Is there any way, or will there be a way in the future to have a bbPress 2.x forum/sub-forum only accessible to a certain BuddyPress group?
As you stated above, you can currently use the BuddyPress 1.5 forum functionality side-by-side with bbPress 2.0 forum functionality, but that presents an inconsistent experience to users.
I prefer the functionality of bbPress 2.0, and the unified forum view, but I’d like to have private forums for certain groups.
Personally, I disabled the Forums functionality within BudddyPress, and let bbpress use the Forums slug. Then I created a blank page called Forums within the plugin “Page Links To” that redirects to the Forums slug.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/page-links-to/
Or you could simply use the bbpress shortcodes on the page.
Ok, installing BP 1.5, then bbP 2 RC4. Using the default theme and everything’s playing nice!!!
I’ve made a page, in my page list, called Forums. She’s blank (understandably so).
So, before I go tearing things apart (I’m very familiar with WP, but am a n00b to BP and bbP) what is the best way to get the standard forums view on my forums page? Is it a matter of adding a few tags into my page.php template?
Thanks bros!
Hello…
This problem is a real one and must be corrected…… As WP blogs are often NOT at root level !
And it is caused by bbPress itself…. if deactivated, all is OK.
I hope this can be solved….
regards.
Hi there!
Thanx to Jared for the plugin solution – working smoothly 
Awesome now I can use bbPress for a client site forum running with Genesis!
@John:
Thanx for the patch! – I’ve implemented this in my local rc4 of the bbPress plugin – but didn’t work yet! I assume the issue is from a wrong setting of the layout option?? Or some other function? Since I am still learning this whole coding stuff I cannot say what the issue is at the moment.
-dave
I’ve done a vanilla installation of BP 1.5 and bbpress RC4.
How can I add a forum to a group, so that it is only visible to group members.
Do you have any tips for adding the forum to the group menu?
Thanks
Hello everyone and good morning.
Has anyone been able to get bbpress to with the hybrid theme?
On the Hybrid Forum were discussing BBpress and how I could not get it to work on the Hybrid Theme, when one of the members said it worked on his without having to go the custom route. This is what he stated:
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‘ “All you have to do to get bbPress active on a Hybrid theme is activate bbPress 2.0 via the plugin repository, then create new page called forum or whatnot via the normal page editor. In the editor, just enter a couple of shortcodes, similar to this:
[bbp-forum-index]
some content to separate forums
[bbp-topic-index]
This will show your main forums and also a recent topics list. You can also use other shortcodes built in to bbPress for different functionality.
The only thing I had to change was the overall table width of the forum, which easy enough to target with the Chrome web developer tools.”
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I unfortunately was not able to get this to work.
I am just curious if anyone has been able to get bbpress to work on the Hybrid Theme without any customization. I am a video editor and motion graphics artist, so coding is not my forte.
Thank you for any help.
Yep. They are just posts, after all. 
I promise if you are using BuddyPress 1.5 and bbPress 2.0 in an unmodified, vanilla installation, they work seamlessly together once you decide which forum setup to use. You can even use both of them, like I have setup at testbp.org, provided you change the bbPress 2.0 slugs in Admin > Settings > Forums.
If you need support for your site specifically, please make your own topic so you do not pollute other peoples conversations with your questions.
There is no bbPress 1.5. Are you confusing it with BuddyPress?
I can’t be the only person looking to theme this for their site.
Clearly you’re not, and no one said you were. You are however one of the few having trouble getting it to work. Because of that I’d appreciate if you open your own support topic to get help for what you need rather than pollute this topic for everyone else.
The search results return a lot of plugins designed for 1.5. Most don’t mention 2.0 compatibility. Only one plugin is tagged bbpress 2.0, but I know at least 2 work with 2.0. Are there others?
@johnjamesjacoby That is precisely my concern. I’d rather get the templates/theme to work properly rather than put the child theme in the plugin folder, or alter core files.
I’ve been asking for instructions on how to do this properly.
I can’t be the only person looking to theme this for their site.
I’ve been told all bbPress 2 plugins are hosted on WordPress.org in the plugin repository.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=bbpress
Genesis has 2 functions that I have determined are causing the problems.
http://pastie.org/2469242 (/genesis/lib/structure/post.php lines 101-143 (as of 1.7.1))
The first function is the post image function. Users have the ability to automatically set image thumbnails to appear on the archive listings. However if they turn this on, when you go to a bbPress archive page a random image from the media library ends up on the top of the page. This is turned of by default in Genesis, but is widely used.
The second function is how Genesis displays post content. You can see, depending on how the user has Genesis configured, it uses the_excerpt or the_content_limit – which results in a dead loop.
The other things I did such as remove the post info/meta, breadcrumbs, etc are just purely cosmetic. They aren’t *needed* per say, but it can look screwy if they are outputted on some of the forum pages.
As long as Genesis is forced to always use the_content and the post image option is nuked, everything should always work smoothly.
If you want to explore the option of a core patch I’d be more than happy to help you with a patch and testing
If I understood @enderandrew right, he’s basically trying to prevent the default bbpress css file from being loaded and include his own css file for styling? It’s probably a bit too a specific a query for this thread maybe, but one that would be an excellent one to get a formal response to. I can foresee this will be a common query given the confusion over the bbpress templating already.
@enderandrew – Fancy starting the new thread? Perhaps we can get a approach detailed there that will prevent an additional CSS file being loaded.
So by removing all of the Genesis actions, bbPress is able to do what it needs to without any kind of conflict? Seems pretty straight forward. I could transform your code into a bbPress 2.0 core patch, but I’d be flying blind not having a copy to test with.
I would literally be taking exactly what you have and making bbPress load it like it does the Akismet and BuddyPress extensions.
Regarding: 2, bbPress allows for easy customizing of its slugs, so you can prevent them from colliding. Admin > Settings > Forums
Regarding: 3, Site Tracking is only visible on Network Activated installations of BuddyPress. Otherwise it is on by default.
Alright guys, sorry it took me so long to post back here.
I’ve written a quick post that details the problems (or at least, the ones I ran into) and have a quick plugin you can use as a starting point to hopefully get things working.
Genesis bbPress Extend
Like I said, this issue is strictly if you are developing on top of the Genesis Framework. If you are *not* using Genesis and having template issues, I’d recommend starting a new thread on it 
@jjj if you have time to look over my post, let me know if my diagnosis seems right (err, accurate) and the fix seems appropriate.
cheers!
Since WangGaurd is for bbPress 2.0, it should be in the WordPress plugin repository so bbPress 2.0 users can download it via the WordPress dashboard.
Everything in bbPress and BuddyPress is coded using the WordPress actions API. There is absolutely no reason to modify any core files to do what you want to do. There are plenty of examples on how to accomplish what you need on the WordPress codex, and even in the bbPress code itself.
Before you start chopping out pieces of core code, try to understand why it’s there. If you have questions on a specific piece of code in bbPress, open a new topic and I’m happy to explain why it’s there.
This link contains all the information you need in order to get your theme working with bbpress plugin. It is an entirely different process.
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-20-theme-compatibility
1. Install Buddypress 1.5 beta.
2. Turn off the built-in forums in Buddypress or the two will fight over the “forums” slug.
3. Turn on Buddypress Site Tracking component. This is specifically how Buddypress sees bbPress posts.
4. Install bbpress 2.0
That should be it.
