[Robkk]

do this first

General Issues
bbPress works with many themes and plugins, but it is impossible to test all combinations, and many issues are caused by conflicts with plugins and themes.
Therefore before posting, please test if your issue is resolved by the following

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, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentytwelve, and see if this fixes.

If the above produces an issue:

If it is a paid theme or plugin, please contact the authors for resolution.
If free, do ask here, we may know of workaround.
PLEASE tell us you have done the tests above when posting.

OTHER COMMON FIXES
The following will do no harm, so are worth a try and can fix some issues
Dashboard>settings>permalinks. Don’t change anything, but just click save. This resets the permalinks, and can solve some 404 errors.
Dashboard>tools>forums>repair forums and run one at a time. Useful if you’ve got some stuff not showing – doesn’t often fix but occasionally does.

but when you do update

i say make a backup of your site using this plugin

https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/

maybe even a couple of backups for a safe measure

1 to your email , 1 on your host , and 1 on your cpu.

then update WordPress.

[Robkk]

okay, you want this forums style

you should hire a designer

post a job at http://jobs.wordpress.net/

[Robkk]

@recipebrag

did you disable cache for logged in users ??

this is usually recommended in cache plugins for any type of membership site.

[Robkk]

now that i think about it , since it is just for looks you could use math and just add 1 to the already post count.

just simple math in PHP.

http://www.plus2net.com/php_tutorial/math-add.php

[Robkk]

use this plugin add your PHP code snippets to it.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/functionality/

[Robkk]

whenever you create a forum/category edit the order number in the metabox

start from 0 then change to each sequential number after that.

here is a list with order number to the right of each forum/category

category 1 – 0
forum 1 – 1
forum 2 – 2
category 2 – 3
forum 3 – 4

[Robkk]

they use the regular WordPress registration

which is http://example.com/wp-login.php?action=register

or you can put the bbPress shortcode [bbp-register] into a page for a frontend form

here is the rest of the supplied shortcodes

https://codex.bbpress.org/shortcodes/

[Robkk]

if you have the slack interface up , go to the channels section and browse them til you find #bbpress

or you can go here

https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/bbpress/

[Robkk]

create an account for me just so i can see what it looks like logged in.

make sure its just a subscriber/participant.

[Robkk]

this CSS should work add !important edit the width/height the way you want it.

.bbp-logged-in img.avatar {
  width: 80px!important;
  height: 80px!important;
}

[Robkk]

@eli_damon

alright when you get bounced to the normal reply form if you see a cancel link by the submit button thats when you know threaded replies is working.

just enter some content after your bounced from the reply link and hit submit the content should be under the post you hit the reply link.

the awkwardness im talking about is when the reply is on its 7th thread or more when you have a sidebar for bbPress, it makes the 7th on look squished.

Its best if you have full width for threaded replies.

other issue is when you are on about your 3rd thread or more of a reply on mobile devices , the replies content will look barely readable past that.

messing with this CSS and making the margin-left smaller for mobile device width would help out alot though. But making it look great on mobile would require some work.

#bbpress-forums ul.bbp-threaded-replies {
  margin-left: 50px;
}

if you really want to have a 10> threads , get inspired by reddit.com and how they do it.

[Robkk]

I was OK with ‘BBpress Like Button’, except for the lack of a ‘most liked’ widget,

this plugin is having issues now?? you should contact the developer.

I have installed the ‘GetShopped Support Forum Plugin’ from Github – does anyone have experience with this?

yes in the past , the plugin is quite buggy now

use this updated version that says it also has a voting feature now.

https://github.com/dtbaker/bbPress-Support-Forums

[Robkk]

i see the plugins changelog says this

fixed bbPress deactivation erasing all EM capabilities for all roles

i also see the last guy replying in the topic you posted has said the issue is fixed in the new update

is the issue resolved??

[Robkk]

remove the CSS you added to your child theme (you can download it to backup if you made changes)

let the style go back to the normal 2013 then put back the CSS

it did this type of thing for 2014 for me one time and it was pretty weird.

this PHP snippet should remove the double Private wording

add_filter('private_title_format', 'ntwb_remove_private_title');
function ntwb_remove_private_title($title) {
	return '%s';
}

other than that try these troubleshooting tips

General Issues
bbPress works with many themes and plugins, but it is impossible to test all combinations, and many issues are caused by conflicts with plugins and themes.
Therefore before posting, please test if your issue is resolved by the following

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, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentytwelve, and see if this fixes.

