[Anointed]

Yeah, good catch.

I’m guessing it’s probably best to wait for buddyPress 1.6 as it’s going to have much better integration with bbPress.

There is going to be a bit more involved to it, than following what the other thread mentions. Unfortunately I have not yet spent time reading buddyPress code base to know what actions to edit.

[bjj_pl]

@Anointed

by funny effect I mean when it shows for example “246 days” since the last post when in fact there are many more recent posts to show. It takes a random post and shows it as the freshest

[iftomkins]

Good answer! Thanks, Andre. I’ll wait patiently.

[il_dandi]

Can you kindly write me at dandiDOTboxATgmailDOTcom??

So I can show you template style

Thanks

[bjj_pl]

I’ve finally managed to import all the posts BUT…

it took so so so long to convert all the data from phpbb3 to wordpress and I had to be very cautious during the process. I had to be careful with my browser window, wordpress session, etc. It reminded me of the times when I had Atari Computer with cassettes. Moreover the restart option didn’t work as described in documents.

I have problem with the “Freshness” of the posts. I cannot correctly synchroniz them. Sometimes it even shows “no topics”. bbPress Recount gives funny effects.

[frooyo]

How do I disable the forum/topic description field that show up on top of each forum/topic page?

I thought the code below would work but it doesn’t.

---

/home/www/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-themes/bbp-twentyten/functions.php

---

function bbp_no_get_single_topic_description ($param) {

return true;

}

add_filter ('bbp_get_single_topic_description', 'bbp_no_get_single_topic_description');

[DennisBarkerCV]

Kamikazeek,

This is the best way to add forums

pick a theme that supports menus

1)create a page

2)add page to menu

3)select menu as active

4)add all of the shortcodes from the shortcode sticky thread to your newly created page

5)take out the shortcodes you do not require

Thats the way I do it at least.

Regards

Dennis

[frooyo]

I found this page: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-20-shortcodes

But when I paste the following on a newly created WordPress page, nothing is displayed:

[bbp-single-forum id=1]

[frooyo]

@Anointed

I can’t find the appropriate short codes to use.

Do you know what they are?

[Dan Milward]

Would you consider making that as a Plugin?

I was talking to a security specialist about this type of thing and he said that a lot of other forum solutions offer this in a comparable fashion. I’m not going to use anything else though… I’m a WordPress guy

[Anointed]

I can relate. I setup a demo site that was not published anywhere. It was basically just my dumping bin to try code in. It got to the point of 500+ spam posts a day so I finally just deleted it.

I have to admit though, I was running open posting with no spam protection, so it was my fault.

My current plan of attack is going to be a little bit different.

I will allow normal signups as usual, however the users will be classified as subscribers and will have zero permissions to post.

Once they are a member, then they will have to go in and fill out yet another page (extended profile page) of information in order to change their status to ‘forum participant’.

On that page I will use honeypots and a few other tricks. This page url will also auto-rotate urls to try and stop some of the automation.

Even then I will set it up so that a person has to have their first post approved by a moderator prior to it becoming visible to the public.

You will not see a users ‘website’ in their profile until they have 10 posts.

Users will not be able to insert any url into their topic/reply until they have at least 5 topics.

I can do that because I have 50+ very active moderators on my site, so there would be little to no delay in their first post being approved.

This won’t stop the manual spam input by humans. For that I am going to have to rely on my moderators.

I have no idea if this will work, but figured I would try it.

No one is going to care about the extra steps involved. And if they do, then I don’t want them in my house anyhow.

[Anointed]

1. No,

2. lack of time, JJ’s busy writing code to improve bbPress so we all benefit.

[Anointed]

The ‘default’ way to do this would be to create a page and place the forums shortcode on the page. Then in the settings/reading assign that page to the front. Of course you would also want to create a blog page and use a blog template for that page in order to display your posts.

[@Forint573]

@jumpmuz: it does not….i’ve tried…

[Anointed]

@Gil

http://bbpressbbcode.chantech.org/shortcode-whitelist/

[coffeesocial]

Hi All!

I’m getting quite far and have overcome a few problems myself which has been fun, but I am stuck with the style issue.

My theme and test is here: http://www.coffeesocial.co.uk/forums/forum/coffee-social-forum/

I am running a theme called Continuum, with a child theme that adds a few extra bits to the main theme.

