[Stephen Edgar]

Apologies… I should have clarified that in my last post…

bbPress .po & .mo https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/bbpress/dev/nb/default
WordPress .po & .mo https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp/dev/nb/default

I am also using WordPress 3.6 Beta and bbPress 2.3 RC1

[Grubbi]

Ok, completely new to WP. Wanted a website with a forum…so thought this was my best bet.

Have installed bbPress. Have created forums. My forums are shown on my link but not http://mywebsite.co.uk/forums, instead it’s http://mywebsite.co.uk/post_type=forum

I did some digging around…apparently I’m to change my permalinks…but when I change them my forum disappears and I get an error –

Not Found

The requested URL /forums/forum/general-discussion/ was not found on this server.

Not sure why it’s got forums/forum??

Anyway…I’ve been trying in vain to add a forum “tab” on my home page, so that people can click the forum tab to take them to the forum home page.

I tried adding a Menu…but it says that the theme only supports one menu. (I have Home) So I did a custom link, dragged it over to the home menu…but nothing changes on my home page.

I’ve seen another saying to create a page and use a bbPress template in the drop down to link the page to the forum…except I don’t have any bbPress templates in the drop down, only “default template”, £ront page template” and “full width page template, no side bar”.

All I’m trying to do is add a forum tab to my home page…so it reads “Home…Forum” etc… Is this not doable?

[Stephen Edgar]

https://codex.bbpress.org/import-forums/vBulletin/

What version of vBulletin are you converting from?
What part is it stuck on or is it just not starting?

That is the key is to ensure you have the correct values for each of these:

Select Platform – vBulletin
Database Server IP or hostname
Database Port Use default 3306 if unsure
Database Name Name of the database with your old forum data
Database User User for your database connection
Database Password Password to access the database
Table Prefix

Have a look in your vBulletin config file which should be in your vb install /includes/config.php

[Daniel.Haugen]

Hi, I’ve searched around the web for some hours now and hopefully I’ll get the correct answer from you.

I need to translate the plugin bbPress into Norwegian, I’ve fetched the translation from http://translate.wordpress.org/projects/bbpress/dev/nb/default and made sure every string is there with the .po editing software Poedit. I’ve downloaded both .po and .mo file for the Norwegian translation.

Norwegian is activated generally as WordPress language already.

So the problem is the localization and naming of the files, I’ve tried different directories and names:
wp-content/languages/bbpress-nb_NO.po and .mo
wp-content/languages/bbpress-nb.po and .mo
wp-content/languages/bbPress/bbpress-nb_NO.po and .mo
wp-content/languages/bbPress/bbpress-nb.po and .mo
wp-content/plugins/bbPress/languages/bbpress-nb_NO.po and .mo
wp-content/plugins/bbPress/languages/bbpress-nb.po and .mo
wp-content/plugins/bbPress/languages/bbpress-langauge-nb_NO.po and .mo
wp-content/plugins/bbPress/languages/bbpress-langauge-nb.po and .mo
wp-content/plugins/bbPress/languages/bbpress-plugin-nb.po and .mo
wp-content/plugins/bbPress/languages/bbpress-plugin-nb_NO.po and .mo

None of them seems to work, what is the correct localization and naming?

[Stephen Edgar]

In the next release of bbPress version 2.3 users can link to images by default but to actually upload images you will need to install a plugin to support this. I know of one plugin that does this but there maybe more… https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/

[Unsal Korkmaz]

I’ve been playing around with the theme lately. I can’t seem to figure out how to make the promotion bar and showcase text show up. What are the required conditions for these items to be displayed?

You just mark posts or pages with clicking stars on edit panels:

If you are using full content layout, promotionbar should be set for Before Content  or In Site Footer. Its set in In top of Sidebar as default.

Also the posts loop could still use some work imo, especially on wide sites:

View post on imgur.com

There’s way too much empty space below that title. I’m gonna suggest some mockups.

This is why i love Responsive design: http://twitter.github.io/bootstrap/scaffolding.html#responsive
You can change loop with

/* Large desktop */
@media (min-width: 1200px) { ... }

If you ask me, its not bad looking tbh. Its clean but if you can explain me how it can be better for large desktops with full content (long) layout, i can help you to accomplish that design.

Update: Maybe this is what you are looking for: Want responsive but not wide not for large screens?

[wpmhweb]

Thanks for the answers.

@netweb, thank for this tip, I’ll the plugin a try.

[Stephen Edgar]

Is this WordPress MultiSite setup or two separate WordPress installs for each of your domains?

Either way neither is a known issue and should work as you expect it would.

Try switching the problem site to the Twenty Theme and disable any other plugins to see if there is a conflict some, re-enable each plugin one by one and test your site again to see if you can find the conflicting plugin.

