[citizenkeith]

I’m trying to import one of my standalone forums to the plugin. I use bbpress 1.1 and latest bbpress plugin. I ran the importer and got this error:

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class BPDB in /home/forum/bb-includes/backpress/class.bpdb.php on line 39

I found this thread:

http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/where-is-the-importer

Following scribu’s lead, I added this to my bb-config:

define('BB_DATABASE_CLASS', 'BPDB');

define('BB_DATABASE_CLASS_INCLUDE', false);

I got the same errors that he did:

Warning: Missing argument 2 for BPDB::__construct(), called in .../forum-svn/bb-settings.php on line 197 and defined in .../plugins/bbpress/bbp-admin/importers/bbpress.php on line 29

Warning: Missing argument 3 for BPDB::__construct(), called in …/forum-svn/bb-settings.php on line 197 and defined in …/plugins/bbpress/bbp-admin/importers/bbpress.php on line 29

Warning: Missing argument 4 for BPDB::__construct(), called in …/forum-svn/bb-settings.php on line 197 and defined in …/plugins/bbpress/bbp-admin/importers/bbpress.php on line 29

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bb_cache_users() (previously declared in …/plugins/bbpress/bbp-admin/importers/bbpress.php:103) in …/forum-svn/bb-includes/functions.bb-users.php on line 39

When I went back to the importer I see “It looks like you attempted to convert your bbPress standalone previously and got interrupted.” I chose “Continue Previous Import” and still get the error. I went back to bb-config and removed the items that I had added. Now I get this error:

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class BPDB in /forums/bb-includes/backpress/class.bpdb.php on line 39

I believe I tried deep integration at one point and abandoned it. I was running the bbPress Integration plugin, not sure if that has anything to do with it:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-integration/

Any ideas? I’d be happy to let a developer (JJJ) take a look at things if they’d like to troubleshoot it.

[John James Jacoby]

‘Top level’ templates cannot be in sub-folders. WordPress has no way to load them or filter their locations.

[John James Jacoby]

This depends totally on the configuration of your theme.

[MTPrower]

I did try it once and then put the add_theme_support into my WordPress child functions.php. It didn’t get me anywhere. If anyone knows of anybody who’s successfully merged a WordPress child theme and a bbPress child theme, please tell.

[surrealalien]

Hey, pretty simple question, is it possible to use the PHP template codes within WordPress themes? If so, how?

Also, how about tags inside posts/pages within WordPress, is that possible?

Thanks.

[shaliru]

I’ve installed bbpress and have been configuring it. However, I’ve noticed on the forum root (home>forum) page, all my wordpress pages are listed just beneath the list of my forums. is there a way to remove this list and just have my forums displayed?

[MTPrower]

I already have a child theme activated for WordPress, and I intend to keep it. Does this mean I can’t have a separate WordPress theme and bbPress theme at the same time? I need to use my current WordPress child theme. I can’t just get rid of it because I want to style bbPress!

[Hard Seat Sleeper]

Here are the steps I just took to install bbpress on a wp install and get a child theme started so I can develop with it. It assumes you have a mirror of your site files on your computer HD. Hopefully it will help someone.

1) Install plugin on live site.

2) Download

/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-themes/bbp-twentyten

to your computer, and copy folder and contents to

/wp-content/themes/

rename the folder if you want, so you have

/wp-content/themes/newchildtheme/

3) turn this into a child theme:

https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes

(basically, add a “Template: ” parameter)

4) Upload this new child theme to your server

5) In the parent theme, add

add_theme_support( ‘bbpress’ );

to functions.php

5) Upload functions.php to server

6) Go to

/wp-admin/themes.php?activated=true

on your site and activate your child theme

[zofar143x]

Because my main theme makes bbpress look really messy I did the following:

I went to the plugin theme folder and changed the css to make it a child of the theme I’m using instead of twentyten. I activated “bbPress (Twenty Ten)” in wordpress and now the forum layout looks like how it would be in twentyten but the rest of the site looks like the parent. Exactly like I want it to be. However, there are still some issues I can’t seem to resolve.

First thing is that the comments don’t allign well as you can see here:

http://tinypic.com/r/r77juw/5

Does anyone know how I can fix this?

[Anointed]

That is exactly why I mentioned the widget file. If you look closely at the code you will see that the widget code actually does use the wordpress loop.

Check out line 542 where the arguments for the loop are set followed by a standard WordPress loop format. While the terminology is a little different, the concept of bbPress loops and WordPress loops is exactly the same.

[stevedmma]

Sorry if this has been gone over thousands of times but i used bbpress a long time ago and decided recently that its something i need now, but i need a standalone forum i dont need it integrated with wordpress.

I see that both the new plugin and the old standalone are available but how long till the stand alone is discontinued?

[Anointed]

@RN..

