[Robin W]

@lorax

Fantastic, glad that through persistence you got there. I started with bbpress 4 years ago, from a Snitz database, and it took 24 attempts to get the custom importer to work, so I know the frustration you have gone through.

I can’t comment on the missing fields as I don’t know phpBB, but thanks for posting the solution, this should help others trying the import.

[porkchop73]

Hello. WP version 5.0 BB Press Version 2.5.14

I have a quick question. I have searched and found no answer thus far. It involves creating categories and forums under them categories and then topics showing up in categories that they don’t belong in.

Example:

Category Example 1:
Forum Example 1
Forum Example 3

Category Example 2:
Forum Example 2:

Now say I post a topic in Forum Example 2 under the category Example 2. When I go to read any topics in category example 1 forums 1 or 3, I see every single post made in category 2. Now that is kind of counter productive is it not? I do not see the need to create categories and forums if all posts are going to show up no matter where I look anyhow.

I have never met a forum system that does this. I helped develop a piece of software based on a forum with close to a million downloads before we called it quits so I am a shade on the forum familiar side but this boggles my mind. I am rather new to WordPress and BBPress so I am more than sure it is my missing a setting or something?

I appreciate all the hard work that has gone into this. I am having a good time with it thus far. My sincerest apologies if this has been covered and beat to death already.

[Gregg]

Resolved!

Grab a cup of coffee and a seat and I’ll tell you the story of how you might be able fix this. It may take several hours so be prepared…

Situation I was in:
Older version of phpBB 3.1v and wanting to port all topics, replies, and users to bbPress (latest version at the time). A handful of issues existed that were causing more trouble than they were worth. Host of the old site is GoDaddy. The new site is on WP Engine.

Forum Stats (approx)
Users: 2200
Topics: 7800
Replies: 22500

Outcome:
Successfully ported all topics, replies, and users to bbPress.

Updated phpBB
REMOVE ALL MODS, STYLES, anything that’s not a part of the out-of-the-box install. Then follow the upgrade instructions. Make backups (I kept a copy of the existing site on my local machine and duplicate database on the host). I found these instructions most helpful: https://www.phpbb.com/support/docs/en/3.2/ug/upgradeguide/upgrade31/

The Issues
There were two issues I ran into (in different flavors but it turns out they just stemmed from these two). 1st – utf8 formatting and 2nd missing fields. These issues are with the import and NOT the upgrade for phpBB. I was able to resolve those issues by making sure I followed the instructions on that link to the letter.

The first error (I don’t remember the exact error string but it was either utf8mb4 or just utf8 but it simply means the database holds the data in an older format. The solution is to export the date from the database then create a new database and restore the data into it. By creating the new database the fields will use the proper format and when the restoration is complete this issue should be resolved.

The second error was a little more mysterious – as in I’m not sure why it happened but essentially the import routine is looking for fields that don’t exist in the phpBB install even after I successfully updated it. The solution was to create the fields needed. How?

How to create the fields to get rid of the missing field errors
Note I created a copy of the functioning database on my phpBB install so I could screw it up and not hurt the functioning website. So here’s an example.

The error I got basically said the script couldn’t find “users.user_from” in the database I was trying to import from. That’s not an exact quote but the gist. So I edited the copy of my database and added the missing field (user_from) to the table it was looking for it in (users) using datatype VARCHAR and length of 255 (all else was left to default). I had to do this about a dozen times between the users, topics, and forums tables.

I should note I imported all of my users as well. I had to try this whole process several times. I’ve spent 40+ hours trying to figure this all out (I’m not that familiar with phpBB or bbPress) but the actual process once I figured out the issues – took about 6 hours – mostly waiting for the script to process the data. If your import bombs – read the error and look carefully at what it’s looking for or doesn’t like. Most likely it’s looking for something that’s not there.

I was worried that the connections between topics and replies and users would somehow be messed up. But in the end, it looks like it all came out fine. I’m pretty sure I’ll find something amiss – that’s my cynical side but maybe I’ll be pleasantly surprised.

