[Robin W]

Your arcade-basic theme claims to be compatible with bbpress, so I’d also look at plugins

Plugins

Deactivate all but bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

[Robin W]

ok, can you look at

Codex

getting started part 1, and see if anything in there helps

Come back

[Robin W]

@blankstage – great – I only started with wrodpress and bbpress 13 months ago, and have learnt a fantastic amount since then !

[Robin W]

or it may be the php version you are using – can you let me know what this is if you know?

[Robin W]

@morgensonne

Interesting – I’ve just deleted and re-downloaded the plugin from wordpress and it activated with no problems.

However I would be interested if your test server is a ‘local’ one using wamp or mamp? that might be the issue.

Please come back either way, and I’ll try and resolve for you.

[Robin W]

no plugin, but this page shows how to add them using code

(I haven’t quite finished it, but it should work!)

Custom Capabilities

[Robin W]

ok, the answer is somewhere in this function

function bbp_title( $title = '', $sep = '»', $seplocation = '' ) {

	// Title array
	$new_title = array();

	/** Archives **************************************************************/

	// Forum Archive
	if ( bbp_is_forum_archive() ) {
		$new_title['text'] = bbp_get_forum_archive_title();

	// Topic Archive
	} elseif ( bbp_is_topic_archive() ) {
		$new_title['text'] = bbp_get_topic_archive_title();

	/** Edit ******************************************************************/

	// Forum edit page
	} elseif ( bbp_is_forum_edit() ) {
		$new_title['text']   = bbp_get_forum_title();
		$new_title['format'] = esc_attr__( 'Forum Edit: %s', 'bbpress' );

	// Topic edit page
	} elseif ( bbp_is_topic_edit() ) {
		$new_title['text']   = bbp_get_topic_title();
		$new_title['format'] = esc_attr__( 'Topic Edit: %s', 'bbpress' );

	// Reply edit page
	} elseif ( bbp_is_reply_edit() ) {
		$new_title['text']   = bbp_get_reply_title();
		$new_title['format'] = esc_attr__( 'Reply Edit: %s', 'bbpress' );

	// Topic tag edit page
	} elseif ( bbp_is_topic_tag_edit() ) {
		$new_title['text']   = bbp_get_topic_tag_name();
		$new_title['format'] = esc_attr__( 'Topic Tag Edit: %s', 'bbpress' );

	/** Singles ***************************************************************/

	// Forum page
	} elseif ( bbp_is_single_forum() ) {
		$new_title['text']   = bbp_get_forum_title();
		$new_title['format'] = esc_attr__( 'Forum: %s', 'bbpress' );

	// Topic page
	} elseif ( bbp_is_single_topic() ) {
		$new_title['text']   = bbp_get_topic_title();
		$new_title['format'] = esc_attr__( 'Topic: %s', 'bbpress' );

	// Replies
	} elseif ( bbp_is_single_reply() ) {
		$new_title['text']   = bbp_get_reply_title();

	// Topic tag page
	} elseif ( bbp_is_topic_tag() || get_query_var( 'bbp_topic_tag' ) ) {
		$new_title['text']   = bbp_get_topic_tag_name();
		$new_title['format'] = esc_attr__( 'Topic Tag: %s', 'bbpress' );

	/** Users *****************************************************************/

	// Profile page
	} elseif ( bbp_is_single_user() ) {

		// User is viewing their own profile
		if ( bbp_is_user_home() ) {
			$new_title['text'] = esc_attr_x( 'Your', 'User viewing his/her own profile', 'bbpress' );

		// User is viewing someone else's profile (so use their display name)
		} else {
			$new_title['text'] = sprintf( esc_attr_x( "%s's", 'User viewing another users profile', 'bbpress' ), get_userdata( bbp_get_user_id() )->display_name );
		}

		// User topics created
		if ( bbp_is_single_user_topics() ) {
			$new_title['format'] = esc_attr__( "%s Topics",        'bbpress' );