Yes you are correct. bbPress uses custom post types for ‘forum/topic/reply’ so there is a separation of data types.

Mixing the output of posts, topics, and replies would require a straightforward custom WordPress loop. It would also probably need a bit of template love to make it look right.

The idea of having a topic automatically created when a new post is created, or vice versa is another topic. Yes it is possible although I am not sure the best way to go about it.

[Anointed]

In order to add capabilities to a WordPress roll you need to use some type of capability manager plugin.

Here are a few good ones:

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/members/

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/role-scoper/

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/capsman/

Any of the above plugins will allow you to add additional capabilities on a per role basis. All of them work well and it just comes down to which one you like the most.

[Anointed]

You actually installed the plugin correctly. The warning about your theme not being bbPress compatible is simply saying that the bbPress plugin is using the templates from the plugin and not your theme. That is the default behavior.

The top topic on the forums here about making your theme fully compatible will explain how to take it to the next level.

As for plugins:

There are a few available plugins for the bbPress plugin but nowhere near as many as with the standalone right now. So no, you don’t get all the features of the standalone, but you get close.

The new plugin is built to WordPress standards so it is quite easy to work with and building plugins is actually much easier. I am positive that we are going to see more and more plugins available shortly.

If it were me, I would not use the standalone and would go with the plugin. It is 100x better than the standalone and is progressing every day. It really is one of the best and most advanced WordPress plugins on the market.

[neanderslob]

I too have run into this problem using the Custom Community theme on wordpress. In my situation, I’m not doing a localhost install; it’s instead running off a Greengeeks server. Are there any updates with regard to this? If not, are there any quick fixes? The way my forums stand right now, the title is the same color as the background. Could you suggest a way for me to not-so-elegantly change my forum colors around just so I can just get it functional? Thanks in advance!

[selise]

justin, there is a wordpress plugin, Math Comment Spam Protection:

http://sw-guide.de/wordpress/plugins/math-comment-spam-protection/

which i *think* might be almost reasonable for a non-programmer (like me) to extend to bbpress 2 for anonymous posters. what appears to be missing in bbpress (at least i can’t find it) is a filter hook analogous to ‘preprocess_comment’ for bbpress topics and replies.

has anyone here come up with a non-captcha based solution to allow anonymous posting without being overrun with spam?

[MT Prower]

It completely worked. Apparently, WordPress.org and bbPress forums are linked. Thanks.

[MT Prower]

I solved this. Had nothing to do with bbPress, but instead, had to do it via my WordPress theme. Thanks anyway.

[globetrotterdk]

I just created a new WordPress site (3.2.1) and installed the latest bbpress plugin (version 2). I have two questions:

1) Where can I find documentation specifically about the plugin, or does everything (plugins and widgets) that works with WordPress and bbpress also work with WordPress and the bbpress plugin?

2) I would like to be able to display not only the root forums, but also the subcategories – in order and indented. I am currently using the bbpress forum list widget, but it doesn’t appear to be able to display the root forums with subcategories indented underneath. It only show root forums, or everything all mixed together.

[MTPrower]

I agree with Crisium. There is no clear-cut documentation on how to integrate bbPress into WordPress. I myself am at a loss trying to figure out how to force bbPress to use a template that is not my default php template, and at how to create a bbPress child theme. I’ve been reading, reading, reading(!) for the past several days and it all just seems like a big confusing mess to me. If there IS any “user-friendly” and very-thorough documentation for anything in bbPress at ALL, could somebody please link me to it?

[ChrisOGwynne]

Is this possible?

I’ve got them both in the root at the moment and playing nice as far as integration goes, but not as far as the permalinks work. I can’t have both working at the same time, one works or the other doesn’t.

I want my URL structure to operate as follows

bbpress – /forums/ – /profiles/ – /topic/ etc

Wordpress – /category/ – /archives/ – /sample-page/

Is this possible? Or is it possible if I put one of them in a sub folder…

HELP

[funhomeparties.com]

The test profile that I created cannot Reply to a comment or post a new topic. However they can post a comment in WordPress. Under the User tab in the Admin panel the profile is listed as having no role. When I update the users role, click save and return to Admin user tab they still have no role. In the bbpress/wordpress intergration tab All wordpress roles are marked as member (aside from admin). What is going on?

How do I fix this?

[MT Prower]

Well, renaming and then moving or not moving the template.php sure didn’t help. See?/: http://www.vgreboot.com/forum-slug/welcome-to-vg-reboot

I made a template that has only one sidebar for the forums, rather than two. The page there uses the default template.

[John James Jacoby]

Rename your template-twocolumn.php to ‘bbpress.php’ and you’re all set.

[John James Jacoby]

Change your password over in the WordPress.org forums. Sign-up-Lost-Pass here is temporarily being worked on.