[CaptainJustice]

This is a fresh install of the bbpress plugin on a WP 3.2.1 multi-site. The Author role cannot see either the list of topics in the sidebar widget, or the topics themselves. All forums and topics are public.

An Author can see the forums list, access forums and sub-forums, but clicking a forum with topics will yield a page indicating the number of topics and then:

Oh bother! No topics were found here!

The Administrator confirms the topics are there. I’ve even globally edited all forums and topics and set status to public.

Have used the User Role Editor to add privileges to Authors to read and edit edit all posts and forums.

I had installed the User Access Manager to try to give protection to pages and posts but have uninstalled it. I fear something may be a leftover protection.

Looking at the database at one of the entries, the Post Status is “inherit” versus “publish” — is that an issue?

I’m stuck. New at this, but fairly conversant with WP basics. Help!

gil

[hscoder]

Check this:

http://www.authorcode.com/forums/topic/how-to-show-bbpress-forum-on-blog-front-page/

[kevinvaughn]

Hello,

Does anyone know if there is an easy way to export a forum (all topics, replies and users if necessary) and import it into another bbPress site – essentially move the forum to another site?

I am using the letest version of bbPress plugin on both sites.

Thanks in advance for any help…

[Mr. Salas]

Hello,

i used wp 3.2.1 and a theme called wp-basis,

but after installing bbpress no Forum content is visible.

There is some generated forum-text in the header of the site

“<meta name=”description” content=”Topic: DISKUSSION ZUM FILM …etc”

below is the code of my header.php

“<meta name=”description” content=”<?php if ( is_single() ) { wp_title(‘-‘, true, ‘right’); echo strip_tags( get_the_excerpt() ); } elseif ( is_page() ) { wp_title(‘-‘, true, ‘right’); echo strip_tags( get_the_excerpt() ); } else { bloginfo(‘description’); } ?>” />”

i hope somebody can help.

thx and kind regards

Daniel

[JohannesAltnas]

I have started a forum at my webbsite but the web theme colors makes the text impossible to read, how do I change the forum colors?

[tosteri]

I have made a new forum.php and edited it as instructed here:

http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/theme-compatibility-plugin-wont-recognize-my-custom-full-width-template

But it seems that this same template is used in forum AND in topic views. I’ve edited the file to function as a forum startup page, but I would like the Topic-pages to have a slightly different look. Renaming to topic.php or topic-single.php does not seem to work.

These files are located in my theme folder. How do I name the single topic template file, for bbp to recognise it?

[Philip John]

I blogged about this little tweak too and someone has just posted an edit to display a friendly message instead of the standard “not found” which sort of completes it

http://philipjohn.co.uk/2011/11/14/hiding-bbpress-topics-from-logged-out-users/#comment-1885

[ihilgefort]

Hi,

these might be basic questions.. sorry about that.

So I installed the bbpress 2 plug-in and I am able to create forum and topics, but how can I enable people to logon to the forum and create new entries ?

how can I manage what users are allowed to do ?

is there an admin area ?

thanks

ingo

[OAEErra]

One thing i’ve noticed is the formatting of posts. On all other forums (or even blog comments, or similar), when you type a post, and hit enter twice you get a new paragraph (like you would in Word, notepad or virtually anything else you use online or otherwise).

On BBPress (im using v2.0), that doesn’t seem to be the case.

Is it possible to make an adjustment to allow for this? I really don’t want to ask my users to use html paragraph tags just to make their posts look tidier. It looks messy with all lines of text with no spaces between them.

And in saying that it seems to work fine on this forum yet not on mines, so it’s possible? Can anyone tell me how to do it?

[rich]

i have an auto-generated (iffy wordpress search-able) list online as well

http://etivite.com/api-hooks/#bbpress

which is similar to the code posted above – forgot about array hooks so when bbPress 2.1 hits – it will be updated.

[hscoder]

if you want to know that how to use bbpress shortcodes, check this link :

http://www.authorcode.com/forums/topic/how-to-use-bbpress-shortcodes-in-wordpress-site/

[John James Jacoby]

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-no-admin/

—-

Prevent all users except super-admins from creating bbPress content when inside wp-admin.

This plugin has no UI.

[c0cc0bill]

I have a different theme and i had to change loop-forums, loop-replies, loops topics and bbpress-css.

After each upgrade rewrite these files. All right.

Now i put the 3 files and css in the root of my theme but no good.

I put the 3 files and css in the root of my theme and deleted ones from plugin, but no good.

I copied BBP-themes in the root of my theme and deleted from plugin and not good.

How do? Tx

[John James Jacoby]

This would take a considerable amount of effort, to have the same forum have several different themes and views.

[John James Jacoby]

You posted, I listened.

