[mithrandir]

In the WordPress dashboard under settings>forums –> under the Forum User Settings, you will see the option:

Disallow editing after x number of minutes

You could try increasing the limit, however it does not explain why the keymaster or administrator can not edit a reply or topic.

It might help in finding the problem by changing the theme to the default wordpress themes and disabling all plugins except bbPress.

If you could provide more information, regarding the bbPress/wordpress version, themes and plugins, I could try my best to help.

[mithrandir]

To find the location of the template files navigate to:
‘wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bppress/’

You will find all the template parts in this folder. It is recommended to not modify the files directly, instead create a folder named bbPress in the ‘generatepress’ theme root folder. ie. ‘wp-content/themes/generatepress/bbpress/’ copy any files you wish to modify into this folder. This way updates to bbPress wont overwrite any files you have modified and your changes wont be lost.

Test this by copying the content-archive-forum.php to the newly created bbpress folder and begin to modify the file.

a simple php echo command will confirm it is working by printing a message at the top of the content-forum-archive template.

<?php echo "Hello world!"; ?>

The Example provided in the previous reply can be pasted on top, or wherever you would like to display the topics. Some formatting is required, by adding appropriate div classes and styling with css as necessary. Would be happy to help with any of the html, php or wordpress functions if there is any difficulty.

*my apologies if this a duplicate reply, previous reply did not get submitted properly,spam protection may have blocked it, since it included links to screenshots on imgur.

[lauradimitra]

Hi Mithrandir,

thank you for your reply.

I’m using the GeneratePress theme and I figured out that I don’t have (or cannot find) the template “content-archive-forum.php”. I’ve looked for it in my theme (GeneratePress) and the plugins bbPress and BuddyPress. Can you tell me where I can find it?

I’m starting a forum for an open source product. One of our users prefers to see the unanswered questions immediately because he wants to help all user with an answer, so that’s the reason I’m asking it. My HTML and CSS skills are good,and now I’m using wordpress already for some months. My PHP knowledge is very basic and passive, but I’m used to it in WordPress.

Kind regards,
Laura

[mithrandir]

It is definitely possible, to do so you will have to modify the template ‘content-archive-forum.php’
you could use a custom loop to loop through the topics you would like to display based on the user role.

Example:

<div class="Featued">
    <?php
    //get current users user role
    $role = bbp_get_user_display_role(get_current_user_id());
    //if role is keymaster,moderator or participant display topics
    if ($role == "Keymaster" || $role == "Moderator" || $role == "Participant") {
        ?>
        <!--begin loop-->
        <?php
        $args = array('post_type' => 'topic', 'posts_per_page' => 10);
        $the_query = new WP_Query($args);
        if ($the_query->have_posts()) :
            ?>
            <!--the loop-->
            <?php while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>
                <div>
                    <a class=”bbp-topic-permalink” href="<?php bbp_topic_permalink(); ?>"title=”<?php bbp_topic_title(); ?>”><?php bbp_topic_title(); ?></a>
                </div>
            <?php endwhile; ?>
            <!--  end of the loop-->
            <?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
        <?php else: ?>
            <p><?php __e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?> </p>
        <?php
        endif;
        ?>
        <?php
    } elseif ($role == "Guest" || $role == "Blocked") {
        //do nothing
    }
    ?>
</div>

It is not very complicated depending on your level of expertise, but will require some knowledge of php and wordpress. If you could provide more information regarding what you are trying to achieve or any areas you are facing difficulty with, I can try my best to help out.

[lauradimitra]

Hi all,

I’m starting a community page in WordPress with the plugins bbPress and BuddyPress.

I have a nice Forum page with my topics. At the top of the forum page I would like to have an overview about the topics with no replies for the logged in users with a certain role. So not a link to the page with all unanswered questions, but, if possible an overview of the questions.

Is this possible? Thanks for your help!

Kind regards,

Laura

[mithrandir]

The problem is not not in bbPress itself. After inspecting your website, at first glance, it appears you have the plugin bbPress – New UI installed which modifies the appearance of bbpress. It is possible the plugin has compatibility issues with your bbpress installation.

In the browser I locally disabled the CSS loaded by the plugin and it fixed the overlapping and alignment issues. The reason changing themes does not help is that the plugin remains active regardless what theme you are using. I would recommend disabling the plugin and manually adjusting css.

If you are not familiar with CSS, I highly recommend the plugin Yellow Pencil by Waspthemes. It is a visual CSS style editor and makes it very simple to style any WordPress theme or plugin, including bbPress.

[slanglois]

Now the forum access via the wordpress admin menu has disappeared even when I’m using Chrome. Still gone when using Firefox. Any other suggestions?

Thanks!

