[mithrandir]

This is not very difficult to achieve, and does not require any plugins. A similar look is possible with modifying the bbPress template files, and some custom CSS styling. Although it depends on your experience with HTML,CSS and a bit of knowledge about PHP and how WordPress templates work.

To find the location of the bbPress template files navigate to:
‘wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bppress/’
Here you will find various template files which serve various purposes.
for eg. loop-topics.php is the template file for the topics ( like in the kleo theme ).

You should not modify the original files.
Instead create a folder named bbPress in your theme root folder (or child theme root folder)
ie. ‘wp-content/themes/YOUR-THEME/bbpress/’
Any changes you make in this newly created folder will be given priority over the originals.

Copy any files you wish to modify from the original location into this folder.
This way updates to bbPress wont overwrite any files you have modified and your changes wont be lost.

The avatars you see, can be selected as an option in the WordPress dashboard.
Navigate to Dashboard> Settings > Discussion –> Default Avatar
Here you will have the option to choose from:

• Mystery Person
• Blank
• Gravatar Logo
• Identicon (Generated)
• Wavatar (Generated)
• MonsterID (Generated)
• Retro (Generated)

The (Generated) avatars are the ones to choose from.

If you are willing to invest some time ( since without fluency in the aforementioned skills, it could take a little bit of trial and error), I could help you in achieving this.

It is a little late in the night at the moment(in my country), ill post back tomorrow to get the gears rolling with some examples.

[mithrandir]

Not sure why its not working, seems to work on my end.

I believe the cause of the issue is the wordpress theme your website is using.
The best solution would be to contact the authors of the theme WPZOOM, and im sure they can find a quick solution.

If not, you could try adding the CSS once more, the following should work:

#bbpress-forums div.bbp-topic-content p a, #bbpress-forums div.bbp-reply-content p a{
	background: none;
	color: black !important;
        position:relative !important;
 	display:inline-block !important;
        visibility: visible !important;
}

In truth it is difficult to address any styling issues without being able to see the website, if you can not get in touch with the authors of the theme I could try my best to find a solution.

[slanglois]

I’m trying to use Post Via Mail so that forum users can reply to forum posts directly from their email. I’ve had a rough time getting it set up with Postmark (required in order for Post Via Mail to work) and can’t get it to work properly. Any reply from email does not get posted to the forum. Any thoughts?

WordPress 4.8.2 running GeneratePress theme
bbPress Post Via Mail Version 1.2.8
http://www.belfastareahomeschoolresourcecenter.com

Thank you!

[mithrandir]

Appears to be a css issue, are you using any plugins to modify the appearance of bbPress ?

The following css should fix this

.bbp-body .hentry p a{
	color:#3f3f3f !important;
	
}

you could change the color for the link to one of your preference by modifying the color property.

If you are using wordpress version 4.7 and above, To add the css, in the WordPress dashboard navigate to:
Appearance>customize>Additional css

copy and paste the code and save changes.

[Kristian Yngve]

Oh sorry, the theme is called DiscoveryPro
Bought from this website: https://www.templateexpress.com/responsive-wordpress-themes/

Perhaps in can get on with those guys to enquire what could be causing it from there side. Maybe they can offer some CSS that’ll stop it from breaking but in terms of classing anything but they won’t know the plugin specifics?

[yoshimitsu1234]

Hi,
Is there any way to convert all my bbpress topics and replied to WordPress posts and comments respectively
I have 1000 topics and I want to convert them with a plugin.
I installed this plugin https://github.com/jmdodd/bbpress-topic-post-converter but the option to convert does not come.
Please help.

[Kristian Yngve]

Sure, here’s all that info:

I am using the very latest WordPress, I updated recently but unaware if the problem existed beforehand. I have had this wp theme for 3 years and I remember BBpress working well when I first installed it just over 2 years ago.

The only affected area is only within topic at the point of conversation threads. The issue happens when the screen is at iPhone6+ size and smaller when viewed on the portrait side.

All avatars shift to the top left-hand side of screen together as they all sit on top of each other. I have viewed this on the chrome and safari browser.

Any ideas upon what I can do to overcome this?

[mithrandir]

If you could provide more information regarding which WordPress theme you are using and any more specific areas in detail that are causing issues I could try my best to help out.

Many themes include there own styling which can interfere with bbPress styling, so it is best to take that into consideration before modifying the CSS.

As far as my experience goes, bbPress provides bare minimal styling, Personally I find this to be advantageous, in the case of adding your own styles to match your theme, one does not have to override too many complex styling rules. yet, I agree there is still room for improvement with default bbPress responsive styling.

[domifo]

last version of WordPress 4.8 2 and bbpress 2.5.14

I have just installed bbpress on our website http://www.ceipa.eu

I have some question:

– how to remove the field “WEB” for “Anonymous” (guest users without account) ?
I found a similar question in other topic but this question (posted more than 5 months ago) did not receive any answer

– is a catalog or list of those Anonymous users existing ? not only for the users which have replied in a topic (or created one) but also for those who have placed a comment and/or answered to a comment on a post

– which is the best plug-in for “register” or “subscriber” to install to avoid the intervention of the admin (present methodology applied for members untel now) – our site was build with a pro version of the theme “Exibit”

many thanks in advance for your answers

[Robin W]

hmm….lots in there, I presume the post here is related to need private group forums.

my private groups plugin could help with that, but you may need some bespoke integration for learndash.

anyway have a look at the plugin and come back if needed.

