[boriskourt]

Upgrading to the latest version from track has fixed this issue.

Just a quick question about my theme, is it okay for me to leave the existing files from the old bbpress theme within my theme? Or should I recode it from your new theme files?

[Ninjamoomin]

Hi,

Apologies, I’m a total noob at this… Sorry also if this is a bit long winded, not sure how best to explain it.

this is my site: http://www.fluvaledgeforum.com

…and this is where my forums lived: http://www.fluvaledgeforum.com/forums/forum/fluval-edge-journals-and-photos/

I am getting really confused…

I had a page on the site titled ‘Forum’ which I was going to redirect, using the redirect plugin, to the bbpress page listing all the forums…

Now for the hard part.

For some reason when you click on the ‘forum’ in the bbpress breadcrumb… it was taking you to the page I was going to redirect. I was thinking that should take you to the root of the forums…. i.e. a list of all of them

At first I thought it was because it had the same URL…. so I changed the page that I was going to redirect, and the assoc. link title to ‘redirect’ – just to test this theory. Alas the root of the forums breadcrumb still took you to this page…http://www.fluvaledgeforum.com/redirect/

Then I thought I might have messed a setting up, so I deleted bbpress and reinstalled the plugin.

Now I have tried adding another forum… according to the admin page it’s published at the following location: http://www.fluvaledgeforum.com/forums/forum/general-aquarium-discussion/

But that comes up as page not found when you click ‘view forum’ in the admin area.

Now I am stumped.

Questions then:

1) how do I get the forums working again with a top level that lists all the forums on the site?

2) how do I add forums to the menu?

Thanks for your help with this…

[maryjan]

Hello,

I have one question about forum bbpress on multisite.

I have community site about few games and i have the main site where are buddypress and 6 subsites in subdirectories.

On main site I have 7 forums for each subsite, and I would like to know how to show latest active topics from each section on specific subsite.

Is that possible ?

For example: main site have forums for subsites: Blizzard and EA Games. I want to show on Blizzard subsite latest active topics from specific section on main site forum.

Please help me

[george123]

I’m uploading a new bbpress theme to:

wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bb-templates

Now what? I go into my admin panel of the site, and go to themes, and see these errors:

1. Your active theme does not include bbPress template files. Your forums are using the default styling included with bbPress.

2. Broken Themes

The following themes are installed but incomplete. Themes must have a stylesheet and a template.

bbPress (Twenty Ten)

The parent theme is missing. Please install the “twentyten” parent theme.

Where do I go to activate the new theme? Am I putting it in the right place?

Site is running the latest wordpress and the latest bbpress plugin.

Please help.

Thanks and god bless.

[vburnham]

It appears that in my individual forums the content is in the header and is making it full width. I need it to be placed next to the sidebar in the pagelines_content area. Anyone have any ideas why it would be doing this or how I can fix it? Here is a preview: http://proof.saamadesign.com/forum/base/forum/this-is-a-test-forum/

Thanks!

[monkey28]

im using the latest bbpress plugin for wordpress.. and the table borders is making my forum look not so pretty.. any help/suggestions?

Thanks!

[John James Jacoby]

Working on the BuddyPress Groups. Opponent right now. Probably a beta soon, to test some things I’m trying out.

[murrayac]

Hey Paul,

I’m using

bbpress 2.1 latest

Wootheme Canvas

Wordpress MU 3.2.1

It works on my local but when live it doesn’t.

[mrjarbenne]

Is there a place where I could read how these two worlds are inevitably going to collide? I currently have Group Forums enabled in a BP 1.5.3 with 200+ groups. One of those groups is a Support group, to help with navigation of the community, use, BP, WP (it’s a multisite), etc. which gets lost amidst the other active groups.

I’m tempted to turn on the Sitewide Forum option (separate from groups), but feel like perhaps the two options are really a stop-gap measure until the new bbpress replaces bbpress 1.x for groups. Currently it looks like the sitewide forum (Support) on testbp.org and the Forum Directory (global directory of all of the discussion within all of the public groups) aren’t aware of one another.

I’m patient, should I hold off on enabling Sitewide Forums until bbpress 2.x becomes THE forum functionality at work in BP.

How seamlessly will this migration be, and will it be easier if I just stick with group forums for now.

[testuserfay]

Hi. I am using BBpress to add a community component to my mostly informational site. What I want is for my forums to:

1) be hidden from nonlogged in members;

2) require members to be able to login and check the 1 forum that I assign to them for updates, WITHOUT having access to someone elses forum.

Is this at all possible through an existing plugin or through some code modification?

I am using wp-members for registration/login stuff. That plugin does have the ability to lock access to pages and posts, but currently, I don’t use those features.

