[Robkk]

the forums shouldn’t show up in pages > all pages

I am guessing you have put shortcodes in pages to do this.

I guess if you want to keep putting shortcodes in pages , which will be time consuming , you can use the [bbp-forum-index] shortcode

[Robkk]

No you were trying to find this code as if it was already in your theme , I just showed you the original code so you could understand why it was causing the issue.

But just place this CSS code where you would put custom CSS like what I already listed.

You do not have to replace any code just add it as custom css

#bbpress-forums .single_post a {
  font-size: 12px !important;
  margin-left: 0 !Important;
}

Since your bbPress forums look custom I can’t tell which is custom and what could be your theme so you would have to edit this code and replace the original code in the bbpress.css file if you want or just place it in some other custom css areas with !important after the width to help out.

You can place the code in the bbpress.css file where you want , it is your site
the two places i said would be better for beginners so that the code doesn’t conflict with the media queries.

li.bbp-forum-topic-count,
li.bbp-topic-voice-count,
li.bbp-forum-reply-count,
li.bbp-topic-reply-count {
border: 0px none;
width: 10% !important;
margin-right: 20px !important;
margin-top: 0px !important;
}

[Robkk]

Well a good way to link to the users topics created is maybe create a custom bbPress login widget as listed here.

Redirect from page to profile url (menu link)

I might create a gist to post what I mentioned in the topic

[Robkk]

Your theme had something similar to this CSS

.single_post a {
  font-size: 14px ;
  margin-left: 0 ;
}

So the new CSS I gave you would overwrite it only on bbPress forums.

you can add it

to your child themes style.css

in a custom css plugin

and you could add it to the bbpress.css file if you put it in your child theme in a folder called css somewhere above the media queries or just at the top above the other css rules.

[Robkk]

Please do not create duplicate topics , and go into other topics and ask the same question as your previous two topics.

[Robkk]

WIthout mysql though

Use something like this , or wait til 2.6 when this feature should be added to core.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-topic-count/

[Robkk]

Id say use this plugin ,add the widget to a sidebar ,go to the forum and remove the subscribers from the widget

https://github.com/easydigitaldownloads/bbPress-Topic-Subscribers

[Robkk]

@rashedfoundation

Also, small second question. It happens often that I’m on a site that I *think* I’ve registered on, but haven’t. If someone enters a login that is not correct AND that username doesn’t currently exist, is there a way to redirect to the registration page WITH that username?

So, for example, I type in username: MyFaveUser pw: 1234, and it doesn’t exist in my user table, so the user is redirected to “Hey, MyFaveUser doesn’t exist, but you can register with it! It’s available!” and then autofill the username field with MyFaveUser and leave the pw field blank?

This is some custom development , I suggest you hire a developer if you need help.

As for the login shortcode issue , it might be best for you to link to the default WordPress login page if you are experiencing issue with it. Or just use a better front-end authentication plugin.

[Robkk]

@kellygree

You can use https://wordpress.org/plugins/basic-user-avatars/

or let your users change by directing them to gravatar.com and make sure they use the same email they used on your site.

[Robkk]

I think that plugin works best without BuddyPress installed.

Thanks for sharing though.

[Robkk]

Im sure it is possible , I have seen it in a site very recently.

It might be in a premium theme though or custom development.

[Robkk]

Does this help??

https://github.com/stormuk/bbPress-ACF-field

[Robkk]

This seems very custom , looks pretty good though

The bbPress forum header labels have certain widths to them. So this is the CSS you might want to adjust.

li.bbp-forum-topic-count, 
li.bbp-topic-voice-count, 
li.bbp-forum-reply-count, 
li.bbp-topic-reply-count {
  border: 0px none;
  width: 10% !important;
  margin-right: 20px !important;
  margin-top: 0px !important;
}

It might look shifted because you are trying to make your forums look more table like.

The username being shifted is because of some CSS from your theme being added into bbPress.

This custom css might help.

#bbpress-forums .single_post a {
  font-size: 12px !important;
  margin-left: 0 !Important;
}

[Robkk]

@mfiguerasma

You can allow users to create forums if you give them the capability to do so , or create a new bbPress role for them to default as so that they can all create forums.

I only recommend this if you can moderate all activity somehow , and your site is built to handle users creating a bunch of forums.

Also note that some forums that a user could create could have minimum activity and really just be a dead forum if it is not as popular.

If users are able to create groups , I mean that is BuddyPress and there could be a way to disable user group creation from low level users , if you want to disable it.

IF BuddyPress has a different capability to add forums to groups then , I do not know if I can help there.

[Robkk]

I don’t think that you can exclude forums with the shortcode.

You could allow your group forums to have a parent forum so that they do not all show up on the forum arhive.

• go setting > forums
• scroll all the way down to BuddyPress Integration
• Now select the group forums to have a parent forum from the drop down list.

[Robkk]

Just so you guys know WordPress comes with its own emoticons and also since the latest version you can post emojis.

wp-monalisa is a good plugin for custom smilies and stickers though.

It also has a cool feature to import some phpBB smiley packs.

[Robkk]

If you want that plugin to have compatibility with bbPress , contact the plugin author.

But you can also make forums private by going to each forum and changing the visibility to private.

1. go to forums > all forums
2. edit the forum of your choice
3. change the visibility to private.

[Robkk]

It shouldnt do this by default??

Do you have a plugin that may be causing this??

Or does your theme have this feature??

[Robkk]

How did you set up your forum archive page at http://virtualassistantphilippines.org/forums , because the single forum pages have a sidebar??

[Robkk]

Because your forum root is here.

Also you do not need to create a page for your forum root to display it in your menu , you can just add a custom link to the menu.

http://www.animetoku.com/community/

[Robkk]

I think what you are looking for is in the loop-single-topic.php template and the other one is maybe loop-single-forum.php.

[Robkk]

Since I see you are using Thesis , take a look at this topic for help.

bbPress 2.0 Thesis Compatibility

And also this direct link to the plugin

http://studio.kristarella.com/product/bbpress-box/

[Robkk]

@mmice

I edited my last reply so refresh to see it.

For right now I guess you are going to have to wait til @netweb comes back into this discussion because I am not really helping haha.

But yeah your client would have that reaction.

[Robkk]

I’m not really sure you have to worry about the post meta table?? Nevermind it is most likely important for post IDs and such.

https://codex.wordpress.org/Database_Description#Table:_wp_postmeta

And as for sql code to check DB for consistency , I do not know what to tell ya there either.

[Robkk]

@mmice

oh haha well thanks for clarifying that , easy mistake because really v1 did have that same db table name.

http://bbshowcase.org/forums/view/bbpress-mysql-reference