[WPDragon]

Can this bbpress Layout still be used?…or would there be issues with latest version of bbpress & wordpress?

Please reply…thanks.

[Stephen Edgar]

@tnts That sounds like the right way to go, I’d also suggest testing all this in a local XAMPP/WAMP setup to get comfortable with all the processes before performing this on your live site.

[ctseng01]

When I tried to create a topic under the forum, I get this error message:

ERROR: You do not have permission to create new topics.

I also am not able to go into any link under Dashboard>Forum – I think somehow the permission setting is all jacked up…

I already deleted and re-installed the Plugin, tested it on TwentyThirdteen, the problem still persist.

I am using bbPress 2.5.2-5234, WP Version 3.8. The site is collaborativemotherhood.com. Also, the site is password protected (ctseng01, santaynezvalley) The forum link is in the footer, between “Mommy Power” and “Help Center”

Thanks for your help.

Mod: I edited and removed the user/pass from your post.

[Deaf_Guy]

Hi – I am setting up a forum similar to this one using bbpress:

http://aslstem.cs.washington.edu/

I want to be able to allow people to create an account and then post YouTube videos in ASL. I then want them to be able to embed the video into their forum page (similar to the above).

Here is the bbpress I’ve created:

http://hissign.com/bbpress/forum.php?id=1

I’m calling the forum ASL exchange and you’ll notice that I created a test topic called Baby Signs. When you click on that post you’ll notice the YTV video link but I was unable to embed the video in the post so the video plays there (instead of just the link).

Can someone explain to me how or what I need to do to embed the video into the post?

Thanks.

[TechHaus]

Bummer, not seeing that! Thanks for the response.

Going to try with another user account because there were some weird user role issues with my forum until recently when I installed User Role Editor to fix the issue.

EDIT: none of my keymasters can see that button. Going to try to disable a few other plugins but everything is the latest version.

EDIT 2: still no. Has this plugin broken for anyone else or does it work for wp 3.8+ and bbpress 2.5+?

[Lynqoid]

If I test on a blank install of WordPress the twitter feed works, if I add bbPress it also works. Do you have an example of any other non bbPress site where the twitter feed is not working?

I am guessing a plugin conflict, javascript error or template problem.

Good luck!

[pchapmannc]

My forums show up on the page if I add the shortcode [bbp-forum-index] but then none of my topics show up! There is a number under topics but when I click on the number I end up at a blank page.I’m just starting the forum and tried several test topics but they go to a blank page. I’m using Creativo as a theme, and wonder if there is something I should modify somewhere. Any ideas?

Thanks!

[jsalomone]

I still have the problem on my site, and am not using WishList Member.

I tried a clean install with all plugins I am using, and maybe the order of installing was different, but on the clean install I had no problem, until I did a database restore. Something in the db messes it up. I can’t see where in the code the showing of the first post (or any) is checked against some condition.

Did the past updates of bbpress and other plugins too (not the latest wordpress though) and the behavior is still the same.

[artkahlich]

I have observed precisely the same problem on my Android Motorola Droid HD Maxx. In my case I defined a page containing the [bbp-forum-index] shortcode for the Forums top level. If I go to that page in either of the latest versions of IE or Firefox, I get a nice page showing the Forum categories. Using my Android phone, I get a page containing the single word ‘Forums’. As the OP noted, if I go directly to a Forum category or topic all is well.

My WordPress version is 3.8, bbPress version is 2.5.2. I am using a copied and modified version of the TwentyFourteen theme.

[jdredd87]

Using latest wordpress 3.8 and bbpress 2.5.2..
Using the 2014 template.
Did searching but didn’t see my exact problem mentioned?
I am new to WP/BBPress so maybe a newb issue. Only been 3 days..

Windows/OSX/Chrome/IE/Safari work fine.

Chrome/Safari on iOS on an iPad seems to work fine.

Chrome/Safari on iOS on a phone does not. If you go straight to the forums link
you just get a section that says Forums and thats it.

Android is unknown…

If you go straight to a forum section or a forum post, that works fine.

site is http://turbo3800.com/

Screen shot…

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n136/jdredd87/IMG_0988_zpsee71ee92.png

[Stephen Edgar]

This thread here mentions a vBulletin conversion of ~600,000 posts took around 8-10 hours on an iMac so thats 1/6th of the time you’ve estimated.

vBulletin to bbPress questions

I’d love to test the DB you have, maybe some improvements can be made though I doubt they’d be done before your import completes 😉 I just followed you on Twitter so follow me back and drop me a DM with a ftp/dropbox link and I’ll give it a whirl.

[Stephen Edgar]

I also do not know what changes you have made so until you update both WordPress & bbPress you are basically out of luck.

This is the reason why you should never change the core files in WordPress or bbPress.

I would suggest you create yourself a test install of WordPress locally, add your theme and plugins and compare the changes and start to implement the changes you need in an upgrade friendly way such as child themes and custom additions to functions.php etc.

[yoplait]

Hi, i have a latest fresh bbpress plugin (with french translation). I have created a forum and some posts for testing.
I have “file not found” when i click on edit. The url is “sameonadressbar/edit”
Also i have 404 on clicking profiles.

