[MellyVille]

Somehow, I believe there are to be more settings than just the two known to me. I’m using WordPress 3.2.1 and have installed bbPress through BuddyPress…

Now i can only make minor settings through:

1. wp back end -> BuddyPress -> Preferences (5 checkboxes and thats it)

2. wp back end -> Settings -> Forums (couple of minor per page settings + slugs).

That can’t be it right? bbPress is a powerful forum, there have to be more settings right? Am I missing anything?

p.s. for example, I want the ‘start new topic’ field gone and move it to it’s own page in stead of being underneath the forum/topic list…

[ones]

Someone resolve that problem?

[ones]

Hello.

When i install bbpress for buddypress (for groups) the theme get nice javascript button “Add Topic” what show and hide add topic/reply form.. I want to create that on normall bbpress, normall bbpress forum. Now it’s static form, witchout this show/hide.. Can anyone help me?

[MishaOLS]

Hello, I would like to create a special forum for my paid members. I am using the Your Members http://yourmembers.co.uk plugin for my user management. I thought that I would simply create a new forum called “members” with some topics and I would put this forum using a shortcode to the members page, which would have restricted access for members only (using the Your Members plugin).

Yet it seems not to work this easy way. The logged in member can’t see any forum on that page and there is only a line of text with latest forum news and a form for a reply. Once he clicks either on the news or writes a reply, he gets a 404 page. Do you have any idea why is that?

I was trying to make the forum private or hidden, but I don’t understand at all how these features work and I wasn’t able to find any documentation for bbPress yet:(. Could someone please advise me on how would it be the best way to create the paid member’s only forum? Just to make clear, I also do have a normal forum for my free users (who have to be logged in to be able to post into it). Thank you very much for your help! All the best from Misha

[DiannaM668]

Hi Chrisella, I gave it one more college try on that Forumconverter plugin and it even mentioned needing to use bbpress 2.0 rc4 version. I installed the older version of BBpress but still no go. I’m getting stuck when I get a 500 internal server error and I believe I’m timing out.

When I get the error page after about 2 minutes of conversion, it then makes me log into my wordpress installation as if it’s trying to install itself. I put my login info as it asks and it then gives me a long list of the errors that occurred. It does say “…… has exceeded the ‘max_questions’ resource (current value: 75000)].

When I go to my forum, I do have the forum and topics, but no actual posts. So close yet so far.

If I knew how to further fix my timeout issue, I may try to call my web-hosting to see if they could guide me on the issue or maybe give me more conversion time just for this issue…I’m just grasping at straws.

If no luck on this last attempt with calling my web-hosting, I’m at the mercy of AWJunkies guys for when they have time to possibly finish the plugin for a phpBB conversion. They will totally make my day.

I’ve pretty much tried every route one can possibly try to get my forum over to bbpress. I’ll just wait with crossed fingers and toes.

[Anointed]

bbPress works on virtually any theme out there. It may take a little tweaking of the css to get it to look right, but it should still work just fine.

[andeeh]

I found what I was looking for here:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbp_wp_login_action-question

There’s a bug in bbp-common-template.php

[Lisa]

Hi-

I have been messing around with bbpress plugin version 2.0.2 at least 4 times in the last 2 days. I can install the plugin, set the forums up and view the forums just fine.

But when I try to log into my WP admin section (using wp-login.php) — it takes me directly to my home page instead of the WP dashboard.

What am I doing wrong?

[bbuser12345]

I have a BBpress 1.1 stand alone installation and would like to up grade.

Q1: Should I install Buddypress or WordPress+BBPress 2.0. I have been using BBPress for about 4 years and I still really have no idea what the differences are.

Q2: Given your answer to Q1, is there a step by step guide to migrating my current 1.1 forum?

Thanks,

BBUser1234

[SK]

Surely this is one of the most frequently asked question by noobs? But I couldn’t find it in the FAQ (in docs), not in the forums, so had to ask.

I am currently running WordPress with Weaver theme, and wondering if bbPress can directly utilize that theme, as that would be one of the big thinks I’d be seeking to achieve by moving from phpbb to bbpress…

[SK]

I don’t know the answer.

But the way to go is certainly to install bbPress separately and integrate with WP with https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-integration/ ?

