[Jared Atchison]

Something is acting weird.

Did you install any bbPress add-on plugins or do any bbPress customizations?

[Jared Atchison]

Since this is a development site and not live, you may try upgrading to bbPress 2.3 RC1 (see https://bbpress.org/blog/2013/03/bbpress-2-3-release-candidate-1/). It contains an update that resets some of the basic CSS elements for the forums in order to try and avoid problems like what you’re having.

This would be a great test to see if that particular update in 2.3 helps!

[Jared Atchison]

You can’t really.

You’ll either want to tweak your theme’s CSS so it doesn’t conflict or (and probably the way I would go) create a copy of the bbPress CSS and tweak it as needed.

Copy: `wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/css/bbpress.css` to: `wp-content/themes/[YOUR-THEME]/css/bbpress.css` and make changes as needed.

[Jared Atchison]

So I have to apologize. That’s actually my plugin and I had an “oops” in the readme.txt.

What you did was close, except the CSS file needs to be placed in `yourtheme/css/bbpress.css`.

Once you move it bbPress should auto detect it. I’ve updated my plugin to reflect the correct path, thanks for pointing that out.

[Jared Atchison]

If memory is correct due to certain functionality with BuddyPress, it does not allow usernames with spaces in it. I don’t think this is specifically with bbPress.

[redknite]

When i didn’t have buddypress and bbpress installed i could register usernames with spaces (ie “james white”) now that they are installed, it adds a hyphenate. Is there anyway to let the spaces stay?

[Chrisp2408]

Hi all,
Running WordPress version 3.5.1 and bbPress version 2.2.4 My them is Everest by Elegant Themes.
All works well with the whole site, and wanted to add Forum functionality with bbPress. The CSS doesn’t appear to be showing at all for the forum. It really is horribly dull and small fonts.

Although this is on a staging / testing server, you will see what I mean:

http://letstrav.cpanel1prelive.ireckonhosting.com/interaction/forum/

Can someone help please? I have copied the original bbPress css file into the /themes/everest/css/ folder but still get the same issue.

Thnks in advance.
Chris

[PARVINDER]

Recently i have started bbpress forum for my blog But i want to know how i can enable custom bbpress avatars for user profiles. Thanks in advance.

[David]

Hello,
I am running the current BBPress release and have TinyMCE editor enabled for users. Switching to text mode, it appears that they should be able to add images (linked, not uploaded), however it is stripping out the image when the post is published.

I looked through the plugin settings, and I don’t see anything to enable or disable images beyond turning the TinyMCE on or off. I would like to allow users to post images, preferably without a plugin. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

[Stephen Edgar]

Cool… I updated the original post with the new link 🙂

[redknite]

My dev site is http://fishwire.rudtek.com. I’m running wordpress 3.5 and have buddypress 1.7 b2 and bbpress 2.3-rc1.

New users can’t seem to signup to the forums. The site lets them register, and sends them the activation email. When it’s clicked it says they are activated, but they can’t login.

The users are being created on the back end but they are not being assigned a default forum role. I have the box checked that says that it should be doing so, but it’s not working.

I have tried with all plugins but bbpress and buddypress disabled and I have tried with and without the default buddypress theme.

Any suggestions? THANKS!

[Stephen Edgar]

Try running the ‘Remap existing users to default forum roles’ repair tool
/wp-admin/tools.php?page=bbp-repair

Are you using any other plugins to manage WordPress/bbPress users?

[Unsal Korkmaz]

Theme is officially published in WordPress.Org: https://wordpress.org/extend/themes/firmasite

Enjoy 🙂

[clickmac]

it is already wrapped in the header when bbpress is installed.
Just create categories in your menu, linking it to bbPress forums

what is the link to your site, to better explain this

[pazzaglia]

Maybe I wasn’t clear.

I have WordPress already successfully installed, now I have installed BBpress. I’m looking for documentation for wrapping BBPress in my WordPress headers so the experience is continuous.

Thanks,

L

[clickmac]

check out
http://www.trottyzone.com/forums/forum/free-help-forum/

[Nazaire]

I’m wanting to edit the css of bbPress to tweak the appearance of my forums, specifically the font size. I’m running WordPress 3.5.1, bbPress 2.2.4, and using a twentytwelve-child theme. My forums are at

http://www.asgoth.net/?post_type=forum

I found the “bbPress Custom CSS File” plug-in but according to the description I do not need it.

** This plugin is for bbPress 2.1.x. If you are using bbPress 2.0.x please upgrade. If you are using bbPress 2.2, read below.**

bbPress 2.2+: As of bbPress 2.2 this plugin is NOT needed. bbPress will auto-detect the CSS file if it exists in the right location.

Copy the CSS file from wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-themes/bbp-default/css/bbpress.css to wp-content/themes/[yourtheme]/bbpress.css.

Following the instructions above I have copied the bbpress.css file from the bbpress plugin’s css folder to “wp-content/themes/twentytwelve-child/bbpress.css”. When I go into the WordPress dashboard under appearance-edit the bbpress.css is available for editing.

So assuming I have the bbpress.css file in the right place (if I don’t please instruct me where I need to put it for editing), which line of code in the bbpress.css file do I need to edit to change the font size on my forums.

Any assistance in this matter will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[pazzaglia]

Can you point me to a guide or post that lists the CSS work?

I’m really surprised there isn’t a better template integration between wordpress and bbpress!

Thanks,

L

[clickmac]

that sidebar can’t change, unless you have a plugin or bbpress build the option in.
unfortunately…

but i used custom css to get rid of the sidebar like this:
http://www.trottyzone.com/forums/

[clickmac]

you don’t have to make page for bbPress just type in /forums and you will get to the forum
example: http://www.trottyzone.com/forums

[clickmac]

bbPress is made to integrate with wordpress smoothly, the default template for bbpress forums is your themes own, for every page,category etc. If you change the default layout for your theme, then the template for bbpress would change
and what is the link to your site?

[dsherer]

the http://www.guardian247.us/forum I have is a SMF forum and not the bbpress
I looked into my directory and I do not see a forums directory. is it something I need to create and move files to?

[redheadkelly]

Ah… the .po file and/or the .mo file goes in the bbpress/languages directory not the wp-content/languages directory as indicated in the article.

[redheadkelly]

I would like to change the word Forum to the word Discussion in my entire bbPress instsall.

I followed the directions in a post on the BuddyPress site. http://codex.buddypress.org/developer/customizing/customizing-labels-messages-and-urls/

I used POEdit to create a .po file an a .mo file containing my desired changes & I uploaded it to the wp-content/languages directory.

It doesn’t work. Is there something else I have to do somewhere?

Thanks.

[dragan.filipovic]

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-private-replies/
Only private replays to public topics. (can be seen by topic creator, moderators and user who post it)
Im also looking for private messaging plugin for bbpress.
Or private topics – same as private replays, but for whole topic.