[HH4K]

Ok… so I just found a previous post addressing this. I was afraid that I’d have to create the pages. I can go to Add Page in WordPress, but what do I do with the page to make it what I need?

[giati01]

I’ve got a forum with over 5,000 posts. It’s stand-alone version of BBPress. Should I move to WordPress version (v2.1)? The reason I’d like to move to v2.1 is that I’d like to create pages in top menu (so there are WP pages + BB forum as one page).

[christap]

supporting info:

This may be a quasi-novice question but here goes. I currently set up bbpress on a page in wordpress. This page is password protected. I’ve installed bbpress on the page so that users who have this password can post as “guest” because this is a private/trusted community, rather forcing them to have to create a profile and login to use the forum.

dilemma:

If I copy and paste the url of one of the forums (e.g: http://www.example.com/page/forum/topic) to another user outside of the community, they are able to view that topic and post to it. I would love if there was a way to redirect all the bbpress permalinks to the main page (e.g: http://www.example.com/page/) in case they are not apart of the community (here is where the user has to plugin the password to access the content).

Man, I hope this was clear enough.

Many thanks in advance!

[mccawphoto2]

If I am logged in to bbpress and then in log in to wordpress when I return to the bbpress dashboard and try to do something it logs me out of bbpress. Also, if I am logged into wordpress and then log in to bbpress when I return to wordpress dashboard and to do something it logs me out of wordpress.

How do I fix this so I can go between the two and be logged into both?

[freequency]

I love bbPress for it’s simplistic design, but setting it up can be a bitch especially if you don’t care for standard sidebars & widgets like me, so:

Getting bbpress to work wonders is as easy as 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12!!

On 2012-01-19, this is what I did to originally setup my forums for a free wireless network:

0) Pre-clarification: [???] means some number, like twenty[???] means twentyten or twentyeleven

1) Downloaded most recent WordPress, setup database and installed it.

2) Installed bbpress:

go to http://yoursite.dom/wp-admin/ > Log in to admin > Plugins > Add New > search for “bbpress” > Install Now

3) Copied contents of bbpress theme folder to wordpress theme folder:

/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-themes/bbp-twenty[???] to /wp-content/themes

(this is done ONLY so that we can select the bbforums theme and it’s handy templates: Please note that you should only make modifications in the /wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-themes/bbp-twenty[???] folder NOT the /wp-content/themes/bbp-twenty[???] folder as the bbpress plugin will not read those)

4) Switched to the bbpress theme

Log in to admin > Appearance > Themes > under the “Available Themes” section I activated the “bbPress (Twenty [???])” Theme

5) Created my home page, login page, register page, and lost password page:

Log in to admin > Pages > Add New > set title to “Home” | right hand column > Page Attributes > set Templates to “bbPress – Forums (index)”

Log in to admin > Pages > Add New > set title to “Login” | right hand column > Page Attributes > set Templates to “bbPress – User Login”

Log in to admin > Pages > Add New > set title to “Register” | right hand column > Page Attributes > set Templates to “bbPress – User Register”

Log in to admin > Pages > Add New > set title to “Lost Password” | right hand column > Page Attributes > set Templates to “bbPress – User Lost Password”

6) Switched WordPress frontpage from the blog to my home/forums page:

Log in to admin > Settings > Reading > Front page displays > Clicked “a static page…” > set front page to “Home” (and left posts page blank)

7) Allowed New Users to Register

Log in to admin > Settings > General > Under Membership I checked “Anyone can register”

Created and Modified my header, footer, and sidebar files:

All theme modifications MUST be done within the wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-themes/bbp-twenty[???] folder and not the folder you just copied to the wordpress theme folder as bbpress will only read files within in it’s own local plugin (see #3).

The theme doesn’t come with these files installed, so copy them from another theme like twenty[???]:

wp-content/themes/twenty[???]/header.php to wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-themes/bbp-twenty[???]

wp-content/themes/twenty[???]/footer.php to wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-themes/bbp-twenty[???]

wp-content/themes/twenty[???]/sidebar.php to wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-themes/bbp-twenty[???]

I then stripped them to my satisfaction making sure to keep WordPress’ header action hook, wp_head();, and then styled them accordingly.

