http://bbpress.org/forums/ bbPress support forums User Favorites: davidbessler en Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:30:40 +0000 http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/plugin-forum-restriction/page/2#post-15070 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:14:38 +0000 rbarcelo 15070@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I test this plugin in version 0.9.0.1 and 0.8.3 . I cant make work.<br /> Definitely not working. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/plugin-forum-restriction/page/2#post-12064 Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:54:13 +0000 skrimpy 12064@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Curious if the RSS issue with this plugin has been fixed? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/plugin-forum-restriction/page/2#post-8551 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:45:23 +0000 M 8551@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Two fixes listed here:<br /> <a href="http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/27/page/2?replies=23" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/27/page/2?replies=23</a> </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/plugin-forum-restriction/page/2#post-8550 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:26:31 +0000 amethystdragon 8550@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Is this plugin supposed to work with the latest version of BBPress because following the upgrade - I've lost complete access to my restricted forums - they don't even appear in the list of forums on my admin screen - As these forums are the ones used by moderators and admins - they are very important to retrieve without displaying their contents to the world </p> <p>Also worth noting is that the config screen for this plugin doesn't appear to be working with the latest version either </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/plugin-forum-restriction/page/2#post-7880 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 06:54:54 +0000 Compuplus 7880@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>"Things are moving right along. I figured out how to actually HIDE the non-accesible forums and their topics from those not authorized"</p> <p>How you did that? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/plugin-forum-restriction/page/2#post-7849 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:22:19 +0000 fel64 7849@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Finalboss: look at the way this plugin filters the private forums from view currently. Look at the <a href="http://bbpulp.org/wiki/API/filters">list of filters</a>, find the appropriate ones and do the same there. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/plugin-forum-restriction/page/2#post-7847 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 08:08:56 +0000 Finalboss 7847@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I find another problem: the private forums appear in the tag view and untagged view. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/plugin-forum-restriction/page/2#post-7810 Sat, 02 Jun 2007 17:35:29 +0000 Finalboss 7810@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Any solution for the RSS problem? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/plugin-forum-restriction/page/2#post-4772 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:21:15 +0000 amethystdragon 4772@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>The RSS issue is an important one for me to have fixed as well - I cannot allow my restricted forums to be available via an RSS feed - they are for approved members only - At the moment I have disabled my RSS feed until a solution can be found </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/plugin-forum-restriction#post-4747 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:01:12 +0000 skrimpy 4747@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>and I fixed the latest discussion issue with the front-page-topics.php plugin (http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/3?replies=6) and it seems to be working fine. I had one user and my sock account help me test it lol, I will work on getting everything set up this afternoon and see if it all goes well. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/plugin-forum-restriction#post-4745 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:42:49 +0000 skrimpy 4745@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Ok I seem to have it working now. I did have display-name.php installed. I think the problem was with another plugin: bb-limit-latest-discussion.php. I took that plugin down and the forum restriction plugin began to work properly.</p> <p>I still get an error when I put in my display name; however it does give me access to the forum category. This afternoon I'm going to work on getting all the forum categories set up the way I want and I'll let you know if it seems to be working right for everyone.</p> <p>I like the limit discussion plugin because it makes for a cleaner forum; however having restricted access to forum categories is more important to the purpose of my boards so I'm just going to leave the limited discussion plugin off for now. </p> <p>thanks David :) </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/plugin-forum-restriction#post-4741 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:19:47 +0000 davidbessler 4741@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Have you installed the display names plugin? If not, try that.