right… thanks for the response.
I’m not having problems with any of the above, although in my case i’m only adding bbpress.php to my theme folder.
the question i have is with the bbpress.css. Paul made a duplicate of bbpress.css plugins/bbpress/bbp-themes/bbp-twentyten/bbpress.
Obviously that’s going to get zapped on an update of the plugin. Thats why Paul recommended creating something similar to a child theme–turning bbpress.css into bbpress_master.css then putting just his tweaked css in bbpress.css.
This lets him have a dedicated small css file, bbpress.css to retain during an update, but unfortunately he’ll have to back it up himself.
So, my question is there some provision for the bbpress.css being read in the same way that bbpress.php is read in a theme folder? Or is there a better way to handle css modifcations? Maybe I am missing something.
Thanks again,
It’s been a few weeks, but I think the process was:
1) add child theme declaration to your theme’s function.php file
2) Make a file called bbpress.php in your theme folder; this is the template used for the forum index (in the same way that index.php is the default for the blog in wordpress).
3) create a bbpress folder in your them folder
4) COPY any bbpress template files you want to customize into this folder from pluginsbbpressbbp-themesbbp-twentytenbbpress
SOOO easy it hurts.
Don’t forget, you might need to grab functions from the 2010 functions.php file, and you’ll also need to make sure you pay attention to styles that scripts uses (like the ajax loading style, etc).
Is the process that Paul outlined the best option at this time for modifying CSS, or is there some special mojo to get css working in a custom theme folder by copying or creating a bbpress.css etc.?
many thanks for laying the foundation of a nice new lightweight forum!
The plugin section on bbpress.org is only related to the old standalone branch, for all things bbPress 2.x look at WordPress.org repository:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/bbpress
Also, support questions for bbPress 2.x plugins are better placed in the specific plugin support forums for each plugin! The chance the authors see it and respond is much higher than here!
For the sidebar issue with “bbPress WP Tweaks” plugin:
These issues are more THEME-related than plugin-related! The problem some theme do a little crazy things with their sidebar management or registration so we have sometimes a hard time to get such things working.
Have you any URLs to your sites or could give the theme names/URLs?
For the above mentioned plugin you might also have a look at the plugin specific support forum here:
https://wordpress.org/tags/bbpress-wp-tweaks?forum_id=10
You can also maintaining plugin and theme translations with the awesome “Codestyling Localization” plugin: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/codestyling-localization/
“fi” is the correct locale for Finnish!!
Placing the language files in /wp-content/languages/ is already prepared in bbPress 2.x but unfortunately it does not work yet (since 2.x branch!) – it would be nice seeing that fixed as overriding language files via updates is no fun at all!
Thanx, Dave 
thanks jared, i’m trying that-getting call to undefined function
You are going to have to wrap it in something that checks for bbPress.
Similar to:
if ( is_bbpress() ) {
include_once "/dap/dap-config.php";
if( !Dap_Session::isLoggedIn() ) {
header("Location: /dap/login.php");
exit;
}
}
However it’s going to likely take more polish than that.
Hey Jared, yes, that is what happens. But unfortunately it happens for the entire site, whereas i just want it applied to the forum. Is that possible?
does anyone know if any of these plugins can be used with current version of bbpress? I don’t see a myplugins folder and tried to create one-uploaded the files and see nothing in my plugins section.
I looks like this issue is due to a CSS conflict in your theme’s CSS. Specifically line 733 which reads:
.reply {
float: left;
margin: 0;
}
You are going to have to play around with it. I’d start with adding something like this to your theme’s CSS:
.bbp-replies .reply {
float: none;
}
.bbPress #content .single-entry-content {
float: none;
}
Well from your code above, it seems that if a user isn’t loggedin via DAP then they would get redirected to /dap/login.php.
I don’t know there is one out there (yet) that is specifically written for bbPress.
I assume you need this because you are allowing Guest posting?
In bbP 2.1 spam detection with Akismet is improved so hopefully you might not even need it (unless you are worried about members posting in-appropriate material).
If you are 2.1 (which from my testing is stable and full of awesomeness) you can place the bbPress template files in your theme and bbP will use those instead of the pre-packaged ones.
See https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-21-theme-compatibility
Hello I am new to BBPress and I have installed it successfully. I have been trying to edit the missing image tag that you see when you view the forum index at the following url.
I’m not sure where to find the code to remove it.
http://websquatters.com/dcoutlaws/forums
Yep. I found wp-reportpost ( https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-reportpost/ )
Looks pretty good. Just looking for other ideas/recommendations or if there is anything out there specifically for bbpress.
Ok, guess that was the issue. I added a new forum which is public and can view the one post there. So i guess for some reason you can’t switch back between public, and private or public-hidden or any variation of the three.
My other question John is this..and not sure if you can help, but would appreciate if you have any idea.
With my member plugin-DAP-we attempted to put the following at the head of the bbpress.php file in order to block the forum from any non-members.
< ?php
include_once “/dap/dap-config.php”;
if( !Dap_Session::isLoggedIn() ) {
header(“Location: /dap/login.php”);
exit;
}
?>
The only issue is that it blocked the entire site and not just bbpress. IF you have a suggestion and its ok if you don’t, would love to hear any recommendation.
Thank you!
If you create a new, public, forum does it do this for it as well?
Create a ‘Homepage’ page. Use one of the bbPress shortcodes on that page. Now go into Settings->Reading and set the homepage to a static page (in this case, the ‘Homepage’ you just created).
Did you search on the WordPress.org plugin repo?
Forum is public now. I did change it to private and hidden a few weeks back just to see if it somehow corrected my problem.
I understand. Sorry if i sounded irate-just a bit frustrated- and I guess i didn’t understand the whole volunteer aspect. I do apologize. Trust me i like the product- and I do want it to work!
¡Gracias! la información fue utilísima para mí. Efectivamente, deberían incluirla en la documentación de BbPress.
Saludos desde Paraguay.
Is the forum that topic in public, private, or hidden? Was it every private or hidden at any point, and is now public?
P.S. – Sorry you feel the support here is poor. Keep in mind we’re all volunteers for the project, and all of your previous posts are in conjunction to using bbPress with other specific plugins. That narrows the scope of available people with enough experience to help you.