[Stephen Edgar]

This will be enabled by default in the upcoming bbPress 2.3

You can test out the extremely stable bbPress 2.3 RC1 via this download link to test yourself 🙂

[Stephen Edgar]

Try running the ‘Repair Tool’ located at /wp-admin/tools.php?page=bbp-repair ‘Remap existing users to default forum roles’

[Stephen Edgar]

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

Also checkout the bbPress Debug Bar by @mzaweb https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/debug-bar-bbpress/

[afjsystem]

Eureka…!!! sorry, i don’t mean to spam this thread. but finally i made it fixed.

hope this help for others
these is my installation : WP 3.5.1 (multisite subdir)+ BP 1.7 rc1 + Bbp 2.3 rc1
by default it should work to any themes..

my trouble previously : (look above)

Managed fullwidth : (thanks to @jaredatch)
– identify your theme’s file with fullwidth.php
– rename that file to bbpress.php
– you’ll get no sidebar, meaning your forum is fullwidth

Removing dot list style : (thanks to @jaredatch again)
– put the code below into your main theme css. ussually called style.css

#bbpress-forums li {
margin: 0;
list-style: none;
background: none;
padding: 0;
}

– you SHOULD put under #main area and not in #sidebar or other IDs.

that’s all.
cheers

[allg33k]

I tried using a handful of different plugins to change the default avatar. However whenever someone changes thier avatar the “mystery man” icon is still showing in the bbPress profile. What plugin are people using to do custom avatars with bbPress? Is there one that will allow people to choose from a couple different default avatars?

[Daniel Dvorkin]

Copy bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/loop-single-reply.php into a bbpress folder in your theme, and in that copy remove from:

` if ( bbp_is_user_keymaster() ) : `

and
` endif; `

[Spudnic]

Thank you for your speedy reply.

This is working great for adding additional information.

But how can i edit what is already displayed in that field by default? IE; totally remove the author role and even author name so i can display custom links there.

you may have already touched on this in my other thread, i will need to re-read it more carefully.

[tibmix]

I’ve restricted access to /wp-admin using .htaccess file within the /wp-admin directory.
I have a forum with BuddyPress + bbPress installed.
All forum users receive the default subscriber/participant roles upon registration.
Visitors not logged on are free to roam the forum (no posting though).

But logged-in users are asked for the username/password that is set for site admin (for /wp-admin, specifically) immediately after accessing a forum or a topic.

How can I stop WP asking regular forum users for username/password set for /wp-admin?

I can provide url to site, a test user credentials and the content of .htaccess file.
Thank you.
T.

[rbptoy]

I have two recent installations of BP. The first one is http://www.mancaveland.com and it is my main domain account with hostmonster. The second is http://www.hollisterwatch.com and it is an addon to the account. The first one has all of the options like keymaster, member etc. The second is missing these options all together. Is this a known issue?

Thanks,

Brian

[Fee]

I’ve the same problem. Solved it by replacing the_title() with bbp_forum_title() on my theme’s page template – but that’s not a real solution, because the problem is in all tested themes (bp-default, twentytwelve) and needs some conditions to use it only with bbpress forums.

[eddiemoto]

On an interesting side note, I added the short code for the index and it seems to work. Is this the proper way or did it just work because it was a shortcode.

(Worked for the default theme, not Canvas. Canvas just displays some non-formatted HTML)

[mchelles]

I created a user-profile.php file in my theme so I could customize its appearance. I want to add a link to the author’s blog posts, but am getting stuck on the loop part. When I tried the standard default wordpress loop – it looped the entire profile itself.

Here is the code I am working with:
http://pastebin.com/LAnd9hRn

With the current code, I get a 404 not found error.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions or ideas you might have to try!

[Jared Atchison]

Hmm so you have the auto role setting checked?

If that’s checked and you have tried it with all plugins disabled, well that really doesn’t leave a lot of margin for error.

[Jared Atchison]

You can’t really.

You’ll either want to tweak your theme’s CSS so it doesn’t conflict or (and probably the way I would go) create a copy of the bbPress CSS and tweak it as needed.

Copy: `wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/css/bbpress.css` to: `wp-content/themes/[YOUR-THEME]/css/bbpress.css` and make changes as needed.

[redknite]

My dev site is http://fishwire.rudtek.com. I’m running wordpress 3.5 and have buddypress 1.7 b2 and bbpress 2.3-rc1.

New users can’t seem to signup to the forums. The site lets them register, and sends them the activation email. When it’s clicked it says they are activated, but they can’t login.

The users are being created on the back end but they are not being assigned a default forum role. I have the box checked that says that it should be doing so, but it’s not working.

I have tried with all plugins but bbpress and buddypress disabled and I have tried with and without the default buddypress theme.

Any suggestions? THANKS!

[Stephen Edgar]

Try running the ‘Remap existing users to default forum roles’ repair tool
/wp-admin/tools.php?page=bbp-repair

Are you using any other plugins to manage WordPress/bbPress users?

[Nazaire]

I’m wanting to edit the css of bbPress to tweak the appearance of my forums, specifically the font size. I’m running WordPress 3.5.1, bbPress 2.2.4, and using a twentytwelve-child theme. My forums are at

http://www.asgoth.net/?post_type=forum

I found the “bbPress Custom CSS File” plug-in but according to the description I do not need it.

** This plugin is for bbPress 2.1.x. If you are using bbPress 2.0.x please upgrade. If you are using bbPress 2.2, read below.**

bbPress 2.2+: As of bbPress 2.2 this plugin is NOT needed. bbPress will auto-detect the CSS file if it exists in the right location.

Copy the CSS file from wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-themes/bbp-default/css/bbpress.css to wp-content/themes/[yourtheme]/bbpress.css.

Following the instructions above I have copied the bbpress.css file from the bbpress plugin’s css folder to “wp-content/themes/twentytwelve-child/bbpress.css”. When I go into the WordPress dashboard under appearance-edit the bbpress.css is available for editing.

So assuming I have the bbpress.css file in the right place (if I don’t please instruct me where I need to put it for editing), which line of code in the bbpress.css file do I need to edit to change the font size on my forums.

Any assistance in this matter will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.