[Robkk]

this plugin might help

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-custom-reply-notifications/

[Robkk]

that plugin probably still works its just not maintained by the developer anymore

its still here for anyone to fork though https://github.com/mravaioli/wp-modal-login

there are also many alternatives for a modal popup form

this plugin assigns menu items without additional code plus it has a facebook login option

https://wordpress.org/plugins/zm-ajax-login-register/

there is also others with captcha support

wordpress.org/plugins/ajax-bootmodal-login/

and also a very simple one but would need to activate the CSS class option in the menu settings

wordpress.org/plugins/simplemodal-login/installation/

there is also cool tutorial for developers that could probably just hook up the bbPress shortcodes

http://www.blueleafstudio.net/create-responsive-pop-login-box-wordpress/

[Robkk]

you can fiddle with the bbPress views

https://gist.github.com/ntwb/8167699

sorting a thread by rating can be achieved exactly like how Robin said .

plugins that might be able to do it are

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-postratings/

maybe polldaddy ratings or the rating widget might help by using their widgets

this might help with finding the metakey for wp-postratings

wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/50524/how-to-order-results-by-date-and-meta-key

[Robkk]

alright so basically it does what this plugin does

https://wordpress.org/plugins/page-links-to/

your forum title will show like any normal forum but if you click it , it will link to whatever you want.

works pretty good when i tested it out, it wont show in the status drop-down though it will show in another meta-box somewhere below the post content.

[Robkk]

@s1r0n

i tested it out on your site and see its working better

its not really a honeypot field though

how a honeypot field is supposed to be is invisible to the users on your site and is not required for input for the user.

its a hidden input field that if it has any type of dummy information from spam-bots injected , it should stop the next action that the spammer is trying to do.

the way your code is arranged its close to these two plugins

https://wordpress.org/plugins/growmap-anti-spambot-plugin/ ( probably no bbpress compatibility)
https://github.com/studiohyperset/bpress-no-captcha-recaptcha ( still in development)

you might want to go to the bbpress nocatpcha plugin (when its done being developed) if you think it works better for what you need.

since you/robin found half the code im going to try to make a honeypot using these two plugins for the other half

wordpress.org/plugins/registration-honeypot/
wordpress.org/plugins/zero-spam/ (i dont know about bbpress compatibility yet)

also @s1r0n what do you mean by custom meta tags, like explain exactly how you want it so i can see if a normal seo plugin cant do this already.

[Robkk]

it takes awhile for Google to adjust to an SEO plugin so it might take a few hours, so for default without any configuration Google will auto-generate descriptions sometimes

i think this variable is used for taxonomies like topic tags ..%%ct_desc_<custom-tax-name>%%

i think you should try the excerpt variable %%excerpt%%

i also recommend manually writing every forum/category description , using the excerpt variable for topics , and no-index/follow replies but that’s my opinion.

[Robkk]

@zoker

so like post formats but for bbPress post types??

https://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Formats

there is a function below in the post to implement it , but i think it will only show in the back-end of wordpress and is not implemented in the front-end just yet

[Robkk]

@tools4toni

ideas for plugin exploration

there is a plugin section on this site, it basically pulls information from the wordpress.org plugin section on any plugin tagged “bbpress”

i’d say search the plugins section

search the forums on this site so you would find some developed plugins that are not yet on wordpress.org

check some in the list here https://codex.bbpress.org/feature-plugins-tracking/

on gist.github.com/ there are a few snippets in plugin format , especially netweb’s gists https://gist.github.com/ntwb

there are also paid plugins on sites like codecanyon

and there is always google.com

[Robkk]

see if this custom CSS can help

.widget_display_topics .avatar {
float:none;
}

[Robkk]

@s1r0n

I want to be able to add some fields to the BBpress post. So in addition to Topic Title, content,and Topic Tags I might also be able to add a custom spam field

if you are doing a honeypot type of spam protection please share how to achieve this when you have accomplished coding it , it might help other users …heck even this site.

[Robkk]

try this CSS

.bbpress .vcard .avatar {
position: relative;
left: auto;
top: auto;
}

[Robkk]

i think using a plugin like this will help

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-post-topics/

[Robkk]

download the forums.php file and insert it into your child theme in a folder called bbpress.

https://github.com/robkk/bbPress-Hierarchical-Forum-and-Category-Layout

you can also use Robin’s plugin , it has the same file inside the plugin and it gives you options to style your bbpress installation better.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-style-pack/

[Robkk]

shortcodes do not post in bbPress

use this plugin

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-do-short-codes/

[Robkk]

i think its custom code that bbpress.org has, but basically its a customized WordPress Admin bar

[Robkk]

you probably can

you would just really need a good upvote/downvote plugin

this might be a good post rating plugin that has alot of filters to be able to do it

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-postratings/changelog/

but then you would have to customize the query of the topics replies to sort.

and of course enable thread repies with at least 1 or 2 threads.

i don’t have a step by step but its definitly possible

you probably need to go to http://jobs.wordpress.net/ and post a job so a developer can custom develop this for you.

[Robkk]

use the shortcodes

here is the one for the new topic form

[bbp-topic-form]

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

[Robkk]

give me your theme name

I have tried using all of the bolded .php page options as well as copying the single.php into the bbpress plug in php page.

to me this sounds like your not doing it right

follow this guide

https://codex.bbpress.org/theme-compatibility/getting-started-in-modifying-the-main-bbpress-template/

and this too

https://codex.bbpress.org/theme-compatibility/

it could also be a theme or plugin issue.

It could be a theme or plugin issue

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.

[Robkk]

the bbpress.org editor is what bbpress has by default you can activate the editor in settings>forums.

other than that you can see what is causing these weird issues .

It could be a theme or plugin issue

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.

[Robkk]

i think it might be content-single-user.php in the bbPress templates …im not sure how customizing this file will translate into the BuddyPress menus though.

[Robkk]

when theme developers say their theme is “bbPress ready”

it usually means they followed this guide https://codex.bbpress.org/theme-compatibility/

Are there special features included in bbPress ready themes, if so what are the features called?

There could showing post count below the author avatar but you can easily do that by installing Robins plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-topic-count/.

I have seen some themes have applied styling to some unread posts plugin , but really nothing too crazy that you cant get with free plugins and doing it manually without causing a hard time developing.

[Robkk]

@jmeyer2485

bbpress.org adds that background color around the forum name using this CSS code.

#bbpress-forums p.bbp-topic-meta .bbp-topic-started-in a {
background-color: #328C00;
}

of course you can only see it on super-sticky topics and also when your forum root is showing topics by freshness

[Robkk]

@zvonfeng

are you using pieces of this theme https://github.com/syamilmj/Supportte

or did your theme come with that kind of forum layout??

because it says you need to install the search everything plugin for the search bar to appear.

and also i see breadcrumbs by the title.

other than that if you did take parts of the Supportte theme it would be harder to customize than the default bbPress theme.

[Robkk]

ok then the plugin does that, make sure you edit the settings in settings>discussion and set a forum for each of the topics you create from the blog post

[Robkk]

in my opinion you shouldnt do that you would have way to many forums at the end of the day.