bbPress 2.1 includes a conversion tool to import forums/topics/replies/users from some of the popular forum packages eg. bbPress or phpBB
There is an ‘example’ file also included as a ‘reference template’ that if Mingle is using a SQL database then you could easily modify this to be a custom importer by matching the correct database tables/fields etc
The file is called ‘example.php’ and is located in /wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-admin/converters
If you look at converting Mingle it would be great if contributed this back to bbPress for other Mingle users https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/
bbPress 2.1 includes a conversion tool to import forums/topics/replies/users from some of the popular forum packages eg. bbPress or phpBB
There is an ‘example’ file also included as a ‘reference template’ that if your 10,000 users are in a MySQL database then you could easily modify this to be a custom importer by matching the correct database tables/fields etc
The file is called ‘example.php’ and is located in /wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-admin/converters
As Anointed points out bbConverter is no longer being maintained but the code was used as the base for the freshly pressed bbPress v2.1 with many improvements to the conversion process.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress/
That said though, I have not tested the Invision import process, only bbPress & phpBB but you could definitely try the import with bbPress 2.1 and let us know how it goes
Hey there! Just as the topic says 
I’m looking for a plugin for WordPress or bbPress that will allow my forum users to create an image showcase.
I feel like they’re going to use it a good bit, as the site in question is all about collections of glass art.
Is there anything out there that will serve my needs? Does anyone know? I know that vBulletin has an addon that allows users to do this, and I believe phpBB does as well.
I had a phpBB forum that I was trying to migrate into my WordPress MU blog.
I used the bbConverter WP Plugin and found that when I tried to migrate the phpBB Forum it imported everything but the users.
So I thought I would do the migration in two stages.
1. Migrate phpBB forum to Standalone WP Blog (with bbPress Plugin obviously)
2. Move standalone WP Blog to MU WP Blog
Stage 1 worked fine so my issue (and question) is NOT with phpBB or bbConverter
Stage 2 however didn’t work, when I tried to import the WP backup into a blog in my MU set-up none of the users, forums, topic or replies would import.
So, is there an easier way of migrating a WP Blog using the bbPress plugin INTO a WP MU Blog ?
Cheers
David
WordPress itself can handle load fairly well, and is fairly optimized. The question is how well does bbPress handle millions of posts.
Any DB can struggle with a table with millions of rows, depending on the hardware you throw at it. My main concern with bbPress in such an environment is that all WordPress posts themselves share the same table as bbPress 2.x, since it uses custom posts types.
You might be better off using a separate forum on a separate DB from a performance impact, but you lose the integration of WordPress user accounts that you get with bbPress.
The other point to consider is that since bbPress is relatively simplistic forum software (that’s not meant as a slam, it just isn’t as feature rich as IPB, phpbb, etc), there may be fewer SQL queries per page load with bbPress.
There is nothing to work out IMHO. mjpg (posted above) has provided the ideal “Work Around” that I think is perfect. Use another plugin to augment this one and provide even MORE flexibility to your permissions.
Don’t ask the bbPress developers to take their time to reinvent the wheel when someone else has already done it. The Drupal community is excellent at referring to each others modules as “dependencies” for certain functionality.
WordPress has a ways to go in this respect, but I have to admit bbPress is better than any of the Drupal offerings when combined with a nice $40 theme purchased online. The phpBB –> bbPress transfer tools are also both quite useful. I just switched to bbPress and plan to be using it for a long time to come so keep it coming guys! Great work!
It does depend on the theme of course, but I will try my best. Also please remember that this involves editing the core and is not recommended (but I can’t see another way to achieve this?).
If you set the show_freshness_link to true and then add a freshness before of <td> and freshness_after of </td> this will add an extra td tag inside the template.
You will then need to add an extra <th> to the table heading, or it will break your table and you will have blank spaces inside the forum list.
If you are using a non table layout, then you just need to give it a class and deal with it in css like the reply count and post count data.
Inside loop-single-forum.php I changed my bbp_list_forums arguments to accept the changes inside the core function, for example…
array( 'show_freshness_link' => true, 'freshness_author_before' => '<div class="author-box">', 'freshness_author_after' => '</div>')
You can then change the freshness_author_before and the freshness_author_after values to change the html.
Good luck!
Lynq: Thanks for sharing that. Incase there’s others like me who can play with the css and the html but don’t know knees from elbows about the php, can you maybe give a little advice on what would need to be customized in the theme to accommodate the changes you’ve made there?
