You can find a link to the plugin in the sticky post at the top of the forum.
The bbpress plugin’s topics and replies are custom post types.
Check bbpress.php for the register_post_type functions.
I’ve only been hacking away at the plugin for a day but from what I’ve seen all of the standard custom post type features appear to be working.
Tomorrow I’m going to mess around with custom fields, custom meta boxes and adding in some additional taxonomies.
I see a lot of possibilities for blurring the lines between a blog and a forum.
If you can manipulate wordpress to do crazy stuff, you’ll love the new plugin version.
I would like to know how I get my forum to look like the bbpress forum?
Using the default theme it doesn’t even come close to what is shown here in on the forum. Same with the other themes I have checked out.
If possible I would like to know the easiest way to get some type of navigation links in the header so people can get back to the main site areas.
I assume the new plugin will fix that part but until then I just need some basic styling to get it working smoothly.
Currently I have a list of discussions and topics a mile long down the page then the forums are underneath with sub forums underneath that.
Do note I imported this from PHPBB. It wasn’t like that on there but I can understand having to deal with some general issues with the conversion process.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
My site is here http://crosseyedgaming.com/site-forums/
Is it something that can be done with the to-be-released BBpress plugin? If yes, is the beta release available for testing?
Is it something that can be done with the to-be-released BBpress plugin? If yes, is the beta release available for testing?
@gautam is there a specific converter from phpbb to bbpress convertor other than the one I mentioned?
Just so you all know, I was able to work out my issue I mentioned. So that one does work. Have not tried the new plug in. Maybe later on.
Just a note for all: There are importers for phpBB from almost anything, so just import your forums to that, then use the converter for phpBB -> bbPress standalone and then convert bbPress standalone -> bbPress plugin. That’s the way it could work right now, but can be simplified later. 
I am sure there will be new ones but there is one out there which does work.
That can be located in the
http://code.google.com/p/phpbb3-to-bbpress1-converter/downloads/detail?name=phpbb3-to-bbpress1-converter_v2.zip&can=2&q=
I found that when looking for a solution to move a vbulletin forum to bbpress beings I was in the midst of changing to wordpress for all of my sites functions.
That link is here – http://www.ericm.ca/2010/05/31/vbulletin-4-to-bbpress-and-wordpress-integration/
As long as you are doing it per the instructions, it works perfect. I have done it twice now on test sites. The only glitch I hit was on my new site the WP and BBP integration is already there so I don’t have a bb_users table which is the first thing the converter is looking for. I was going to ask for some help with that from the maker as I have by forums and users stuck now in a PHPBB forum and can not get them into WP or BBP as far as I can tell.
I have no idea how all that will play with the new plugin but I am hoping to get my site on track and then move to the plugin at some point.
Hope this helps.
I run a fairly active PHPBB3 forum. I’ve been playing with bbPress a bit, I really like it, and am looking forward to this launch of bbPress as a WordPress plugin (The biggest headache with a PHPBB3 forum is it’s complexity when it comes to add-ons and upgrades, which WordPress and bbPress have made simple.)
The big question on my mind, and probably many others… Will there be a plugin/tool for converting from PHPBB3 to bbPress?
Hi folks,
I want to use BBPress for a message/discussion board for doctors. However, the requirement is that every topic should start with a set of basic fields. This is because they are going to be talking about a particular condition at hand and we need that a combination of fields be selected and input to accompany the topic.
I know WordPress now offers custom post type so you can add custom fields to a post. But can something similar be done with topics in BBpress? Has anyone tried something like that before?
Thanks,
-tejas
@jaja – Thanks
@christopher jon – Still haven’t decided which way to go with that yet. The need isn’t quite there yet I don’t think, but soon.
Hi Christopher,
Thanks for the reply. I finally figured out that the forums are indeed “odd” and really not very friendly to setup or use. I was really excited when I found the WordPress, Buddypress and bbPress combination but my excitement soon turned to frustration.