One of the things I added to the header.php was my menu and such:

<?php

$text .= '<options>';

if(is_user_logged_in()) {

global $current_user;

get_currentuserinfo();

$text .= 'You are logged in as '.$current_user->display_name.'
Your Profile | Your Topics | Your Replies | Logout';

}

else $text .= 'Login | Register | Lost Password';

$text .= "
" . get_search_form(false);

$text .= '</options>';

echo $text;

?>

If a visitor is not logged in the above menu will show links to the pages I just created in #5, but make sure that the page_id matches the correct page. You can do this by checking the Permalink of that page:

Log in to admin > Pages > All Pages > select the page your interested in > notice the page_id in the permalink & make sure it matches in the header file.

If a visitor is logged in, it will show who you are logged in as, give you a link to:

your profile (/wp-admin/profile.php)

your profile (/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=topic)

your posts (/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=reply)

and a link to logout ( wp_logout_url() )

This menu will then print a search form.

9) Installed Search bbPress plugin:

Log in to admin > Plugins > Add New > search for “search bbpress” > Install Now

If you don’t do this, wordpress’ search form won’t search your forums.

10)wordpress avatars & bbPress Avatars:

As of 2012-01-19, the latest version of WordPress (and therefore bbPress) has Gravitars support built in. So, if you sign up at https://en.gravatar.com/site/signup, you can associate an email address with your avatar. And if you also use that email address as the one you used for your wordpress/bbpress account then bbpress and wordpress will automatically show that avatar associated with the email address you supplied to gravitar.

Simple Local Avatars:

If you’re like me, you don’t want to force your visitors to sign up with gravitar, so the simplest avatar solution I found was to install the “Simple Local Avatars” Plugin:

Log in to admin > Plugins > Add New > search for “Simple Local Avatars” > Install Now

An avatar section will now display at the bottom of your profile page at /wp-admin/profile.php

11) Consolidating bbPress profile pages

bbPress gives you the choice of editing your profile in two places, but since avatars only show up at /wp-admin/profile.php and not index.php?bbp_user=[???]&edit=1 we will consolidate the profile editing to just /wp-admin/profile.php . To do this, we add the follwoing code to the end (but before the ?> ) of the wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-themes/bbp-twenty[???]/functions.php file:

add_filter('bbp_get_user_edit_profile_url', 'my_bbp_get_user_edit_profile_url', 10, 0);

function my_bbp_get_user_edit_profile_url () {

return "/wp-admin/profile.php";

}

This basically overwrites the bbp_get_user_edit_profile_url function whereever it’s used.

12) I’m done! For now at least. Hope that helps. Those were the things I cared about.

[andrei.oniga]

Hi folks,

Yesterday I’ve installed bbPress on a WordPress-driven website (I’ve only just started using WP as well, just about a week ago, so bear with me please) and immediately afterward I noticed some strange strings here and there, both on the front-end and the back-end too. Apparently, the dates+time and some author information doesn’t get rendered correctly.

e.g. %A %B %e%q, %Y at %I:%M %p (you can see it here)

What can I do about this?

[lsatwin]

Thanks bunches!

It worked! The theme 2011 does actually support what you’re talking about.

You DO need to choose a custom menu – at first I tried it without selecting a custom menu. That does not work.

But if you select a custom menu, then paste in the URL under custom links on the left hand side of the Menus page, and give your page a name – then it becomes a direct link from the main page.

Thanks Lindsay!

[lindsaymcghee]

Your theme first of all has to have custom menus as an option such that you can create pages and they won’t all publish to your top menu. There is a custom link section in the menu sections of those themes that have custom menus activated. The theme you are currently using is 2011 I believe and it doesn’t have custom menus installed.

If you are lost google it… there are a lot of tutorials out there.

[lsatwin]

Thanks Lindsay

How do you create a custom link to a permalink location?

[keeptrestles]

Apologies for the post, but we really need a talented WordPress developer needed to do two primary tasks to an existing WordPress site using a template:

1) bbpress Forum Implementation

-Customize bbPress forum to improve look and feel

-Enable registration/login/lost password functionality

-If possible, extend password protection from login to two private pages on the site.