</p> <p>I have it working on 0.8</p> <p>If you put someone's name in and not your own, in the field, it will hide the field from you even if you are the admin. </p> <p>Please keep me posted if you do or don't get it to work. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/plugin-forum-restriction#post-4735 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 03:10:42 +0000 skrimpy 4735@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>This is exactly what I need. I tried adding this into my-plugins. It shows up correctly but doesn't seem to work. Has it been verified to work with bbPress 0.8? Or am I doing something wrong?</p> <p>What is happening: I put in my "display name" into the allowed user field and get back an error that there is no such user. I also tried putting in "admin" and get the same error.</p> <p>I tried putting in another user and got no error message - however the user wasn't displyed in my allowed user field. Is this what is supposed to happen?</p> <p>Help is greatly appreciated. Let me know if I have missed something obvious. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/plugin-forum-restriction#post-4630 Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:05:19 +0000 suleiman 4630@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>does this plugin allow restricting a forum so only an admin can post to a given topic? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/creating-a-community#post-4628 Sun, 18 Feb 2007 17:50:40 +0000 Carpediem 4628@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Wow!. Thanks to everyone who responded. Very kind and helpful.</p> <p>Take Care,</p> <p>Kevin </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/creating-a-community#post-4618 Sun, 18 Feb 2007 10:15:15 +0000 Null 4618@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I agree with this all. This is also one of the reasons I've started the bbPortal project (bbportal.org) The idea is to use bbPress as the basic and build some nice stuff around it. It's not much yet, I've just started it).</p> <p> Wordpress is great for BLOGGING and some people forget this. It's designed for a personal blog not for a whole community. Sure you can extend it with plugins etc, but still.</p> <p>bbPortal is/will be more for communities like clans/guilds that use the forum heavily. (so forum driven and not blog driven.)</p> <p>You can also take a look at wordpressMU (multiuser), That can give every user a own wordpressblog that you can administrate. If I may be so bold I see it like this:</p> <p>Personal/blog.............&gt;&gt;............Community driven<br /> ..wordpress<br /> ............................wordpressMU<br /> ................................................................ bbPortal</p> <p>(ignore the dots, they where needed for outlining)</p> <p>Joomla and Drupal are way bigger, but to my oppinion, needs some more understanding about php and coding aswell.</p> <p>Though choise huh :) </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/creating-a-community#post-4611 Sun, 18 Feb 2007 02:21:28 +0000 chrishajer 4611@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>DavidBessler, thoughtful comments. That Wikipedia page is very daunting. The last link on the page though is the resource I use for testing the various CMSs:</p> <p><a href="http://opensourcecms.com/" rel="nofollow">http://opensourcecms.com/</a></p> <p>You can test and try all the Open Source packages right there, admin and front end. It's a good resource. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/plugin-forum-restriction#post-4610 Sun, 18 Feb 2007 02:13:34 +0000 davidbessler 4610@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Hey I need some help solving the RSS problem for my plugin. I don't really know how most people use RSS so I can't figure out what changes need to be made. For me, I have Private Forums and Forum Restriction BOTH enabled, and as far as I can see, RSS is unfettered unpassword-protected acess to the info on the board. I can't really see how anyone would want that. Can someone explain what the permissions of RSS on bbPress might look like? I can't fix the problem if I don't use the feature. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/creating-a-community#post-4609 Sun, 18 Feb 2007 02:00:50 +0000 davidbessler 4609@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>An educated consumer is our best customer. Take a look at Drupal (www.drupal.org) and Joomla (www.joomla.org), as these may be more along the lines of what you are looking for. They are the equivalent of the all-inclusive resort of online community systems. They offer a lot of what you are looking for almost out of the box. The idea behind bbpress is that while Wordpress is a great system for blooging and news (A few people write, lots of people read), it did not offer anything in the way of serious egalitarian discussion, like many conventional message boards. So, bbPress was born to fill that gap. But, it was just born. I think, the future lies in modular community bulding, where people pick and choose each module of their system, and they all work together. bbPress is along those lines, and that's why I love it. However, if you want to plop a community down on the web with all sorts of gadgetry, chattery, and photo-uploadery, check out Drupal, Joomla, or some of the other CMS (Content Management Systems) ... Check this out <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_content_management_systems" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_content_management_systems</a></p> <p>Sorry, fellow bbPressers, I have to give an honest opinion.