I am also using latest BBpress and WordPress software.

Thank you.

[100pwd]

i have done an extensive search on this manner but i have not found anything (so i am hoping its just user error!).

i am using the latest version of bbpress as a plugin with the latest version of wordpress.

I LOVE IT!

however…

i have a privet area (category) in the root of my forum with private forums within. sounds reasonable!

but when i navigate to my forum root, my privet category shows 0 topics and 0 posts (yes i have added topics and posts). even worse, when i click on my privet category, it just says “This category contains 0 topics and 0 replies.” and doesn’t show the forums that live there. (sadface)

even more curious, if a make one of the privet forums with in my privet category, public… then they all show up (both in the root and in the category view)!

this is the case for all roles and accessibility.

can anyone shed some light on what i may be doing wrong?

mike

[Vayu Robins]

I have a similar problem. I cannot view the forums with any user role other than “Administrator”. I even tested with the Memebers plugin and gave the role “forum participant” rights to eveything in WP, more than the Administrator, and stil I cannot see the forum.

http://rebeccapersson.com/klub-sunde-born-forum/

All forums and topics are public and open.

What could be blocking this?

Cheers

Vayu

[Raziel_LOK]

After finding a lot I have not found a solution for showing more than 1 depth sub forums. So I made some coding.

I changed “<?php bbp_list_forums(); ?>” on file loop-single-forum.php to:

<?php

$before = ‘<ul class=”bbp-forums”>’;

$after = ”;

$link_before = ‘<li class=”bbp-forum”>’;

$link_after = ”;

if ($sublist = bbp_forum_get_subforums($forum_id)) {

echo $before;

foreach ( $sublist as $sub_forum ) {

// Get forum details

$permalink = bbp_get_forum_permalink( $sub_forum->ID );

$title = bbp_get_forum_title( $sub_forum->ID );

echo $link_before . ‘‘ . $title . ‘‘ . $link_after;

if ($sublist2 = bbp_forum_get_subforums($sub_forum->ID)) {

echo $before;

foreach ( $sublist2 as $sub_forum ) {

// Get forum details

$permalink2 = bbp_get_forum_permalink( $sub_forum->ID );

$title2 = bbp_get_forum_title( $sub_forum->ID );

// Build this sub forums link

echo $link_before . ‘‘ . $title2 . ‘‘ . $link_after;

}

}

echo $after;

}

}

echo $after;

?>

So my question is, Is there any way to do that little easier ? Or someone who is looking in the same issue and want give a hand to clean up this code.

A example of the struture I’m looking:

TEST

-TEST_CHILD_1

-TEST_CHILD_2

–TEST_CHILD_CH1

–TEST_CHILD_CH2

-TEST_CHILD_3

Any help will be aprecieted. Thank you.

[ArronC]

Hello,

I decided to test out bbPress; unfortunately, I was unable to post a new topic in the first forum I created. I kept on encountering this error each time…

Fatal error: Call to undefined function akismet_get_user_roles() in …/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-includes/bbp-extend-akismet.php on line 146

Is there any reason this is happening?

[zachshallbetter]

I’m having a problem where Admin is able to see their user information and all forum data but all other accounts are directed to a blank page.

This is the “local” address users get sent to http://pcocs/forums/users/skingsford/

This is where admins are directed. http://pcocs/forums/users/admin/

They have “gform_full_access”

I’m using the latest version of wordpress(3.3.1) and bbpress (2.02). I nuked everything related to bbpress including the db entries. reinstalled, and the same issue is occurring.

Disabled all plugins, and re-activated the plugin. Still unable to access user profile as another user. Able to access profile in dashboard.

Rebuilt the permalinks.

No themes, no plugins, just default data.

Any thoughts on what would cause this to occur?

[bingles]

I found my problem. I had created a forums page in wordpress when I was testing some things. I had trashed it, but not permanently deleted it. Looking in the database, I noticed the entry. Once I permanently deleted it from my pages list, my forums list showed back up.

[psupps]

I’ve also just noticed that if you go to:

http://www.proteinsupps.co.uk/forums/forum/test/

In the breadcrumb trail, there are two instances of ‘Forums’ link.

Really would appreciate help on this!

[John Conners]

Is there anything I need to do to get the aforementioned caching plugins to invalidate topic pages, forum indexes and so forth when a new reply is posted?

I’ve tried both 2.0.2 and the latest bbPress plugin version from svn and as it stands, posting a new reply does not clear the topic page (or any other forum pages) from the cache so you and nobody else sees your replies.

Just wanted to check if it’s currently a bug / feature or I’m missing something obvious!

[freequency]

I love bbPress for it’s simplistic design, but setting it up can be a bitch especially if you don’t care for standard sidebars & widgets like me, so:

Getting bbpress to work wonders is as easy as 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12!!

