[antonchanz]

Hi. Got an install of the bbpress 2.3 beta on a WordPress multisite with Buddypress on the main site. Its hidden from users for the minute while I set it all up. Yeah, I know its a beta and ‘Thar be dragons’ and all that, but really the forum is backed up anyway, and as I say, it isn’t actually visible to users yet.

Just one thing, in the existing site I’m migrating from (which wasn’t multisite but just a single site BuddyPress with integrated single site bbPress), I had set some forums to be visible to members only using a bbpress plugin. Now it looks like in this new bbpress you can set certain forums to ‘Private’ and in the help it says ‘Private (seen only by chosen users)’. Has the bit to choose these users been implemented yet? I can’t find how to chose the users that can see a private forum.

Maybe I’m missing something obvious. Any help appreciated…

[seoguy81]

I wasn’t talking about ‘installing’ the plugin, I was refering to how to access the bbpress admin section.

[tunelab]

I’m having a problem with the import from the standalone bbpress. However, it could be due to size. My current bbpress stats:

7 forums

12246 topics

274779 posts

8498 users

When I import, it cuts off right about 4,900 (page stops loading and ‘completes’). When I go back to import again, it asks if I want to start over or continue, and although I choose continue, it just re-imports the same ones it did before (starts over). I’ve used .htaccess to set my php upload limits and max execution time to a bunch of 9s, so that’s not it.

Any ideas? I can do it manually through phpmyadmin or something if need be, I’m just not sure exactly where to put everything. Site is WP 3.1.3 and bbpress is 1.0.3

[Andre]

Which version of bbPress are you using, plugin (2.0) or standalone (0.x or 1.x)

[Andre]

I’m pretty sure that’s it for options. Plugins for the plugin version of bbPress are installed the same way regular WP plugins are installed.

[lostgarage]

When i try and install bbPress plugins into my site i get the following error

Fatal error: Call to undefined function bb_get_option() in /nfs/c08/h03/mnt/115251/domains/lostgarage.com/html/v2/wp-content/plugins/bb-attachments/bb-attachments.php on line 74

has anyone else had this happen?

[lostgarage]

I am trying to install a few different plugins into bbPress, however i have no clue where to actually go in the admin pannel to install them. on this site in the docs it says go to the bbPress plugins section however i dont see any section like that. I currently just have my normal plugins section and after making “my-plugins” folder and adding things…. nothing shows up in the plugins section of my wordpress admin.

the path is /plugins/bbpress/my-plugins

other than that whats the next step, am i missing something?

the specific plugins im adding are bb-attachments, bb-smilies, bbpm

thanks for any help

Ryan

[John James Jacoby]

RC 1 due out tonight, with lots more little audits and fixes. Thanks to everyone for testing and feedback.

[Nyhm]

Just a suggestion to clarify the login options for bbpress.org.

Upon registration, my username was taken. Figuring I had forgotten I had already registered, I requested a password reset email. Sure enough, I received such an email from bbpress.org including a password reset link. Following the link, I was told that I may not change my password.

Now I’m stuck with no way to submit for any assistance. I tracked down the most active user here to his buddypress.org page, which indicates I can login with my wordpress.org account, which works (same username).

So, I try my luck with my wordpress.org account at bbpress.org, and here I am. Single-signon with wordpress.org is fine… but not clear to new visitors (reflects poorly on the state of bbPress as a first impression).

Please understand, I’m not trying to be critical, and I like what I’m seeing from bbPress. I’m just giving this use-case to help improve the experience. Best wishes.

[markaduffy]

put bbpress folder in

/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/

In wp-admin console (in web browser) go to buddypress>forums setup> and point to bb-config in bbpress folder you just installed.

Of course you will need to add your MySQL access details in bb-config.php

[Andre]

Plugin for the plugin version of bbPress are installed the same way WP plugins are.

[Nyhm]

I’d also like to turn off the Home link (first breadcrumb). From this post, I gather it is reasonably easy to do (I’m OK with editing the source).

Can you offer a little more guidance on what to edit?

[Nyhm]

FYI: This is also currently happening in the bbPress Plugin 2.0-beta-3b

[seoguy81]

I installed the bbpress plugin into my wordpress installation. I cannot access the bbp-admin folder to install further plugins. Is this possible?

