[Anita Elder]

I’m using bbPress plugin for WP. When I’m logged in, I have no problem seeing topics in my forum. But if I log out, I can still see the topics listed in the forum, but if I click on one, I get the 404 error, and there’s no place to log in. I’ve had some visitors to the site tell me they get the same results. What am I doing wrong? I’m running the very latest WP version (3.2).

http://mountaineersphotography.org/forums/forum/member-bulletin-board/

[pimarts]

I didn’t test these myself, but in the bbp-core-shortcodes.php file (of RC1 from the trac) it states the following shortcodes:

[bbp-login][

[bbp-register]

[bbp-lost-pass]

So those might work.

[pimarts]

@ dobralog: If you followed the link in Andre’s post you’ll have the latest version. Any changes made go (more or less) directly into trac.

[UG-Ltd.de]

I have a German webseite powered with WordPress (formerly with Redaxo).

Now I tested the new bbPress plugin, but problems with languages, further bbPress plugins… nice try, but better would be a separate installation of bbPress with integration.

So I adapted my tmeplate, use the css files from WP and integrated ist in the navigation.

The forum is at http://www.ug-ltd.de/service/forum.html

Also I changed some permalinks, date functions and so on.

[ppoivre]

I made a first translation in glotpress for the french… And I wanted to test it on the beta version… I exported a .mo file from glotpress… I put it in the bbp-language folder but this not enough… What else?

Thanks a lot… This looks very promising !!

Best

P.

[pimarts]

I think WanGuard is the only one that works with the plugin, didn’t test it though, but it claims it does.

Aside from that none of them will work, because the plugin is totally different on the inside.

As for restricting users, try the Members plugin by Justin Tadlock. That seems to work pretty well, although I have a problem with that one too (just posted about it in a different topic).

[Alessio Lo Vecchio]

sorry but i dont understand a thing, template files have different name from 1.0 to 2.0?

i’ve now installed the 2.0 plugin version just for test, but under the docs section of this site there are named template files which i cant find in bbp-twentyten theme.

For example front-page.php is deprecated?

now do we have to use page-front-forums?

someone can help?

p.s. sorry for my bad english

p.s.2 i’m a good wordpress theme developer

[Alessio Lo Vecchio]

sorry but i dont understand a thing, template files have different name from 1.0 to 2.0?

i’ve now installed the 2.0 plugin version just for test, but under the docs section of this site there are named template files which i cant find in bbp-twentyten theme.

For example front-page.php is deprecated?

now do we have to use page-front-forums?

someone can help?

p.s. sorry for my bad english

p.s.2 i’m a good wordpress theme developer

[sithinquisitor]

Hi There,

I have just installed the latest BBPress Beta, I have activated it with no problems and added new forums without any errors. When I go to look at my forums by following any links to them I get a URL such as http://www.sithinquisitors.com/forums/forum/sith-inquisitor-news-and-announcements/

Which in turn gives me a 404 error page. Is there something that I am missing here? I havetn changed anything within the settings or anywhere else in the WordPress/bbPress admin panel.

Regards and thanks in advance.

[John James Jacoby]

This should be fixed in RC. If you’d like to test it and see, you can download it from trac.

https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/branches/plugin

See the download link at the bottom.

[John James Jacoby]

@Carsten.M – You need to use the numeric ID of the forum. I realize this isn’t the easiest for everyone, but it’s the easiest and fastest way to develop it for now. In the future we’ll open this up to other things and build a UI for it all.

@Nate – I updated the instructions at the top with more details. Give them another go. All you need to do is copy the contents of bbp-twentyten into your theme, and merge the style.css and functions.php files together so they fit what you need – this I can’t help with because it involves code only you probably know.

[mbiernat]

Am I missing a line of code?

I am using a theme called the ‘Stallion theme’. It is based on the old Talian theme which was popular in WP a few years back. Stallion has a lot of options that I really like, in terms of flexibility, design etc.

However, it does not work with the bbPress plugin.

It creates forums and topics fine.

However: if you look under a topic post or forum (I created some sample ones) – a viewer or user can not reply or create new topics. In fact the only thing you see is my related post plugin underneath the post.

http://peopleandlanguages.com/ is the website I am testing this out on.

It does work with 2010, but not this theme. Is there so line of code that needs to be juggled to make this work with my theme?

Thank you,

Mark

[Erlend]

I think one of bbPress’ biggest strengths is its potential to extend upon and empower WordPress’ commenting system. Another side of this is the P2 theme used to enable real-time conversations, but that’s a different topic.

‘Distributed conversations’ should facilitate persistent on-topic discussion.

The basis of this idea has already been put to the test on the TED.com website. For an example, follow this link to the Beware online “filter bubbles” video and scroll down to see the “TED CONVERSATIONS”. That is, in essence, what I’m proposing here, along with a new idea (comment conversion).

How would this work?

A) Create conversation directly from a blog post. (TED way)

Create conversation from a blog post’s comment(s). (new way)

See mockup:

https://gomockingbird.com/mockingbird/#tcky31h/qjXSc0

http://i.imgur.com/fS4Yo.png

A:

Every blog post should come with a “start a new topic” link. Clicking this link would start a standard ‘new post’ prompt. The only difference would be the link to the discussed blog post, which could be incorporated in a number odd ways. The easiest way I can think of would be a shortlink with blog post ID. (Although it’s outside of the initial scope, this should also be compatible with forum posts).

