[appliedsd]

I remember how impressed I was the first time I saw a bbpress standalone installation. It was so clean and easy to navigate–things weren’t buried in places I couldn’t find them, the threads were clean and the UI was simple. I couldn’t resist using it on my next project.

After installing it, I got into the admin interface and it was just like using wordpress! It integrated with Akismet, there was a plugin architecture, it was fantastic! I was sold.

Then.. I started to run into a few issues here and there… a couple of the plugins didn’t work, and I couldn’t find support for them.. I couldn’t find a way to integrate a good wysiwyg editor.. and then bugs started to show up in the admin panel.

“No problem” I thought.. “I’ll just upgrade”.

Over to the bbpress.org page, and now it’s a wordpress plugin.. “OK.. guess I’ll give that a try”. after half an hour of working with it, I realized it wasn’t for me, and now I see that the standalone version appears to be permanently mothballed.

That is unacceptable. That standalone software was awesome… we can’t let it die.

Let’s bring it back!!

I am raising my voice for resurrecting the bbpress standalone software. Who here will support this effort? I’m a developer.. that’s one.. who else is going to help me?

[Stephen Edgar]

1. can more than 110 000 users be imported

This should not be a problem.

2. My website runs a specific version of phpbb SEO for allowing permalinks for every forum – will this be imported ? (so that there is not a lot of redirect)

No, these will NOT be imported and you will need to manually set your permalinks and make some redirects using .htaccess

3. My website stores custom profile fields for every user (more than just ICQ, but also custom ones). How could I have the same kind of functionalities using bbpress ?

Currently when importing from phpBB we are importing and storing the default phpBB user fields as outlined here. You could modify the import script to include any of your custom user profile fields so they also get stored in wp_usermeta.

After that you would need to find a WordPress plugin that supports extended user profile fields to utilize that data. I am not sure of any specific plugin that can really do that out of the box with bbPress at the moment but at least you ‘would’ have all of your users advanced profile data stored.

4. What about performance – will it be better than phpbb. I know bbpress is very powerful for small forums, but I have no idea regarding huge ones. Can wp caching plugins work for bbpress as well ?

There are some large sites running bbPress and I would suggest you setup a test site to see how it works for yourself personally.

As to caching it appears that ‘WP Super Cache’and ‘W3 Total Cache’ do not work well with bbPress as discussed in this topic though there is ‘Lite Cache’ which appears to work with bbPress as per this topic.

5. Is the entire UI translated in French – it doesn’t seem to me, but maybe I’m wrong.

The current status of the French translation is at 11% translated with 879 strings untranslated though 734 of those strings have been translated and are waiting for the fr_FR translation validator to validate the translations.

https://codex.bbpress.org/bbpress-in-your-language/

6. Can I use any plugins writter for wp for bbpress ?

I am not sure what you mean for this question

Any more questions please ask away…

[Stephen Edgar]

Can you please create a ticket in trac and we can test this and find a fix:
https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/

[methods1]

I am installing a bbPress (2.3.2) forum on a WordPress (3.5.1) and I simply need to make my “reply” and “submit” buttons bigger, so they stand out. I am a newbie to WordPress and am sure this is an easy fix.If somebody could please point me in the right direction.

[Alexander Bell]

I was wondering the same thing. I can’t figure out how to add bbPress to the main navigation in WordPress. I would prefer to not have to create a custom menu just for that.

[Jared Atchison]

The previous version of bbPress used the WordPress array of allowed tags. This meant when you installed a TinyMCE plugin for WordPress it also worked in bbPress.

We changed that now, which is why your plugin doesn’t work. bbPress now has it’s own allowed tags setting and doesn’t necessarily use what WordPress is using.

While it breaks some implementations (such as the plugin you’re using), in the long run it was the way to go. Now bbPress and WordPress can have different tag settings, before they were stuck using the same, which in some cases would be a huge problem.

You need to whitelist any tags your uses will be using via the filter mentioned above. That will fix the issue you’re having.

[sonnymanou]

bbpress 2.3.2 and WordPress 3.5.1. Link to site.

Hello,

I have a multi-site set up and a problem with users automatically being added to other blogs (sub-sites) on their network. Upon visiting a sub-site, the user gets assigned a “participant” role. This is then shown in their “My Sites” drop down in their Admin bar.

In the forum “settings”, there is a check box with this next to it:

Automatically assign default role to new, registered users upon visiting the site.

I have toggled this off and on several times, in the hope that it would fix my problem. It doesn’t.

Please help: why is my multi-site installation still adding users (“participants”) to every sub-site they visit?

