Actually I don’t see any classes in place for this, but I think its a good idea.
Ticket created https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1763
SKParticipant
I have found that this plugin imports users AND imports topics, but doesn’t make the connection. So basically it imports users twice – once from user table and another time as authors of something (or nothing).
The usernames shown as post authors have imported_ prefixed to them.
So we have
username, and
imported_username
So I tried deleting imported_username using bbpress function of assigning all its topics/replies to username. The operation was successful and now I see username as author of those topics/replies, but one problem lingers: I still don’t see any topics/replies by username if I go to its profile page.
I can’t go the opposite way and delete username and then change imported_username to username as WordPress doesn’t allow changing usernames.
P.S. I imported from phpBB 3.0.9
I’m using this plugin https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/user-role-editor/
just uncheck “edit_topics” checkbox for selected role, in my case “Subscriber” and they can’t edit or update it.
SKParticipant
@JJJ: Which version are you trying?
I am using the latest version of WordPress 3.3.1
I have tried both bbPress 2.0 and 2.0.2
I installed bbConverter through WP’s admin panel so the plugin version is 1.3
When I click Activate immediately upon installation, I get
The plugin does not have a valid header.
Hi,
Good day to all community,
I am starting up a site, and I am setting up the BBPress Latest Discussions Plugin. I have installed and integrated WP & BB. Once I activate the plugin and use the call for the latest discussion on the wordpress page I am given this error
“It Seem There Is Something Wrong With BBLD Configuration, Please Check It.”
What should I set?
Thanks,
Hock88
I have just set up an WordPress installation with bbpres 2.0. When someone registers and then writes in the forum their full name shows instead of the username. How do you do to make the username to be the deafault name to be used in the forum?
There is an easier way assuming you want to install the plugin version (2.x).
Login to your WordPress site. Go to Plugins > Add New/
Search for “bbPress”. Click install. Done.
I had the same problem too. What I did was I did not copy the theme I had in my wordpress thus I created a new one on bbpress to avoid conflict.
Gulf coast claims
I have a strange phenomenon occurring in my BBPress install (2.02) (WordPress 3.31).
It seems every few weeks my topic published dates and owners get reset to a specific date and the owners all get reset to one specific user throwing everything out of line. I can’t seem to pinpoint when the exact time, or what is causing it, but it is not related to new plugin installs or the like, everything is frozen at their specific version as is. I first noticed this in December and it has happened every few weeks. Any ideas on this?
jjj is the primary/lead developer for bbPress so he might be able to give you a more specific answer.
Right now there are only 3 remaning tickets for 2.1 (https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&group=status&milestone=2.1) so my guess would be sooner than later.
Do you have an approximate ETA when 2.1 will come out of beta and be officially released as a plugin?
There is no reason a user has to access the admin as the profiles can all be edited though front end.
This plugin will also help https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-no-admin/
There’s a “Zip Archive” link on the bottom of https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/branches/plugin – this will be the latest development version.
Just keep in mind, while 2.1 is general stable, it’s still beta so make a backup of things first!
I’m really wanting to move to 2.1, is there a way to upgrade my WordPress plugin of bbPress to that version?
I would also like to know how I can migrate my forum from localhost over to my wordpress site. It’s the 2.02 plugin version of BBPress, and it only has a few categories and topics, but I need to know this information for a presentation I am giving in my class in a few weeks.
As for the themes, I have a heavily modified wordpress theme now, and I can see how to edit the bbpress files manually, but i will try to do it using the showcase at the site above… if it’s possible.
Ok, I think I ran into a snag.
My WordPress/BuddyPress site is HEAVILY modded with plugins. I use a RocketTheme theme that runs off of the Gantry Framework along with Gantry-BuddyPress (which allows BuddyPress to be compatible with the RocketTheme and Gantry Framework.)
The bbPress plugin worked, but only partially. The Forum page set up by bbPress is visible but instead of seeing the “directory” of forums it shows:
Home › Forums Forum Topics Posts Freshness General Discussion SO? what now? 1 1 26 mins Admin
It’s all just plain text with no links. But, the forum I made for General Discussion is viewable when I go to the forum page it made.
