Hi Moddey.
I am not sure if what I did is correct. I can’t seem to do this in all my themes. And I can’t seem to find out why.
I am also interested in finding a solution that actually works. 
I would like to know how this is done, BBpress 2.0. I have uploaded the .mo and .po files all over the place Only thing I have not done is what Vayu said:
add_action(‘after_setup_theme’, ‘my_theme_setup’);
function my_theme_setup(){
load_theme_textdomain(‘bbpress’, get_template_directory() . ‘/languages’);
}
Do I have to do that ?
TIA
Moddey
Is there any word on when bbpress will support more extensive forum like features? Ex: Image posting, youtube video posting, bbcode?
I’m sorry if this question was already covered and I missed it. Congrats on the release and the success with the plugin thus far.
Is there any word on when bbpress will support more extensive forum like features? Ex: Image posting, youtube video posting, bbcode?
I’m sorry if this question was already covered and I missed it. Congrats on the release and the success with the plugin thus far.
I’ve been wrestling with this for ages and it seems lots of other people have too. Some clearer instructions please! The first post just doesn’t explain what to do properly.
Yes, those are the settings I’m referring to. Not much to do there actually so I’ll add some plugins. I already have one installed for notifications.
Thank you once again Andre for answering my questions!
Hi Andre thanks for responding. So is there away to have the following work now in bbpress plugin.
1. Video;
2. Images;
3. Quotes;
4. Adsense between posts.
Approve User and Clitcha can be handled by wordpress registration
Thanks in advance
My easy 1 2 3 bbPress installation and already ready to use.
It’s the truth that I just activated it and it suit my WP theme already. Or just maybe I don’t know what I’m missing. Anyway I still newbie on this bbPress.
bbPress forum site:
http://indosinonim.info/forum
It is an Indonesian site, but translations available. Feel free to visit!
Too bad for me too, I have the same problem but I use ElegantThemes theme.
Here the forum at http://thesaurussupport.info/forums/ and I still trying to figuring it out.
I have dedicated this night to browse this forum, hope it resolved for me.
I should mention I followed steps below and get stuck on step 4. I visit the intended URL (http://www.freshapproach2web.com/forum/) and I’m NOT greeted with a bbPress installer.
Quick Instructions
1.Download bbPress from the download page
2.Upload the uncompressed files to your server
3.Optionally upload language files to “my-languages” – You will have to create this directory
4.Visit the intended URL of the bbPress site
5.You will be greeted with the bbPress installer
6.Follow the instructions in the installer
7.Visit “Settings” in the admin area to customise your installation
Thanks
@kai920
I ended up going an entirely different route in order to get forum specific sidebars on the pages. JJ’s answer would have been the easiest to achieve by using widget context, but I wanted full control.
Very long story short…
I started by registering a custom sidebar just for the forums.
I then took all of the bbpress templates and rewrite them from scratch to include my custom code and forum sidebar.
*Keep in mind that bbPress templates are nothing more than WordPress templates, so all rules that you follow when building a custom theme also apply to bbPress. Trying to explain how to build custom templates is WAY outside the scope of what I can provide. There are numerous tutorials all over the internet to get you started.
**If you are not comfortable writing template code, then widget context is definitely the way to go.
I’ve uploaded the zipped file to my WordPress directory, put it in a folder called forum and went to click on the link: http://www.freshapproach2web.com/forum/ to install it, but it does not work? Not sure why? Anyone? Help please, I’m new to installing bbPress and not sure what I’m doing wrong.
Thank you
Just wondering if this BBpress.org forum site is using the stand-alone version.
I have a client that would like to use this exact theme, but when we installed the WP plug-in, it looks much different.
Do we need the standalone version to get the theme and functionality shown on this forum?
Ah – awesome. Thanks Andre, really appreciate it.
Hopefully they’ll add that link into the bottom of the instructions so it reads:
== Installation ==
1. Place the ‘bbpress’ folder in your ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory.
2. Activate bbPress.
3. Visit ‘Settings > Forums’ and adjust your configuration.
4. Create some forums.
5. View your site.
6. Adjust the CSS of your theme as needed, to make everything pretty.
7. Create a page and add one or more of these short codes into it to display your forum: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-20-shortcodes
All the best.
