[@mcleandesign Participant 10 years, 7 months ago]

I’ll get the test site up and get back with you. Thanks.

d

[@mcleandesign Participant 10 years, 7 months ago]

Always chillin’… (doesn’t do any good not to). I’ve got a back up and will make a test site. In response to your questions,

1. our site has two levels, one open for all viewers, the other for members which takes them to a page showing them a list (and links) to a weekly topic/images/questions… which I suppose one could call a forum. It’s these weekly topics I’m hoping for members to discuss in a bulletin board.

2. I see nothing in our files that describes a forum slug. Accessing Settings shows options of General, Writing, Reading, Discussion, Media and Permalinks. So… not sure what to tell you on that one.

One of my initial thoughts was a conflict between S2members and bbPress plug ins but disabling S2 still left me with the same results in bbPress as before (not showing widget). So, guess I can rule that conflict out. Which is good.

Next?

[@mcleandesign Participant 10 years, 8 months ago]

Boy do I feel like a fish out of water here…sheesh. I’ve been designing for 30+ years and just now moving into this new medium, it’s challenging me for sure. I’m pretty insecure about messing with the code on my own, but have some folks I can draw in to help me with this. But before I do any of that I’ll just throw a few more thoughts into the ring just to clarify. First, yes, this is a paid theme from themeforest as well as the pro version of S2, which is what my suspect is causing the conflict (due to other things I’ve read online. I’ve sent a query to S2 to see what their thoughts are as well).

I guess what I’m unsure about in your reply above is about the page templates. The only thing I’ve done is install bbPress, click the activate button, and then the sidebar widget disappears. To test this isn’t template related I created a new page, not based on any theme, just added a full width panel and my set the page to show my left sidebar with custom widget.

I previewed the page, which looked accurate, then activated the bbPress plug in and as suspected, the left sidebar widget disappeared. The theme still show the left sidebar space, but no widget is present.

So, here I am scratching my head… feeling like a dummy. My first thought is, get another cup of coffee. Second thought is hire you to fix it for me <grin>. #2 sounds like it has much better success. Although, it doesn’t teach me how to overcome my challenge, so, I guess in the long run that is self defeating.

Ideally, I’d like the forum to function within the space to the right of our sidebar, but haven’t even begun to think about how to even set up the forum yet, still trying to figure out why it’s messing up what I’ve already created.

While you’re reading this (and probably laughing at my inexperience…which is OK, I laugh at myself all the time) I’ll see if I can decipher the step-by-step instructions. And, truly, if you want to jump in and do some private consultation I’d be happy to give you my phone number and we can talk personally. Don’t know if that breaks rules or what..but just thought I’d throw it on the table.

Thanks for your help Robin.. I appreciate it more than you know…truly. Also, I’m going to be out of the office most of the day, so we may have to continue this conversation on Monday.

d

[@mcleandesign Participant 10 years, 8 months ago]

Here’s the image…I think.

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[@mcleandesign Participant 10 years, 8 months ago]

Thanks Robin…I assumed that was the case, but sometimes one never knows. I’ll be patiently awaiting. I’m pretty sure it’s just my lack of wp knowledge that is the problem…. and not bbPress. I can’t imagine someone hasn’t run across this yet. Anyway…thanks.

[@mcleandesign Participant 10 years, 8 months ago]

Knock knock, anyone there? been almost 24 hours…just wondering if I’m lost in cyberspace.

[@mcleandesign Participant 10 years, 8 months ago]

Thanks for getting back to me Robin. The area of the site where this occurs is in the members section, for which you would have to be a registered member to view. (feel free to join the site if you wish…no obligation to remain a member). the url is thehinge.org.

Here’s a combined screen shot showing that page without (left) and with (right) bbPress activated. We only have one other plug in on this site, which is S2Members. I considered deactivating it to see if it was possibly conflicting but fearful of what might happen to the userlist if I deactivate it. Being a live site that scares me.

Thoughts? (and in advance, thanks!) d