if you are using WP 3.0, then it has a function to call for login form. use that and if you are not running WP 3.0 then to use such a thing you need to have deep integrated setup which is not recommended and in case you already are, you can use that.
Another option will be to build a normal login form and make it to send data to the bbPress, search for it, there was a thread about it recently.
and if you just want to check if user is logged in, then WP has a function is_user_logged_in()
Trading insults is not very mature, therefore I think it’s time to close this topic.
pagal, you just have to be flexible, you can’t always get what you want for free, so you either have to adjust and find another way to do it or hire a coder to make what you want.
The fields in the user profile are unfortunately handled in a very inconsistent way, it doesn’t even use the same code on the registration page vs. the profile edit page vs the profile display page which is a symptom of the adhoc nature of how bbpress was built. But I don’t think even wordpress has that ability built in yet.
You’re wanting to compare an unsupported, unintentional, unadvisable, found-by-mistake hack (that doesn’t always work) against a theoretical piece of software. It’s a no-brainer which will compare favourably.
Yeah well, exactly.
The comparison you propose might be fair when it comes to judging pure performance, but a “normal” integration doesn’t give you what you and your users should expect:
Common elements like a header, a navigation and other functions should be available and work the same across the whole site without you having to mimic them for a forum section, changes you might make to those elements shouldn’t have to be made twice, and if you get a single admin panel at the backend on top of all that, then that theoretical piece of software becomes extremely desirable.
Proper integration, if I may call it that, is an absolute requirement in my opinion, because a forum is always just one component of a larger website in what I do, and I’d be surprised if that didn’t apply to many people here. It then becomes a different problem, of course: is the loss of performance on my forum pages acceptable, does it scale (does it blend 
, what kind of hosting would I need to run things smoothly etc.? That’s kind of what I’m trying to feel out, and I just have the feeling that a plugin wouldn’t do such a bad job, all things considered.
Fully agree with your point that Matt is the one who would have to get things moving after basically announcing that this is going to happen.
*Obviously* BBpress is about working with WordPress
…it was made to provide a forum that functions with WordPress
Don’t you love it when people write totally 100% wrong statements and start them with “*Obviously*
If we fork bbpress and make it standalone, that would solve half the world’s problems.
Comedy Gold
I might not have been very clear on that. Foremost I want to fork WordPress and turn it into a fast, modern and elegant cms. At the same time I want to fork WordPress and bbPress to run as plugins on that cms. I just used the backpress name in my post to avoid using WordPress two times.
I’m personally not that interested in a standalone forum, but in a forum that integrates on my normal website easily and a normal website that is modern, fast and easily extendible. The current WP codebase might have the fast-part but it isn’t modern and it isn’t easily extendible (ok, it’s better then phpBB for example but more object oriented code wouldn’t do bad at all).
Easy way?
Nope.
One of bbPress’s major downfalls is it’s way it makes you moderate on a one by one basis. Specifically users.
The easiest way would be to run an SQL update, moving everyone that’s inactive to member. You’ll have to hunt around for an example or look in your database for a meta key (which i think is bb_capabilities), as I’m out of the office right now.
Hope you find a way,
Kev
Hi guys,
I just successfully converted my forum from MyBB to bbPress.
However, I realized that most of the members are now Inactive! Can someone tell me an easy way to set their roles to Member. I know that I can personally edit their profiles and update their roles, but I can’t do it over 2000 times 
Thanks.
bbpress sucks,
why you people did not shut down this software..if you are not able to do anything???????????????????????????????
In my opinion, a fair comparison would have to be WP/bbPress (deep integration) and WP/forumpluginX.
You’re wanting to compare an unsupported, unintentional, unadvisable, found-by-mistake hack (that doesn’t always work) against a theoretical piece of software. It’s a no-brainer which will compare favourably.
A fair comparison should be a WP/bbpress normal “as intended” integration to a WP/plugin.
I realize this is old but what if I want to have this same function on my wordpress homepage?
Basically, how do I get the log logged-in.php / login-form.php functions though wordpress to match BBpress?
@WimTibackx,
Why are you seeking to fork WP and backpress?
If we fork bbpress and make it standalone, that would solve half the world’s problems. No point to think about backpress until the creators of backpress become more clear about their goals for it, etc… right?
I understand the desire to make a WP plugin that is a forum, I can see Matt’s viewpoint on that, but in comparison to bbPress as it stands, it’ll be far from lightweight.
Fair enough, but as you state further down in your post, most if not almost all of that bloat would come from WordPress, no?
In my opinion, a fair comparison would have to be WP/bbPress (deep integration) and WP/forumpluginX.
