How do I install a bbPress theme?

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   Xarzu
   Member

   How do I install a bbPress theme? I created the "my-templates" directory and I unzipped my theme into a folder in that directory. But when I go to my bbPress dashboard, the screenshot for my new theme shows a blank space with a red X in the upper left corner. When I click to "Activate" the theme it shows a featureless version of bbPress with no theme at all.

   Wie installiere ich ein bbPress Thema? Ich habe "my-Vorlagen"-Verzeichnis entpackt und ich mein Thema in einen Ordner in diesem Verzeichnis. Aber wenn ich in mein bbPress Armaturenbrett, zeigt der Screenshot für mein neues Thema ein Leerzeichen mit einem roten X in der oberen linken Ecke. Wenn ich auf "Aktivieren" das Thema es zeigt einen gesichtslosen Version mit bbPress überhaupt kein Thema.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   masteradmin
   Key Master

   @Xarzu
   it might be you use a theme not running on your version of bbPress. If you see no screenshot of the new theme in your "my-templates" folder, then there is no screenshot.png in this themes folder.

   I used the Kakumei theme and copied all files from bb-templates/kakumei folder to a folder under my-templates/my_kakumei. I also edited the top of style.css of this new theme in my_kakumei folder and changed the first some lines from:
   -----
   Theme Name: Kakumei
   Theme URI: http://bbpress.org/
   Description: The "revolutionized" new face of bbPress.
   Version: 0.01 theta-beta
   Author: Bryan Veloso
   -----
   to:
   -----
   Theme Name: My_Kakumei
   Theme URI: http://bbpress.org/
   Description: The "revolutionized" new face of bbPress modified
   Version: 0.01 theta-beta
   Author: ME and Bryan Veloso
   -----

   now when I go to my bbPress dashboard under design I find this theme under My_Kakumei with the original screenshot. When I enable this I will see the same a in original Kakumei, but from my-themes folder.
   From this point I started editing My_Kakumei theme to my needs and always can switch back to the old one if something goes wrong.

   What is the link to your bbPress forum?

   Posted 2 years ago #
3. 

   Xarzu
   Member

   I am happy to say I got it working.

   Changing permissions on the folders did the trick!

   After that, I saw the preview in the dashboard and I was able to activate it.

   (bbpress) http://www.arguemax.com/bbpress-1.0.2/bbpress/
   (wordpress) http://www.arguemax.com/
   (since you asked)

   Posted 2 years ago #
4. 

   dream
   Member

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   Posted 3 months ago #
5. 

   Jireizo
   Member

   Selection-topic bbPress
   The default theme bbPress forum is not very catchy and strong eyes. You can easily change the template. BBshowcase has provided a series of templates to forums powered by bbPress. I installed the template structure of my forum. Take a look here. Full list bbPress templates and themes available in BBshowcase here.

   -Install new theme or custom bbPress
   Installation is very easy bbPress themes. Just follow the simple steps below.

   Create a directory named 'my-templates' in the root directory of bbPress. Suppose you have installed the bbPress forum 'forum' folder (follow the installation steps above). Now you have to create a folder called 'my-templates.
   Select the theme and download it to your desktop. Unzip the folder. Now upload the theme to your server on your my-templates directory using any FTP client. You can use Cute FTP, FileZilla or other FTP software. Make sure the transfer mode is set to automatic. No FTP in ASCII 'mode, existing staff more than the current theme or images within the folder will not be visible in your forum.
   Enter as Keymaster.
   Click Administration and then select the Design tab. The new item is added to the topic at hand. Select your new theme to be your current bbPress theme.
   If you want to design your own theme bbPress then follow the steps suggested by bbPress here.
   After you have installed bbPress forum and changed the subject that best fits your taste or blog website, now is the time to install plugins. I've compiled a list of 20 plugins bbPress with the installation steps that must be installed to make your forum much more robust, flexible and different from others.
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   Posted 2 months ago #

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