[Enzo]

I’m in the same boat as 3sixty. This is what I did on a fresh install of WordPress 3.2.1

1. Plugins > Add New > BuddyPress 1.5

2. Activated BuddyPress

3. Run the Install Wizard BUT leaving the Forum Component unchecked.

4. Plugins > Add New > bbPress 2.0

5. Activated bbPress

6. Made a forum, test topics, and test replies

No dice on the activity feed.

Second time around on a second fresh install, I ran the Install Wizard and this time checked the Forum Component. When I try to install Sitewide forums, it just sends me to the Plugin repository and prompts me to download and install bbPress 2.0 (which I do). After which I am stuck again.

Group discussions seem to be working fine, but that’s not what I’m looking for.

Thanks a lot in advance for all your help.

[rossagrant]

Awesome, will see what JJ says. This would be invaluable if it could be built into buddypress. I know a lot of clients who want to move away from the group forums in buddypress and just use sitewide BBpress 2.0 forums instead!

Great job!

[Anointed]

gonna have to ask JJ about that one as I don’t use buddypress yet. I am positive that it is possible, just need a little direction from him on the db structure.

*That is the totally cool part about this plugin in that it can extend to convert virtually any forum software.

[rossagrant]

Wow, looks awesome! I need to do a conversion in buddypress from the old group forums to standalone BBpress 2.0.

Is the procedure the same as converting BBpress 1.0?

Would love to see an upgrader built into buddypress 1.5!

[Andre]

Assuming you are using bbPress 2.x you can accomplish something similar with shortcodes. Create a page with the shortcode and change the WP setting to showing a page instead of the blog as the homepage.

[amirsaam]

umm…, no! bbPlugin by default using a subdirectory of WordPress but by some skills on creating a pro theme for your blog that give the forums pages, and left the permalink of the forum root (called Forums) blank you can get what you want (it’s jus’ a advice, I’m not sure!)

[harryv]

I just started a brand new wp site. Initially, I was going to install a phpbb under

http://<url>/forums

After uploading the phpbb, I found bbpress plugin and activated it. Now all links to the forums are in the format

http://<url>/forums/forum/<topic&gt;

What is worse is that when I click to that link, it returns invalid. I tried removing the ‘forums’ and ‘forum’ and it still doesn’t go anywhere. I have since removed that /forums folder and the phpbb but the plugin still has the permalink saved despite removing and reinstalling the plugin.

How can I resolve this?

[nsiinc]

Hi all.

Can bbpress be constructed to be visible as the main site where the WordPress site is installed? i.e. http://domain.com is the main WP site and http://domain.com/bbpress is the wordpress site.

What I am looking for is creating http://domain.com the main bbpress site, skipping the WP blog.

Advise is appreciated.

Thanks.

[Anointed]

I am not currently aware of a way of mass moving topics and replies.

[amirsaam]

Before anything read this all:

bbPlugin Shortcodes | bbPlugin Theme Compatibility

[AWJunkies]

Please provide feedback and future features and platforms. I will be happy to assist anyone.

[John James Jacoby]

For what it’s worth, I’ve seen this in action and it’s pretty awesome.

[nthfamous]

This may or may not be the right forum for this, but technical support seemed the wrong place. Anyway…

I have a template I am using for my website called Habitat (http://www.kriesi.at/themes/habitat/). It allows me to create a new page and use the template in full width without the sidebar. Now… I -can- use shortcodes to put my forum in a new page and set the template without the sidebar, but I cannot find a shortcode for the forum root (I have three categories) and each subsequent link click takes me to the /forum URL and plops the sidebar back in.

To whit, I cannot find an option anywhere in the bbpress plugin that allows me to set the template to use.

Anyone shed some light on this? TIA.

[xmatter]

I have just installed bbPress through my local install of WP and I cannot seem to find where the forum resides on the front-end. I have 2 forums (each have 2 topics) which i created through the back-end. Am I doing someone wrong? Must bbPress be used with BuddyPress?

Please help!

Also… I am very familiar with WP, just never used bbPress, thanks!

[rizwan65]

Well Andre thanks for your reply

But sorry the way you are telling is moving a single topic

With this method I will have to open each topic one by one and change the Forum under Topic Attributes

I can’t find the way to move multiple topics to another forum

Is there any way out there

Regards

Rizwan

[Andre]

Login as an admin. Go to /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=topic and choose the topic you want to move. You should have a topic attributes “widget” (for lack of a better term) on the side or below the main content box. This “widget” will let you change the forum.

If you don’t see this widget click on screen options near the top right and make sure topic attributes is checked.

[xanderr]

Hello,

Thanks John.

Is there a shortcode to get the latest topics from a specific category (forum). If there isn’t, how to get it?

Xander

[travis.hill]

Are you installing/developing locally (localhost)? This is a known issue:

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-bbpress-error-the-active-theme-is-broken-reverting-to-the-default-theme

https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1596

Hope you find the white rabbit.

[Vayu Robins]

I mean bbPress plugin.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress/

Cheers

Vayu

[amirsaam]

Dude you mean bbPlugin or bbPress (StandAlone vr.)?

For the StandAlone one you must put your language files into my-languages and for bbPlugin put them into WordPress language directory with name like bbpress-fa_IR.po or .mo. themes and plugins have a directory for translations, if have not code a textdomain for it

[Vayu Robins]

Hi

I am not sure your right about this. In the index.php file in bbpress/bbp-languages/index.php it says the following.

“Do not put custom translations here. They will be deleted on bbPress updates.

Keep custom bbPress translations in /wp-content/languages/”

I first tried to place my language files in bbp-languages folder and it did’t work.

When you do as I explained both the theme and bbpress will be translated. That’s what you want isn’t it?

I did notice the date of the post, but people might find my answer helpful even if migueltavares is not looking for help on this anymore.

Vayu

[amirsaam]

Nope @Vayu. He mean bbPress language not theme or plugin.

Language files must upload in a directory in bbPress root called my-languages

(Also you must look at the post date: 1 month ago!)

[Vayu Robins]

Hi.

Add this to your functions.php file in you theme.

add_action(‘after_setup_theme’, ‘my_theme_setup’);

function my_theme_setup(){

load_theme_textdomain(‘bbpress’, get_template_directory() . ‘/languages’);

}

Then place your language files ind the at folder in your theme folder.

Vayu

[amirsaam]

#1 is fixed too now. looks like bbPress have that bug. I put the topic pages nav upper the post form and now the closed messsege shown under the page last post.

I would like @JJJ fixed this out…

[amirsaam]

@BJ

Yeah dude it’s StandAlone version not the bbPlugin.

I think @ootes worked on it very much

I work on Persian bbPress support site, I would like to have some discussions with you @BJ Can you gimme your mail address?