There are no ‘themes’ for bbPress per say. Basically bbPress is a plugin that you install onto your WordPress site. It uses whatever theme your site uses. Of course just like your site templates you can build your own custom bbPress templates if you are good enough to do that. There are a few commercial bbPress themes available, search google and you can find a few, there are not many though as the theme is really your website theme.
WordPress.com = software that they run and allow you to have a blog
WordPress.org = download software that you install onto your own web server and manage yourself
bbPress.org = plugin for WordPress.org that you install onto your web server once you have WordPress installed and running.
The 2 WordPress sites have virtually nothing to do with each other, other than the fact that they run the same software. One is a hosted service, and one is software that you run.
If this part is foreign to you, then yes, sadly you are out of your league and need to do a lot of reading. If you want forums, then there are companies out there that host WordPress sites for you that you can upload your own plugins to such as bbPress. You are pretty much on your own there.
Hello! FIrst I really love bbPress and the way it looks on my site. Second, I am a complete and total newbie at this. That being said, I have a wordpress site (using wordpress 3.4.2) and I have a bbPress forum on it (am running version 2.1.3). I can login and access my site fine and I am labeled as a “key master” on my forum. The problem comes in where my users are concerned.
When my users log in they get the “you do not have sufficient permissions to access this page” and it says in the URL: “http://www.mysitesname.com/wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&loggedout=true.”
Now the weird thing is when they delete all the stuff after the “.com” and refresh, it shows them as logged in and they can leave comments on the site and interact with the forum. It’s just the logging in and being redirected to the site that seems to be the issue. My users when they sign up are given the role of “forum participant.”
There are plugins I am using (well some of them) are:
- bbPress Mark as Read
- bbPress2 BBCode
- bbPress Like Button
- bbPress Post Toolbar
- bbP Signature
- GD bbPress Attachments
- Members
- Simple Local Avatars
- User Role Editor
I have a couple of other plugins as well, but these were the ones that I installed to have users interact and customize their forum experience.
I am not sure what the issue is and since all my users are mostly concerned about being able to log in and have access to the forum, I figured I would try here first.
Thanks so much in advance for your time!
I found the ForumConvertor. It says that version is not compatible with the newer WordPress 3.4.2 that I have. But I decided to try it anyways since you recommended it. I have no attachments or avatars, so I left those fields blank. Everything else was filled out. Then when I initiated conversion, it said Conversion failed. Conversion not support.Stumped. I guess I have to wait till this Forum Convertor is updated?
I have the same issue with bbpress, with latest wordpress and buddypress
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ___b7gQGU
Any idea? Thanks!
I have installed bbPress, and I have search the forum everywhere and I have no such things as User Title in Edit Profile, neither in Profile, in Users in WordPress.
My question is, how can I change the Custom Title of different users, or of all. From “Key Master” to something else.
Also I have installed the “Add custom usergroups” plugin that’s somewhere here on the forums, but don’t have the slightest ideea where to select a group to a user.
Thanks.
Hi there – We just started using bbPress, so I’m still learning all the in’s and out’s.
Two questions…
1.) One of our members accidentally posted in the wrong forum. How can I move his post to the correct one?
2.) Our forum doesn’t seem to have this cool preview window that I’m seeing as I type this. How can I activate it?
We’re using WordPress v3.4.2 and bbPress v2.1.2 — Our site is a membership site, so if I post a link, it won’t be helpful because the content is locked.
Thanks in advance!
Cynthia
You have a couple of options. There is a plugin on the wp depository called demo-data-creator https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/demo-data-creator/ or you could (if you haven’t already) check out Spence’s link at the top of the page to http://labzip.com/the-definitive-guide-to-buddypress-bbpress-configuration/
He has a very generous freebie located there as well as some solid buddypress/bbpress training.
Hope that helps, Dave
WordPress version – 3.4.2
bbPress version – 2.1.3
Website – kidbusinessowners.wordpress.com/
Alright I am, well, almost completely clueless on how all of this stuff works. I downloaded the WordPress today and the bbPress. My main reason for trying WordPress is because I want to have a forum. I don’t understand, I’ve created a user with both WordPress.com and WordPress.org and I can make my blog with the .com but I downloaded the stuff on the .org. How do I link up the download with my website? Does it require an extensive knowledge of scripting codes (which, as you can tell, I’m not extremely good at)? Thank you!
Afraid I’ll need more information to be helpful then; the only time I’ve seen this is with Jetpack 2.0 installed. It’s possible some other plugin or theme is causing a similar issue, but it’s still a WordPress core bug at the core.
I wasn’t using jetpack, and the error occured after I updated bbpress to 2.1.3
I rerun a backup, where bbpress is 2.1.2 again and the issue is gone.