Good luck!

[John James Jacoby]

I guess this affects the Avatars on the forum as well.

Yep! That’s a site setting that bbPress is going to obey.

[John James Jacoby]

Yep! We are running it here on bbPress.org!

[John James Jacoby]

Yes, there is.

I must not have edited the link when I updated and saved the rest of the page.

I’ve updated the page now. Here’s the link if you need it:

https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/bbpress.2.6-rc-7.zip

Sorry about that!

[Robin W]

I just looked in trac, and fixing this is now a 2.8 goal.

However this looks like it might help

// Force ping_status on bbPress post types 
add_filter( 'pings_open', 'rew_force_ping_status' ); 

function rew_force_ping_status( $open, $post_id = 0 ) { 

// Get the post type of the post ID 
$post_type = get_post_type( $post_id ); 
// Default return value is what is passed in $open 
$retval = $open; 
// Only force for bbPress post types 
switch ( $post_type ) { 
case bbp_get_forum_post_type() : 
case bbp_get_topic_post_type() : 
case bbp_get_reply_post_type() : 
	$retval = false; 
break; 
// Allow override of the override 
return apply_filters( 'rew_force_ping_status', $retval, $open, $post_id, $post_type ); 
} 

[cdwed]

I see that users have been asking to fix this problem for years. I am getting hit hard by this on my site. I cannot disable trackbacks. Before I remove BBPress from my site, do you have a patch to fix this annoying problem in your software?
Peter

[grignondev]

Hello,

I got a bbPress forum on my website using this template : https://afthemes.com/products/elegant-magazine

My version :
WordPress : 4.9.8
BBPress : 2.5.14

My problem is when I use search function on my forum, its works not fine : the result is not display. And when I try with Twenty Seventeen theme for exemple, the search works.

My question is : What I must do ? Change my theme ? Or its possible to fix it with my current theme.

Thanks in advance bbPress family !

[Randall Camacho]

hi
the download page shows “bbPress 2.6 Release Candidate 7”
but the file shows RC6
even when installed it shows RC6 in WP admin

[grignondev]

Hello, I tried to repair the forum one option by one, and its didnt fix the problem.

I forget to say my version :

WordPress : 4.9.8
BBPress : 2.5.14

I refresh my permalinks, not working too. Anyone got an idea ?

Thanks in advance !

[John O]

Hi,

With WordPress 5 imminently upon is, I wanted to check whether there are any anticipated issues using bbPress in a WordPress 5 install that is running the Classic Editor?

I am assuming that as bbPress is used for the support forums on WP.org it will be ok?

Thanks in advance,

John

[jsima]

I am using bbPress and i have created 5 categories E.G general chat, random discussion, marketing, media, off topic. I want to set limitation for users. I want to restrict general chat and random discussion for user A and media, off topic for user B and random discussion, media for user c. Is there any plug-in (free or paid)?

Waiting for your kind reply.

[John James Jacoby]

Hi there!

If you’re looking for an off-the-shelf solution, BuddyPress and the Private Messages component sounds like the best one. You’d still need to tune it a bit with some custom code to lock it down exactly how you’ve described, but it gives you isolated message threads with invitees, notifications, an inbox, etc…

Technically, in the next major version of bbPress (2.6) you could use the new engagements API to keep those conversations a forum topic, but limit them to specific invited users, but that’s probably more work and less obvious to end users what it’s for & doing.

[grignondev]

Hello Bbpress family !

I just import an old forum from PhPbb to Bbpress. I got a first problem with the forum who didnt diplay topics but I solve it. Right now, I got an other problem : When I’m on a user profil, the topic & reply count is good, but if I want to display topic’s & reply’s user, it return ALL of topics & replys of the forum ..

An exemple : https://www.pnc-contact.com/forum/users/steward95/topics

Someone know this issue ?

[astay87]

Hi,

I’m hoping someone who knows bbPress inside and out might be able to help with this tricky request:

I’m trying to add a specific kind of user-to-user contact functionality to my site. Users should only be able to contact one another when the admin (me) opens up a temporary communication channel between two of them (could be a private group, forum, message system, I’m not picky).

