[senatorman]

one best way.ive done with my forum. All other ways are not working

-Update phpbb to the latest version
-use the BBpress Alpha 2.6
-import the data from phpbb
-do the fixes down under in separatly ( run sql in 5 steps, begin with the first)

/* Get all posts with wrong author and correspondent right author from translator table */

create table TMP_ORPHANS as
select
wp_posts.ID,
wp_posts.post_author,
wp_bbp_converter_translator.value_id real_author,
IFNULL(wp_posts.post_date, NULL) post_date,
IFNULL(wp_posts.post_date_gmt, NULL) post_date_gmt,
wp_posts.post_content,
CASE
WHEN wp_posts.post_type = 'reply'
THEN (SELECT tmposts.post_title from wp_posts as tmposts where tmposts.id = wp_posts.post_parent)
ELSE wp_posts.post_title
END post_title,
wp_posts.post_excerpt,
wp_posts.post_status,
wp_posts.comment_status,
wp_posts.ping_status,
wp_posts.post_password,
wp_posts.post_name,
wp_posts.to_ping,
wp_posts.pinged,
IFNULL(wp_posts.post_modified, NULL) post_modified,
IFNULL(wp_posts.post_modified_gmt, NULL) post_modified_gmt,
wp_posts.post_content_filtered,
wp_posts.post_parent,
wp_posts.guid,
wp_posts.menu_order,
wp_posts.post_type,
wp_posts.post_mime_type,
wp_posts.comment_count,
(	select wp_postmeta.meta_value
from wp_postmeta
where
wp_postmeta.meta_key = '_bbp_author_ip' and
wp_postmeta.post_id = wp_posts.id
) user_ip
from wp_posts
left join wp_users on wp_posts.post_author = wp_users.id
left join wp_bbp_converter_translator on wp_posts.post_author = wp_bbp_converter_translator.meta_value
where
wp_posts.post_type in ('forum', 'reply', 'topic') and
(wp_users.id is null or
wp_users.id = 1) and
wp_bbp_converter_translator.value_type = 'user' and
wp_bbp_converter_translator.meta_key = '_bbp_old_user_id';

/* Do this to be able to create indexes later – some may not work */
ALTER TABLE TMP_ORPHANS modify column post_date datetime default NULL;
ALTER TABLE TMP_ORPHANS modify column post_date_gmt datetime default NULL;
ALTER TABLE TMP_ORPHANS modify column post_modified datetime default NULL;
ALTER TABLE TMP_ORPHANS modify column post_modified_gmt datetime default NULL;
ALTER TABLE TMP_ORPHANS modify column user_ip varchar(40);
ALTER TABLE TMP_ORPHANS modify column post_title varchar(255);

/* we create indexes to speed up the update process */
ALTER TABLE TMP_ORPHANS ADD INDEX(post_date);
ALTER TABLE TMP_ORPHANS ADD INDEX(post_author);
ALTER TABLE TMP_ORPHANS ADD INDEX(real_author);
ALTER TABLE TMP_ORPHANS ADD INDEX(user_ip);
ALTER TABLE TMP_ORPHANS ADD INDEX(post_title);

/* Revert bad authors to good authors */
UPDATE
wp_posts INNER JOIN TMP_ORPHANS
ON wp_posts.id = TMP_ORPHANS.id
set wp_posts.post_author = TMP_ORPHANS.real_author
where wp_posts.post_type in ('reply', 'topic') ;

/* Drop TMP table */
DROP TABLE TMP_ORPHANS;

The result is a compleet database with the good relation between post and author

[Helmuts]

good morning, what is the theme (is there one at all) used here at bbpress official community forum?

really like the approach 🙂

thank you,
Helmuts

[Helmuts]

Hello all,

I have created an inner forum http://www.lustjobs.com/forums/ (a forum to discuss auld industry business aspects).

bbPress seemed to be the right solution to go for (and actually the only one to be honest) as the main website is run on wp.

Could you please share your thoughts/feedback as a person who’s worked with bbPress for a much longer time? Any changes required?

Screenshot of all the plugins I use: http://imgur.com/a/dk5Ju (link to imgur as the image is too long to be inserted here).

