[Dan]

months later i fixed the problem. I had a 404-to-301 redirect plugin that was mistakenly breaking most users pages. Added an exception for /forums/users/* and now it’s all better!

[Dan]

@shoelje this worked great for me. Thank you!
I made a few small tweaks that will make the next person’s set that much easier.

<?php
include "../wp-config.php";

  // If all else fails, use this url.
  $defaulturl = "http://your_domain_goes_here/forums/";

  // Build the query according to url parameters p or t.
  $query = '';
  if (!empty($_GET['p'])) {
      $query = "SELECT {$table_prefix}posts.guid FROM {$table_prefix}postmeta
                INNER JOIN {$table_prefix}posts ON {$table_prefix}posts.ID = {$table_prefix}postmeta.post_id
                WHERE {$table_prefix}postmeta.meta_key = '_bbp_old_reply_id'
                AND {$table_prefix}postmeta.meta_value = '" . $_GET['p'] . "';";
  }else if (!empty($_GET['t'])) {
      $query = "SELECT {$table_prefix}posts.guid FROM {$table_prefix}postmeta
                INNER JOIN {$table_prefix}posts ON {$table_prefix}posts.ID = {$table_prefix}postmeta.post_id
                WHERE {$table_prefix}postmeta.meta_key = '_bbp_old_topic_id'
                AND {$table_prefix}postmeta.meta_value = '" . $_GET['t'] . "';";
  }

  // Set the new url to the default url
  $url = $defaulturl;

  // Check if we need to make a database connection.
  if (!empty($query)) {
    //echo "connecting...<br>";
    // Make a connection
    $mysqli = mysqli_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, DB_NAME) or die("mysqli connect error: "+mysqli_connect_error());

    // Check the connection.
    if (!mysqli_connect_errno()) {
      // Run the query.
      //echo $query."<br>";
      $result = mysqli_query($mysqli,$query) or die("mysqli query error: ".mysql_error($mysqli));

      // Get the new URL.
      if ($result) {
        $row = $result->fetch_array(MYSQLI_ASSOC);
        $guid = trim($row["guid"]);
        if (!empty($guid)) {
          $url = $guid;
        }
      }

      // Free the result set.
      $result->free();

      // Close the connection.
      mysqli_close($mysqli);
    }
  }

  //var_dump($url);

  // Write the header.
  header("Location: " . $url, true, 301);
?>

[Dan]

ping!

Is there a “reply by email” plugin to enhance bbPress?
When I receive a notice someone has posted to a thread I’m watching, I want to reply via email and have it post onto the thread in the forum. Increasing engagement is ++good.

I’ve read the Falcon README and I don’t grok how to install it.

[Dan]

Hi!

I’m interested in this feature for a company support forum. I’d like to use the email “xref” header to indicate the post in the email. Then my webserver would

– read a dedicated forum inbox for unread mail
– find the xref
– find the reply
– use the sender’s email to find the user id
– use the data collected to post to the thread
– delete from the inbox or mark as read (admin setting)

It would not require the added complexity of a 3rd party. It might use a cron job and curl to poke the inbox.

Is that crazy talk? Basically I want github-level easy replies.