[riggie11]

I have WordPress ver. 4.8.2–en_GB and bbpress ver. Version 2.6-rc-3.The forum I created can be seen here:
https://freyer.com/forums/topic/this-is-a-very-long-topic-as-i-have-loads-to-discuss-2/?csshero_action=edit_page&rand=272

After setting up bbpress I have this search issue that when I search the forum, the results are messy as you can see above.
Any idea where I can make changes, so the page displays properly?

thanks,
Riggie

[nanpress1]

Figured it out. Here’s the answer in case it helps someone else.
https://www.cloudways.com/blog/creating-custom-page-template-in-wordpress/

[Robin W]

bbPress – Mark as Read

[Robin W]

3. bbp private groups

Private groups

[Robin W]

bbpress is a lite forum which lets you add other plugins to add functionality. Therefore you can pick and choose what you want.

so

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

dashboard>settinngs>bbp style pack>forum templates

2.

dashboard>settinngs>bbp style pack>other bbpress plugins will give you a useful list, including signature

bbPress – Mark as Read

more follows …

[paladinbrewer]

Hello,

So I am new to wordpress and bbpress. For forum usage I am very used to phpbb3. I installed bbpress + buddypress because my wordpress theme supports it, but upon playing with it, it doesn’t feel like forums at all.

1) Why can’t I do a normal forum layout:

Category 1
Forum 1
Forum 1 description
Forum 2
Forum 2 description
Category 2
Etc

2) Where is the normal forum functionality? Signatures, Mark all as read, statistics, Who’s Online, etc

3) No usergroups or controls? How do I set private forums? Some forums I want people to read and reply, but not create new posts. I can’t do this?

4) It doesnt seem it even tells me which forum has new posts and which doesn’t? Maybe that’s a Theme issue?

So is bbpress actual forums or meant for something else? Or am I missing it all entirely?

[torpeyisgod]

Hello all,
For some reason, the posting form is not visible on internet explorer. it works on all other browsers.
I am using the current version of wordpress and bbpress
http://www.iron-bru.co.uk

[hohohonhk]

I just install and use BBpress, all settings are fine for me, but only the below issue.

I would like to integrate WordPress Social Login 2.3.3 into my forum, in which I find that there is no Login/Register box for visitors to register/login before creating/commenting topics.

May any specialist provide solutions to me?

THanks a lot!!!

[roby80]

Hi everybody, first post here! 😉

I hope somebody can help me, since I’m having problems with the translation of a new bbPress installation… It’s kind of strange actually, because it seems to translate only part of the strings, but if I check my .mo & .po files they’re fully translated, just how it should be.

I’ve been using WordPress for years but it’s the first time I used bbPress as well, so I followed these instructions religiously.
(I actually only had to change the directory in which I put the .mo & .po files to wp-content/languages/plugins, since putting them in wp-content/languages/bbpress/ – I had to create this folder to try – like written in the documentation won’t work. After that I tried to put them in every other “logic” place that came to mind with no success)

Here are a couple of screenshot to let me show my “half translated/half not” situation:
EDIT: img’s won’t work so here are the links
https://imgur.com/2PkKazk
https://imgur.com/GHeexfT

Thank you very much for any input!

WordPress 4.8.2
bbPress 2.5.14
URL: http://www.guitarpub.it/forum/

[Elia]

I have the same issue, my custom translation doesn’t work.

As far as I understand the problem exist for a year already:
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/37819

[Vinod Dalvi]

The RC 5 is not getting downloaded for me from the page https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/advanced/

https://ibb.co/cfQDB5

I am getting the following error.

This site can’t be reached

The web page at https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/bbpress.2.6-rc-5.zip might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.
ERR_INVALID_RESPONSE

[slanglois]

WordPress 4.8.2 running GeneratePress theme
bbpress Version 2.5.14

‘Forums’ has disappeared from the wordpress admin menu. They are still there on the front end but I can’t access forums on the dashboard.

Help?

[clearscope]

Not sure what you mean – are you suggesting that this is a conflict with the site itself?

This issue is occurring with the default Twenty Seventeen theme, the most recent version of WordPress, the most recent version of bbPress, and with no other plugins installed.

It seems that this is an issue with bbPress itself, not any sort of conflict with a site.

[Robin W]

whilst it is old, I believe it still works fine

bbPress Moderation

[Robin W]

my style pack has a template that groups forums by categories to achieve this layout

bbp style pack

dashboard>plugins>bbp style pack>forum templates

[John James Jacoby]

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/41134 seems relevant here.

@fabian If you wanted to take a stab at sprucing bbPress up with its own polyfill for autoload support, I’m happy to help test and implement.

We should probably open a ticket on our Trac as well.

[Ilona90]

Hello,

Can somebody please tell me how translation of bbpress works?

What I did:

I installed WordPress and set my default language
I installed bbpress plugin
I installed Loco translate
I create the map languages/bbpress on ftp
I downloaded the .po and .mo and put in the map

But nothing is working! Can somebody help me please?

[Robin W]

just had a quick look at what was in the free version, and looks like the pro version may have what you want – it claims

Buddpress profile link integration (New in V1.0.4)
BBpress profile link integration (New in V1.0.4)
BBpress Online User Statistics (New in V1.0.5)

maybe worth looking at

CBX User Online for WordPress