Check the Codex https://codex.bbpress.org/ for the latest docs and to get you up and running please see:
‘Getting Started with bbPress’ https://codex.bbpress.org/getting-started-with-bbpress/
If you would like to help us get the docs updated please login with the same credentials you use here on bbpress.org to https://codex.bbpress.org/wp-admin and help out however you can.
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This reply was modified 13 years, 11 months ago by
Stephen Edgar. Reason: verbiage!
Bumping for proper attention
How about starting with the documentation? Still missing the installation instructions…
Go into ‘bbPress WP Tweaks’ settings /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bbpress-wp-tweaks and change the ‘Default forum wrapper’ to ‘index.php’ (it should be in bold text)
Awesome work, looks great 🙂
netweb,I installed and activated bbpress-wp-tweaks. I then added “bbPress Login Widget” into the bbpress sidebar. But i still don’t see it on any of my forum pages.
So, in the hope of simplifying my problem, I am willing to have Login and Register links on all of my website — both forum pages and nonforum pages.
But how can I make a regular sidebar appear in the forum pages?
🙁
It’s been 24 hours, so I’m gonna bump. From what I know about past experience, I’m allowed to do that.
Maybe I haven’t been clear about my question– I’m looking for the best way to edit theme files and keep my changes after an update. Should be common knowledge, but the new documentation layout is confusing. I can’t find anything on theme compatibility or WordPress themes taking over bbPress template files…
What do you have the ‘Forums Base’ slug set to and is the ‘Forum Prefix’ checked?(/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bbpress)
Have a look at this plugin https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-wp-tweaks/
It will give you a different sidebar whenever someone is on a forums page and you can populate it with whatever widgets you need.
When I activate BBPress, every page of my site shows a message similar to (the only difference is the URL of the page I am trying to get to):
> The website encountered an error while retrieving> http://www.mysite.com/wp-admin/plugins.php. It may be down for> maintenance or configured incorrectly.
If I deactivate BBPress (by renaming the directory – because every page of my site gets the error above), then deactivate each of the plugins, and then reactivate BBPress … then BBPress works.
The moment I try to reactivate one of the other plugins, it breaks again.
If you aren’t getting the error … could it be a template issue (I wouldn’t think so)?Or, could it be something server-based, with the webhost?
DNBrawler,
Thanks for your reply.
I dragged and dropped the bbPress login widget to the Main Sidebar. But I don’t see the login widget on a non-forum page or on a forum page.
What I want people on our site is this:For those who are not logged in, I want them to see “Login” and “Register” on any forum page they visit. When someone clicks “Login” they are taken to a page which asks for their username and password. After successfully logging in, the user is taken back to page on which they clicked “Login”. For someone who clicks “Register”, I want them to be taken to a page that asks them for their desired username, desired password, and email address. I don’t mind if “Login” and “Register” links are not visible on our non-forum pages.
What’s the best and most newbie-friendly way of accomplishing what I envision?
OK, I’m with you now, are you going to use a BBCode plugin for bbPress to render the HTML output?
I have just started working on a patch to add CSS for bbcode_quote, bbcode_quote_head, bbcode_quote_body and a few of the other CSS classes that are are parsed with bbp-parser.php
Wordpress version: 3.4.1bbPress version: 2.1.2
How can our forum visitors register and log in to our forum?
I’ve just installed bbPress on my WordPress-powered website. I opened up an incognito window in Chrome to simulate a visitor to our site. I went to http://ourwebsite.com/forums/. I don’t see any place where people can register a new forum account or log in.
I clicked on the one forum we created called “General” (http://ourwebsite.com/forums/forum/general/), and I still do not see any place where someone can register or log in.
Must I install some plugin or extension?
Please help.
I’ve spent days on this too, and although this topic didn’t help. it’s one i came across in my search, so thought i’d update with what worked for me.
I think it’s now quite simple, but very unintuitive. Hopefully my explanation works for you guys too.
