[sharingsunshine_wp]

can this be done with an interim phpBB 3 step? Please tell me something I can try.

Thanks,

[sharingsunshine_wp]

I have a SMF 2.0.9 forum that I am trying to import into bbPress. When I run the built in converter it says no forums, no topics, no users and I know they are there because I have looked in the DB’s with phpMyAdmin.

It’s as though it isn’t finding the db that I am telling it to go to. I have looked in the error logs and can’t find any direction.

I want to switch this to bbPress so please advise what i should do next. I even imported it into phpBB 3.x and tried that converter but it does the same thing. When I try to count the topics or do any thing in the list it says failed.

This is what I have WordPress 4.2.1 running eleven40 Pro Theme this is a studio press theme.

Thanks,

Randal

[andrew55]

My guess is that this has to do with the forums being imported from phpBB? Since import, when a new topic is created or replied to, I notice it’s freshness is accurate.

So I guess I’ll just hide the freshness until we get some more activity (just so members don’t get confused). I’m still very very happy with bbPress!

[Robkk]

i don’t now where to insert the code you told and also thanks for your help

alright do you know what FTP is?? or how to upload files through your hosts file manager??

because you would bascially just copy that file from here

https://github.com/robkk/bbPress-Hierarchical-Forum-and-Category-Layout/

and put it into your child theme (if you have a child theme) and put it into a folder called bbpress.

Then you would have to create categories for every forum you have for it to have this effect like phpbb has.

if you need a better explanation on certain things please just ask and i will try to help you.

[ebunny3k]

You should instead use phpbb, musch more options available, including categories/subforums option what bbpress does not have. <- years later and they still do not have so simple thing like that. crazy.

[ebunny3k]

Noticed that lots of users are interested about main categories options, like phpbb, vbulletin, and other popular forums are using. And years later there is still nothing???

There is still no options or plugins to make my bbpress look like this one: http://tamrielfoundry.com/forums/ with different main categories like: “General Discussions”, “mechanics discussion”, “player factions”, etc.

When bbpress team will ad that option?

[Svend Rugaard]

I have this theme from ThemeFuse called GameZone, and every changes i have made since the original i usually have fix by my self somehow, but the other day i was tired of PHPBB and converted and move it over completly to BBPress, and it work as is should i got some of the css fix so its almost as ret of the page, the only problem is i found out even i use the themes own “widget” deattachtment for pages i need to be with out side bars Like Guides etc.

Then the BBPress have put my finish touch on hold for the last 36 hrs and i am really irritated over it , because why should a thing i literally find 100 of topics about this problem. Reeally think it is weird there isnt being any solution implented as part of bbpress.

Anyway my forum here is correct size in the “front-page”

1. Frontpage : http://www.playstationforum.dk/debat-forum/
2. Sub-page : http://www.playstationforum.dk/debat/kategori/playstationforum-dk/

As yoy see the sub-page dont have full width even i have remove made a page.php and copy it over to my child theme and rename it to bbpress.php and remmove

<?php get_sidebar();?>

This is mention alot of places and everything there is sidebar related, but i can really not figure out what because no matter what i remove it either remove background completly or remove the sites build up. And i have made a Page for it and use the shortcode. – Still nothing – Hope someone can help. I actually change to bbpress because i though the hardest part would actually import everything from PHPBB

here is my code as it is now

<?php 
global $is_tf_blog_page,$post;
$id_post = $post->ID; 
if(tfuse_options('blog_page') != 0 && $id_post == tfuse_options('blog_page')) $is_tf_blog_page = true;
get_header();
if ($is_tf_blog_page) die(); 
?>
<?php $sidebar_position = tfuse_sidebar_position(); ?>
<?php tfuse_shortcode_content('before');?>
<div class="main-row content-row">
    <div class="container">
        <?php if ($sidebar_position == 'left') : ?>
           <div class="middle-main sidebar-left">
        <?php endif;?>
        <?php if ($sidebar_position == 'right') : ?>
            <div class="middle-main content-cols2">
        <?php endif;?>
        <?php if ($sidebar_position == 'full') : ?>
            <div class="middle-main content-full">
        <?php endif; ?> 
                    <div id="primary" class="content-area">
                        <div class="inner">
                            <article class="post post-details">
                                <?php if(!tfuse_page_options('hide_title')):?>
                                    <header class="entry-header">
                                        <h1 class="entry-title"><?php echo get_the_title();?></h1>
                                    </header>
                                <?php endif;?>
                                <div class="entry-content">
                                    <?php  while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();?>
                                        <?php the_content(); ?>
                                    <?php break; endwhile; // end of the loop. ?>
                                </div>
                            </article>
                            <?php if ( comments_open() ) : ?>
                                <?php tfuse_comments(); ?>
                            <?php endif;?>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                <?php if (($sidebar_position == 'right') || ($sidebar_position == 'left')) : ?>
                    <div id="secondary" class="sidebar widget-area">
                        <div class="inner">
                            
                        </div>
                    </div>
                <?php endif; ?>
            </div> 
    </div>
</div>
<?php tfuse_shortcode_content('after'); ?>
<?php get_footer();?>

[markham1421]

I’m sure I’m missing something obvious but… I imported my phpbb forum and it appeared to work, then went through the ‘repair’ steps. I see no front end forum. Do I have to change something else?

