That will probably be the long term solution I will use. However, at the moment with bbpress changing so fast I want to make as few changes as possible to ‘core’ bbpress files.
*I’ll ask you later, when I get to that point, what the best function would be in order to do that as efficiently as possible.
You are working at such a furious pace on bbpress that I have already had to ‘rebuild’ my custom bbpress custom templates over a dozen times.
For now I am simply taking the logic out of every bbpress template and wrapping it into my own templates on each revision. Having to remember to change core code as well would be to much to keep up with.
Rather than having a totally separate template file for each topic, why not run some kind function to check which topic is being served, and then use get_template_part to grab the piece you need from your own custom folder? That would prevent you needing to litter the root of your theme with tons of custom files.
Rather than having a totally separate template file for each topic, why not run some kind function to check which topic is being served, and then use get_template_part to grab the piece you need from your own custom folder? That would prevent you needing to litter the root of your theme with tons of custom files.
Thanks for the info, kinda figured that was the case.
Because I fully plan on using separate template files for each topic, this is going to get out of hand very fast.
Maybe someday WordPress will look into this a bit more as I can see how this is going to get very messy with very complex themes utilizing a number of template files.
*I’m sorry that I have not yet participated in posting bugs etc.. I am still quite busy messing with template concepts so I have not yet gotten to the point of even trying out the functionality.
Thanks for the info, kinda figured that was the case.
Because I fully plan on using separate template files for each topic, this is going to get out of hand very fast.
Maybe someday WordPress will look into this a bit more as I can see how this is going to get very messy with very complex themes utilizing a number of template files.
*I’m sorry that I have not yet participated in posting bugs etc.. I am still quite busy messing with template concepts so I have not yet gotten to the point of even trying out the functionality.
@Morgan – You should just be able to remove the database tables prefixed with “bb_” and that’s it. You don’t really even need to do that, since the size of those tables is likely very small. That along with possibly your admin user having the “Key Master” user role rather than the “Admin” one. Otherwise, the two platforms don’t really touch each other at all when they are integrated.
I’ll look into this tonight.
The bbp_is_topic() function should definitely exist, as long as bbPress is active. Can you confirm that you still have bbPress active on this site?
@anointed – In a word, no. 
WordPress custom post types only know to look for their files in the root of the theme folder, and the same goes for page templates as well. For now if you want a totally customized theme, those files need to live in the root. I did my best to minimize the number of files in the root, and instead split them up into template parts in the /bbpress folder (because I want the same thing you do.)
It might be possible to hook into the template loader, see what the request is, and force it to look into a different folder, but there’s no possible way to do it at all with page templates; it’s actually purposely disallowed to prevent the theme from having to scan every file inside every subfolder to find them.
@anointed – In a word, no. WordPress custom post types only know to look for their files in the root of the theme folder, and the same goes for page templates as well. For now if you want a totally customized theme, those files need to live in the root. I did my best to minimize the number of files in the root, and instead split them up into template parts in the /bbpress folder (because I want the same thing you do.)
It might be possible to hook into the template loader, see what the request is, and force it to look into a different folder, but there’s no possible way to do it at all with page templates; it’s actually purposely disallowed to prevent the theme from having to scan every file inside every subfolder to find them.
I followed the instructions and copied the files into the themes directory. After reading the above, I just copied them into my child theme also. I have added the required code to functions.php.
I show this child theme:
bbPress (Atahualpa366 Child) 1.1 by bbPress teams, atahualpa team, keith messinger
Adds bbPress forums to the Atahualpa366 theme
Activate | Preview | Delete
The template files are located in /themes/atahualpa366. The stylesheet files are located in /themes/bbp-atahualpa366. bbPress (Atahualpa366 Child) uses templates from Atahualpa/atahualpa366. Changes made to the templates will affect both themes.
When I preview I get this error: Fatal error: Call to undefined function bbp_is_topic() in /hermes/bosweb26a/b1658/d5.savethec/public_html/stc/wp-content/themes/bbp-atahualpa366/functions.php on line 165
I know this is a beta and don’t expect it to totally work correctly. More or less just keeping the bbp up to date on my progress.
Thanks!
Request:
I am using my own theme and did copy all the files to my themes directory. Everything is working as expected.
What I would like to do is instead of having to copy all the bbpress theme files into the root of my theme folder, is it possible to simply copy the bbpress folder itself into my theme folder?
I am finding that I have a ton of files in my theme root level now, and it is a bit ‘messy’. It would be so much cleaner if I could simply keep all my files in the bbpress folder within my themes root folder.
The problem would only get worse when I add in buddypress custom theme files.
I am also thinking long-term, as if I come back to a site months down the road, it would make it much easier to remember which template is for which plugin etc.. Having all the bbpress theme files in my theme root is making it hard to remember already what does what.
