[Matt]

No BBPress piggyback plugins I’m afraid, just the normal BuddyPress + BBPress combo. The private forums functionality is included in out-of-the-box BBPress.

We have other plugins on the site such as Advanced Access Manager and WordFence, but can’t see why they would affect what discussions are listed; I may be wrong, but it seems most likely to be an oversight of BBPress’ programming.

[deanhills]

Thanks for the prompt reply robkk.

Please find enclosed a link for the test Website:
http://totius.tk/

When I activate Mona Lisa, the BBPress Forum disappears. You only see the link in the navigation bar, but it isn’t linked any more. When you click on it it is dead. Then when I deactivate the Mona Lisa plugin, the Forum is back again.

I first started with a stand alone BBPress Forum, i.e. one directly loaded from the BBPress Website, as I wanted to experiment to see how good it is. There are the three plugins that come loaded with the site. But when I try to load any of the other plugins they won’t install. I.e. I would upload them to the plugins folder through cPanel, they do show, but when I click on them, there is an error message that comes up.

Then next I tried BBPress with WordPress – i.e. I started from scratch with a WordPress site and loaded it as a plugin as per the totius.tk example. I was able to download and install the Monalisa plugin, but when I activate it, the BBPress forum disappears. The blog part however is active. Only the forum is disabled.

So yes, there has to be a conflict between BBPress and the Mona Lisa plugin.

By the way, this is what my WordPress (up to date version) dashboard Settings/Writing looks like. You mention

while having TinyMCE activated, and the default toolbar editor tab is the HTML one

Where do I activate TinyMCE and find the default toolbar editor in WordPress? Or are you talking about BBPress Dashboard?

It does work with bbPress and how its default quicktags editor though.

As previously mentioned it didn’t work with a freshly installed bbPress Website. I had nothing else installed except the bbPress Forum. The enclosed totius.tk however is now a plugin.

Is there anything I could have done when it was a bbpress stand alone for the plugin to have been able to be installed?

[Indrekkor]

I Have a site with about 2 million posts (topic+replies total), have seen errors like theese before.

Your problem is not with bbpress, but with wordpress in general.

Turn on your mysql-slow log and see what query is causing the problem.

Probably you’ll see SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS listed there.

[danceee3]

hello there!

trying to setup a bbpress forum!

i managed to create an homepage with the latest topics.

I want to add the <span class=”bbp-topic-started-in”> (found this using chrome inspect) near the “started by” like it’s made here in the support forum!

i think it’s rpetty crucial to show what forum the topic belong to, i have to idea where to start, any advice or pointer would be great

thanks a lot!

[32diego]

After my last theme update (Total theme) the forum is broken.

It is now appearing as a post (screenshot attached). If i switch back to the default theme it shows up fine. No caching being used anywhere. Run through troubleshooting with theme support who have said they changed nothing that would break this. Their theme supports bbpress intergration.

Any one any suggestions?

Working with default theme
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0jey3abi21zhcw0/2015%20theme.png

Broken forum with total theme
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8kibkr5d0nzonmr/total%20theme.png

anyone else had this issue or has any suggestions?

[NeoID]

I’m still looking into this, but haven’t had the time to start coding on it. The main reason for that may be that I’m still not sure whether BuddyPress/bbpress is a good choice or not. I really don’t like WordPress for some reasons, but in some ways it’s a nice starting point when it comes to building a more social community…

Anyway, would love to participate on this as I might end up using this in the near future. I’ll also look into supporting Pollfield as I’m using polls quite often on the forum.

[Pascal Casier]

Hi,

Ah, the ‘breadcrumbs’.

You can switch them completely off or just remove the ‘forums’ part by checking the example here: https://codex.bbpress.org/layout-and-functionality-examples-you-can-use/#4-turning-off-or-changing-breadcrumbs
Just copy this part into a child theme, in your functions.php or in a plugin.

If you don’t know how to do it yourself, you can always check for plugins like bbP Toolkit or others that can help you with that.