I can’t readily tell what that code would effect. It’d be really appreciated.
function bbp_list_forums( $args = '' ) {
// Define used variables
$output = $sub_forums = $topic_count = $reply_count = $counts = '';
$i = 0;
$count = array();
// Defaults and arguments
$defaults = array (
'before' => '<ul class="bbp-forums">',
'after' => '</ul>',
'link_before' => '<li class="bbp-forum">',
'link_after' => '</li>',
'count_before' => ' (',
'count_after' => ')',
'count_sep' => ', ',
'separator' => ', ',
'forum_id' => '',
'show_topic_count' => true,
'show_reply_count' => true,
'freshness_before' => '<td class="last-posted-box">',
'freshness_after' => '</td>',
'show_freshness_link' => true,
'freshness_author_before' => '<div class="author-box">',
'freshness_author_after' => '</div>'
);
$r = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
extract( $r, EXTR_SKIP );
// Bail if there are no subforums
if ( !bbp_get_forum_subforum_count( $forum_id ) )
return;
// Loop through forums and create a list
if ( $sub_forums = bbp_forum_get_subforums( $forum_id ) ) {
// Total count (for separator)
$total_subs = count( $sub_forums );
foreach ( $sub_forums as $sub_forum ) {
$i++; // Separator count
// Get forum details
$count = array();
$show_sep = $total_subs > $i ? $separator : '';
$permalink = bbp_get_forum_permalink( $sub_forum->ID );
$title = bbp_get_forum_title( $sub_forum->ID );
// Show topic count
if ( !empty( $show_topic_count ) && !bbp_is_forum_category( $sub_forum->ID ) )
$count['topic'] = bbp_get_forum_topic_count( $sub_forum->ID );
// Show reply count
if ( !empty( $show_reply_count ) && !bbp_is_forum_category( $sub_forum->ID ) )
$count['reply'] = bbp_get_forum_reply_count( $sub_forum->ID );
// Counts to show
if ( !empty( $count ) )
$counts = $count_before . implode( $count_sep, $count ) . $count_after;
// Show topic count
if ( !empty( $show_freshness_link ) && !bbp_is_forum_category( $sub_forum->ID ) ) {
$freshness_link = bbp_get_forum_freshness_link( $sub_forum->ID );
$freshness_author = $freshness_author_before . bbp_get_author_link( array( 'post_id' => bbp_get_forum_last_active_id( $sub_forum->ID ), 'size' => 14 ) ) . $freshness_author_after;
$freshness_link = $freshness_before . $freshness_link . $freshness_author . $freshness_after;
}
// Build this sub forums link
$output .= $link_before . '<a href="' . $permalink . '" class="bbp-forum-link">' . $title . $counts . $freshness_link . '</a>' . $show_sep . $link_after;
}
// Output the list
echo $before . $output . $after;
}
}
This will give you more control over creating a theme which looks like Invision or PHPBB.
You will have to customize your theme as well to make sure it is compatible.
Hey guys,
I have been searching for this myself aswell, but couldn’t find anything anywhere.
If anyone is interested I modified the bbp_list_forums function to have a flag for freshness (last poster) to be displayed or not.
function bbp_list_forums( $args = '' ) {
// Define used variables
$output = $sub_forums = $topic_count = $reply_count = $counts = '';
$i = 0;
$count = array();
// Defaults and arguments
$defaults = array (
'before' => '<ul class="bbp-forums">',
'after' => '</ul>',
'link_before' => '<li class="bbp-forum">',
'link_after' => '</li>',
'count_before' => ' (',
'count_after' => ')',
'count_sep' => ', ',
'separator' => ', ',
'forum_id' => '',
'show_topic_count' => true,
'show_reply_count' => true,
'freshness_before' => '<td>',
'freshness_after' => '</td>',
'show_freshness_link' => true
);
$r = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
extract( $r, EXTR_SKIP );
// Bail if there are no subforums
if ( !bbp_get_forum_subforum_count( $forum_id ) )
return;
// Loop through forums and create a list
if ( $sub_forums = bbp_forum_get_subforums( $forum_id ) ) {
// Total count (for separator)
$total_subs = count( $sub_forums );
foreach ( $sub_forums as $sub_forum ) {
$i++; // Separator count
// Get forum details
$count = array();
$show_sep = $total_subs > $i ? $separator : '';
$permalink = bbp_get_forum_permalink( $sub_forum->ID );
$title = bbp_get_forum_title( $sub_forum->ID );
// Show topic count
if ( !empty( $show_topic_count ) && !bbp_is_forum_category( $sub_forum->ID ) )
$count['topic'] = bbp_get_forum_topic_count( $sub_forum->ID );
// Show reply count
if ( !empty( $show_reply_count ) && !bbp_is_forum_category( $sub_forum->ID ) )
$count['reply'] = bbp_get_forum_reply_count( $sub_forum->ID );
// Counts to show
if ( !empty( $count ) )
$counts = $count_before . implode( $count_sep, $count ) . $count_after;
// Show topic count
if ( !empty( $show_freshness_link ) && !bbp_is_forum_category( $sub_forum->ID ) ) {
$freshness_link = bbp_get_forum_freshness_link( $sub_forum->ID );
$freshness_link = $freshness_before . $freshness_link . $freshness_after;
}
// Build this sub forums link
$output .= $link_before . '<a href="' . $permalink . '" class="bbp-forum-link">' . $title . $counts . $freshness_link . '</a>' . $show_sep . $link_after;
}
// Output the list
echo $before . $output . $after;
}
}
Let me know if you would like any help with I am currently customising my theme to work with it, you will need to add an extra th to your forum tables other you just have a blank in place.
