Thanks, but it isn’t a word press site. Will it work on a windows hosted site?
There is an easier way assuming you want to install the plugin version (2.x).
Login to your WordPress site. Go to Plugins > Add New/
Search for “bbPress”. Click install. Done.
same issue here. For testing just to make sure if any of my other plugins or themes are not the cause, I have installed bbPress on a fresh WP install without any other plugins and I get the same error.
any solutions yet?
I get to step fourteen and then the wheels fall off. I clicked on the Home tab, and there is no big “Your Files” button. I used the FTP button and cannot find bb-config-sample.php, so obviously I missed something. Any ideas?
Thank you for your reply, I appreciate the time you took for me.
I did change the WP_DEBUG and it’s gone now.
Hmm, I’m not sure but that definitely does not look correct at all.
What version of bbPress are you using?
It’s nothing bad as it’s just a notice – you can certainly continue using the plugin without any worry! This will likely be fixed in the next update.
It sounds like you have WP_DEBUG set to true. If this site is running in production you might consider switching it to false so users won’t see any notices.
Hello,
An error has just start coming up on a site I am trying to make with a forum. The site has been working for a few weeks then this week, all of a sudden I have the following error across the top of the dash board and errors coming up when I go to other areas of the dashboard…
Notice: add_contextual_help is deprecated since version 3.3! Use get_current_screen()->add_help_tab() instead. in /home/lifeafte/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3467
Do you know what this means and can I carry on using the bbPress plugin?
I had the same problem too. What I did was I did not copy the theme I had in my wordpress thus I created a new one on bbpress to avoid conflict.
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I have a strange phenomenon occurring in my BBPress install (2.02) (WordPress 3.31).
It seems every few weeks my topic published dates and owners get reset to a specific date and the owners all get reset to one specific user throwing everything out of line. I can’t seem to pinpoint when the exact time, or what is causing it, but it is not related to new plugin installs or the like, everything is frozen at their specific version as is. I first noticed this in December and it has happened every few weeks. Any ideas on this?
ok, I think I worked it out:
– install buddypress
– install bbpress
– DON’T add theme support to current theme (this is what I did before)
– copy the Forums (Index) Page Template and content-archive.php files to your theme directory, so can create a /forum page
– optional: create a forum.php file in your theme directory (I based mine on my page.php file) as this controls the look and feel of all bbpress pages.
I posted this in troubleshooting but perhaps that wasn’t the right area.
I’m using the “bbPress Topics List” plugin and have set the maximum number of topics to list as 20, yet it only ever displays 5.
How can I force it to display more?
Ultimately I’m back to where I began. I want to continue using the WP top bar but have the edit account option link to bbPress’s account page.
No, I am not aware a way to easily keep the admin bar but filter the user link so that it goes to the bbPress profile page instead of your wp-admin user.
Something like this would need to be a custom plugin.
I mentioned various things you can do, without touching virtually any code, that would help keep users from hitting /wp-admin – unfortunately hacking the admin-bar is not one of those things.
And you’re not aware of any plugins that perform a similar task that also have a php drop-in facility to put it anywhere in the theme? I didn’t find any with a search.
Ultimately I’m back to where I began. I want to continue using the WP top bar but have the edit account option link to bbPress’s account page.
Just use the bbPress Login Widget that is packaged with bbPress 
You would want to disable the admin bar site-wide for “Subscribers”.
Then you would have a link in your site/theme that takes your members to the bbPress profile page where they can edit their profile.
If you disable the admin bar and use login/registrations forms via shortcodes there is really no reason for the users to ever use /wp-admin unless the specifically went to it.
This still isn’t clear.
Let me rephrase, for a specific example: in the top WP bar, how can I change the user’s “Edit profile” link to use their bbPress profile page?
You can do user registration and user login all on the front end using shortcodes and/or other plugins available – there is no reason the basic user needs to use wp-admin at all.
Shortcodes: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-20-shortcodes
jjj is the primary/lead developer for bbPress so he might be able to give you a more specific answer.
Right now there are only 3 remaning tickets for 2.1 (https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&group=status&milestone=2.1) so my guess would be sooner than later.
Do you have an approximate ETA when 2.1 will come out of beta and be officially released as a plugin?
I’m not sure you understand the issue I’m talking about, or perhaps I’ve misunderstood you.
When someone clicks on “Howdy, Name” they are given the option to “Edit their profile”. This takes them to wp-admin rather than their bbPress profile page.
I want to ensure all users except admins are directed to their bbPress profile page.
All that plugin you linked to does is stop users creating content once inside the area I don’t want them to visit at all.
I tired the hard way to edit the DB and keymaster assignment is to #1. I tried the Fix admin access plugin and it still didnt help.
What are the chances that everything will be clean if I reinstall?
There is no reason a user has to access the admin as the profiles can all be edited though front end.
This plugin will also help https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-no-admin/
There’s a “Zip Archive” link on the bottom of https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/branches/plugin – this will be the latest development version.
Just keep in mind, while 2.1 is general stable, it’s still beta so make a backup of things first!
I’m really wanting to move to 2.1, is there a way to upgrade my WordPress plugin of bbPress to that version?
