[Jaja..]

Thanks for the help..

Nope totally not, just found that board system by accident..

I think bbPress is a great product and it works fine.

The few problems i face are based on WPMU install and testing it locally most of them are my own fault..

I’m trying to make a homepage (WP-website1) with only my blog onto it and a second page (WP-website2) called members with a few forums and some posts on helping very new WordPress users with just some easy steps, as i’m not a professional myself.

Nothing to difficult but the theme i’m using is this one and it’s a little bit old.

http://store.informationarchitects.net/product/ia³-template

It’s a great theme, and i only bought it because of it’s Responsive design. The double drop-down select menu’s when viewing on mobile device is just great.

After installing i started to delete almost every feature because i don’t need them, i Love to keep everything as simple and clean as possible. Less is more..

Because i’m not a Pro, and don’t know anything about PHP i just have to do everything by searching online, looking inside the WordPress Codex and copy-/pasting everything i see and what i think i can read-/understand.. (i do have HTML-/CSS knowledge)

So till now and still working on it i came up with this:

A custom made Widget that i have dropped on the homepage between the blog lay-out to let people know there is a support forum.

http://i56.tinypic.com/25gcb36.png

A tabbed forums view with different options.

http://i54.tinypic.com/2vjel3q.png

Latest topics view.

http://i52.tinypic.com/2rcydra.png

And i customized the Post Toolbar plugin from Master5o1

http://i52.tinypic.com/2zxxqbm.png

As you can see there is still lot to work on, the single pages , replies, edit pages and others.

Lucky it’s just a hobby and i have time.

** O there is one thing i would really love to see inside bbPRess and thats comments-/reply counts.

Just an option to view how many replies a user has given and maybe a user level attached to it.

Like less than 50 posts = New

50 to 100 = Average

250+ = Pro user.

That would be cool to have.

[iftomkins]

Ok! I found a solution that works for me. It’s using the bbPviews plugin, in tandem with the GD Custom Posts and Taxonomies Plugin I bought, which creates the bbPress custom fields. Here’s a tutorial I made on on my website: How to filter topics by bbpress custom topic fields.

[iftomkins]

Ok! Gave up on the shortcode and found a better solution using the bbPviews plugin, in tandem with the GD Custom Posts and Taxonomies Plugin I bought which creates the bbPress custom fields. Here’s a tutorial I made on filtering by bbpress custom views on my website!

[Anointed]

@BJ

WordPress 3.3 completely solves that problem with performance. It’s a huge under the hood addition that most people will never even notice, but none the less very important.

You can now use %post_name% and have the exact same performance as any other structure. Not to mention his article is dealing with pages and not posts so it is in no way relevant to bbPress. (Yeah I was confused by that as well but JJ set me straight on that months ago)

Also keep in mind, topics and replies are exactly the same thing as posts. There is absolutely nothing to gain by using a system like the other software does.

*Is there something you are seeing in that plugin that you wish bbPress was doing? just curious….

[Jaja..]

True i also looked at it and it’s not great from what i can tell as a rookie.

bbPress code looks much better and also the handling of the template files is done better.

Only one little thing i like better of this Board system:

It still uses the real Posts and Permalinks structure of WP instead of Forums and Topics.

As WordPress and (Otto’s Blog) stated for larger sites it’s important to start your Blog Posts on a Permalinks structure by a number and not by Category of post_name. Just like this: example.com/2011/11/%post_name%

For WordPress performance reasons it would be better to start of by a number first because numbers are found first inside the Database. something like that i think it was.

[Anointed]

I purchased that plugin a very long time ago just to take a peek under the code hood. Frankly while an interesting concept, it has nowhere near the power and code quality that bbPress has.

It is not like there is a huge company behind that plugin. Last I checked it was just another single coder and I got really tired of every one of my questions being answered back ‘out plugin can’t do that’.

I’d rather have a plugin built and run by JJ, than just about anyone else.

Don’t get the impression that bbPress is having issues solely by what you see in the forums here. Just take a look at the number of times bbPress has been downloaded and you will quickly see that there are a lot of users who never even come to these forums for help.

Also, as someone who runs incredibly large forum based websites, I can say that the spam here, while bad, is not that much worse than even the best commercial systems.

If you check the trac you will see that bbPress is already well along the way to the next level as JJ has been writing tons of code updates.

Give it time, bbPress is gonna grow and will only gain news and traction with the other sites out there.

[tony webb]

I’ve resolved this issue by messing around with the default side bar settings and inserting custom sidebars.

[kmessinger]

I would like to move the “register, login, search, etc. below the banner. I haven’t been able to figure it out. Could someone take a look and assist me please?

http://savethecolors.com/bbpress/

Edit – Pls move to “installation.”

[Jaja..]

Hello guys,

I found this forum running on a single WP install and it’s very cheap.

http://dolcepixel.com/discussion-board-wordpress-theme/

It probably isn’t the best coded product in the world but what it does (i think) is it transforms your single WordPress installation into a forum (board) software.

Categories become forums, posts become topics and comments become replies.

Nothing wrong with that i think and if you’re smart enough to work with Custom Post Types you can still create your own Blog Posts on the side but for most people a Blog isn’t needed on a Board system.

Whats your idea of this?

I’m just a Rookie.

Problem i face with bbPress is that it’s too much on JJJ shoulders and only on his shoulders.

This guy is working his *** off all day and bbPress doesn’t seem to get picked up by the average WordPress user.

bbPress doesn’t get enough FEED and traffic from the WordPress.org website and everyday it’s getting spammed from every corner of the world..

