[@robin-w Moderator 12 years, 3 months ago]

ok if it proves an issue, you could use

if ( is_singular( array('forum', 'topic', 'reply') ) ) {
    //  conditional content/code
}

[@robin-w Moderator 12 years, 3 months ago]

great, glad you’re fixed

[@robin-w Moderator 12 years, 3 months ago]

yes they are on your site.

If I gave you the code and said for you to add this to your style.css would you know what I was asking?

If so I’ll cut some for you to use

If not, come back and I’ll try and help further

[@robin-w Moderator 12 years, 3 months ago]

another one that you can spend hours trying to solve !

[@robin-w Moderator 12 years, 3 months ago]

you can edit the profile page to prevent them changing it

In your theme create a bbpress folder

wp-content/themes/%yourtheme%/bbpress

where %yourtheme% is the name of your theme

then navigate to

wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/form-user-edit.php

and copy this file to the bbpress folder you created above

bbpress will now use this one instead of the default.

edit this new file and take out lines 33 to 45

ie take out the following

<div>
			<label for="nickname"><?php _e( 'Nickname', 'bbpress' ); ?></label>
			<input type="text" name="nickname" id="nickname" value="<?php bbp_displayed_user_field( 'nickname', 'edit' ); ?>" class="regular-text" tabindex="<?php bbp_tab_index(); ?>" />
		</div>
		<div>
			<label for="display_name"><?php _e( 'Display Name', 'bbpress' ) ?></label>
			<?php bbp_edit_user_display_name(); ?>
		</div>
		<?php do_action( 'bbp_user_edit_after_name' ); ?>

This will remove the ability to set a nickname and to change the display name.

[@robin-w Moderator 12 years, 3 months ago]

yes !

When they go into

Dashboard>appearance>menus

they will see a ‘screen options’ button dropdown on the top right, if they click that they will get a list of things they can see on this screen, and they need to check the ‘forums’ one.

[@robin-w Moderator 12 years, 3 months ago]

I suspect that you can still see it as either you’re a keymaster, moderator or wp-admin.

Private forums are only visible to logged in users
Hidden forums are only viewable by keymasters, moderators or admins

so you want to reset your forum to hidden, and you will still see them, but users won’t unless you give them privileges.

[@robin-w Moderator 12 years, 3 months ago]

is_bbpress()

should do it I think.

Otherwise bbpress has custom post types of forum, topic and reply.

You should also consider disabling or modifying the bbpress search function, as otherwise searches will go forum wide, giving a backdoor.

Good luck !

[@robin-w Moderator 12 years, 3 months ago]

glad we got there !

[@robin-w Moderator 12 years, 3 months ago]

Hey, thanks it looks really good !

[@robin-w Moderator 12 years, 3 months ago]

If you want it to look like PhPBB then the following links should help

I have created a bbPress starter theme with a phpBB look and feel

Forums index in the same layout as other bb software

[@robin-w Moderator 12 years, 3 months ago]

This is just different software, like the difference between a Ford and a Toyota.

bbPress is ‘skinny’ and you can use plugins to add functionality as you need, rather than have fat software that has loads of stuff you don’t need.

[@robin-w Moderator 12 years, 3 months ago]

You should really be looking to get rid of the toolbar for everyone but moderators and above ! It shouldn’t really be seen by users.

go to dashboard>users and for each user untick the toolbar

The codex has help on putting logins and profile on the menu pages – see

https://codex.bbpress.org/layout-and-functionality-examples-you-can-use/ no.s 8 & 11/12

[@robin-w Moderator 12 years, 3 months ago]

I’ve submitted a trac ticket to improve the code !

[@robin-w Moderator 12 years, 3 months ago]

Thanks for the great feedback – much appreciated !

[@robin-w Moderator 12 years, 3 months ago]

glad to have someone else looking !

My ajax is hopeless !

