What’s the story with the Forum Profiles?
Hoping that the devs gonna stick with the built-in one and then allow users to either grab Theme My Login or BuddyPress to allow public editing if they feel they need it.
The included theme is an example – in time you’ll see a few themes that are bbPress ready.
Noticed in the latest revision that the bbPress theme appears within the WP Themes section, but I don’t like the fact you have to activate the bbPress theme and then just inherit the Parent Theme would much rather that the theme files be within the actual WP theme like you do when using the Template Pack for BuddyPress.
Also I also strongly agree with the others about NOT having public profiles, there are plenty of plugins out there than can do this so no need for it, plus if you have buddypress running as well you will end up with duplicate profiles like you do with the current stand-alone bbPress system.
EDIT: Actually WP supports public profiles out of the box /author/yourname it’s just a case of the template file showing the additional information! But if you want to make them public editable then grab Theme My Login plugin.
Rich,
Thanks. I registered with the site a while back, but didn’t realize I had so much ability on the back end. I didn’t see how to start a new forum but I see how you basically control what is presented with page templates.
Since there is a “single-bbp_forum” file in the theme’s directory, I assume I can assign a single forum to a specific page. This is what I need.
Looks promising.
Thanks!
@gswaim – In short, yes it is possible, although it may require an additional plugin file to help bridge the two together, or at least some customized theme files to handle the display of forums and topics within your custom setup.
gswaim, test it out and see if it does what you want – I’d be inclined to say yes.
http://wordpress.elfden.co.uk/forum/
I update every few days, so it is fairly upto date.
JJJ and Crew,
I have been waiting a long time for this plug-in. I can hang on, as long as I know it can do what I need. I am not sharp enough to look at the current files and understand how it gets implemented; therefore, I have one basic question.
I am using my WP install to deliver the equivalent of an online course. I want to provide a forum for each module within the course. So, with the bbPress plugin, will I be able to put a given forum on one page and another forum on another page?
It appears that most of the presentation is controlled by code on a page template. I could create multiple page templates, as needed. I just don’t know if your solution will allow me to display a specific forum on a specific page.
Thanks for your work on this!
Profiles are mandatory in a forum…
@willabee I also think that it is important to keep this plugin as simple as possible. But the profiles are already included in the backend of WP, to bring this to the frontend would be important to keep the look and feel of the site.
@Dudd This would be an option indeed. But since the topic posts aren’t included in the author archives, it still wouldn’t be possible for users to find their posts back..
I think this is bug on bbpress trunk 2651 … how can i fix it ?
I think this is bug on bbpress trunk 2651 … how can i fix it ?
@joris: you can use specific plugin like mingle
Hi,
I hope someone can help me here, I’ve tried Googling and searching this forum but haven’t been successful in finding an answer.
WordPress 3.01 using TwentyTen theme
bbPress 1.02 using modified Kakumei theme.
Single database with additional chars added to table names (e.g. wp_obscure_)
I integrated WordPress and bbPress by following this tutorial by Ashfame.
I can access the bbPress Dashboard but I cannot make any changes to the Settings or (more importantly) add new Forums or sub forums – I am redirected to the WP dashboard when I press the “Add Forum” button (or similar submit elsewhere).
Naturally, I can’t be going into the database each time a new forum is required.
Best Regards, Karl
I prefer they don’t add profiles to this plugin, that’s not neccesairy for a forum plugin. They should keep this as simple as possible.
I am testing the plugin and really like the simplicity of it. This could be an ‘community’ alternative to Buddypress, because I found Buddypress too heavy for high traffic sites.But what I really like from Buddypress are the public profiles and front end account / admin options.
Are there any plans to make public profiles in this new plugin, instead of using the default WP admin area? Something like BBpress has right now for example..
@Driz: Which folder? What should the permissions be set at ?
Thank you.
@DeysonOrtiz
I had the same issue, check your permissions! Fixed it for me.
@rich-pedley
Didn’t realize that the movement of theme files was no longer necessary.
Update:
Site #1
I see that the forum theme files are present in the plugin directory. The site is using the bbp-twentyten them on that site.
Site #2
Copied files to the child theme for buddypress to work properly. Modified as described above so that the theme understood the css properly.
PS. Why is my previous post about css marked as spam? I can remove the link to the site but otherwise, thought the information was helpful.
@ Rich: All the other plug-ins show up fine.
@ CitizenKieth: I am using cyberduck for my uploads, I never had a problem like this before.
I have also tried to install bbpress on 3 other wordpress websites of mine and it does not show either, they are all on the same hosting company, and they all have the latest wordpress.
Hi,
When i edit the title of a topic, it do not work … if i change the body of the post it take effect but not for the title(i can edit the post title but after saving it do not execute … )
Note that i use bbpress trunk [Version 1.1-alpha-2539] the same what is running here on bbpress.org
Did a little install on a “new” site. WP 3.0.1, BP 1.2.6, child theme with nothing but the style sheet pointing to the default so I could add the styles from the bbpress. Copied the bbpress template files into the child theme.
Now, things worked except they looked awful. Looking at the template code for all the files that started with page (page-bbp_front.php, page-bbp_topics.php, and page-bbp_form.php)
<div id="container">
<div id="content" role="main">
This causes a problem because container is also used by bp-default, therefore any child theme would fail to look good.
Changed html code to:
<div id="bbp-forum-container">
<div id="bbp-forum-content" role="main">
Then added css styles for the new ids within the styles.css for the child theme:
Looks OK. But needs work:
http://www.tuxreports.com/discussions/
Hope this helps.
Thanks Rich, I appreciate it. Hope to see that beta soon and of course I will join the testing. I’m planning on using bbpress live during the beta phase.
@Carmellon, erm you do know that is what this thread is about? JJJ has said he was hoping for a beta release by the end of the year (If I recall correctly).
But you can join in the testing by using the download link on this page:
https://trac.bbpress.org/browser/branches/plugin
Any word yet on when we are going to see some type of integration or plugin?? I’m dying to find out. Also, Is there any easy way to integrate bbpress into my current wordpress site without having to learn bbpress code to make it look seamless? I actually love learning but don’t have the time right now, 5 sites in 6 months…
@DeysonOrtiz: Are you uploading the files in binary mode?