The insert media button within wordpress works again and the fancy editor shows all buttons normally.
No clue if the update really caused it not too fond to find out either haha.
@robertfudge – unlikely, though it depends how that plugin adds fields. WordPress only provides one hook for adding extra profile fields, and it’s not robust enough to do very much with.
Version 2.1.3 does everything it can to suppress the issue in Jetpack 2.0. Jetpack 2.0.1 will come with its own fix. It’s actually a WordPress core issue causing this; see: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/22413
Or maybe: How to “promote” bbPress forum topic to WordPress blog post?
Hi, does anyone know how to display latest topics on front page? To be more specific I want them to appear just like normal wordpress posts do. New topics are shown just like new posts. Does anyone know a aplugin that does that or any other suggestions? I don’t need another sidebar widget for bbpress plugin. I can do styling on my own but can’t handle with coding.
please help
I have just created a ticket in trac https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2021 and we will look into this as soon as we can.
Using Twenty Tweleve wordpress theme, the default compat theme the html and visual tabs are to the left and if clicked they create and tags, there’s no background behind the toolbar. If I click the link button, the popup shows up but it looks as if all the CSS for it is missing and I see constant loading icons. If I disable the “fancy” toolbar, I don’t see a toolbar or buttons at all. If I switch to Twenty Ten forum theme, then the toolbar shows.
** Update, looks like a conflict with Jetpack, works fine if I disable it.
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I am trying to repro it now… Not having much luck though!
What themes activated do you see this problem?
What themes activated do you NOT see this problem?
Do you see the correct toolbar on bbPress ‘Create Topic’ & ‘Create Reply’ regardless of the activated theme?
And is it the same behaviour with WordPress posts and pages?
Do you have any more detailed information on what might be causing the problem?
If we know what theme you are using, what versions of BuddyPress & WordPress you are using, a link to your site and any plugins that maybe causing a conflict we can try and find out what cause of the error is rather than you reverting to the older version.
After some research on this I found this bug trac : http://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1955#comment:2 and tried the solution with no success, can you offer any help to help me use these costume contact fields and have them work with the bbPress user profile?
WP: version 3.4.2
bbPress: Version 2.1.3
The very important difference between these two forums
1) Sitewide forums; adding favorite, creating or replying to any topics in sitewide forums does not show up in Members directory. It does however show up in the activity stream.
But with this it gives no ability to keep track of your created or replied to topics.
2) Sitewide forums allow you to make subforums just like wordpress allows you to adress a parent page. You can adress several Subforum to a Parent Forum, so to create the PhpBB structure most forums contain. Group forums will not allow this kind of structuring. You just have 1 Forum per group containing topics.
3) Group Forums however do show up in member directory so you can easily keep track on your created and replied topics under your members profile page using the subnav Forum.
4) To respond to group forums members must join to the belonging group first, where sitewide forums lets anyone who has registered to your page create topics and reply to them.
Using bbconvertor, from bbpress 1.1 to WordPress 3.4.2. Starting with a default WordPress, fresh startup. Started bbconvertor after filling in the settings on wp. During conversion, said I had no forums, but I have five forums. See below. Said conversion complete. Told me to do a recount, click here, which I did. Then it said “You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.” So I recounted on the bbpress dashboard. But that didn’t change things. Would it be better to use import forums? Please don’t forget to update your counters HERE Conversion Complete Convert posts (400 – 499) Convert posts (300 – 399) Convert posts (200 – 299) Convert posts (100 – 199) Convert posts (0 – 99) Convert tags (200 – 299) Convert tags (100 – 199) Convert tags (0 – 99) Convert topics (200 – 299) Convert topics (100 – 199) Convert topics (0 – 99) No forums to convert parents Convert forums (0 – 99) Delete users wordpress default passwords (0 – 99) Convert users (0 – 99) Not Cleaning Data Starting Conversion…
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I uploaded it to my server for you, http://makemeawebsite.asia/bbpress-thesis.zip
You can download the file and activate it to your wordpress admin.
Cheers,
I’m confused about what you’re trying to do. You’ll really want to stick to using the functions included with bbPress rather than trying to build your own MySQL queries to connect things.
bbPress uses a bunch of additional post_meta to connect forums, topics, and replies together. It also keeps counts in post_meta of how many topics and replies live inside any forum or topic. When things are off, they’re really off, like you’re showing in your link above.
My advice:
- Use bbPress core functions.
- Use the WordPress import/export tool if you’re moving between installations.
- Look at the bbPress functions for inserting forums/topics/replies, and use those as your guide if you still plan on building something custom.
In future versions, I’ll likely clean up some of the post_meta code, so it’s all in one place and easier to grok. Much of it was written as it was needed, so the post_meta isn’t super organized.