Bob
I’m trying to add pages that show an x number of posts from a specific forum. I see this tag:
[bbp-single-forum id=$forum_id] – Show a single forums topics
But it doesn’t have the ability to limit the number of posts. I also tried adding the bbPress Topic widget to a page (using the Widgets on Pages plugin), and while this allows you to set the number of topics, it doesn’t allow you to filter by forum.
Is there a quick way to do this? If not, could you recommend the best way to achieve this functionality? I certainly don’t mind getting my hands dirty but just need some ideas to get started.
Thanks much.
1. I just want to be sure we’re both referring to the forum options at /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bbpress. Forum (and WP) roles have to be set by editing a user profile (/wp-admin/users.php). I believe there are plugins that add functionality, but I haven’t used any of them so I can’t give a recommendation. The would be in the WP plugin repository at wordpress.org/extend/plugins.
2. This isn’t an area I’m strong at, but you’d have to edit either the themes files or the css.
You’d probably want to use one of these:
[bbp-forum-index] – Show the forum index/archive
[bbp-single-forum id=$forum_id] – Show a single forums topics
Here is the thread listing the shortcodes – https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-20-shortcodes
So I’m brand new to WordPress and old hat to programming. I’m trying to piece together a word press site for a friend that he can easily manager and expand. I’ve got most everything up and running with buddy press now save for the forums (without actually having to touch code, craziness!) . My issue is with the forums (I’ve installed the site wide variant).
The issue I’m running into is that the individual forums seem to be rendering as a page and not getting the specific forum templates added to them. I’m using the custom community theme, but this problem is repeatable if i switch to the base buddy press theme. This problem is not present if i switch to the bbpress theme. Each forum listing shows up only showing the forums tagline as if it was page data. I had to do a bit of hackery to get the forum to render at all (deleted the forum page and made a link to /forums in the menu).
My forums are at:
http://unfettereddesigns.net/forums/
Any sage advice?
My forums options:
Archive Slugs
Forums base : forums
Single Slugs
Forum slug: forum
Thanks, this is working. Just before I added both of feed address into header.php
Hi Again,
Ahh thanks tgiokdi, getting closer to knowing how to get this working.
So you install it.
Then you make a wordpress page.
Then you add a shortcode tag to that page.
I’m guessing you add it into the HTML view of the page or a post and it would look something like:
[bbpress(testforum)]
Where the name of the forum is ‘testforum’.
I haven’t tried this but maybe its a step in the right direction. Can anyone tell me what the tag looks like to get the forum to show up… or is it a secret 
@anointed, did you ever find a good solution or plugin for this? I tried https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/widget-context/ but putting forums/* doesn’t allow me to show/hide widgets.
Thanks for answering my questions, Andre!
1. If there isn’t an admin panel, where or do I for example, set authorisations for the forum (admin,moderator etc)? There’s must be more settings than those in the menus I described in the original post above?
2. I’ll look in to the Multisite feature. Thanks! Otherwise, If I for example want my BBPress to have the forum structure like http://www.awesomestyles.com/bbpress-themes/demo/static-bb (notice how the different forums and subforums are listed beneath eachother), I’d have to edit the css?
3. I’ll ask about in that topic then.
Thanks a ton for helping me out here!
There aren’t many plugins that work with bbPress 2.0 yet. The ones that do are WordPress plugins, which I assume you know how to install since you installed bbPress 2.0.
bbPress 1.x plugins will not work with bbPress 2.0.
1. It seems as though you are using bbPress 2.0 not the 1.x standalone version. 2.0 does not have a completely separate admin panel, that was just in 0.x and 1.x versions.
2. bbPress 2.0 uses the WordPress theme. bbPress 1.x has a separate theme. You can customize the WP to make it look better with bbPress, but the only way to give bbPress 2.0 a separate theme is to put it on a different site (which can easily be done using the Multisite features in WP).
More info on theme compatibility can be found in this topic – https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-20-theme-compatibility
3. I don’t think there’s a way to convert it yet, but check this topic – https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/introducing-bbconverter-convert-your-current-forums-for-use-with-bbpress-2x – and you may be able to talk anointed and AWJunkies into helping.
I am very new to bbpress plugin for wordpress. How do I get a plugin within the bbpress plugin for wordpress? I want to use BBcode, BBVideo, UserApprove and Allow Images. Are there any plugins in for this? How does one install a plugin when bbpress is a plugin itself? Can you automatically download or do you have to install manually?
Will the plugins for the old software work for this bbpress plugin?