Pascal.

[Pascal Casier]

1. and 2.
You might want to create a standard WordPress page called ‘forums’ and give it the http://raquiia.com/gaming/forums/ URL. In that way you override the default page.
Then use shortcode for your chat, the [bbp-forum-index] shortcode and the shortcode for your statistics. (see shortcodes: https://codex.bbpress.org/features/shortcodes/ )

For 3. at lot can be done, but I have the impression you want to heavily customize, so if you want to do your own coding you could create a child theme and put copies there of the main bbPress files and start modifying them.

Then of course hundreds of plugins already exist. If you want to do something specific, just open another support request here and we will try to guide you.

Enjoy bbPress !
Pascal.

[raquiia]

Hi,

i just installed bbpress to my wordpress website. www raquiia com/gaming.

I was using inboard since long time but yet, i think it’s more convenience to use bbpress with my wordpress website and different plugins.

So i would like to configure it.

The basic installation looks correct, its work without bug (or i didn’t find yet), but i would like to customize it.

First i would like to add a chat on the forum page : www raquiia com/gaming/forums/
So, between the header with the image and title and the Forum i would like this: wordpress plugin : simple-ajax-chat
or an other chat i don’t really care.

i’ll keep the sidebar on right.

Bottom of the forum i would like a better statistic. So i found this : wordpress plugin : bbpress-improved-statistics-users-online

For both it’s look simple to install, just have to write the shortcode on the forum page. But unfortunnally i can’t find where is this page …

After fix that, i’ll try to make the forum more clear and nice to read.
It’s hard to find nice and clear bbpress (i mean in my opinion), i found one example : http://themes.momizat.com/?theme=multinews (go to community -> Forum)

A forum like this after add the chat and the statistic can be alright. Even better if i also can add image for each sub category.

To explain, on this example they have General main category
Then they have sub category :- getting started
– off topic
– Funstuff
Can i add an image before each sub category ?

i think, i have to modify my template to get what i want. i just don’t know where and how …

To summary i want :

1 : Add a chat (doesn’t matter which one) on top of the forum
2 : Add better statistic bot of my forum
3 : Change the design of the forum part (category …)

If somebody can answer me it will be very helpful to open this website asap.

Thanks you by advance

Louis

[Pascal Casier]

Hi,
Just create a normal WordPress page and add the shortcode [bbp-single-forum id=$forum_id]
See: https://codex.bbpress.org/features/shortcodes/
Pascal.

[Momshof]

I decided to go ahead & purchase GD bbPress Toolbox to control this. Thanks for your input.

[Momshof]

Hello – As a normal user (not admin) the posts are showing the html (I think that is what it is called). For example – it looks like this when posted:

<p style=”text-align: center;”>Creating a test topic 1.</p>
<p style=”text-align: center;”>Creating a test topic 1.</p>
<p style=”text-align: right;”>Creating a test topic 1.</p>
<p style=”text-align: right;”>Creating a test topic 1.</p>
<span style=”font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;”>Creating a test topic 1.</span>

<span style=”font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;”>Creating a test topic 1.</span>

<span style=”font-size: 18pt;”>Creating a test topic 1.</span>

<span style=”font-size: 18pt;”>Creating a test topic 1.</span>

<span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Creating a test topic 1.</span>

<span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Creating a test topic 1.</span>

<span style=”color: #339966;”>Creating a test topic 1.</span>

<span style=”color: #339966;”>Creating a test topic 1.</span>

<span style=”background-color: #000000; color: #00ff00;”>Creating a test topic 1.</span>

<span style=”background-color: #000000; color: #00ff00;”>Creating a test topic 1.</span>

I am using GD bbPress Toolbox to have more options on my visual editor.

Also – is there any way to completely REMOVE the “text” tab option (only have visual editor available)?

Thanks for your assistance.

[gameslopedy]

I have these plugins; s2member, buddypress and bbpress with yoast seo plugin.

So , is it okay for s2member using along with bbpress?

