I agree, this is a valid question.
I have a clean brand new install of WordPress.
I installed the buddypress plugin and it seems like it works fine. I don’t like the fact you can’t make any changes to it’s internal install of bbpress (no settings page that I could find) so I don’t enable the forum.
I install the bbPress Plugin (2.0-beta-3b) and it shows up in the dashboard. I can create forums and posts. I cannot get to the default listing of forums on the site.
mydomain.com/forums/ – goes to what looks like a blank wordpress page named “Forums”
I can click view forum from withing the dashboard and it takes me to the forum topic
It has been a month and I think that this is a worthwhile thing to discuss, so giving it a bump.
I don’t think so. The only thing that might be close is this plugin: Help
Register Plus Redux
but the settings don’t say anything about roles.
The forum is set to private – but that’s because I want people to be logged in to see it. Is that not an option?
Without seeing the actual site / code I’m afraid I can’t help you. (not promising I can help you (or have the time) when I see it either by the way)
You can target bbPress with
.bbPress
for instance
.bbPress #content {
width:903px;
}
Did you set the forum to private or hidden?
Or do you run any role / capabilities plugin? (Like ‘members’ for instance)
I’m able to get a user to register just fine, (I tested it myself) but once I’m logged in as a different user, it doesn’t allow me to see the forum. I’ve got screen shots I can share, but not sure how to upload here.
Hi Pimarts,
I have found that code in one of my plugins and deactivated it but without luck.
I have also tried adding “body {text-align:left!important}” to my Custom CSS, but also without any joy.
Do you know of any CSS that I might be able to add to directly affect the bbPress pages?
Something along the lines of “.bbp-content {text-align:left}”
many thanks,
Glyn
The plugin is not finished yet, documentation will be made (available) when the plugin is done. For now you’ll have to look into the files and search this forum. Because this question has been answered already.
See https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-and-studiopress-genesis-can-someone-please-tell-me-if-this-works for instance.
In short: bbPress uses WordPress users, your users can register like they would normally for the WordPress installation. There are shortcodes for login / register pages though.
I’m not sure where to find bbPress 1.x themes, but if your current blog is a WordPress site I would use the bbPress plugin so you can use your existing WP theme. The plugin can be found at https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress/.
Hi all,
I have just set up bbpress 2.0 as a plug in to my WordPress website and it is working great.
However, I can’s seem to work out how a user (other than me) can register and log in to start a topic or reply to a post….
Can anyone help?
Many thanks,
Glyn
Read up on the P2 discussion, in particular this post by JJJ to get an idea of where to start looking.
I also made a mockup of how I personally envisioned this functionality:
https://i.imgur.com/sBzHj.png
For my purposes, I envision only one extra level of nesting. I don’t like the way WordPress discussions can turn into abominations of hierarchy. In my opinion StackOverflow has set an excellent standard already.
Hi, where can i download some themes for bbpress 1.0.3. Because in this case google is not very helpful. I found few sites where are some themes, but these are for bbpress under 1.0 or download link do not work at all. You know, I want to make forum in my blog, and I can not find any nice theme. Can you give me some link, where is some themes for bbpress 1.0.3. ?
Thank you.
The phrase “Cheap Benidorm hotels and apartments” obviously isn’t in bbPress core, so you must have a Page with that title set to be your homepage.
You can override the individual pieces as needed. Look for the bbp_breadcrumb() function.
Hi,
I have managed to set bbpress up but it automatically places breadcrumbs on the page which are not correct.
the breadcrumb should show:
Home > forum
Instead it shows:
Cheap Benidorm hotels and apartments > forums > forum
Can the breadcrumbs be corrected or disabled?
Thanks,
Glyn
Wow, this was really helpful. Thank you so much. I will be playing with this today, and I think this is going to work now.
Have a great day!
domain/wp-login.php?action=register should do the trick.
There are shortcodes for the following though, so you might be able to make your own register page (I’m running bbPress in combination with BuddyPress so I don’t need it):
[bbp-login]
[bbp-register]
[bbp-lost-pass]
Yes, I was experimenting with the wordpress plugin (not the stand alone).
So the plugin doesn’t have a “register” page, (aside from sending them toa wordpress admin)?
Quick check: Are you using the bbPress WordPress plugin (currently at RC1) ? Or the stand-alone edition? I was talking about the WordPress plugin.
The plugin uses the WordPress login / register functions. There’s no separate register page for the forums.
Ah, thank you.
I noticed that there is no “register” section. Perhaps that is a CSS issue?
Also, when I typed in the domain/forums/register.php, it gives me a 404 not found error.
Could that be css? Do I need the genesis connect plugin?
It probably says “Theme does not natively support bbPress”. This shouldn’t be much of a problem. It says the same in my admin too and it works just fine.
Either bbPress tries to give some proper styling itself or you can get it done yourself with custom CSS.
I have wordpress, and I use the genesis (studiopress) framework. I REALLY like the look and feel of BBpress, but I was playing around with it and I noticed that it said “Theme does not support bbpress” or something like that on the admin page.
My question is this: Does the Genesis connect plugin fix this? Or is there special coding needed to make genesis (or a child theme) work with the BBpress platform?
I really wanted to keep my blog design the same, and BBpress would allow me to do this nicely, while adding an elegant (and simplistic) way for people to discuss topics.
Thanks!
m-jay: bbPress 2.0 plugins are plugins to WordPress, that interact with bbPress 2.0 (which is also a plugin of WordPress). These are listed on the plugin browser on WordPress Extend (what pimarts linked to above).
Some of these plugins will be related to the bbPress 1.x or below. But in the future, I see most of them being entirely for bbPress 2.0
bbPress 1.x or below plugins are listed on the plugin browser on https://bbpress.org/plugins/
Why would a post not show up in the forum? Besides the topic it has “22 posts + 3 more”.
When I click on the “3 more” it shows me the posts that are not showing, but they have been yellowed out. I take it that they’re being moderated – but by who?
Also, how does one approve of these posts that are apparently being moderated. We’re using bbPress 1.0.2 (www.monarch.org.nz).
Thanks for your help in advance.
Jacqui
Making a subdomain is the exact same process. It has nothing to do with bbPress and everything to do with your WordPress Network configuration. It’s all neatly laid out in the codex. This is for advanced users though.
If you just want the sub-domain for cosmetic reasons (i.e. it just looks tidier) that’s not really good enough reason to set up a network site. You have to realize that enabling Network comes with a lot of implications on how you can use and extend your WordPress site. For example, only a small percentage of the plugins in the WordPress repository have been tested and made to work in a Network environment.
