What versions did you integrate, and are logins integrated or just the theme?
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.
There have been a couple discussions in the past, but I don’t know of a plugin yet. Someone posted that they had something they used for this function, but it wasn’t ready for release.
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/newsletter-plugin
https://bbpress.org/forums/tags/newsletter
You should submit a bug report or patch at trac, https://trac.bbpress.org/
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.
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/forum-is-category/
> Is there a way to have the top level forums count the
> entries in the subforums?
How about this:
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/counting-forums#post-21338
> 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.
I was able to get the forum ID on a topic page by using this (and nothing else) in header.php:
<?php echo (get_forum_id()); ?>
Works on forum pages too.
So, for example, you might have a different header on this forum page:
https://bbpress.org/forums/forum/installation
But you’d want to use that header on any of the topics when you click through to them, too?
Like on this page you would still use the installation header image?
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-and-lighttpd-url-rewrite-rules
Sounds like you need to get the forum ID from the topic or the post. How about this:
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/retrieving-forum-id-from-post-id#post-21521
Ignoring the debate over whether it’s a feature or a bug, good or bad, you could just remove the capability from the member role. It’s coded in bb-includes/functions.bb-capabilities.php line 170, “edit_tags”. You could delete that line and members would not be able to edit tags any longer. I’m not sure if that means they can’t add tags to their own post or not though.
Also, instead of modifying a core file like that, you could probably use a plugin to remove that capability from the member role. Or you could create a whole new role that does not have that capability. I think there was a plugin related to custom roles:
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/disable-posting-and-registration#post-11696
That’s not really that weird or random. I suspect it’s in one of the template files that was edited. Since it doesn’t occur anywhere other than the front page (that I could see anyway) it’s probably in the front-page.php template file. Just search that file, or all template files for the string “ousep”. It should be pretty apparent.
It could also be in the bb-config.php but I doubt it since that would probably throw a syntax error.
Could be from “houseplant” or “mousepad” I suppose 
Marina, in the front-page.php template file, you can change topic_page_links() to topic_pages($topic->ID) and get the topic page links with the … in the middle (shows just beginning and ending pages.)
You still have a problem when there is a long topic title that fills the space for that table cell. You could put a new row beneath the topic, on the front page, so all the topic page links are in a row beneath the topic title. In fact you could do that with the topic_page_links() as well and not use the other function. You might want to test if there *are* topic page links before creating a new row, otherwise you’d have a blank row if there are no page links.
You could also do this in your CSS:
#front-page #discussions td {
white-space: nowrap;
}
But that would just make the cell not wrap, which will just break the layout further.
You could do this:
#front-page #discussions td {
overflow-x: hidden;
}
But that just hides whatever won’t fit. That’s not a good solution.
What versions of bbPress and WordPress are installed?
I wonder if it’s because of the integration between themes or with WordPress functions conflicting with bbPress functions? These versions are not *supposed* to work when integrated; maybe this is one of the problems.
If you have access to the database, look at the bb_topics table for a field called topic_open which should be 1 for open or 0 for closed. I’m curious what the value is for the first topic.
Do you have access to the database where you can check to see the status of the topic, if it’s open or closed? Or maybe it’s not even looking at the proper table?
Looks like creating a new topic results in the error message, but replying to an existing topic works fine. I tried to create a new topic and got the error, but I was able to reply to the existing topic.
I also registered at the forum, not the blog, even though there was no register link there.
Have you tried this with the default theme? Maybe something with the theme integration is causing the problem.
Did you try what Trent suggested?
Also, WordPress 2.7 does not integrate with bbPress 0.9.*
@Ipstenu – that’s pretty neat about the ids, I never knew that. It could still be a plugin, but it’s nice to know who added certain tags without a plugin and without looking in the database.
@wiseacre – is this actually happening or are you just preparing for the future?
WordPress 2.6 does not integrate with 0.9.0.3.
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-and-bbpress-integration-101
Do NOT try to integrate WordPress 2.6 with bbPress 0.9 – only use WP 2.5.1 – the reason for this is simple – WordPress has radically changed the way cookies are used.
Are you using any plugins?
What version bbPress did you install? Is it integrated with your WordPress 2.7 installation (user logins I mean)?
@wiseacre: Sorry? Please explain that last reply. Thanks.
If you put in username, password and database name, it sound like the only thing missing is the host name, which is localhost by default, but maybe you need to set a different host name.
This setting is hidden during installation by a link called something like “Show advanced database settings.” When you click that you will see two additional fields: host name and table prefix. My guess is that you need to set the host name.
What host name does the host tell you the database resides on, what are their instructions?
