“It can be accomplished with bbPress, with a little elbow grease, but I definitely don’t think it should rate on the list of core upgrades included in the next release. “
Google Wave supports threaded dicussions, cos threads are out of date, stupid, no purpose to them etc. ????
To be able to iron out a point raised during a discussion it is critical to discuss the same point in a branch and not someware 50 comments away. If you have threads the you can choose to use them or not.
Users want bbpress cos it integrates with WP not cos it’s a great product. It’s crap. Lacks basic functionality like private forums, threaded discussions. If you add to that comments like Ola’f “I don’t get you, if you’re looking for a different kind of forum software, why don’t you ask the other forum what software he is using… ” then no one should use bbpress and it should be pulled out.
“There was a plugin to allow for a threaded forum. It’s almost a year old though:
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/threaded-posts/ “
Doesn’t work with bbpress v1.0.
Check out http://simplepressforum.com
By the looks of it, it’s an action that’s called as bb_deactivate_plugin_$plugin, so the action hook’s name is specific to the plugin. The $plugin value is shown in the URL for activating a specific plugin.
Does anybody have an idea how to implement a plugin, which reacts upon a click on a ‘+’ or ‘-‘ sign within (at the end of) a category header within a forum list (say on frontpage) to display or hide the respective forums listed below the category header?
Eventually extending _ck_’s solution(s):
http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/hiding-subforms-on-your-home-page
http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/plugin-request-exclude-specific-forum-topics-from-front-page-latest#post-9018
with a JavaScript?
@technotip: apparently you got the same problem as me with images not working with TinyMCE and Allow Images installed. D you find a solution for it?
If so, it’d be nice if you could share. I posted a specific topic, so in case you got a solution, you may want to post it there.
Thanks a lot.
Hello,
I’m developing a bbpress plugin and I have a task to execute on plugin activation.
I’ve seen that the bb_register_activation_hook functions is deprecated, while i can found the definition of the wp function: register_activation_hook.
however when i use this function inside a plugin, the function cannot be found.
What do I have to do?
here is the code:
<?php
/*
Plugin Name:XXX
Description:XXX
Version 1.0
*/
register_activation_hook(__FILE__, ‘mp_activation’);
register_deactivation_hook(__FILE__, ‘mp_deactivation’);
function mp_activation() {
…
}
function mp_deactivation() {
…
}
?>
Isn’t there anybody that was able to make images work with TinyMCE intagrated in bbPress? I can’t believe that such a basic funtion like images in posts is so coplicated with bbPress. I know it’s LIGHTWEIGHT, but basic feaures like that should not be considered luxuriuos options that are so hard to get and to make work.
Can anybody tell if at least IS possible to have images to work with TinyMCE in bbPress?
I installed both TinyMCE 3.2.7 and the Allow Images plugin on a bbPress 1.0.1, but images and emoticoms (which are images as well) don’t work.
I don’t know what problem it might be. Any hint or help?
(I did fix the annoyance with the <p> tag that TinyMCE has, now I need images to work.)
I find looking at a bbPress install database pretty unnerving with all the relational IDs around the place 
Thanks. Also I was looking at this bbPress theme in the showcase and it is sort of narrow. How do I make it as wide as this one?
Thanks.
Will try. Not too good at it yet. Am learning from the great WP and bbPress community as I go. Thought there might be a default stock theme with a navigation bar on it. Or can you guide me as to what code needs to be added in the CSS and header.php files?
Thanks.
What I meant was a navigation bar similar to the one in this template above and just below the bbPress logo.
Thanks.
Oh no… please don’t test it unless you are on 0.8.x!!
It’s definitely not recommended for 0.9 or 1.0… I just linked to it so you could check out the code, in the event that you were interested in adapting it to support more recent bbPress versions!
@gerikg: I’m open to the idea. I played around with it a bit initially, but finally concluded that the forum was a totally different means of displaying information, and that the negative impact to the layout outweighed any perceived benefit of “consistency”.
With the blog and other sections, the left sidebar provides navigation within the section, which really isn’t applicable to the forum. Likewise, the right sidebar provides external links, which also aren’t applicable to the forum.
