You´re right, that´s pretty deep in the core. Though from a SEO perspective it´s also a nightmare to start a project with URLs you have to rewrite later ;) - Let me know if I can contribute in this special case, the project itsels made huge steps forward - thanks for your work.

The BuddyPress permalink structure is hardcoded to look for specific criteria in specific positions. It doesn't really scale well, and we're going to change it in future versions to use proper rewrite rules, but until then it would be a huge nightmare to change; even then, your changes would end up broken when we make improvements to the API.

The rewrite rules themselves get created in register_post_type() in /wp-includes/post.php. Lots of complex logic in there, and I doubt there are many better examples on how to write your own rewrite rules completely from scratch than inside that function.

I´m running a wordpress/buddypess/bbpress combination and I also need to change the permalink structure, in a bit different way then eleram - I´m looking for a more logic structure in all forums: example.com/forum/name-of-forum/name-of-post/

-> replace slug "forum" by name of forum
-> replace "topic" by name of topic

I can customize the code, but I´m not sure where to look on.

@John: "WordPress handles the rewrite rules for bbPress's content types" -> where do I have to look for (bbpress´ custom post types) to adjust the permalink logic?

Of course I will share my customization as soon a sfinished.

Thanks!

http://127.0.0.1/wp/ %Topic_slug% /%topic_name%

to :

http://127.0.0.1/wp/ %Topic_slug% / %topic_ID%

Example:

h ttp://127.0.0.1/wp/topic/test-topic

to

h ttp://127.0.0.1/wp/topic/1234

Any ideas where this stuff is output?
The unfortunate part is it's likely to be overwritten on any and all plugin updates though.

If you want the instructions to be upfront (and if they are short enough), you might want to try putting them in the description of a forum.

When I created my forum menu, I used the permalink i.e /forum

Now I find I would like to add some preface instructions to give my users (especially casual posters) some informative instructions on how to post. How to do this is often lost on people wanting to post first time questions.

Is there a way to do this? Can I convert from the permalink to an actual Page with a shortcode and still keep the same URLs / permalink setup I have now?

Clues?

Because I use two shortcode :
[bbp-forum-index]
[bbp-topic-index]

And I have breadcrumbs for forum and an other for topic. Maybe make a shortcode like this is t possible ?

[bbp-topic-index breadcrumbs=false]

And are they way to say number topics to display ?

thx for help ! :)

pick a theme that supports menus

1)create a page
2)add page to menu
3)select menu as active
4)add all of the shortcodes from the shortcode sticky thread to your newly created page
5)take out the shortcodes you do not require

Thats the way I do it at least.
Regards
Dennis

@bbpress looks like you have been spammed!

Some pages are working, and some pages are not visible...

I've tried some shortcodes, but nothing logical....

@folgerj : i've seen your forum. Can you please help me to configure mine too?

I think your code should read:

[bbp-single-forum id=36]

instead of:

[bbp-single-forum id=$Introduction]

I hope this helps...

The if 'forum' == bit will always equal true, so you can remove it.

The area in question is the meta data for the post that is situated just below the featured slider. You'll see an area that reads "posted in". It should say "posted in General Discussion", rather than "posted in whatever the topic title is"

could this have something to do with it? Shouldn't the permalink look like..

http://test.website.com/forum-title/topic-title ?

Honestly I'm kinda baffled. even bbp_get_topic_forum_title only pulls the topic title.

The idea is to display the forum title like categories are displayed in wordpress.

To do this I'm using breadcrumbs, so my code looks like..

<?php $show_sep = false; ?>
			<?php if ( 'forum' == bbp_get_forum_post_type() ) : ?>
			<?php
				$breadcrumbs = '<a href="' . bbp_get_forum_permalink( $parent->ID ) . '">' . bbp_get_forum_title( $parent->ID ) . '</a>';
                                if ( $breadcrumbs ) :
			?>
			<span class="cat-links">
				<?php printf( __( '<span class="%1$s">Posted in</span> %2$s ' ),'', $breadcrumbs);
				$show_sep = true; ?>
			</span>
			<?php endif; // End if $breadcrumbs ?>

It's not working, it's displaying the topic title instead. In fact I went through several variations of this, several of them not using breadcrumbs, but every time I would use bbp_get_forum_title, or bbp_get_topic_forum_title, and I just couldn't get it to work.

I'm wondering if there is something wrong with my code, or if anyone knows any other reason why bbp_get_forum_title would display the topic title instead.

I really just started learning all this stuff recently, so I could really use a hint or two..

Thanks for any help anyone can offer.

Go to Forums on Dashboard.
Hover the mouse over the title of the forum, and a link comes up at the bottom of the page. (In Opera it does, anyway)

e.g. http://pour-your-heart-out.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=36&action=edit

in this case, $forum_id is 36
you don't use the $

The same principle works with the rest. I know it says "post=36" but I guess that's just how wordpress stores stuff.

If I add a topic through the WP dashboard it creates this wierd "comments are closed" thing, but if I add them directly through the blog it seems to work...

Strange.

I am still struggling to get the topics to work. When I click on the topic it has my description an then it says "Comments are closed." and there is no way to post anything...

Have a look here: http://urbanbeeguild.org.au/?page_id=227

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated :)

Thanks,
Simon

http://www.authorcode.com/forums/topic/how-to-use-bbpress-shortcodes-in-wordpress-site/