Private groups

[mithrandir]

Great, yes looks like a really nice plugin!

The reason I asked about the multi site is, if you are using WordPress Multisite, from what I have read (I have no experience using a multi site) the ‘anyone can register’ is located elsewhere:

Dashboard > Settings > Network Settings -> Registration settings
Check the field “Registration is disabled.”

Cheers 🙂

[mithrandir]

Sounds like permalink issues. Have you tried to refresh permalinks? Are you using apache or a microsoft IIS web server on your hosting? I have noticed other people with similar problem are on IIS servers.I would look into htaccess if apache or web.config if on IIS or ‘URL Rewrite’ module settings in IIS.

In wordpress Dashboard>settings>permalinks try setting to default. And click save changes.

In Dashboard>tools>forums have you tried to repair forums?

I am not familiar with IIS but the htaccess file should be writable with correct permissions.

[sarwarc]

Hi there,

I am a newbie to wordpress. I am using bbPress for my site. I have an existing form that doesn’t have any approval process. I am manually adding the users after receiving the forms. I did some digging and found the “New User Approve” plugin. I went ahead and installed the plugin. But not sure how to link/connect the plugin to my form so that the new user registrations can be moderated (approve or deny). Any help will be greatly appreciated.

[mithrandir]

I understand, just my two cents, it is most likely an issue with one of the plugins.

In the wordpress dashboard under settings > bbP private groups –> under the topic permissions tab try to disable topic permissions or change configuration in the plugin.

I can not replicate your issue as i have tested the smart magazine theme and bbpress is working just fine for me. I am not familiar with the bbP private groups plugin, but i have just tested it, and it is throwing some php errors for me. It might be a compatibility issue with the latest version of wordpress or bbpress.

I would recommend to start by disabling the bbP private groups plugin first and disable plugins one by one to trace the cause of the issue.

I’m sorry if i could not be much help, hope you can share your results , and perhaps someone else could offer a solution

[mithrandir]

The problem is most likely not specific to bbPress and is with your server settings or htacess. WordPress may not be able to generate or modify the .htaccess file for your website due to file permissions issues. It might help to delete the htaccess file, grant correct permissions and refresh permalinks which will generate a new htaccess file. Try to enable php error log in htaccess as well.

# enable PHP error logging
php_flag  log_errors on
php_value error_log  /path/to/htdocs/PHP_errors.log

Create a blank PHP_errors.log file in the directory specified in your .htaccess file and set its permissions to 777. Now refresh the page that’s giving the 500 error and check if that log file now contains an error(s).

[pmbordeaux]

Thank you mithrandir.

The time for disallow editing is not the point… I try to create a subject then editing the post and was transfer to the othe subject (see 1st post)

About my configuration :

WordPress 4.8.2 avec le thème Smart Magazine

Admin Menu Editor
Version 1.8 | Par Janis Elsts | Afficher les détails

BBP pack Style
Version 3.6.0 | Par Robin Wilson | Afficher les détails

bbP private groups
Version 3.5.9 | Par Robin Wilson | Afficher les détails

bbP Toolkit
Version 1.0.10 | Par Pascal Casier | Afficher les détails

bbPress
Version 2.5.14 | Par La communauté bbPress | Afficher les détails

bbPress – Custom KSES Allowed Tags
Version 0.2 | Par Stephen Edgar – Netweb | Aller sur le site de l’extension

bbPress Advanced Statistics
Version 1.5 | Par Jake Hall | Afficher les détails

bbPress Enable TinyMCE Visual Tab
Version 1.0.1 | Par Jared Atchison | Afficher les détails

bbPress New Topics
Version 1.0.1 | Par c.bavota | Afficher les détails

BuddyPress
Version 2.9.1 | Par La communauté BuddyPress | Afficher les détails

Dynamic To Top
Version 3.5.1 | Par Matt Varone, Tim Berneman | Afficher les détails

GD bbPress Attachments
Version 2.5 | Par Milan Petrovic | Afficher les détails | FAQ | Upgrade to GD bbPress Toolbox Pro

GD bbPress Tools
Version 1.9.1 | Par Milan Petrovic | Afficher les détails | FAQ | Upgrade to GD bbPress Toolbox Pro

Hide Admin Bar From Non-admins
Version 1.0 | Par Stranger Studios | Afficher les détails

If Menu
Version 0.7.1 | Par Layered | Afficher les détails

Logged In Content
Version 1.1 | Par The Tarpon Creek Agency | Aller sur le site de l’extension

TinyMCE Advanced
Version 4.6.3 | Par Andrew Ozz | Afficher les détails

Widget Logic
Version 5.8.2 | Par wpchefgadget, alanft | Afficher les détails

WP-Optimize
Version 2.1.1 | Par David Anderson, Ruhani Rabin, équipe Updraft | Afficher les détails

[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/