WordPress Support Forums using bbPress 2.x

Customized bbPress templates and CSS for WordPress Support Forums

Setting up your WordPress development environment

• Create a local install (MAMP/XAMPP/VVV) with the latest WordPress version
• Delete the Twenty Twelve, Thirteen and Fourteen themes from /wp-content/themes
• Clone the repo git clone https://github.com/ntwb/bbPress-GSoc2014.git into /wp-content/themes
• Open wp-config.php and just before /* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */ add:
• define( 'WPORGPATH', __DIR__ . '/wp-content/themes/' );
• Dashboard -> Appearance -> Themes -> Activate the WPBBP theme
• Dashboard -> Settings -> Permalink -> Change the permalinks to 'Post name' (/%postname%/)

bbPress 2.x Configuration

• Checkout the bbPress SVN repo into /wp-content/plugins
• Install and build bbPress from a terminal/command prompt npm install and grunt build
• Full details in the README.md
• Activate the bbPress plugin
• Dashboard -> Settings -> Forums -> Forum Root Slug -> Forum Root set to support <- wordpress.org/support
• Dashboard -> Settings -> Forums -> Topics & Replies set to 3 per page to invoke pagination
• Dashboard -> Settings -> Forums -> Topics & Replies RSS set to 3 per page invoke pagination
• Dashboard -> Tools -> Import -> Install the WordPress importer and Activate Plugin & Run Importer
• Select the /wp-content/themes/wpbbp.wxr file click Upload file and import (assign posts to an existing admin user)
• Dashboard -> Pages -> Edit the 'Forums' page and select the page template bbPress - Support (Index) and save the page
• Dashboard -> Settings -> Reading -> Select a 'Static Page' for the 'Front Page' and select Forums

bbPress 1.x Configuration

• Original bbPress 1.x theme templates /bbpress-1x-dotorg-theme (Supplied by @nacin)

WordPress.org source files reference

• CSS Assets https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sites/trunk/wordpress.org/public_html/style
• WordPress.org header https://wordpress.org/header.php == /header.php
• WordPress.org footer https://wordpress.org/footer.php == footer.php

Note: Ensure <link rel="stylesheet" href="//s.w.org/style/forum-wp4.css?13" /> is not removed in header.php ToDo: See wp_enqueue_styles in /wporg-forums/functions.php