We are using this plugin
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/private-forums/#post-33
but rss feeds are still available, though. Still working on that.
At the moment I only have the sample file(i reuploaded all files, hoping it would make a difference). If i manually changed the config file I got a message:could not establish a database connection. I did try creating another database for bbpress but it didn´t help. I have a .htaccess file in the root folder where the wp files and forum folder are. If I should also have it in the forum folder, then there I couldn´t find it.
At the moment I only have the sample file(i reuploaded all files, hoping it would make a difference). If i manually changed the config file I got a message:could not establish a database connection. I did try creating another database for bbpress but it didn´t help. I have a .htaccess file in the root folder where the wp files and forum folder are. If I should also have it in the forum folder, then there I couldn´t find it.
@tooltrainer – that’s the price you pay for having something so customized. In the future any custom plugins won’t be able to drop in, and will all need customization. You’re sacrificing ease of use to have something totally unique. You need to ask yourself if you want to keep babysitting your site whenever anything outside of your control gets updated, or if you can make things work with something you have less control over.
Regarding converting from stand alone to plugin, make sure you have a solid backup and restore plan incase something goes wrong.
Regarding theme comparability, bbPress defaults to using the page.php of your theme and replacing the title and the content with what bbPress expects to be there. If your custom theme has page.php all tricked out, you’ll want to find/hire a developer to show you how to bypass it.
Eventually we’ll have a codex here with examples, similar to codex.wordpress.org, until then it’s up to you early adopters to go hunting for solutions and post them up in the forums, for everyone to learn from. 
I’ve tried to dream up every possible way for things to be filtered and manipulated with this version of bbPress, so you should never need change anything in the core files.
do you see a bb-config.php file in your forum folder, or only a bb-config-sample.php file?
I don’t know if you can use the same database. Perhaps if you only use bbpress as a plugin and not standalone.
Do you have an .htaccess file?
do you see a bb-config.php file in your forum folder, or only a bb-config-sample.php file?
I don’t know if you can use the same database. Perhaps if you only use bbpress as a plugin and not standalone.
Do you have an .htaccess file?
We are using the Private Forums plugin:
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/private-forums/#post-33
although we have just discovered that it doesn’t disable rss feeds, so your post are still visible in a rss reader 
I shall try a different one…
We are using the Private Forums plugin:
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/private-forums/#post-33
although we have just discovered that it doesn’t disable rss feeds, so your post are still visible in a rss reader
I shall try a different one…
Is there by chance any info anyone can point me to on how exactly to make a theme bbP friendly? Since my theme is not based on TwentyTen even the tiniest bit, and is also nothing like the typical “blog” oriented theme, I’ve had to do tremendous amounts of code hacking to get the two to play together. But it sounds like the latest builds of bbP have added a lot of stuff for theme integration.
I’d really like to let one of my coders loose on a fresh install of my theme and the latest bbP, and have her integrate the two “properly” so that future updates to either of them will require a lot less manual hacking. I’m just not really even sure where to start, what files from the bbP theme are required, how to integrate them with my theme (since it doesn’t have the usual suspects like a header file, footer file, single-post file, etc. Nearly everything about it is dynamically generated by the theme admin panel in WP).
Just kinda desperate for a little guidance… thanks!!
Jonathan
can you give me the dummy version of what I need to change in the two places you mentioned?
I thought I did it correctly and tried running the script. What I got was a page of errors and notices. Referencing a few plugins and some other WP files. Way to long to paste here and probably irrelevant to the converter itself.
Where is the file need to be saved and run from?
And then the other changes to it prior to running?
If I get this working I will write a novel on taking a vbulletin site to wordpress with bbpress. It will be long and partially a nightmare story with happy ending!
Thank you for your help.
can you give me the dummy version of what I need to change in the two places you mentioned?
I thought I did it correctly and tried running the script. What I got was a page of errors and notices. Referencing a few plugins and some other WP files. Way to long to paste here and probably irrelevant to the converter itself.
Where is the file need to be saved and run from?
