[shooo]

Hi ,

@DiannaM668,

I try both plugin, but none is working properly.

phpBB converter from AWJunkies generates strange content for the link and images.

forumconvert does not complete the conversion and gets stuck in one place for no reason.

This plugin is no longer followed for a while now.

Do you see how it works? it created additional tables in the database to link up with tables currents bbPress.

If you have a problem later, you can not recover anything, the plugin no longer followed.

[John James Jacoby]

Assuming it’s a static page cache that isn’t being invalidated? Seems odd the post and meta update wouldn’t flush the object and query cache automatically.

[John Conners]

Is there anything I need to do to get the aforementioned caching plugins to invalidate topic pages, forum indexes and so forth when a new reply is posted?

I’ve tried both 2.0.2 and the latest bbPress plugin version from svn and as it stands, posting a new reply does not clear the topic page (or any other forum pages) from the cache so you and nobody else sees your replies.

Just wanted to check if it’s currently a bug / feature or I’m missing something obvious!

[mccawphoto2]

If I am logged in to bbpress and then in log in to wordpress when I return to the bbpress dashboard and try to do something it logs me out of bbpress. Also, if I am logged into wordpress and then log in to bbpress when I return to wordpress dashboard and to do something it logs me out of wordpress.

How do I fix this so I can go between the two and be logged into both?

[freequency]

I love bbPress for it’s simplistic design, but setting it up can be a bitch especially if you don’t care for standard sidebars & widgets like me, so:

Getting bbpress to work wonders is as easy as 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12!!

On 2012-01-19, this is what I did to originally setup my forums for a free wireless network:

0) Pre-clarification: [???] means some number, like twenty[???] means twentyten or twentyeleven

1) Downloaded most recent WordPress, setup database and installed it.

2) Installed bbpress:

go to http://yoursite.dom/wp-admin/ > Log in to admin > Plugins > Add New > search for “bbpress” > Install Now

3) Copied contents of bbpress theme folder to wordpress theme folder:

/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-themes/bbp-twenty[???] to /wp-content/themes

(this is done ONLY so that we can select the bbforums theme and it’s handy templates: Please note that you should only make modifications in the /wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-themes/bbp-twenty[???] folder NOT the /wp-content/themes/bbp-twenty[???] folder as the bbpress plugin will not read those)

4) Switched to the bbpress theme

Log in to admin > Appearance > Themes > under the “Available Themes” section I activated the “bbPress (Twenty [???])” Theme

5) Created my home page, login page, register page, and lost password page:

Log in to admin > Pages > Add New > set title to “Home” | right hand column > Page Attributes > set Templates to “bbPress – Forums (index)”

Log in to admin > Pages > Add New > set title to “Login” | right hand column > Page Attributes > set Templates to “bbPress – User Login”

Log in to admin > Pages > Add New > set title to “Register” | right hand column > Page Attributes > set Templates to “bbPress – User Register”

Log in to admin > Pages > Add New > set title to “Lost Password” | right hand column > Page Attributes > set Templates to “bbPress – User Lost Password”

6) Switched WordPress frontpage from the blog to my home/forums page:

Log in to admin > Settings > Reading > Front page displays > Clicked “a static page…” > set front page to “Home” (and left posts page blank)

7) Allowed New Users to Register

Log in to admin > Settings > General > Under Membership I checked “Anyone can register”

Created and Modified my header, footer, and sidebar files:

All theme modifications MUST be done within the wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-themes/bbp-twenty[???] folder and not the folder you just copied to the wordpress theme folder as bbpress will only read files within in it’s own local plugin (see #3).

The theme doesn’t come with these files installed, so copy them from another theme like twenty[???]:

wp-content/themes/twenty[???]/header.php to wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-themes/bbp-twenty[???]

wp-content/themes/twenty[???]/footer.php to wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-themes/bbp-twenty[???]

wp-content/themes/twenty[???]/sidebar.php to wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-themes/bbp-twenty[???]

I then stripped them to my satisfaction making sure to keep WordPress’ header action hook, wp_head();, and then styled them accordingly.

One of the things I added to the header.php was my menu and such:

<?php

$text .= '<options>';

if(is_user_logged_in()) {

global $current_user;

get_currentuserinfo();

$text .= 'You are logged in as '.$current_user->display_name.'
Your Profile | Your Topics | Your Replies | Logout';

}

else $text .= 'Login | Register | Lost Password';

$text .= "
" . get_search_form(false);

$text .= '</options>';

echo $text;

?>

If a visitor is not logged in the above menu will show links to the pages I just created in #5, but make sure that the page_id matches the correct page. You can do this by checking the Permalink of that page:

Log in to admin > Pages > All Pages > select the page your interested in > notice the page_id in the permalink & make sure it matches in the header file.