Sort of like how Airbnb or Uber temporarily enable private two-way communication channels they can monitor between guest and host, or passenger and driver. Any ideas?

I’m happy to power this manually (creating a group, adding members, then deleting it later) but haven’t been able to figure out how to ONLY enable this type of contact and not let users contact each other outside of these admin-created channels.

Thank you very much!!

[Foliferous]

Hi people,

look here.

I noticed that’s there one space in front of “Admin” here:

This forum contains 2 topics and 2 replies, and was last updated by Admin 9 hours, 17 minutes ago.

You can also see it on the right hand side under “Latest forum posts”.

Best regards.

[darkoned12000]

Hello Everyone

I am currently using WP v4.9.8 and BBP v2.6RC5
I have these plugins for bbpress installed: bbp_style_pack, bbpress moderation tools, bbpress advanced statistics

Currently on my forums I don’t seem to have pagination for topics or replies. I have set the forum settings to use Topics = 25 per page and Replies = 15 per page. But none of the topic or reply pages display any page numbers when it hits that threshold, is there a setting I am missing or something that I can try to get this working?

Pages render fine, but if the topic has 100+ replies it shows them all on that one page.

Thanks for any help on solving this,

-D1-

[writersabroad]

I created a list of 5 forums some with sub forums and used the short code to display the index of forums on a page which I added to my navigation menu. Today it is only showing the first forum and none of the others. I’ve tried refreshing the page, renewing the page with the shortcode and gone back over some of the steps (I’ve been trying to remove a sidebar from the forum page) but nothing seems to work. All the forums are listed and I haven’t changed any of the settings within the forums…

I’m using the Ruby theme – but have tried it with twenty fifteen, sixteen and seventeen and the problem persists. I’m using bbpress Version 2.5.14 and the bbpress style plug in Version 4.0.3 which was updated today.

My site is not published as I’m still working on it, ironing out some of these issues.

Thanks for any advice

[wreckcox]

Thank you @robin-w bbp style pack is truly superb. I hope you will be adding even more features. I have been using with my another website.
However, in this case, I am using a custom-designed template, especially for bbpress and buddypress so bbp style paack is not compatible with the theme.

[dmalkin]

Having a really difficult time figuring out a way to output topic reply time stamps in a users local timezone. I have a forum with global users and this is a necessity.

WP version: 4.9.8
bbPress version: 2.5.14

Currently using this plugin: Localize Time (https://wordpress.org/plugins/localize-time/)

I am wrapping the bbp_get_reply_post_date() with the shortcode [localize_time]; however, I cannot alter the format of the output date from the shortcode.

I need an alternate solution.

[Wasca]

Testing a link back to this thread.

Only Allow YouTube and Vimeo oEmbeds

On my forum, this would have rendered the post here and not just created the heading.

[wreckcox]

What is the best way to add login and a register link to “You must be logged in to reply to this topic”

I found this but I realized I cannot edit a code as I am very new to PHP.
Please suggest.

	<div id="no-topic-<?php bbp_topic_id(); ?>" class="bbp-no-topic">
		<div class="bbp-template-notice">
			<p><?php is_user_logged_in() ? _e( 'You cannot create new topics.', 'bbpress' ) : _e( 'You must be logged in to create new topics.', 'bbpress' ); ?></p>
		</div>
	</div>

[Robin W]

you should have version 2.5.14 which is the latest authorised release.

Download

[aboveearth]

Hi Everyone !

First of all, sorry for my english 😉

I installed bbpress on my website and i finally succeded to make all the settings like i wanted ! But one problem remain… I put my forum roots on a page that i created. I made some design on this page (image 1). There is no menu, just an image on the top. You can click on this image and you go back to the homepage. But as soon as you click on a category/forum, the page aren’t the same anymore (image 2). And i would like to take off the header on all the pages. i searched a lot but no way to find how to do that. If someone could help me please ?

Thanks a lot !