[Robkk]

saw your site , and see that you have an actions button on each post

i assume you are doing the same thing as my dropdown list for bbpress admin links, or that you took the code from my topic. I think its a great idea , and more help would be great.

As for your site , right now all i can see is that its doing the same thing as this sites support, but i guess if you can come up with some cool ideas and code or i guess some custom themes you could in the future be for bbpress as buddydev.com is for buddypress if you develop some features for bbpress users.

[Robkk]

@kris35

i mean the login widget does come from bbpress so why not use it??

[sktrader]

I am using bbpress login widget on my website http://www.topics-talk.com/

[Robkk]

you could output the bbpress statistics shortcode like this , its in that reply

How to make similar bbpress forum to QuicSprout one?

[Ene Marius]

Hi, I’m trying to display the total posts and topics count on the index page (content-archive-forum).

I know that this works inside a forum, but is there something similar that counts the totals posts / topics ?

Thank you.

[Robin W]

and look at the styling crib

bbPress Styling Crib

[Robin W]

@indrekhirsnik sorry I don’t know the answer to that one, and the bbPress import guru is I believe away at the moment.

[Robin W]

@tomkalili

I can only suggest that you start by setting up a forum, and then come back with any questions you have.

to start you should follow the guides in the documentation

Codex

[Kris35]

Ok thats great – thanks. I was using User Pro but I didn’t like it. I kinda remember the BBPress login widget was a bit rough looking but am sure I can get a coder to make it look pretty. Do either of you know if most people with a BBPress forum also use the BBPress login widget or do they use something else?

[Robin W]

ok, I’ve just loaded UAM on a twentyten theme with bbpress.

I set up 2 groups

Name Description Read access Write access Role affiliation IP range
partners partners description only group users only group users none none
lock pages lock pages description only group users only group users none none

I then set one page to have lock pages access

I have changed nothing on UAM settings, so these are all default.

With unregistered users, this works fine – all topics and their contents are visible. Until I can re-create what you are getting, it is not worth trying logged in users !

Can you try the plugin without woocommerce just to see if it is UAM & Woocommerce & bbpress that is the issue? and then with twentyten just for a moment.

After that, if no luck, please list what you have for all UAM settings, and I’ll see if that makes a difference.

[PinkishHue]

Yes support is a little short here but we just have to deal with that. I think support will improve as the plugin becomes more and more popular but it’s just taking a while 🙂

As bbpress is a WP plugin, your question is more WP specific, so – as you’ve mentioned – you just need to use the WordPress Codex to find out how to do things like move your installation. This is a valuable tip for everyone – if you’re having trouble finding an answer here, try the WordPress Codex or support forums as many answers can be found there.

[tomkalili]

Hi,

I want to design attractive forum on dental practice.
So i want to use bbpress, please let me know, how can i start for designing dental forum.
I have searched on many forums for designing user friendly forum on dental.

Thanks
Tom kalili

[WisdmLabs]

To provide you an overview, the article covers the following:

• Allow you to create a monthly membership product with Automatic Billing System.
• Require customers to Pay for a Monthly Subscription to gain access to the Forum pages.
• Provide the ability to Limit Content (forum pages) to Subscribed Members only.
• Allow Members to Manage(cancel) their Membership Subscription from inside their bbPress Profile.

To implement these features we have used, bbPress (as the forum plugin), WooCommerce and WooCommerce Subscriptions (to offer paid membership), Groups and Groups WooCommerce (to restrict forum access).

Kindly let us know if any additional support is required with regards to this implementation.

[NickUdd]

Just got myself this fix. I will come back and let you know if it works.
http://www.pootlepress.com/shop/woothemes-canvas-and-bbpress-fix/ (free)

Its a canvas bbpress fix from Pootlepress

[Indrekkor]

Hello,

I am importing my forum to bbPress.

It is a no-name software created by 4-5 persons during 10 years and it is seriously lacking in every aspect so switching the software makes a lot of sense.

What are the most optimal and fast settings to use when importing my data ?

Right now i am using Rows Limit 10 000 and Delay Time 1 second.

It has taken 18 hours to convert ~1 650 000 rows and it is still going on.

The forum is large, ~600 000, topics, ~2 400 000 replies in 18 forums.

Best Wishes

[Robin W]

Hi Robin, so you don’t like feedback here?

I love feedback, but you need to realise that this forum is supported by a small bunch of volunteers. I have absolutely nothing to do with bbPress, I am just a user who is trying to give something back and help others, as I was helped when I started using this software.

But I do feel that to complain about the support and lack of functionality for something that is free, and that the authors could quite easily decide to stop developing, is not the best way to achieve a positive response.

Anyway I do hope that as you learn how bbPress works you will come back and help others, so that someone else’s answers are not left for as long as yours.