		// User rueplies created
		} elseif ( bbp_is_single_user_replies() ) {
			$new_title['format'] = esc_attr__( "%s Replies",       'bbpress' );

		// User favorites
		} elseif ( bbp_is_favorites() ) {
			$new_title['format'] = esc_attr__( "%s Favorites",     'bbpress' );

		// User subscriptions
		} elseif ( bbp_is_subscriptions() ) {
			$new_title['format'] = esc_attr__( "%s Subscriptions", 'bbpress' );

		// User "home"
		} else {
			$new_title['format'] = esc_attr__( "%s Profile",       'bbpress' );
		}

	// Profile edit page
	} elseif ( bbp_is_single_user_edit() ) {

		// Current user
		if ( bbp_is_user_home_edit() ) {
			$new_title['text']   = esc_attr__( 'Edit Your Profile', 'bbpress' );

		// Other user
		} else {
			$new_title['text']   = get_userdata( bbp_get_user_id() )->display_name;
			$new_title['format'] = esc_attr__( "Edit %s's Profile", 'bbpress' );
		}

	/** Views *****************************************************************/

	// Views
	} elseif ( bbp_is_single_view() ) {
		$new_title['text']   = bbp_get_view_title();
		$new_title['format'] = esc_attr__( 'View: %s', 'bbpress' );

	/** Search ****************************************************************/

	// Search
	} elseif ( bbp_is_search() ) {
		$new_title['text'] = bbp_get_search_title();
	}

	// This filter is deprecated. Use 'bbp_before_title_parse_args' instead.
	$new_title = apply_filters( 'bbp_raw_title_array', $new_title );

	// Set title array defaults
	$new_title = bbp_parse_args( $new_title, array(
		'text'   => $title,
		'format' => '%s'
	), 'title' );

	// Get the formatted raw title
	$new_title = sprintf( $new_title['format'], $new_title['text'] );

	// Filter the raw title
	$new_title = apply_filters( 'bbp_raw_title', $new_title, $sep, $seplocation );

	// Compare new title with original title
	if ( $new_title === $title )
		return $title;

	// Temporary separator, for accurate flipping, if necessary
	$t_sep  = '%WP_TITILE_SEP%';
	$prefix = '';

	if ( !empty( $new_title ) )
		$prefix = " $sep ";

	// sep on right, so reverse the order
	if ( 'right' === $seplocation ) {
		$new_title_array = array_reverse( explode( $t_sep, $new_title ) );
		$new_title       = implode( " $sep ", $new_title_array ) . $prefix;

	// sep on left, do not reverse
	} else {
		$new_title_array = explode( $t_sep, $new_title );
		$new_title       = $prefix . implode( " $sep ", $new_title_array );
	}

	// Filter and return
	return apply_filters( 'bbp_title', $new_title, $sep, $seplocation );
}

a filter such as

function amend_title () {
	if ( bbp_is_single_forum() ) {
		$new_title['text']   = 'YA book forum' ;
		$new_title['format'] = esc_attr__( 'YA book Forum', 'bbpress' );
		}
 return $new_title;
}
add_filter('bbp_before_title_parse_args', 'amend_title' );

should sort it but doesn’t, and I’m too tired to work out why 🙂

Over to you !

[Robin W]

ok, I can see that – don’t know how you would fix – sorry ! Hopefully someone who can will be along

[Robin W]

hmm, I’d check for a conflict first

Plugins

Deactivate all but bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

Themes

If plugins don’t pinpoint the problem, switch to a default theme such as twentytwelve, and see if this fixes.

Then I’d re-download the software in case this was an issue

come back if that doesn’t work

[Robin W]

I think I understand

go into dashboard>settings>forums and change the slugs for forum root and single forum root. that will change the url

If you want to change the breadcrumb, then see

Layout and functionality – Examples you can use

you can also set

‘home_text’ , ‘root_text’ and ‘current_text’

using this code

If that’s not what you are after – come back !

[Robin W]

@gianjj – thanks for adding this – very helpful, and please continue to update us !

