[Pippin Williamson]

The taxonomy ID for tags is “topic-tag”. You don’t want to set the meta_key, however.

You can do it in a couple of ways. One is to use the “tax_query” parameter.

You could also pass a parameter like the following to your query:

'topic-tag' => array('tag-1', 'tag-2')

Does that help?

[Pippin Williamson]

There is an option in Settings > Forums to control which user types have access to post in the bbPress forums.

When a user is created in bbPress by registering, they are always added to WordPress.

[Pippin Williamson]

Are you using a custom background image feature from your theme, or the built-in background feature provided by WordPress?

[q5sys]

Current site:
Wordpress V 3.4.2
bbpress V 2.1.2
Buddypress V 1.6.1

Old site:
Wordpress 1 user
phpbb v 3.10 40 users

I converted my forums over to bbpress. Everything went fine.
All the threads and users where there.
I installed buddypress as well and that works fine.
buddypress automatically synced up with all of the existing users.

I’m building the site up though so the activity on the site is low. However I’ve noticed something. All of the buddypress features work perfectly. However with bbpress no one can post or reply. In fact the only way admin can do anything is to do so through the dashboard. If admin is broswing the forum he cant reply or create a new topic.
The edit box is there, but when you click ‘submit’ it just reloads the page and nothing happens. I’ve tried this with users at all levels.

I wanted to integrate bbpress into buddypress, but the only way I can do that and retain my existing data is to choose group forums with existing install, but that wont work because i dont have a bb-config.php

I have completely disabled buddypress and the problem still exists. Somewhere something in my bbpress configuration must be messed up. any help?

[Philip John]

I’m trying to add featured images to forums. I have successfully filtered the register_post_type call like so;

/**
 * Add thumbnails to forums
 */
function ys_forum_featured_images( $post_type ) {
     $post_type['supports'][] = 'thumbnail';
     return $post_type;
}
add_filter( 'bbp_register_forum_post_type', 'ys_forum_featured_images' );

That did not, however add the meta box to the post edit page so I further used the following;

/**
 * Add featured image meta box
 */
function ys_bbp_featured_images(){
    add_meta_box('postimagediv', __('Featured Image'), 'post_thumbnail_meta_box', 'forum', 'side', 'low');
}
add_action('add_meta_boxes', 'ys_bbp_featured_images', 100);

The meta box then appears but in the image details I see the “Insert into post” button and “Delete” link but no “Use as featured image” link.

Any idea how I get that added?

The only thing I could find were these tickets talking about the link appearing when it shouldn’t:
http://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1633
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/18669

[Pietro]

Hi Guys…
Please. I have a little problem. My wordpress theme has backgrounds in every page, but in bbpress pages I have not the possibility to set one. Could You help me explaining me how to add at least 1 background for ALL the bbpages ?? Thank You.
Pietro

[hixsonb]

I really hate to open a new topic since there seems to be several on the subject I have in mind. Which involves issues when trying to import a bbPress 1.1 installation to WordPress 3.4.2 using the bbPress 2.1.2 plugin.

I have read the other topics but I am still not getting something right or I am just overlooking a step.

As stated, I have a current bbPress 1.1 installation that is integrated to my WordPress installation.

When I fill out all the fields in the Import Forums section, it starts the process but I receive a message “No forums to convert”, “No topics to convert” and etc. However, there are no errors.

I looked in the WP_Options table for the bbp_converter_query option to see if it provided any information but that option was not there.

After everything completes, I do run the Repairs and Recounts to no avail.

Quite honestly, to me… it looks like the plugin is not connecting to the database even though I know the settings are correct.

Any assistance would be very much appreciated.

Thanks much,
Bert

[on3advertising]

I fixed it. The problem was the theme. Either I was installing it incorrectly and not properly activating it as a WordPress Child Theme, or the theme was simply broken. I installed a standalone bbpress theme here and it worked right off the get go. Topic can be closed.

[dosch]

Hey,

I have the latest version of WordPress and use Multisite installation with 30+ users. The multisite has 6 different blogs and one forum powered by bbPress.

According to the Dashboard of the website with bbPress there are 32 users on the fora. But when I click on the ‘Users’ Tab there are only 4 users…
Also users complain that they get errors while trying to start new topics…

Look here for a screenshot: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/440/screenshot20120917at154.png

Also in the superadmin dashboard of the network there are only three listed users, but it says there should be 32…

Any idea how to resolve this?

[FiveOneDigital]

Is there no way to do this? Seems like it’s something people would want. Easily make a custom menu with all of your forums to use in widget.

[BBP-Persian]

Hi . I am Translating bbpress system to persian(Farsi) language .
I have A Question To You : How Can I Put My Translate Stats To This Page ??? http://translate.wordpress.org/projects/bbpress/plugin . for example : korean Language : http://translate.wordpress.org/projects/bbpress/plugin/ko/default .
Thanks a lot .

[on3advertising]

Unfortunately I never got this sorted out because no one responded within the time of my deadline. So I deleted the entire standalone installation off my server and installed a fresh instance of WordPress. Then I installed/activated bbPress within the Admin panel of WordPress. At this point, I uploaded the bb-blueSands theme to my themes directory in WordPress. Nothing changed, it still looks exactly like “TwentyTen”. When I try to activate the new theme, it errors, “The following themes are installed but incomplete. Themes must have a stylesheet and a template…template is missing.” I don’t understand how to properly activate a bbPress Theme so i can actually use this as a real forum module.