I didn’t import users because I’m really just trying to save the old forum posts for archival and reference purposes – I don’t want all the old users in the new forum.

That possible?

[mglasser]

Our phpbb3 forum was migrated to a brand new WordPress installation with bbPress installed (not BuddyPress). It was done by a consultant, so I am not sure how much of the code was custom vs a phpbb3 migration tool.

We got the private topics to show to Participants by using the plugin “Capability Manager Enhanced” and allowing the read_private_topics and read_private_replies. This now allows Participants to read the private topics, but also allows them to see Hidden forums. They cannot see the content/topics of the forums, but they can see the hidden forum titles.

The remapping to default was done with the repair tool. It had no impact, except to require me to go back and reset the handful of users that were not set to Participants.

The big question that seems unresolved in many threads is whether Participants are supposed to see Private topics/replies, or if that is a misprint in the documentation? Why would we have to use the Capability Manager Enhanced plugin to do what the docs say should happen by default.

[andrew55]

I did an import from phpBB a while back.

Now, I notice the topics marked as sticky do appear at top of topic list view. But I am noticing that some of the stickies also appear several pages into the topic list view (according to the date they were published). So there is one at the top, and one in the location according to it’s date (two of the same topic).

I used the forum tools in an attempt to repair an sync issues, with no luck.

It’s strange, because it only happens with some of the stickies.

Any suggestions on how I can get only the one sticky to appear at top of forum list? Thanks for any help.

[Robkk]

@andrew55

sorry i made a typo

i meant to say

All i can recommend now is put all your data back from aMember all to your phpbb installation and just import phpbb cleanly into bbPress.

[Robkk]

I dont know what to tell you??

do you want to still use the aMember plugin with bbPress and WordPress??

or you want to leave aMember??

All i can recommend now is put all your data back in aMember and just import phpbb cleanly into bbPress.

[Robkk]

if your talking about the category layout that default phpbb usually has.

Then use this file

https://github.com/robkk/bbPress-Hierarchical-Forum-and-Category-Layout

download the zip.

take the loop-forums.php file and put it into your child theme in a folder called bbpress

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-style-pack/

also has a file like this but i think you have to manually install this too.

[wplove3268]

I’m in the process of importing a phpBB forum into bbPress and found, during the import, that there was a broken image icon where the “progress” image should be.
Indicated in the code like this:

I’m importing a very large forum and it would be nice to know where I am in the process.

Any idea of why that would not be displaying correctly? I am using bbPress 2.5.6 with WP 4.1.1

[RyAnaon]

Thx for the answer.

I am just trying to setup a forum correctly, with restricted areas for groups like : Administrators, moderators and the rest free for registered users.

And by the way, something to create some moderators right.

The basics things we can do with phpbb3, nothing new.

Maybe I just can’t find the right menu on bbpress?

[andrew55]

I’m happy to be new to this community. I’ve been using phpBB for forums for years, and recently decided to migrate over to bbPress. I recently installed all newest versions of WordPress and bbPress.

I have a medium sized phpBB forum with thousands of topics, so I need to preserve the users and topics.

My setup is a bit strange though – I am using aMember, and this membership program creates an integration between WordPress and phpBB. The result is the same users exist in phpBB as in WordPress.

So, when I attempted to import users and topics from phpBB into bbPress (using import tool that came with bbPress), the forums and topics did import but the users all had “imported_” before their user names. My guess is this was an attempt to prevent duplicate users.

Is there a method to import my forums and topics from phpBB into bbPress, and have the authors of topics and replies synced to the already existing users in WordPress? Thanks for any suggestions.

[Robkk]

I’m using a different forum structure (a forum index, subforums, etc. – a traditional phpBB layout

what are you using exactly??

[Ziga Sancin]

I’m seeing some weird freshness bugs on a bbpress installation (version 2.5.5). I’m using a different forum structure (a forum index, subforums, etc. – a traditional phpBB layout), so the bug is even more visible to the general public, but it’s certainly not the cause of these bugs, because I can easily reproduce the bug just by clicking on the trash link in the frontend or WordPress Admin and looking at the postmeta database.

I’ve tried using the admin tool to recalculate freshness, but it makes the whole situation worse. So, I have to manually change the freshness postmetas of all forums and subforums. 🙁

I’ve encountered at least three different bugs:
– wrong freshness set for parent forum and subforums after trashing a post
– wrong freshness set for forums and subforums after using freshness recalculation via admin tools
– no updated freshness set for parent forum and subforums after untrashing a post

This seems like a blocker to me. How can I help? Are those bugs covered inside bug #2414 or bug #1925?

