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Subforums and Feedback

    • Posted 3 years ago #

    Hi there everyone, right now we're trying to restructure our wordpress blog and bbpress forums to allow blog entries to appear in the forums via Bbsync.
    http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bbsync/

    Because of this need to have our blog entries appear in the forums, we're restructuring our forums to tie into the blog entries.

    Check it out here: http://www.feastoffools.net/community

    Wondering if there is a way for parent forums to show all the entries in their subforums instead of showing entries specifically intended for the top parent category. Am I making sense?

    Or is there a way to lock out people from making an entry on a top level forum (allow only subforum

    Is there a way to have the top level forums count the entries in the subforums? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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    Right now this is the structure we're looking at:

    Feast of Fools
    - Podcast (Gay Fun Show) PODCAST
    - Video (Our original videos) VIDEO
    - Photos (Our original Photos) PHOTOS
    - Mini Bites (Audio clips and songs from the podcast) MINI BITES
    - One on One (Video Blogs) VIDEO BLOGS

    Topics
    - About Us (Press, Appearances, Announcements)
    - Animals (Our furry and not so furry friends)
    - News & Rumors (What's the Buzz)
    - Trends & Tech (How we are changing, technology & the environment)
    - Culture & Style (Media, Ideas, Recipies, Looks & Things that are hot)
    - Gender & Sexuality (Gay, Lesbian, Straight, Trans, Male, Female, Bi, Trans & Everything Else)
    - Health & Wellness (AIDS/HIV, Fitness, STDs, Diet, Nutrition, Mental Health)
    - People (Celebrities, Guests, Hotties & You)
    - Politics & Activism (Creating Change and the people and ideas behind it)
    - Travel & Tourism (where to go, what to see)

    Fans & Friends
    - Ask for Advice (questions)
    - Promote Your Work (links and samples of: Photos, Video, Blog, Podcasts, Designs)
    - Your Thoughts (statements)

    Support
    - Site News (Changes, Upgrades & News About the Site)
    - Listening to Shows
    - How to Post (Tips and tricks on posting in the forums)
    - New Listeners
    - Questions

    Feedback
    - Bugs (Report problems for the site)
    - Show Ideas
    - Favorite Moment (Time and Episode in a podcast you found fabulous)
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    • Posted 3 years ago #

    > Or is there a way to lock out people from making an entry
    > on a top level forum (allow only subforum

    You can just check the box "Forum is Category: " in the admin (Manage > Forums) and that will prevent posts in the parent (top level) forums.

    • Posted 3 years ago #

    > Is there a way to have the top level forums count the
    > entries in the subforums?

    How about this:
    http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/counting-forums#post-21338

    • Posted 3 years ago #

    >>You can just check the box "Forum is Category: " in the admin (Manage > Forums) and that will prevent
    >>posts in the parent (top level) forums.

    ?? I must be blind... I don't see any such option.... anywhere.

    -tg

    • Posted 3 years ago #

    What version did you install? I believe the option was added in 1.0-alpha.

    Here is what it looks like in the 1.0 alpha versions:
    http://www.chrishajer.com/bbpress/categories.png

    There was a plugin available for the earlier versions I think.
    http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/forum-is-category/

    • Posted 3 years ago #

    Well, that would explain why I couldn't find it. Not intending to be snarky about it, but doncha think that little piece of info was kind of important?

    No, I am not running the alpha. I never do. Doing that (especially on a prod site) just leads to trouble. I'm running the latest stable that was available a week or two ago. I'll have to check out the plugin.

    thanks.

    -tg

    • Posted 3 years ago #

    Thank you guys so much for the feedback! Are any of you guys available (for hire) to upgrade our bbpress forums? Right now we're running version 0.8.3.1 --- really hope that version 1.0 will be ready to go soon.

    Right now I'd just like to get it to work with version 0.9-- thanks!

    Another issue I notice is that a lot of our users don't scroll down the page to post entries, and usually wind up putting the top category by default.

    • Posted 3 years ago #

    You could switch the display to list the forums up top and the latest posts on bottom. Just edit your front-page.php template file and move things around where it's best for your users.

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