[Mike George]

I want to change the default so that all new users are subscribed to all forums by default. I have seen some replies to this question which say it can be set on group admin pages, but I can’t see any way on the BBPress settings to create groups, and I cant find any plugins to add the functionality. What am I doing wrong?

I’m running WordPress 4.9.4 with Twenty Seventeen Child Theme, and bbPress 2.5.14

[Martin J]

Actually…. the solution above wasn’t going to work because if breadcrumbs are enabled and someone clicks on the “Forum Home”, we lose all the effort. However, I finally found the conditional statement that works.

This is only part of my code, but you can get the idea…I originally had this:

// For Jetpack Portfolio heading
elseif (is_post_type_archive()) :
echo '<h1 id="bts-page-title">' . __( 'WordPress Themes', 'bts' ) . '</h1>';

// For bbpress forum heading
elseif (is_bbpress('forum')) :
echo '<h1 id="bts-page-title">' . __( 'Support Forum', 'bts' ) . '</h1>';

However, when I did this, it worked:

// For bbpress forum heading
elseif (is_bbpress('forum') || is_post_type_archive('forum') ) :
echo '<h1 id="bts-page-title">' . __( 'Support Forum', 'bts' ) . '</h1>';

// For Jetpack Portfolio heading
elseif (is_post_type_archive()) :
echo '<h1 id="bts-page-title">' . __( 'WordPress Themes', 'bts' ) . '</h1>';

Now what is interesting, is that if I have the bbpress conditional “after” the Jetpack portfolio one, it would not work and the bbpress heading would be “WordPress Themes”. However, I had this sudden thought that perhaps there is a priority happening here, so I moved the bbpress conditional “before” the Jetpack one, and sure enough it works. The bbpress heading is “Support Forum” and the Jetpack portfolio is “WordPress Themes”.

Something about the sequence caused an issue…what and why I do not know.

[Stephen Edgar]

@pixelnated, if you use the version here it includes a bunch of other enhancements 🙂
• https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/src/includes/admin/converters/phpBB.php

[Robin W]

ok, I’d talk to your hosting service – this is not normal wordpress behaviour

[Robin W]

install

bbp style pack

Once activated, go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>forum templates and select Alternate Forum template 1

This will then display as you wish

[Robin W]

From @matevoun

Then, now :

1/ I think this is because i’ve installed bbPress Enable TinyMCE Visual Tab plugin, but i need this for uploading new media… 🙁

2/ Yes, tell me what can i do… 🙂

3/ Done ! Thank you ! I’ve installed your plugin. 😉

4/ I think this is a too little for texte + avatar.

How can i do now ?

Hope to read you soon…

1. As a test deactivate that plugin and see if it works without. If so re-enable and contact that plugins author

2. for the forum list

create a directory on your theme called ‘bbpress’
ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress

where %your-theme-name% is the name of your theme

find
wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/loop-single-forum.php
Make a copy of this file, and put in in the directory called bbpress that you created above, so you end up with
wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress/loop-single-forum.php
bbPress will now use this template instead of the original
and you can amend this

so change line 68
<span class="bbp-topic-freshness-author"><?php bbp_author_link( array( 'post_id' => bbp_get_forum_last_active_id(), 'size' => 14 ) ); ?></span>

amend 14 to whatever size you want

3. glad you like it

4. without knowing exactly what you want, I cannot suggest css changes – I suspect we will not fix this one

[Mathieu]

Hello,

I ask your comprehension, I’m not fluent in english (I’m french). I’ll try to explain myself the best way I can.

I’m using BBpress and I want to display categories in the normal/usual way in my index forums : Categories separating forums and forums forming lines in the index. Actually, categories display like forums and forums display like subforums : https://operationarcheo.fr/forum/

I want to have categories separating forums like this : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1icL0s-0vcRuPvX4uVNyluI_INMepC0-G/view?usp=sharing

I’m searching the simplest way to do this. Please consider that I’m not developper and also have difficulties to use english documentation.

