[ebiznet88]

Oops, I just committed an “eggcorn” when I said “baited breath”.

I meant, waiting “with bated breath” which means “in a state of suspenseful anticipation.”

I tried converting my phpBB to bbpress 1 using an older converter, with the idea to then converting bbpress 1 to bbpress 2. However, while the posts were converted successfully, the users weren’t so all the posts were attributed to “Anonymous”.

Its a pity I met with a dead end there. My posts asking for help with that problem went unanswered; otherwise I would suggest that procedure here.

[Martin]

Hi,

I’ve just embarked on moving my Drupal based site, blog and forum over to WordPress.

So far so good until I get to what forum software I need to use.

To use any forum software inside WP, I need to move WP posts into the forum software as a forum topic.

Can bbPress do this for me or am I wasting my time? Any suggestions would be great.

[DiannaM668]

Hi ebiznet88, I agree, it does seem phpBB is the most commonly used board. In my attempts to try to get my conversion done, I looked into Invision and vBulletin to see if I could get my SMF or phpBB versions of my forum over into Invision or vBulletin and then use the converter. I’ve tried everything.

For those who have SMF, the conversion over to phpBB is very easy and clean cut and no issues. It’s a plugin for phpBB from their site that you use. I had no problems. So if the phpBB converter comes out, those who have a SMF forum like I did, can convert to phpBB and then use this converter for bbpress.

Yes, I totally agree with you.

I’m waiting with baited breath (or whatever that expression is…LOL)

So excited to see it come out if they (Adam, AWJunkies and/or whoever else is working on it) are able to have time to work on it.

I would be very indebted to them!

[ebiznet88]

I believe there’s a huge installed based of phpbb forum owners looking to convert over to bbpress because of the attraction of integrating seamlessly with WP. I believe the number is even bigger compared to the other forum platforms such as Invision and vBulletin as phpBB is free.

SMF is also free but its newer than phpBB and so I believe there are fewer of such boards around.

Because of this, I hope the bbpress crew can see where they want to put in their efforts to create or complete the converter for phpbb.

It would be a great step forward for the community of bbpress users, don’t you agree

[DiannaM668]

Let me also tag along on the latest thank yous. I’m so excited about this converter and hoping desperately that the phpbb converter will come out really soon.

I have an SMF forum and tried with some of the notes on this thread but with no luck. I got a bit lost in the notes of it. I’ve been working for a few days straight trying to get something figured out to get this client’s forum into bbpress.

I’ve converted my SMF forum into a phpBB forum. There is another WP plubin for phpBB to BBpress conversion, but it’s in huge beta mode I believe. I’m able to pull everything but the actual posts themselves. So close but yet so far.

So I have 2 forums ready for whichever way that I can find the first available options to convert.

If anyone has fine tuned the SMF conversion as well, let me know.

I’ve tried everything I can and keep running into issues.

I’ve been watching this forum for a few days now for updates.

This is great stuff! Can’t wait to get my hands on the phpbb conversion option.

Thank you so so so so much in advance!

[chrisella]

Thank you Adam for the work that you do.

This update you mention, would it happen to contain a converter for phpBB to bbpress as well (keeping fingers on both hands tightly crossed and holding my breath!)?

I second the good sentiments here and also desperately hope that a phpbb converter is on the horizon too.

[raphaelsuzuki]

Hello.

After upgrading to 2.0.2, my bbPress plugin stopped working.

It still works with shortcode, but not ‘natively’ out-of-the-box.

I’ve tried everything. Reinstalling it several times, reseting all configs, deleting every file and databse entry related to bbPress. Nothing. Even, all the settings, forums, topics and replies are still there, intact.

I’ve came from version 1 to 2, and everything was always fine.

What am I missing?

[SK]

I’ve been running a phpBB forum for a while. Is there a migration tool available that helps me move to bbpress?