</p> <p>So, again, bbPress and Wordpress are like booking a vacation to the far east and choosing a great hotel your friends recommended, then reserving a spot on a cool mountain-climbing excursion you read about in a magazine, and then dining at that revolving restaurant you had always heard about etc ... Drupal or any other CMS, is like calling 1-800-awesome-trips, plunking down your credit card, and relying on them to decide all those things for you. Truth is, you may have an AWESOME vacation EITHER way. It depends on the person. And THAT'S the truth. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/creating-a-community#post-4587 Sat, 17 Feb 2007 07:23:15 +0000 Trent 4587@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>The great thing about bbPress is that it can handle a great deal of things that you want and integrates really well (perfect user integration) with Wordpress that can handle all the things that bbPress cannot do. There are also many plugins for galleries and chat with Wordpress as well. bbPress has plugins for private messenging and other great things! I would think, between the 2, you could have a great online community! </p> <p>Trent </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/creating-a-community#post-4583 Sat, 17 Feb 2007 04:55:05 +0000 chrishajer 4583@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>&gt; First question am I at a good starting place with<br /> &gt; bbpress.org to create an online community? </p> <p>Yes, it's fine software for an online community.</p> <p>&gt; Am I still in the right starting place if my community<br /> &gt; needs the capability to upload and manage/organize photos? </p> <p>IMO, no. There is no provision for uploading, managing and organizing photos built into bbPress.</p> <p>&gt; I want the community to be very user controled. Meaning<br /> &gt; I would like the members to have allot of control over their<br /> &gt; profiles. Template, colour schemes etc...</p> <p>Also, no. bbPress, IMO, is not set up to allow that level of control over the user's profiles.</p> <p>&gt; I would also like this community to become very friendly<br /> &gt; for advertisers. </p> <p>There's nothing inherently good or bad about bbPress as far as advertising goes. There are a few themes with Google Adsense space built into them already. Other sorts of advertising would be equally easy.</p> <p><a href="http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/304?replies=9#post-1494" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/304?replies=9#post-1494</a><br /> <a href="http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/434?replies=9#post-2418" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/434?replies=9#post-2418</a></p> <p>There's also an Adsense plugin:<br /> <a href="http://boakes.org/talk/tags/bbpress-adsense" rel="nofollow">http://boakes.org/talk/tags/bbpress-adsense</a></p> <p>&gt; My main focus is getting the community started. Does<br /> &gt; bbpress.org sound like a good starting place?</p> <p>bbPress is great for community building and it's lightweight and easy to use. It will not be the solution for you for photo sharing though. You might consider bbPress for your forum, and another package for managing and sharing photos, similar to the way that a lot of users here use Wordpress for their site and bbPress for their forums.</p> <p>I wish you luck. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/creating-a-community#post-4578 Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:39:09 +0000 Carpediem 4578@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Hello everyone,</p> <p>Sorry for being so clueless about community buildling. But have some very simple basic questions, which will give you the idea of just how much I don't know. and how new I am to this. :-)</p> <p>I want to create a unique online community. One that I have not found online yet. Although it sounds very familiar like all the others. It has several unique ideas that I feel will give it some strength to create a momentum and grow into a very popular community. </p> <p>First question am I at a good starting place with bbpress.org to create an online community? Am I still in the right starting place if my community needs the capability to upload and manage/organize photos? I want the community to be very user controled. Meaning I would like the members to have allot of control over their profiles. Template, colour schemes etc...</p> <p>I would also like this community to become very friendly for advertisers. Not that I will be seeking any company that wants to advertise, as the advertising will have to remain true to the mission of the website. And advertising I don't expect to worry about anytime soon. My main focus is getting the community started. Does bbpress.org sound like a good starting place?</p> <p>Thanks for your time.</p> <p>Kevin </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/plugin-forum-restriction#post-4567 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:23:07 +0000 davidbessler 4567@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Oops. Don't know why that was happening. I fixed it and uploaded the new version. Redownload it now. I also put up the official new version. