[_ck_]

Wait, I take that back, it’s in the theme, so you can definitely edit it.

It’s in register.php and assuming you are using the default theme, it’s under bb-templateskakumei

What you should first do is copy that directory to a new directory and make a directory called my-templates at the same level as bb-templates, so it would be my-templateskakumei

Then edit the new copy of the files instead of the original and have bbpress switch to your new theme. That way when you upgrade you won’t lose your changes.

[_ck_]

I got tired of waiting for error pages that don’t crash the user into the default bbPress theme and logo so here’s a plugin that makes an empty post error message actually stay within your custom theme. I’ll make it into a formal plugin as soon as I make it a bit more robust.

Let me know of other common error pages and I will see if they can be addressed via plugin vs a core hack.

http://pastebin.com/f2e46536d

(direct download, save as themed-error.php)

[sdv1]

Thanks chrishajer!

it definitely doesn’t give good impression to first time visitors …..I’m using default theme.

for these long tags, is it possible to move truncating word to new line or keep small font (but bold) for long tags.

please suggest me something to fix this.

[chrishajer]

Let’s say I have a WordPress site. I don’t want it to be http://www.example.com/wordpress/ – maybe I want it at http://www.example.com or maybe http://www.example.com/blog/. Making WordPress the root of your site is easy, and I think you’ve already done that.

To mask bbpress, just rename the folder to something other than the default when it’s unzipped of bbpress. Call it ‘forums’ or ‘discussions’. If you rename the bbpress folder before you start, you don’t need to change anything later. If you’ve already installed it, then there are a couple config hoops to jump through to move it.

You could also do a subdomain installation, like forums.example.com and not even show that it’s in a subdirectory at all. Then just map that subdomain to the directory where you’ve installed bbPress on the server. No need for directories at all in the URI/URL.

Masking is pretty silly, since one look at the source (if you even need to go that far, for WordPress and bbPress) will give away the secret (wp- and bb- anyone?) If you’re just trying to remain application-neutral, then I agree that this is worth doing (i.e. let’s say you want to use punBB or something later. If you used /forums for your bbPress installation, you can retain /forums and just install punBB in there.)

[Josh Leuze]

Thank you for the info, it was very helpful!

@chrishajer – I checked my .htaccess file, and the permissions were incorrect, II tweaked that, and bbPress added the rewrite rules without issue.

@incirus – Yes, my forum is converted from phpBB as well, I don’t know why I didn’t think of that before. I checked a new topic, the pretty permalink worked just fine. I checked an old topic in the database, no slug. i added a slug and it worked great.

Unfortunately I have 875 topics that I would have to edit my hand… That’s too bad, one of the draws of migrating to bbPress are the useful permalinks.

Has anyone out there come up with a handy script to solve this problem? I’d imagine the code is already there, since bbPress already converts your topic title into a slug, it would just be a matter of having it process all of the old titles. But I think that’s a bit out of my league!

Hell, I’d settle for a way to use slugs from here in out, but fall back on the default permalinks if there is no slug, but I think that would be more complicated.

[plrk]

My theme is based on the default theme, and it works like a charm… It could be that you have based your theme on an older version of Kakumei that did not use the translation functions everywhere.

[Tommie Hansen]

@plrk: Got your E-mail. I actually do have this thread as a favorite, thanks anyway for the update though! (I wished this forum had the E-mail notification option…)

It works! Thanks!

However my time-relevant php aren’t translated still. The strange thing is that those functions aren’t touched at all. I’ll have to dig again to see if there are any errors related to the __ -stuff. One would think the default theme wouldn’t have any problem with the translations(?)

[Raize]

I was wondering the same thing…the default theme that comes with bbpress is not nearly as nice as this one

[chrishajer]

What version of bbPress are you using? Those instructions are for 1.0.1. Also, are you using a stock theme?

Basically, you need to find, in whatever template file you want to change, the bbPress function that shows that text (it won’t be immediately clear because the function has a default text which is used if you don’t send it anything else. The default text is set in the core file bb-includes/functions.bb-template.php.) Just look in the source of the generated page and try to get some context for where in your template file this function will be (top, middle, bottom, in a table cell, near a unique css id, etc). Then, try adding your text in comments inside the parentheses, instead of them being bare. So, from this:

bb_do_whatever()

to:

bb_do_whatever('Add New Essay')

[chrishajer]

2. of my reply covers your second problem.

<?php bb_new_topic_link('Add New Essay'); ?>

bb_new_topic_link is called without parameters in your front-page.php template file, but if you pass it the string ‘Add New Essay’ you will see the text in your displayed site change. You are overriding the default text which is in the bbPress core.

The reason you don’t find it in a template file is because it’s not there. The function is there, and is called without parameters. The default text is in the core, but you can override it in your template.

1. I cannot help you with and I questioned the desire to even do something like that. Why would you want an “add new” page indexed when it has no content? What benefit does it give your site?

I imagine you could probably do something to change that using mod_rewrite and your .htaccess file, but I don’t know how to do that.

[blah]

With the default settings, the “add new topic” link directs to http://yoursite.com/?new=1

How can I change “?new=1” to something more SEO friendly like “add-new-topic”?