[jamiehutber]

certainly am. But sitting down and trying to come up with a template like this is no easy task

[DHP Design]

Is there a Dutch language pack proudly powered by bbPress?

g,

jeffrey

Translated by google!

[zbrier]

@spiritfly

Make sure that forum example you trying to mimic or address as sample is using the latest bbPress. Since many nice looking themes for bbPress is only compatible with old version, so you won’t be disappointing at the end.

[zbrier]

My simple answer is NO. bbPress is great but it still need plugins to do what you ask for.

And beside plugins you also need programmers.

[zbrier]

Yes, definitely simple and elegant. Are you using latest bbPress?

[egonitron]

Hiya! Looking to get a phpBB forum converted to bbPress. Any updates on when that’l be available or if you can even do it as a paid service? Thanks.

[big_bass]

I would like to test code before posting since my forum has only one hour edits

I would like to be able to check for errors before posting

Joe

this link is only provided to explain what I mean

I am in no way associated with them

http://www.bbcode.org/playground.php

[David Decker]

@bollocks187

I don’t agree here. SimplePress has do many features for a lot of users/use cases. Yes, it works, it’s active developed and maintained. I tested the new 5.0 beta two weeks ago and it’s still feature overload and a totally different user interface different from “normal” WP… And regarding translation they don’t go with WP standards here and so until they fix some things I could not get it into German. Old 4.x branch is no option because I need optimized code for a new project and also future-proof with WP 3.3+

bbPress — I only mean the plugin version 2.x — on the other hand is really simple but has all I need. It works with almost any theme/framework and I could easily tweak it via CSS. This is a big advantage. Performance-wise it’s really leightweight and future-proof with WP because of custom post types for forum contents.

YES, I know it has not so many features – a few could be added via plugin add-ons – and I assume a lot more will come in the next weeks or month.

IMHO bbPress 2.x is best for small to middle-range communities, best for simple support forums and such. If I need a full packed forum solution with ALL the many and big features I almost always will use a third-party solution like Vanilla, IPB or new XenForo. These have clean style and great UI in frontend AND backend. And with some work of integrating could be work together with WordPress too. — Just look at the newly launched support forum by iThemes.com – they use IPB Forums and it’s great for such a big community.

However, there are some great new bbPress forums out there, see at devpress.com, wpcandy.com, support.pippinsplugins.com, getshopped.com etc. So the bbPress plugin has already proven to manage such communities and they’re doing great.

I vote for bbPress and at the same time have much respect for the work of the Simple:Press devs but just would not use their system!

-Dave

[bollocks187]

Good Post Olympus,

I actually have installed and used bbpress, BuddyPress and SimplePress.

My recommendation is SimplePress is the best out of the box Forum for someones website. It comes canned with many features and you do not have to be an expert to use forums plus it has the social features.

Since forums are designed for people to interact. SimplePress is superior to get you going asap.

bbpress shortcoming include its too much focus on “developers” and not users. While Buddypress goes a step further then bbpress with regard to forums types and of course social media you still have to TWEAK a lot of it to work in your theme.

SimplePress has essential all the positives aspects of the other two plus a lot of built in features. It is truly an out of the box plugin it is so far “Simple” to use yet it is feature ‘RICH”. It is probably the most impressive Plugin I have used to date – I only installed it a yesterday and closed down my BBpress and BuddyPress.

So if you wont “forums” to really work out of the box fully featured then SimplePress is by far the smart choice. If you are a “developer” and want to customize to the ‘n’ degree then bbpress or BuddyPress. But with one important caveat. Customizing forums is analogous to gardening – you can make it different – but the real true measure of its value is not that it looks unique but the content of the forums and what is being discussed.

[David Decker]

This plugin adds useful admin links and resources for the bbPress 2.x Forum Plugin to the WordPress Admin Bar.

