Thanks actorjml, this wasn’t very clear and there isn’t any explanations about the installation in the codex.
Is this the base of what teamoverpowered was built with to get the hierarchical forums setup?
I’ve been keeping an eye out on #1958 and was curious if this theme solves those issues as I have been trying to replicate a vb style bbPress theme for some time now. As I have 400k topics, I have to be extremely careful on the efficiency of the queries used.
You need to put the files inside the theme for your site – eg: http://www.example.com/wp-content/themes/your-theme/{the contents of bbPress-starter-theme-epicwebs-master file}
Hi, I tried to install your them but it doesn’t change a thing.
I have put the files in the right folder : wordpress/wp-content/themes/bbPress-starter-theme-epicwebs-master
But nothing changes after that and in the themes windows it says that the theme is corrupted because it lacks the style.css file.
I am not exactly sure what you are saying here!
Did you use the bbPress Import Tool to import your old phpBB forum into bbPress?
https://codex.bbpress.org/import-forums/
I am so frustrated with bbPress. I wanted to be rid of my phpbb forum…. when I found that wordpress had its own sort forum, I was excited. I loaded it, got it all set up…. I made several posts… over 70 posts for a matter of fact…now I am having a problem.
I am reposting a lot of old logs from the previous phpbb forum onto the bbpress. And I have hit a block to where bbpress will no longer make new posts. I imagine that this is a problem on my mysql/database side…. but I can’t find any info on it and don’t know how to figure it out….as I am still learning databases and such.
I still have over a years worth of logs to load….. but yet it seems as though bbpress or wordpress has hit is limit of what I can post?
Does anyone know what I can do? Is there a setting on wordpress, bbpress or mysql database that can be make to allow me to continue? Or should I just stay with the old phpBB forum that I already have and leave bbpress alone?
I am using bbpress 2.2.3 and wordpress 3.5
It’s working now ! Thank you for your help.
You need to copy it to the root theme folder and not inside a bbpress folder.
Ahmmm… OK… A couple of things to get started with…
I created a new page under Import Forums called Custom Import where we can start documenting how to go about actually customizing this file.
I also created a ticket #2134 as an update for Example.php is really needed to help improve the inline docs and code formatting to line up with the current bbPress1.php, phpBB.php and SimplePress5.php converters for improved readability will also help things along.
Now onto doing this… If we keep the discussion about Mingle here and update the codex as we go with any relevant information, steps and whatever else we bump into hopefully we will end up with some docs for customizing the included example importer.
I have the first few bits on the codex now, so go check that out 🙂
ps. Anyone anyone can edit the codex docs pages using your bbpress.org credentials.
Hi Lynq.
I’m trying to run your code but seems to not work. I have wordpress 3.5 and CatchBox Theme. I copied the contents of “bbPress-starter-theme-epicwebs-master” folder to “/public/www/wp-content/themes/catch-box/bbpress/” but it seems not working yet.
Because forums lists the topics as:
FORUM1
Topic1(0,0), Topic2(0,0)
FORUM2
Topic1(0,0), Topic2(0,0)
But want to make changes to do as:
FORUM1
Topic1 (0,0),
Topic2 (0,0)
FORUM2
Topic1 (0,0)
Topic2 (0,0)
Please, can you help ?
Thanks in advance.
Now its ~12 hours since your post above and depending on the size of the phpBB forum you are importing from it could take a couple of minutes to days if you have millions of posts to import.
If you go to the github page, then click zip, that’s the download link 🙂
The starter theme looks great. I don’t see any download link?
Hey
I am new to this kind of forum. I have used phpBB allot before.
But now im trying out this type to see if i can use it for my community´s new site.
But i have big issues understanding the setup for the forum. I mean, i cant find any settings about permissions…. Who should see what on the forum, who should write where and what moderation/admin permissions should each user have etc?
Anyone able to help?
You will have to recreate the theme for bbPress.
You might find this helpful for getting started: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/i-have-created-a-bbpress-starter-theme-with-a-phpbb-look-and-feel/
Good luck!
Another question :
When the database is imported from phpbb to bbpress, do the old database stay put or she is erased ?
Because i want to keep the old forum one day before migrate to the new forum.
Hello,
I want to import a phpbb forum to bbpress, i know there is a tool in Tools>>Forums. My question is about the theme. In Phpbb we have a particular theme, can we adapt the theme to Bbpress ? Is the theme imported with the database ? Or we have to re-create the theme for WordPress and bbpress ?
Thanks in advance !
#1958 is more than just markup; it will likely take core bbPress changes to query everything efficiently.
Also, @jaredatch — don’t hijack this topic. 🙂
You might get some benefit from trying this theme out I created…
I have created a bbPress starter theme with a phpBB look and feel
It kind of changes the default bbPress theme and seperates out the forums, see what you think, let me know if anything isn’t clear on it.
Sure, it would be great to be able to retrieve whatever data you wanted and then wrap it whatever tags you want using arguments 🙂
Just let me know what I can help with and i’ll try my best 🙂
Lynq this is the second awesome theme like this you’ve done. When we get cracking on 2.4 I’d love for you to give us a hand and your expertise with #1958 🙂
Hey everyone, I’m a total newbie with bbPress, as I have only had experience with phpBB in the past. I have a very simple question. I’m setting up a new site with bbPress, but am seeing that the forums I’m making (underneath their parent categories) are not being displayed one at a time on their own line, but rather one right after each other, with commas separating them. (Image of this seen here: http://tinypic.com/r/o86nab/6 )
While this isn’t the end of the world, I’m much more used to seeing each forum on its own line, and it seems to make for easier navigation.
Is this something that is specific to the theme that I am using (Buddy) or is it something that can be changed with a plugin? Thanks in advance!
Run the ‘Repair Tools’ after the importer has finished importing everything
https://codex.bbpress.org/repair-forums/
