I know about adding these tags..but not sure where the array() is in bbpress ?
Can you point me to the file name where the empty array is present, where we can add our tags and its attributes.
Hi again,
the theme author is a developer from themeforest.net, so i don’t think i can ask them to code the theme individually form me so that my forum fits in…
Is there a documentation on how to set up the style sheet in a way that i can set up the forum that i posted above in my theme? Because right now my them doesn’t get supported for bbpress…
Thank you John!
It’s a neat idea, bundling them together like that. Hm.
SKParticipant
One thing I missed in the long post:
Standalone bbPress
I appreciate the reason why you sought to create a standalone version of bbPress.
The plugin makes sense because it provides access to a large captive base of WordPress users. But on the other hand it ties bbpress down to WordPress, making it usable *only* with sites that use WordPress.
What if someone who doesn’t use WordPress wants a forum software?
Well, I have a suggestion. bbPress should ONLY be developed as a WordPress plugin (as I believe it is now).
However, a standalone package should be available at bbpress.org. This would basically be a bundle of WordPress and bbpress, where bbpress is active by default.
Additionally, by default, the forum root would be selected as the static page that appears as home. You will need some help from your colleagues at WordPress for this…at the moment only pages (and not custom post types) are allowed to be selected as home. (update: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/19958 )
To sum up, it will still be WordPress with a bbPress plugin, but would be *sold* as forum software. The distinction being target market. bbPress plugin is targeted and marketed to people who use WordPress and are LOOKING for a forum software that integrates with it. The standalone package is targeted and marketed to people who are looking for forum software.
You might think this is a zany idea, and it probably is. It just might work, though.
SKParticipant
I understand that you could use some help with the large volume of work that bbPress generates. I also appreciate the good work that the team has already put in.
However, bbPress is already a very good script. Some of my suggestions e.g. #1 #2 and #5 are almost completely non-technical and basically require some manual labor, which I am happy to provide.
I beg to differ with you on documentation. You are right that technical documentation, esp. for plugin developers etc would require an understanding of the codebase. However, I am talking about end-user documentation…in moving to bbPress, that is one of the hurdles I faced. I have also noted a pattern of big concerns of prospective and new users, both here and on WordPress.org
I think if the non-technical parts are dealt with, along with ONE technical part (migration), that would make an immense difference to the adoption of the software. And, of course, a significant number of users will generate interest among developers.
So much thank you! I try to do this, and talk about what happend…
It will be changed in bbPress 2.1.
Can’t change your login, sorry. It’s linked everywhere throughout the .org sites, so it will break other things if we change it.
It’s hard if you can’t code, since the things you’re mostly emphasizing are things that need to be coded, or documentation that requires understanding the code base. It’s one of those times where there’s no shortage of opinions and ideas, but there’s a huge shortage of labor.
You’ll need to filter the kses filter on the_content to allow that set of tags. Do a google search for filtering the kses filter, and there should be lots of examples.
SKParticipant
JJJ,
Will create the tickets.
Will check out #bbpress.
Unfortunately, I can’t code, so won’t be much help on that front. But I’ll be more than happy to help with the website cleanup, end-user documentation, etc.
Please can you change my login name to OC2PS? Thanks!
Create a page with the same slug as your forum root. It will appear as an empty page. Then use the Shortcode [bbp-topic-index] to show the topics index. 
You uploaded the wrong version of bbPress to your plugins folder. bbPress 1.1 is a stand alone installation, and bbPress 2.0 and above are plugins for WordPress.
Hello! bbPress comes with a bunch of built in support for a majority of standard WordPress themes. If bbPress isn’t working with your theme, it’s up to your theme author to decide if bbPress is something they want to support.
You shouldn’t need to do much more to get bbPress to look and work like the forums you linked to, once you get your theme sorted.
Great thoughts and great feedback. All the issues you raise are totally valid.
I deleted your cross-post over at WordPress.org. There may be two different audiences, but your opinions are directed mostly towards the development of the project, so this is the best place to talk about that.
It’s amazingly simple to point out the places where bbPress can be improved. It’s also amazingly difficult to dedicate oneself to volunteering on a daily basis. Break this very long topic down into smaller, more manageable topics, and create trac tickets as enhancements for the new features you’d like to see. Then others can pick which line-item they are interested in helping with, and focus on it.
There’s a lot of love and attention that goes into bbPress, even though it may not seem like it on the site itself. If you want to be part of the solution, come hang out in #bbpress on freenode on IRC. It’d be great to have you start working on fixing some of these issues with me.
Hi,
We – http://www.onemorething.nl – are integrating our forum – http://www.onemorething.nl/community – with an external search engine, that builds an index directly from our database. We run into a problem if we want to link directly to a post on page x that have been retrieved by the search engine. We can only link to the first page from a topic.
Is there a method stored in de bbpress-code that we can use to construct the proper paged url?
sample from a huge topic on our forum:
http://www.onemorething.nl/community/topic/mijn-ontdekkingen-van-vandaag/page/3148#post-2361033
What we want to retrieve/create: /page/3148
Our recent-post list does something familiar, but how?
We are running BBpress version 1.0.2
Hi there,
I would like to have a simple support forum like this in this site here:
http://purerover.com/forum/index
but when I install my site the forum plugin isn’t compatible with my used theme.
The forum isn’t displayed well and also I can’t set it up in pages (i tried short codes but they don’t work
properly)
So two question:
1. Is there a PDF documentation on how to set up a forum like this: http://purerover.com/forum/index
2. Do I other plugins to let my “support forum” be like this one: http://purerover.com/forum/index
or just bbpress?
Thank you and a good night from auckland! (saturday mornign 4:40am)
I want to allow all my forum members to use this tag <pre name=”code” class=”cpp”> tag.
Now only I (admin) can use it; but I want to allow any registered member to use it.
I have some css + js files to make the code written inside this specific tag display differently.
Hope you got it.
Please help..
Is it possible to get this in bbPress 2?
Any help is welcome..!
I have the same problem… must be more to it than just dragging the widgets over to the bbpress sidebar.
Gravatar.com. The bbPress forums pull them from there. I don’t believe you can change it directly from bbpress.org.
We have implemented the bbPress eForum in our system, but how can one upload a photo or picture when he send in a submission?
Thanks Scy…that’s actually me posting over there (crstuart) too. Wishlist keeps telling me to use Simple Press (which I hate). My conclusion is that the two don’t play well together. You are right, i think unless BBPress comes up with some sort of solution, it’s hopeless. I’m thinking of switching to another member plugin.
Here is some good information on this issue, Johnny.
http://wishlistproducts.zendesk.com/entries/457628-integration-with-bbpress
The problem is with a recent change made to Wishlist and their lack of willingness to correct it.
I wonder if there is any solution that bbPress could make to set it right again.
