[Jared Atchison]

I have not personally used SimplePress or bbPress with exceptionally large installations, but there was previous discussion going on at https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbp-plug-in-for-wp-scalable

[synergywp1]

Hi,

I’m thinking of switching from SimplePress to bbPress. I’ve basically dumbed down SP so much that its a basic forum. I did a ton of CSS to make it look much better than the standard theme. My forums haven’t totally kicked off yet, but I’m wondering about making the switch to bbPress.

Will bbPress be able to handle a huge forum? I realize this is a vague question. More topics/posts = larger database so caching and a decent server are probably necessary.

I’m interested in switching, even after all the time spent to make SP behave/look how I want it, because bbPress just has that natural light look so it makes me think it’ll be better for the site overall.

Thoughts about speed? Thanks!

[ddlg2007]

Well I come here 1 more time because I really can not do more and I need a little help please.

I am using a child theme called Arras Classical Gamer. I test many times and try a lot of tutorial but is really impossible fix problem with bbpress.

You can see my website here http://www.site.teamcyanide.eu working perfectly with buddypress and pluging like BuddyPress Template Pack. That was my first hard mission but I do it well and everything work good with some change on CSS.

Now the only problem I have is that forum bbpress dont work good. For example I creat a forum called Starcraft 2 and when I clic on view look what happen:

http://site.teamcyanide.eu/board/forum/starcraft-2

I create a category of Starcraft 2 forum and look:

http://site.teamcyanide.eu/board/forum/starcraft-2/protos

So is simple, dont work but I continue looking here on forum and google then I try use Shortcodes from here http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-20-shortcodes, and look what happen:

http://site.teamcyanide.eu/example-forum

You can see ok I can fix the CSS to make it look better, but if you clic on forum or category continue with same problem, just test yourself and can see it.

So guys please, some one can tell me please what can I do for implement my forum of bbpress in my website?

I know on internet I have other forums and scripts, but I really love bbpress and all software make it by wordpress, buddypress, etc.

Someone have mercy on me and help me a little?

Thanks.

[ExtremeSoccer]

which stylesheet? the one in plugins/bbpress/plugins/themes/twentyten?

[Xtars]

I’ve looked at solutions around here and found some that i thought would work but they didn’t.

This is a fresh WordPress, Buddypress, bbPress install. (Installed in that order)

When I installed all of the everything went fine(i think) until i wanted to access the site wide forums from the site.

When i click on the forums link in the menu it i get a red square that says “The forums component has not been set up yet.”

In Settings>Forums>Archive Slugs i get one error.

Forums base: Forums Possible BuddyPress conflict: Forums page

Other then that i’m not able to see the forum index (list of categories and their sub forums) even if i add [bbp-forum-index] to the forums page.

anyone got and idea of what’s wrong (except that i’m a complete beginner at wordpress).

[Jared Atchison]

There is no concrete release date for 2.1, however it should be “soon”.

Currently there are only a few tickets let to be addressed before it is released and they all are related to bbPress->BuddyPress issues.

Once those remaining tickets are cleared then it will be ready for release.

My completely unofficial guess would be 2-4 weeks.

[Jared Atchison]

This might help a little:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbp-plug-in-for-wp-scalable

[majamaki]

How is bbPress for a forum just shy of 200,000 posts and over 16,000 members? Can bbPress handle the growth to 500k to 1 million posts? Are there any good plugins/mods that help sync user data and unify the experience?

[jmatthewgore]

Where can I find the development schedule for bbPress? Or more importantly, when can be expect version 2.1?

Thanks! I’ve only just finally switched over from BuddyPress group forums, and really like the format, but wish that I should use bpCKeditor or similar plugins for visual editing.

– Matthew

[raphaelsuzuki]

First, you don’t need that page with the shortcode to load bbPress.

bbPress is loaded by the forums slug you defined in its settings page.

