[Stephen Edgar]

Customizing the example.php file is what will map your existing SQL database tables and fields to the required bbPress tables and fields to import your data.

I am slowly getting some docs up on the codex, though these need updating.

https://codex.bbpress.org/import-forums/custom-import/

[Stephen Edgar]

It is limited to embedding a linked image only.

GD bbPress attachments is fully compatible with bbPress 2.2.x as far as I know.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gd-bbpress-attachments/

[Stephen Edgar]

You need to be using bbPress 2.3 for the SimplePress import module to be included with bbPress

You can download the bbPress 2.3 beta 2 from here:

bbPress 2.3 Beta 2

[iamtheroman]

Hello,

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately that’s not quite what I’m lookging for. Here’s an example:

Topics:

RE:RE: Sample Topic Posted Feb 3st, 2012
RE: Sample Topic Posted Feb 2st, 2012
Sample Topic Posted Feb 1st, 2012

—-

As opposed to clicking on “Sample Topic” and being brought to the “Sample Topic” page with each reply listed below.

Basically, each reply to a topic is its own post and has its own page.

Reference http://www.stockhouse.com/companies/bullboards/bb?s=BB&t=LIST for a good example.

Thanks again.

[poorgeek]

WP: 3.5.1, bbPress: 2.2.4

From the documentation I can tell that the ‘Auto Role’ applies the default user role to new user accounts. However since ‘Auto Role’ is not turned on by default I’m curious what the default behavior is? Or more importantly, why isn’t ‘Auto Role’ enabled by default?

Thanks,
-j

[vasch]

I would like to switch from simple press to bbpress and am looking for the best way to import the data. Unfortunately, when I go to tools-forum-import, I do NOT have the option to import from simple press. Any idea why not?

regards,
Val

[hatoncat]

beta1 of 2.3 now allows image embedding.

Does that capability support uploading of other file formats? Or is it just limited to images?

One of the pain points for bbPress for my uses is the lack of a universal file upload system. I know there is a plugin or two, but they didn’t appear compatible with 2.0+

[nickandrea19]

So, as I understand it, I would need to customize the example file, which will be the template for the forums. Then, I will need to actually import the data?

[1dayjapan]

Do you mean I need to unsubscribe to this forum for you to answer? How will I know if you reply if I do? Thanks if you can help me out!

[Shane Gowland]

Create a page and use the `[bbp-topic-index]` shortcode to display all topics from across every forum.

[Clicknathan]

Unsubscribe, apparently I have to leave a comment to do so.

[iamtheroman]

Hello,

I just installed bbpress and am quite impressed. Unfortunately, though I need a solution that works in a message board format, where topics are started and replies to those topics all show up in one big list, instead of breaking them down into their own sub categories. An example of this would be the forum on Stockhouse, found here http://www.stockhouse.com/companies/bullboards/bb?s=BB&t=LIST.

Is this possible with BBpress?

Thank you!

[Stephen Edgar]

Have you looked in the WordPress Plugin Directory for something to do what you are after?

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

bbPress uses WordPress to maintain/manage users and usernames etc so there might just be something that suits your needs. I am not sure if any would be compatible with the bbPress front end profile editor but it might be worth a shot. (eg https://bbpress.org/forums/profile/chevymanusa/edit/ )

[Stephen Edgar]

Its not as fully featured as what you are looking for though it is a start the ‘bbPress Post Ratings’ as discussed here https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/introducing-plugins-for-quotes-ratings-and-unread-posts/

[kraigg]

I, for one, am very much looking forward to image embedding in topics/replies using WYSIWYG!

[kraigg]

I’m also using GD bbPress Attachments, but instead of embedded the images in the post or reply, it attaches them at the bottom of the topic or reply. This is not always ideal, as the images are separate from the topic/reply. Also it gets tricky when there are multiple images.

Fortunately bbPress 2.3 will have true image embedding, and should be released very soon

bbPress 2.2.4 Released

[Phill]

Hi Lynq,

I tried adding that first code from pastbin to my homepage box which is supposed to show the latest 5 topics from our bbpress forums – unfortunately it’s not showing anything. Is there something else that needs to be added?

[1dayjapan]

@imagei, I have the same issue but tried to figure out what you posted here for a fix. I would be grateful if you can help me to fix this. I am about to pull my hair out. Thank you!!!

http://1dayjapan.com/roundtable/

[logikgate]

I am having an issue with permalink duplication of topics. When one of my users creates a topic with the same name as a previous topic the backend correctly serializes the permalink (i.e. domain.com/forums/topics/math-4) but in the front end the link is always to domain.com/forums/topics/math and that link shows all of the topics that had the name math. Furthermore, if you actually go to domain.com/forums/topics/math-4 it comes up as a 404.