I really love the way and idea behind bbPress as a plugin but it needs more professionals to take it of JJJ shoulders and bring it to the next level..

[iftomkins]

Hi. I’m trying to create a bbPress shortcode so that I can display topics that have a certain meta_key value. I’ve been trying to piece it together from the global bbpress shortcodes and wordpress shortcode tutorials.

I’m using a Dev4Press premium plugin to create the custom fields for each bbpress topic. (http://www.dev4press.com/download/plugin-gd-taxonomies-tools) Now I just have to figure out how to filter based on the custom data.

Here’s what I have. It isn’t going so well, and I’d love a tip.

<?php function FilterTopics($topics_query = array()) {

'meta_key' => 'ride_destination',

'post_type' => 'topic',

'posts_per_page' => -1

);

}



if ( bbp_has_topics( $topics_query ) ) {

bbp_get_template_part( 'bbpress/pagination', 'topics'    );

bbp_get_template_part( 'bbpress/loop',       'topics'    );

bbp_get_template_part( 'bbpress/pagination', 'topics'    );



// No topics

} else {

bbp_get_template_part( 'bbpress/feedback',   'no-topics' );

}



add_shortcode('sitemap', 'GenerateSitemap');  ?>

[Trobee]

Hi everyone.

I am currently looking into migrating one of my bbpress forums to a qusetion2answers installation on a wordpress site and was wondering if anyone know if this was possible or not?

Thanks

[Ed]

thanks a lot Anointed Let’s hope he has good news, as I have no money for custom work i’m afraid

[tony webb]

Thanks for your reply. It’s a bit difficult for me to explain without you seeing how I’ve set up the forums page layout. I’ll try again.

My forum is integrated with wp.

For this I created 2 menus one for the blog and one for the forum.

All the blog pages have a blog sidebar and appear as they should.

All the forum pages have forum sidebars and appear as they should except for the forum lists page (main page) that still has the blog sidebars.

I have set the template for this page as bbpress forums (index)

The problem is that I have set the forum lists page (my main page) to show the forum side bar but it still shows the blog sidebar.

If you look at these three links it will show what I am trying to explain. (I’m currently building this forum. You can’t see it from the main menu)

http://what-do-christians-believe.co.uk/wp/ (blog set up)

http://what-do-christians-believe.co.uk/wp/forums/ (page with wrong menu)

http://what-do-christians-believe.co.uk/wp/forums/announcements (forum set up)

I have tried changing the default sidebar in the settings > sidebar but that doesn’t work either.

All I was doing was following the video instructions. He mentions that you should put the forums index etc on a page as you get better editing options.

I haven’t put the forums, topics or posts on a page yet because of this problem

[John James Jacoby]

Widgets are not “per page.” I don’t understand what’s wrong.

[akor]

Sorry, I found solution https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/how-can-i-allow-unregistered-user-to-post-topic-and-coments

Thanks

[akor]

Hello,

I’m looking for a way for guest posting in existed topics and creating new topics. Thanks you in advance.

p.s.

bbpress 2.0

[tony webb]

I’ve got the following page showing wp widgets in the side bar although i have published it with bbpress widgets in the sidebar.

http://what-do-christians-believe.co.uk/wp/forums/

I did have an earlier problem with 2 pages showing as the main root for the forum directory although 1 was deleted several days ago.

the root was showing forums/forums.

I’m now left with a forum list and the sidebars of an ?old deleted page and the page heading of the new page.

is there a way to sort this out? Creating a new page didn’t work.

[Anointed]

Sorry that my answer was confusing.

There is no theming manual per say for the new system. The new bbPress 2x plugin does not work like the old 1x in that there is no ‘theme plugins’ like you are talking about.

At the moment the only theme available for the new bbPress is the default theme that is included in the plugin. I’m certain that new themes will be coming somewhat soon though.

[Histograph]

Not really looking for how to install bbPress. I’m looking for a theming manual, adding additional themes to bbPress, without tampering my existing theme.

[John James Jacoby]

Resolved. Closing.

[Anointed]

I mentioned in some of your other posts that the docs you are following are for the old 1x bbPress plugin. There is not a theme manager for the new bbPress.

Right now there is just the one theme available which I see is running correctly on your site. I’m sure more themes are in the pipeline.

[Anointed]

There is not a bbPress admin area with the new 2x version of bbPress. Those documents are for the old system.

Best to watch this video to see how to get bbPress working on a new website.

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-20-how-to-video

[Anointed]

Unfortunately the docs tab where you got the directions are for the old 1x version of the plugin. These directions do not apply to the new 2x version.

For now, check out the video in this thread which will show you step by step how to install the new bbPress plugin.

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-20-how-to-video

[blogsabout]

Hello there!

I have installed buddypress to my site and chose to side wide installation of bbpress and installed

that plugin.

2 questions I would like to ask:

1. When I check the forums component in buddypress settings, I’m being told it might conflict with bbpress…I tought bbpress was the very forum included in buddypress?

And why would I then have to install bbpress as a seperate plugin when not choosing the “group forums” component but the side wide?

2. I can’t seem to find out how to just set up something that would look like a normal forum.

Similar to the one being used here in the site.

Please help!

Cheers

[Histograph]

Since English is not my Native language, I’m not sure if It is just me, but this makes no sense for me:

“Activating a theme is even easier. Just select it from you bbPress install’s Presentation Admin Panel.”.

http://bbpress.org/documentation/themes/

Please, please update the documentation, at least the essential part of Theming. I am very, very confused at the moment about how to theme BBPress Forums. Very confused.

p.s. Followed the steps, nothing worked at all.