Thank’s,

Mathieu

PS :
– Theme : Customizr free version
– WordPress version : 4.9.4
– BBpress version : 2.5.14

[matevoun]

Hi,

thank you for your help 🙂

Then, now :

1/ I think this is because i’ve installed bbPress Enable TinyMCE Visual Tab plugin, but i need this for uploading new media… 🙁

2/ Yes, tell me what can i do… 🙂

3/ Done ! Thank you ! I’ve installed your plugin. 😉

4/ I think this is a too little for texte + avatar.

How can i do now ?

[TiiuK]

Wait … I forgot I didn’t install the 2.6 Beta of bbPress again. I now did and the conversion started, but it didn’t work out, here’s the log:

Import Finished

17: No threaded replies to import

16: No anonymous reply authors to import

WordPress-Datenbank-Fehler: [Unknown column 'posts.post_text' in 'field list']
SELECT convert(posts.post_id USING "utf8mb4") AS post_id,convert(topics.topic_id USING "utf8mb4") AS topic_id,convert(posts.forum_id USING "utf8mb4") AS forum_id,convert(posts.topic_id USING "utf8mb4") AS topic_id,convert(posts.poster_ip USING "utf8mb4") AS poster_ip,convert(posts.poster_id USING "utf8mb4") AS poster_id,convert(posts.post_username USING "utf8mb4") AS post_username,convert(posts.post_text USING "utf8mb4") AS post_text,convert(posts.post_time USING "utf8mb4") AS post_time FROM forum_posts AS posts LEFT JOIN forum_topics AS topics USING (topic_id) WHERE posts.post_id != topics.topic_first_post_id LIMIT 0, 100
15: No replies to import

14: No favorites to import

13: No topic subscriptions to import

12: No topic tags to import

11: No closed topics to close

10: Keine Super-Stickies zum Anheften vorhanden

9: Keine Stickies zum Anheften

8: No anonymous topic authors to import

WordPress-Datenbank-Fehler: [Unknown column 'topics.topic_posts_approved' in 'field list']
SELECT convert(topics.topic_id USING "utf8mb4") AS topic_id,convert(topics.topic_posts_approved USING "utf8mb4") AS topic_posts_approved,convert(topics.forum_id USING "utf8mb4") AS forum_id,convert(topics.topic_poster USING "utf8mb4") AS topic_poster,convert(topics.topic_first_poster_name USING "utf8mb4") AS topic_first_poster_name,convert(posts.poster_ip USING "utf8mb4") AS poster_ip,convert(posts.post_text USING "utf8mb4") AS post_text,convert(topics.topic_title USING "utf8mb4") AS topic_title,convert(topics.topic_status USING "utf8mb4") AS topic_status,convert(topics.topic_type USING "utf8mb4") AS topic_type,convert(topics.topic_time USING "utf8mb4") AS topic_time,convert(topics.topic_last_post_time USING "utf8mb4") AS topic_last_post_time FROM forum_topics AS topics INNER JOIN forum_posts AS posts USING (topic_id) WHERE posts.post_id = topics.topic_first_post_id LIMIT 0, 100
7: No topics to import

6: No forum subscriptions to import

5: No forum parents to import

WordPress-Datenbank-Fehler: [Unknown column 'forums.parent_id' in 'field list']
SELECT convert(forums.forum_id USING "utf8mb4") AS forum_id,convert(forums.parent_id USING "utf8mb4") AS parent_id,convert(forums.forum_topics_approved USING "utf8mb4") AS forum_topics_approved,convert(forums.forum_posts_approved USING "utf8mb4") AS forum_posts_approved,convert(forums.forum_name USING "utf8mb4") AS forum_name,convert(forums.forum_desc USING "utf8mb4") AS forum_desc,convert(forums.left_id USING "utf8mb4") AS left_id,convert(forums.forum_type USING "utf8mb4") AS forum_type,convert(forums.forum_status USING "utf8mb4") AS forum_status FROM forum_forums AS forums LIMIT 0, 100
4: No forums to import

