A “Thesis page” is just like any other html/php/css WP page except that it uses Thesis Hooks, which is the framework Chris Pearson created to sit on top of WP and is far more efficient than the underlying WP code. It looks like this…
<?php
// Using hooks is absolutely the smartest, most bulletproof way to implement things like plugins,
// custom design elements, and ads. You can add your hook calls below, and they should take the
// following form:
// add_action('thesis_hook_name', 'function_name');
// The function you name above will run at the location of the specified hook. The example
// hook below demonstrates how you can insert Thesis' default recent posts widget above
// the content in Sidebar 1:
// add_action('thesis_hook_before_sidebar_1', 'thesis_widget_recent_posts');
/**
* function custom_bookmark_links() - outputs an HTML list of bookmarking links
* NOTE: This only works when called from inside the WordPress loop!
* SECOND NOTE: This is really just a sample function to show you how to use custom functions!
*
* @since 1.0
* @global object $post
*/
function custom_bookmark_links() {
global $post;
?>
<ul class="bookmark_links">
<li><a rel="nofollow">&title=<?php urlencode(the_title()); ?>" onclick="window.open('http://delicious.com/save?v=5&noui&jump=close&url=<?php urlencode(the_permalink()); ?>&title=<?php urlencode(the_title()); ?>', 'delicious', 'toolbar=no,width=550,height=550'); return false;" title="Bookmark this post on del.icio.us">Bookmark this article on Delicious</a></li>
<?php
}
Thesis is on one level, just an additional library of high level functions, and at another, its an incredibly easy way to design and manipulate your theme/template. The structure of the framework and the finished theme it provides also happen to be presented in a very SEO conscious way, which is obviously a big selling point.
What I would really like to see is a BBPress Template written for Thesis. Hmmm. I wonder. How hard can that be?
A thesis page would just be a WordPress page in the Thesis Theme by Chris Pearson, I think.
What you’re asking for, PubDirLtd is the reason that they are considering making bbPress a WordPress plugin, to do exactly that. Right now, it does not. It’s not a plugin for WordPress.
Some people have had success with putting their forum inside an iframe in a WordPress page, but that’s just an ugly hack and has its own problems.
On a dedicated server, how about logging slow queries with MySQL, or finding the MySQL bottlenecks and tuning the config? With a forum that large, you’re beyond what most people are running with bbPress and it will take some work to fine tune.
Version 1.1 alpha? I’m not familiar with that version… is there a later version than the ones here?
http://svn.automattic.com/bbpress/tags/
There were only two templates I could find there in the three threads you pointed to.
And when I upload their folders to my my-templates folder, I see their thumbnails are missing the graphic image in the Manage Themes window, and BBPress is now text only all ranged left.
Is there some bug that would stop v1. 1 alpha from ‘seeing’ the graphics and the basic display settings?
Why do you think it is that BBPress is still a small community?
After all, many of the WP installations badly need an integrated forum and installing PHPForum or whatever and then trying to link them together is not much of a solution.
I very much like the idea of BBPress. I just hope it grows and survives to achieve its potential.
When I see the opportunity, I will volunteer to do anything I can to help.
What is a Thesis Page?
johnhiler, I’ve been converting WP theme into bbPress themes. Just need more people to ask for the free help.
WordPress and bbPress don’t have “theme integration” – so that sort of seamless integration isn’t going to be easy, as far as I’m aware.
If you can make a “Thesis compatible” HTML template that’s supported in bbPress, you could then use the WordPress Thesis plugin to generate a CSS file… then drop that into the bbPress style.css file. That should do the trick.
Can anyone give me a nice easy way to pull BBPress into a Thesis page?
Or come to that, a nice easy way to pull BBPress into any WP page?
I may have missed it but what I am looking for is something as simple as this…
1. Create a WP/Thesis page, with no sidebars, called “whatever”
2. Go to Page > Edit and edit the page you created, select HTML and insert “[BBPress]”
3. Create a menu item which opens the page.
That would do nicely.
bbPress is still a small community… we’re not as big as say, the WordPress community, and we don’t get the sort of corporate commitment and support that they do. So what you’re left with is mostly us volunteers, trying to help each other get the most out of free software that we all use and enjoy. 
There are a couple 1.0 compatible themes on the forums… try some of these links maybe?
http://www.google.com/search?q=theme+site:bbpress.org/forums
Here are a few of the ones that support 1.0+:
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/new-vanilla-2-inspired-theme
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/new-theme-carrington-blog-for-bbpress
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/new-theme-superbold-revisited-for-bbpress
Is it me or are there really NO templates out there for BBPress 1.x out there?
