I have setup WordPress on a computer (Raspberry Pi3 running Ubuntu MATE 16.04) and it is working.
I installed bbPress and am trying to import my phpBB Forum http://binnie.id.au/BulletinBoard/index.php
It is unclear exactly what I need to enter in the “Import Forums” dialog.
I have tried many different options. I am assuming that this is asking for MySQL details.
My CPanel reports
Server: Localhost via UNIX socket
Server type: MySQL
Server version: 5.5.48-cll – MySQL Community Server (GPL)
Protocol version: 10
User: iabi1038@localhost
Server charset: UTF-8 Unicode (utf8)
MySQL® Databases shows
Database Size Privileged Users
iabi1038_phpb1 2.32 MB iabi1038_phpb1
I have tried
Database Server binnie.id.au
Database Name iabi1038_phpb1
Database User iabi1038_phpb1
Table Prefix phpbb_
This chugs along, with no obvious errors, except it seems to find nothing.
No reply_to parents to convert
No replies to convert
No tags to convert
No super stickies to stick
No stickies to stick
No topics to convert
No forum parents to convert
No forums to convert
No passwords to clear
No users to convert
Starting Conversion
See the menus used here on both bbPress.org/forums and BuddyPress.org/support:
These are both menus, both use said “parent” menu items to arrange the items, both these menus are open source and pretty good examples and slightly different of how you can add bbPress and BuddyPress functionality to menus
https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sites/trunk/buddypress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/bbpress-org/toolbar.php
https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sites/trunk/buddypress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress-org/toolbar.php
Take a look around and look out for “parent” and see what you find…
Please help me create a new bbp role w/c is VIP.
add_filter( 'bbp_get_dynamic_roles', 'ntwb_bbpress_custom_role_names' );
function ntwb_bbpress_custom_role_names() {
return array(
// Keymaster
bbp_get_keymaster_role() => array(
'name' => 'Administrator',
'capabilities' => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_keymaster_role() )
),
// Moderator
bbp_get_moderator_role() => array(
'name' => 'Moderator',
'capabilities' => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_moderator_role() )
),
// Participant
bbp_get_participant_role() => array(
'name' => 'Member',
'capabilities' => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_participant_role() )
),
// VIP
bbp_get_participant_role() => array(
'name' => 'VIP',
'capabilities' => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_participant_role() )
),
// Spectator
bbp_get_spectator_role() => array(
'name' => 'Guest',
'capabilities' => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_spectator_role() )
),
// Blocked
bbp_get_blocked_role() => array(
'name' => 'Banned',
'capabilities' => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_blocked_role() )
)
);
}
If you’re using any phpBB mods this might cause issues.
You also need to make sure you use bbPress 2.6 alpha, which includes all the changes required , you cannot simply copy the changed phpBB.php file to a different bbPress version.
To use the most up to date phpBB importer use bbPress 2.6-alpha as I pointed out, if you have to use the old phpBB version use bbPress 2.5.10.
But as I’ve said, there are huge improvements to the phpBB importer in 2.6-alpha so updating phpBB to the latest version is my recommendation.
Bbpress uses the wordpress login, so they will have single signon.
This issue is caused because the widget links have the same classes as other links throughout bbPress. In your theme mesocolumn, there is CSS in a bb-css stylesheet that bolds the forum titles.
In this custom CSS I just set a default font-weight for any widget area.
You may need to show your theme author this so that maybe they can add it or something similar to their theme.
And I need to note this down as a possible issue that users might occur when customizing their forums/developing themes.
This is custom CSS add it in the custom css area your theme provides.
.widget-area li a {
font-weight: normal;
}
Hi All,
I already spent two hours working on this, but failed miserably.
I want to change the font of the topics listed in Recent Topics widget as normal, instead of bold style.
Which code should I change?
I tried in bbpress.css, line 166, it seems it has no effect at all.
Please see this image: the font is too bold, I want it be normal
Thanks very much.
Its a common issue related to WordPress comments theme styling having issues with bbPress replies since they have a common class attribute .reply.
Since your theme is a free WP theme, I was able to test it out real quick to see the issues.
Use all this custom CSS, add it into a child themes style.css file or in a custom css plugin.
Know that if it does not work, try adding !important at the end, for example like this.
Also know that some of the CSS is for your replies links color, so change that if you end up changing your links color so that it would match.
.example {
position: relative !important;
right: auto !important;
}
Here is all the custom CSS you would need to use to fix your theme related issue.
#bbpress-forums .reply a {
position: relative;
right: auto;
bottom: auto;
display: initial;
padding: 0;
border: none;
font-size: inherit;
text-transform: none;
-webkit-transition: none;
transition: none;
}
#bbpress-forums .reply a {
border-color: inherit;
color: #BF4D28;
}
#bbpress-forums .reply a:hover {
color: #E6AC27;
background-color: inherit;
}
Hi All – I maintain a very simple site for an astronomy group (sdbhas.org) on a volunteer basis, and we recently migrated to wordpress so I’m still a newbie. I recently installed bbpress and everything seemed to be working very well. However, while testing I noticed that replies to a topic are rendering the area where the username and avatar would go on the extreme right edge of the screen. The forum’s not publicly visible as of yet, but a screenshot of what’s happening is below:
Reply render failure
bbpress version: 2.5.10-6063
wordpress: 4.6.1
theme: parabola
This does appear to be theme-related since when I tested with 2016 it rendered properly. Searching the forum I couldn’t find anything similar, so would anyone have an idea as to what’s happening or a suggestion for a fix? Although I’m a software engineer, java and c++ are my areas, not php/css – so go easy 😉
Thanks in advance for the help!