I finally gave up on WP, BP and bbPress and went back to Joomla/Community Builder. While the Joomla/CB combination doesn’t have the finesse and cleanness of Buddypress they does offer a far more conventional UI on the front-end and far easier to manage back-end.
They also do a far better job of integration with other extensions.
WP, BP and bbPress feel like the Mac O.S.’s to me. Very pretty and work well… once you figure out how *they* want you to think. But they do things their OWN way and if you want to deviate, you get kicked out of the cult.
And the documentation is very Mac-like. “Do step 1 and then it works.” But they forgot about steps 2-10 as it’s assumed you already knew that.
Hi Christopher,
Thanks for the reply. I finally figured out that the forums are indeed “odd” and really not very friendly to setup or use. I was really excited when I found the WordPress, Buddypress and bbPress combination but my excitement soon turned to frustration.
I finally gave up on WP, BP and bbPress and went back to Joomla/Community Builder. While the Joomla/CB combination doesn’t have the finesse and cleanness of Buddypress they does offer a far more conventional UI on the front-end and far easier to manage back-end.
They also do a far better job of integration with other extensions.
WP, BP and bbPress feel like the Mac O.S.’s to me. Very pretty and work well… once you figure out how *they* want you to think. But they do things their OWN way and if you want to deviate, you get kicked out of the cult.
And the documentation is very Mac-like. “Do step 1 and then it works.” But they forgot about steps 2-10 as it’s assumed you already knew that.
I solved my problem for the bbPress plugin not showing up in my wp-plugins directory.
(local MAMP)
When i changed localhost -> localhost:8889 in my wp-config.php file it works.
I don’t know if that was the correct error but it working for me at this moment.
define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost:8889’);
Good job everybody that is working on this code.
Looks pretty good so far..
Only one little ‘problem’ report..
I think everybody will be able to install a WP site + bbPress forum in the feature in just a few clicks 
Yes, bbPress is now being made a WordPress plugin
Yes, bbPress is now being made a WordPress plugin
Discovered a new bug, it appears that all replies are getting the same topic as parent. I don’t think that this was the case before, but not 100% sure.
EDIT: So here’s the thing. When migrating from standalone I can’t access replies, only if I write a new reply can I access it.
But the problem is when writing this new reply, all other replies gets the same topic as the new one I wrote.
Don’t know if this is an issue with the migration script or if it’s something with bbpress plugin, I will cross-link this to the other forum topic.
Plugin is looking fantastic and everything is working accordingly, however I’m still having problems with the “Create New Topic” form appearing on the Forum Index page. This was not there before.
Going into a Forum Category does not display the “Create New Topic” form and displays the forums in the category which is correct as this was resolved.
Going into a SubForum displays the “Create New Topic” form which is also correct as this was also resolved.
Could you confirm whether the “Create New Topic” form is supposed to appear on the Forum Index Page?
Once again, thank you for making this fantastic plugin.
A little request/suggestion, a dedicated 2.0 forum to get some conversations going.
It might get confusing mixing up topics between versions.
I still get internal server errors, also the same problem with replies, they are not visible in the forums unless i edit and update each.
Something more official will probably come down the pipe eventually. I imagine there will be a need to convert long blog comment conversations into forum topics and replies.
That did the trick. Thanks!
@christopher jon – Very good to hear!
I just put the final touches on theme compatibility for user profiles and topic/reply editing, so now they won’t look as wonky.
All that’s left to finish with theme compat are views, and I don’t expect them to be a problem at all.
We are now 8 tickets (and only a few more labor hours) away from putting this into WordPress Extend. Sadly it’s behind schedule (weird eh?) but wanted to keep everyone posted.
If there are any technical writers out there, the contextual help screens that WordPress has could use some bbPress specific content. You’d be doing me a nice favor to take a look at https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1510 and drop some prose in there.