On 2012-01-19, this is what I did to originally setup my forums for a free wireless network:

0) Pre-clarification: [???] means some number, like twenty[???] means twentyten or twentyeleven

1) Downloaded most recent WordPress, setup database and installed it.

2) Installed bbpress:

go to http://yoursite.dom/wp-admin/ > Log in to admin > Plugins > Add New > search for “bbpress” > Install Now

3) Copied contents of bbpress theme folder to wordpress theme folder:

/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-themes/bbp-twenty[???] to /wp-content/themes

(this is done ONLY so that we can select the bbforums theme and it’s handy templates: Please note that you should only make modifications in the /wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-themes/bbp-twenty[???] folder NOT the /wp-content/themes/bbp-twenty[???] folder as the bbpress plugin will not read those)

4) Switched to the bbpress theme

Log in to admin > Appearance > Themes > under the “Available Themes” section I activated the “bbPress (Twenty [???])” Theme

5) Created my home page, login page, register page, and lost password page:

Log in to admin > Pages > Add New > set title to “Home” | right hand column > Page Attributes > set Templates to “bbPress – Forums (index)”

Log in to admin > Pages > Add New > set title to “Login” | right hand column > Page Attributes > set Templates to “bbPress – User Login”

Log in to admin > Pages > Add New > set title to “Register” | right hand column > Page Attributes > set Templates to “bbPress – User Register”

Log in to admin > Pages > Add New > set title to “Lost Password” | right hand column > Page Attributes > set Templates to “bbPress – User Lost Password”

6) Switched WordPress frontpage from the blog to my home/forums page:

Log in to admin > Settings > Reading > Front page displays > Clicked “a static page…” > set front page to “Home” (and left posts page blank)

7) Allowed New Users to Register

Log in to admin > Settings > General > Under Membership I checked “Anyone can register”

Created and Modified my header, footer, and sidebar files:

All theme modifications MUST be done within the wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-themes/bbp-twenty[???] folder and not the folder you just copied to the wordpress theme folder as bbpress will only read files within in it’s own local plugin (see #3).

The theme doesn’t come with these files installed, so copy them from another theme like twenty[???]:

wp-content/themes/twenty[???]/header.php to wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-themes/bbp-twenty[???]

wp-content/themes/twenty[???]/footer.php to wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-themes/bbp-twenty[???]

wp-content/themes/twenty[???]/sidebar.php to wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-themes/bbp-twenty[???]

I then stripped them to my satisfaction making sure to keep WordPress’ header action hook, wp_head();, and then styled them accordingly.

One of the things I added to the header.php was my menu and such:

<?php

$text .= '<options>';

if(is_user_logged_in()) {

global $current_user;

get_currentuserinfo();

$text .= 'You are logged in as '.$current_user->display_name.'
Your Profile | Your Topics | Your Replies | Logout';

}

else $text .= 'Login | Register | Lost Password';

$text .= "
" . get_search_form(false);

$text .= '</options>';

echo $text;

?>

If a visitor is not logged in the above menu will show links to the pages I just created in #5, but make sure that the page_id matches the correct page. You can do this by checking the Permalink of that page:

Log in to admin > Pages > All Pages > select the page your interested in > notice the page_id in the permalink & make sure it matches in the header file.

If a visitor is logged in, it will show who you are logged in as, give you a link to:

your profile (/wp-admin/profile.php)

your profile (/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=topic)

your posts (/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=reply)

and a link to logout ( wp_logout_url() )

This menu will then print a search form.

9) Installed Search bbPress plugin:

Log in to admin > Plugins > Add New > search for “search bbpress” > Install Now

If you don’t do this, wordpress’ search form won’t search your forums.

10)wordpress avatars & bbPress Avatars:

As of 2012-01-19, the latest version of WordPress (and therefore bbPress) has Gravitars support built in. So, if you sign up at https://en.gravatar.com/site/signup, you can associate an email address with your avatar. And if you also use that email address as the one you used for your wordpress/bbpress account then bbpress and wordpress will automatically show that avatar associated with the email address you supplied to gravitar.

Simple Local Avatars:

If you’re like me, you don’t want to force your visitors to sign up with gravitar, so the simplest avatar solution I found was to install the “Simple Local Avatars” Plugin:

Log in to admin > Plugins > Add New > search for “Simple Local Avatars” > Install Now

An avatar section will now display at the bottom of your profile page at /wp-admin/profile.php

11) Consolidating bbPress profile pages

bbPress gives you the choice of editing your profile in two places, but since avatars only show up at /wp-admin/profile.php and not index.php?bbp_user=[???]&edit=1 we will consolidate the profile editing to just /wp-admin/profile.php . To do this, we add the follwoing code to the end (but before the ?> ) of the wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-themes/bbp-twenty[???]/functions.php file:

add_filter('bbp_get_user_edit_profile_url', 'my_bbp_get_user_edit_profile_url', 10, 0);

function my_bbp_get_user_edit_profile_url () {

return "/wp-admin/profile.php";

}

This basically overwrites the bbp_get_user_edit_profile_url function whereever it’s used.

