[swammy05]

Yes, that makes sense.

I did find this: https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2685

Is that a core fix that has not been made? My bbpress is up to date

[Robkk]

@atfpodcast yeah thats what people usually say there.

try just switching to bbpress bbcode with the whitelist plugin

and also bbpress direct quotes.

the bbcode plugin just turns basic html into shortcodes , so its still fine even though it is 2 years old.

but remember to use it with the whitelist plugin too so that other users cant post the bbpress login shortcode and other unwanted shortcodes you dont want in bbpress posts/wordpress comments/buddypress activity/buddypress private messages.

bbpress direct quotes wont quote as fast as gd bbpress tools quotes but it still works fine too.

[atfpodcast]

https://wordpress.org/plugins/basic-user-avatars/
It says not tested with 4.0 but it works and much nicer then one I was using.

[bidhan.baruah]

Hi,

We had a custom forum created through a .NET application. Its a legacy application built in 2006.
Now client is migrating to wordpress / bbpress. For forum migration I have created a application to import data from .NET application (Sql Server database) in a format where I can use mingle importer to import.

The tables we have created are wp_forum_forums, wp_forum_threads; wp_forum_posts;

Table definition are
CREATE TABLE wp_forum_forums (
id bigint(20) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
name varchar(4000) NOT NULL,
parent_id bigint(20) NOT NULL,
description text,
sort int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (id)
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=32 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

CREATE TABLE wp_forum_posts (
id bigint(20) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
parent_id bigint(20) NOT NULL,
subject varchar(2000) DEFAULT NULL,
author_id bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL,
text mediumtext,
date datetime NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (id),
KEY fk_wp_forum_posts_wp_forum_threads_idx (parent_id),
KEY fk_wp_forum_posts_wp_user (author_id),
CONSTRAINT fk_wp_forum_posts_wp_forum_threads FOREIGN KEY (parent_id) REFERENCES wp_forum_threads (id),
CONSTRAINT fk_wp_forum_posts_wp_user FOREIGN KEY (author_id) REFERENCES wp_users (ID) ON DELETE NO ACTION ON UPDATE NO ACTION
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=69731 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

CREATE TABLE wp_forum_threads (
id bigint(20) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
parent_id bigint(20) NOT NULL,
starter bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL,
subject varchar(4000) DEFAULT NULL,
status varchar(100) NOT NULL,
date datetime NOT NULL,
last_post datetime NOT NULL,
closed varchar(50) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (id),
KEY fk_wp_forum_threads_wp_forum_forums_idx (parent_id),
KEY fk_wp_forum_threads_wp_users_idx (starter),
CONSTRAINT fk_wp_forum_threads_wp_forum_forums FOREIGN KEY (parent_id) REFERENCES wp_forum_forums (id),
CONSTRAINT fk_wp_forum_threads_wp_user FOREIGN KEY (starter) REFERENCES wp_users (ID) ON DELETE NO ACTION ON UPDATE NO ACTION
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=9303 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

Through our custom code we populated these tables.

Everything works fine, but while importing the wp_forum_posts (which has got 69K records) the importer hangs between 35600 to 35699. I tried atleast 5 / 6 times but same result every time.

Can you kindly help us in this?

Thanks and Regards
Bidhan

[jesmin13]

i have also a quistion how to install wordpress,and how to create a website by using wordpress.
tell me best answer.

[blueberrycove]

Jlaks – the way I did it was to put in some html code on the WordPress page, above the shortcode for the forum. However Robkk’s plugin is really simple and much better – I’m using it as well now!

[Robin W]

you need my plugin

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-private-groups/

membership plugins on their own do not protect from widgets and searches.

[readwriteandedit]

I don’t know if this is a question for bbPress, bbPress WP Tweaks, or iThemes Exchange Membership, but I’ll start with bbPress.

I have multiple forums, one private. I’m using the bbPress WP Tweaks plugin for my forum sidebar and restricting access to all forums through Exchange Membership.

The private forum is hidden from the forum list, which is what I expected and what I want.
The private forum cannot be accessed from my menu link (although I need to figure out how to get rid of the “oops message), which is also expected behavior.

However, recent topics and recent replies in the sidebar both show links to a topic from the private forum to non-members of the forum. That is, the sidebar shows topics for every forum, even the private one, and even to non-members. Clicking the links for topics/replies from the private forum returns the “oops message” and so non-members can’t actually link to the forum that way, but I don’t want anyone who’s not a member of the private forum to even see topic titles. Everything in the private forum should be private.

Additionally, using the search box in the sidebar brings up both topics and replies to content from the private forum–not merely links, but the topics and replies themselves, as if they weren’t part of a private forum. This is true whether or not the user is logged in.

Exchange Membership allows me to restrict access to replies and topics, but only globally; topics and replies can’t be restricted on a forum-by-forum basis.

