group” is exactly what I’m looking for. Is there someone who can help me to display the RSS feed replies in a given group?

Thanks

[Sornin]

I agree that a fully-functioning visual editor with feature parity to WordPress would be great to see. In fact, I would like to see it be made a very high priority as forum users certainly have come to expect a WYSIWYG editor. To me, this feature trumps any other as it has the greatest effect on users and their ability to post.

Either the problem is difficult to fix or the main developers do not agree a great visual editor is very important because it has been disabled by default since April, which surprises me a bit. When it initially was disabled I figured it would be a temporary thing and would be back for 2.4, and now work is being done on 2.6 without mention of this. :/

[Robin W]

Holly,

bbPress will work out of the box for most implementations. How much you then customise it is up to you.

Typically you might want to change a little of the styling – that depends on how much styling your existing site has – There wasn’t a link to your existing site in your original post.

Then you might wish to alter some layout – although the default is pretty standard

The documentation

Codex

will show you what you need to do to set up, and if you already have wordpress, then you could see how well bbPress would suit you in a couple of hours by following the set up guide and creating some test forums.

[FreeWPress]

Hi, this is a little bug of 2.5 version.. you can add this patch: https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2481 or wait for 2.5.1 version..

[ronangelo]

I’m not sure but I’m guessing this is not an intended effect or am I wrong? The voice count works as expected until one uses the forum repair tool and performs a Count voices in each topic which then excludes the guest topics and replies from the voice count. Also tested on a new bbPress install with other plugins disabled.

I’m using WordPress 3.7.1. and bbPress 2.5
I’m not sure but I think this only came up around the time I upgraded to bbPress 2.5

[Robin W]

You can also use hidden forums to allow only registered users to view

Step by step guide to setting up a bbPress forum – Part 1

step 5

or

https://wordpress.org/plugins/members/

[Hdm89]

Hi guys over there!

I have a little problem with my forum… and I hope you can help me with it.
I’m setting up a new forum and I’m trying to set-up custom permissions for each forum
e.g.:
Forum A -> Access & View only to Group A
Forum B -> Access & View only to Group B
Forum C -> Access & View only to Group C

To solve this problem I have found two plugins:
Members -> http://wordpress.org/plugins/members
bbPress Permissions -> https://github.com/ZanderAdam/Tehnik-bbPress-Permissions

The problem is that when i activate the second plugin (bbpress permission) I see all forums more than one time…
I see something like that:
FORUM A
FORUM B
FORUM C
FORUM A
FORUM C
FORUM B
FORUM A

Instead of a simple:
FORUM A
FORUM B
FORUM C

Someone had this problem with the plugin?

Ty for response 🙂

[jlow82]

Hi!

I am choosing a suitable forum plugin to use on my wordpress site.
I wish my end product to look like this: http://www.tokyohive.com/forums

Please advice if bbpress layout can be edited to look like this, and if yes, how difficult or easy is it?

I am really new to wordpress. Thank you everyone for all your help!

[Stephen Edgar]

Thanks for the links, I hadn’t see Moot before

Personally I am not sure about ‘remember your place’ at all, if I had of used that feature today when I opened bbPress.org would have that put me half way reading topic ‘abc’ in forum ‘xyz’ rather than the home page showing me a summary of what happened recently? Maybe an iterating on that idea a little further where you could have a button/link to ‘Take me to where I last left off’.

Reply directly inline to search results… That wouldn’t be too difficult to implement.

Another good read/watch is this post by @sadr https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/any-plans-to-merge-o2-features-into-bbpress/ on the upcoming O2 theme from WordPress, some really cool stuff in this.

Lastly is the WordPress Heartbeat API and @mordauk has a bit on his blog on an implementation idea in one of his plugins http://pippinsplugins.com/using-the-wordpress-heartbeat-api/

Needless to say there are lots of ideas on future directions of bbPress and BuddyPress, we also have a few features that have been on users want list for quite a while.

[Stephen Edgar]

Nice, glad the issue is resolved, thanks @freewpress for digging into this 🙂

Follow up also https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-conflict-with-bbress-warning-illegal-offset-type

[s1r0n]

Hi there, I’m trying to add new profile fields to the bbpress profile screen. so far I’ve been able to add the profile items I want like so

add_action(‘bbp_user_edit_after_name’,’lp_add_profile_settings’);

question now is, how to I get the profile items to save properly. is there a bbpress hook or wordpress hook that I can use to get my user_meta settings to save?

[Brian Larson]

Thanks Steve! Here’s my latest reply on that same thread: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/anyone-supporting-this-plugin-help-w-discussions?replies=28#post-4951643. Giving up on the migration and sending the client to GROU.PS in the meantime since they will migrate Ning data (including forums). Then start 100% fresh with our beloved bbPress and BuddyPress.

[FreeWPress]

Hi, this type of error is also here: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-post-types-order-advanced-version-illegal-offset-type-error

You add a topic in support forum of this plugin…

[Stephen Edgar]

Have tried using a default theme in WordPress? eg Twenty Thirteen

[Stephen Edgar]

Change your WordPress settings (/wp-admin/options-general.php) to whatever format you require, bbPress will inherit those settings.

[mistercyril]

Hello,

I am experiencing BBPress role issues with a WP + BP + BBPress setup.

I need a “moderator” role to be able to create new forums and edit his own, as per the standard permissions defined here : http://codex.bbpress.org/bbpress-user-roles-and-capabilities/

Moderator

Forum Capabilities

• publish_forums
• edit_forums
• read_private_forums
• read_hidden_forums

Unfortunately, the “moderator” role doesn’t see the “Forum” menu in the WordPress back-end, and even if its pages are accessed directly, there is a message stating the user does not have permission to accès the content.

So I understand that this may be a permissions issue, but i’ve taken a number of steps to circumvent this, and still no solution in sight :

• Disable all other plugins and use standard WP theme
• Upgrade BBpress to V 2.5
• Tried every single “repair forum” tool in plugin preferences
• Tried activating-deactivating and reactivating “default user role” setting
• Tried editing role with Capability Manager Enhanced
• Tried with a fresh install of WordPress

From what i’ve gathered on-line, the BBpress team has introduced a new way of storing user roles but there isn’t very much information on how it REALLY works and how to make it compatible with an existing site that upgrades to a new version of BBpress.

Anyway, has anyone else experienced this? Does anyone know how to solve this issue?

I would appreciate any input,

C.

[FunCaptcha]

Hello,

We’ve just added full support for bbPress to FunCaptcha: http://wordpress.org/plugins/funcaptcha/

You can try a demo of FunCaptcha on our site, but signup is easiest through the WordPress Plugin for your WordPress sites!

Let me know if you have any further requests for FunCaptcha using bbPress!

Kind regards,
FunCaptcha team

[Stephen Edgar]

No, this isn’t really what bbPress was designed to do.

I would take a look at something like https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/

[Stephen Edgar]

Ok…. Looks like you have a good discussion going here https://wordpress.org/support/topic/anyone-supporting-this-plugin-help-w-discussions

[Stephen Edgar]

You could try the latest version of the plugin, it is hosted on GitHub here
https://github.com/boonebgorges/Import-from-Ning

Actually it looks like the WP hosted version is also the same version
https://wordpress.org/plugins/import-from-ning/