Still looking how to implement following features:
* like button (have tried different ones – none seems good enough)
* see total views (I understand that I’m not the only one)
* quote
* adding moderator status to registered users for selected categories only
* first post in different colour (as here)

Thanks in advance for the feedback,
Helmuts

p.s. the more I work with bbpress, the more I love it, and it looks like that my users get along with it good as well.

[ric89]

I have a serious problem. Yesterday I installed bbPress, I tried it and after a few minutes I turned off.

After deactivating the plugin the entire site went offline. The wordpress admin panel works, so I reactivated bbPress and is back online.

The site is completely offline if I try to turn off bbPress, and back online when activate it. Why?

(Sorry for English, I am Italian)

[NhatQuang]

Hi,
By default, to override bbpress template in theme, you need to create a folder called name “bbpress” in root folder theme, like this /%your_theme%/bbpress.
I have a question, How can change the location of bbpress folder in theme ?
I want to move it like this: /%my_theme%/vendors/bbpress

[Stephen Edgar]

Also, I just learnt that if your themes header.php contains lang="en" that will cause issues, see https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/unable-to-change-language/#post-179361

[Stephen Edgar]

If you have WordPress set to use Hebrew you should be able to go to Dashboard -> Updates -> Update Translations and WordPress will download the bbPress Hebrew translations automatically

[negevasaf64]

Hi, this is my website: peulibrary.com, and I put the bbpress-he_IL.mo and bbpress-he_IL.po files in wp-content/languages/bbpress, and it doesn’t work, nothingm and I tries everything, does anyone have an idea how to solve it?
Thank You!

Used theme: Evolve

[deepthyxavier]

Hi,

Is it possible to display forums as Recent topic widget in BBpress with Forum name,author name with avatar, and forum created date.
Any help greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[Stephen Edgar]

Actually, you should be able to do this now, I was looking at an incorrect URL.

Finnish is in the API here https://api.wordpress.org/translations/plugins/1.0/?slug=bbpress&version=2.5.11

You should be able to remove the .po & .mo files and then just update your translations from the dashboard (/wp-admin -> dashboard -> updates -> Update translations)

[Stephen Edgar]

When you downloaded those files what options did you select?

You need to select All current to get the “current strings”

p.s. I’ve also just made a request to have bbPress “stable” language packs generated, once this is complete you should be able to download the translations directly from the WordPress updates dashboard, just as you get the translations for WordPress itself.

Keep an eye out for Finnish to show up in the API here

[Robin W]

If you mean 2.6 alpha then.

Download from

Download

and save to your computer

Deactivate and delete the existing bbpress plugin – the data will remain

Then install the alpha version by uploading new plugin

and activate

[Robert Chalmers]

Hi, thanks for getting back.

This is a brand new install. Theme is the standard 2017.
The only plugin is RemoveHowdy It makes no difference if it’s on or off.
I’ve removed bbPress, and reinstalled it again. No difference.

This bit doesn’t happen at all. When I activate it, nothing happens. Nothing in the apache logs. Nothing.

3. Activate bbPress from your Plugins page. (You’ll be greeted with a Welcome page.)
4. Visit ‘Forums > Add New’ and create some forums. (You can always delete these later.)

It’s Apache2. macOS. Runs IPv6 and IPv4 combined. Runs half a dozen other wordpress virtual web sites no problem.
Got me foxed.

[Robin W]

WAMP or server installation ?

ok, suggest

You deactivate, delete and re-install bbpress

If that doesn’t work

It could be a theme or plugin issue

Plugins

Deactivate all but bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

Themes

If plugins don’t pinpoint the problem, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentyfifteen, and see if this fixes.

If those don’t then either maybe corrupt wordpress/server issue.

[Robert Chalmers]

further to that. From the apache log. The script runs to start with, but next line, gives a 500 error

GET /wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/js/editor.js?ver=2.5.11-6121 HTTP/1.1″ 200 1399
GET /wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=forum HTTP/1.1″ 500 3411

[Robert Chalmers]

Brand new installation. Only other plugin is RemoveHowdy.
Installed bbPress, and activated it … nothing happens.
Go to View Site, and select New -> Forum, and get this error message. Invalid post type. In a white box.