12) I’m done! For now at least. Hope that helps. Those were the things I cared about.

[KaitlinB]

Hi, I’m having this issue too.

I originally installed this plugin in September 2011 and it was all working fine.

Today I upgraded to the latest version of WordPress, and also BBPress, and now only admins can view the topics, everyone else gets the ‘Oh bother!’ alert.

I had an old backup of the old BBPress plugin so I replaced the new with the old, but no change.

The site I’m using is a staging site, ie it’s not ‘in use’, and I’ve not touched it or tested it since September, so I can’t be certain that the error is due to the WordPress upgrade…though as I mentioned nothing has happened on the site since then so it’s surely not a coincidence.

[Anointed]

Sure, in settings -> forums check the last option.

http://screensnapr.com/v/FinWe0.png

Does require WordPress 3.3 and latest bbPress for this option to show up.

[Anointed]

If you are using WordPress 3.3 and the latest bbPress (I use the nightly download), then you can turn on the tinymce editor instead of the standard textfield input for creating topics and replies.

You would then need to grant permission to the different roles that you want to allow to insert images, either via links or the upload system.

There are user role plugins that can help with this which are actually built for WordPress, but work for bbPress just fine.

Keep in mind that it’s not usually good practice to allow regular users to upload whatever they want into your media system.

[DiannaM668]

Hi OC2PS again, I tried the converter with changing the version to 2.0.2 which matches my BBpress latest version and it did seem to work this time! However, it is weird how you can’t see it doing anything and then after awhile I hit refresh and check and it converted.

However, I’ve had this problem before and I’m not sure what could be this problem. Everything seems to convert great with users and forum structure, even the forum counts. However, my topics don’t show up within the forums. Within my topics, it shows that they are not connected to any forum. So I have about 500 some pages of topics not attached to anything.

Do you know or have any idea what I could be doing wrong that is not pulling the topics over to their respective forum??

I’m so close to getting this!

I’ve even thought to go through 500 pages of topics and put them in their forums. I am that desperate! But I know better than to work that hard but also I don’t know where these topics really belong or I would consider it.

Help?

[jangles]

Some constructive criticism, if I may.

I’ve read about a tremendous interest in using bbpress as a viable forum option. I want to start by saying I’ve been involved in open source for over 15 years myself and the work and dedication here is very admirable (remembering ROI.) People such as myself would be willing to put in some time and effort to make this project work but there are some fundamental things lacking here that give me cause for concern in using bbpress. Virtually all forums I see using are either (a) the most basic customer support, nothing long term discussion/community based, or (b) amateurish sites set up that are chop shop and will be down in a few months. It doesn’t have to be that way. Couple of things:

1. If it’s not relatively easy, simple or clear to theme bbpress, few will ever use it. Fewer will design themes for it too. And if there isn’t at least a decent, comprehensible system, nobody will use a plugin if it just typically looks like another ratcheted in plugin. Hopefully, this is not the case.

2. Organization here is a mess. I go to plugins and I see listings from 5 years ago and the top. It’s not easy to figure out what is what here. Documentation is incomplete and I remember having a terrible time installing it too – and I’m not a novice. This is the easy part that scares away many potential users.

3. Sometimes simple is too simple. Some things should be standard. For example, nobody wants to have to scroll down to the bottom of the page just to post a reply. That’s just one issue that leaped out at me. Sometimes less is just less.

4. No clear vision here, e.g. the latest blog entry is November 28 2011 and this place feels half deserted. It doesn’t have to be that way.

5. There needs to be an easier way to navigate the forums on this site. I could care less about a long list of tags I’ll rarely use. I do want that short list of forums in the sidebar or somewhere so I don’t have to click my way back to the home page.

Just a few pointers. I like this project, would love to consider using it for a large site but the ghost town effect is putting me off a little.

[veppa]

If you want different sidebar to be displayed instead of blog sidebar in your theme then you can use this plugin that replaces your blog sidebar with forum specific sidebar.

On forum sidebar you can list forums, login box or login and register links, latest topics. While on blog you would list latest posts, categories, pages etc.

Also you can select default forum wrapper using this plugin.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-wp-tweaks/

Also you can use it to display login link for not logged in user. usually bbpress will say you need to login and not display link or form for login.