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@dominornovus

I’d tell you more if I could right click the page and use Chrome’s version of Firebug for property inspection.

F12 is your friend.

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I don’t think this can currently be achieved, however, it wouldn’t be hard to code something to accomplish it.

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@thetbasket, could you provide a URL, please?

…but was a no-go for me.

Your problem still exists because you probably have a completely different theme than that user did.

…but the sidebars still remained.

Are you using a Full Width Page Template? These templates do not have a sidebar. They are included with your theme. You select a template when you create a page.

I removed the div.bbp-breadcrumb in bbpress.css as suggested…

I didn’t suggest removing div.bbp-breadcrumb, I suggested removing the float:left from div.bbp-breadcrumb. You’ll probably want to style the breadcrumb.

But there was no change.

Again, this is probably because your not using a full width page template.

…but at the same time the function of a forum does not necessarily adhere to that format or fit appropriately within it.

Perhaps I shouldn’t have said “what WordPress is built to do”, because WordPress is nearly limitless. It’s only restriction is the ability of it’s builder. There is a solution to almost any problem within WordPress. Sure, a vanilla installation of WordPress is pretty limited, but alas, it can be extended to do very powerful things.

A forum software is exactly what WordPress is. A Content Management System.

A blog is a forum. A person creates a post (topic) and people comment (reply) on it.

A forum is a blog. A person creates a topic (post) and people reply (comment) to it.

A blog and forum are one in the same. How can it not fit appropriately?

For me, the benefit of having such a plugin is to have a forum that operates well and lightly as a forum on a wordpress site, not necessarily a forum that works within the confines of a wordpress post or page, which is not how forums have functioned nor probably how they best function – considering the horizontal space they typically need for the post title, user that posted, number of replies, and so on, which take up quite a bit of horizontal real-estate.

Again, I think your missing the full width page template.

And since the typical widget that would be placed on the sidebar of a blog would be unlikely to directly apply to the forum, what you have in the end is an unnecessary utilization of space that would – for the end user – probably be better used to create a forum which is less cramped, more spacious, etc. – especially when they have the option to access the widgets and sidebars by going back to the blog – that which those widgets and sidebars were likely created for in the first place.

The bulk of your post deals with your forum not “fitting” within a page, because of the sidebar. I understand where your coming from, so please verify that you are using a full width page template, as these typically don’t have sidebars. This should solve your sidebar issue. If you don’t have a full width page template, create one.

WordPress Codex: Creating Your Own Page Templates

The last resort, and not a good one, is to comment out the get_sidebar() code in your template files.

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I’ve done the same thing to my installation, however, you may want to use a check to check a users role so only certain roles can post shortcode.

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Ahh, are you using the standalone version, and not the plugin? Not my area of expertise, as I use the plugin. There may be others though that can help. @andrejcarter, possibly?

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On this same page it would be great if I could have the bbp-forum-description, currently listed under the sub-forums, to be shown under the bbp-forum-title.

This can be accomplished with modifications to template files.

How can I list the sub-forums in a single line order

This is a style issue. Dig into the CSS and turn those list items into display:list-item; from #content table tbody tr ul.bbp-forums li in bbpress.css on line 285.

You’ll probably want to get rid of the pipe separator, as well.

Pass some $args through bbp_list_forums.

If your using custom templates, locate the loop-single-forum.php file. Somewhere around line 25 you should find the bbp_list_forums function. Pass it some $args like so:

<?php bbp_list_forums(array('separator' => '','show_topic_count' => false, 'show_reply_count' => false)); ?>

I’d really like to have the ‘Remember Me’ phrase be inline with the checkbox

In your stylesheet http://pacificbeach.me/wp-content/themes/jq/lib/css/style_ext.css on line 161, the label rule is throwing it off. Try adding a rule similar to this:

p.rememberme label: display: inline;

That worked for me in Chrome.

Hope I’ve gotten you closer!

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Your request can be accomplished with a little grunt work. Are you asking for an “all-in-one” shortcode?

…with the exception of being able to hide the sidebars.

Content areas and sidebars are independent areas within a WordPress installation. Hiding the sidebar can be accomplished a few different ways: Within Appearance > Widgets, or you could comment out the code in the template files. But sidebars/widgets are always independent of content areas.

Why can’t the whole forum be put into a short-code so it can be applied inside a full-width page?

Why can’t a full width page be created and the shortcode placed inside? That is more in tune with what WordPress is built to do. Create a page. Give it a full width template (if your theme provides it), and place the shortcode within that page. Anything after that is accomplished is a style issue. I just wrote a post about full-width forums in your other topic:

Full-Width Forum

You can also read up on shortcodes here:

bbPress 2.0 – Shortcodes

bbPress does a good job of being a forum out of the box. Sure, there are issues, but the code is still in its infancy. Any cosmetic customization is up to the user, however.