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/plugin-forum-restriction#post-4484 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:02:34 +0000 DrTech 4484@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Forum-restriction version 1.5 does not hide latest topics when user is logged out. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/plugin-forum-restriction#post-4482 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:32:12 +0000 davidbessler 4482@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I uploaded version 1.5 to my site where I store the file. I have not added it to the main repository yet because I am away and don't have tortoise set up to subversion it. Try version 1.5 and let me know if it fixes your problem. You can download the soon-to-be-outdated 1.4 <a>here</a>. The new version 1.5 is as usual available from the link at the top of this topic. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/plugin-forum-restriction#post-3950 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:43:24 +0000 DrTech 3950@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Sorry this work around is for Private Forums . This does not work for this plugin. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/plugin-forum-restriction#post-3948 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:13:36 +0000 DrTech 3948@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>A friend who loves WordPress (www.jcbd.com). Gave me this to work with the plugin.</p> <p>It goes in the rss2 file.</p> <p>&lt;description&gt;&lt;?php<br /> if ( strstr( get_topic_title(), '[Members Only]') ) echo '[Text of this post available to logged-in members only.]';<br /> else post_text();<br /> ?&gt;&lt;/description&gt;</p> <p>To see this work go to <a href="http://koma-inu.org/bbpress/" rel="nofollow">http://koma-inu.org/bbpress/</a><br /> Do not log in.
Firefox or Safari sould get the same results. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/plugin-forum-restriction#post-3869 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:33:59 +0000 davidbessler 3869@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Can someone tell me how to include the text of the first post in the new topic in the notification email. Here is the code I am using:<br /> <code><br /> function forum_restriction_send_email ($topic_id){ <br /> if (bb_get_option(&#39;forum_restriction_notify&#39;) == &quot;on&quot;) { <br /> global $forum_restriction_allowed_in_forum, $bbdb, $bb_current_user; <br /> $topic = get_topic($topic_id); <br /> $forum = $topic-&gt;forum_id; <br /> $mailing_list = split(&quot;,&quot;,$forum_restriction_allowed_in_forum[$forum]); <br /> $message = __(&quot;There is a new topic called: %1$s. You can see it here %3$s. You got this email because Bessler decided to turn on the option to notify all members of restricted forums when there are new TOPICS started in each FORUM. However, don&#39;t forget to click on \&quot;Add this topic to your favorites\&quot; so that you get an email when someone adds a POST to this TOPIC. This will keep you involved in that particular discussion. Kapish?&quot;); <br /> foreach ($mailing_list as $member) { <br /> $userdata = $bbdb-&gt;get_var(&quot;SELECT ID FROM $bbdb-&gt;users WHERE </code>display_name<code> = &#39;$member&#39;&quot;); <br /> $email_address .= $bbdb-&gt;get_var(&quot;SELECT user_email FROM $bbdb-&gt;users WHERE ID=&#39;$userdata&#39;&quot;).&quot;,&quot;; <br /> } <br /> mail( $email_address, &#39;[&#39;.bb_get_option(&#39;name&#39;) . &#39;] &#39; . __(&#39;New Topic In Private Forum:&#39;).get_forum_name($forum), <br /> sprintf( $message, $topic-&gt;topic_title, get_user_name($bb_current_user-&gt;ID), get_topic_link($topic_id) ), <br /> &#39;From: &#39; . bb_get_option(&#39;admin_email&#39;) <br /> ); <br /> } <br /> } </p> <p>add_action(&#39;bb_new_topic&#39;, &#39;forum_restriction_send_email&#39;); <br /> </code> </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/plugin-forum-restriction#post-3839 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:16:51 +0000 amenadiel 3839@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Ok I've been looking at rss.php code but I'm unfamiliar with it, and while I was hoping to find a nice clean SQL Query line, there isn't any and I don't know where to look. But, in case someone know where to find it, it should be a line like this:</p> <p>sql0="SELECT * FROM bb_topics ORDER BY topic_time DESC limit 0,35";</p> <p>now let's say our first forum is restricted and the fifth forum is private . The way to severe them from the feed would be to change the query to:</p> <p>sql0="SELECT * FROM bb_topics where forum_id not in (5, 1) ORDER BY topic_time DESC limit 0,35";</p> <p>of course, the nice, clean way to do this would be to use the bb_press API to store the restricted or private forums id and then restrict the query internally, but I don't know how to do this. I'm new to WP and BB altogether. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/plugin-forum-restriction#post-3800 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:31:10 +0000 davidbessler 3800@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I see the problem. I am trying to work on a solution. In the meantime, I completely disabled my rss by renaming rss.php. Let me know if you come up with a solution. </p>