And, when I tried to put Views/Stats/Tags into a left sidebar on the forum, I just didn’t think that it fit very well (especially the tag cloud), and cramped the more important content (the forum and post lists themselves).
I could keep playing around with it, though…
@chandersbs: Thanks! Is it approaching something that others would find useful?
I like the layout, it’s looking good.
Guys,
The past few months, i’ve spent 100+ hours on working on my site which was previously SMF-buiild. Now it’s fully bbPress, I’d like to show you guys, and perhaps receive feedback as well.
I used the Kakumei theme to create my own.
Take a look http://www.metalsuriname.com
Feedback/tips regarding design/usability/plugin options etc are always welcome.
O and also, A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HELPED ME IN A WAY OR ANOTHER
bbPress functions have a set of default values that are overwritten by the arguments passed when it’s called, so if a value isn’t specified for something, it stays with the default.
Hi All,
I’m trying to move over from Apache to Lighttpd, but I’m getting a 404 error from my WordPress-MU site when I’m trying to access the BBPress installer.
At the moment, I just have WordPress-MU installed, and the site.conf file says:
server.error-handler-404 = “/index.php”
url.rewrite-once = (
“^/(.*/)?files/$” => “/index.php”,
“^/(.*/)?files/(.*)” => “/wp-content/blogs.php?file=$2”,
“^(/wp-admin/.*)” => “$1”,
“^/([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-.*)” => “/$2”,
“^/([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*.php)$” => “/$2”,
)
I tried adding a line in there that said:
“^(/forum/.*)” => “$1”,
Thinking that would stop WordPress-MU from ‘taking over’ the URL, but it didn’t help.
I’ve searched the forums and found some lighttpd rewrite rules for once the site is installed. I tried adding some of those, but with no joy.
Any pointers would be much appreciated.
Not really just asking. The only way I see it, is forums is just another part of the website every other part of the website has sidebars just not the forums.
“General Notices” is just what I titled my super-stickies.
I thought about including the sidebars, but thought better of it. I think they would just clutter the interface, and they are blog-centric and wouldn’t add much/anything to the information displayed on the forum. Do you think I could use sidebars effectively?
Hello,
I am using the method found at http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/adding-custom-profile-fields#post-1839 to add custom fields to my user signup and profile sheet:
‘add_filter( ‘get_profile_info_keys’, array(‘user_email’ => array(1, __(‘Email’)), ‘user_url’ => array(0, __(‘Website’)), ‘from’ => array(0, __(‘Location’)), ‘occ’ => array(0, __(‘Occupation’)), etc….’
It’s working great.
How can I call the information created here and visible on the profile page of each user and have in visible on the main post page along with the user’s username? I’ve searched the forums and can’t seem to find an answer.
Thanks to anyone who can point me in the right direction.
I hear that. bbPress is missing a lot of the documentation and help that WordPress has. Fortunately, bbPress plugins really are a lot like WordPress plugins. They make use of actions and filters just like WordPress does. The assumption is that you’ll read all about WordPress plugins and then know how to write plugins for bbPress.
You can read all about WordPress plugins and actions and filters at codex.wordpress.org/plugins although this is the page you really want to go to:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_Resources
You can grep around in the bbPress files to see what actions and filters are available. If you don’t want that much work though go here:
http://www.mittineague.com/dev/bbpaf1_0.php
This site listing all of the bbPress functions is also invaluable:
http://phpxref.ftwr.co.uk/bbpress/nav.html?_functions/index.html
Hi all,
I installed Uplad Avatar, but when i clik on “Avatar”, add “Locate Image” and click on “Upload Avatar” the addition does not work.
view image attest :
http://yazhouzhijia.free.fr/images/images_bug/bubbpress.png
My config :
BBpress 1.0 (use table user form wordpress)
Wordpress : 2.8.4
Thank you
you have to put the bbPress folder in /blog/ where ever that is located in MU, go to your MU section and you click SITE ADMIN-> BLOGS and it should tell you there where it is. Never tried it but that’s where I would start.
Thank you very much johnhiler.
The solution is smtp-mailer-for-bbpress
