[veelee9]

I’m having the exact same issue, but instead of importing the vbulletin database directly from vbulletin server, I have exported the vbulletin database as a sql file and imported it over to a new database that I have created on my server where my WordPress and BBPress installation exist. I have entered the following to each of the import fields:

Platform: vBulletin
Database Server IP or hostname: localhost
Database Port Use: 3306
Database Name: [entered correct db name]
Database User: [entered correct db user]
Database Password: [entered correct db password]
Table Prefix: blank

Once I click the start button, it will show “Starting Conversion” but just hangs there, any idea what I’m doing wrong?

[Marco Palermo]

now my work is online, you can find it at robadadonne.it, it’s fully integrated with wordpress

[edwardbarker]

Strange problem. I’m trying to migrate from 1.2 to 2.3 without any success. The import hangs at around 37,000 replies. Forums, posts and replies are showing up to about 8 months ago but no fresher than that. I suspect this is because I tried the import about 8 months ago and we now have duplicate users.

But when trying to reset the forum (plugin not standalone) many thousands of meta data points are deleted from wordpress. As a result thousands of blog post tags and categories have disappeared.

I will restore the database but I have no idea how to progress the import from here.

Any ideas? We have been trying for a week now in what had become a very frustrating process. It’s also become expensive since I contacted a developer to help. Any advice is much appreciated.

Website is unitedrant.co.uk

1.2 is at \forum
2.3 is at \forums

Ed

[gowdemon]

That is pretty cool. I am new to bbPress. Do i just upgrade to the latest version automatically, just like WordPress?

[desireroberts]

Forgot to give you this info:

I’m using WordPress 3.5.1. and bbPress 2.3.2.

[Shapeshifter 3]

Arf! Arf!(Howdy! Howdy!),

I just move my content to a Bootstrap based WordPress Theme (Customizr) that so far I like alot. I’ve never used bbPress before, and don’t quite understand it’s integration with the usage of Pages. Particularly Full Width vs Sidebar usage.

Here’s a link to my site: Toolbox-4-Websites

I installed the bbPress Plugin into my WordPress 3.6 beta 3 installation.
I then created a new page titled “Forums” with a right sidebar.
I drag & dropped that page into my Primary Navigation Menu.
I created two Forum categories and dropped them beneath my “Forums” menu page.
I dragged all of the bbPress Widgets into my Theme’s right sidebar.

Here’s the problem:

When I click on a Forum category, it opens up in a Full Page format missing the sidebar.
The viewers never get to see the 7 widgets.
I also notice that when I’m in the Admin panel, I’m given the option to edit the Forum, but NOT THE PAGE itself. Is this a bbPress issue, OR an issue with my theme?

The Customizr Theme is intentionally designed to NOT allow the first Primary Menu Title to open as a page…only what’s beneath each title. Could the developer’s choice of that option be hindering my ability to edit each page beneath the main menu titles?
(I thought I would contact bbPress first, before I contacted the theme’s Developer).

[Unsal Korkmaz]

Its already submitted. Approve process is not automatic so need to wait a bit.
Edit: It seems its already approved: https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/12908#comment:5
So it will be published on wordpress.org soon

[John James Jacoby]

I’ve received no message on Facebook (it’s also a poor approach to reporting security issues.)

Please read this page on the WordPress Codex.

Not fair to say I’ve ignored something I didn’t receive. I’m curious how you’re managing to login and post anything here, if logins are broken?

[Etan Rozin]

Will the new version be available as an update to the current one via wordpress themes?

[Pebbleontheshore]

Hi,
Just learning to integrate the design for bbPress in WordPress.

[Jared Atchison]

Also, https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-enable-tinymce-visual-tab/

[Viktor Szépe]

once installing https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-events-calendar/
bbPress appears
it is not a real solution

[Shmoo]

Only the forum or the entire website ?

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/only-allowing-logged-in-users-to-view-pages?replies=3

Search for some of those keywords at Google.

[Shmoo]

Sorry the link didn’t work for some reason.

Try this one.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-post-topics/

[edwardbarker]

I’d like to do this to. Which plugin?

There was a bbpress / wordpress sync plugin for bbperss 1.x

[rossagrant]

I’ve been experiencing similar results for a few months now, BUT only on topics with more than a few subscribers.

It seems that BBPress is waiting for a confirmation that the email notifications have been sent to subscribers BEFORE it releases the rest of the php script and allows the page to refresh for the actual person posting.

The post is actually posted very quickly if you look at the forum on another browser whilst the browser used to actually post is still processing.

I’ve set up a TRAC ticket here and have been investigating it for a while.

https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2162#comment:8

I’m wondering if there is a better way to handle the notifications?

I’m no coder though unfortunately.

[mareksgregs]

Hello!

