[Stephen Edgar]

Follow the steps outlined here https://codex.bbpress.org/theme-compatibility/ for the files you want to customize by copying them to your theme directory.

[zaerl]

You can export WP data from the /wp-admin/export.php page.

[fuzzybee]

I am using BuddyPress 1.6.1, bbPress 2.1.2 and WordPress 3.4.2

I follow the guide here.

In the end, I did the trick pointed out by Sarah Gooding because mywebsite.com/forums was blank right after the above installation

• Created a page called “Forums” with permalink mywebsite.com/forums
• Insert bbPress shortcode [bbp-forum-index] into “Forums” page

My questions are

1) How do I customise page templates for the forum e.g. Forum page, topic page etc.

My current theme is a child theme of twentyeleven and it has the following structure

> themes/bp-twentyeleven/

>

> /activity/

>

> /blogs/

>

> /forums/

>

> index.php

>

> forums-loop.php

>

> /groups/

>

> /members/

>

> /registration/

>

> header.php

>

> sidebar.php

>

> style.css

Notes

• Apparently, bp-twentyevelen/forums/index.php is being ignored.
• The reason for this set up is that I need the site to looks like TwentyEleven and has BuddyPress’ functionality at the same time

2) How do I make sure that bbPress functions will work for my site e.g. do I copy and past all the functions in functions.php of bbPress’ default theme over my theme’s functions.php?

3) How do I ensure that whatever I will get from 1) and 2) (probably from bbPress experts somewhere) will not conflict with BuddyPress’ functionality or my theme?

BuddyPress setting screenshots are here and here.

bbPress settings screenshot is here.

[zeaks]

I’m using the bbpress WordPress plugin on one site. I want to move it to another site. I looked at the database thinking there would be some wp_bbPress tables or something but didn’t see any.

Is there a way to do this? It woudl be a move from one WordPress site to another, both using updated WordPress and bbPress plugins, with no forums or threads on the new site.

[concon3]

I have found that the file form-topic.php (located in bbpress/mytheme/bbpress/form-topic) controls a topic form.

Ideally what I would like to do is duplicate this and edit it for my needs and call it on on my WordPress page that I need the custom form for.

Is there a way to do this?

Thanks.

[GardenFork]

i have a BuddyPress 1.5.6 site that I’d like to import into a new bbPress 2.12 install.

i’d like to import all the members and their posts

any help or suggestions is appreciated.

thx! eric.

[zaerl]

It’s in wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-includes/bbp-core-shortcodes.php. Don’t edit a core file. Use a filter.

[Colin Tedford]

Is there a way to receive notifications when new topics are posted (similar to the way one can subscribe to individual topics)? Maybe I’m overlooking it but I don’t see anything. Using bbPress 2.1.2 on WP 3.4.2 at http://community.resourcesfornewmusic.com/forums/forum/resources-music-forum/.

[George]

Negative. Won’t add anything to bbpress posts. Too complicated for the application, just need one badge to be added when and where I specify.

[Shmoo]

I’m just curious because i would like to edit the author’s gravatar and how it’s showed in the source to get more CSS options.

bbp_topic_author_avatar

bbp_get_topic_author_avatar

When i use the bbp_topic_author_avatar() version inside the loop-single-topic.php file it shows a perfect 40 pixels gravatar like explained on the website with all possible bbPress code tags.
Great but when i try to make this gravatar 80 pixels instead of the default 40 there is something wrong because the code doesn’t accept my array when i try do this.

 '80' )); ?>

Even when i do this it doesn’t work.

 80 )); ?>

[mighty_fox]

Hi,

I have installed BBPress from http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress/
to the latest version.

Ideally what I want to do is create custom pages which uses BBPress, an example of doing this I found is http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/heres-how-to-show-bbpress-info-inside-wordpress-without-full-integration/page/2/

If I create a custom template and page from WordPress BBPress functions do not work. Other forums have mentioned including bb-load.php but from the download link from above there is no bb-load.php in the zip file.

From looking at the second link there suggests that new tables for BBPress would be in the database, however I have no new tables just standard WordPress ones and BBPress posts stored in wp-Posts

Is this correct?

I am trying for example to create a page (customized page) where a user can enter their post and then choose what topic etc. they want to post from a drop down box. However I don’t know how to go about this.

Thanks in advance.

[hummvee]

@jjj little suggestion, reduce the size of the avatar rendered here at bbpress.org/forums, content should take the center-stage i think! thanks!

[Stephen Edgar]

Start with the docs here https://codex.bbpress.org/theme-compatibility/

[Stephen Edgar]

Currently this layout style isn’t available with bbPress ‘out of the box’

Please see this thread for any updates https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/hierarchical-forum-and-category-layout/

[Stephen Edgar]

Thanks for this, sadly the code you have posted has been stripped in your post.