What I am hoping for is:
wp-content/my-theme/bbpress-forum-template-files/
Is this possible?
Request:
I am using my own theme and did copy all the files to my themes directory. Everything is working as expected.
What I would like to do is instead of having to copy all the bbpress theme files into the root of my theme folder, is it possible to simply copy the bbpress folder itself into my theme folder?
I am finding that I have a ton of files in my theme root level now, and it is a bit ‘messy’. It would be so much cleaner if I could simply keep all my files in the bbpress folder within my themes root folder.
The problem would only get worse when I add in buddypress custom theme files.
I am also thinking long-term, as if I come back to a site months down the road, it would make it much easier to remember which template is for which plugin etc.. Having all the bbpress theme files in my theme root is making it hard to remember already what does what.
What I am hoping for is:
wp-content/my-theme/bbpress-forum-template-files/
Is this possible?
My blog post tags were giving a page-not-found notification when clicked. To get them to work again, I had to deactivate the bbPress plugin and re-save my permalinks. When I reactivated the plugin I got the same error. My permalinks setting looks like this: /%category%/%postname%/ (this scheme was recommended for ComicPress).
Is there a way to get them both working?
Thanks.
– Jeff
mellomoose.com
This is a problem with the “oh, we can make it a plugin” approach used for bbPress standalone: a good chunk of the userbase won’t upgrade until the plugins are upgraded too. I was going to start a bbPress 1.0 forum but I was dependent on so many _ck_ plugins that I basically decided to wait for 2.0 (though inability to make the theme match my site and getting too busy to even work on my blog were also contributing factors). Luckily WordPress has taken steps to prevent this (though I have a plugin that’s been basically abandoned that’s been keeping me on the 2.9 series, but it’s not a particularly popular plugin, as evidenced by the fact that it’s gone through at least three different incarnations as developers have stopped working on it).
On that note, my bbPress standalone installation was formally integrated with my WordPress installation in every way, but because I never really “launched” the forum I’d like to completely uninstall it and start over when 2.0 comes out of beta. However, I’m a little concerned that bbPress may have left some clutter in my WordPress database that I’d like to completely get rid of. How easy would that be? I’m the only user account on my site and I cut off any registrations on my bbPress installation so I’m the only account there too.
Example: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/comment-form-quicktags
plugin works on normal WordPress posts comment forms but doesn’t work on bbPress2’s reply forms.
Hi! Is there any wysiwyg reply form on bbPress 2, like zaerl Editor or BBcode Buttons Toolbar? I tried TinyMCEComments plugin for WP but i didn’t work on bbPress 2
Aha… I had read somewhere that _ck_ had gone “underground” and kinda disappeared. Not sure if that’s actually the case but either way I would sure love to have a Views column. Thanks!
Jonathan
kai920: That probably means that the first posts weren’t cached properly by bbPress standalone (when it was asked to do by the importer). It might fix if you restore your backup and run the import again.
tooltrainer: That was a plugin by _ck_. I might port it over if she doesn’t. 
I just noticed there is no “views” column so members can know how many times a particular topic had been read. Are there plans to add this? It’s a much-desired feature.
Thanks!
Jonathan
The addition of shortcodes will most certainly make it easier for users to embed the forums as they please and see fit….
One thing I would like to see though is the addition of a shortcodes icon within the page/post editors for ease of use, this could be extended to allow you to select the specific forum to build a shortcode string.
When used within a multisite environment it would also lower the amount of confusion as it would most likely also do in single installations. Although shortcodes are simple enough, not everyone is so web savvy.
Simplicity with a forum shortcode insert button would certainly make it much easier and eye pleasing without to much more code. Please!!!!
Thanks for all the great work here!
The addition of shortcodes will most certainly make it easier for users to embed the forums as they please and see fit….
One thing I would like to see though is the addition of a shortcodes icon within the page/post editors for ease of use, this could be extended to allow you to select the specific forum to build a shortcode string.
When used within a multisite environment it would also lower the amount of confusion as it would most likely also do in single installations. Although shortcodes are simple enough, not everyone is so web savvy.
Simplicity with a forum shortcode insert button would certainly make it much easier and eye pleasing without to much more code. Please!!!!
Thanks for all the great work here!
With the new plugin importer, I am noticing my imported threads all have an empty first post. Is there a query I can run to delete all first posts, or a way to troubleshoot the import script at what I might have done wrong?
When I change this line:
function bbp_show_lead_topic( $show_lead = false ) {
to this:
function bbp_show_lead_topic( $show_lead = true ) {
the reply form disappears.
Is this a bug or a feature?
(This happens with a fresh bbpress install).
(I’m using bbpress 2.0 beta and wordpress 3.1)
