Import tool seems a little trial and error…
I have a relatively modest ‘standalone’: 324 Registered Users and 1,573 posts.
Backups done, plugins switched off, default template chosen; imported users apparently okay – though luckilly I did work out that it changed my wp login credentials to that of the bbpress standdalone – my wp-admin old admin account login no-longer functions – but hey, probably better for security 
The next stage of importing forums and topics stalled. Now if I try and start again I get the “There was a problem dropping the wp_users and wp_usermeta tables… …or drop the tables yourself” message.
What to do next?
Thanks
Well, this was a mess. I went to bed during a conversion and the computer went to sleep too.
Apparently, clicking restart checkbox actually restarts converting the same forums again and so there were duplicates created. I deleted everything via the admin panel and started without clicking the restart started the conversion at the same place I left off of the second attempt but the forum slugs used -2 after all of the forums. I tried again checking “clean out” but this did not fix this -2 problem because the script picks up where things left off….
Should I go into the db and clear things out and start again?
Update: I just looked in the database and wp_bb_ tables are all empty. So, where are these forums being kept?
This is a multisite. WP 3.3. Conversion was (is??) vBulletin to bbPress. vBulletin was kept in its own database, separate from WP.
I had the same problem, just looked at your site with Firebug and the solution I came up with should work for you as well:
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/comment-alignment-is-messed-up
You’ll find the .reply you have to edit at line 7 in your style.css of your frailespatique theme.
I had to use the following code in order to get it to work:
!(is_post_type_archive( ‘forum’ ) || is_singular( array( ‘forum’, ‘topic’, ‘reply’ ) ))
I needed to use is_post_type_archive() in order to get the widget to disappear from the forum index because none of the following tags worked:
!is_page() (tried with slug, id and title)
!is_single() (tried with slug, id and title)
!bbp_is_forum()
!is_page_template( ‘page-front-forums.php’ )
as well as a bunch of other stuff I forgot. Does anyone know if there is a simpler tag that I can use?
I had to use the following code in order to get it to work:
!(is_post_type_archive( ‘forum’ ) || is_singular( array( ‘forum’, ‘topic’, ‘reply’ ) ))
I needed to use is_post_type_archive() in order to get the widget to disappear from the forum index because none of the following tags worked:
!is_page() (tried with slug, id and title)
!is_single() (tried with slug, id and title)
!bbp_is_forum()
!is_page_template( ‘page-front-forums.php’ )
as well as a bunch of other stuff I forgot. Does anyone know if there is a simpler tag that I can use?
OK, the extension messing up BBPress was : “Greg’s High Performance SEO”
Thanks for your help!
OK fixed !
It is because of an extension. I’ll post here later when I found which one is messing BBPress (I deactivated them all).
Thanks,
Hi !
Sorry for being late.
The problem is the same using stock theme from wordpress.
I also tried to uninstall then reinstall BBPress : same problem.
Which info would help you for troubleshoot ?
Thanks a lot !
Hello. I have some problems with the forum 
(location: http://boldogics.com/home/forums/)
Some pages are working, and some pages are not visible…
I’ve tried some shortcodes, but nothing logical….
@folgerj : i’ve seen your forum. Can you please help me to configure mine too?
Hey, I’m at a loss. How do you create the forum search bar that you see in the sidebar here?
And its lost all the posting timestamps…. arrgg!!
This is importing from BBpress standalone.
http://wordbooker.tty.org.uk/supportforums/forum/wordbooker-general-chat-and-news/news-2/
shows the mess.
Oh and it would be great if you could chose which sort of users to bring over – like only bring over Active users rather than all of them.
I believe that I have installed bbPress correctly and setup the shortcodes so that the forum displays on my site (both the topics, login, and registration). But the problem is that once I believe I’m logged in and I click on a topic to try to add something, it will not let me. It says this:
“You must be logged in to create new topics.”
Can anyone tell me what I’m doing wrong? I setup a new user to test it out and this is what I’m getting the problem with. I setup blank topics ok when I’m logged in as administrator so is it an issue with user rights? Here is my forum:
http://www.theheartbandits.com/forum.html
The first post in each thread when its converted seems to be displayed as raw html for some reason.
!bbp_is_forum() doesn’t work for me, maybe there is another function that is being used right now. Does anyone know which one? I want the widget to disappear on every thing from bbpress except for the user profile.
!bbp_is_forum() doesn’t work for me, maybe there is another function that is being used right now. Does anyone know which one? I want the widget to disappear on every thing from bbpress except for the user profile.
@jermaine – Yours is the easiest conversion of all. Just opt to skip the user migration all together.
I’ve been using the bbPress Custom Views plugin (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbp-views/). I’ve been creating custom views, but I’m wondering how to create a custom view which is an AND or OR statement, so meets 2 different conditions. Here’s an example (though written incorrectly of course).
bbp_register_view( 'rides-needed', __( 'Rides Needed' ), array( 'meta_key' => 'needed_offered', 'meta_value' => 'Need a Ride' AND/OR 'meta_key' => 'ride-destination', 'meta_value' => 'Timberline'), false );
So, that is to say: display the topics WHERE:
meta_key “needed_offered” = ‘Need a Ride’
AND
meta_key “ride-destination” = ‘Timberline’.
From Gautam’s post (http://bbpep.com/2011/04/creating-custom-views-in-bbpress/) I know I can use these parameters (http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/WP_Query#Parameters), but I’m not sure how to translate WPQuery into the register views function. Thanks in advance!
Thanks for the information,I was searching for this since past 3 months and i am glad to see it here. Thanking you much
It’ll take some CSS wizardry, something like
.bbPress #primary #content {
margin: 0 2% 25px 5%;
width: 90%;
}
and you’ll probably have to adjust other things to make it look good. Actually there is a guy who posted a twenty eleven child theme that extends bbpress out to the full page width.
he posted it here, his website is serverpress.com or something like that.
Is there a bbPress admin like there is a wp-admin?
How would I get to it?
My blog is http://superhealthyme.com
The forums are http://superhealthyme.com/forums
Where do I set the user login functions?
In the instructions it says:
..In the “WordPress Integration” section of the “Settings” area in your bbPress admin you will find a “User Role Map” where you can set which roles will be applied to users who register on your forums. Users who register on your WordPress blog will have the appropriate role applied to their account when they first login to bbPress.<<
where is the bbpress admin area? I can;t find it or any ““User Role Map.” Is it sin the same area as my blog’s dashboard? I see “forum” under settings but nothing b=about users. And up in the Forum area of sdashboard, just setting to create forums, topics, replies, ect.
I’m missing something really basic here, I’m sure.
But what of my theme hasnt scripted anything for bbpress?
Basicly I have to able to write css to be able to change bbpress layout on my page? Therese is no way to just upload some theme or Copy/paste some code?
I go to Development
and click on the link Version 2.1 and i get this:
https://bbpress.svn.wordpress.org/branches/plugin/
where do i download the one you are saying!
why is this have to be nightmare?
why cant you guys keep it simple! I do not understand! you made the technology available but its useless!