Info & Download here:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-admin-bar-addition/

Description from Readme:

This small and lightweight plugin just adds a lot bbPress 2.x related resources to your admin bar. Also links to all setting/ tab pages of the plugin are added making life for forum administrators/ moderators a lot easier. So you might just switch from the fontend of your site to ‘Topics’ or ‘Main Settings’ page etc.

As the name suggests this plugin is intended towards forum admins/ webmasters and moderators. The new admin bar entries will only be displayed if the current user has the bbPress/ WordPress cabability of moderate. (Note: I am open for suggestions here if this should maybe changed to a more suitable cabability.)

Plugin/ Theme Support:

At this time the plugin out of the box supports also links to settings pages of some bbPress 2.x specific add-on plugins!

Special Features:

Not only supporting official bbPress 2.x sites ALSO third-party and user links – so just the whole bbPress 2.x ecosystem

Link to downloadable German language packs – only displayed when German locales are active (de_DE, de_AT, de_CH, de_LU)

Link to official German bbPress forum – only displayed when German locales are active (de_DE, de_AT, de_CH, de_LU)

NOTE: I would be happy to add more language/locale specific resources and more useful third-party links – just contact me!

Localization:

English (default) – always included

German – always included

.pot file (bbpaba.pot) for translators is also always included

Have fun with this little add-on!

I am open for feedback of course!

-Dave

[jamiehutber]

Hey dude,

lovely template. Its what I’ve been after, after finding out it wasn’t that simple

I’m going to assume that its a custom template and not one you downloaded? If it is one you downloaded could i grab the template from you?

[dino_rox]

So, I need an integration between WordPress and bbpress posts.

E.g.: I post a new post (!) in my blog and automatically it creates a topic in my bbpress forum. They share the same comments.

Is it possible (of course, but you know)? Somebody knows some plugin that do it?

Sorry my english…

[ebiznet88]

I am glad to read this.

I too have been looking to replace my phpbb board and integrate my existing forum with WordPress.

I’m concerned with the slow speed of responses and development on bbpress.

I know the developers are all doing this voluntarily and in their spare time. There are no guarantees in life and so even though people and companies may say they are committed to something, it doesn’t mean its forever as things change so rapidly in this world. We just have to move forward in faith and hope that things improve.

[Anderson Mak]

Well, if someone what show most recent signed up users on footer of your bbpress forum, you can use my function below:

function show_recent_users($howmany=10, $show_avatar=false){

global $bbdb;



$recent_users = $bbdb->get_results( "SELECT * FROM $bbdb->users ORDER BY ID DESC LIMIT $howmany" );



if($show_avatar){

$users = array();

foreach($recent_users as $user){

$users[0].= '<td>' . bb_get_avatar( $user->ID, 48 ) . '</td>';

$users[1].= '<td><anc href="' . get_user_profile_link($user->ID) . '">'. $user->display_name . '</td>';

}

echo "<table id='tb-users'> ";

echo "<tr>" . $users[0] . "</tr>";

echo "<tr>" . $users[1] . "</tr>";

echo "<table>";

}else{



echo "s| ";

foreach($recent_users as $user){

echo '<anc href="' . get_user_profile_link($user->ID) . '">'. $user->display_name . ' | ';

}

}

}

Replaces anc to a, of course, I used and to bbpress don’t treat it as a markup code.

To show just name uses:

show_recent_users(10);

To show gravatar and name, uses:

show_recent_users(10,true);

And now, just put the code above in top of the file footer.php that can be found on your theme

[Anderson Mak]

If you want it, you can see the default layout of bbPress at my own forum: http://ajuda.blogwordpress.ws

[Anderson Mak]

Hi, I started using bbPress there are 2 days, see my forum at: http://ajuda.blogwordpress.ws

My forum is about WordPress and bbPress

[spiritfly]

Well I think there should be a list available somewhere, at least the official list of example sites should be updated, I’m sure there are great sites out there, but they are hard to find. One could get the idea that it is not popular and give up installing bbpress.