B:

Comments can be converted to forum threads. A conversion would:

1) Lock the thread of comments

2) Create a new forum thread with the comments.

3) Link to the new forum thread from the locked comment thread.

This option would only be available to moderators and above.

Maybe not in core, but I could see this being a super handy plugin.

[John James Jacoby]

RC 1 due out tonight, with lots more little audits and fixes. Thanks to everyone for testing and feedback.

[arbingersys]

Hi markaduffy, I did

find . | grep wp-admin

in the forum folder where I extracted to, but get nothing back. I’ve downloaded ‘Latest 1.0.3 – Download .tar.gz’ from the download page. I’m using the stand-alone version, I guess.

[mbiernat]

Let me start by saying I am not an advanced user. However, I would be interested in trouble shooting a theme compatability issues.

The 2010 theme works great for the bbPress plugin.

However, I have a theme which I would like to use which bbPress does not work for.

I have set up a score of forums and only the parent forum shows after resaving the permalinks. The test topics do show, but people would not have the ability to add anything like a new topic or reply.

The theme has many options and I would prefer to use it over a standard WP theme. However, I am not sure why it is not working for the bbPress Plugin.

Will bbPress have something to help convert themes or do you have any idea what is going on?

If it is too much recoding on my part I might just use the 2011 theme when it rolls out. Or think of plan b.

My site as it is now is http://peopleandlanguages.com/

Thanks and sorry in advance if this question is not the type of question you look at, rather you adress more macro issues.

[jobjorn]

You can find an old translation file here: http://dropbox.jobjorn.se/bbpress-sv_SE.zip

It will cover most of the stuff in the latest 2.0 beta. I know Torbjörn Sjögren is working with an updated version, I’ll post it here when I’ve received it from him.

[brassblogs]

Hey all –

I’m hoping I’m just missing something here, but I’m trying to create a new template (to match a WordPress theme I’m working on). I’ve created a folder within the bbp-themes folder, and added a stylesheet and one file (I’m just testing it right now to get a feel for how the theming system works): page-front-forums.php.

The thing is, when I do this, ALL of my themes in the WordPress back end (under appearance > themes), save the twenty Ten (default WP theme and the bbPress version) go away. ALL of them. Now, the current theme is still working on the front end of the site, but on the back end, there’s no themes at all – they are all gone.

So can anyone tell me what I’m doing wrong here? Am I putting the bbPress theme files in the wrong place? Or is this some kind of bug?

[abdessamad idrissi]

you got lot of echos there man!.. make it simple

<td class="num">

<?php echo "<a href='" . topic_last_post_link(forum_last_topic_id()). "'>". topic_title(forum_last_topic_id())."</a>"; ?>

</td>

to limit the characters, use the substr php function -google it

[ashdavies]

Hi,

So I’m trying to display the latest topic of a forum on the home page with a link to that forum.

How do I go about limiting the output to 40 characters?

Currently I’m using this code

<td class="num"><?php echo "<a href='"; topic_last_post_link(forum_last_topic_id()); echo "'>"; topic_title(forum_last_topic_id()); echo "</a>"; ?></td>

Any help appreciated.

Thanks,

Ash

[master5o1]

I’ve asked for hosting and it’s approved. I removed the zip because i need to figure out which one of my copies is the best to put into the browser.

Currently I’ve just been editing the live plugin on my Tartarus test site, and then copying to test-and-edit on a more default WP+bbP on my dumping ground.

Tartarus = http://beta.tartarus.co.nz

dumping ground = http://dump.master5o1.com/wpbb/

[Kalman Labovitz]

I would like to step a support forum using BBPress within a current “regular” site. I am not sure how to set some things up. I would like to have the following URL structure…

/support/forums/[forum name]/[topic name]

I have setup a page with the URL /support/ because I want it to be the “home page” for support (will add list of latest topics with list of forums, .etc).

On the forums setup page by “archive slugs” should I set the Forum archive slug to “support”? Will this break anything?

Also, I find that there is very little documentation around to read to find help. I know this is still in beta, but is there plans for more robust documentation?

Thanks,

Kalman

[master5o1]

It’s a plugin for WordPress + bbpress 2.0.

It allows users to ignore other users by way of hiding their posts and topics.

It’d be great if anyone with spare time could test and give feedback

http://dump.master5o1.com/files/bbpress-ignore-user.zip

[Syniq]

OK, if you change line 189 of forum/bb-includes/backpress/class.wp-auth.php to this:

$key = wp_hash( $username . $pass_frag . ‘|’ . $expiration, $scheme );

It works.

The standard is this:

$key = call_user_func(backpress_get_option(‘hash_function_name’), $username . $pass_frag . ‘|’ . $expiration, $scheme );

Which doesn’t work. Has the algorithm changed in the latest version of WordPress?

[selise]

thank you for this plugin! i’ve installed it to test (on my very slightly modified twenty ten them) and the one problem i have is that the tool bar shows up at the top of the page and not just in the add topic/reply box.