Could you try posting it again and/or post the code to pastebin.com, a Gist on GitHub

Better still you could create a ticket over at Trac and submit your patch directly for us.
https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/

[Cpellow]

We are using WordPress 3.4.2 and latest BBpress and Twenty eleven them and got it to look like this on our website: http://scotpcg.org/member-area/forums/

However, we would like it to look like this: http://www.polyclay.co.uk/
The different forums nicely displayed with different headers so there is a clear distinction.

Our forum is for members only – so past the first page a member sign up will show up (which is not active as yet). If you can help us with the lay-out we can create a temporary access.

Many thanks.
Chris

[mazcar]

I am new to WordPress/BBPress and am coming from PHPBB.

I am creating a bulletin board using the BBPress plug-in for WordPress. I’m not planning on really using WordPress (yet) for my website. It’s just a few static pages, a css file, and, soon, a forum.

My board will be for just fifty people and I would like to create all the accounts myself so that I don’t have to worry about spam posts from bogus accounts.

• In PHPBB, there is a control panel option to disable the ability to create new accounts? I don’t see that option in WP/BBPress. How would I do that?
• I think I read on this forum that I can make my board invisible to non-members, but that is not a control panel option. What’s the prefered way for a newbie to do that?

Also, I read an article on WP security, Top 5 WP Vulnerabilities and How To Fix Them.
http://www.esecurityplanet.com/open-source-security/top-5-wordpress-vulnerabilities-and-how-to-fix-them.html

Vulnerability # 1: SQL Injection & URL Hacking.
Vulnerability # 2: Access to Sensitive Files.
Vulnerability # 3: Default Admin User Account.
Vulnerability # 4: Default Prefix for Database Tables
Vulnerability # 5: Brute-Force Login Attempts

3, 4, and 5 seem pretty obvious to me. However, for help with mitigating the threat of Brute-Force Login Attempts, the author refers to two plug-ins: Limit Login Attempts and Better WP Security. Are these the preferred plug-ins? Although, I really must ask you guys why these two plug-ins aren’t written into the core software in the first place? In fact, shouldn’t the control panel also allow me to limit the creation of new accounts, as well?

I know BBPress, as a plug-in, is new, but WordPress has been around for ten years. Are the features that I list above planned for future releases, or is security not really an issue for the WP community, but rather up to each user?

Before I forget, how do I implement the solutions to the first two vulnerabilities? Do I just copy the code that the author lists into my .htacess file?

I don’t want to sound critical of WP/BBPress, or be the guy who is constantly comparing it to PHPBB. I just want to know the mentality behind it and, really, what I am getting myself into. I had a pretty secure PHPBB board that was easy to set-up and manage, but it was boring and looked like every other PHPBB board out there. I was told that WP/BBPress is customizable (some guy on your board showcases a beautiful board about Stratoliner motorcycles) and more secure than PHPBB. I hope to explore these features without becoming a full-time board developer nor becoming a php guru.

Thanks. I really appreciate this forum. I have been reading all sorts of posts. So if these questions have been answered, please don’t flame me; it’s not for lack of searching.

[wpmhweb]

I have a forum with the latest bbPress called “Windows 8” and then when I tried to create a page called “Windows 8” and WordPress saves it a duplicate page, because of the forum with the same name. Is there a way to keep forums slugs away from WordPress?

Thanks,

[EricSchmitz]

Thanks for the reply! As I read more about these, that stuff is starting to become more clear. I need to learn a lot more about how to use BuddyPress. bbPress is pretty straightforward — it’s a BBS running inside WordPress. The introduction of Groups with BP adds a whole new nulti-dimension to it all. Cool stuff!

Gotta catch some of your other vids now.

[Pippin Williamson]

There are changes to bbPress all the time, but none that I can think of that would have caused this.

[citizenkeith]

Nevermind, I found the “Reset Forums” tab under the Tools section. That did the trick.

However, every time I deactivate the bbPress forum, I can’t access the forums unless I reset. Something weird is going on there…

[Fulgence Ridal]

hello,

where i can find a good guide to make a bbpress theme …

thx

[mostafaqanbari]

well done michael! it looks like you did it! but i think there is a more simple way to do so(lets say another way instead of an easy way because your way is not difficult also!). when you install bbpress you can go to yoursite/topics and see list of all topics. in this page you can see similarities with items that you really need:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/65583116/topics1.JPG

the only thing you need to do is find out what file in bbpress do this job. the file is:

loop-single-topic.php

and here is the codes related to what we want:enter link description here

and finally the last thing is having a summary of topic content. that’s i dont know it yet! 😀

[mighty_fox]

Thanks 🙂

[zaerl]

$info = get_userdata();
echo ‘Biographical Info: ‘, $info->description;