[ngp130895]

Hi,
I am using bbPress to create a forum for a customer. I use WordPress 4.6.1 and bbPress 2.5.11.
I downloaded the .mo and .po files in my language (Finnish) from this link, changed the file names into:
bbpress-fi_FI.mo and bbpress-fi_FI.po, and moved them to wp-content/languages/bbpress
Eventhough my wordpress site language is Finnish and I have those mo and po file in the folder, the bbpress forum is still in English.

[hanifascraps]

Hi there,

I want to ask if I set a user in WordPress as author and as moderator in bbpress forum, if is correctly to say that he will be able to edit topics and replies of others user?

[vevans2]

Hello,

I am using the shortcode to display a single topic. When a user tries to reply to a reply to the topic, they are directed to the bottom of the page.

I want to nest replies to topics, so that users can respond directly to another user’s response. Is this possible?

I tried the js file revision suggest here but it did not create the desired effect (replying to a user’s reply is still not possible, only replies to the topic).

Thank you for the help.
Valerie

[giacomosilli]

Hello everyone,
I have a backup of vanilla forum sql 5GB, I would like to import it in my wordpress site, I am trying to use import by bbPress, but without success, maybe the file is too large.

Unfortunately the server as OVH does not allow you to edit the php.ini or the phpmyadmin configurations.

How i can solve it?

[Robin W]

try either :

bbPress Styling Crib

or use my style pack plugin

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-style-pack/

[Manuel Fritsch]

I activated topic and reply subscriptions today, and the very first email I got was a bounce. I had written a response to someone else’s thread, and apparently, instead of sending it from my usual sending address (as specified in PostMAN SMTP: mail@domain.org) to my admin address (as specified in my profile: m@domain.org), it was sent from and to (!) this weird address: noreply@sudomain.domain.org (case is bbpress on one subdomain site of a MS network). Since I do not receive emails adressed to my subdomain, it was bounced to mail@domain.org.

Using this noreply@ does not make any sense to me, neither for sender, nor for recipient. Can anyone help? bbpress does not allow me to set a sending address, it just defined and used it. That is not good, since my SMTP plugin must have the last word in this. We all know that sending emails via PHPmailer/webserver (default WP behaviour) is unprofessional. And anyway, to send a notification to anywhere else than my profile email does not make sense. This looks very much like a bug, doesn’t it?

WP 4.6.1 (MS install w/subdomains), bbpress 2.5.11, PostMan SMTP 1.7.2, ~40 other plugins

Excerpt from PostMan SMTP’s log (with EDITS):

X-Mailer: Postman SMTP 1.7.2 for WordPress (https://wordpress.org/plugins/postman-smtp/)
From: SITE NAME <noreply@de.DOMAIN.org>
Sender: mail@DOMAIN.org
To: noreply@de.DOMAIN.org

[ico33]

Hi, I am not an expert so I ask you this question.

I need to increase font-size in bbpress forum in my wordpress site. I installed the plugin Simple Custom Css and add this code

#bbpress-forums .bbp-topic-content,
#bbpress-forums .bbp-reply-content {
    font-size: 14px;
}

Nothing happened. Then I changed adding a line

#bbpress-forums .bbp-topic-content,
#bbpress-forums .bbp-reply-content {
  display: list-item !important;
    font-size: 14px;
}

Now it works, in the Staging Copy of the site. Can you confirm this is a correct code? Or this code can generate any unexpected issue somewhere?

Thanks!

[charlenewebsavvy]

Hi,

I have 2 forums one active and 300+ members and on with just 20+ members both on xenforo.

We want to move to bbpress.
I migrated the small forum first.I followed all the documentation to import the xenforo forum.Everything went through fine but all the members got tons of notifications once the migration was complete.

Before trying to migrate the larger forum I want to know if there is a way to turn off the notifications during this process.

Regards,
Charlene

[mestregd]

Hello guys,
I have already taken the necessary steps to leave the full width of the forum across the screen, but even after putting bbpress.php inside my child theme, the space between of the sidebar and the forum is not in full width

i need help pls