Hope someone finds this helpful!
p.s. you can also specify a before and after in the arguments of bbp_list_forums.
All the best.
Lynq.
GD bbPress Tools is a new free plugin for bbPress 2.0/2.1 for WordPress. Currently adds these new features:
* BBCode shortcodes support
* Quote Reply or Topic
* User signature with BBCode and HTML support
* Additional custom views
* Basic topics search results view
* Toolbar menu integration
* Limit bbPress admin side access
Plugin supports BBCodes based on the phpBB implementation. Right now, plugin has 30 BBCodes. Latest plugin version is 1.2:
http://www.dev4press.com/2012/blog/plugins-news/gd-bbpress-tools-1-2-0/
I edit the template.php bbp-forum, although I do not sound right to modify the core.
I changed bbp_list_forums function () original:
function bbp_list_forums( $args = '' ) {
[...]
// Build this sub forums link
$output .= $link_before . '' . $title . $counts . '' . $show_sep . $link_after;
}
// Output the list
echo $before . $output . $after;
}
}
by:
function bbp_list_forums( $args = '' ) {
[...]
// Build this sub forums link
//$output .= $link_before . '' . $title . $counts . '' . $show_sep . $link_after;
$output[] = array(
'permalink'=>$permalink,
'title'=>$title,
'count'=>$count
);
}
// Output the list
return $output;
}
}
and I returned:
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[permalink] => http://localhost/wpv1/foros/seccion/dota2/torneos-y-competencias
[title] => Torneos y competencias
[count] => Array
(
[topic] => 1
[reply] => 5
)
)
[1] => Array
(
[permalink] => http://localhost/wpv1/foros/seccion/dota2/dota-chat
[title] => Dota chat
[count] => Array
(
[topic] => 0
[reply] => 0
)
)
)
The only drawback is that I can not get the last comment of each forum.
Hi
Love the plugin. But are the phpBB image/URL trouble’s going to be resolved somewhen? There isn’t much acitivity any more..
Cheers
Tate
I can’t believe this still haven’t been resolved. What is going on with the bbpress community? This is a must have. It should be the forums default looks.
I have tried playing with it, but I still don’t understand what really is going on.
Can someone who made these kind of subcategories post the changes he made?
Thanks
Hm. OK.
Is there any way for me to just make the plugin bbpress look like the standalone? I really can’t stand how going to http://fotosputnik.com/wordpress is the way to browse to my forums, etc. And they look like blog posts, etc.
As opposed to my phpbb3 forum: http://fotosputnik.com/phpBB3
I much prefer a traditional message board but this wordpress/bbpress plugin does not seem like the right answer. The bbpress plugin did, and I much prefer it over phpBB3, but I can’t seem to transfer my phpBB3 database into the standalone bbpress w/o totally messing it up. Transferring to plugin version worked just fine though.
381 topics, about 2400 posts.
Is it possible?
Installing standalone bbpress and converting from phpBB3 didn’t work for me. I tried and tried. However, converting from phpBB3 to plugin bbpress DID work. So now I’d like to try to transfer from bbpress plugin to bbpress standalone. Make sense?
I ran this script, it works great! Before I ran phpbb3 3.0.3.
Thanks!
Johann Sebastian Konrad Laski UGA
Update: I tried something new.
I installed wordpress on a folder in my site. And then installed the bbpress plugin version.
Then I tried this bbpress conversion plugin.
Voila. It worked.
However, I hate the way this is set up and looks. Anyone can read the forums. You only need to login to reply. I like the standalone version much better and I feel like I had better control over the settings, too.
I wonder why the conversion plugin works, but converting for standalone doesn’t…
For the record, using the plugin version with wordpress retained both my wordpress and phpbb3 passwords/usernames. Converting using standalone erased both, it seems, rendering any login impossible.
I wonder if I can now convert from plugin version to standalone version…
yes, this appears to only work for bbpress plugin version. I’m using standalone…
I thought bbconverter was for the bbpress plugin, not for the standalone version…
the issue is bigger than that, though.
users, including myself as admin/keymaster, aren’t able to reset passwords. the emails never arrive. it says an email with a new password was sent, but it never arrives.
so basically, after i make this conversion, i’m unable to log in AT ALL. not as admin/keymaster or any user.
I’ve just checked phpmyadmin console again after a new install: I can no confirm that my installation keymaster login completely disappears after the conversion. the username is gone entirely, leaving me only with the 4 usernames from my original phpBB3 board. the issue is that those passwords don’t work and resetting apparently will not send me any emails to reset.
i’m so lost.
As I recall when doing this long ago, none of the users will work. You have to have them reset their passwords for their accounts to work.
On the keymaster account there was a trick to that which I do not recall at this moment. However, I do believe you can edit the database itself.
I believe it changes the role to admin instead of keymaster and then you will have to also change the password to something else.
Did you use the converter noted in this thread?
The first link I posted was a very good step by step process that could also give you the info you need.
If I find anything I will post here to further help out. Good luck.