–Thanks,
Chris
You shouldn’t need to edit any of bbPress functions.
You can achieve what you are after by adding your own custom templates:
This is a guide to getting started with these: https://codex.bbpress.org/themes/amending-bbpress-templates/
This is a helpful reference for bbPress’ templates: https://codex.bbpress.org/themes/theme-compatibility/template-hierarchy-in-detail/
What I think you’d be looking to do is make changes to your child themes loop-single-reply.php template so that only the links to replies are there by removing bbp_reply_content() .
I’ve installed BBpress and it didn’t show in the WP menu.
After some searching I found the topic on User roles and gave myself admin and keymaster role.
Now I can see the BB press options in the WP menu, but when I try to acces them I get an error: ‘ You are not allowed to edit posts in this post type. ‘
My version of WordPress is outdated. Can this be the problem here?
Specs:
BB press 2.5.10
Wordpress: 4.4.5
Kind regards, Simon
@Robkk
I tried this :
– de-activation of bbPress
– des-installation of bbPress
– re-installation of bbPress
– re-activation of bbPress
with the same result : no Welcome page, no additional options in the sidebar.
I don’t have BuddyPress installed.
But I noticed on the WP detail pop-up about bbPress : “Not tested with your WP version”.
Thank you very much for your feedback.
Yeah you can probably do it. You may need to customize the bbPress templates in a child theme. Then just add a link where it says to login in html or php. I think the files you will need to edit are in the form-reply.php and form-topic.php files.
https://codex.bbpress.org/themes/theme-compatibility/
How to make all links in the forum with re=”nofollow”?
Its like that by default.
How to disappear content for how not login? so just in he will login, the info will appear to him?
I am guessing you want Private forums/content. You can use a couple of plugins depending on how private you want these forums.
How to disappear content for how not login? so just in he will login, the info will appear to him?
By default in bbPress, if you edit each forum, you are able to set a forum to public, private, or hidden. Setting a forum to private will only allow users who are logged in to see the content.
So are these notifications are they from the bbPress notify plugin? Because that error you posted is related to the bbPress notify plugin.
Not sure what to recommend since you are using a plugin that seems to not be supported anymore. You are using the old version not the forked (no spam) version that is actively developed.
You might need to hire a developer to fix everything for you.
You can either use an alternate plugin beside bbPress WP Tweaks that can give you similar control over widgets on bbPress pages, or you can go without using a forum main page which that plugin might not support.
If you aren’t using any plugins that modify the registration process or custom frontend registration forms and instead are using the default WordPress registration forms, right after you get an activation link in your email, you should be redirected to a strong autogenerated password that you can edit if you want, just make sure to edit it before you hit reset password. If a user wants to change their password later they can also do that in their bbPress edit profile section.
As for the emails going to spam, a way that can help this is by sending email through an SMTP server for your site. There are a bunch of plugins on WordPress that can help configure this.
Weird one.. I have removed old customers no longer on a course but found some are still being notified of new posts.
It is possible this links to what looks like an error on the Forum Settings Page. Example is below. Anyone got an idea?
Warning: in_array() expects parameter 2 to be array, string given in /var/sites/s/secretgarden.eu.com/public_html/wp-content/plugins/bbpress-notify/bbpress-notify.php on line 361
Blog owner
I’m on wordpress 4.5.4 and bbpress 2.5.10 and bbpress notify 0.2.2
Tim
Its a known bug. Here is the trac ticket for the issue.
Like it says in the ticket it’s possible to restore the topic on the frontend.
https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2734
Just another reply to you @mimbelli about your opinion on using plugins for most of the features.
While I’m sure that WordPress will not disappear in few years I cannot swear for sure on each plugin. What will happen when a plugin I used throughout all my site will not be upgraded because the developer went on Mars? I became very careful to choose my plugin since it happens several times in my life.
Make sure to use some quality plugins from very good developers. Most of the plugins I mentioned in your original topic were pretty good quality in my opinion.
If you did go the route of mainly using BuddyPress, GD bbPress Toolbox, bbPress Pencil Unread, then that should be good enough. BuddyPress is very actively developed, GD bbPress Toolbox is actively developed (its a paid plugin) and adding tons of features you wanted even report post functionality, and the Pencil Unread plugin is now improving its plugin to include features that are in other unread posts plugins.
Just updated to 4.6.1 recently and it seems to work fine on my dev site.
@pauldamas
If your this was a fresh bbPress installation I would try a re-installation.
We have some users in the forum mention similar issues while having also installed BuddyPress. Do you have BuddyPress installed as well.
You may also have to make sure you have the plugin activated. I have seen users get confused at how the new way WordPress installs plugins with a single button and no screen change. Some people forget to wait after the loading icon goes, then the button turns into an activate button. Some users forget that and do not activate the plugin.
How do i add BBpress to my site for Uganda Safaris. I need tourists to communicate with each other through forums. Please help!
I just merged your two created topics since they are pretty much the same, but you just detailed different information for each.
Have you set any forums as private through bbPress, or are they all set as public?
Have you tried running the repair tools in Tools > Forums, and made sure to run each tool one at a time?
Have made sure to clear any cache from any plugins you have, or made sure they are set up correctly?