[booknerds]

Hey there,

well, I’m not sure if this is the right subforum, so please feel free to

I am running a site where we have admins, authors and editors (which can review editors’ posts before putting them on-air). So, since now, we protected our WP backend with .htpasswd and .htaccess so no one could register/login without knowing the credentials for this extra anti-brute-foce gate.

Now I decided to stop using phpBB and switching to bbPress for my website, and as it seems, I need to remove the htaccess/htpasswd thingy to open up WP for all users to make it possible for people to register for the forums.

This makes me become concerned about the security of my site because anyone can register then – spammers as well as those brute-forcing id***s.

So, what can you recommend to have a WP website running bbPress while keeping the security level as high as possible?

Using: bbpress 2.5.5 | WP 4.1.1 | SmartMag Theme | http://www.booknerds.de (forum not on-air yet)

[pimark]

Tom,

I’ve the same problem which has stopped by porting over from phpbb to bbpress.
The freshness url is always correct per forum but the short-text is always wrong…

Cheers
M.

[MattConway]

Hello,

My name is Matt Conway, just joined the site. I would like to know how easy it is to run a bbPress forum. The only thing I’ve ever used before is iWeb; I enjoyed it’s simplicity but I’m not stupid and I know there will be a learning curve.

Our local council here are planning to redevelop the town centre with high rise apartments. There is a lot of local anger about this and I think a forum is the best way to get people talking. I’d like to know: Is it within the bounds of someone with no programming knowledge, but a desire to learn, to set up and moderate a bbPress forum?

I would start as simply as possible, but over the course of time would like to do the following things:

1 – Run the forum from a name I have just registered: http://www.walthamforestforum.org

2 – Make users register before being able to post – add someway to deter spammers

3 – Make it possible for users to add photos

4 – Make it possible for users to vote on issues

5 – Make it possible for users to sign a petition (could be just a link to another petition site)

6 – Make it possible for users to “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” other people’s comments

6 – Start a diary of upcoming local events (maybe best in another part of the site?)

7 – Start a sub-forum that lists local tradesmen, shops etc; where users can add to an accumulated star rating and add comments on the tradesmen’s individual thread

How much of this is possible on bbPress? Should I instead be looking at phpBB?

Thanks, Matt.

[remi31]

Hello,

J’ai un site sur la martinique avec un forum martinique avec pleins de questions et réponses sur l’ile. Une communauté de plus de 1 000membres.

I have a forum martinique on phpbb and i would like to transfert to bbpress, is possible ?
I have 1 000members.

[jdhancock]

Wordpress version: 4.1.1
bbPress version: 2.5.4
phpBB forum version: 3.1.3

I’m running into an issue trying to import a phpBB forum into bbPress. I’ve checked and rechecked my database information/login. I have the correct table prefix for what the old database is using. I’m getting the following error when I press start:

WordPress database error: [Unknown column ‘users.user_website’ in ‘field list’]
SELECT convert(users.user_id USING “utf8”) AS user_id,convert(users.user_password USING “utf8”) AS user_password,convert(users.user_form_salt USING “utf8”) AS user_form_salt,convert(users.username USING “utf8”) AS username,convert(users.user_email USING “utf8”) AS user_email,convert(users.user_website USING “utf8”) AS user_website,convert(users.user_regdate USING “utf8”) AS user_regdate,convert(users.user_aim USING “utf8”) AS user_aim,convert(users.user_yim USING “utf8”) AS user_yim,convert(users.user_icq USING “utf8”) AS user_icq,convert(users.user_msnm USING “utf8”) AS user_msnm,convert(users.user_jabber USING “utf8”) AS user_jabber,convert(users.user_occ USING “utf8”) AS user_occ,convert(users.user_interests USING “utf8”) AS user_interests,convert(users.user_sig USING “utf8”) AS user_sig,convert(users.user_from USING “utf8”) AS user_from,convert(users.user_avatar USING “utf8”) AS user_avatar FROM phpbb_users AS users LIMIT 0, 100

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[pimark]

Pretty strange one imho. I’ve been working on porting an existing site from phpbb
over to wordpress/bbpress. While going through a final test of the port I’ve come across the following problem. Namely when in forums where you can see the latest post (along side the forum name), the name of the latest post plus its time/date are totally incorrect, however the url actually links to the correct latest post.

See: wp.photographyireland.net/forums to see.

I’ve retried all the usual recalculates etc… I have tested the port in the past and didn’t have this issue. Can anyone advise or at worst provide me with a sql updates statement to correct?

I don’t want to do the port for real if I’m going to run into this again. Tbh I do find that the import from phpbb can be a tad bit flaky at time…

Cheers

[Zoker]

Ok just to be sure, compare these two images:

Thats the way it looks in phpBB, when you want to create a new “Forum”

Thats the way it looks in bbpress, when you want to create a new “Forum”

Notice the “Link” dropdown item?

Thats what Im taking about 😉