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.
You can convert your WordPress install into bbPress standalone and then convert bbPress standalone into bbPress plugin.
I’ve been playing around with the plugin for a couple of hours now and have had absolutely no problems. It’s fairly simple to customize as well. I’m already tweaking it.
Now, lets get some new plugins and really get this thing rocking.
My wish list,
TinyMCE editor
Messaging system between members
The signature plugin that was mentioned earlier in this thread is also working perfectly.
I’m liking it.
Does this work with the new bbpress 2 (plugin version) or is it only for the current release?
Does this work for bbpress 2 (plugin version) or is it only for the current release?
The buddypress forum system is kinda odd compared to other forum software.
What you need to do is create a new group, and for each group you can then create a forum.
So, with what you have in mind, you need to create a “General Discussion” group and a “Questions” group and then create a forum for each of those.
I know, it’s confusing. I’ve never been a fan of the buddypress group/forum system.
Depending on your timeline, you might be better off waiting for newest versions of both buddypress and bbpress. Maybe a month or so for final releases.
BTW, the new bbpress plugin is very nice.
The buddypress forum system is kinda odd compared to other forum software.
What you need to do is create a new group, and for each group you can then create a forum.
So, with what you have in mind, you need to create a “General Discussion” group and a “Questions” group and then create a forum for each of those.
I know, it’s confusing. I’ve never been a fan of the buddypress group/forum system.
Depending on your timeline, you might be better off waiting for newest versions of both buddypress and bbpress. Maybe a month or so for final releases.
BTW, the new bbpress plugin is very nice.
@JJJ That did the trick. Thanks!
@citizenkeith – bbPress was doing some wp-login.php hi-jacking, and that’s been removed now. Try the most recent revision and let me know if it’s still happening?
@citizenkeith:
if i type “wp-admin” i’m redirected to “wp-login.php”, no problems here with maintenance mode pluggin, using latest build.
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I have tried and tried to make this work and searched forums high and low but have not had any luck making bbPress work with Buddypress.
I have done the following (In the following order):
Fresh install of WP 3.1.2
Fresh install of Buddypress 1.2.8
Then I went to Buddypress > Forums Setup > setup a new bbPress installation
(I even tried a separate install of bbPress but kept getting “page cannot be displayed” errors when going to the URL to set it up.)
I see a Forums menu now and created a group called Public.
BUT, how to add add Main topics like “General Discussion”, “Questions”, etc and allow users to create sub-topics? (Like every other forum on the web.)
All I want is for users to visit my site and be able to see main and sub-topics and then read the forums. Then if they want to participate, create an account and login in… again, just like most other sites with forums on the webs.
And I’ll even volunteer to write documentation on the entire process if only I could understand it. It seem that things are assumed (such as created Groups being mandetory) only they aren’t well documented.
WP forums have some instructions, BP has some more and this site even more. Only it appears that none seem ot overlap and some important info is missing.
It’s like getting a shiny new car only no one told you that you need to add an extra part to make it work.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
So I’ve just migrated an large, but insanely spam-infested vBulletin forum over to bbPress (via phpBB3). The migration wasn’t really smooth, but I was able to at least get the data across.
Now that I have everything up and running in bbPress, I want to bulk-scan all the existing posts for spam. Would that be possible to somehow run the akismet plugin in against all the existing posts to sort out all the spam posts? We’re talking a rather large forum here (200k+ posts).
just add these to your functions.php file to disable wp-login.php redirect:
remove_filter( ‘login_redirect’, ‘bbp_redirect_login’, 2, 3 );
remove_filter( ‘login_url’, ‘bbp_login_url’, 2, 2 );
remove_filter( ‘logout_url’, ‘bbp_logout_url’, 2, 2 );
I am using the Maintenance Mode plugin for WP until I launch my new site. With bbPress plugin installed, I am redirected from /wp-admin to /login. The only way to login is to delete the bbPress plugin or the Maintenance Mode plugin.
Just a word of warning for those who may be doing the same…
