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In reply to: Error show in admin dashboard
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
In reply to: Can't change forum's index meta titleI 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
you can also set
‘home_text’ , ‘root_text’ and ‘current_text’
using this code
If that’s not what you are after – come back !
In reply to: Documented import from snitz access database@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 !
In reply to: CSS Plugin@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.
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 !
In reply to: Style problem with shortcodes.great – glad you’re fixed !
In reply to: Display unread posts distinctivelyThanks 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 !In reply to: Display unread posts distinctivelyThe 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
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.
great – glad you’re fixed !
‘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
If you are not very good at code, come back and I will try to help further
ok, on your breadcrumb issue see
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
method 2
If this doesn’t work, then come back
In reply to: Usernames out of positionThe only one I can see out of position is
Speediefy speedie
Is that what you mean?
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.
In reply to: Style problem with shortcodes.can you post links to both so that we can see the difference
In reply to: CSS PluginI have thought several times about building a bbPress styling plugin, but not had time yet !
There’s plenty about styling in the documentation
including a styling crib
and instructions on how to style
In reply to: Help with forum layoutok, try
http://www.rewweb.co.uk/alternate-bbpress-index-page/
This should give you most of what you want.
In reply to: Help with forum layoutno, it’s a good question, and I’ll be back shortly !
In reply to: Help with forum layoutgo into Dashboard>forums
For each forum, you can set it as category, forum or forum with a parent – see top right of the edit page
So filo directo… and Prodotti… would be categories
Richieste… would then be a forum
In reply to: No search results in insert link boxThe approach should be to get to a ‘clean’ site – ie one that works, and then add back theme, and then plugins until you find which is conflicting with bbPress.
Some plugins and themes delete database stuff when they are deleted, but many/most just leave it behind, so deactivating should do it.
If you have a local dev, then I’d deactivate ALL plugins, and change to a default theme.
Then test if this works. if it does then you have a good start point.
Then add bbPress and see if this produces an issue.
a) If it does, then come back with what theme, and confirm versions of bbpress, wordpress and theme and exactly what you are doing to test – ie user set to… go into… select…. and I’ll try to replicate.
or
b) If your base version above works, then add theme next. Don’t worry about the extend plugin, as you’re seeing if the issue is with a post, not bbPress !
Then add extend and re-test
Then each plugin and retest
In reply to: No search results in insert link box‘I might be missing something, but if deactivating the bbPress plugin solves the problem, the bbPress plugin is probably causing it.’
Depends how you define ’cause’
bbPress is tested against the default themes (twentyten, twentyeleven etc.) and latest versions of wordpress, and should be fully functional against that.
Since bbPress is just a plugin, it ranks equally alongside all other plugins and all non core themes. All of these have the capability to conflict with each other as theme and plugin authors use tweaks and add-ons to WordPress. The ability for two authors of plugins/themes to try to change an element is actually quite large, and changes can have unexpected results.
So if two authors both make a change and one overwrites the other, both can argue it is the other’s fault.
So I cannot get bbPress with a default theme to have your issue for authors or above.
If without any other plugins, and using a default theme, you get this issue, then please come back with what levels of access and I’ll look further.
In reply to: User Roles not showingGreat – glad you’re fixed !
In reply to: main forum page not workingJust looked at your site, presume your now fixed? and what was it?
That shouldn’t happen – what other plugins do you have installed?
In reply to: Layout-Problem (breadcrumbs and subscribe-link)Hey you’re very welcome, and great to know that the hours spent typing in the documentation are worthwhile 🙂
In reply to: Strange forum formattingdepends on your view, and to a large extent what theme you’re using 🙂
You can view the forum as light and customisable, or choose one that has loads of presets but not easily changeable.
Anyway I hope you are either able to stick with bbPress or find a you you like.
And remember it’s free, so if you think it’s crap, it’s free crap, so you can’t really complain !
