[Robkk]

I also should have mentioned before that all of my parent & child forums are set to private.

Didn’t try a private parent and child forum structure earlier, and then I could duplicate the issue. Thanks @timsilva_ for pointing that out.

Thanks @tharsheblows for finding the issue, and creating a patch for WordPress. 🙂

[tharsheblows]

Thanks. The issue was introduced in WordPress 4.4 and there’s a patch available now. Could you test it to see if it makes it work for you? https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/35084

[Robkk]

Here is a fork of that plugin mentioned above for anyone not comfortable editing files.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-auto-close-topics/

[Robkk]

Forums do not even have pagination.

Here is a ticket for it though. Open it or add a little description of why you want it to the ticket if you want.

https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1997

[Robkk]

This is not really a bbPress issue as the plugin just piggybacks off of WordPress’ core code, could be fixed server side with the explanation in the codex guide, or by using an smtp plugin though.

There may be many factors to the emails being sent to the spam folder. There are some solutions outlined in the bottom of this WordPress codex guide piece for sending the emails correctly while using the hosts.

https://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#E-mailed_passwords_are_not_being_received

Other common suggestions of fixing this issue is using SMTP and seing any emails on your site that way and making sure that you use an email address that has the same domain as your site.

[Robkk]

Guys some devs and I are having a hard time duplicating this issue.

This is how I tested it and come across no issues.

WordPress: 4.4
bbPress: 2.5.8

I tried these default WordPress themes

2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016

I tried these forum structures.

Category > Forum > Forum
Category > Forum > Private: Forum
Category > Forum
Category > Private: Forum
Forum > Forum
Forum > Private: Forum
Category > Category > Category > Forum
Category > Category > Category > Private: Forum
Category > Category > Forum
Category > Category > Private: Forum

With the postname permalink structure (since it is most commonly used and I want to try to duplicate it)

Other things I like to ask is if this is a theme side 404 message being outputted or the normal no topics/forums found here message bbPress outputs like the one below (it could be different if you are using a different language than English for bbPress of course).

Oh bother! No topics were found here!

If you guys can help ask a few questions like the ones that @casiepa asked and these additional ones.

What is your bbPress version?
Have you already tried troubleshooting for a possible plugin/theme conflict?
Are you guys using BuddyPress groups for group forums?
Are the issues only happening on private forums? (Like @kpdub has said)
Did you try the postname permalink structure?

Another thing I may suggest to help try to gather information for the developers, is to try to duplicate the issue yourself. Try to duplicate the issue again on a local installation on your computer. If you can tell us step by step to duplicate it.

Creating a Test Site

[cneven]

I’m using default users in wordpress for the bbpress forums as for the regular pages for wordpress.
I’ve installed WordPress Access Control to disallow visitors and regular members from viewing certain pages. These are only allowed to be shown to the paying members of the organisation.
I’ve configured the Access Control to redirect to the page with the bbpress login form when a user isn’t logged in and tries to view a page to encourage paid subscriptions.

The redirect to the login form looks good since it has a value refering to the original page and the link is in this format:
login/?redirect_to=/some-folder/the-page-the-user-tries-to-view
However when a user logs in correctly, the login page is still showing with the message that they’re already logged in. The link has changed to this:
login/?redirect_to=%2Fsome-folder%2Fthe-page-the-user-tries-to-view

So how can I catch that parameter and do the proper redirect to the page where the users initially was?

[barglm]

Hello you have mentioned Czech is incomplete right now. I am front-end developer, I need CZ for bbPress so I spent some time to fill all missing strings in GlotPress (https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/bbpress/dev/cs/default). I am not sure how/when it will be approved.

[paul-burwell]

Hi,

When a new user or admin tries to access the forum, it seems to work fine.

When an older user (role: participant) tries to access the forum, they get a 404 error (same URL).

Happens in base themes as well as my theme.

Wordpress 4.3.1
bbPress 2.5.8

Have tried the utilities to repair everything. Nothing seems to help.

Very frustrated and at a stand still. Any and all help is appreciated.

Paul

[expectancy]

Hello,

When replying to forum replies (nested/threaded replies) everything works as it should in Internet Explorer, but in Chrome, instead of creating a nested reply, the user is taken to the general topic-reply form. The users think it will be a nested reply, and are of course frustrated when it ends up at the bottom of the list.

In IE, no console errors are generated. Here is the error generated in Chrome when the REPLY button is clicked:

Uncaught TypeError: Failed to execute ‘insertBefore’ on ‘Node’: 2 arguments required, but only 1 present.
addReply.moveForm @ reply.js:18
onclick @ (index):406

Wordpress version 4.3.1
X-Theme version: 4.1.0
bbPress version: 2.5.8

I have also tried other versions of the bbPress plugin with no success.

Thanks!

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[convictedvapour]

@schwarzkopfclub Thanks you have been a legend and set me well on my way. Also gave me the terms to google and find a plugin that will help generally also:

What The File is the best tool to find out what template parts are used to display the page you’re currently viewing!:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/what-the-file/

Also on the codex:

Getting Started in Modifying the Main bbPress Template

Thanks again,

Gareth

[dfeenstra75]

Hello,
I have a problem with bbpress.
a couple of days ago a problem started with making accounts on my site.
When a new user is making an account he receives an e-mail with an activation link in that mail.
When he clicks that mail he is comming on a page with an box where he needs to add an activation code.
But in the mail there is no activation code. only a link like: http://website.nl/activate/79d6b96dbaaf352d993dafae852f9b26/

So looks like the account should be activated direct from that link but this is not working.
Also when i enter the code 79d6b96dbaaf352d993dafae852f9b26 again in the field where is aked for activation code this is not working.
So people can not make new accounts at this moment on my website.
Who can help me solve this?