[prokoudine]

Hi,

I’m trying to import an existing vBulletin 4.2 based forum. The IP is correct, so are database name, user name and password. However all the importer says is “No users to import”, “No threads to import” etc.

I’m running latest stable versions of WordPress and bbPress.

Any clues? Thanks!

[Tanya]

I’m trying to change the pagination to Next and Prev

In plugins -> bbpress -> bbp-includes.php -> bbp-reply-template.php

I have found that you can replace
‘prev_text’ => ‘←’,
‘next_text’ => ‘→’,
with
‘prev_text’ => ‘Prev;’,
‘next_text’ => ‘Next’,

I know you’re not meant to hack the core, so how do I do this in my own theme?

Using WordPress 3.4.1, bbPress 2.1.2 and my forums are a current work-in-progress at http://netballscoop.com/forums/

[business31]

Someone please help!! I have wordpress 3.41 and I updated my buddypress to 1.6. When I did this its messing with my other widgets!! They will not move, but when I de-active the buddypress 1.6 plugin then my other widgets starts to work. Im also getting this message in the back office as well: Don’t worry! We’ve moved the BuddyPress options into more convenient and easier to find locations. You’re seeing this page because you are running a legacy BuddyPress plugin which has not been updated.

So can anyone help me with this??!!

[on3advertising]

I installed the standalone version of bbpress here. The install file is physically located on http://www.compusoftdevelopment.com/forum/bb-admin/install.php. When I navigate to that link, I get this error:

“The website encountered an error while retrieving http://www.compusoftdevelopment.com/forum/bb-admin/install.php. It may be down for maintenance or configured incorrectly.”

I tried installing bbpress as a WordPress plugin, but that didn’t work either. Basically, 1) I activated the plugin from my WordPress site, 2) created a forum from the admin panel, 3) activated the ‘bbpress’ theme which looks like twentyten. Then when I went to the main homepage, there was no actual way to get to the forum except from a direct link as there was no way to create a menu option for it. I am honestly very confused on how to get bbpress to actually work. My company is on my back about it. Thanks for any help!

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[ickzorn]

Hi everyone,

I’ve been trying to install bbPress on another subdomain:
1. WordPress domain: blog.xxx.com
2. bbPress domain: forum.xxx.com
Wordpress should be able to manage the bbPress installation.

I’ve been searching around for a while, found a few threads, started a few years ago and wondering if there is now a new way to integrate that feature?

Thanks for help.

[mpriola]

More info:

Look at this page:

Society Activities

The head tag ends. There is no opening body tag. This is unlike most all other pages in this site. How could this happen?

I have not changed the WordPress files, etc.

Marty

[Pippin Williamson]

Yep, my WordPress.org user name is “mordauk” 🙂

You’re definitely right about adding the verbiage, and that the unread topics should only be visible to yourself. I’m adding it to the todo list.

[nobugames]

I already searched this forum and quite a few people had a similar problem about 6 months ago. My case is a bit different though.

I’m running the latest version of bbPress on the latest version of WordPress.

The created forums are all open and public.

When I as an admin user create new topics in any forum, I get the following result on any of these forum pages:

> This forum contains X topics, and was last updated by Admin Y hour,
> Z minutes ago.
>
> Oh bother! No topics were found here!

The topics list simply does not show up for me as a creator of these topics. When logged in as a subscriber, everything shows fine though.

My list of plugins is:

bbPress, Black Studio TinyMCE Widget, Manage Upload Types, Polylang, User Access Manager, WordPress HTTPS, wp-jquery-lightbox, wpsc Support Tickets, WP SlimStat

The used theme is:

EvoLve by Theme4Press

[Pippin Williamson]

The plugin is on the repo now: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-mark-as-read/

If you visit your forums profile, you will see a section showing unread forum posts, and below the box is a link to “Mark all topics as read”.

I have a donate link on my site: http://pippinsplugins.com/support-the-site

[jeeni]

Oh, thanks! I actually had happened upon that repository page but disregarded trying it out because I thought it was a clone/another instance of this plugin: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-mark-as-read/

It would be crazy to have to mark all the threads as read. I like that you have built in automatic recognition of someone reading a thread by visiting it more than a few moments. I’ll load it and give it a whirl.

Where to donate if this is just what I need?

[David Decker]

I’ve released a brand new bbPress Plugin called “String Swap” where you can easily change a few breadcrumb parameters as well as some other strings for the frontend (Forum Archive Title, some Breadcrumbs parameters, User Roles Display, plus a few Forum strings).

You can check it out here:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-string-swap/

After installing/activating, look on the bbPress Settings page where there is a new section then 🙂

Any feedback is much appreciated! 🙂 Thank you!

Hope this helps some users 🙂
-Dave.

[David Decker]

I’ve released a small bbPress Plugin called “String Swap” where you can easily change a few breadcrumb parameters as well as some other strings for the frontend. — bbPress 2.1.2+ required!

You can check it out here:

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-string-swap/

After installing/activating, look on the bbPress Settings page where there is a new section then 🙂

Hope this helps some users 🙂
-Dave.

[David Decker]

I’ve released a small bbPress Plugin called “String Swap” where you can easily change a few breadcrumb parameters as well as some other strings for the frontend.

You can check it out here:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-string-swap/

After installing/activating, look on the bbPress Settings page where there is a new section then 🙂

Hope this helps some users 🙂
-Dave.