[Gautam]

Create a functions.php file in your theme folder, and write this in it:

<?php

function get_post_teaser($chars = 200){

global $bbdb;

$topic_id_ft = get_topic_id(); //topic id for getting text of first post of the topic

$first_post = (int) $bbdb->get_var("SELECT post_id FROM $bbdb->posts WHERE topic_id = $topic_id_ft ORDER BY post_id ASC LIMIT 1");

$content = substr(strip_tags(strip_shortcodes(get_post_text($first_post))),0, $chars); //gets the first 200 chars of the post

return $content;

}

?>

Then at the front page, put this where you need to display the post text (it should be inside the loop):

<?php echo get_post_teaser(200); ?>

You can change that 200 to anything, any number of letters you want. Default is 200.

I think, this should work.

[bb-gian]

crackpixels,

In bbPress Comments are generally called Posts.

I think the Posts column is set up by default.

In the Latest Discussions table, look for this cell: <th><?php _e(‘Posts’); ?></th>, which is the title of the column, and this:<td class=”num”><?php topic_posts(); ?></td>, which is the content of the comuns, displaying the number of Posts (Comments).

[johnhiler]

If the comment counts are off, try running a recount?

Also… try activating the default Kakumei theme and see if the post form appears (and the freshness works properly). If so, the issue may be with your theme…

[_ck_]

First try switching your theme to the alternate and back again.

If that does nothing, temporarily deactivate any plugin you may be using and see if that does it.

Oh wait, you’ve been hacking at your theme.

<div id="discussions" align="left">

There’s no way that’s the default, you must have edited that.

Replace the theme files from the original.

So far it only looks like you edited front-page.php, so try replacing it with this in bb-templates/kakumei

http://svn.automattic.com/bbpress/trunk/bb-templates/kakumei/front-page.php

[_ck_]

I noticed many of the old constants are not defined anymore by default.

A few plugins, definitely not all just a few, may be fixed somewhat by adding this to bb-config.php

define('BB_LOAD_DEPRECATED',true);

[johnhiler]

That 1col_fixed theme only has front-page.php, header.php, footer.php, and a few other miscellaenous files.

If bbPress can’t find a particular template file, it will pull the ones from the default theme, Kakumei (stored in /bb-templates/kakumei )

More here: https://bbpress.org/documentation/themes/

I would copy the missing files from kakumei over to your 1col_fixed theme, and then you can edit them right there. Good luck!

[melilyn]

I’m trying to integrate bbpress into a custom WP theme I’ve made myself. I downloaded a theme that seemed perfect for me to start from, essentially a sandbox-esque theme. I got it from here (scroll down to 1col_fixed, there’s really no working direct link). I edited some files (header.php, footer.php, and front-page.php) and got EXACTLY the look I wanted. It looks fantastic with my site.

However as soon as I stray off the main page, it starts looking hairy. There are NO files to edit so that I can change the forum list view, the topic view, or any other page. The readme file says the following:

bbPress themes can be kept mean and lean. bbPress will pick up any missing mandatory

template files from the default template. Use this to keep your themes simple.

Yes, well, what if I need to customize THEM? Where do I get these files to edit them? Or would it, after all, be easier to start from a different theme?

Thanks… the sooner someone can get back to me on this, the better; I’m kind of on a tight schedule!

[Kar-l]

You can use CyrNickName plugin (it’s fine with 1.01). I use it for UTF8 usernames. It’s PITA that bbPress does not support it by default.

[kipperman]

I’ve just notice that is no .htaccess by default in the forum directory – Should there be?

[Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)]

Check out https://bbpress.org/documentation/themes/

Basically you’ll make a new theme, but bbPress acts like a child theme, in that if you don’t specify something, it uses the default from the Kakumei templates. Once you get in there, it starts to make sense and feel elegant.

[Ryan Hellyer]

In any case I think it would be wrong to pimp Gravatar in the actual default theme.

I wouldn’t call it “pimping Gravatar”, but “helping bbPress forum users”.

bbPress is pimping Gravatar already by including it in the core software. Adding information about a core service in the theme seems reasonable to me. Themes are there to be edited. If someone doesn’t want to “pimp gravatar” they can easily remove it.

Actually, it’d almost be nice to be able to tie Gravatar into your board so that when someone goes to change their avatar, it backends the whole deal to Gravatar. Imagine: Changing your gravatar from any enabled site, without having to login. And being able to pick which gravatar for which site…

There was a discussion about this over at WPTavern.com recently. It would be terrific if someone built that functionality. It doesn’t seem to be a particularly trivial task though unfortunately.

[chrishajer]

You can make a directory called my-plugins (and might as well make my-templates at the same time) and then upload them with your FTP program. Some FTP programs will allow you to create a new directory on the remote host by right clicking, as well. If you have shell access to the host, you can make directories there as well (but I suspect you don’t based on your questions.) And, 1.0 comes with those directories by default now.

In any case, glad you got it sorted. These instructions are for anyone else who might need help.

[taboo]

I don’t think the issue is connected with modrewrite. I also tried turning just every possible plugin off, using default theme… and the pagination is still off. Please could someone help? Maybe I could use a different function?

[azcs]

where would i put this code? in the header?

<div id=”navigation”>

<ul id=”nav”>