@haddlyapis, no, bbPress should follow the WordPress settings.
So not really sure what would have caused this…
You refer to ‘community’, so if you are using BuddyPress, then you better ask in https://buddypress.org/support/
If you really refer to bbPress forums, then I have some good news: In the upcoming v2.6 you can define moderators per forum. The release candidate (already very stable) of that version is available on https://bbpress.org/download/ if you want to already test it.
Apologies @tesicg, I presumed you were using IIS because Windows 2008 Server R2 ๐
Ignore the IIS suggestion I made, you’re using XAMPP so they would be useless.
For translations check your WordPress updates page for any available translation updates, both bbPress 2.5.x (the current release) and upcoming 2.6.x releases are 100% translated into Russian: https://translate.wordpress.org/locale/ru/default/wp-plugins/bbpress
There might have been a fix for “port conflicts” in the upcoming bbPress 2.6, could you try that and see if it is fixed please? https://bbpress.org/download/
If 2.6 doesn’t fix it could you add details on whats different between your 2008 Server and Windows 7 install, strange that XAMPP works on one and not the other
Hi @alexwilmac,
Are you trying to update bbPress translation? Because that’s all centrally managed, so better do it there. If you need any help with that, just leave me a message here.
Pascal.
@aminima just for your information, in the upcoming v2.6 of bbPress this has been fixed.
Hi,
I need to change path URL to load bbPress resources because default domain is not “real” domain for users. For example:
To admin bbPress I have to go to http://www.my-admin-domain.com/wp-admin/ but, for the users, website is http://www.users-domain.com. The problem is that bbPress want to load resources from admin domain instead of users domain and first one is not accesible to load them.
How can I change this and configure it with users domain??
Thanks!
Bonjour @matevoun,
Il y en a qui comprennent oui ๐
– You can open your forum to everybody, so they do not need to create a login (see the settings in your wp-admin: Rรฉglages > Discussion
– Yes and no. The theme that you choose for WordPress is the team used for bbPress. However you can restyle the CSS yourself or use a plugin like https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-style-pack/
– Everything is saved in the standard WordPress style: so like a custom post type
– bbPress is a plugin, so just install it and you will see it pop up in your menu: Forums, Topics, replies.
Pascal.
PS: 2/3 questions? J’en vois 4… :-p
As long as you have the IIS Rewrite Module it should work fine, it’s the equivalent of Apaches mod_rewrite
module, it’s been a while since I’ve looked at IIS but that’s the only issue I’m aware of for for bbPress and IIS.
I’ve installed bbPress on Windows Server 2008 r2, but some features don’t work.
Could we fix it in some way or you don’t support Windows Server 2008 r2?
yes it is possible with bbpress, not sure with other forums.
In general settings, under “Other comment settings” keep the box unchecked for “Users must be registered and logged in to comment”
bbpress does not directly provide for image upload, so you’ll need to use a plugin such as
GD bbPress Attachments
Whatvere plugin you use, suggest you contact that plugins author for what works well with it
Hello,
I have checked this plugin and it still works nicely at the moment.
I have followed the suggestions provided by “makingcircuits” in one of the other threads, and could convert all my existing wordpress comments to bbpress forum discussion with a few clicks.
I think this is a unique feature which only bbpress is able to provide with the help of this plugin, therefore we really want this plugin to be maintained and updated from time to time so the users can feel comfortable about implementing for the said purpose.
I have tons of comments in wordpress which are not getting indexed by Google, therefore turning them into forum can instantly provide a huge SEO boost for these comments and could hugely improve the search engine presence of my site.
However I could go ahead with this only when I feel assured that the mentioned plugin would be maintained regularly by the author or if there could be an alternative to this plugin.
The plugin looks very useful and enables only bbpress with this very crucial feature of turning wordpress comments into bbpress forum, with just a few clicks.
