The WordPress plugin repository should not have any bbPress 1.x plugins in it. The ones that are there have descriptions that explain what they do. It may not be obvious at first, but with a little reading it should become clear.
Either delete the physical WP page, or put the bbp-forum-index short-code in it. bbPress assumes if there is a page already where the slug is, that you are manually overriding it.
Sounds like st missing files. Try reinstalling and check back.
Hello everybody, good to be here
I installed this morning bbpress plugin (used the automatic installation without downloading and uploading the plugin’s files); the minute I activated the plugin, wordpress refreshed and I can’t access my WordPress dashboard. The blog works just fine (http:/www.egyptian-gods.info) but I can’t access the dashboard at http://www.egyptian-gods.info/wp-login , I tried to log on http://www.egyptian-gods.info/wp-login.php and it opens OK asking for my username and password, but the minute I log in, it takes me to my homepage egyptian-gods.info instead of the dashboard.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you
Adam
And, I can navigate directly to a sub-page under forums, and it works… just not the main forums page.
Is there a physical WordPress page with the “forums” slug?
The BuddyPress plugin repo is an automated theme layer on top of the plugins in the WordPress repo that are tagged with “BuddyPress”
The bbPress plugin repo is still a dedicated repo for 1.0 version plugins.
Are you using a plugin that is being greedy with it’s query filtering?
Nothing in bbPress core should be limiting it to 5.
BuddyPress selfishly takes over the “register” slug. If you’d rather use bbPress, you’ll need to make a WordPress page with a different slug.
bbpress 2.0 uses WordPress themes. bbPress 0.x and 1.x use bbPress themes.
You would add the line “add_theme_support( ‘bbpress’ );” to the functions.php file of a WordPress theme so it knows to play nice with bbPress 2.x.
First off, when a download a bbpress theme, does it need to be a theme that was specifically created for 2.0? Or can I use a 1.0 theme? If I need 2.0 themes, where is a good place to get 2.0 themes, cause most places have the old themes?
On the theme guide for 2.0 …
http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-20-theme-compatibility
It says…
…you’ll need to tell bbPress that you are in control of the theme situation. You do this by adding this to your functions.php file:
add_theme_support( ‘bbpress’ );
Where is the functions.php file? I downloaded a new template (http://www.awesomestyles.com/bbpress-themes/view/businesslike) and placed it in my wp-content/themes/mythemename-child folder. There is no functions.php file there.
I also looked in my bbpress plugin directory (located in wp-content/plugins/bbpress). I dont see a functions.php file. I checked the directories in there … in bbpress/bbp-themes/bbp-twentyten/ there is a functions.php … but I don’t want to use that theme!
That’s the start of my questions. Please help. Want to get this configured.
That is a good point in that you can define other slugs to stop them from colliding. I just assumed that most people wouldn’t want two different forum implementations running at the same time with inconsistent experiences. But YMMV.
And to clarify, by Network Activated, are you referring to a multi-site install? I’m not running WordPress MU and Site Tracking is visible to me. That may be a BuddyPress bug I need to submit.
Oh, forum functionality in BP is disabled. It was disabled from the get go.
In my Forums setting for bbPress, it’s using the slug “forums.” And when I go to the page directly, I’m not getting a 404, so it is “there,” but nothing from the forums is showing up either.
Sorry, I meant 1.0. But my point remains that if you search for bbPress in the WordPress plugin repository, there is no indication which plugins are designed for bbPress 1.0 and which are designed for 2.0.
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.