3: Skipping password clean-up

2: Skipping user clean-up

WordPress-Datenbank-Fehler: [Specified key was too long; max key length is 1000 bytes]
CREATE TABLE oahfp_bbp_converter_translator ( meta_id mediumint(8) unsigned not null auto_increment, value_type varchar(25) null, value_id bigint(20) unsigned not null default '0', meta_key varchar(191) null, meta_value varchar(191) null, PRIMARY KEY (meta_id), KEY value_id (value_id), KEY meta_join (meta_key(191), meta_value(191)) ) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci
1: Recreating sync-table

Continuing Import

Previously stopped at step 1 of 17

I appreciate any help!

[Martin J]

Hopefully I got the right forum here.

I want to add a heading when on the “forums” archive home page of the bbpress forum. Right now I have this for jetpack’s portfolio…note this is just a snippet of my code:

if (is_post_type_archive()) :
echo '<h1 id="bts-page-title">' . __( 'WordPress Themes', 'bts' ) . '</h1>';

…but the bbpress forum header area is loading that title as well. I’ve tried so many variations and conditionals, none work. I did manage to get the “forum” titles to show for individual forums with:

elseif (is_bbpress('forum') ) :
echo '<h1 id="bts-page-title">' . __( 'Support Forum', 'bts' ) . '</h1>';

But does anyone have an idea how to get the conditional to show a custom header title for the bbpress home page?

[Stephen Edgar]

Here’s the exact change in that code that was added for the next bbPress release

https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6129/

[Stephen Edgar]

If you haven’t joined up for WordPress’ Slack please do 🙂

https://chat.wordpress.org

Please remember though, the discussions on WordPress’ Slack will be about adding GDPR to WordPress Core, as bbPress and BuddyPress are official “sister projects” of the WordPress project we’ll be for the most part following and implementing the solution WordPress Core decides upon, this will be implemented across these bbPress.org, buddypress.org, and wordpress.org support forums and shipped in an upcoming bbPress release 🙂

[krioteh]

Sorry, English is not my native language, I can distort phrases. I’ll try differently:

After importing a new site in …wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=topic and wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=reply is there anything?
Perhaps the topic and answer did not receive the correct post_type when importing

You can try to update the old site.
You can backup the database (in order to roll back in case of something), then:
Disable all plugins.
Update WordPress (if you can not get to the latest version, then you can add intermediate ones – they are available at https://wordpress.org/download/release-archive/)
After updating WordPress update bbPress.

P.S.Your links require authentication 🙂

[Robin W]

ok, so we need to look at exactly what this law does.
The law is here :

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0679

and from my reading you can pretty much forget the scare stuff in google !

Ignore the recitals (they are not part of the law) and skip to the actual articles
So first scope :
Article 3 says :

This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data wholly or partly by automated means and to the processing other than by automated means of personal data which form part of a filing system or are intended to form part of a filing system.

So what is processing?
Article 4 (2) says

processing’ means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction;

and what is personal data ?
This is defined by article 4(1) which states

‘personal data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’);

And goes on to define what identifiable means (as opposed to say anonymised data)

an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person;

So personal data is information relating to a ‘data subject’ and is processed. So NOT comment written by that data subject, or other people’s views on either the data subject himself or other people’s views on the data subject’s views. If it is wrong, defaming or libellous then this is already covered by existing law.

There is no requirement to delete topics or replies as far as I can see.

A good analogy would be if I had a newspaper subscription. If I cancel the subscription to their on-line service, then I would expect them to delete my name, address, bank account details or anything else they hold in connection with that subscription. The legislation as far as I can see does not require them to delete their on-line coverage of my wedding, nor the comment I put in the comment box under that news story about Madonna adopting another child. Neither of those is personal data. Nor is someone else’s @mentions of my name. Otherwise we could all just write to every paper, and no-one could publish anything about us ever again !!!

