[Jared Atchison]

All the plugins on bbPress.org are for bbPress 1.0.

The plugins for bbPress 2.x go on WordPress.org.

Eventually the plugins listed here will be archived to help with the confusion

[Jared Atchison]

You will need to do it using FTP.

1. downloads zip from link

2. unzip (will be a folder called trunk)

3. rename trunk to bbpress

4. access website via ftp, delete current bbpress folder in wp-content/plugins

5. upload new one

[Jared Atchison]

Yep, you can do that with the plugin – just make sure and upgrade to 2.1 before you install it. After that just head to the Genesis settings

[Jared Atchison]

Yep! https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-bbcode/

[unholyfruitbat]

Is there a plugin that you know of that lets you post an image without attaching it? Like the bbcode [img]?

[Jared Atchison]

You need to adjust the way your theme handles elements that have the reply class.

This will get you started

.bbp-replies .reply {

float:none;

margin:0;

}



.bbp-replies .reply a {

background: none;

padding:0;

font-size:13px;

}

[ladymeg]

Okay…we resolved the issue by installing a SMTP plugin for WordPress.

The default mail() function apparently works fine for the basic WordPress functions but for some reason it wouldn’t work with the bbPress plugin. So we went around it.

[frank8265]

unzipped foldername is “trunk” which i renamed to bbpress.

Downloaded a zip file from:

https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/branches/plugin

and it had a different content then the “trunk” folder.

Uploaded this one and it worked in wordpress.

However, the initial problem from this topic still remains, also in version 2.1

[Jared Atchison]

What is the name of the new folder you are moving into the plugins directory. What’s inside it.

Sometimes it may unzip as bbpress-r238787/bbpress/ so I just wanted to make sure that’s not the case.

Inside the folder should be all the normal contents of bbPress. It should work fine on multisite without any issues.

[Jared Atchison]

Just delete the bbpress directory in your plugins folder and replace with the new one. You don’t need to do any uninstalling in WordPress, no.

[rhek]

I am having some problems generating a forum index page.

Once I created my forums I thought that by adding the url http://cyclistzone.com/vozcycling/forums/ to the menu I would be in business. Going to the url shows a featured article and the bbPress sidebar, not a forum index.

Since I did not get a forum index I created a new page and named it Forums. I then pasted the shortcode [bbp-forum-index] into the body of the page and nothing changed. The same results were displayed as if I did not have a page. Almost seems like bbPress ignored my page.

Here is the link to the page…

http://cyclistzone.com/vozcycling/forums/

The next thing I did was to create another page and name it “Test Forum.” I inserted the shortcode and this page displayed a forum index for me.

http://cyclistzone.com/vozcycling/test-forum/

The problem I am having now is that the slug “test-forum” only relates to this page and not to any of the forum pages because the slug “test-forum” does not exist in the bbPress settings. Those settings use the slug “forums/forum”. If I change the “forums” slug to “test-forum” I end up back to my original problem.

I would like to leave my slugs defaulted to their original values. I just want a forum index page using the bbPress slugs and have a bbPress sidebar.

This is probably simple, but I have not figured it out yet, so I hope someone can shed some light on what I am doing wrong.

Thanks,

Rhek

[ddlg2007]

Thank you John, I use bbPress 2.1 and using Shortcodes actually improve something. The list of forum looks better. But still not working correctly, you can see it again in http://site.teamcyanide.eu/example-forum.

I know no one will take so much trouble but if you want I can give you access to the web or create an instant portable wordpress (http://www.instantwp.com/) with themes, plugin and everything ready to see what errors have. If not, nothing happens, I understand that you do not waste time on this with me.

John thank you very much for your help, really appreciate it

[Jared Atchison]

Unfortunately, to my knowledge, this isn’t possible. Though hopefully someone will correct me if I’m wrong

[ladymeg]

Seconding the alphabetic part.

We have a lot of forums/sub-forums that are alphabetized and it’s a pain to add a new one somewhere in the middle of the list. I wish there was an option to change the default sort order. Or that I knew what change to make in the code so it would do so.

[Jared Atchison]

Well the best thing would be to contact the theme author if possible. Otherwise you’ll have to see if you can track down the problem

[Jared Atchison]

Check out https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-20-shortcodes

[DarwinsDream]

Always do thanks

[Jared Atchison]

The 2.1 upgrade should be smooth, however yo should certainly make backups before you update.

Avatars are through http://en.gravatar.com/

[areaphoto]

WOW!!! Weird…not I can see my forums again.

[Jared Atchison]

See what happens when you take out everything in the <?php ?> except the_title();

[Jared Atchison]

If you are using bbPress 2.x (which you are) all the users are shared and everything is taken care of automatically – so no need to worry

The article you were reading might have been for bbPress pre 2.x.

[michaelh1990]

You were right, I tracked down the code that is causing it from the Page Template (page.php) to this line of code:

<h2>

<?php

if(!empty($headline[0]) )

{

echo $headline[0];

}

else

{

the_title();

}

?>

</h2>

I can delete it all to just <h2>Forums</h2>, but then it changes all the page names to Forums.

I realise you don’t support every theme, but do you have any ideas on this? I’m sure its a simple code change.

Thanks again

[Jared Atchison]

I see what you mean. I’m not sure, I played around with the CSS but couldn’t get it to work either.

It’s worth noting that bbPress 2.1 actually has switched to a tableless layout

[Jared Atchison]

You don’t need to bump a thread you just posted. I mean seriously – it’s Sunday and you can’t wait longer than 30 mins?

To answer your question you will either have to edit your theme or you can hide that stuff using CSS, eg

.bbp-forum-info ul.bbp-forums { display:none; }

[Jared Atchison]

Hmm I see what you mean.

I’m not sure where that is coming from. That portion (the heading) is controlled by your theme, not bbPress.

If you switched your theme to TwentyEleven my guess is that the problem would go away.

You will have to look and see if you can find what code the theme is using and it might help track down where this is coming from.