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?
Documentation seems a little limited … and probably outdated. Is the page located at http://bbpress.org/documentation/themes/ still correct for version 2.0? (you might want to make a note of this)
Like version 1.0, do we create a “my-templates” folder in the main “bbpress” folder? Or do we just create a new theme folder inside the “bbp-themes” folder?
Also looking for this answer. It would be great to be able to search the PLUGINS by version as well…
@JohnJamesJacoby I believe I followed the steps you outlined, and all I got were 404 errors. The only way I got this to work, was the incorrect method of putting my bbp-theme in:
wp-content/plugins/bbpress/themes/bbp-themes/bbp-clockstone
Any idea why this is?
I’d be content with a method to simply just redirect the CSS file to another location.
I have installed bbpress as a plugin.
How can i switch to different theme. Right now bbpress is using my wordpress active theme.
i have also downloaded and put a theme in my-templates directory but cant activate it
any suggestions?
Hi to all,
I have a problem for reply on WangGuard plugin page: http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/wangguard/ and I can not answer the questions.
I’m the WangGuard Developer.
WangGuard ONLY works on bbPress 2.0+, WangGuard DO NOT work on bbPress 1.x
bbPress 2.0 is a WordPress plugin.
bbPress 2.0 is a WordPress plugin and use the WordPress registration page. That means bbPress 2.0 will fight with sploggers software. The Captchas or reCAPTCHAs not work with this splogger softwares because they jump or crack Captchas and reCAPTCHAS.
Really, only WangGuard will help you with that sploggers or unwanted users. If you don’t use WangGuard, your database will become bigger and bigger.
Now, concerning questions on the plugin page:
@miracleren : Thanks a lot
@Yosemite : You are installing WangGuard on bbPress 1.x and only works on bbPress 2.0+
@iPad 2 kopen : really low people with bbPress use WangGuard, but on WordPress there are more tha 5.000 sites with WangGuard installed. WangGuard is 5 month old and has stopped more than 740.000 (148.000/month) unwanted users. when all bbPress users will upgrade to bbPress 2.0 may use WangGuard.
@PS Vita Forum : WangGuard works like Akismet but for users. Akismet filter the comments on WordPress and the Topics on bbPress. WangGuard filter the users on the registration page. If a user is a Splogger or a unwanted user, WangGuard will block the registration. Too, with WangGuard you can look for a splogger or unwanted user on you database, if WangGuard find a splogger or unwanted user, it will be marked as splogger and spam user and you may delete from the database, that works with a wizard.
Regards
Hi John James Jacoby,
WangGuard only works with bbPress 2.0+ (plugin) because bbPress is a WordPress Plugin.
WangGuard DO NOT work with bbPress 1.x
sutiejsk has installed WangGuard on bbPress 1.x.
On WangGuard bbPress plugin page (https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/wangguard/) you can read “Requires bbPress Version: 2.0 Alpha or higher”
That would make sense. I think the key message is for myself (or anyone else reading this afterwards) is that the templating for bbpress is not intended to follow the same structure / approach as wordpress – that’s definitely where my confusion started to creep in.
For the time being I’m likely to opt for overriding the CSS to provide the branding I require and stick with the current layouts in the default theme until the plugin’s had chance to settle in and some of the examples you mention have had chance to come about. I’d be interested to see more on the “bbPress Pack” approach in good time
Thanks for all the insight, most useful!
I’ll probably come up with a bbPress Skeleton theme/plugin, to show off some of the flexibility. It’s possible to write a custom “bbPress Pack” that would totally override the default bbPress theme layer, without it even touching your current theme. I think that’s the ideal setup really, one where you can kinda “bolt on” parts of a website without needing to move files around here or there.
@John
Thanks for the quick response. Can certainly understand your rationale, sounds like one of those difficult choices had to be made and we are where we are. Thanks for clarifying for me (and all the other forum dwellers!)
From a branding point of view I think in my circumstances i’m going to have to jump into the approach you initially outlined at the start of this thread. I think this is probably likely for a lot of people sporting custom designs & brands etc. Otherwise you’d end up with a whole heap of templates in the core I guess.
That said, it would certainly seem sensible to have some key layouts defined in the core and provision for custom css styles as part of the main theme to cater for branding requirements. Was this the approach you were going for? (Just trying to get my head around it!)
@woodwardmatt: Thanks for the kudos.
The theme layer is complicated because there is no easy way to create a new type of content in WordPress without the theme supporting it.
Originally you *had* to use a bbPress theme (bbp-twentyten) but that was only so I could build something out of nothing. Once I had a theme, I made shortcodes that use individual template parts so things could live anywhere and still look the way the theme looks. Lastly, I built the whole abstraction layer that used the shortcodes to output content where it belongs without you needing to do anything about it.
The thing is, there is only one bbPress 2.0 theme in the world right now, and it’s the one that comes with bbPress 2.0. I’m not opposed to including more theme’s in core, but I think it’s someone else’s turn to make the next one.
To your request: Currently impossible. Plugin updates delete the parent folder and recreate it with new contents. No way to avoid it getting wiped out. 
To your reason: Makes sense, and if we want to make more bbPress themes for core, we can. Then you can pick which “style” of bbPress you want inside your existing theme. Advanced developers still get the flexibility they desire. Win/Win.
Payment: Delicious
There is no file named bbp-template.php.
I’d also suggest not editing any core bbPress files. Your changes will get wiped out when you update bbPress.
Curious what the bug is also. Paste a link in here and I’m happy to see if there is something I can do in bbPress to fix it.
You’ll want to get familiar with how template parts work. The reason there are so many is bbPress uses them to make the shortcodes work correctly.
The file names themselves are fairly verbose, and at the top of each file is the name of the file, which is a fairly clear indication of what it does.
When we get some documentation setup here, I’ll post up a list of the files and what they do and why.
Add /feed to the end of any bbPress 2.0 url.