[pfswss]

well I appreciate it been open source, My intention was to point out something’s that I was disappointed with and not to put it down. If I had that intention I would have not spent 3 days upgrading to BBpress. Sometimes the best way to see things improved is to give feedback.

Thanks Rob, I will take all these things into consideration.

[sktrader]

Hello Everyone,
I have started a admin talk forum powered by bbpress. http://www.topics-talk.com/

Please provide your feedback. scope of this forum- Webmaster-admin to chit chat in regards to managing bbpress powered forum

[sktrader]

bbpress uses wp user database and bbpress plugins comes with login widget to enable login on the sidebar. you can enable registration on the frontend by putting bbpress shortcode on the page

[sktrader]

I can’t understand your thread properly. in bbpress forum means category and topics means threads.
I have checked your website but can’t find any forum

[Robkk]

i found this code but i dont know if it helps

// wp_mail altered for bbPress (Mail sent from address)
add_filter( 'wp_mail_from', 'email_sent_from' );
function email_sent_from( $email )
{
    return 'noreply@sitename';
}

[Robkk]

if one registers to wordpress they also are capable of posting on forum topics.

all registration is around wordpress.

bbpress may come with a register shortcode to place on a page ,but all the information still goes to wordpress.

[Robkk]

also another thing about topics with no replies

if you want you can feel free and try to find a solution to some of these topics.

official bbpress support dont always have to find a solution to a topic, even volunteers.

[Robkk]

Hi Robin, so you don’t like feedback here? I seemed to have hit a sensitive nerve with you! I did try to make some positives as well as what I thought were honest concerns. I looked on the support forum and there were also other older threads with no replies, not just mine, If you can’t take feedback about what you do then I’m sorry to say you will never learn or grow. As for it been free, well I’m not going to go into a debate about that. But I believe there would be ways to make money out of this like here: http://www.packtpub.com/bbpress-complete-comprehensive-guide/book

bbpress is open source , i dont think the community is going to try to make money off of something thats open source, thats probably why there is no ads on this site too.

that book was just written by some guy thats not really affiliated with bbpress. Its like if i myself made a book of all that i know from reading all the documentation. (i dont work for bbpress, i am a volunteer )

topics with no replies, people are busy , there is like only 2 official people that check out this forum occasionly , robin and stephen

jjj might check out the forums though but he also works on wordpress core i think i am not sure.

Other than that the others are volunteers like myself , which i am helping out people because robin helped out me , idk i feel i got to repay them somehow haha

Your own layout looks promising, I hope it goes well.

im on the fence if i should put it on github or not, i feel like i dont want people jacking my forums style sometimes

As for examples

Just any thing that looks like a forum:

bbpress looks like a forum ,its just a really simple one.

which is great because not all people need extravagant features, but if they want they can add wordpress plugins, and also custom functions that you may find on this forum.

if we compare features in bbpress compared to other forum software there is not much of a difference.

All i can see that is different is shortcodes on bottom, which i showed a user how to do in a topic before. using bbpress forum statistics shortcode, and the do shortcode function.

forum icons, which is possible there is a function somewhere if you search this forum.

category and hierarchy layout , if you search the bbpress trac people have shared how to do this if users want that specific layout.

ip boards topic sorting you can create something similar using bbpress views in simple html links.

and the rest is just styling with css, in the documentation it explains… go to this https://codex.bbpress.org/step-by-step-guide-to-setting-up-a-bbpress-forum-part-2/

[pfswss]

Hi Robin, so you don’t like feedback here? I seemed to have hit a sensitive nerve with you! I did try to make some positives as well as what I thought were honest concerns. I looked on the support forum and there were also other older threads with no replies, not just mine, If you can’t take feedback about what you do then I’m sorry to say you will never learn or grow. As for it been free, well I’m not going to go into a debate about that. But I believe there would be ways to make money out of this like here: http://www.packtpub.com/bbpress-complete-comprehensive-guide/book

Rob, thanks for the reply. I have now put instructions into my post as suggested.

I had found the theme by lying but from what I seen all it basically did was separate the man forum page to have borders in between the categories and that was it or is there more?

Both that and the Suportte theme just seem to be a very simple white theme that I can’t see how they look like Vbulletin, Invision or PhpBB. This is the demo I found which is just a screenshot: https://camo.githubusercontent.com/0370bd78798f25ca777774b376651cc71ef4fff9/687474703a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f386c45694144442e6a7067

Am I missing something?

Your own layout looks promising, I hope it goes well.

As for examples

Just any thing that looks like a forum:

here is one theme I do like, just a screenshotL http://invisionmodding.com/index.php?app=downloads&module=display&section=screenshot&record=1678&id=1408&full=1

even IP board support forum is very basic: http://community.invisionpower.com/

here are just some random links to IP board forums I found, nothing special but just demonstrating a forum look with a structure of a forum with a skin.

osatuk.com/community/forums/
mlbboards.com/
community.simtropolis.com/