If a visitor is logged in, it will show who you are logged in as, give you a link to:

your profile (/wp-admin/profile.php)

your profile (/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=topic)

your posts (/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=reply)

and a link to logout ( wp_logout_url() )

This menu will then print a search form.

9) Installed Search bbPress plugin:

Log in to admin > Plugins > Add New > search for “search bbpress” > Install Now

If you don’t do this, wordpress’ search form won’t search your forums.

10)wordpress avatars & bbPress Avatars:

As of 2012-01-19, the latest version of WordPress (and therefore bbPress) has Gravitars support built in. So, if you sign up at https://en.gravatar.com/site/signup, you can associate an email address with your avatar. And if you also use that email address as the one you used for your wordpress/bbpress account then bbpress and wordpress will automatically show that avatar associated with the email address you supplied to gravitar.

Simple Local Avatars:

If you’re like me, you don’t want to force your visitors to sign up with gravitar, so the simplest avatar solution I found was to install the “Simple Local Avatars” Plugin:

Log in to admin > Plugins > Add New > search for “Simple Local Avatars” > Install Now

An avatar section will now display at the bottom of your profile page at /wp-admin/profile.php

11) Consolidating bbPress profile pages

bbPress gives you the choice of editing your profile in two places, but since avatars only show up at /wp-admin/profile.php and not index.php?bbp_user=[???]&edit=1 we will consolidate the profile editing to just /wp-admin/profile.php . To do this, we add the follwoing code to the end (but before the ?> ) of the wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-themes/bbp-twenty[???]/functions.php file:

add_filter('bbp_get_user_edit_profile_url', 'my_bbp_get_user_edit_profile_url', 10, 0);

function my_bbp_get_user_edit_profile_url () {

return "/wp-admin/profile.php";

}

This basically overwrites the bbp_get_user_edit_profile_url function whereever it’s used.

12) I’m done! For now at least. Hope that helps. Those were the things I cared about.

[andrei.oniga]

I’ve managed to find the problem eventually, and it was not bbPress-related, but caused by qTranslate (multi-language support plugin) actually.

In case anyone comes across the same problem with the date, check this post out: http://www.qianqin.de/qtranslate/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2246

[andrei.oniga]

Hi folks,

Yesterday I’ve installed bbPress on a WordPress-driven website (I’ve only just started using WP as well, just about a week ago, so bear with me please) and immediately afterward I noticed some strange strings here and there, both on the front-end and the back-end too. Apparently, the dates+time and some author information doesn’t get rendered correctly.

e.g. %A %B %e%q, %Y at %I:%M %p (you can see it here)

What can I do about this?

[lsatwin]

Thanks bunches!

It worked! The theme 2011 does actually support what you’re talking about.

You DO need to choose a custom menu – at first I tried it without selecting a custom menu. That does not work.

But if you select a custom menu, then paste in the URL under custom links on the left hand side of the Menus page, and give your page a name – then it becomes a direct link from the main page.

Thanks Lindsay!

[lindsaymcghee]

Your theme first of all has to have custom menus as an option such that you can create pages and they won’t all publish to your top menu. There is a custom link section in the menu sections of those themes that have custom menus activated. The theme you are currently using is 2011 I believe and it doesn’t have custom menus installed.

If you are lost google it… there are a lot of tutorials out there.

[lsatwin]

Thanks Lindsay

How do you create a custom link to a permalink location?

[keeptrestles]

Apologies for the post, but we really need a talented WordPress developer needed to do two primary tasks to an existing WordPress site using a template:

1) bbpress Forum Implementation

-Customize bbPress forum to improve look and feel

-Enable registration/login/lost password functionality

-If possible, extend password protection from login to two private pages on the site.

2) Implement PayPal Payments Standard

-Customize Paypal page to fit within the look and feel of the parent site (to the extent that is possible)

If you are interested, please send an email to keeptrestles@gmail.com

Thanks!

[mccawphoto2]

I forgot to mention I am using WordPress 3.3.1 and the plugin bbpress 2.0.

[midsummermagic1111]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!! There are a lot of people looking for this! I will keep your link in case I come across more. You have put an end to my headache!!! Thank you!

[thedonald]

I agree with the above. bbPress has a lot of potential to be the “forum with plugins” except it needs to have attracted enough flies to create those plugins. JJ, would like to be involved but I think I’m spending a lot of time trying to get the basics up. I think that the point is well made – Automattic needs to decide if it wants to kick start this project and provide a bit more help to you to get the basics done that attract others.

The forum space is very hot, including q and a. IF there ever was a time, it’s now to make that decision or you’ll see others steal your thunder as integrated solutions. This would work well for them since it won’t look like a programmers tool, which it feels like more than an simpler plugin solution.

[thedonald]

Actually I think it is more than volunteers. I’m not a newbie/rookie and I have had my share of problems just trying to install bbpress properly. There is a misconception that, as a plugin, you just install and the script is meant to integrate into stock wordpress. That’s what it should do.

