[christopher jon]

It works but it might not be the ideal solution.

I’m still working my way through the core forum code to get a better understanding of how it all works.

Ideally, I’d like to be able to grab topics from specific forums along with some additional query options. Similar to what the current widgets are doing but with greater flexibility.

Digging through the bbp-includes, all of the pieces are there, I just need to figure out what does what.

[John James Jacoby]

Awesome

[John James Jacoby]

Awesome

[christopher jon]

Thought I’d update the fun.

Made a couple of custom loops to grab the forums and topics. Plain ‘ol wordpress custom queries, nothing new or special and added support for post thumbnails.

Working like a charm.

With the queries I’m able to list forums or topics anywhere on the blog and the thumbnails just add in some extra coolness, similar to how buddypress uses images for groups but I’ve extended it so any forum or topic can have it’s own thumbnail using default wordpress features.

Now, I need to remember how to write a filter so I can modify the custom post types through the theme functions and not mess with the core plugin code.

[christopher jon]

Thought I’d update the fun.

Made a couple of custom loops to grab the forums and topics. Plain ‘ol wordpress custom queries, nothing new or special and added support for post thumbnails.

Working like a charm.

With the queries I’m able to list forums or topics anywhere on the blog and the thumbnails just add in some extra coolness, similar to how buddypress uses images for groups but I’ve extended it so any forum or topic can have it’s own thumbnail using default wordpress features.

Now, I need to remember how to write a filter so I can modify the custom post types through the theme functions and not mess with the core plugin code.

[Gautam Gupta]

Jaja: I think it would work in the way BuddyPress works, i.e. placing plugins for BuddyPress in wp-content/plugins too.

[whitehats]

Awesome!!! Thanks a lot. I think I am going to spend new few hours adding custom fields the way I want it!! And yeah, I LOVE THIS PLUGIN!!! (after a hair splitting day that is )

[whitehats]

Awesome!!! Thanks a lot. I think I am going to spend new few hours adding custom fields the way I want it!! And yeah, I LOVE THIS PLUGIN!!! (after a hair splitting day that is )

[whitehats]

Could you please post the link? I know this is something I am going to laugh myself at for later, but for the life of me, it might be staring at my face and I can’t find the link to download the plugin.

[whitehats]

Could you please post the link? I know this is something I am going to laugh myself at for later, but for the life of me, it might be staring at my face and I can’t find the link to download the plugin.

[Gautam Gupta]

Just a note for all: There are importers for phpBB from almost anything, so just import your forums to that, then use the converter for phpBB -> bbPress standalone and then convert bbPress standalone -> bbPress plugin. That’s the way it could work right now, but can be simplified later.

[Rick Lewis]

I am sure there will be new ones but there is one out there which does work.

That can be located in the

http://code.google.com/p/phpbb3-to-bbpress1-converter/downloads/detail?name=phpbb3-to-bbpress1-converter_v2.zip&can=2&q=

I found that when looking for a solution to move a vbulletin forum to bbpress beings I was in the midst of changing to wordpress for all of my sites functions.

That link is here – http://www.ericm.ca/2010/05/31/vbulletin-4-to-bbpress-and-wordpress-integration/

As long as you are doing it per the instructions, it works perfect. I have done it twice now on test sites. The only glitch I hit was on my new site the WP and BBP integration is already there so I don’t have a bb_users table which is the first thing the converter is looking for. I was going to ask for some help with that from the maker as I have by forums and users stuck now in a PHPBB forum and can not get them into WP or BBP as far as I can tell.

I have no idea how all that will play with the new plugin but I am hoping to get my site on track and then move to the plugin at some point.

Hope this helps.

[brm-dev]

I run a fairly active PHPBB3 forum. I’ve been playing with bbPress a bit, I really like it, and am looking forward to this launch of bbPress as a WordPress plugin (The biggest headache with a PHPBB3 forum is it’s complexity when it comes to add-ons and upgrades, which WordPress and bbPress have made simple.)

The big question on my mind, and probably many others… Will there be a plugin/tool for converting from PHPBB3 to bbPress?

[John James Jacoby]

@jaja – Thanks

@christopher jon – Still haven’t decided which way to go with that yet. The need isn’t quite there yet I don’t think, but soon.

[Jaja..]

I solved my problem for the bbPress plugin not showing up in my wp-plugins directory.

(local MAMP)

When i changed localhost -> localhost:8889 in my wp-config.php file it works.

I don’t know if that was the correct error but it working for me at this moment.

define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost:8889’);

Good job everybody that is working on this code.

Looks pretty good so far..

Only one little ‘problem’ report..

I think everybody will be able to install a WP site + bbPress forum in the feature in just a few clicks

[Ladyelav]

Thanks so much! It did take away the deprecated errors, but I’m getting a 404 on the actual link page now.

[Ladyelav]

Thanks so much! It did take away the deprecated errors, but I’m getting a 404 on the actual link page now.

[John James Jacoby]

@christopher jon – Very good to hear!

I just put the final touches on theme compatibility for user profiles and topic/reply editing, so now they won’t look as wonky.

All that’s left to finish with theme compat are views, and I don’t expect them to be a problem at all.

We are now 8 tickets (and only a few more labor hours) away from putting this into WordPress Extend. Sadly it’s behind schedule (weird eh?) but wanted to keep everyone posted.

If there are any technical writers out there, the contextual help screens that WordPress has could use some bbPress specific content. You’d be doing me a nice favor to take a look at https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1510 and drop some prose in there.

[christopher jon]

I’ve been playing around with the plugin for a couple of hours now and have had absolutely no problems. It’s fairly simple to customize as well. I’m already tweaking it.

Now, lets get some new plugins and really get this thing rocking.

My wish list,

TinyMCE editor

Messaging system between members

The signature plugin that was mentioned earlier in this thread is also working perfectly.

I’m liking it.

[jassing]

Is there a way I can set up a forum so that an individual (or group of individuals) can:

A) Post new topics, where anyone can post followups.

and/or

Post new topics where no one else can post (ie: readonly to everyone else)

[John James Jacoby]

Thanks for testing that. I’ll take a look at what’s going on. I think I know wha’s up.

[justmichael2]

#2 How do I remove the long URL? I have no idea where to find that.

#3 How do I delete topics and posts from the database?

Sorry, I’m not a developer.

[justmichael2]

#2 How do I remove the long URL? I have no idea where to find that.

#3 How do I delete topics and posts from the database?

Sorry, I’m not a developer.

[John James Jacoby]

@miruru – Yep, same as before.

I fixed some issues with conflicting $post globals and multiple queries and loops tonight. Was a regression from some $wp_query clean-up I did a few days ago. Apologies.

Aiming for alpha release going in WP plugin repo and available in your dashboards on Wednesday, barring any unforeseen disasters. So test!

[miruru]

As the bbp theme is now a child theme, will the code: add_theme_support( 'bbpress' ); still work?

Edit: I’ve managed to answer my own question. I thought the bbpress folder was in my theme but it wasn’t. It’s now there and working.

Keep up the great work on this as so far it’s fantastic.