[WHUK_Barb]

It’s a weird incident where despite all my efforts, I just not able to get bbpress correctly installed on one of our servers. Though infact I’ve done this in the past for couple of our clients, but just unable to figure out what’s going wrong this time. After installing bbPress from the WordPress plugins menu, I get to see a 500> Internal Server Error for one of the clients site. I tried renaming the bbPress folder to bbpress-bak in wp-content/plugins, it didn’t give me an error, but I couldn’t activate bbPress with the folder name changed.I’ve set 755 for bbPress. But no luck with that, still trying. Can someone please help me with it ?
Regards,
Barb from Webhosting UK

[matrixd]

@zaerl It sounds great!

[htz77]

I have a custom WP_Query outside the main loop, in my header.php, and also another one in footer.php. On my Forums List page (the top/base level of bbPress that lists all my Forums), the custom WP_Query in both header.php and footer.php, no longer works. It shows another instance of the bbPress Forums List, instead of showing the correct content (as it does on every other page of my site, including all other bbPress pages). My custom WP_Query is
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'page',
'page_id' => 218
);
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post();

the_content();
endwhile;
wp_reset_postdata();

I also tried get_page, which also didn’t work.
$page_id = 218;
$page_data = get_page( $page_id );
$page_content = apply_filters('the_content', $page_data->post_content);
echo $page_content;

I tried using a bbPress ShortCode in a WP-Page called “Forums”, and then also without a page, just using bbPress Permalink “Forums”, without a wp-page and shortcode. Same problem either way.

Why would bbPress conflict with these core WP functions? And why would it happen ONLY on the Forums List page? I also tested this in TwentyEleven, and the problem is there too.

[JamesWagner]

By the way, those comments about ways to manage searches are more of a wishful hope. The real issue is getting searches that include the forum. At this point, I am assuming that it is a configuration issue, rather than capability that needs another plugin.

Thanks for your help….
Jim Wagner

[sharonlipinski]

I was having the same problem and your suggestion fixed it. Thanks BenNielV!

[Shane Gowland]

Thanks Pippin! 🙂

[JamesWagner]

Greetings –

A very green WordPress user, here, who still has a LOT to learn. One thing I do need to learn is about the Search function. Installation: bbPress 2.1.2, Responsive Theme, WordPress 1.7.7.

When I enter a search term in the search box on any forum page, it finds nothing in the forum, even though there are entries with exactly the same tag as the search term. But it finds multiple entries on the rest of the site.

At the very least, search needs to find entries in both the forum and the site, generally. Preferably, to reduce response clutter, it would be nice to have searches originating on a forum page return results only from the forum. Or, even better, would be a selector that says “search in:” documentation, application notes, blog, wiki, forum, or site as a whole.

Can someone suggest any strategies to get a search that at least works in the forum?

Many thanks
Jim Wagner
Oregon Research Electronics

[citizenkeith]

Hello!

I am having a problem with my site. I have had the bbPress plugin installed on my WordPress for some time now, but it has not been activated. I just kept it there, and updated it regularly, until I finished working on my theme. Well, that work is finished now. When I activated the bbPress plugin, the entire website doesn’t load (“View Page Source” reveals nothing).

I would like to delete bbPress from my database, but I have no idea how to do that. I just want to start over from scratch…

Anybody? 🙂

[laprek]

Hello everyone!
Would it be possible to import oxwall forums to bbpress?

[tamarazuk]

Hi,

I am unable to view the topic or reply content. With debug on I receive the following error

WordPress database error: [You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‘FORCE INDEX (PRIMARY, post\_parent) WHERE 1=1 AND (wp\_posts.ID = 647 OR wp\_posts.’ at line 2] SELECT SQL\_CALC\_FOUND\_ROWS wp\_posts.* FROM wp\_posts JOIN wp\_icl\_translations t ON wp\_posts.ID = t.element\_id AND t.element\_type IN (‘post\_topic’) JOIN wp\_icl\_languages l ON t.language\_code=l.code AND l.active=1 FORCE INDEX (PRIMARY, post\_parent) WHERE 1=1 AND (wp\_posts.ID = 647 OR wp\_posts.post\_parent = 647) AND wp\_posts.post\_type IN (‘topic’, ‘reply’) AND (wp\_posts.post\_status = ‘publish’ OR wp\_posts.post\_status = ‘closed’) AND t.language\_code=’en’ ORDER BY wp\_posts.post\_date ASC LIMIT 0, 15

I have had this error since I installed this plugin over a month ago and have not been able to fix it. At that time I found this ticket1 which lead me to this 2 line change2. I decided to add these two lines but that did not help either.

I have switched themes to Twenty Ten bbPress, Twenty Eleven, and the standard Twenty Eleven. I have also disabled almost all plugins (not WPML because I’ve had bad experiences with disabling and re-enabling it). None of this troubleshooting actions have helped. I then sat around waiting for an update, but unfortunately one has not come yet.

Since we are reaching the launch date I would like any help from anyone who has encountered this issue and successfully fixed it.

Thank you so much! Tamara

• This topic was modified 14 years ago by tamarazuk.

[EricSchmitz]

Thanks, Spence, you’re a stitch! I LOVE resources like this! Full of great tips that I never would have worked out on my own.

If anyone has a moment to answer a newbie question, I’m just getting started with BuddyPress and bbPress, and am not yet clear on the difference between “Forums” and “Sitewide Forums”. What’s up with that?