I must say that, as a newcomer to BBPress, I find it very disappointing to find out that template developers not updating their products and leaving cryptic messages on their sites about how BBPress has no cogent leadership. Sorry, can’t remember where I read that or I WOULD leave the URL.
Code underneath and they way it works looks pretty neat though.
Oh well, I guess things can only get better… 8^)
It’s probably one of your plugins… can you post a list of which plugins you’re using?
Also – try installing this, so we can get a sense for how many queries you’re using – and how long they take to generate a pageview!
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bb-benchmark/
Hi, all. Just wanted to confirm something:
We’re running a discussion board with bbpress that has 300 forums. Each forum has 14 subforums. We’re noticing a long load time with every click. We’ve tried running the board on a dedicated server, but it didn’t seem to improve the performance.
Is this a case where bbpress just isn’t built to handle that many forums and subforums?
Thanks for any help you might have to offer!
My bad.
When I replaced the auth_key, secure_auth_key, logged_in_key and nonce_key, i pasted it directly from wp-config and didnt add the BB_ before every key.. so it was obviously not working.
All good now!
Thank you guys
I know some people had that problem because their server did not use php5.
I have never used that plugin, it has always worked without any need for the bbPress integration plugin.
All i had to do was set the integration through bbPress installation and backend.
I have installed the plugin now, and added that string to the wp-config
It looks like I cant be logged in in both at the same time though… when Im logged into wp, i must login again into bbpress… and the wp login disconnects automatically (so i would have to reconnect again).
Is there a way to not have to login every time I change wp <-> bbpress ?
All values under the cookie section of /bb-admin/options-wordpress.php must be changed according to the WordPress values.
WordPress URL
Blog URL
Cookie salt “auth”
Cookie salt “secure auth”
Cookie salt “logged in”
also make sure to:
1) delete the old cookie before making your tests.
2) check values of bbPress Integration plugin (/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bbpress-integration-admin)
3) change COOKIEPATH according to what the bbPress Integration plugin reports
just showing my gratitude!
Because the documentation is so.. not existent.. you were really nice in helping me out on this one
I have another question though…
Now it wont detect my login on bbpress, when Im connected already to WP.
I changed the wp security keys in WP, and put the same auth/secure/logged_in/nonce key from wp config inside bbpress config file.
I also added define(‘COOKIE_DOMAIN’, ‘.mydomain.com’); but it’s still not detecting that i already logged in from wp.
When i try to access bb-admin, I fill in user and pass from wp, but i get redirected to the forum homepage.
Maybe the auth keys (salt or else?) must be reconfigured in the db as well (because i changed the wp ones in this new server) ?
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Whoa.
this kind of info should be set in the config file
As far as I know you can define USER_BBDB_NAME, USER_BBDB_USER, USER_BBDB_PASSWORD, and USER_BBDB_HOST in bb-config.php but I don’t know if it is the right way of doing things. There is no documentation.
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Thank you so much, I missed exactly this information!
One little suggestion for the next BBpress release… this kind of info should be set in the config file, like everything else… users should not wander around in the database 
I found this post https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/functions-for-generating-a-menu-of-wordpress-pages
This doesn’t work for me, it makes my forum blank before even asking for the script. When I create a function.php file and put everything in it. I hope this can help steer you into the right direction.
Sorry I was trying to explain it without full explanation or linking to my test site.
I’m trying to imitate the buddypress default theme for bbpress. They have a button under title called Public Group. You can see an example here in blue. http://testbp.org/groups/testgroupp-1060610747/forum/topic/a-forum-topic/
I wanted to do the same in my bbpress theme that the button says Public Forum or Hidden Forum depending on what it is. Does this make sense now?
they each had one separate db
I didn’t know this. Open phpmyadmin and check table bb_meta:
user_bbdb_name
user_bbdb_user
user_bbdb_password
user_bbdb_host
put on the new values.
No, why would they be?
They werent equal in the old server either… they each had one separate db.
I set the integration with wp from the bbpress installation and backend.
I think the problem is exactly that: i can change db info for BBpress easily now, but I cant find where to edit WP db settings for the integration (is it stored in the DB directly? ) so its causing a db connection error because bbpress is trying to connect to the old WP db?
Suggestions?