I accept that there may be better ways to run a forum than to wrap WordPress around it. But other things need to be taken into account, eg how much time would I have to spend to ensure that the forum (or specifically the forum’s header and footer etc.) looks and behaves like the rest of my site? Can I leave a site with a less tech-savvy admin at all, or will I have to maintain everything forever because said admin can’t get his head around dealing with WP AND a forum that “works kind of like WP but not really”? And so on.
Of course, first and foremost the thing needs to run, and run reasonably fast. But this is also a question of priorities.
Sure, many people will not even realise that there’s an issue, or they might simply not give a toss, but for the rest of us it comes down to whether some additional bloat and a more sluggish forum might not be acceptable if we get clean integration and a single backend interface in return.
I think any discussion about bbPress as a plugin should be seen in this context.
Zaerl: kudos to you for all the find contributions to bbpress.
Thanks man. Maybe I’ll add this to the plugin section.
Thank you very much for this plug-in. I got this same e-mail required error on new registrations and was stymied. I will install the plug in tomorrow and will report results. Zaerl: kudos to you for all the find contributions to bbpress.
So, if the theme is where you say it is, why doesn’t this come up?
http://blog.promomachine.com/bbpress/my-templates/promomachines/style.css
Also, this should work:
http://blog.promomachine.com/bbpress/my-templates/promomachines/screenshot.png
Both are not found. It doesn’t look like a permission issue. That would return a different error.
Yes, if the updates work as designed. We always were running the trunk version, but for some reason, the updates didn’t always work. I’m not even sure when they run. But the new code appears here automatically.
@saraw
if you have shell access, then browse to bbpress folder
chmod -R 644 my-templates
chmod 755 my-templates
this should fix it
@chris
does that mean we will be running bleeding edge version live here now?
Sorry as I’m sure this has been brought up before, but I couldn’t find a good answer…
Is it possible to create user groups and establish private categories within a bbPress forum? I’m working on setting up a site that will work as a collaboration between 5 different organizations, and ideally I want the forum to work like so:
– – – – – – – – –
General Forums (anyone can see / post, sitewide moderators can moderate)
Org 1 Forums (anyone can see, only org 1 members can post, org1 officers and sitewide moderators can moderate)
Org 1 Officers Forum (only org 1 officers can see / post, sidewide moderators can moderate)
And so on for Organizations 2-5.
– – – – – – – – – –
I have been bashing my head against the wall trying to figure this out for a while, and it is basically what is keeping me from deploying bbPress.
My site is http://www.neohouston.com, which is a heavily customized WordPress site. I would love to use bbPress if I can because of how fast and light it is – but if I can’t effectively segment users then I can’t use it.
Any suggestions, or help?
In plugin search, none of the plugin links work, they all point to https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/#post-
So basically, people can’t find plugins at all…
here’s three shots — one for each directory level, with the “get info” dialog alongside:
Root Directory (showing bbPress folder permissions):
http://www.promomachine.com/root-bbpress_info.png
bbPress Directory (showing my-templates folder permissions):
http://www.promomachine.com/bbpress-my-templates_info.png
my-templates Directory (showing promoforums folder permissions):
http://www.promomachine.com/my-templates-promoforums_info.png
promoforums Directory (showing style.css file permissions):
http://www.promomachine.com/promoforums-stylecss_info.png
Here’s how the appearance/themes-selection screen looks — it’s as if I had no custom template uploaded at all.
http://www.promomachine.com/appearance-panel.png
There is only one bbPress installation on the server.
Hi Kevin,
Like you said, you have brief knowledge of BuddyPress, so please do not assume anything.
It’s actually quite straightforward if you have a deep integrated install.
If it’s not a deep integrated install, it requires some custom SQL insert.
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@arturo – I’d work on such a plugin, but like you, I don’t have the time. If enough people supported such a plugin, I might feel enticed to create one.
I just used your header on a copy of the kakumei theme in my my-templates directory, and it was activated and shows up fine.
My guess is that it’s permissions (or maybe who owns the files.)
Can you post a file listing of the directory where bbPress is installed, showing permissions and ownership? Screenshot or actual file listing is OK. It’s generally from incorrect permissions.
Screenshot is fine, just leave it. I was only wondering if there would be one in the screenshot.
Yes, post a screenshot of the appearance panel. Sorry for the confusing terminology. I forget what it’s called in different versions.
Post a screenshot of the appearance panel please. Just wondering what it’s looking like.
Do you have two instances of bbPress installed, where you might be accessing the wrong one and thus not seeing your theme?