Thank you.
Sonny

[mogu]

Hi there, im moving from bbpress1.1 to bbpress 2.3, into a wordpress multisite environment.
I already import all data, i can see it in mysql.
Also, i can see the topics in the site admin dashboard (Topics->All Topics).
The issue is that i cant see the actual topic/post, if i click on view | edit, it always send me to a 404 error page.

How do I debug this?

Best regards
mogu

[Jared Atchison]

There is a bbPress signature plugin. Search the WordPress.org plugin repository and you should find it.

[Jared Atchison]

For security purposes it is not allowed.

Otherwise users could do some very malicious things such as iframes that trigger js attacks, etc.

It’s the same reason why WordPress does not allow HTML in post comments.

[TrishaM]

I’m starting a new thread for my problem since no one is replying to my old thread and I still desperately need help! If anyone is interested the old thread is here:

http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/post-import-cleanup-help-needed/#post-134121

Basically what is happening is that I cannot use the Tools > Forums > Import tool to successfully import my old bbPress 1 forums/topics/replies to my newly upgraded WordPress DB…. in a nutshell here’s what has happened and where I’m at:

1. Updated WP to 3.5.1 and updated bbPress (initially) to 2.2.4;
2. Tried to import from my old bb_ tables but first attempt resulted in NO parent forums being converted so all topics showed “No Forum” in the Forum column;
3. Made a second attempt and made sure to check “Purge all information from a previously attempted import” thinking (silly me) that this would actually purge the previously imported data. FAIL.
4. Second attempt actually duplicated everything so I had twice as many topics/replies in my wp_posts table;
5. Following the instructions from the previous thread I manually deleted *all* of the imported topics and replies from my wp_posts and wp_postmeat tables, so that I could start fresh, and then asked for more help to continue since I had no confidence that the import function would work properly;

Since I received no further replies, I tried importing again after updating the bbPress plugin to the current version (2.3.2) but had the same FAILURE of Parent Forums to import – during the conversion I saw the message “No parent forums to convert”, and all topics showed “No Forum” after importing. Oddly, the parent Forums showed up when you clicked on the link to the Forums from the website, and had a number in the column to show how many Topics were in that parent forum, but clicking on any of the forum names then showed no Topics for that forum.

SO NOW I’m back to square one – I scrapped all of that again and now have a fresh database of all my wp_ tables WITHOUT the imported bbPress data, and the bb_tables in a separate database waiting to be imported.

WHAT is the secret to successfully migrating from bbPress 1 to bbPress 2. WHY does the Import Forums not work as it should?

I have an active (well it used to be anyway) forum that has now been offline for over a month and have numerous complaints from forum members……I REALLY need help to get this fixed….

[tharsheblows]

I don’t think people need access to /wp-admin to browse the site.

I keep everyone except logged-in admins from accessing wp-admin (popping them back to the homepage) by using the following in my functions.php

//don't allow users to go wp-admin
add_action( 'init', 'blockusers_init' );
function blockusers_init() {
    if ( is_admin() && ! current_user_can( 'administrator' ) &&
       ! ( defined( 'DOING_AJAX' ) && DOING_AJAX ) ) {
        wp_redirect( home_url() );
        exit;
    }
}

[Dan Knauss]

It’s definitely WAMP, most likely the ‘W’ part. (I tried this on Windows 7) XAMPP has even more trouble. Apache is being disrupted and crashed at times, probably because of Windows User Account Control (UAC) security settings and/or IIS. You should get a warning about this when you install XAMPP on Windows. I haven’t test to see if that’s the cause, but it seems likely.

See: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-windows_programs/i-am-trying-to-install-xampp-win32-177-i-get-a/0b44bd10-2fff-49ac-bb48-30dfc4ae9c44?msgId=0c558024-e8e2-47b2-a9f7-ee102b62aec9

What does work is LAMP, so just do the migration on your webserver or localhost. I’ve had no problem doing it all on Nexcess.net’s WordPress hosting with over 61,000 posts and 1100 users converted with the default settings of 100 rows at a time with a 1s delay.