1. So, is there a setting I’m missing in bbPress to make replies and topics private inside a private forum? Is it standard for members of other forums to be able see the titles of topics of a private forum or allow access through search? (Or if you think this is being caused by the bbPress WP Tweaks plugin and you have any ideas for a fix, that would be great.)

2. Also, can I change the “oops, that page can’t be found” message or redirect users to another page when they click on the link to a private forum? Exchange Membership already has something set up to prevent access to protected pages/posts (with a message I can change), and that works if a non-member tries to access a public forum. But something about the private forum settings/setup produces a different redirect. I’m open to suggestions.

Thanks for your help.

Wordpress: 4.0
bbPress: 2.5.4
bbPress WP Tweaks: 1.3.1
iThemes Exchange: 1.10.6
Exchange Membership Add-on: 1.2.8
My site: The Editor’s Blog Members

The Member Forum is public, the Pro Forum private. The topic–Can Sally See This Topic–is from the Pro Forum and shouldn’t be seen by or accessible to the Member Forum.

[WhenPaperSucks]

I notice this happens to others too, but appears to not have an absolute solution yet…I’ve experienced this once before but no follow up solution resulted, so I thought I would try once again with this new and recent instance of this ongoing problem.

In a nutshell, when I go to log into the WP Dashboard, it redirects me to the site’s front-end and not to my dashboard. I have to manually type in an admin url location to access it.

I have a fresh install of WordPress that I’ve been developing my theme with. So when this happened yet again, I did the following to troubleshoot:

1. Replaced my WP files with a fresh download
2. Tried two WP default themes
3. Disabled plugins one-by-one
4. flushed my browser’s cache and also used the default permalinks setting

Once again, it points to the bbPress plugin because when I disable it, I can log back into the dashboard just fine. However, enabling it once again, the problem comes back. And before you ask, this happens with the default WP themes too.

Long story short, I did a Google search and this happens to various people over the years, and this is the third time in 2 years for me…the 1st time I just simply dropped bbPress, then the second time, I had to do the same, now this 3rd time, I may have to.

Any ideas what could be doing this?

[Robkk]

1. the login issue , i cant do much about since its about the design of bbpress.org , i can pitch some desgin ideas like just showing login and register links in the admin bar instead of the anonymous user profile dropdown so that it could be more like the wp admin bar as it is now.

2. i dont think bbpress login shortcode/widget have a referrer login redirect , use this plugin to get that kind of functionality.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/peters-login-redirect/

if it doesnt work , i dont know how else to help you on this issue.

3. i think you should create a new topic for this, i dont really know much about this.

[jlaks]

Thx Rob,

Missed it as well my eyes are weary. Thank You for the quick response. Setting new forum for my eccomerce site https://www.boatpartsforless.com/. Learned quite a bit about bbPress in a day. Last thing really needing attention before it goes live is a login re-direct and one piece of code color of font forum titles. Really like bbPress but two a few quirky things.

First: when I registered today for bbPress forum I really had to look for log in then finally figured out it was the icon top right. Seems like logging in and registering should not take that much effort.

Second: Quirk. After log in site does not redirect back to page you where on. That disappointed me earlier today when searching for info and had to register to add to this topic. Again while I am really liking bbPress so far, seems weird two paramount conveniences are not incorporated in out of the box.

Last one: is a little scary. If someone inputs incorrect log in information it redirects to WordPress main login in screen. Really have to work on that one before forum goes live. While most hackers know where log in in is for WordPress sites still seems stupid to advertise it like that.

Or it could just be me, frustrated with having to learn something new.

[Robkk]

you guys could use this plugin

bbPress Login Register Links On Forum Topic Pages

[jlaks]

Hi blueberry cove,

Would you mind sharing how you got your login/register, lost password links at top of your forum page. I have created these pages wordpress already. But each time I try and add a button or link to the top of the wordpress forum page. Button or link is added but breaks the bbpress forum itself and forum itself does not show only newly added link or button.

Thanks in advance

[Robin W]

Meanwhile, however, can I list only one forum at a time?

see earlier answer – ‘[bbp-single-forum id=123]‘

at the end the pages that appear after the user clicks a top menu called “Chevrolet.”

see earlier answer – ‘Then create a wordpress page called say GM, and put the shortcode’

you can put as much text on that page before the shortcode as you like

“See other forums,”

just use a hyperlink to a page with the shortcode [bbp-forum-index]

http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_links.asp

[mrpjdavis]

Hi there.