IT’S NOT IN THE BBPRESS.CSS file! Arghhhhhhh
Firstly, I started using chrome instead of iexplore/firefox. Using this I navigated to the topic/reply box that wasn’t letting me see the text, right click, and select inspect element. The box at the bottom, and to the right, can then help you identify where it’s picking up styles from. You should see a section at the bottom saying matched styles, in my case ‘content.css’
If you hover over the style name (content.css for me) it should show you the location file and the section of code you need to change
The file I needed to amend was http://www.your_website_here.co.uk/wordpress/wp-includes/js/tinymce/themes/advanced/skins/wp_theme/content.css
And I just changed the section below, where color: #fff was previously different
body { font-family: Georgia, “Times New Roman”, “Bitstream Charter”, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; color: #fff; margin: 10px; min-height: 100%;}
I really hope this method helps others, as it’s been getting right on my nerves
I’m having the same issue. I see two conflicting instructions for theming:
This page shows to make your own template within /my-templates/your-theme/. This page shows to put it in your wordpress theme folder: /themes/your-theme/bbpress/bbpress-files.php. So which is it?
Nevertheless, I tried doing it both ways, and neither show in the dropdown in forum settings. I tried copying the theme-compat theme in order to customize bbpress.
Can someone help, please?
Based on twentyten template with BBPress 2.0 with tons of customization, design and more then 2 months of hard work, I give you the on{X} forum.
Some of the key features including:
- Custom forum landing page.
- Custom subscribe button.
- Custom user page with unsubscribe.
- Voting.
- Custom editor.
- And much much more.
This shows that BBPress is a well rounded forum solution, capable of almost anything.
Hope you like it,
Roni.
Easy.Download a plugin called GD BBpress Tools. It will add a quote link to every post, when clicked it will send the user to the bottom of the page to reply to the post.
I don’t know if am going to get help here, but am busy looking for how to make bbpress forum be part of my wordpress site. But after installing the forum, creating it, all i get is ‘this forum is empty’ how can this be resolved? National Open University Nigeriaam looking to create a community where users can share informations freely. Is this possible?
I have been trying for ages to make this works for my website, i activated the bbpress forum and create a page name forum, insert some few bbpress shortcodes and all i get is the “Forum is Empty” is there anywhere this can be resolved? Is there any tutorial on it?My site is at Latest Universities Newsany help will be appreciated.
.I been in the bbpress.css editor and I am unable to find what color to have to remove that grey. My website has black forums and backgrounds. When your trying to post a topic or reply in HTML format it has white text. If you switch to use the visual to post it has grey text with is hard to read on a black background….. Anyone know what line I need to correct in bbpress.css to change the text of the visual for posting comments and messages???? I have been at this for days
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This topic was modified 13 years, 11 months ago by
trigger242.
Still waiting for some expert to reply me. Or is this plugin abandon? Am planning to use it on the site listed above and on this one Cheap Laptops and Mobile Phone, where users can share their views on cheap bla bla, but everything is falling apart. Who is here?
Still waiting for some expert to reply me. Or is this plugin abandon? Am planning to use it on the site listed above and on this one Cheap Laptops and Mobile Phone, where users can share their views on cheap bla bla, but everything is falling apart. Who is here?
Still waiting for some expert to reply me. Or is this plugin abandon? Am planning to use it on the site listed above and on this one Cheap Laptops and Mobile Phone, where users can share their views on cheap bla bla, but everything is falling apart. Who is here?
WHere can I find themes for bbPress 2.1.2 which is inside BuddyPress 1.6 with the BP Columns 1.5.3 theme? Have you an advice for design, formating and “make up” my forum?
I am having this same issue.I been in the bbpress.css editor and I am unable to find what color to have to remove that grey. My website has black forums and backgrounds. When your trying to post a topic or reply in HTML format it has white text. If you switch to use the visual to post it has grey text with is hard to read on a black background….. Anyone know what line I need to correct in bbpress.css to change the text of the visual for posting comments and messages????
I have been at this for days