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Switch the forums to hidden instead of private. In that case, your customers will still see the forums and have access to them, but non-customers won’t even know they exist. Why have your customers clicking on links they can’t access anyways?

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Do you mean in your Dashboard > Settings > Forums? Each site will have its own. Hope that is what your looking for.

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Try setting up the group forums again through the BuddyPress Admin. Note though, that by effectively deactivating bbPress 2.0, the issue is now BuddyPress related, not bbPress 2.0.

Try re-installing (or using an existing install) of the Forums for Groups through BuddyPress.

I had this same issue not long ago, but unfortunately don’t remember the exact fix. I know I played with the group forum settings in the buddypress admin area and got it working as expected.

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Looks like you still have both activated. You can use both, provided you change link settings for bbPress 2.0.

BuddyPress will claim the /forums/ permalink (and create a page). Try changing your Archive slugs in the bbPress Forums Settings Page (Settings > Forums) to something other than /forums/. /community/ is a good choice.

By doing so, you are effectively using both forum types (groups and site). The group forums will be through /forums/ and the site forums will be through /community/.

If you don’t want both forums types, deactivate the bbPress 2.0 plugin.

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Looks like some styling needs done.

I don’t know how you’ve implemented bbPress, but a start would be something like this:

remove the left float from div.bbp-breadcrumb in bbpress.css (line 39)

create a css rule for the table class .bbp-forums and give it a width:

.bbp-forums {

width: 100%;

}

That should get you going in the right direction.

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Well at this point in the stack I’m calling a theme or plugin issue.

I’d start with plugins. Deactivate and see if anything changes.

If yes, find culprit plugin and remove/find replacement. If no, move to theme related issue.

So the contents of your child theme folder somewhat follows:

/bbpress/

/css/

/js/

archive-*.php

**functions.php

page-*.php

single-*.php

**style.css

And these files all represent files from /bbpress/bbp-themes/bbp-twentyten/{files}?

If so, you’ve created a PAGE, with either the bbpress shortcode or page template?

Have you tried the bbpress packaged theme?

I don’t personally know of any directly conflicting plugins with bbpress, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t exist. It still seem’s URLish to me. .htaccess maybe.

Either way, the last thing you’ll want to do, i’m guessing, is a fresh install. We’ll try to get you there before that’s the (possible) solution.

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Are you using BuddyPress? If so, are you using the forum component?

What are your settings in Dashboard > Settings > Forums for Archive Slugs & Single Slugs?

Are there any potential BuddyPress link errors (if BP is indeed installed)?

Have you (un)prefixed your forum with the forum slug/changed any settings in this area?

Have you tried accessing the forums/topics via the original fuglylink? (http://www.8ball.lu/wordpress/?p=### [where ### is the ID of the forum/topic]).

Lastly, are there any other plugins activated?

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@daveshine – THANKS!!! I was just coming by to suggest to @selise to use the Disable bbPress Profile Override plugin (shameless self promotion) that I wrote.

It’s a temporary solution, but fits the bill.

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I’m trying to understand what it is you want to accomplish; i’m afraid the answer is that it’s possible, just not “out of the box” so to speak.

Your main network site will hold the forum and all subforums, and users from each site will have access to all forums.

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This is just a stab in the dark, but it looks like there is a URL problem.

The URL to your forums topics are missing a trailing slash /.

What permalink structure are you using? It may be because you’ve installed into a subdirectory also (8ball.lu/wordpress/).

Any further detail may help.

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@janoochen – I really like your setup. How did you accomplish/incorporate your thumbs ratings system?

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Pass some $args through bbp_list_forums.

If your using custom templates, locate the loop-single-forum.php file. Somewhere around line 25 you should find the bbp_list_forums function. Pass it some $args like so:

<?php bbp_list_forums(array('separator' => '','show_topic_count' => false, 'show_reply_count' => false)); ?>

That should get you going in the right direction.

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Are you installing/developing locally (localhost)? This is a known issue:

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-bbpress-error-the-active-theme-is-broken-reverting-to-the-default-theme

https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1596

Hope you find the white rabbit.

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@JohnJamesJacoby – OK, that makes sense, because that’s what was happening.

Upon replying to a topic, the tags input box was being pre-populated with existing tags. I thought I could go in and wipe them out (of the box), input my own “new” tags, and all tags would append to a topic.

Not the case, eh?

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<—- this guy probably will.

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I figured the functionality wasn’t there, as it wasn’t available when editing a topic. I understand it’s there for a whole forum of topics, that’s why this topic is posted in the requests forum.

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plugin, gents. this topic is tagged bbpress 2.0-rc-4.

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https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1630

Thanks for your super powers @JohnJamesJacoby!

Travis