I forget that it was only 13 months ago that I started using bbPress – seems like years now !

[Robin W]

@blankstage – not a bad description of what css does. css (cascade style sheets) changes the way the information is displayed – for instance font sizes, colours, where stuff appears, backgrounds. So the core code decides what is displayed, and css how !

some themes allow you to alter css, some don’t, but you can use a plugin such as ‘simple css’ to add css code without needing to access the backend.

[Robin W]

The image in the set by step guide is of several forums categories, with sub forums under them.

If you just want say the last 4 topics, I have a think, maybe easy, maybe not !

[Robin W]

great – glad you’re fixed !

[Robin W]

@nirgalo

Thanks for your comments, I have not been ignoring you, I have been running a training course all today.

It’s great that you plan to improve an existing plugin, this is exactly what community software is all about, and I really hope that you will share it when done to help others :-).

I would hasten to add I have nothing to do with bbPress, I just help out on the forum, and have written a few bbPress plugins, so views are my own!

There’s lots I’d like to see in a core bbPress or as well maintained plugins, but someone has to write the stuff, and as it’s free no-one gets paid to do so. Where there is perceived demand, then hopefully the core guys will add it.

Read/unread is a popular feature on many forums, I don’t use it on my own as it’s not relevant, but I do take advantage of other forum sites that do, and you could easily argue that it should be core, but then of course it would only be the way that the bbPress guys want it to work, which could be either of the plugins that you don’t like !

Of course ones person’s standard is another’s stifling of innovation, and that community software can grow organically is both an argument for it, and an annoyance with it 🙂

Anyway, I would love to see a read/unread plugin along the lines you propose, so if you’re the man to code it, and then share with us, you’ll be very welcome here ! necessity is the mother of invention.

@blankstage – hey thanks for your comments- they cheered me up after a long day !

[Robin W]

The bbPress philosophy is :

‘We’re keeping things as small and light as possible while still allowing for great add-on features through WordPress’s extensive plugin system. What does all that mean? bbPress is lean, mean, and ready to take on any job you throw at it.’

see

About

There are literally hundreds of bits that could be added, which some/many/all forums either need or don’t need !

Plugins are written by the community to add features to bbPress, and maintained where the author is both able and willing.

Remember all this software is free, and relies on volunteers to make it all work – it takes many hours to write and as long to maintain a good plugin.

You could try ‘mark as read’ as a possible solution.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-mark-as-read/

[Robin W]

great – glad you’re fixed !

[Robin W]

‘I have some forums that only serves as main forum for sub-forums’

Try setting them as categories rather than forums – on the edit forum page you will see the option on the right hand side

‘It would also be nice if members could comment on a post, but not create new topics.’

You can create a custom role to do this – see

Layout and functionality – Examples you can use

Layout and functionality – Examples you can use

If you are not very good at code, come back and I will try to help further

[Robin W]

ok, on your breadcrumb issue see

Layout and functionality – Examples you can use

On your weird forums page, given that it says “continue reading” I suspect that your theme is treating this as a post, and just giving what it thinks is an ‘excerpt’.

I’d suggest you next try setting up a page called ‘forums’ and using [bbp-forum-index] to get it to render. ie

Step by step guide to setting up a bbPress forum – Part 1

method 2

If this doesn’t work, then come back

[Robin W]

The only one I can see out of position is

Speediefy speedie

Is that what you mean?

[Robin W]

It would be possible with some coding, but you’d need to run a further loop.

I suspect that the index would soon become too large.

[Robin W]

can you post links to both so that we can see the difference

[Robin W]

I have thought several times about building a bbPress styling plugin, but not had time yet !

There’s plenty about styling in the documentation

Codex

including a styling crib

bbPress Styling Crib

and instructions on how to style

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

[Robin W]

ok, try

http://www.rewweb.co.uk/alternate-bbpress-index-page/

This should give you most of what you want.

[Robin W]

no, it’s a good question, and I’ll be back shortly !