Maybe this is already obvious, but if you’re already logged in, those pages aren’t going to work for you; bbPress will either show a message, or redirect away from them, depending on what you’re setup is.
The login page here is a (much more complicated) version of what is already in bbPress core, using a WordPress Page and the shortcode. (It’s only complex because of shared logins and integration with WordPress.org, Trac, BuddyPress.org, etc…) Meaning, it can’t be broken for you, because if you’re only using bbPress’s method and shortcodes, it’s exactly what’s also working here.
We’ve considered a few different ways of auto-creating the login/register/lost-password pages (and maybe there are some improvements we can make in this regard) however we haven’t settled on a solution we feel works for the 80% of users that want the out-of-the-box experience, that also doesn’t conflict with existing WordPress registration plugins.
If you could describe what you think the ultimate experience would be, we’re all ears. 🙂
BuddyPress’s PMs are an okay solution for most people, the only problem being that most people will need to use BuddyPress’s profiles as a means for interacting with the UI. A custom one could be built to integrate directly with bbPress’s profiles instead, but I don’t think most users will want to go that route.
Hello all. I’ve been reading the boards to see if their is a BBPress PM thingy and it seems we need to install BuddyPress and use their PM system? But I’ve also read that some people have had problems integrating the two? I might give this a go, but in the meantime I am using Cartpauj PM which works well. Not as streamlined as I would like it but it does the job.
I know I can block them in WP Users – is that how its done does anyone here know? I tried this on a testname and no I couldnt click on the BBPress topics but was taken to the forum topic page (chat-boards/topic/another-birthday-looms) that has all my sites pages links on it? Urgh, it even has Membership Cancel, Membership Checkout pages on it. Anyone know how to either get rid of this page or take the banned person to the homepage or somewhere else on my site? Thanks.
Hi. How do I access ‘bbpress css’?
Is it plugins, and then edit, but then what links do I press after this, cant seem to find bbpress css.
On a site I don’t allow any sort of registration. Everything is accessible and functional without being registered.
I am making the BBPress function in the same way. So for this reason I was wondering if it’s possible to remove Voices. It does not look good when for example 10 people have posted in a topic but it only says 2 voices or something.
Is there a simple straightforward way to do this.
I don’t even know that this is really an error with the plugin itself but I’m hoping someone may have some suggestions. I currently host my WordPress site through DreamHost. After a recent upgrade (I think to 2.5), I started getting a lot of complaints about socket errors after people tried to post a new topic or reply. It comes and it goes, I haven’t found any consistent time, nor have I experienced it myself because it’s not an every time sort of problem.
DreamHost talked about other sites loading down the server, but after they fixed that, it continued. So I requested my site be moved to a new server, but it’s STILL happening. Does anyone have any ideas of what I can do? My users are getting rather frustrated.
Thanks!
WordPress: 3.8.1
bbPress: 2.5.3
Homepage
Hey Community,
I’m pretty sure bbpress.org is running on WordPress. Is there any way to copy the admin bar especially the one seen by non-logged-in-users?
I mean this to be precise (black bar with anonymous button):
The only alternative is this plugin:
http://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-bar-login/
But the hover effect which the plugin adds to the admin bar is really ugly.
Any advices someone?
I am using the theme responsive, and I downloaded bbpress to access the forums. I have my forums set up on wordpress, but I get the error message “Please go to the admin section and change your Website Toolbox forum settings” when I try to visit my site and view them. I had a plug in called website tool box but I deactivated and deleted it. Please help!
I spent a few hours this weekend cleaning up the themes that power BuddyPress.org, bbPress.org, and the shared styling between the codexes, Trac’s, etc… We’ll be open sourcing all of both of those sites very soon.
You’ll (hopefully) be surprised how few modifications are made to the default styling, and how little markup and CSS there is. 🙂
@jaredatch
hi, new to the bbpress forum
As, I posted here https://buddypress.org/support/topic/sticky-color-screenshot/
I would like to change the font color of the sticky post in bbpress from the light grey to black.
In the
/wp-content/themes/bp-default-child/style.css
I inserted
.sticky {
font-color: black;
}
and it did not work.
After researching I stumble across this topic and I’m guessing editing the bbpress.css would be the answer, correct?
If so, before editing bbpress.css, I would like to make a backup or child theme version.
So if I’m following your instructions, would it be correct to place the bbpress.css in my /wp-content/themes/bp-default-child/bbpress.css folder or do I have to create a css folder thus placing it in /wp-content/themes/bp-default-child/css/bbpress.css.
Sorry if I’d got off track, ultimately, I would just like to change the sticky post color from light grey to black in the simplest way possible (without a plugin).
Any guidance would be helpful
thanks
Hello!
I’ve searched the forums for a topic that has the same issues as I’m having, to no avail. I have created a website using wordpress.org (http://meechanchronicles.com/Install), and installed bbPress version 2.53. I’ve been able to create the forum, and using wordpress, I’ve created a couple of forums and one topic.
I followed the bbPress codex for adding Login/Register pages, as well as a Lost Password page. Whenever I try and access the forum from the outside (ie not logged into WordPress), I seem to be stick in a circular link that never actually does anything.
In addition, neither the Register/Lost Password pages work, returning a 404 error. I’ve double checked the shortcode links as well as made sure that the permalink addresses are spelled correctly and match the shortcodes.