I hope somebody will take an initiative in this regard
ok, I worked out an easy way to do that
create a directory on your theme called ‘bbpress’
ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress
where %your-theme-name% is the name of your theme
find
wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/loop-single-reply.php
Make a copy of this file, and put in in the directory called bbpress that you created above, so you end up with
wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress/loop-single-reply.php
bbPress will now use this template instead of the original
and you can amend this
so replace line 61 which reads
<div class="bbp-reply-content">
with
<?php
//now check if it is the topic author
$author = bbp_get_reply_author_id(bbp_get_reply_id()) ;
$current_user = get_current_user_id() ;
if ($author == $current_user) {
echo '<div class="bbp-reply-content bbp-author">' ;
}
else echo '<div class="bbp-reply-content">' ;
?>
then just add the bbp-author css styling to your theme’s custom css
eg
.bbp-author {
background : green ;
}
you might require
.bbp-author {
background : green !important;
}
depending on where you put the css.
@shland01 – I’ve answered in the other link, so post that here for completeness
Specific Moderator per forum?
and I’ll only update the other one
I presume Rkk has deleted.
my styles pack plugin has a shortcode
[Profile label=’This is the label’] will show
which will let you add that as a text box beneath the standard bbpress login.
bbp style pack
once installed and activated – go to
dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>shortcodes to find what the options are
The existing plugin “bbpress topics for posts” by Mr. David Dean is too old and seems like it is now no longer being updated and almost abandoned by the owner, therefore I would request bbpress or somebody here to take over this plugin or create an alternative for this plugin.
It is because this is the only plugin which allows merging existing wordpress comments with bbpress forum.
I have successfully tried the procedures and could merge my earlier regular wordpress comments inside bbpress under every post.
So this plugin is very important considering that it converts your ordinary wordpress comments into SEO rich bbpress forum replies.
Please help! I would really appreciate if somebody could come with a similar version of this plugin
Hello,
I’ve read ALL of the bbpress docs on here, and a few months ago i installed the RKK Login Widget as suggested here:
https://codex.bbpress.org/layout-and-functionality-examples-you-can-use/#3-adding-an-amend-profilepassword-to-the-login-widget
It seems the github gist where that plugin was hosted is now gone.
Is there any way to get this plugin still?
Thank you.
If I have a forum where people will be posting many images, what do you suggest?
Thank you for any help.
Thanks very much Stephen! It would be great if that table of emoticons could be included in the current forum GUI reply box. Even if it’s just a hover over a smiley image to show the complete list. Doesn’t need to be selectable, though that would be extra fancy.
Is there a list of other other functionality not listed in quicktags. ie embedding videos when a youtube link is used. Tagging a forum user within a post with @username. Or have I listed all the hidden user-sided magic off bbPress now ๐
Apologies, I missed that one, bbPress uses the same smileys as WordPress
The full list can be found here: https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Smilies
I currently am using this:
https://kristarella.blog/2013/04/bbpress-forum-icons/
But for speed and looks, I’m trying to use a “font awesome” icon for the forum icon.
My plan was to use some css for each forum, and then style the font icons individually.
I started off with this in stylesheet, but it’s not working:
ul#bbp-forum-9:before {
font-family: FontAwesome;
content: '\f058';
color: #6190C3;
font-size: 30px;
padding-right: 10px;
margin-left: -15px;
position: absolute;
left: -13px;
margin-top: 1px;
}
I’ve tried several variations with no luck.
Any suggestions on how to get this css to work properly?
Thanks for any tips.
Update:
Sadly I have removed the set up…. because the bbpress topics for posts plugin seems to be too outdated and could have security issues…
Hello,
I have a problem with bbpress, my member after creating a discussion can not edit this topic again! Please support me. Thanks very much.
Try our docs, they are in English but cover most of what you are asking, I think ๐
Getting Started
Hello all!
I’m hoping someone can help me out with this. After a “successful” transfer from Simple:Press to BBPress, I noticed a few things didn’t import quite right. All the posts are not showing up except for the root posts.

It imported all the users but didn’t assign posts to the proper users so all of them are reading as only one user posting everything. (See image under “Creator” tab of each post)

I’m sorry if I’m being a noob, but is there any way I can match settings to the old forum?