You can easily and freely modify your menu with any link you want. Just create a custom menu entry linking to: /forums

It is long because you created a page named ‘forum’, then named your forums slug ‘forum’, then named your forum ‘forum’.

Just set your slug as forums, and your forums with category names: tennis, basketball, soccer, etc.

[Jared Atchison]

You are close. bbPress does not use the tag taxonomy, that is strictly for posts.

You’ll need to use tax_query as you mentioned. This is untested but should give you a general idea

$mytopics_args = array(

'post_type' => 'topic',

'numberposts' => 15,

'tax_query' => array(

array(

'taxonomy' => bbp_get_topic_tag_tax_id(),

'field' => 'slug',

'terms' => 'you-tag-slug'

)

)

);

$mytopics = new WP_Query( $mytopics_args );

[Jared Atchison]

There isn’t really an “easy” way to do it. What I would do:

1. Register new sidebar for this, named bbPress widget area or something similar.

2. Use bbPress hooks to place widget area in bbPress template places you desire

3. Place bbPress widget into the new widget area.

4. Enjoy.

You’ll need to have a the basic understanding of WordPress to do something like this probably, not sure how familiar you are with it.

[Dan Griffiths]

Already did, theme author isn’t supporting bbPress. I’m more than willing to do the work myself, if I knew what bbPress needed, problem is there doesn’t seem to be any documentation on what it actually does at that point in the codebase.

[Jared Atchison]

Removing the sidebar on for bbPress pages is going to likely come down to editing whatever WordPress theme you are using, there’s really no way for bbPress to handle that since there are so many themes out there and they all do things differently.

[Jared Atchison]

No the Genesis Framework is a theme framework you build themes on top of – http://www.studiopress.com/themes/genesis

It’s the same as other theme frameworks such as Thematic, Hybrid, Canvas (WooThemes), and others.

Unfortunately it’s not something you just dop in and activate to work with your current theme. Your theme has to be built on top of the framework.

A framework typically handles all of the complex functions such as dealing with the various layouts available.

This is why layout-specific control is not a good candidate for bbPress core. How a layout works and is controlled in TwentyEleven is not going to be the same as other themes – each work in their own way – so it’s not really possible to control *all* of them with a simple option. This needs to be done on a theme-by-theme basis so the option can accommodate how the theme being used handles layouts.

[SK]

Jared,

What is Genesis Framework? Is it available as a WP plugin? Can I keep using my current theme and for bbPress also use Genesis Framework and bbPress Genesis Extend?

[Jared Atchison]

No, there is not – at least not at the moment.

You can go through the bbPress plugins on the .org repo https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=bbpress

[acousticwebdesign]

When a new user registers, they get an email with their username, password, and a link to log in. By default, this link is /wp-login.php

I have a login form in my sidebar and I want the registration email to link to the forum homepage instead of wp-login.php. How do I do this? I noticed that bbpress.org does this as well.

[Tgg1990]

Do you know if it is any plugin for this?

[Jared Atchison]

It can certainly be done but requires a moderate level of PHP and WordPress knowledge. It won’t be easy to do if you are not familiar with WordPress and PHP.

[Tgg1990]

Is it easy to add additional fields to the existing bbPress forum? Add more than expample Tags, message, subject? Add example 5 fields extra?

[Tgg1990]

Ok,thanks for all the help

[Jared Atchison]

No there is no easy way to duplicate the plugin nor is that recommended at all – it would be nothing short of a nightmare to maintain.

Again, what you want to do is do-able. However you will have to get your hands dirty and do some research or hire a developer who can make the customizations for you.

[Tgg1990]

Is it an easy way to duplicate the bbPress plugin so I can have to of them installed at the same time?

[Jared Atchison]

If you want to customize some fields on one but not the other that’s going to require you to write a custom plugin and/or a custom theme. It’s certainly do-able but isn’t going to be done without some research and elbow grease.

You would want to show the fields and then add a conditional that shows/hides based on what page/forum you are viewing.