Or what is the exact fix for s2member between bbpress?

[Brevi]

Hello!

I would like to try bbPress forum because of it’s WordPress integration and the advantages that would come with that.

I currently have a Simple Machines Forum (SMF) with the following statistics:

Total Members: 98
Total Posts: 9924
Total Topics: 1519
Total Categories: 4
Total Boards: 34

Version of SMF: 2.0.11 (Current)
Version of WordPress: 4.3.1 (Current)
Version of bbPress: 2.5.8 (Current)

I’ve read the guide of importing forums here: https://codex.bbpress.org/getting-started/importing-data/import-forums/

Based on that I’m fairly certain I followed the steps right. I have the server (localhost), the database, the prefix and user added in the import tool. The processing gets stuck at the following point (tried several times):

Converting topics (57 – 57)

I did try with ‘Row Limit’ 1 and also tried ‘Delay Time’ between 1-30, but that did not make a difference. I tried to Stop / Start it a few times… nothing.

I’m not an expert with MySQL databases, so I don’t think I can manually edit the row which is causing the problem.

Can anyone help with this please?

[Pascal Casier]

Hi,
Check this one out: https://codex.bbpress.org/layout-and-functionality-examples-you-can-use/#16-adding-description-to-forum-pages

Pascal.

[Pascal Casier]

Hi,
You can start from here: https://codex.bbpress.org/getting-started/troubleshooting/blank-pages/
If it did not help, just get back.
Pascal.

[Nu Eranet]

We had bbpress running and all was well but since the last update suddenly the site goes white and does not generate an error it simply just does not show anything.

http://www.yeoldeways.com/community/

Right now the plugin is deactivated but as soon as we turn on bbpress “poof” white site.

Any ideas for a solution?

Thanks in advance. 🙂

[Pascal Casier]

30000 forums ? Thats not managable! Or are you talking about 30000 topics ?
If I’m not mistaken bbPress is limited to 50 forums.

Pascal.

[Pascal Casier]

As said above:
For your plugins, you should activate them from your ‘Admin panels > Plugins > Installed Plugins’ and then you can start tuning the options (in most cases under ‘Admin panels > Settings’ or ‘Admin panels > Tools’.
If they do not work, then you need to ask on the forums of those plugins.

For the avatars, you can start reading here: https://codex.bbpress.org/getting-started/faq/user-avatars/

Pascal.

[seyibest]

Thanks Pasca, Though i am actually doing what you said above.
Please how do i activate these plugins:
bbPress – Private Replies
bbPress – Report Content
bbPress New Topics
Better bbPress Signature
gp bbpress attachement
Please how do i configure these plugins to work because these features are not showing.
Also, please hoe do i customise the forum for users to upload image of there choice?
Thanks

[diamond2]

Hi everybody,

I’m building a website which must have many different forums (+30000…)

I would like to know if it is possible with bbpress without too many errors.

Many thanks

[Pascal Casier]

Hmm, nothing comes to my mind directly. Maybe with a plugin like https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bbpress-new-ui ?

I also saw a lot of ‘Oh bother no topics’ and other messages. You can always use my bbP Toolkit to hide those.

Pascal.

[seyibest]

yes. I want to change the bbpress forum and subforum background color.

The Url: http://www.guruscrib.net

[AilyRoot]

em…it is just rough number 660K ~ 600K ,don;t need to be specific, same bad, and I did not manage to manage 60K ;p could NOT even remove 10topics…

anyway, to be honest, with all due respects, PHP 5.6 will NOT help everyone remove from 10 topics to 100 topics.

I wish developers, if possible kindly, to contact us, I will let you work on it

(I think not many people so far yet to use bbpress for big forums)

[Pascal Casier]

Well, you seem to have managed to remove 60K already in the mean time.

I edited my post, not sure it you saw that, but WordPress proposes PHP 5.6 and not 5.5 as you have. Of course all works, but I remember well, the latest bbPress test runs show increased performance on the higher PHP platform.

Pascal.