If the above produces an issue:

If it is a paid theme or plugin, please contact the authors for resolution.
If free, do ask here, we may know of workaround.
PLEASE tell us you have done the tests above when posting.

OTHER COMMON FIXES
The following will do no harm, so are worth a try and can fix some issues
Dashboard>settings>permalinks. Don’t change anything, but just click save. This resets the permalinks, and can solve some 404 errors.
Dashboard>tools>forums>repair forums and run one at a time. Useful if you’ve got some stuff not showing – doesn’t often fix but occasionally does.

[Robkk]

@ozonia

this will be a feature for an upcoming release of bbPress

[Robkk]

what plugins have you already tried??

[Robkk]

these might help unless you already read them.

https://codex.bbpress.org/import-forums/custom-import/
codex.bbpress.org/import-forums/

only other thing i can suggest is contact @netweb on slack for help

follow this to figure out how to join the #bbpress slack channel.

Development

[Robkk]

@afurneaux

make sure you follow this so that you have everything set up correctly

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

[Robkk]

maybe this guide will help you with understanding.

Functions files and child themes – explained !

but you can also put any PHP code snippets in a functionality plugin like this one

https://wordpress.org/plugins/functionality/

[Robkk]

Can I contribute myself in the future in the development of this plugin? Can you give me some directions for doing so?

follow this link , join slack and contact the plugin developers

Development

you should maybe contact them about this issue too, but first make sure to troubleshoot using this first.

General Issues
bbPress works with many themes and plugins, but it is impossible to test all combinations, and many issues are caused by conflicts with plugins and themes.
Therefore before posting, please test if your issue is resolved by the following

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, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentytwelve, and see if this fixes.

If the above produces an issue:

If it is a paid theme or plugin, please contact the authors for resolution.
If free, do ask here, we may know of workaround.
PLEASE tell us you have done the tests above when posting.

OTHER COMMON FIXES
The following will do no harm, so are worth a try and can fix some issues
Dashboard>settings>permalinks. Don’t change anything, but just click save. This resets the permalinks, and can solve some 404 errors.
Dashboard>tools>forums>repair forums and run one at a time. Useful if you’ve got some stuff not showing – doesn’t often fix but occasionally does.

[Robkk]

bbPress doesnt have themes anymore , it just uses WordPress ones.

you can customize it yourself to look kind of like that though , either following this

codex.bbpress.org/bbpress-styling-crib/

or using this plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-style-pack/

you can also post a job at http://jobs.wordpress.net/ and hire a developer to develop this for you.

[Robkk]

the plugin only affects the normal WordPress search i think so just use the normal WordPress search for your site.

and disable the forum search in settings > forums in the back-end of WordPress

but like i said before you would have to probably enable each post type to be in the regular WordPress search.

add this to your child themes functions.php or add it to a functionality plugin.

/**
 * Include bbPress 'topic' custom post type in WordPress' search results */
 
function ntwb_bbp_topic_cpt_search( $topic_search ) {
	$topic_search['exclude_from_search'] = false;
	return $topic_search;
}
add_filter( 'bbp_register_topic_post_type', 'ntwb_bbp_topic_cpt_search' );

/**
 * Include bbPress 'forum' custom post type in WordPress' search results */

function ntwb_bbp_forum_cpt_search( $forum_search ) {
	$forum_search['exclude_from_search'] = false;
	return $forum_search;
}
add_filter( 'bbp_register_forum_post_type', 'ntwb_bbp_forum_cpt_search' );

/**
 * Include bbPress 'reply' custom post type in WordPress' search results  */

function ntwb_bbp_reply_cpt_search( $reply_search ) {
	$reply_search['exclude_from_search'] = false;
	return $reply_search;
}
add_filter( 'bbp_register_reply_post_type', 'ntwb_bbp_reply_cpt_search' );

when your done make sure you have search custom taxonomies in the search everything plugin settings maybe even the search every tag option too.

[Robkk]

id say create a custom bbPress forum role

hopefully this guide will help you out.

Custom Capabilities

as for the changing the bbpress count to start from a different number , that might cause some issues..

[Robkk]

great , this is very useful @douglsmith

@mvaneijgen i guess Doug has your back on this one.

[Robkk]

i think this is what you are saying you want??

put this CSS anywhere you can put custom css

#bbpress-forums .bbp-forums-list {
  display: none;
}