[MarximusMG]

Hey everyone, I’m a total newbie with bbPress, as I have only had experience with phpBB in the past. I have a very simple question. I’m setting up a new site with bbPress, but am seeing that the forums I’m making (underneath their parent categories) are not being displayed one at a time on their own line, but rather one right after each other, with commas separating them. (Image of this seen here: http://tinypic.com/r/o86nab/6 )

While this isn’t the end of the world, I’m much more used to seeing each forum on its own line, and it seems to make for easier navigation.

Is this something that is specific to the theme that I am using (Buddy) or is it something that can be changed with a plugin? Thanks in advance!

[Manny Fleurmond]

I ran into this messing around with a fresh install of bbpress installed on WordPress 3.5. Basically if you follow these steps, you can cause a forum’s permalink to get stuck in a redirect loop:

Create a category
Create a forum
Make the category the parent of the forum
Trash the category without removing the forum as a child
Go to the forum edit page and update it with no parent selected

After doing this the permalink of the forum becomes an infinite redirect loop and you’ll get an error from your server and browser. When you get the error screen, your browser should show the old permalink that includes the category slug, even though the new permalink shouldn’t have it. The bad part is that even if you untrash the category and make it the parent of the forum again, the redirect loop stays the same. This also makes the slug of said forum unusable.

I did this by accident and then was able to reproduce using the previously mentioned steps. Just wanted to let you guys know. Can’t find a way to fix this but to prevent it from occurring, make sure you unlink forums from a category BEFORE you want to delete said category.

[Stephen Edgar]

Using the default bbPress settings I just threw up a IIS install of WP 3.5 and bbPress 2.2.3

http://localhost:81/forums/
http://localhost:81/forums/forum/test-forum/
http://localhost:81/forums/topic/test-topic/

For the test topic I added a reply and clicked submit and the resulting URL is correct

http://localhost:81/forums/topic/test-topic/#post-7

[Stephen Edgar]

Your topic replies URL should be displaying in the format:

http://localhost/sitename/forum/topic/butterflies/#post-158277

When I set my bbPress settings to the same settings you use above these are the URL’s:

Forums base: forum (Note: Default bbPress setting is ‘forums’)
Topics base: topics (Note: Default bbPress setting ‘topics’)
Forum Prefix ticked (Note: Default bbPress setting ‘ticked/checked’)
Forum slug: forums (Note: Default bbPress setting is ‘forum’)
Topic slug: topic (Note: Default bbPress setting ‘topic’)

http://localhost/sitename/forum/forums/butterflies/

http://localhost/sitename/forum/topic/test-topic/

http://localhost/sitename/forum/topic/butterflies/#post-158277

I would try resetting your permalinks. In your WordPress Administration Screens navigate to Settings > Permalinks, select a different permalink structure and save. Then select your preferred permalink structure and save again.

If you have no luck I would read up on the LAMP/MAMP (Linux/Mac, Apache, MySQL, PHP) package you are using on what settings are needed for mod_rewrite to work on your local machine.

There are also a few (and a few broken links here) installing WordPress Locally
https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Installation_Techniques#Installing_WordPress_Locally

[stefwilliams]

This is a weird one. When I create a forum post, I get the WYSIWYG editor.
When I reply to a post, I also get it,
BUT when I edit an existing reply, there is no WYSIWYG and I have plain html in the text area.
Using bbpress 2.2.3, WP 3.5 and buddypress 1.7-bleeding.
Doesn’t seem to be a bug, as it works fine with twenty twelve theme – I’m using the-bootstrap – but are there any ideas of what to try to fix it?
In the pages with the editor, the relevant js files are getting loaded from the cache, but on the page without the editor, there seems to be no reference to them, but no errors either…

?

[Gawain Lynch]

I’m having a problem where a number of our users are sending around URLs to discussions in private forums to other users, when those URLs are clicked, if the user is not logged in they get a 404.

I want to write a plugin that directs users to the login page if they are not already, and only then return a 404 if they don’t have ‘read_private_forums’…

Can anyone familiar with the bbPress code base point me to where bbPress evaluates this access?