This would not be a problem except if the wordpress visual editor is used for replies the users cannot type anything unless they first click on the html editor tab.

Here is a link to the problem http://www.wolverinetutors.org/forums/forum/math-2/

You can see many topics that have the name “math help” these have the issue. I have disabled the visual editor in order to temporarily fix the problem.

I am using wordpress version 3.4.2 and bbpress version 2.2.4

[chevymanusa]

So far, I have came across these posts:

Displayname check

I want to completely forbid changing the "display_name"

How to disable DISPLAY_NAME edit for Subscriber Profile

And a couple of threads that reference disable display name plugin, however the link is dead.
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/disable-display-name/

Most of what I have come across is over three years old. Is this problem/issue easy to solve? or already solved. And I am just looking in all the wrong places?

Thank you in advance for the help.
Kind Regards,
Chevyman

[Erlend]

How does bbpress.org limit the top-bar posting options to just a “Create New Topic”? We’d really like to do the same for our site, but currently it’s just showing New – ‘Post’, ‘Media’ and ‘Site Features’ (that one’s specific to our theme). This is really confusing to our users.

[peripatew]

I’m working on an educational site, and would like to provide some different options for interacting on the forum that don’t require typing. I’m transitioning to bbPress from Vanilla Forum, and love their reaction system. Here’s an overview of what it is: http://vanillaforums.com/blog/news/introducing-vanilla-reactions-and-badges/

It’s basically allows you to quickly response with, Like, Love, Agree, Disagree, Promote, Off Topic, Insightful, etc…

Is there anything like this for bbPress?

[dday76]

I’ve tried to look around but you’ll see the search terms on this are a bit generic.
I just installed bbpress and what I found is that non-Admin can’t see the forums.
I’m using the Advanced Access Manager plugin.
All the forum-related options are checked in capabilities and none are excluded under posts and taxonomies.
The forums/topics/replies section on the dashboard navigation (under pages) isn’t there.
If I switch the user from Super Admin to just Admin, the forums re-appear. If I create a new role “Admin2” with full permissions, the forums disappear again.
I see all the “is_admin” functions in the plugin code, but I’m not sure how that works. Is there some way to adjust the code to look for capabilities rather than roles?

[captjones]

And is it possible to have thumbnail of attached image in front of thread title?
That http://grabilla.com/03204-abca68e8-8913-4bf7-970f-56328986da90.png icon looks pretty bad no offense guys.

Or.. any plugin that would allow image upload.

Is there really only 1 plugin for bbpress for image upload? :O 🙁

[Shashank Shekhar]

Thanks for replying Shane! Me replying as per your points below:
1) Yes I know manipulating sidebar is out of bbpress, but the templating of bbpress pages is within the scope. And so for the same, I already stated that I have used forum.php (just by luck it worked, where I used a different sidebar, and it accepted it instead of page.php). I just needed to know am I did the right template (forum.php, forums.php), since no where its documented to use a custom template for bbpress pages.

2) I have stated that I have used twenty-twelve with very little customization. BBpress user pages should work as forum pages accomodating in it. Its not possible to easily do it, just one trick that I already explained is to forciby display:none the sidebar, and make primary area wider with !important. But this is not good in the case if I need sidebar on this page, or in the case to remove sidebar rather than just hiding it from visibility.
This issue is not exactly theme specific as I already posted a link where other users facing it too. The thing is just little incompatibility of bbpress user pages with several themes.

3) Yes I can use the template, but I didn’t find any template which wrapping up all the user pages like profile, edit-profile, topic started, replies created, etc. There are several files inside bbpress templates, but none are there which include header, footer, sidebar tags in them; they just have the inside-content portion. For templating user pages I need a custom template which it is by default taking page.php and now forum.php which I luckily made. So, let me know which file should I create inside my theme which wrap all user pages and other pages already working with custom forum.php made. I asked for the possibility of using two or templates for bbpress forum and user pages, rather than all falling on page.php, as per bbpress documentation.

Further surely I asking for the help from bbpress authors and users, and just expecting to fix the things if they are the issue, or let me know the solution if exists which can help other users too.
Also, I am also acting as a little volunteer, done some research and so stated how I was trying to fix and what ways solved my problem somewhat. And also posted some deficiencies of bbpress which if solved, make it more better. And I will surely post fixes if I get myself.

So I hope my issues are more clear now, hope I will get better answer from someone.

Thanks.