[liyucmh1314]

Thanks a lot, perfect solution.

[liyucmh1314]

very useful video, thanks for sharing…

[tnwinn]

I’m definitely not up to par (re: computer/coding knowledge) with everyone that has been posting on this thread, but I’m not a total idiot, either… in other words, I can follow directions, but be gentle on me!

I don’t know if one of these plugins mentioned might be the fix for my problem. From what I can tell, I am having minor problems since downloading the bbPress plugin (I have version 2.0.2 currently installed) but previously had a WP-bbPress forum integration set-up. It wasn’t fully integrated into my theme, but I at least had seamless logins, etc. You can see from my homepage here: http://www.gogo-gringo.com/ and my forums here: http://gogo-gringo.com/forum/.

However, now when I try to access or edit forum topics and replies from the WP dashboard, it doesn’t affect anything at http://www.gogo-gringo.com/forum. Much to my dismay, I’ve realized there is also now a http://www.gogo-gringo.com/forums which pulls up within my site, but looks pretty awful. I will have to try and edit the style to get it to work.

I would rather have the latter, more integrated one(www.gogo-gringo.com/forums/) working and looking stylish.. and get rid of the older one (gogo-gringo.com/forum/) but of course keep all my users and posts.

Could someone point me in the right direction? Thanks a million in advance!

[Flaneurblog]

Hi,

I have set up a BBpress forum using the WordPress plugin. You can see the installation at:

http://flaneur.me.uk/forums/

Can I use BBpress plugins to extend this or do they only work with a stand-alone installation?

If I can do they go in the normal WordPress plugin directory?

Thanks

[tnwinn]

I can’t seem to get any of the bbPress widgets to work properly… the shortcodes function, but they aren’t formatted or anything, so if I try to use them in a text widget I just end up with messy text that is about 100 lines long, and get a bunch of Page Not Found errors when clicking on it.

I think I am having trouble because I originally installed bbPress separately, then added the plugin when it became available. I’m not sure what to do.. it is all a big mess

[Devon Steel Fabrication]

Thanks to the OP for this thread! Searched….serached….found the answer!

Again, many thanks…

[chrisella]

It worked for me going from phpBB3 3.0.9 to bbPress 2.1 (I’m using the developer version of bbPress)

and bar 5 orphaned topics for an unknown reason (5 out of ~10,000 isn’t bad) it worked perfectly.

[ebiznet88]

Chrisella, does ForumConverter convert phpbb to bbpress 1 or 2 directly?

[shooo]

you came to import a phpbb bbPress bbPress 1.0 then 2.0? or alternative?

[chrisella]

Heya

In the end I decided to give ForumConverter for a direct phpBB3 -> bbPress convert.

It worked flawlessly for me and converted everything without a single hiccup.

I was actually amazed as I was expecting to have to edit files, alter configs or manually sort some bits, but it did a very good job.

It’s called ForumConverter on the WP plugins download, I’d have a look if you need phpBB3->bbPress conversion now.

[DiannaM668]

chrisella, I’m at the phpbb3 to bbpress converter notes on the phpbb3 support forum and the gentlemen writing the code has mentioned passwords and something to do with MD5 hashing. I don’t know what that means, but there is a link to some coding to correct the problem with passwords. Not sure if that is what you may need, but take a look.

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/phpbb3-gt-bbpress-converter-beta-release

The password plugin they mention is at:

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/md5-insecurity-for-bbpress/

[vatoloco2]

You guys really need to scratch this and pick up orson’s awesome phpbb3 forum converter:

http://orsonteodoro.wordpress.com/category/forumconverter/

[DiannaM668]

ebiznet….bated breathe, that’s it. LOL!

I tried this route going from phpBB to bbpress 1.0 standalone and I cannot remember what stumbling block that I encountered. I’ve tried so many routes but every one has an issue.

I’m going to try it again right now as we speak. Chrisella, if you figure out the password issue, if you don’t mind post it, in case I have the same issue. I’m going to retry right now.

[raphaelsuzuki]

In case you’re using TwentyTen theme it’s in ‘/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bpp-themes/twentyten’.

Otherwise, I don’t know if compatibility mode come with this level of feature.

Although you can just associate base slug with a page and set it to full-width template (I’m not entirely sure if this works).