[Robin W]

your last question is easy, .org have customised, just as you are trying to do by adding it as a menu item – we all like it to look slightly differently to others.

I have tried from my little knowledge to get it to work but can’t. The best I can get is

// Filter wp_nav_menu() to add profile link
add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_items', 'my_nav_menu_profile_link' );
function my_nav_menu_profile_link($menu) { 	
	if (!is_user_logged_in())
		return $menu;
	else
		$user      = get_userdata( $user_id );
		$name      = esc_attr( $user_name );
		$user_link = '<li><a href="http://www.mysite.com/forums/users/' . $user . '/edit">Amend profile</a></li>';
		$menu = $menu . $user_link;
		return $menu;
}

But this just returns

http://www.mysite.com/forums/users//edit

Sorry, I have given up.

Can someone else get this working? – it is now annoying me !

[Robin W]

I am still playing with this, and it doesn’t currently work, but it’s something like adding the following to your functions file

// Filter wp_nav_menu() to add profile link
add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_items', 'my_nav_menu_profile_link' );
function my_nav_menu_profile_link($menu) { 	
	if (!is_user_logged_in())
		return $menu;
	else
		$profilelink = '<li><a href="<?php bbp_user_profile_url( bbp_get_current_user_id() ); edit" >Amend Profile</a></li>';
		$menu = $menu . $profilelink;
		return $menu;
}

Syntax needs sorting

I’m out most of today, but if you or someone else cracks this, then paste the solution here, and it’ll save me repeating the work.

Solution is based on

https://buddypress.org/support/topic/adding-dynamic-profile-link-to-main-menu-item/

which does the business for buddypress.

[Robin W]

Think that’s pretty well how it was intended, and agree that some bits could be clearer.

If a user clicks their avatar they will be taken to their profile and can amend it.

I have downloaded the enhanced text widget

https://wordpress.org/plugins/enhanced-text-widget/

and then I have a text entry of

<p><a href="<?php bbp_user_profile_url( bbp_get_current_user_id() ); ?>edit" >Amend Profile/Change password</a></p>

in my widget sidebar to make it obvious for users.

[Robin W]

John,

Thanks for this – I have been playing with WordPress for less than a year now, so still consider myself to be a newbie at this, but one who is keen to share stuff I have learnt, and one who has spent many hours googling for solutions.

I try to write for those with little knowledge, so if you think the wording can be better on any post/documentation entry, please come back. What is clear to an author is often not clear to everyone else, so please add to improving the codex and posts where people like me are not clear, and as you learn more, please visit the support forum and see if you can help one or two others with their problems.

All the support people on here are volunteers, no-one is paid and we give back time as we got the code and support for free when we needed it. Join us in helping others !

[Robin W]

Thanks lee990, that looks like a smarter way to do it – I give it a try when I get a moment !

[Robin W]

ok think I understand now. If you make a copy of your custom page template eg. page.php file and rename it to bbPress.php then all your bbPress pages should use this template.

[Robin W]

Well I got an error after submitting I got a HTTP 500 error page suggesting you have a programming error.

But the replies seemed to post, viz

http://craftersu.com/forums/topic/how-to-use-a-hammer/

[Robin W]

If you have s2member pro, then you need to raise this with them, as it will almost certainly be an issue with their plugin, or that requires their expertise to resolve

You paid for support with their plugin when you bought it.

[Robin W]

Apart from breadcrumbs, the rest seems to be working fine.

Suspect breadcrumbs is related to the theme you are using. Try a default theme and see if they appear. If they do, then you will either need to send some time resolving, or just ignore that you don’t get them.

Sorry, but I don’t quite understand your second questions “Also, is it possible to get all the topic pages, forum pages (basically all pages that are related to the forum) on a custom page?” as the link take you back to the same page as your first link, so I canlt see what you want differently. Come back with further info, and I’ll try to help you.

[Robin W]

No it should be clickable.

It may well be your receiving email system is turning this into plaintext.

It may be wroth seeing if other users have the same problem

[Robin W]

It should be displaying nickname and type of user as per your second example by default – have you now fixed this, or do you still have the problem?

[Robin W]

Certainly works in the template both in childtheme and if you do it in the original location – just tested the latter.

It could be that either I’ve not explained well enough or or we’re talking about a different “Forum” position.

The change you make should be from :

<li class="bbp-forum-info"><?php _e( 'Forum', 'bbpress' ); ?></li>

to

<li class="bbp-forum-info"><?php _e( 'Elephant', 'bbpress' ); ?></li>

if you want it to say Elephant.

If that is not the issue, can you confirm that it is the “forum” in the top left of this example that you’re talking about

https://buddypress.org/wp-content/uploads/53/2013/11/forum-5.jpg

[Robin W]

Great, glad you’re fixed !

[Robin W]

If you’re reasonable at php, download a plugin I wrote for adding town and county to bbpress, and crack this open.

bbPress town and county plugin

It has the code to add two fields (town and county) to profile, which displays under the avatar on topics and replies. But you can alter and use this code to add any fields the users profile so that they can edit and update.

[Robin W]

There are probably much cleverer ways to do this but find the following file

wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/loop-forums.php

On line 19 you’ll find the following

<li class="bbp-forum-info"><?php _e( 'Forum', 'bbpress' ); ?></li>

change the ‘Forum’ to whatever you want it to read.

If you just change it in this location, it will be overwritten each time bbpress updates.

What you really need to do is to put it into your theme – see

Step by step guide to setting up a bbPress forum – part 3

item 3 for how to do this, and part 2 of the guide (go to the codex home for this) discusses how to set up a child theme

[Robin W]

No problem !

[Robin W]

create new is at the bottom of a forum page – not always that obvious

I created a page titled “add new topic” with the content of

[bbp-topic-form]

– the shortcode for creating a topic.

I then use a text widget in the sidebar with the content of

<a href="/add-new-topic/">Create a new topic</a>

the “/add-new-topic/” is the permalink to the page.

[Robin W]

Great, glad you’re fixed !

[Robin W]

Great, glad you’re fixed !

[Robin W]

Greta, thanks, and let us know what buddypress says !

[Robin W]

look at

bbPress Styling Crib

and see

Step by step guide to setting up a bbPress forum – part 2

for where to put the changes if you’re not certain.

[Robin W]

Suspect you have a conflict somewhere. bbpress and buddypress will work, so it is something else.

Suggest you start by disabling all your plugins, and switching to a default theme. Add bbpress, buddypress and test that works (it should). Then add woocommerce, again it should work. Then switch to your normal theme, and test again. If that all works, then add back the other plugins one at a time to see which is causing the conflict.

[Robin W]

Suspect that not a lot of bbpress people will have done this, and probably none that view this forum.

Basically you just need your form to save the relevant bits to the database as a forum entry.

I’d start by looking at how an entry is stored in the database, and then get your form to do this for you.

[Robin W]

Great, glad it all worked !

If you’re not using a child theme, then any theme upgrade may overwrite your functions file, so keep a note of the final code you used, as you may need to add it back.

[Robin W]

Yes, No particular point that you should insert it – I’d put it at the end.