[Stephen Edgar]

Run the ‘Repair Tools’ after the importer has finished importing everything

https://codex.bbpress.org/repair-forums/

[Stephen Edgar]

As per the link you mention above https://codex.bbpress.org/import-forums/

You should be able to import with these settings:

– Select the source platform that you are importing from: bbPress
– Database Name eg. old_bbpress_db
– Database User Name eg. db_user
– Database User Password eg. ********
– Table Prefix eg. bb_

[apet083]

Same issue! Can anyone help??

[AllenPayne]

I posted my question on StackOverflow as well.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13920322/vbulletin-to-bbpress-conversion-how-can-i-redirect-the-old-urls-to-the-new-one

I have to find a solution fast because i’m currently losing a lot of SE traffic.

[rixtertrader]

Wordpress Version: 3.5
Theme: Optimize Press
Plugins: WishList Member v2.71 and bbPress v2.2.3
=====================================================

Greetings!

I’ve been tackling this problem for so long now that my mind is turning to mush. I really need some direction on this…please?

Task: My site contains static PAGES for subscribers to view/download content. I have also created some PAGES that are to be DISCUSSION pages, where each PAGE deals with just ONE (1) topic only.

Example: On my site you have a PAGE called FORUM DISCUSSIONS. On this page you will find 4 links representing the TOPICS.

TOPIC ONE
TOPIC TWO
TOPIC THREE
TOPIC FOUR

If you click on the link TOPIC ONE, you arrive at the TOPIC ONE PAGE. Here, I would like to allow my members to post their questions, comments, and even embed a picture if they wish.

Each member that posts on this PAGE would see their comment show up at the very top, pushing previous posts down the page. And of course, the member name, date and time of post is important for each post made.

While I know how to create a PAGE where I want a specific TOPIC discussed (and only that TOPIC), I don’t know how to give it the ability I just described above (allow users to post, include picture, have it show up at the top, etc.)

I’m thinking this is not difficult but I can’t seem to find the answers to my specific needs. I do not want my members creating the topics. I don’t want all the other fluff that shows how many members there are, how many are online, or any other additional information. Just a simple editor box to create the post, and for that post to show up at the top of the PAGE.

Can this be done?

Thank you in advance!

🙂

[AllenPayne]

Hi Stephen. The bbpress built-in import tool didn’t work for me and paid the guys from gConverter.com to do it. They did a great job with the conversion and everything is working fine now.

Regarding the htaccess rules, i have no idea how to write them even after reading the resources you posted. So if there’s anyone here who can help, i would really appreciate it.

[Muntasir M. Aumio]

I’d like to import my bbpress forum(with user, topics and replies) from one site to another.
Is it possible?
Both domain are in the same server. So, I see the database is same for both domain on the server.
http://codex.bbpress.org/import-forums/
I’m not very clear about that. And It doesn’t work for me as well.
Can anyone help me ASAP.
I’m in A SERIOUS trouble.
Please.

[krioteh]

Section moved: https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/bbpress/dev/ru/default

Раздел перемещен: https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/bbpress/dev/ru/default

[erwinodendaal]

I found this topic elsewhere but that didn’t came up with a sollution. I’m using the “Members” plugin. But I don’t see how this will make the url’s change. I installed bbPress 2.2.3 this morning, but still no luck.

Can someone provide me (us) with a sollution for the broken links. Please.

[erwinodendaal]

I have the “Members”-plugin installed. After updating bbPress and changing all roles of the users from “(wordpress-)”participants” into “subscribers”, the “participant”-roles of bbPress were empty. Now all subscribers can participate in the private forums. Not what I’ve had in mind…

But in my functions.php I have a script to notify users of their updated capabilities. It starts with:
function user_role_update( $user_id, $new_role ) {
if($new_role == 'bbp_participant') {

But that doesn’t seem to work anymore. Did the name of the bbPress participant role change? Will
function user_role_update( $user_id, $new_role ) {
if($new_role == 'participant') {

work?

