In this case I think an excerpt the same length as the regular title would suffice @robkk
So where’s the spam button?
I use the search widget for that.
Went to look, but can’t see anything without logging in. 🙁
Look in includes/topics/functions.php and includes/replies/functions.php for most of what you will need.
I just finished all this. Total pain. I had to reverse engineer the DB posts, then look at the bbpress functions to see what ones I could use, or simply which queries etc I could utilize.
My guess would be you’ll have to set up a custom query/loop with your specific category/forum id’s in it.
You can look at the functions.php files inside of topics and replies. They’ll give you some idea.
I’ve just made live my beta page of a threaded view with new posts and new replies able to be posted outside of bbpress here: http://www.utehub.com/forum-threads/
It’s beta, so lots to work on.
There are a couple of queries I’ve found are necessary for posts. First is the standard query which posts to the wp_posts and the second posts to wp_postmeta. They’re very dependent on other functions within bbpress. It’s a bit of a can of worms in my experience. You could create a set of custom queries to do both of these, or try to use all of bbpress’s queries and functionality. Either way, it is not simple.
Following. I’m doing a threaded view outside of bbpress. I’ve got topics and replies all working as well as a modal window for new topics and replies. Just polishing off some of the extra queries. Interested to see what you do.
@Robkk it seems @jovito is in an area I’ve been mucking with lately. So let me ask this… with a custom file bbpress.php in my theme, would it be directed to that page when I hit submit for a new topic or new reply, instead of the topic page mentioned above?
I’ve figured out the answer to my own question.
This field is related to the buddy press field wp_bp_activity. That shows something like “joe user replied to the topic xxx in the forum xxx”
_bbp_activity_id isn’t necessary for my reply to code on my particular site for bbpress to work properly. It IS however necessary if I want my Buddy Press integration to reflect activity updates related to the forum.
Yes Pascal I’m 90% of the way on that. Thanks. I see that different queries happen based on whether it is a topic, reply, or reply to a reply. Figuring out functions for walking up the voices, post numbers (original post meta) and all that I have yet to figure out.
Thanks for the tip on Query Monitor. It is cool for development. However I think the page is refreshing after the bbp posts to the DB, which is wiping out the db queries.
Hmmmm. Query monitor? Sounds intriguing. Never heard of it. I’ll see what that is.
That was a problem on mobile too, which is now fix. Thanks @robkk.
I’ve got 85% of it working on my dev server. New posts with meta write. Replies write to the db with a couple of the meta fields. Just wasn’t sure ALL that is written to the db on replies. All I have to go by is looking at the db before and after the change. Not exactly the best way.
Bizarre. So it is working now I assume? Thanks for all your help my friend.
After some digging it looks like most of the functions I’m looking to use outside of the bbpress framework are in includes/forums/functions.php and includes/replies/functions.php.
I added that style. Curious what browser or device you are on. Float was ok on chrome/mac.
Thanks for the styles. I can see the change in the freshness column but not sure where the issue is in my index, since that’s a static page.
Yes. Outside of the bbpress framework I made a custom page which shows a threaded version of the forum: http://www.utehub.com/forum-threads/.
I’m adding reply as a modal window in this page, and want to use the bbpress reply DB insert queries for instance. Also will use bbpress new post queries… Sorry it is so hard to explain.
Basically it’s a bbpress forum view with post and reply functions, but outside of the bbpress framework.
The catch is I’m creating pages outside of the bbpress framework, so will the functions still work?
Fantastic. Thanks very much @robkk. I implemented it on my dev version and it worked great, so it is now on the live site here: http://www.utehub.com/forums/
