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bbPress support forums Tag: parent http://bbpress.org/forums/ bbPress support forums Tag: parent en Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:36:59 +0000 Ipstenu on "Parent / Childrelationship in forum loop" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/parent-childrelationship-in-forum-loop#post-20838 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:53:16 +0000 Ipstenu 20838@http://bbpress.org/forums/ I cheat and look at this a lot: <a href="http://phpxref.ftwr.co.uk/bbpress/nav.html?index.html" rel="nofollow">http://phpxref.ftwr.co.uk/bbpress/nav.html?index.html</a> kevinjohngallagher on "Parent / Childrelationship in forum loop" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/parent-childrelationship-in-forum-loop#post-20837 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:28:00 +0000 kevinjohngallagher 20837@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Hi _CK_, Once again thanks for a great technical answer. Can i follow it up with a quickie though: Where in the documentation is all of those methods listed? Are there other things i can call from $bb_forums_loop that may help is theme developers? Where is the documentation for them? P.S. your answer really helped me alot, i'll rewrite by current code now :) _ck_ on "Parent / Childrelationship in forum loop" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/parent-childrelationship-in-forum-loop#post-20822 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:39:05 +0000 _ck_ 20822@http://bbpress.org/forums/ You can work around this problem by doing a scan of the $forums global before entering the main loop and checking the "rank" or "type" of forum for each listing. In fact you can replace the loop entirely with your own routine, as long as you <code>global $forum</code> you can set the $forum to any which one you want and the internal functions will still work. So essentially do a pre-loop through the forums, build your own array of how you'd like the output, and then do the main loop to output the forums in the order/design that you'd like. Just be sure to set <code>$forum</code> to the current forum you are working with before calling any of the forum functions. ps. You *can* access <pre><code>$bb_forums_loop->first_child $bb_forums_loop->last_child $bb_forums_loop->bb_root</code></pre> if you wish. Just do a <code>global $bb_forums_loop;</code> outside of the loop, then inside the loop they are available to you. kevinjohngallagher on "Parent / Childrelationship in forum loop" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/parent-childrelationship-in-forum-loop#post-20764 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:28:59 +0000 kevinjohngallagher 20764@http://bbpress.org/forums/ So, the issue with the method implemented in : <a href="http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/hiding-subforums-subforums-from-subforum-pages" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/hiding-subforums-subforums-from-subforum-pages</a> is that it only checks for the lineage of the forum before it. This causes problems when you have multiple children to multiple children, as thus: category - Forum1 - - Child 1 - - - Child1's child - - Child 2 That method will make BBpress think that Child 2 is actually under Child1's Child, because when testing if their parents are the same they clearly are not. Instead, we have to create a nesting code that counts the depth to which we go as we trawl through each parent/child relationship - which is daft as there is a walker->depth function that we just don't have access to via $GLOBALS['forum']. EDIT: Update - not knowing if it's the last forum in a category is starting to kill me a little. kevinjohngallagher on "Parent / Childrelationship in forum loop" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/parent-childrelationship-in-forum-loop#post-20763 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:14:17 +0000 kevinjohngallagher 20763@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Funnily enough i've made the same hack solution as instructed in this topic: <a href="http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/hiding-subforums-subforums-from-subforum-pages" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/hiding-subforums-subforums-from-subforum-pages</a> The problem is, the idea of checking for the forum parent id is ok when dealing with a singular table. If it's got the same parent fine, if it's not do something else. But the whole thing starts to get messy when dealing with non-linear tables. If your forum has multiple sub forums or parent child relationships the whole thing starts to crumble, or if you're using a javascript DOM indexer 9say you want open close functionality), or if you're aiming for a a UL/LI version instead of tables (i'm not against tables for tabular data btw - but for parent child iterations screen readers prefer UL/LI loops). I'll post my theme with these hacks and hopefully you can see what I mean, because i'm a bit stunned about how rigid this all is given the excellent coding that's been developed by the authors so far. kevinjohngallagher on "Parent / Childrelationship in forum loop" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/parent-childrelationship-in-forum-loop#post-20761 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:04:35 +0000 kevinjohngallagher 20761@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Well, there's no good way of putting this without making it look like i'm flogging my own dead horse, but here goes: Can someone tell me why we're working out vital data in regards to each forum on as CSS links? Why on Earth don't we work out each attribute at the start of the loop, and then feed off an object, giving our template developers and therefore users far more options? As it stands, we call bb_forum_class(); inside the TR, which then creates the $bb_forums_loop object; which calls classes();, and that works out all the attributes