I tried http://www.mydomain.com/forum/bbp-admin as well as http://www.mydomain.com/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-admin

Please help!

[arbingersys]

I’m scratching my head on this one. I can’t get bbPress to install, and it always complains about connecting to the database.

The mySql server is remote, and I’ve tried adding it in with the hostname as well as the IP. No dice.

I know the default answer is a credentials problem, but if I use SSH and connect to the website that will host bbPress, I can do

mysql -h hostname -uusername -ppassword

and connect fine.

I can also use the above command to connect from my workstation, remotely. I’ve copy-pasted the credentials dozens of times, verified that it has read/write access to the DB, etc.

I’ve even copied bb-config-sample.php to bb-config.php and edited it manually, but it still can’t connect to the database.

Any ideas what I might try next? Thanks.

[seoguy81]

Im using the jobroller theme which comes with it’s own edit profile interface. Is there a way to tweak the bbpress user edit URL so the users are taken to the default edit profile page?

I’m editing the bbp-user-template.php but kind of stuck here.

Appreciate any responses.

P.S: Instead of rewriting the URLS.. I just want to divert people to something.com/myprofile

[mbiernat]

Let me start by saying I am not an advanced user. However, I would be interested in trouble shooting a theme compatability issues.

The 2010 theme works great for the bbPress plugin.

However, I have a theme which I would like to use which bbPress does not work for.

I have set up a score of forums and only the parent forum shows after resaving the permalinks. The test topics do show, but people would not have the ability to add anything like a new topic or reply.

The theme has many options and I would prefer to use it over a standard WP theme. However, I am not sure why it is not working for the bbPress Plugin.

Will bbPress have something to help convert themes or do you have any idea what is going on?

If it is too much recoding on my part I might just use the 2011 theme when it rolls out. Or think of plan b.

My site as it is now is http://peopleandlanguages.com/

Thanks and sorry in advance if this question is not the type of question you look at, rather you adress more macro issues.

[funnycat777]

I have the same problem in bbpress 2.0 beta 3b, where the search function can search the blog but not the forum. Is this happening because it’s a beta version?

[schrepel]

1) If a user clicks “log in here” from any forum, and they log in as normal, it redirects (correctly) back to the forum page. However, if they click “lost your password?” and then do a password change and log in, it takes them back to the blog homepage, not forums. Any way to hold the “redirect back to forum” querystring through the password-reset/login process?

2) When I drag bbPress Forum List widget to the main sidebar of the bbPress/twentyten theme, all widgets below that one disappear (not in the admin dashboard, but in the forum page itself). The bbPress Topic list widget works fine, just not the Forum List.

[jobjorn]

You can find an old translation file here: http://dropbox.jobjorn.se/bbpress-sv_SE.zip

It will cover most of the stuff in the latest 2.0 beta. I know Torbjörn Sjögren is working with an updated version, I’ll post it here when I’ve received it from him.

[Swaree]

Is it possible to tag the spammers reply as spam rather than the entire conversation/topic???

[abdessamad idrissi]

you know, some people are not ashamed posting spam on this opensource community making or lovely forums dirty!

Whenever I see one, I tag it “spam”, I hope there’s an automated process that puts spam-taged posts in a freez-mode until reviewed by admin.

A function/system that allows bbpress.org forums users to contribute in fighting spam would be really appreciated.. I’ll be the first one to use it

[brassblogs]

Okay – spam reply above is… not helping. (and really has nothing to do with the price of eggs in China…)

But anyway.

I suppose I should RTFM, no? I just saw the sticky post on this subject, and I fall under the category of “ur doin it rong.”

In case anyone else needs to know, when you create a child theme, it goes in your themes directory, not as a subfolder in the WordPress parent theme. Duh.

More coffee in the morning would be a good habit for me to take up.

[abdessamad idrissi]

Thanx Andre; Genious idea!

[Andre]

Another option is to create a page, title it whatever you like but I titled my example “Forum”. Put “[bbp-forum-index]” including the brackets as the content of the page and publish it.

Then go to Settings -> Reading in the Admin panel. Change the “Front Page Displays” option to page and select “Forum” or whatever you named the page.