I am totally new to creating forums, but I feel that I’m missing something simple. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Adam
The themes WordPress.org + bbPress.org use are not available for downloading.
They’re custom made.
You could search for a WP theme called P2 , it’s a very clean and almost the same kinda style theme.
who can share this offcial bbPress theme?
Running bbPress 2.5.3 on the main/primary site of a WordPress 3.8.2 Multisite installation, I notice that the bbPress admin pages are only accessible to Super Admin. Regular admin users do not have access to the bbPress back-end. Not even the admin user with keymaster role…
Is there any way this can be fixed 🙂
Sure but try to rewrite it in your own words. Dublicate Content is deadly for SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and senseless for the internet as a public database of information.
To complement your knowledge:
4 or 5 years ago there was a working plugin for the standalone-version. But bbPress now is on the one hand a Plugin for WordPress and on the other hand it has gone through some serious changes (Updates/Improvements).
I’m not sure if there’s still a standalone version managed and maintained by the developers. But in the past there were working methods to customize the URL structure individually (Mostly “core-hacking”).
I think there are WordPress plugins who hook into the WP outgoing e-mail function and wrap them into a HTML e-mail or give you the option to edit the content.
Try searching for them. bbPress doesn’t have special e-mail templates, they just use the WP mail function.
I have recently lost access to most of bbPress.
There is no backend access at all, even the link to settings in the plugin list is not present
and nothing at all down the LHS however the forum listing does appear on the front end if no user is logged in.
Also some shortcode widget items appear on the front page in the footer.
When anyone logs even the keymaster the forum is less visible.
I had to recreate the keymaster which dissapeared and became a moderator.
The keymaster was no longer listed as an option to reselect so I had to
change the role thus in this line with phpmyadmin
a:3:{s:13:”administrator”;b:1;s:20:”add_ultimate_auction”;b:1;s:13:”bbp_keymaster”;b:1;}
I am not sure whether this occurred exactly as 2.5.3 was installed but it became evident soon after.
WordPress 3.8.1 running Hueman theme.
Wordpress 3.8.1
BBPress 2.5.3
BuddyPress 1.9.1
Site link: http://www.nzp8nt.com
Hi team
I have a new install of BBPress (within BuddyPress) on my site.
I imported my old forums (which have been un-used for around 18months) from vBulletin. No issues with the import.
However my members (we haven’t launched yet, and they are not registered as active in BuddyPress) are getting email notifications on topics that are in the system.
Any ideas?
I’ve turned off notifications in BuddyPress just in case that is it, but would love if someone could tell me what might be causing it, and how I can turn it off for historic posts.
Thanks!
Martin
My apologies, I think this is a server issue. I did switch themes and when I deactivated bbpress it was running smoothly but it seems to be ok now.
When I installed BBpress I was able to add a topic and a form and the Forums entry was visible to the administrator account.
Now if I log in as administrator or any account the forums are not visible or available.
You can see a basic list but as soon as you click on anything page not found 404 comes up
The shortcodes do produce an output from the forum if put in a new page or in the footer but
the url
http://racingpigeon.com/forums/ is blocked whereas the same shortcode in
a new page added at http://racingpigeon.com/forumsx/ produces output
If I log out then I see the output at
http://racingpigeon.com/forums/
I have tried all different levels of forum access but none lets me see it.
bbPress Version 2.5.3
Wordpress Ver WordPress 3.8.1 Maintenance Release January 23, 2014
Thanks Ian
Hi Stephen,
I’m trying to import an old Kunena forum (Version 1.5.12) in a new BBPress (BuddyPress) forum.
I change manually the tablename in Kunena1.php, everything is normally ok, but seems something is not good because when I click on start, the script write there is nothing to import.
Repair any missing information: Continue
Conversion Complete
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
I have no error, only this. May I forgot something ?
Thanks,
Jaeha
Instead of creating a new topic I’d like my question to be answered in here.
I downloaded and installed the bbPress-Plugin for WordPress and set it up for my website. Here’s the link to my forum.
I changed the permalinks /forums/forum/ to /forum/kategorie/ (engl. category)
Does anyone by this time know a guide (for non-coders) or plugin to customize the permalink structure in bbPress?
I’d like to change the structure from: (Origin)
forums -> forum(folder)/topic(folder) -> forum/topic
To: (Personalized / SEO Optimized(imho))
forums -> forum -> topic
I did some research beforehanded:
- no support by developers cause it’s made the wordpress way
- no negative effect for SEO of the original url structure
I.e.: website.com/forum/tech/technical-question…
instead of website.com/forum/topic/technical-question…
It has no negative effect but it would grant two more positive ones.
(1) More freedom for the user in terms of customizability and (2) the new customizability grants free space for keywords in the URL which are not only nice to read for search engines
What about the htaccess rewrite ideas, I didn’t get any of these working and many say it’s not recommendable.
Hi guys,
I found your thread and was wondering if anyone out there was having a problem with buddypress registration issues.
Problem:
bbPress (2.5.3) seems to completely ignore what the user had originally set as their password on my registration page from the very beginning of registration.
More detailed explanation:
On the registration page, the user chooses their own password, and then once I approve the user, the user is then sent an automated registration message which then assigns the user a new random password. The user then has to log in using this random password and reset the password.
Have you encountered this? Any solutions?
thank you,
Matt