I’d like to sync my WordPress site with my Forum so that when I make a blog post, it’s automatically posted on the forum. My blog and my forum are on 2 different sites though.

So would this be somehow possible?

Thanks!

[Viktor Szépe]

Please help to make these plugins compatible. WPML 2.8.2 and bbPress 2.3.2

[Sat Jun 08 12:41:04 2013] [error] [client 80.98.70.185] PHP Notice: bbp_setup_current_user was called <strong>incorrectly</strong>. The current user is being initialized without using $wp->init(). Please see <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Debugging_in_WordPress">Debugging in WordPress</a> for more information. (This message was added in version 2.3.) in /home/davidprog/dev/keszul.tk/server/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2959, referer: http://keszul.tk/wp-admin/plugins.php?activate=true&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s=

wpml forum link

[Shmoo]

Well to now what file you have to get isn’t really that difficult, you just need a little understanding of what files will be loaded when view a specific page.

This is a good sheet to show you the logic, but it can be difficult te read.
https://codex.wordpress.org/File:Template_Hierarchy.png

This one explains in my opinion much better whats going.

The anatomy of a WordPress theme

But it’s not too difficult, lets say you’re on the homepage of your website.
Often the index.php is need to start. If you open the index.php you see at the top something like this <?php get_header(); ?> the funny thing about PHP is that you can alsmost read-/understand what it is going to do. Like the code tag above says get_header so on that position it will grab the header.php file and open it. Keep following all those files and you will be okay.
Think of it as LEGO – building blocks – it needs a few blocks to make a house and a webpage is the house.

—
For the forum (bbPress) side I can tell you that the homepage of the forum is the page where it shows all forums & categories. This is called an archive page and not a regular page.php what most people would think when they first start.
Normally if it’s an archive page WordPress would load the archive.php template but because we have a Post_Type created by bbPress called Forum we can add the Post_Type_Name behind the archive.php – like this: archive-forum.php

When you copy that archive-forum.php file form your extra’s (plugins) folder to your Theme folder and open it you will again see the <?php get_header(); ?> stuff and all other typically WordPress stuff.

To remove the sidebar of the main forum-page you just go into that archive-forum.php template and delete the code that called the sidebar: <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
Just like the header it’s telling you what it does -> GET Sidebar ( load the sidebar files )

It’s really just trying and not being afraid. Them ore you do it the better you get at it.

*** Never try to edit files on a working website – online ***

Install WordPress + your website on your computer locally, get a code editor – edit the files and check if everything is working. When your finished editing and everything is Fonzy cool you can upload and overwrite the files at your online-server.

You know how I got my start (years ago) while not knowing what files to edit – By just opening some files I thought could be the files I needed. Typing 55555555555 or something else inside the file – Save it – reload the page in the browser and if 55555555555 didn’t show-up on the webpage I knew it wasn’t that template I was looking for and kept searching for the right one.

Don’t be afraid to make mistakes… You gonna make some trust me, but when you have a back-up file or you can simply undo your edit inside the Code-editor ( CMD + Z ) you’re all fine.

[Shmoo]

Try to install some Debug plugins they will give you some answers about why things take so long to load.

https://codex.wordpress.org/Debugging_in_WordPress
– at the bottom is a list of good plugins.

[Shmoo]

There is an option but it’s so WordPress. (half done)

This will add a WP Media upload button above the form.

<?php bbp_the_content( array( 'context' => 'topic', 'media_buttons' => true, ) ); ?>

[tommysvr]

Alternatively, if I could show a user_meta field for each post, that would work too. I’m struggling with the code below too.

global $current_user; get_currentuserinfo(); get_user_meta($current_user->ID, 'membership', true);

[tommysvr]

Hi all,

I have a little issue since bbPress switched to its own user roles. I was previously showing an image under a users avatar based on this role (ie admin, subscriber).

With the new method, it just shows the bbPress role of participant or key master. This is a problem because my registration forms put the user in WordPress role.

My question is this: is there a way to output the WordPress role rather than the bbPress role? Here is what I’m using at the moment:

$role = bbp_get_user_display_role(bbp_get_reply_author_id($reply_id));

<div class="bbp-reply-author <?php echo $role; ?>">

Any help is greatly appreciated!

[Shmoo]

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-signature/screenshots/

[Shmoo]

You probably have a misunderstanding of the word Forum and Forums it happens a lot.

A Forum is a common name for a support forum like we have at WordPress of bbPress or any other website online. They all call the page Forum or Support or Community.
But a Forum can also be ONE single item like a category inside other Forums. Thats why the landing-page you’re looking for is: yourwebiste.com/forums/ ( list all forums together )

But you can make your own landing-page by going into WordPress backend and Add a New Page + paste one of those Shortcodes to make it more easy.
https://codex.bbpress.org/shortcodes/