[on3advertising]

There is a common disconnect between the WP user profile and bbPress. It’s not integrated. Right now if the user registers with the bbPress registration, then logs in, it takes them to the WordPress profile page. This isn’t good for branding. First of all, it takes them ‘out’ of the site into a WordPress profile (confusing them right off the bat), which has the WordPress logo and WordPress backend style. At this point, a non-WP user doesn’t know what to do to get back to the site.

Is there a clean, easy way to redirect the “Profile” link back to the bbPress profile and prevent them from ever hitting the WordPress brand? The site needs to feel consistent and well-thought out without this random user flow.

The website I’m working on is: http://www.compusoftdevelopment.com/forum

[on3advertising]

I want to customize a topic that is closed. It was easy to find the css class for a topic that was closed, but I cannot for for the life of me find what php file is executing that class. I want to add an extra column with the string “[Resolved]” next to the name of the topic to make it more intuitive for my users. The website with an example of a closed topic is: http://www.compusoftdevelopment.com/forum/forums/forum/submitted-features/

I am running Wp v3.4.2 and bbPress v2.1.2

[Yousef Matios]

Hi, as part of one of our projects at Tasweek Online, we had to FULLY translate bbPress v2 to Arabic. I am not sure how to add it here, but if you want it then get in touch.

• This reply was modified 14 years ago by Yousef Matios.
• This reply was modified 14 years ago by Yousef Matios.

[Francesco Bigiarini]

bbp_get_user_profile_url( $user_id = 0, $user_nicename = '' )

is the function for retrieving the user profile URL. If you don’t pass an ID it takes that current user ID.

\wp-content\plugins\bbpress\bbp-theme-compat\bbpress\user-details.php
\wp-content\plugins\bbpress\bbp-theme-compat\bbpress\user-favorites.php
\wp-content\plugins\bbpress\bbp-theme-compat\bbpress\user-subscriptions.php
\wp-content\plugins\bbpress\bbp-theme-compat\bbpress\user-topics-created.php

are the template files that you can override in your own template.

[applesqaz]

yep currently i have no reason to use BBpress. The above reply or elese where on the forum is that it is only 500 lines of code. Okay thanks no thanks.

Im here to download and use this program as how the demo look, not how it looks minus 500 lines of code. You could write Download BBPress minus 500 lines of code see how many download.

Like I said Im willing to pay for theme. I dont see logic of withholding it. All it does is make me forget about bbpress. Not everyone installing these scripts is a programmer / designer. 500 lines might as well be 1 million to me and others.

I thank the guys who created this for their great effor, it looks nice.

[masada]

I agree. This theme would spread the word and it would encourage people to try bbpress.

[applesqaz]

yea i installed it and it looks pretty bad on mine.

When you download it you think its going to look like this site and thats what draws people in buy when they install it I think everyone of them is disappointed.

I dont get why you dont release this theme. People are asking for it and want to use BBpress but they stop using it cause all the other themes are sh!t. This is the only nice theme and only reaon i consider bbpress.

If you dont wanna give it away for free put a price on it and let us buy it.

what is the advantage of withholding it, how does it help you spread the bbpress word. If it was released more sites would run bbpress

[pshudgins]

Hello… using pagelines, and have installed bbpress. Forum seems to be working fine, but the alignment of the header text for the columns… e.g., topic, posts, voices, freshness… is off…not aligned horizontally. If you can let me know how to edit the CSS for this particular piece, I’d really appreciate it. Also, possible to change the column header text? If so, how? THANKS http://www.powelltatewptest.com.php5-22.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/?forum=gear-swap Also, seems like the topic title is in the wrong place… should be left-aligned, then “started by” should go underneath.. just like this forum. Thoughts on how to fix?

• This topic was modified 14 years ago by pshudgins.
• This topic was modified 14 years ago by pshudgins.

[byalik]

On my forum, it is only possible to create a new topic when in the actual forum. How do I make it like this site has, where you can click “Create New Topic” on the top and then choose the forum from a dropdown?

[Pippin Williamson]

I love the idea. Nice job.

[Pippin Williamson]

I’ve used the GD bbPress Attachment plugin for a while and it works really well.

[klimam]

Hi I have WP 3.4.2 and BBPRESS 2.1.2 and my Topics and Replies have recently disappeared (after some upgrade). Today I found out that it interferes with plugin WP-Sticky 1.50. After disabling, BBPRESS is showing again everything!

[fatsandrew7]

weird — when i subscribed to this topic it worked perfectly.

incidentally, i discovered the conflict was in fact with the imember360 software i am using for my membership restrictions.

i am still working on a solution, but i’m confident bbpress is working as it should.

• This reply was modified 14 years ago by fatsandrew7.

[rixtertrader]

I’m new and I’m baffled. Information overload.

I’ve just added the bbPress plugin to my site because I need a simple BB type forum where you have TOPICS and posts under those topics.

I need it to look like a regular BB type.

This site shows an example of what type of forum I really need to create for my WordPress installation that was done by another type of software.

http://www.csharpforums.net/forum.php

Unfortunately, my forum looks more like BLOG posts within that narrow main column (what is that, 640 width?) within my wide monitors. That’s fine for other sections of my WP site, but not the forum part I want within WP.

Can someone tell me what I need to do?

Thanks.