of the forum, but rather than sending them back as a usable object the whole thing returns a string of CSS code. Why not allow template developers access to: $bb_forums_loop->first_child $bb_forums_loop->last_child $bb_forums_loop->bb_root etc? I mean, the code itself if great, and the job you've done is really good, but it fixes one singular issue (getting the right CSS output), rather than fixing the bigger problem of not knowing all attributes of the forum. Not only does it lead to very messy templates (if someone can be bothered to deal with it - and i've not seen a template that has yet), but it does indeed duplicate alot of the work. kevinjohngallagher on "Parent / Childrelationship in forum loop" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/parent-childrelationship-in-forum-loop#post-20760 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:08:05 +0000 kevinjohngallagher 20760@http://bbpress.org/forums/ At the risk of looking like a double whammy in regards to the non nesting iterations of our outputted code, just using TRs with different classes, i've hit across another wee issue - but this time i'm sure there's a simple solution I just can't see the relavent code. I want to be able to know if a forum has children or not, or more specifically when we move up or down a level in the "xPath" iteration. I'm using a method of using $GLOBALS['forum']->forum_parent but what this currently requires me doing is testing to see if the forum has a parent that is not a category, then checking to see if the parent is the same as the previous forums parent, and then output relavent code to nest the forum in an actual parent child format: Category - Forum - Forum - - Forum - - Forum - Forum This obviously creates havok and rather messy code for the closing of the nestings. I realise that for small websites this will look like a formatting issue, but once you reach more than 2 levels in a parent child relationship, the ability to control nested relationships makes a huge difference. Thanks for the help folks EDIT: Ok, i think i've found half the solution to the issue, and maybe i can phrase the question better now in BBterms... I want to know, via PHP, before any code has been sent to the browser for the forum, if it is a FIRST CHILD or a LAST CHILD. Now obviously, BBpress knows this because it's outputting bb-last-child bb-first-child css, but how can I access these settings on the front-page.php ? Thanks alot for all the help chrishajer on "Move this topic to the selected forum:" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/move-this-topic-to-the-selected-forum#post-20280 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:35:14 +0000 chrishajer 20280@http://bbpress.org/forums/ What version bbPress did you install? Maybe it's a bug changing from a category and then back not working. I have an Alpha 2 installation, and I created a forum, made it a category, then added some sub-categories. Then, I unchecked the "Forum is category" on the top forum, and it became a regular forum, and I was able to post in it. At that point it was just hierarchical, with a top level forum and three sub-forums, not a parent category that would not allow posts. I think this is exactly how the "Forum is Category" functionality is supposed to work. chrissydunno on "Move this topic to the selected forum:" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/move-this-topic-to-the-selected-forum#post-20238 Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:42:47 +0000 chrissydunno 20238@http://bbpress.org/forums/ unfortunately making them children or parents doesn't do it i'm noticing it has to do with 'forum is category' .. if the checkbox is marked the forum is grayed out and you cannot add or move topics to it if it's not marked there is no problem however i cannot change the status of the checkbox for existing forums .. unchecking and saving doesn't work .. it stays checked musnake on "Move this topic to the selected forum:" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/move-this-topic-to-the-selected-forum#post-20208 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:17:40 +0000 musnake 20208@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Hey Chrissy, If you have six fora (veg, carrot, beets, corn, dog, pets), you set veg and pets as categories. Then you make the dog forum a child of the category forum pet and the rest as children of veg. When you display your forum list (e.g. on the frontpage), you'll see the category fora as 'headings' for their children... One doesn't usually get to post in the category fora. They're, well, like headings. chrissydunno on "Move this topic to the selected forum:" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/move-this-topic-to-the-selected-forum#post-20196 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:00:27 +0000 chrissydunno 20196@http://bbpress.org/forums/ i can't seem to move topics as an admin i have 3 forums and new topics are placed into 1st. Number 2 and 3 are in the dropdown of options but they are grayed out - I can't select them. Anyone encountered it? Also, in admin panel under forums there is a 'Forum is Category:' checkmark. What does this do? I can't seem to be able to change that. (1st forum has it the other two do not) I thought that maybe these problems are related. beernews on "Count subforum posts in parent count?" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/count-subforum-posts-in-parent-count#post-19640 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:43:30 +0000 beernews 19640@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Would love to see an admin option for this in the next release though not a priority given you can stay on top of proper tagging which will provide a similar categorization effect. lstelie on "Multiple-level forums" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/multiple-level-forums#post-18941 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:11:07 +0000 lstelie 18941@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Hello, Exact, you just need to check the is category when creating (or modifying) the forum. You also have to check the theme. Kakumei is ok, but some others display 0 (zero) in front of the father forum, this is disturbing for users who fail to understand that the top forum is only a container and not a real forum. Some doesn't display forum as a hierarchy (with a father / container forum and sub forums). darnit on "Multiple-level forums" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/multiple-level-forums#post-18940 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:42:20 +0000 darnit 18940@http://bbpress.org/forums/ I found the answer myself, 26 mins. later, LOL: you simply need to go to Manage -> Forums -> click on a forum and set its parent forum. That way you'll have multiple subforums on any forum on your bbPress installation. Heh. Next time, I'll get acquainted with the features of bbPress BEFORE asking for help ^_^ darnit on "Multiple-level forums" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/multiple-level-forums#post-18939 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:12:53 +0000 darnit 18939@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Hello bbpress world! I would like to congratulate you all for developing such a steadfast, easy-to-use forum software known as bbPress. I love(s) it :) Secondly -- yeap, it's an issue -- I would like to know if it is possible to have a forum-forum-topic structure instead of the current forum-topic one. For example, we currently have: Webmasters Forum - [all the topics go here] while we would want to have: Webmasters Forum - Italian Webmasters Forum / American Webmasters Forum - [all the topics from the Italian / American go here] Would such a structure be possible? Thank you for your time and for your replies. _ck_ on "bbpress loop" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-loop#post-15788 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:39:20 +0000 _ck_ 15788@http://bbpress.org/forums/ What you are asking for is very easy. <code>$forums = get_forums();</code> gets you all the forums, <code>$topics = get_latest_topics( $forum_id);</code> will get you the topics list for any forum id. So if you looped through the forums like on the front page, just fetch the $topics after each forum in the loop. The formatting and page layout is the "hard" part. burkie on "bbpress loop" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-loop#post-15780 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:29:50 +0000 burkie 15780@http://bbpress.org/forums/ While customizing bbpress I was wondering if anyone had a way to display forums/subforums and topics together, list a forum then have the topics for each displayed below it? _ck_ on "Count subforum posts in parent count?" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/count-subforum-posts-in-parent-count#post-14114 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:34:39 +0000 _ck_ 14114@http://bbpress.org/forums/ You'd have to do a custom mysql call to get the total but yes it is possible. hans3 on "Forum Order and Forum Parent Issues" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/forum-order-and-forum-parent-issues#post-13861 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:23:59 +0000 hans3 13861@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Thanks once again to _ck_ having the good spirit to work through problems, has helped me solve this issue. The problem was using an old plugin called "Forum Restriction". Once removed all functionality was restored. hans3 on "Forum Order and Forum Parent Issues" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/forum-order-and-forum-parent-issues#post-13847 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:12:10 +0000 hans3 13847@http://bbpress.org/forums/ I've created 5 forums lets call them 1,2,3,4, and 5, and then decided to add a parent to three of them. So I created the Parent Forum lets call it A, then clicked edit on forum 5 to tell it to be a child of the newly created forum A. Problem being the forum A doesn't show up in the parent list. So I click edit on forum 4, forum A shows up in its Parent list, so I assign it. Save and go check the site. Forum 4 has not been moved into A, they are all there as if parents weren't selected. So that has me puzzled... As for the Forum Order deal. I moved the forum from the bottom to the top, and when I went to view the site it was the only forum showing up. The rest had vanished. I went back in and moved it back to the bottom of the list, and the rest show back up. Any ideas on either of these issues? Phayze on "Count subforum posts in parent count?" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/count-subforum-posts-in-parent-count#post-11843 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:49:59 +0000 Phayze 11843@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Hi, Is it possible to modify my forums loop (below) to count the posts in subforums in the total for the parent? My subforums are displayed inline, rather than in a separate row, and the parent forum looks a bit weedy without the "real" count. <?php while ( bb_forum() ) : global $bb_forums_loop; $_loop =& $bb_forums_loop; if($_loop->walker->depth >= 2) : ?> <tr<?php bb_forum_class(); ?>> <td colspan="3" class="subforums"><?php bb_forum_pad( '<div class="nest">' ); ?>Subforums: <?php while ($_loop->walker->depth > 1) : if($_loop->walker->depth > 2) { bb_forum(); continue; } ?> <a>"><?php forum_name(); ?></a><?php bb_forum(); if ($_loop !== null && $_loop->walker->depth > 1) echo ', '; endwhile; ?> </td> </tr> <?php endif; ?> <?php if ($_loop !== null) : ?> <tr<?php bb_forum_class(); ?>> <td class="topic"><?php bb_forum_pad( '<div class="nest">' ); ?><a>"><?php forum_name(); ?></a> <?php forum_description();?><?php bb_forum_pad( '</div>' ); ?></td> <td class="num"><?php forum_topics(); ?></td> <td class="num"><?php forum_posts(); ?></td> </tr> <?php endif; endwhile; ?> Thanks,