Version 2 of bbPress’s theme compatibility is now in the 2.1 plugin branch of code for your perusal. This second iteration removes the need to add current_theme_support() to your theme, and totally automates the process.

If your child or parent theme contains the template files that bbPress looks for, bbPress will use them. If not, bbPress will fall back on it’s default templates and styling. No more logic necessary.

Please test it. It’s new code with a new approach, so I’d like to get some fresh eyes on things right away to avoid a long beta period like 2.0 had.

Cheers!

[John James Jacoby]

I’m surprised this hasn’t been asked sooner, but it’s a great bunch of questions with some good points. I’ll do my best to address them, and feel free to keep the conversation going if there are more questions.

I’m going to start off with a clarifying and important point that’s often difficult to distinguish if you’re not involved directly in the WordPress community. My full-time job is at a company called Automattic, most popularly known for operating WordPress.com. That takes up a typical 40 hour work-week.

My contributions to open-source projects like WordPress, BuddyPress, bbPress, are done in my free-time. I believe enough in the platforms to actively continue their development.

So the answer to your question; “WordPress” doesn’t pay anyone a salary.

Yes, I am currently leading the development of both BuddyPress and bbPress. My responsibilities include setting the roadmaps, shepherding development, and making sure the .org sites stay updated and operational. Yes, there’s a lot of responsibility there, and I appreciate that you think I’m doing a good job.

Consider also that bbPress has always been a bit of a hobby project. As a sister project to WordPress, and by nature of it being a support forum to the flagship project, it’s never been the focal point but is still critically important, since millions of people interact with it without ever knowing what it is.

BuddyPress and bbPress were both around for a number of years before I worked my way up to leading both projects. BuddyPress has two other consistent core committers that are doing a great job, and bbPress is the best opportunity for any developer to step in and get core-commit to help determine the direction of the project. It’s very much a meritocracy, so anyone that comes along and starts contributing will get noticed for it.

Even though I tend to do the majority of code commits, rest assured that there are plenty more eyes on the code than just mine and neither project is in any danger of losing momentum or being phased out. Automattic as a company loves both BuddyPress and bbPress, and the WordPress Foundation and community are both committed to supporting them for far into the future.

[dmoz]

I couldn’t find any clear documentation on how to setup WP pages to work with bbPress, so I’m at a loss on how to use a page called “Forums” to show latest topics with a “list of forums” sidebar (instead of “Forums” displaying the forums archive).

Any ideas?

[Ramiuz]

But is there not an import option in BBPress 2.0?

I have my forum installed on a different database than WordPress. Will I be able to move the data from one database to a different one?

[Hagandasz]

Just a simple and maybe a stupid question: Where do i find the Forum ID?

I tried to copy the permalink but this wasn’t it.

[spabav]

After a couple of weeks testing bbpress and several other forum solutions, we are really hesitating in running bbpress as our forum.

From what we see the bbpress plugin, while not as feature-rich as stand-alone bulletin boards like vbulletin, phpbb or xenForo, does one thing outstandingly well, which is the integration into wordpress.

For that reason alone, it would be worth giving it a try.

Unfortunately – and here comes our biggest issue – it looks like the bbpress plugin is currently not given full (or any) attention from WordPress.

My question is very simple:

How many developers / coders are writing code of the bbpress plugin currently ?

Is @johnjamesjacoby the only one?

Is there anybody else “officially assigned/paid by wordpress” to work on the bbpress plugin and documentation or/and support ?

John is doing an excellent job, on all his help he gives especially in the bbpress forum. But since the community is small and John is also working on the buddypress project, we are really worried to put our eggs in a “one-man-show plugin” basket.

Please tell me that I got this wrong and that there are at least several people currently working on the bbpress plugin and documentation.

Would be great if anybody could shed some light on this.

[shooo]

hi all,

i have a phpbb forum with 150 000 replies, 12000 topics et 7000 members.

I want to try to upgrade on bbpress.

if i convert my phpbb forum on bbpress 1.1 and convert this bbpress 1.1 on bbpress 2.0?

do you think that is a good idea ? do you know a good plugin for convert phpbb on bbpress 1.1?

[shooo]

hi

a plugin exist

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/introducing-bbconverter-convert-your-current-forums-for-use-with-bbpress-2x

[antonyw]

sorry – its the wpadminbar, found the solution at;

https://wordpress.org/search/hide+wpadminbar?forums=1

[antonyw]

Hi, and thanks in advance for any help.

How do i remove the title bar at the top of the screen for logged in users. I dont want to stop the functionality it is just a duplicate menu – thanks

[jwdds]

I have a previous bbpress 1.1 up and running but would like to migrate it to 2.xx. Can someone please point me to a thread or explain how this can be done?

Thanks