2) Implement PayPal Payments Standard

-Customize Paypal page to fit within the look and feel of the parent site (to the extent that is possible)

If you are interested, please send an email to keeptrestles@gmail.com

Thanks!

[mccawphoto2]

I forgot to mention I am using WordPress 3.3.1 and the plugin bbpress 2.0.

[thedonald]

Actually I think it is more than volunteers. I’m not a newbie/rookie and I have had my share of problems just trying to install bbpress properly. There is a misconception that, as a plugin, you just install and the script is meant to integrate into stock wordpress. That’s what it should do.

Now while volunteering would be good, I think that someone has to kickstart this a little more than it already has been. If just the basic install and setup is a chore, then this project is a long way from being honey with which to attract flies. I’d like to be involved but not sure what that even means other than just answering the same questions about things that need to be taken care of at the top level down like the above need.

Again, I truly respect the effort here. It’s just a question of how much is needed to get over that “hump.” Since I’m not in charge, I figured I’d mention what it feels like on this side.

[SK]

That worked! Thanks!

[lindsaymcghee]

I figured it out…

Don’t create a page. The files are set up through the WordPress hierarchy system using permalinks. Without changing the settings in the BBPress system, your forum will be placed at forums/forum/title where title is the title of the first forum you create.

If you need to get it in your menu system use menus and create a custom link to the correct permalink location.

Hope this helps,

Lindsay

[lsatwin]

Nope.. pure silence

[lindsaymcghee]

Was this ever solved? I am having the same problem.

hmmm…

I have tried making the permalink forum and forums. I think it registers with forums but no topics are showing up.

Thanks

[KaitlinB]

Hi, I’m having this issue too.

I originally installed this plugin in September 2011 and it was all working fine.

Today I upgraded to the latest version of WordPress, and also BBPress, and now only admins can view the topics, everyone else gets the ‘Oh bother!’ alert.

I had an old backup of the old BBPress plugin so I replaced the new with the old, but no change.

The site I’m using is a staging site, ie it’s not ‘in use’, and I’ve not touched it or tested it since September, so I can’t be certain that the error is due to the WordPress upgrade…though as I mentioned nothing has happened on the site since then so it’s surely not a coincidence.

[Anointed]

Yeah I would try the 2.1 beta and also you HAVE to be running WordPress 3.3 as that is where the new editor function was introduced.

[Chantal Coolsma]

I have added .avatar-14 to style css now with display:none; This removes the small avatars but leaves the big ones.

If you turn them off in WordPress, everything is gone.

[veppa]

bbpress is worpdress plugin. you should copy bbpress folder to wp-contentplugins folder.

if you have problem installing wordpress plugin then read detailed instructions here:

https://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins#Installing_Plugins

[lalong]

Fresh website.

Installed WordPress 3.3 into website’s root dir

Downloaded bbpress (2.0.2)

ftp’ed files into ftp . mysite . combbpress (wordpress root dir)

renamed ftp . mysite . combbpress to ftp:mysite.comforum

went to http:\www.mysite.comforum

and nothing but a blank page shows…

Any ideaa?

[SK]

I respectfully disagree on the point that it would be harder to build a bbPress community at WP.

If anything, a more vibrant discussion at https://wordpress.org/tags/bbpress will encourage more WordPress users to use bbPress.

I don’t need to see thousands of unrelated posts to what I am actually interested in.

That’s baffling. I would have imagined that every bbPress user is interested in WordPress, considering bbPress is a plugin for WordPress.

[Anointed]

Sure, in settings -> forums check the last option.

http://screensnapr.com/v/FinWe0.png

Does require WordPress 3.3 and latest bbPress for this option to show up.

[Anointed]

Given the choice, I do my best to stay away from the wordpress.org forums.

When I am at a forum, I am there to learn from or help with a particular script or plugin. I don’t need to see thousands of unrelated posts to what I am actually interested in. That’s why for me at least, I prefer separate forums for each product.

As hard as it is to build a community here around bbPress, imagine having to do it when mixed in with tens of thousands of other products. arghhh

[Anointed]

Every plugin hosted on WordPress.org automatically has a built in forum. You will find a lot of people that answer questions over there pretty much handle everything WordPress related. This forum here is more for us who are more dedicated to supporting bbPress directly. This is more of a community of users of a specific product, bbPress.