And then the other changes to it prior to running?
If I get this working I will write a novel on taking a vbulletin site to wordpress with bbpress. It will be long and partially a nightmare story with happy ending!
Thank you for your help.
Under normal circumstances, it should be absolutely painless. I’d recommend running it on your localhost or at least have a backup of the whole database. Also, I’d recommend you to use the latest version, you’d have to copy paste or checkout the file – I haven’t zipped and uploaded it as an archive yet.
Under normal circumstances, it should be absolutely painless. I’d recommend running it on your localhost or at least have a backup of the whole database. Also, I’d recommend you to use the latest version, you’d have to copy paste or checkout the file – I haven’t zipped and uploaded it as an archive yet.
I am going to try and see if this works and need some guidance for the paths to input into the file.
I do have WP in the root directory.
I have bbpress standalone in /forums
I do also have buddpress integrated into bbpress with the group forums working.
First is that all going to cause me great pain or is this going to be a painless thing to run?
I appreciate your hardwork and help.
Thank you.
I am going to try and see if this works and need some guidance for the paths to input into the file.
I do have WP in the root directory.
I have bbpress standalone in /forums
I do also have buddpress integrated into bbpress with the group forums working.
First is that all going to cause me great pain or is this going to be a painless thing to run?
I appreciate your hardwork and help.
Thank you.
Hi everyone!
I´m sorry in advance if something stays confusing-english is not my mother tongue, but I´ll do my best.
I have a problem that seems to be quite common, but I can´t find a solution. My tecnical skills aren´t too good, but I´ve been reading through different posts almost all day long and nothing I´ve tried helps. I have downloaded bbpress, put it in a forum folder, checked the db name,user ect a hundred times but still nothing. When I go to the link where my forum should be this is what I get:
Page not found!
I’m sorry, but there is nothing at this URL.
Forums is proudly powered by bbPress.
So I can´t even see the installation page. I thought that maybe it has something to do with my theme(it didn´t work very well with buddypress). I tried to change the theme, but the problem stayed the same. Also I use the same database both for wp and bbpress. All other pages, beside forum, work just fine.
I am very, very thankful for any help you can give me.
I am thinking I want to give this thing a whirl. I got the zip downloaded, change the name and uploaded the directory. Currently I have a standalone bbpress forum with the BP group forums integrated. I have activated the plugin and see my options in the admin panel. I added a forum which I only see the Title for at the /forum page. I know there was a converter from the stand alone but can’t recall where that thread is or what to do with it once I get it.
Is there a quick what to do next somewhere or is it to early on to be asking for some help getting it setup?
I will point out that I am come from the hell of vbulletin world and converted everything to phpbb then to bbpress on my tests sites and now looking to finish it all off with this plugin. Truly not something I want to ever have to do again!
Thanks for all the help and support here and elsewehre on these forums.
I was looking for those too and found this:
from bbp-includes/bbp-shortcodes.php:
bbp-forum-index
bbp-single-forum, pass id attribute
bbp-topic-index
bbp-topic-form
bbp-single-topic, pass id attribute
bbp-topic-tags
bbp-topic-tag
bbp-reply-form
Is there a good shortcode reference sheet available for the plugin?
Hey there everyone! I am going to be installing bbPress to my WordPress blog but just have a few questions before jumping into anything straight away. I’ll list them so it makes it simpler and easier for you guys to answer and avoids any and all confusion.
1. Do you recommend that bbPress is installed in the same directory/folder as my WordPress blog? Please explain why (advantages/disadvantages, if any).
2. In order to integrate it to my blog, will my current theme (K2) work with bbPress (take a look at my blog if you don’t know what K2 is)?
3. On this page, listed under the title ‘Functions (optional)’, do you recommend that I do it or no? Again, advantages and/or disadvantages please.
That’s all the questions I’ve got at the moment. Hoping to get answers as soon as possible to get my forum set up. Thanks guys!
@JJJ re my broken theme. Flaky ftp client I guess, 14 files failed to upload including style.css. All set.