If this law really gave you the right to have posts removed, then this would be huge and making headlines. For instance the newspapers would be all over the fact that after April Facebook, Instagram twitter etc. would have to delete all posts made by me, or about me or where I could be identified. This would be a MEGA story – and we would all know about it by now.

It IS appropriate for website owners to consider – as if asked to delate a user, you would need to totally remove their existence not just from the current wordpress database (which deleting a user does) but also from any membership plugins, woocommerce plugins etc, etc.

But I see no way that bbpress needs to worry about this law.

But I’m not a lawyer.

[crookie]

Hi, I am using this Plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbspoiler/

The button ‘spoiler’ is not visible in bbpress frontend. Only in admin backend.

[krioteh]

The structure is the same, you have in one database two sites

Tables with the prefix wp_ – tables WordPress

wdsrj_ – this seems to be Joomla? – they do not affect WP in any way

[krioteh]

Are themes and answers displayed in the console?
Type of record when importing has not changed?

Perhaps the topics were imported as posts, then this plugin can help: https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-move-topics/

You can also try to put bbPress 2.6RC5, in it there are some additional tools …

[Robin W]

in no particular order

If you’re not using buddypress, then better to deactivate.

in terms of having users with different access, then my private groups plugin will let you do that

Private groups

There are several plugins that have new user approval such as

New User Approve

[ronh5]

I’ve inherited a WordPress site (v3.2.1) running bbPress v2.0. I’d like to update everything to current releases and then see about adding some features. I’ve run into roadblocks at every turn.

Because of custom plugins, I can’t upgrade anything, as it all breaks right away, so I thought I’d start with a fresh install of WordPress (v4.9.4) and bbPress (v2.5.14) and try to re-create the site.

I can’t get the old posts out of the old site and into the new one.

I tried “bbPress Import & Export”, which doesn’t do anything (blank screen when I try to export), but was able to get an XML file out of the Tools->Export page.

When I tried to import it on the new site, I was asked to match up all the users (a pain with over 200 to do one-by-one), which seemed successful, but I ended up with a main forums page that looks right as far as Topics and Posts go, but the Freshness column says “No Topics” and clicking into a thread results in a “Oh bother! No topics were found here!” message.

Any ideas? Thanks!

http://newvht.ronhiggins.com/forums
u/p: vhtbb

[kryl2575]

Hi,

I still get the same problems, that have mentioned above.
No solutions worked for me, to switch the forum into german language.
Language file (*.mo, *.po) Syntax double checked (bbpress-de_DE), path on server, plugin (WPT Custom Mo File) to use a custom language.

Please fix it!

I’m using WordPress 4.8.1 with Enfold Child theme and your product in version 2.5.14

Any help would be appreciated.

Best regards,
John

[krioteh]

Perhaps this plug-in is what you need?
BP Multiple Forum Post

[Robin W]

Public – forum AND topics are visible to public

Private – Forum AND topics are visible to logged in users only

If you want more granularity than that use

Private groups

which would let you have the forum visible but not the topics

[Robin W]

http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-fix-error-too-many-redirects-issue-in-wordpress/

and contact your host provider

[alananderson]

Hi,
I’m a newbie!

I’m using the WordPress theme called Directory by Templatic.

Is it possible to create two DIFFERENT Forums on my site on different pages using BBPress?

Basically the one would just be a general forum while the other would have to have security features built in.

Thank you,

Alan

[alananderson]

Hi,
I’m a newbie!

I’m using the WordPress theme called Directory by Templatic.

I’ve just downloaded and activated BBPress but I cant find it in the WP Menu on left side of page.

Could the problem be that I already have another Forum plugin active on my site?

Thank you,

Alan