[asdseed2]

Some discuss and half-solution:

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/combination-with-bbpress?replies=3#post-4183880

[asdseed2]

My WordPress is: WordPress 3.5.1. (Russian language pack)
Theme: Emphaino
You are using bbPress 2.3.2.
also installed Akismet (upgraded)

after installs and activates “all in one seo”, I have same trouble:

1. Then “all in one seo” activated – bbPress is dont works well:

1.1. Then I try to create new post, I have an error: “ERROR: You do not have permission to create new topics.”
1.2. Then I try to go http://catstock.ru/wp-admin/index.php?page=bbp-about – I have about the same error in Russian Language – “Dont have permission”.
1.3. Then I in Plugins menu in admin panel, and I click “settings” (http://catstock.ru/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bbpress) – I see the same error – “Dont have permission”

1.4. I stil see the bbPress widget in Console (http://catstock.ru/wp-admin/index.php)

2. Then I deactivate “all in one SEO”:

2.1. Right after deactivation – I start see “Forums, Topics, Replies” in the admin left panel.
2.2. http://catstock.ru/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bbpress2 – start works correct,
2.3. Now I may correctly add new topic or reply at page http://catstock.ru/?forum=test_forum

3. Now I activate “all in one SEO” again, and all goes back to &1.
3.1. In “All in one SEO” settings using “Reset to default” dont help any.

[ZachMatthews]

I am having this exact same problem, but my phpbb database is in the same place as my wordpress database. (_phpbb and _wordpress on my MySQL server).

Anyone figure this out?

[John James Jacoby]

When you delete a user, WordPress will prompt you and ask you what to do with all of their existing posts.

[aleXka]

I found an answer for 2 – In the last bbPress version it is disabled by default. It can be activated by using following plugin:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-enable-tinymce-visual-tab/

After installation of the plugin I got Visual redactor on New topic and Replay. It forks fine but in case of Replay, Text mode still hasn’t buttons: http://pumpshooter.com/qH7GGcxR

So, please help me to fix it.
Thx,.

[aleXka]

Hello,
I installed the last version of bbPress.
In the plugin configurations I checked
“Use the fancy WordPress editor to create and edit topics and replies”.
In the result I have editor panel on new topic creation area: http://pumpshooter.com/EcAUdJfM
But on the Reply area there is no editor: http://pumpshooter.com/yRDEno0E

1) How do I activate editor on reply text area?
2) How do I switch editor to be in “Visual” mode?

Thx!

[dubbinz]

bbpress Version 2.3.2
wordpress Version 3.5.1
Hi, I am looking for a way to order all forums (not topics) alphabetically. I read some posts here and they refer to a bbp-forum-template.php in the includes folder but this file is no longer inside this file. Can anybody tell me which file to edit and line number to do this?

[tibmix]

Hi again,

I still have this problem. Because I deactivated all other plugins and the problem persists, my conclusion is that it’s an bbPress issue.

So, my question goes to someone from bbPress: do authenticated forum visitors (participants) need access to /wp-admin directory in order to browse topics and posts?

Thank you for any answer.

[DFC005]

I assume this is a simply function but I can’t seem to find any clear documentation on how to do it.

I’d love to have my forum homepage show the latest x amount of replies across ALL forums. Pretty much like the forum homepage of bbPress’ own forum.

Can someone point me in the right direction? Using the latest version of WordPress and bbPress.

[John James Jacoby]

Probably need more information to be helpful here. What’s actually happening? Are you familiar with debugging WordPress, using WP_DEBUG and such?

[pimpanoob]

Hi,

I am using the latest buddypress version with wordpress but a different theme (from rockettheme.com).

The “register” link on the frontpage is not linked to the “register” page. I can fix that in the admin dashboard by going to settings–>buddypress–>pages.

Here I need to create a site called “register” first.

My problem now is that this site is indeed called “register” but has no registration function whatsoever.

Can someone help me?

Thanks a lot for your support,
Fabian

[athalas]

I’m attempting to convert a phpBB2 forum to bbPress version 2.3.2.

I’ve selected the option to convert users, but it’s failing with the following error:

WordPress database error: [Unknown column 'users.user_form_salt' in 'field list']
SELECT convert(users.user_id USING "utf8") AS user_id,convert(users.user_password USING "utf8") AS user_password,convert(users.user_form_salt USING "utf8") AS user_form_salt,convert(users.username USING "utf8") AS username,convert(users.user_email USING "utf8") AS user_email,convert(users.user_website USING "utf8") AS user_website,convert(users.user_regdate USING "utf8") AS user_regdate,convert(users.user_aim USING "utf8") AS user_aim,convert(users.user_yim USING "utf8") AS user_yim,convert(users.user_icq USING "utf8") AS user_icq,convert(users.user_msnm USING "utf8") AS user_msnm,convert(users.user_jabber USING "utf8") AS user_jabber,convert(users.user_occ USING "utf8") AS user_occ,convert(users.user_interests USING "utf8") AS user_interests,convert(users.user_sig USING "utf8") AS user_sig,convert(users.user_from USING "utf8") AS user_from,convert(users.user_avatar USING "utf8") AS user_avatar FROM users AS users LIMIT 0, 100

Is there anything I can do the resolve the issue?

Thank you