I’d be interested to hear from anyone that has converted larger forums (100,000+ posts) from phpBB2 to bbPress. I’ve got 0.7 running in a dev environment, I’ve got the conversion script, but I haven’t fired it up yet. I’m going to take this slow and methodical. I also want to import user passwords and topic_watch (email subscriptions). Those I know I’ll end up having to do myself. I’m planning on temporarily storing phpBB passwords in a new table using two-way encryption as people login to the current site so that I can transfer those over when the time happens. I’ll also be working on my custom theme/templates before the conversion as well to make it as seamless as possible for users. Finally I might try to build a database of common words and do some auto tagging of old threads… that might be a bit too ambitious though.
Still… I’d be eager to hear from anyone that has converted a 100,000+ post site with the script for any info or tips.
Fantastic new theme, hope to see it soon. Though, I’m sure that it would be released anyway in some way shape or form, that is, if there are any planned updates with the bbPress software. Would you be able to release the CSS file at least, if any of us do want to make a clone version?
If you’re getting a blank screen, it’s likely a 500 Internal Server Error. If you have access to logs you will be able to resolve this.
Where did you put that code? It should start at the 2nd line of bb-config.php, right after the opening <?php. If not, use a syntax highlighting editor to see what’s going on with the bb-config.php file.
This should be in bbPress by default, the ability to upload your own avatar picture.
I know you can achieve this via plugin, but honestly, it was a nightmare for me to get this working.
Any webmaster that isn’t really tech savvy or doesn’t have the time to figure this out, will just leave it.
I have search the forum and find there is a slolution like this
put following code in to bb-config.php
Code:
require_once(‘path/wp/wp-blog-header.php’);
that I can call wordpress functions in bbpress template
but once I add the line to bb-config.php . The homepage of the forum became a blank page. no html , no error hints, just a blank page
I am sure the path to wp-blog-header.php is correct . I do not know what happend and how to fix .
The wordpress version is 2.91 and the bbpress is 1.02 .
Thank you for your help
I have a unique install (buddypress + bbpress for groups + external bbpress – which are hooked together)
The problem is when posting via the external bbPress the freshness dates are off, as Andy from BP noted they need to be in GMT format.
see ticket
http://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/1727
I don’t mind hacking the core but what do I need to modify to sync up all my GMT dates.
gerikg, thanks so much for clearing things.
there is 1 problem though, when you login/logout with bbpress everything works, you automatically logged in/logged out to wordpress too.
but when you login or loggout from wordpress it does no effect on bbpress.
Do you have any idea with this issue?
Perhaps that’s implicitly done by activating the plugin itself?
That’s correct. You should be good to go. 
I have also written a short tutorial here on how to do this – http://gaut.am/translating-wordpress-or-bbpress-plugins/
Hello Chrishajer,
I checked php info by above mentioned method.I found no temp folder so I created a folder called “tmp” in root directory.It worked.Now I am able to upload avatars to “avarars” folder in root directory.
But picture is not displayed after uploading.It gives message “Your avatar has been uploaded.” But its not displayed instead a blank box is displayed replacing default avatar.
I checked this error in google chrome by using “inspect element” context menu..the error says: ” 403 Forbidden “
Here is the link to plugin I am using : https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/avatar-upload/#post-219
Plz help !!
Paul,
I know this may be really obvious, and apologies if it is, but PHP’s built in functions for handling json are very much release dependant. There was a large change from php5 to php5.2 as i recall.
It’s 5.36am here, so you’ll have to forgive me for the lack of links, but i’d do a little googling into that. At the end of the day you either stats a minimum PHP version, or test for the php version and do and if/else.
OK, I had found that, but that seems to be mostly options. I don’t see anything in there that actually lets me enable/disable signatures. Perhaps that’s implicitly done by activating the plugin itself?
Thanks.
It’s actually under the “Plugins” menu. It should be there in the left-hand column in v1.0.2.
In 0.9.0.6, you’ll need to look under the “Plugins” menu at the top of the page.
Hi –
I think it’s cockpit error on my part, but…I can’t follow the installation instructions. Specifically,
<i>Activate and check under “Site Management” admin submenu for “Signatures”.</i>
Where do I find this “Site Management” submenu?
Is the bbPress Signatures (0.2.0) plugin working with the newest version of bbPress?
Thanks.
I’ve just converted my PHPBB3 forum to BBpress – everything seemed ok at first, the posts have converted and I was logged in and went to the admin panel. All of a sudden I am unable to log in, cannot reset a password and I apparently ‘do not exist’.
It appears that my user list hasn’t converted either as all my posts are labelled as made by anonymous users.
What can I do?
There is nothing like that that I know of for bbPress. You’d have to port that over to bbPress to get identical functionality.
There are a couple Adsense type plugins for bbPress, but they’re not the same.
Thanks for the update Paul, I’m up for some beta testing when your ready
There used to be a plugin that supported this:
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/forum-moderators/
But it was never updated from the version supporting bbPress 0.74…
It is an admanagement script.
There is not a way to do that, I don’t think. Typically, people will create a bbPress plugin that does the same thing as the WordPress plugin.
What feature are you looking for?