For reference, here are the demo page links:
http://bp.daevas.com/forums/
http://bp.daevas.com/forums/discussion/na-general-discussion/
I still have to edit the .css to match the theme design, but I wanted to find out what was wrong with the default forums page and why it wasn’t showing up correctly.
Thanks and hope you can help.
Hello all,
This is my first time here. My bbpress install went fine on a wordpress site thats exists for a while now. I was able to log in to …/bb-admin and edit options.
Next, I changed the cookies as described in the process to match those of wordpress.
I saved the changes & got logged out.
Now I am unable to log in to …/bb-admin and it says “admin” is not a user.
Appreciate any help,
S Ram
Unfortunately I don’t have one.
Judging by all the problems listed on https://wordpress.org/tags/network-publisher?forum_id=10 I would say this plugin is not coded well or up to standards. In fact I would avoid using it all together.
If you find a plugin that is done properly it should likely work with out any issues.
I’m struggling with the new theme support in bbPress 2.1-dev. My goal is to modify the original bbPress theme and include it into my regular WordPress child theme (wp-content/themes/halftone-child) which is derived from Halftone theme (wp-content/themes/halftone).
I failed to figure out which files at which location I have to copy/modify in order to reach my goal. Things seem to change in every version (1.x/2.0/2.1), and it is hard to find information/documentation. Didn’t find anything in the forums (and yes, I read http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-20-theme-compatibility and http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-21-theme-compatibility).
So my question is:
Which files from the current 2.1-dev, available under http://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3769/branches/plugin?old_path=%2F&format=zip do I need to achieve my goal? Where do I have to copy them?
Ok, I think I ran into a snag.
My WordPress/BuddyPress site is HEAVILY modded with plugins. I use a RocketTheme theme that runs off of the Gantry Framework along with Gantry-BuddyPress (which allows BuddyPress to be compatible with the RocketTheme and Gantry Framework.)
The bbPress plugin worked, but only partially. The Forum page set up by bbPress is visible but instead of seeing the “directory” of forums it shows:
Home › Forums Forum Topics Posts Freshness General Discussion SO? what now? 1 1 26 mins Admin
It’s all just plain text with no links. But, the forum I made for General Discussion is viewable when I go to the forum page it made.
For reference, here are the demo page links:
http://bp.daevas.com/forums/
http://bp.daevas.com/forums/discussion/na-general-discussion/
I still have to edit the .css to match the theme design, but I wanted to find out what was wrong with the default forums page and why it wasn’t showing up correctly.
Thanks and hope you can help.
bbP 2.1 has TinyMCE.
You can download 2.1 by clicking Zip Archive on this page: https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/branches/plugin
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-custom-css-file/
bbPress will use bbpress.css from your theme folder.
So to recap:
1. Copy the master bbPress css file to your theme directory and rename it to bbpress.css.
2. Go to the plugin page in the admin. Activate bbPress Custom CSS File.
3. profit.
Jared is correct. There is a migration plugin already. Also, this is a duplicate post of one from several weeks ago that you posted here and then cross posted to WordPress.org. The more time we spend moderating the forums of duplicate content is the less that’s spent writing code.
The problem with this is that bbPress is maintained by @jjj and a few other contributors. So the time and features have to be prioritized.
Writing an importer is a *lot* of work. Right off the bat a forum importer is going to be at least twice as much work as, say, a MovableType -> WordPress importer.
Now you have to take into account how many, ultimately, separate importers you would have to write. Let’s see here… vBulletin, phpBB, Vanilla, punBB, SMF, IPB… and those are just some of the popular ones. So 6 importers *might* cover most off people’s needs.
Then you have to keep in mind that the importers are constantly breaking because of software updates to the original forums packages. I’d say ever 2-4 months you can expect breakage due to an update.
Bottom line? You are looking at 6 importers (at least) to cover the popular forum suites, that not only would take a huge time investment to get off the ground, but would have to be constantly maintained and updated so they don’t break or get out of date.
Is it do-able? Sure. However, if you want @jjj to tackle this don’t expect to ever see another bbPress update or feature again – it’s just a matter of time.
This is really where contributors need to step in and help out. This would ideally be written and maintained by different contributors.