Can you help me please ?!
Thank you.
Kris

[jdawglosurdo]

is there anyway to change the font color, it doesn’t look very good with my theme

i am using the latest version of wordpress
theme is hueman

[mauryg]

@Stephen

Thanks for the reply.
You’re correct. The first two points were covered except that I need to test if I can eliminate the ‘All Members’ public group and just use a sitewide forum.
In the meantime I had successfully upgraded to bbPress 2.5.1 and I have now gone to 2.5.2.
I’ll check the theme compatibility article although I am using a child theme of Suffusion and I have installed the Suffusion bbPress pack.
The threaded reply setting was enabled to a depth of ‘2’. The first reply was at the same level as the original posting and the reply to that was indented one level. When I increased the depth to ‘4’ and added more replies to replies, the threading worked. I guess I can live with the first reply being at the same level or I can muck around with the CSS if need be. 😉

Happy New Year

Maury

[Grant Palin]

I’m running the current versions of WordPress and bbPress on a dev site. Mostly OK, have been able to get some people to test the forum functionality. However, I and another user (both keymasters) are unable to use the Edit or Merge buttons above topics and replies. The other buttons – delete, spam, close, stick, etc – do work, strangely. Yet I have no trouble doing edits from the backend.

I tried the usual routine of disabling all plugins save bbPress, yet the issue remained. We’re not using exotic plugins – ACF, Pods, NavXT, PageNavi and about 10 others. We are building out a custom theme – I also tried switching to Twenty Twelve to no avail.

If it matters, I have set up a custom permalink structure in the bbPress settings. I can’t imagine that being the issue if only two functions fail to work while the others are fine.

Any Suggestions?

[Stephen Edgar]

Would I be better with a ‘site-wide’ forum rather than the private All Residents group?

I think this is now sorted based on your reply.

Can I make a site-wide forum private?

Same this is now sorted.

How do I modify the formatting of the forum postings?

If you want custom templates then follow the steps outlined here to make copies of the templates in your theme so they don’t get overridden when you update bbPress.

https://codex.bbpress.org/theme-compatibility/

Where do I look to troubleshoot the ‘threading’ function?

You state you are using ‘bbPress 2.2’, threaded replies were introduced in bbPress 2.4 so you should upgrade to the latest bbPress 2.5.2. You can then enable them in bbPress settings per https://codex.bbpress.org/forum-settings/#forum-features

[Stephen Edgar]

@gwendydd Thanks for the report and it is exactly the same issue.

Could you all in this thread supply the following:

• WordPress Versions eg. 3.8
• bbPress Version eg. 2.5.2
• Operating System eg. Linux/Windows
• Web Server eg. Nginx, Apache, IIS
• Theme eg. Twenty Thirteen
• PHP Version eg. 5.3, 5.4, 5.5

There has to be something common between people having this issue where we can then recreate a test environment to actually fix this.

[Stephen Edgar]

bbPress requires at least WordPress 3.6. I would ask the authors of that theme if they can update it for WordPress 3.8, at a bare minimum besides the improvements in the latest WordPress there are bound to be some security issues in running such an old version of WordPress.

[Stephen Edgar]

I have not seen anyone else report anything like what you mention.

Have you updated top WordPress 3.8 & bbPress 2.5.2 and tested with the Twenty Thirteen theme?

Also some screenshots would be beneficial

[Aqeart]

I’ve been using WordPress for a long time but I’m new to bbpress. I’m trying to figure how to add sidebar to my forum so that users can login or check out the latest posts from the forum. Hence I’ve decided to create a page with -forum slug so It won’t overlap default -forums slug of bbpress. I added the shortcode [bbp-forum-index] to that page and edited. Everything was working fine until I clicked on any of the forums I created. It redirected me to a page with -forums slug and breadcrumbs was on the same direction, as if shortcode was just a decoy. Unfortunately, I wasn’t very successful at altering bbpress files as I wanted. My question is about those slugs. Is there any way to override bbpress’ own page system and force it to use the page I inserted the forum code.

Thank you

[enewsdigest]

Dear April,

I am having the same issue. I also am deploying and testing in Instant WordPress. Have the same problem. Pity no one has come to rescue till now.

[amyboyack]

bbPress 2.5.1-5217 wp version 3.8 using bigbang theme

I’m having trouble getting the sidebar to show on the forums. You can check here
http://sandbox3.sureleader.com/forums/forum/non-protected-forum-for-testing/

[Chitcher1]

I have installed the latest bbpress plugin to my wordpress site. There isn’t a single tab or subcategory to be found in my dashboard that relates to BBPress. I keep reading about this forum tab but its nowhere to be found on my dashboard. I hope someone can shed some light on this 🙂

[marshallarts]

Hi Stephen,

thank you for this and the time you are taking to help – I’ve read your previous very carefully.

Maybe I misunderstood something – The queries you suggest are all in the new form – e.g. jos_kunena_categories.id whereas my database is jos_fb_categories.id from Kunena 1.5.x- I checked on a test install of a newer version of Kunena and table names and fields have changed so I think the jos_fb_ tables/fields are all wrong for the migrator.

I do have backups and am willing to have a go but the queries are jos_kunena format not jos_fb – so much is unfamiliar and ergo scary!

Thanks Stephen and sorry for being a pain, I really do want to get this out of your way and me out of your hair 🙂

Paul