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.
So what does one doofo make Buddypress and bbpress 2 speak to each other?
Let’s assume were using Buddypress’s default theme.
Yeah I tried this exact thing today to no avail… is there a theme that will accommodate both? Using bbpress with its twentyten theme and the BP theme update plugin, nothing! All BP links redirect to the home page. If I use BP’s default theme, no forum data shows up whatsoever.
@enderandrew – I can understand the dilemma mate. It’s far from ideal, but aside from editing the core files and having to maintain your changes on every update its about the best I can think of at this point.
That said just stripping out the include for the css file probably wouldn’t big that big a deal, may be worth investigating and weighing up your options.
@woodwardmatt At the moment, I’m primarily interested in color changes, so that would work. However, with all the plugins I’m using in WordPress and Buddypress, each page load is calling tons of CSS files. I’m trying to cut down on page loading time and all the http get requests. I’d prefer not to load one CSS file, just to load another to overwrite it.
@enderandrew – If it helps at all, all I did was leave the default setup in place, having installed the bbpress 2.0 plugin. Then include a new custom css file (in the directory of my wordpress theme) and link to this beneath the call to the wp_head() function in the wordpress theme (e.g. in my header.php) – to ensure the custom css file overrides the css included by bbpress.
I simply them overrode any of the styles that I wanted to change from the default. This is a fairly old-school approach to re-branding, but is perhaps one of the least invasive. This wont allow you to change very much of the layout but will allow you to change some of the styling to more closely match your brand and will give you a certain amount of protection against change as the plugin gets updated.
Hope that helps 
Could also tap into Jetpack’s way of embedding videos I suppose?
Would not be difficult to turn on WordPress’s existing oEmbed functionality.
BBPress 2.0 integrates with BuddyPress.
1. Install BuddyPress. I’d recommend the 1.5 beta right now, just like I’d recommend bbPress 2.0 RC.
2. When going through the BuddyPress install, it asks you to pick components you want to run, like Extended Profile, Instant Messages, etc. Do not select Forums. Forums must be unchecked. The BuddyPress forums are basically a built-in version of bbPress 1.5, but we’re going to install bbPress 2.0.
3. There is a component/option in Buddypress for Site Tracking. You want this on, so that your Buddypress activity stream sees bbPress forum posts.
4. Define your extra profile fields in Buddypress.
5. Install bbPress 2.0 and it will see Buddypress. Member links in bbPress should point to the Buddypress profiles with the extra profile fields.
Done!
I did a few different things a few different times. Initially I tried to follow the steps as best I understand them.
I copied all the single-*, archive-*, page-* files, as well as the bbpress, css and js folders into the root of my theme. For example:
wp-content/themes/Clockstone/single-forum.php
wp-content/themes/Clockstone/css/bbpress.css
etc.
I edit my functions.php file in my theme and add:
add_theme_support( ‘bbpress’ );
Then all forum pages return a 404. Are these not the correct steps?
Can you please clarify the instructions?
Since it looks like you are not using pretty permalinks, you’ll want to append “&feed=1” to the end of any of your existing bbPress URLs. “&feed=rss2” should work also.
@enderandrew – I can’t accurately guess at what’s wrong. Try again?
I did a search in PLUGINS on this site, and didn’t see a BuddyPress plugin. So, I did a web search for it. Is BuddyPress the social networking WordPress plugin? Does it tie in to BBPress 2.0 easily? Or is it something extremely difficult to do? Do the bbpress short codes (for creating a register page) still work with BuddyPress?
Also, the required or optional option is good. Is there a way to make fields that are HIDDEN from the public?
Thanks for the response JJJ
I appologize, but I am new to bbPress. The link to my forum is http://www.knowledgeinfusionnetwork.com/?post_type=forum
So it would be http://www.knowledgeinfusionnetwork.com/?post_type=forum/feed
It doesn’t seem to be working.
@WebEndev:
I can only emphasize, what you’ve just posted!!!
Eagerly waiting for a solution – I just want to use bbPress out of the box with Genesis!
@Jared –
The forum in site you have linked above looks great!
We are all waiting for the solution…
There are over 300,000 + sites running Genesis, and there will be a lot of bbpress users with this new outstanding version….
Any idea how to do this via bbpress 2.0?
Any idea how to do this via bbpress 2.0?
I just installed 2.0. Where are the register and login links for the forum? I saw the page for shortcode (http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-20-shortcodes) and created a page for registration and login.
Does the regular template not add these links to the pages? Do we need to add them on our own? Do we add them to our bbpress theme, or our wordpress theme?