Now while volunteering would be good, I think that someone has to kickstart this a little more than it already has been. If just the basic install and setup is a chore, then this project is a long way from being honey with which to attract flies. I’d like to be involved but not sure what that even means other than just answering the same questions about things that need to be taken care of at the top level down like the above need.

Again, I truly respect the effort here. It’s just a question of how much is needed to get over that “hump.” Since I’m not in charge, I figured I’d mention what it feels like on this side.

[will_c]

You can just copy the function but replace reply with topic. I’ve pasted the code below. So you’d have two functions, one for replies and one for topics:

function bpt_topic_activity($topic_id = 0, $forum_id = 0) {

$topic_id = bbp_get_topic_id($topic_id);

$user_fullname = bbp_get_user_profile_link(bbp_get_current_user_id());

$topic_link = '<a class="topic_link" href="' . bbp_get_topic_permalink($topic_id) . '" title="' . bbp_get_topic_title($topic_id) . '">' . bbp_get_topic_title($topic_id) . '</a>';

$forum_link = '<a class="forum_link" href="' . bbp_get_forum_permalink($forum_id) . '" title="' . bbp_get_forum_title($forum_id) . '">' . bbp_get_forum_title($forum_id) . '</a>';

$my_content = bbp_get_topic_content($topic_id);

$user_id = bbp_get_current_user_id();

$the_action = " created the topic ";



bp_activity_add(array(

'user_id'               => $user_id,

'type'                  => 'new_forum_topic',

'action'                => ''. $user_fullname . '' . $the_action . '' . $topic_link . '<span class="activity_forum_link"> in the forum ' . $forum_link . '</span>',

'item_id'               => $topic_id,

'secondary_item_id'     => $forum_id,

'content'               => $my_content,

'component'             => 'bbpress',

'recorded_time'         => bp_core_current_time(),

'hide_sitewide'         => false

));



return;

}

add_action('bbp_new_topic', 'bpt_topic_activity');

[SK]

That worked! Thanks!

[lindsaymcghee]

I figured it out…

Don’t create a page. The files are set up through the WordPress hierarchy system using permalinks. Without changing the settings in the BBPress system, your forum will be placed at forums/forum/title where title is the title of the first forum you create.

If you need to get it in your menu system use menus and create a custom link to the correct permalink location.

Hope this helps,

Lindsay

[lsatwin]

Nope.. pure silence

[lindsaymcghee]

Was this ever solved? I am having the same problem.

hmmm…

I have tried making the permalink forum and forums. I think it registers with forums but no topics are showing up.

Thanks

[midsummermagic1111]

I have been looking for this for DAYS!!!!!!

You are awesome!

Forgive me for my lack of knowledge.. where do I put the “bbp_new_topic” ?

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

[KaitlinB]

Hi, I’m having this issue too.

I originally installed this plugin in September 2011 and it was all working fine.

Today I upgraded to the latest version of WordPress, and also BBPress, and now only admins can view the topics, everyone else gets the ‘Oh bother!’ alert.

I had an old backup of the old BBPress plugin so I replaced the new with the old, but no change.

The site I’m using is a staging site, ie it’s not ‘in use’, and I’ve not touched it or tested it since September, so I can’t be certain that the error is due to the WordPress upgrade…though as I mentioned nothing has happened on the site since then so it’s surely not a coincidence.

[Nirzol1]

Ok thx a lot for this informations. I understand and I ‘m ok with what you say

I try a lot of thing, first I created a forum.php who overwrite the template and with that I can remove sidebar or make a specific sidebar.

I remove the sidebar for a full width page, and make 2 div with float properties to have on the left [bbp-forum-index]] and on the right bbp-topic-index

But it was not exactly what I want because when I click on a forum this positionning disapear.

So I do more simply, just a custom page like you said me before with default template of my theme (content + sidebar)

And put bbpress widget in the sidebar and for moment it’s a quite good.

I use widget logic, but !!!!! I nearly killed me !!!!!… LOL to find the good conditional . I find this good post –> https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-20-conditional-tags .

Maybe a bug ? or something I do wrong but !bbp_is_forum() not work. I use :

!(is_post_type_archive( ‘forum’ ) || is_singular( array( ‘forum’, ‘topic’, ‘reply’ ) ))

It will be best if “last Topic widget” have more “design” like the column ‘topic’ when I use bbp-topic-index with the poster name and the category

The same for “forum list widget”, it’s just .. a list :p with no indentation and with the “any” option, it’s difficult to understand all. Perhaps a pagetree ? or something else.

I begin to use bbpress hope it wil be best ^^. Thx

PS: excuse me for bad english , I ‘m french

[justweimaraners]

Ahhh OK thank you!

[OAEErra]

How far have you guys got with the beta and any idea of an official release time?

Not wishing to hurry you, just curious!