Hi

My blog is presently running a bbPress forum based on bbPress TwentyTen theme.

Can I somehow add functionality to it to run another forum using bbPress Kakumei theme/style?

My blog with bbPress 2010 theme/style:http://richard-dickinson.com/

Example site running bbPress Kakumei theme/style:http://luci.criosweb.ro/riot/bbpress/

Grateful for helpful replies many thanks

[@psrb4u Member 12 years, 5 months ago]

Yes, it is possible.

[@johnjamesjacoby Keymaster 12 years, 5 months ago]

It’s possible, but I don’t see why you’d want to run bbPress 2.x and bbPress 1.x side-by-side if you didn’t have to (like BuddyPress users currently need to do.)

It’s much easier to do this with bbPress 2.x, and WordPress multisite. Just create a new site, and activate bbPress on it, too. Boom; two forums.

[@richardpd Member 12 years, 5 months ago]

Hi JJJ

Thanks for your reply.

I asked this question mainly as I am not sure which bbPress forum style I like best-bbPress 2010 style or bbPress Kakumei style and wondered if I could somehow use both styles on the same blog.

I’m sure it is possible to do this but it is not really practical or a good idea!-I should decide which bbPress style I want/prefer and stick with one! Much simpler/easier!

I suppose if I had the time I could theme up my own bbPress theme as a cross between 2010 & Kakumei but this could take me too much time so I will not try that now!

My blog actually runs with WordPress multisite so I could always do a new site but this was not really what I meant (but thanks for mentioning it).

Lastly I’m not really sure what you mean by running bbPress 2 & bbPress 1 side by side like BuddyPress users do? I originally set my blog up for BuddyPress but as I couldn’t seem to get group & sitewide forums to work together I have disabled BuddyPress forum and now am using bbPress forum only.

Best wishes

[@johnjamesjacoby Keymaster 12 years, 5 months ago]

If the theme is all you’re worried about, don’t use bbPress 1.x. It’s outdated and no longer under active development, so you’re investing in a dead-end. bbPress 2.1 can be themed to look like anything you want it to later; you’re better off starting clean with the newer engine than trying to fix up the old one because you like the paint.