[judy1950]

I have a WordPress site (3.4.2) which uses a premium theme that I want to keep. I just activated the BBPress plugin (ver 2.1.2) and created a forum and topic etc. The forum and topic pages appear and look ok, but I would like to customize the template and css that is being used in this. I am finding BBP documentation on this somewhat confusing.

My Plan: I will create my own BBP template based on page.php from my main theme and modify the layout etc.

To implement this new template I create, I am guessing that I can replace $new_template (shown below; code taken from bhp-template-loader.php (wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-includes) with the name of my new template, such as “bbp-new-page.php”). Is this correct?

// bbPress template file exists
if ( !empty( $new_template ) ) {

    // Override the WordPress template with a bbPress one
    $template = $new_template;

And to modify the css, I can simply hack “bbpress.css” (wp-content/plugins/bbpress/
bbp-theme-compat/css/bbpress.css)?

This approach seems really hacky/inelegant however.

On a slightly separate note, it appears that implementing the steps for theme-compatibility (http://codex.bbpress.org/theme-compatibility) are necessary only if you are going to use a single (custom) theme (or child theme?) for both WP and BBP?

Finding it a little confusing to untangle the methods and their purposes in BBP theming.

Thanks to anyone who can help!
Judy Wilson
Nashville TN

[on3advertising]

I should mention that having to go to a forum, then a topic, then a post, then clicking on the username from there is not intuitive and a poor workaround to getting to the bbPress profile.

[on3advertising]

There is a common disconnect between the WP user profile and bbPress. It’s not integrated. Right now if the user registers with the bbPress registration, then logs in, it takes them to the WordPress profile page. This isn’t good for branding. First of all, it takes them ‘out’ of the site into a WordPress profile (confusing them right off the bat), which has the WordPress logo and WordPress backend style. At this point, a non-WP user doesn’t know what to do to get back to the site.

Is there a clean, easy way to redirect the “Profile” link back to the bbPress profile and prevent them from ever hitting the WordPress brand? The site needs to feel consistent and well-thought out without this random user flow.

The website I’m working on is: http://www.compusoftdevelopment.com/forum

[murand]

Hello:
I’ve just started using wordpress and needed a good forum. I opted for BBPress and so far works fine. I am just tweaking it a bit and would like to disable the Reply to: in the Topics section. My particular test site will not need this and I wish to keep the area tidy.

** I posted this in WordPress (Plugins & Hacks) but didn’t get any response. Not sure if I was in the wrong place? **
Thanks
Andrew
Wordpress 3.4.2
BBPress 2.1.2

[Kr3m1in]

Solved by changing “page.php” to the template file I wanted in bhp-template-loader.php.

[Kr3m1in]

Is there anywhere I can change the WordPress theme’s page template that bbPress uses for all forum pages? Here’s what I’m talking about:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/18187962/this.jpg

I need to use the template “page without sidebar” rather than the default template.

The goal is to get rid of the sidebar here and expand the forum to the width of the page: Forum

[Ronileco]

In BBPress 2.0.2 version I had to integrate the native editor by myself but in the latest BBPress you can use any tinyMCE editor enhancer to change and customise the editor.
Take a look at those WordPress plugin: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tinymce-advanced/, https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ultimate-tinymce/

This will change all tinyMCE editors on the site, but you can create a dedicated editor for the forums comment.

[kiwichick]

In case anyone else is looking for the answer to this, the delightful Pippin directed me to a free plugin that works with Restrict Content Pro to allow this: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/restrict-content-pro-bbpress/

:->

[loza16]

Hey,

I’m running Version 3.4.2 of WordPress, with Version 2.1.2 of bbPress.
When I’m logged into the site as a Forum Participant, I can see the forums and topics, but when I actually click on the topics to view the content (i.e. the actual topic post and replies), all that appears is “This topic contains 0 replies, has 1 voice, and was last updated by…” as well as the “Reply” form underneath that. The actual posts and replies don’t appear.

However, when I’m logged in as an administrator, I am able to see everything (it all functions normally).

Do you know why a normal forum user can’t see posts and replies? How can I go about fixing the issue?

Any help would be appreciated!

Cheers,
Laura.

[Ommy]

I am using wordpress+buddypress+bbpress I couldnt make it work, can anyone help ?

• This reply was modified 13 years, 6 months ago by Ommy.

[g41687]

Hi all,

I use:

• WordPress 3.4.2
• bbpress 2.1.2
• qtranslate 2.5.32
• qtranslate extention 0.1.1

All works fine in the blog part but in the bbpress forum I have a little problem.

Topics links are well presented in the correct langue of my bbpress forum but the content of a topic contains all the language text versions, one following the other, in place of only the current language text.

Sample: french and english version are presented together:

J’aime mon blog. I like my blog.

in place of :

French version : J’aime mon blog

English version : I like my blog

Any ideas ?