When I try to import an existing SMF forum I get the following error:

WordPress database error: [Unknown column 'members.member_name' in 'field list']
SELECT convert(members.id_member USING "utf8") AS id_member,convert(members.passwd USING "utf8") AS passwd,convert(members.member_name USING "utf8") AS member_name,convert(members.email_address USING "utf8") AS email_address,convert(members.website_url USING "utf8") AS website_url,convert(members.date_registered USING "utf8") AS date_registered,convert(members.real_name USING "utf8") AS real_name,convert(members.aim USING "utf8") AS aim,convert(members.yim USING "utf8") AS yim,convert(members.icq USING "utf8") AS icq,convert(members.msn USING "utf8") AS msn,convert(members.signature USING "utf8") AS signature,convert(members.avatar USING "utf8") AS avatar,convert(members.location USING "utf8") AS location,convert(members.personal_text USING "utf8") AS personal_text FROM smf_members AS members LIMIT 0, 100

Not sure what I am doing wrong!

[Robkk]

@mnhfile

I am using godaddy wordpress managed hosting and this issue occurs because of their cache layer

great that you found the issue with the cache layer from godaddy

Anyhow my tab/heading problem is solved because of loop code in this link

well its there for sure , but i forgot i edited the file,

i will link you to the unedited file i based the one i edited off of in a minute.

The new file should show freshness, voices, topics, and all the missing labels.

i want some modification in tabs/heading — which show or hide forums../// or modification like tabs act like toggles

This is some custom development , i dont know how to hook this up yet , but i know its made up of some jQuery

heres an example in this link

http://www.w3schools.com/jquery/tryit.asp?filename=tryjquery_toggle

you can create a new topic for this and see if anyone else can help , right now i dont know how to do it.

[mnhfile]

Css or php changes by sftp not updated to my wordpress site. I figured out this is not parent/ child theme problem .. I am using godaddy wordpress managed hosting and this issue occurs because of their cache layer and i don’t know how to clear it. I try to contact them but unable to reach them beacuase of voice issue in international call.

Anyhow my tab/heading problem is solved because of loop code in this link https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robkk/better-bbpress-responsive-theme/master/bbpress/loop-forums.php

i want some modification in tabs/heading — like in the picture arrow appears which show or hide forums../// or modification like tabs act like toggles (function).

[Stephen Edgar]

If the users were imported AND you can see them in the WordPress backend then you can assign the topics and replies manually be editing each topic and reply manually or doing this directly in the database.

This is extremely time consuming and I do not recommend it.

My only recommendation is to reset bbPress and import again.

[packzap]

I am having problems working thru this upgrade process. I just successfully upgraded all users, posts and forums from bbPress version 0.9.0.7 to version 1.2. Conversion worked great.

Now I am working on upgrading from bbPress version 1.2 to the latest. I installed WordPress version 2.5.4-5380. Then installed the bbPress plugin version 2.54.

In Tools, Forums, Import forums, the correct information is entered. I also put a check mark in the box “Convert users (Attempt to import user accounts from previous forums)”. However, after clicking “Start” it trundles along and says “no users to convert”, “no passwords to clear”, “no forums to convert”, etc . . .

Checking in Forums and Users, I do not see any of the previous users and forums added. I wonder if we need to add table prefix info (i.e. “bb_”) into the importer settings?

[chero123]

hello, good day!…I want to put a button "thanks" for each post in the user profile and the Times Appears "Thanked"

but I find this plugin or shortcode, or a way to do

example:

I found this plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-like-button/

but does not show the data in the public profile …

although the plugin either to pay, no matter
It is now important for a forum

help!
kind regards

[FrancescoR]

Wordpress and phpBB (> v3.0) are separated, no bridge, nothing: two differents things. The only account imported was my phpbb account and now are working with the wordpress one.

In wordpress are not exist any phpBB account.

Anonymous users, in real, are not accounts.. anyway there is a way to assign them manually to new accounts? I prefer to don’t import forum again

[Stephen Edgar]

Same thing, that was what I meant 😉

Also after resetting the forums check that any previous or duplicated users do not exist, this is an issue that sometimes results in having to manually delete previously imported users, it is fixed in the next release of bbPress.

Extra Notes: Make sure you are importing from phpBB v3, if you have been previously using a bridge plugin between phpBB and WordPress you will also have issues.

[Stephen Edgar]

If you didn’t check the box “import users” then there will be no users to associate with the imported topics and replies and they will be assigned to anonymous.

Go to your WordPress Dashboard -> Tools -> Forums – Reset Forums

Reset your forums and import again.

[Sam Rohn]

bbpress 1.0.2 is obsolete for a few years now and is no longer supported, current bbpress is version 2.5.4

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/

using wordpress and bbpress 2.x, you could set up wp at domain.tld/blog and put bbpress (2.x) on a wp page like domain.tld/blog/forum

see the bbpress codex for more info on setting up bbpress 2

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

see here for info on importing other forums

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

sam

[mikeyb]

I’ve only just noticed the same issue as everyone else, I DO have S2member installed, but that wasn’t the issue.

Turns out it was down to the Custom Search plugin by “bestwebsoft” https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-search-plugin/

I’ve raised the issue on the WP support forum https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-40-breaking-bbpress-not-showing-1st-forum-post?replies=1#post-6172365