I got as far as installing the files from the settings folder into my child theme folder (actually functions.php and style.css were overwritten because Filezilla did not warn me!!!)

Was that supposed to happen? Because it messed up the theme (although bbPress page style looked miles better) it still did not look much better than what it currently is: http://www.coffeesocial.co.uk/forums/forum/coffee-social-forum/

That aside, I went back and replaced the functions and style files with the correct ones from the original child theme to make my website look and function right.

Can I merge the two files style and functions to then include both necesarry code elements to let my theme and bbPress look correct?

It would be stupid to let the bbPress style and funcions overwrite becasue then it would mess up everyones themes. What did you guys do to get it working on a custom theme (i.e. not the one that comes with bbPress).

Cheers

[tflight]

I’m just getting a new site up and running and I have some setup questions.

[1] I’ve created a page, called it ‘Register’, and put the shortcode [bbp-register] in it. When people visit the page, they can fill out their username and email address and click ‘register’, but after submitting the form there is no confirmation back to the user that anything actually happened. They simply see the form again. Is this the expected behavior?

[2] When a user is logged in, by default their account allows the ‘Toolbar’ when viewing the site. This is handy so they can edit their profile, logout, etc…. but there are also links to create a new topic or a new reply. This takes them to the wp-admin section of the site which feels strange. Is there a way to force people to only create new topics and replies from the “front-end” of the site?

[3] Along similar lines, people can create a ‘New Reply’ from this toolbar without even viewing a thread. What exactly are they creating a reply to?

[4] Right now all of the forums are marked as ‘Closed’. When viewing the site from the homepage everything looks good and users cannot create topics, replies, etc. However if they use the toolbar to go into the wp-admin section they can create new topics there. Is this a bug? Since all forums are ‘Closed’ the topic doesn’t get assigned a forum and doesn’t appear on the main site, but it is still there with “(No Forum)” assigned.

[Jared Atchison]

Sorry, I can’t help you there.

It should be pretty simple however. Just create those 2 pages, paste those shortcodes, and you’re done.

[Gautam Gupta]

You might try WordPress SEO which has some support for custom post types, a feature of WordPress that bbPress uses.

[Jared Atchison]

You need to create pages and use shortcodes.

See https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-20-shortcodes

For example have a login page that contains [bbp-login] and a registration page that has [bbp-register] – this will allow you users to register for an account (which they need to post) and and area to login at.

Also there are plenty of plugins available on WordPress.org that let you put a login for into widget areas etc.

[superhealthyme]

To set up a forum on my blog…

That seems to have worked…

Then to have people be able to login, get an account and post.

When someone other than me goes on they get a

“You must be logged in to create new topics.”

There is no place for them to set up an account or login.

Forum is at http://superhealthyme.com/forums

Thanks for helping

[HenriKroeze]

I’m new to bbPress and I am testing it right now to see if it is a good replacement candiate for a phpbb forum I own.

I’ve set up version 2.0.2 on WP 3.3.

I’ve ‘done’ the extensive installation video on YT, which was very helpful.

Although I really appreciate the cleanliness of bbPress, my forum members really need a few addtional features, like bbCode and PM’s.

I found both plugins, but they claim not to be compatible with bbPress 2.x

Also they’re referring to an installation system I don’t get, where is ppPress ‘myplugins’ directory located?? I cannot seem to find this folder, where should it be?

Thanks for helping me out! (and a version compatible indicator in the plugin section of this site would be very helpful for beginners like me!)

Henri

[bjj_pl]

I am trying to convert phpbb3 database and it goes quite smoothly BUT suddenly stops at some point when converting posts

Screen: http://forumpokerowe.com/obrazki/bbconverter_error_screen.gif

I’ve tried various ‘Rows Limit’ (50, 100, 200)

What am I doing wrong?

I use:

WordPress 3.2.1

PhpBB 3.08

BBPress plugin 2.0.2

BBConverter 1.3

[Vili]

To answer myself and help anyone else looking for a solution, it seems that the bbConverter plugin is able to do the job: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbconverter/

I still have some issues with the conversion, like the first post of every topic showing html code, but at least I’ve made progress.

[murrayac]

@kamikazeek I think if you change to the twentyeleven theme it works.. maybe

@bbpress looks like you have been spammed!