[sayumi19]

Hello. I just started this bbpress plugin recently.

I would like to know how users delete their own topics by themselves. I set all visitors as participants. They can write and edit their topics, but can not delete. If there’re suitable plugin.

Thank you for reading. Waiting for reply.

[Lynq]

If you want to do it yourself then I would recommend looking here first: https://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development – It tells you a bit about getting to grips with wordpress themes in general and then you can move onto bbPress which sits inside your wordpress theme.

Good luck.

[ReneVe]

At the moment i running phpbb 3.0.11 and like to convert the system to bbpress 2.2.3
BBpress hase a nice import tool buth if i run this application, forums, topics, reply’s and users are convert.

One problem users are not related to the topics ore reply’s, olso forums have 0 topics.

Please can sombody help me.

Excus my bath language..

Grtz Rene

[Lynq]

Have you done much editing with wordpress templates? You will need to edit the bbPress template files to move the make new topic button, or do what I did and add in a new button which scrolls you down using jquery.

[Lynq]

I downloaded the latest version of bbPress and the latest version of wordpress, did a local install probably only 5 days ago at max and then re created it using the functions from my teamoverpowered.com site.

[erwinodendaal]

I guess my problem that subscribers/forum participants after the update of bbPress 2.2 can no longer edit their profile page (and all subscribers/participants before could) are a result of the incompatibility of bbPress and the Members plugin?
Do I still need the Members plugin now that the roles for WordPress and bbPress are no longer one?

[josephmiddleton]

Greetings all, I hope everyone is having a safe holiday season.

When I upgraded to 3.5 and I go to the page that houses bbpress forums, these are the error messages my browser is displaying…

Webpage error details

User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1) ; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; InfoPath.2; OfficeLiveConnector.1.5; OfficeLivePatch.1.3; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; BRI/2; BOIE8;ENUS)
Timestamp: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 01:41:19 UTC

Message: Object required
Line: 191
Char: 1
Code: 0
URI: http://joseph.heavenboundministry.com/jjblog/?forum=discussion-forum

Message: ‘length’ is null or not an object
Line: 2
Char: 14331
Code: 0
URI: http://joseph.heavenboundministry.com/jjblog/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js?ver=1.8.3

Message: ‘length’ is null or not an object
Line: 2
Char: 14331
Code: 0
URI: http://joseph.heavenboundministry.com/jjblog/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js?ver=1.8.3

Message: ‘length’ is null or not an object
Line: 2
Char: 14331
Code: 0
URI: http://joseph.heavenboundministry.com/jjblog/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js?ver=1.8.3

Message: ‘length’ is null or not an object
Line: 2
Char: 14331
Code: 0
URI: http://joseph.heavenboundministry.com/jjblog/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js?ver=1.8.3

Message: ‘length’ is null or not an object
Line: 2
Char: 14331
Code: 0
URI: http://joseph.heavenboundministry.com/jjblog/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js?ver=1.8.3

Thank you all for helping me fix my web site, Thanks and happy holidays…

Joseph

[Stephen Edgar]

Nice Lync… What version of bbPress did you base this from?

I will take it for a spin and closer look later…

[Stephen Edgar]

Firstly, I am currently looking for feedback on the vBulletin importer and there have been reports that users do not get imported correctly, did your users get imported correctly?

eg. Migrating vBulletin 4.0.4 to bbPress 2.2.3 and bug tracking ticket #1991.

What version of vBulletin and bbPress are you using?

I personally don’t have access to vBulletin so I haven’t been able to test much of anything relating to vBulletin basically so helping out with your .htaccess would also be a bit of hit and miss.

Stack Exchange has some great examples of rewrites

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/.htaccess+mod-rewrite
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/mod-rewrite

This is one of my favourites even though it is not specific to any of your needs here it is a good example of mod_rewrite regex rules.

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4318171/how-to-regex-and-htaccess-rewrite-url

A couple of other resources to help along the way:

• htaccess tester
• An In Depth Guide to mod_rewrite for Apache
• reFiddle regex expression testing