Thanks a lot for your help

[Ian M]

ctekmusic – I found a way. This plugin https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/add-new-default-avatar/ worked for me! 😉

[Stephen Edgar]

Export the database but don’t import it into your WordPress database you are going to use, import the phpBB database is its own separate database as once the data is imported you will be able to remove/delete that database as it will no longer be needed (just make sure you do keep a backup).

Other than that it looks like you are good to go.

[Stephen Edgar]

> Am I better off, this sounds stupid, importing the users/forums from
> vb into my root site #1, then erasing the forums/topics/replies,
> keeping the users, and then going to site #2 and doing a forum only
> import?

This option I am pretty sure will not work in the way during the import that the topics and replies are matched to user ID’s, essentially during the import bbPress can not match the vBulletin (or any other forum) UserID to an existing WordPress user.

As for the other side of things I haven’t tried to do what you are trying to do with MultiSite though a quick test install locally to give it a run through different scenarios would be the best bet to see what the outcome is.

[ctekmusic]

Hi

I can’t say what the best approach is but here’s what works for me.

I mainly wanted all my users on site 6 but I thought it would be good if they were members on all sites in case I added community features into the other 5 sites.

I ended up using this plugin Multisite User Management. Whenever you add a new user it will add it to as many of your sites as you like. Been using it for ages with no complaints, one of my favourite plugins.

Hope this helps

[ctekmusic]

Hi. All the info you need is here: Theme Compatability

The basics are that you need to make a wordpress theme with bbPress support, so try to think of it as a wordpress theme not a bbPress theme.

bbPress is very flexible and you can theme it in multiple ways, the best starting point is that link I provided.

Hope this helps

[sixf00t4]

can you give a link for the human test plugin? I can’t find it. and the bbcaptcha plugin doesnt seem to work with the latest version of wordpress.

[Anointed]

I’ve setup WordPress multisite.

Using the built in importer from vbulletin (which works great), I am curious, my forums are going to be on site #2, not my primary install site.

So if I do this, run the importer, and import all users/posts from vbulletin, the users are then added to site #2, or both site #1 and #2? (site #1 is root site)

Or:
Am I better off, this sounds stupid, importing the users/forums from vb into my root site #1, then erasing the forums/topics/replies, keeping the users, and then going to site #2 and doing a forum only import?

Goal:
Obviously I need users to be able to login to site#2, but would also like to make sure all users are able to login to the parent ‘global’ site #1.

How should I proceed?

[Crandel]

Hi, I have multisite installation of wordpress with two sites.
I want to share the same forum between the tow sites.
But for each site bbpress save the forum in his own wp_2_post table and wp_3_post table.
I would like to save the data in the same table for both sites.
How to do it?

[Flight777]

Hello Chris,

Thanks for your reply. I do know where the CSS is located but I can’t find the exact entry for the links (even with Chrome). When I load the compat theme it does get the proper link colours from the main wordpress theme but the whole lay-out is ***** up then 😛

Here it the link (with the twentyten loaded):

http://www.verantwoordnalaten.com/versie2/forums/forum/verantwoord-nalaten/

Rob

[jeeni]

I don’t think you have to wait for integration. The plugin Pippin wrote works perfectly. If, in future it’s fully integrated into the bbPress plugin for WordPress, then we can drop the extra plugin, but this works great! I wouldn’t wait for integration.

p.s. This plugin is worth supporting & I appreciate your work, Pippin. Hope many people have donated to your time spent on this. I wish I could give more. Thanks again!

[ctekmusic]

Hi you may have to edit your template to add login buttons/form but here’s what you can use for social login:

This plugin handles logins across many social networks Social Login, Sharing & Commenting

or

This plugin only deals with facebook but totally free and unrestricted WP-FB-AutoConnect

[Stephen Edgar]

I cannot reproduce this with a couple of sites I have.

Can you go to your WordPress Dashboard -> Tools -> Forums -> Repair Forums

Run the repair tool to ‘Recalculate private and hidden forums’ and see if that fixes your issue .

(It would also be a good idea to run the rest of those tools to ensure all the forums/topics/replies are in sync).

[Stephen Edgar]

I would suggest trying https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-search-widget/ as it is actively being developed.

[ctekmusic]

Hi all first post here, here is my issue:

If I create a new blog post in wordpress with an oEmbed link on the first line e.g. youtube, the widget appears and works correctly in both the single post page and in the BuddyPress activity.

But when I create a new forum topic/reply with the first line as a youtube link and some text below it will work in the forum view but in buddypress activity there is only the text present. No widget or even a fallback link.

I don’t know if this is a bug or I am just missing the bigger picture but our site depends quite heavily on oEmbed now since it is an easy way to get widgets into the activity stream.

Thanks for any help