Your solution is valid, but digging for it produced some code issue

we have several issues here

firstly the filter call is wrong in the code ie

bbpress/includes/topics/template.php has two errors

function bbp_get_topic_subscription_link( $args = array() ) {
......Parse the arguments......
		), 'get_forum_subscribe_link' );

so the function is ‘get_topic_subscription’ but the parse argument reverts to ‘get_forum_subscribe‘

whilst it doesn’t affect this issue the error is repeated for favorites in the same file

function bbp_get_topic_favorite_link( $args = array() ) {
..........), 'get_forum_favorite_link' );

needs changing to ‘get_topic_favorite_link’`

This doesn’t affect the issue as such, other than the filters above are wrong.

But filtering bbp_get_topic_subscription_link is totally pointless, as it immediately calls
‘get_user_subscribe_link’ which them resets the |, so whilst the filter seems to correct it once, any click just resets it.

So your filter to get_user_subscribe_link is the correct one, but for the wrong reason.

Really the code needs to have the filter in one place only (suspect user)

Anyway the solution for @majid436 is as you suggest

function hide_before3 ($args = array() ) {
$args['before'] = '';
return $args;
}
add_filter ('bbp_before_get_user_subscribe_link_parse_args','hide_before3');

[@robin-w Moderator 12 years, 3 months ago]

it will not defeat me, but just need to lick wounds for a few days, then I’ll be back !

[@robin-w Moderator 12 years, 3 months ago]

I’ve just spent two hours debugging this, I’ve found three errors, fixed it once only for it to come back.

I give up for the moment !

[@robin-w Moderator 12 years, 3 months ago]

Glad you’re fixed !

[@robin-w Moderator 12 years, 3 months ago]

I think that you will struggle to maintain a bbpress + version, and that the ‘+’ will just get bigger and bigger and bigger. I probably have 20+ plugins I could write to do things that people ask for on the forums.

Many people just want a particular part that suits them, and the bbpress philosophy is to keep it ‘skinny’ and let people use plugins.

Making a big fat version would make it really hard to develop.

The real problems are two:

1. That people aren’t aware of the skinny philosophy – maybe I’ll put something at the start of the documentation to make this clearer.
2. People aren’t aware of what plugins are available and which work. This is really because you have to have a problem or know what you want before you look for a plugin. This is a bit like buying a car with no add-ons/accessories list. So no-one tells you that electric windows are available, so you look for an expensive air-conditioning system because you don’t know how to open the windows. Solution is that we need to create a plugin list that starts with what it does, not with the plugin name or with searches for tags

eg

bbpress plugins Where to download
Add quote feature http://www.dev4press.com/plugins/gd-bbpress-tools/
genesis compatibility https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-genesis-extend/
Move one forum to another https://github.com/pippinsplugins/bbPress-Export-and-Import
private messaging https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-social-network/
email notifications (topics/replies) https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-notifications/
email notifications (topics/replies) https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-notify/
add a signature https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-signature/

I am just about to start one, so if you want to add the plugin name and what it does to this thread, I’ll get a list going.

[@robin-w Moderator 12 years, 3 months ago]

Ok, I’ve done a version 2 with a settings page that lets you select from :

Send non-logged in users to any page you wish
Lets you set a message for the freshness column
Hide topic and reply counts
show descriptions
Remove the ‘private’ prefix from the displayed titles

So hopefully more friendly and flexible.

Give it a try

I have left the old version on the website in case you need to revert back.

Otherwise let me know if it breaks anything or I can improve it.

I’ll load it to the wordpress plugins page in a few days

url as before http://www.rewweb.co.uk/private-forums-visibility/

[@robin-w Moderator 12 years, 3 months ago]

” just a little bit overworked and start making mistakes” – I know how you feel !!! 🙂

[@robin-w Moderator 12 years, 3 months ago]

weird, I’ll try it on my test site when I get a moment !

[@robin-w Moderator 12 years, 3 months ago]

The answer is yes, but I’d need to take a look at the plugin, and will try and do so over the next few days

[@robin-w Moderator 12 years, 3 months ago]

Phew ! I read the first post and thought oh dear, then your second came through, glad it’s working.

I’ll add a settings page to the code so that you can set which page it goes to for future users.