Kind regards

Daniel

latest wordpress and bbpress version installed

[raphque]

I have a site in 3 languages, made with the Enfold theme and the WPML plugin.
English: hidden
French: default
Dutch

In the footer widget area of the theme, I added the bbPress “Recent Topics” widget, and it is only showing in the French site. In the Dutch site, the footer widget area is empty.
This also happens in sidebars.
Other (bbPress) widgets work perfectly in both languages.

What can I do to solve this? Where can I find the code to change it?

I’m using WordPress 4.4, bbpress 2.5.8 & WPML 3.3.3

[Pascal Casier]

You have somewhere entered in the wordpress or bbPress settings a ‘/index.php’ that should not be there according to me !
Pascal.

[KPDub]

Updated to WP 4.4 and sub forums are no longer accessible, getting the Ooops….message

Tried deactivating all plugins, using a default template and still get the same error.

IF I go into dashboard I can actually get to the topics from the backend, but its of no use to my site members

Have asked for my hosting company to reinstall a backup from last 24 hours as my backup failed

MODERATOR EDIT :

There is a SUMMARY of this issue and what to do at the end of this thread (or near it) – to save newcomers having to read the whole thread

[Robkk]

Are the users forum roles in Users > All Users in the WordPress backend Participants or Spectators?

Did you close a parent forum or category? Closing Parent forums/categories could close all child items.

Did you clear your cache and check to see if it is a separate plugin causing the issue?

[Robkk]

Probably not a bbPress issue specifically, keeping watch though.

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-in-wordpress-44?replies=2

[michaelrichardmurphy]

Hi all,

Thanks in advance for any help/advice you can provide! I am trying to migrate forum data from another platform (I believe it’s a homegrown ASP.net-based forum). I have all the data in spreadsheets/csv files and am trying to put together the SQL statements I need to move it into bbPress.

I put together a small test import (a single post to a single forum) for ‘wp_posts’ that looks like it mostly worked: the imported data is visible under Topics in the WordPress admin but it doesn’t show up when you browse to the Forum it’s assigned to on the front-end.

I noticed that when I create a topic in the traditional way (through the front-end) that it creates several entries in ‘wp_postmeta’ also (like _bbp_topic_id, _bbp_forum_id, _bbp_author_ip, _bbp_last_active_time, etc).

Does anyone know if it’s the absence of post meta for my imported data that’s causing it not to display on the front-end? If so, how much of this info is required?

I have 4300+ posts across 1400+ topics that need to be imported. Some of the post_meta data (like forum and topic id) will be easier for me to cross reference but other data (like reply_count, last_active_time, etc) would be a very manual process to try to include in my import.

Any suggestions or advice on the best way to get this data into my database?

[Tom]

All my quotes are broken on my forums now, its showing the quote code and not formatting after updating to 4.4

[Pascal Casier]

Hi,
Somewhere you will first have to add a timestamp for a user into the DB …
I found this plugin, not sure if it can help you: https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-last-visit/
Pascal.

[meriadoc84]

I forgot to mention I am using the latest wordpress version and the latest iFeaturepro5 theme.

[meriadoc84]

I have followed some of the topics on removing/adding/modifying sidebars in bbPress and tried unsuccessfully to create the desired outcome. I have an index page linking to a number of Forums but I cannot get the sidebar to work despite using bbpress wp tweaks and widget logic. The bbpress sidebar appears in the widgets theme section of dashboard and I can add widgets to it but the sidebar itself will not display. Instead I get a series of widgets I did enter including Pages, Archives, Categories, WordPress, and Subscribe. I have no idea why those particular widgets are appearing instead of the bbpress sidebar ones I have selected.

[bschaich]

Looks like bbpress codes are not computing if they appear on a front page.

Reproduction:
1. Make a new page and name it foo
2. Enter the string “[bbp-forum-index]”
3. Check the preview of page (Everything should work as expected)
4. Save the page and publish
5. Goto settings -> Reading and set the page “foo” as front page
6. Call your site.

What should happen is that nothing appears on the page, except its title.

Versions: WordPress 4.3.1, bbpress 2.5.8
Wordpress is running in MU mode. Dont know if this is really an issue.

Man, this took me a million calls of that front page to get it. It might also have destroyed the structure somehow, as somtimes I had the impression that bbcodes did not work at all. This went away after using the restructure feature/tool.

With best regards,
Benny

[FliP0x]

Using WordPress 4.2.1, bbpress 2.5.8.

The problem I have it the following: (dots are spaces, eg. how many times enter has been pressed)

“Example post
.
.
.
Example post”

won’t keep its original spacing and gets squeezed into:

“Example post
Example post”

I don’t want to increase the default margins, I just want bbpress to recognize spaces in a post.

[joantr]

WordPress 4.3.1 running OneCommunity theme.
bbpress Version 2.5.8
http://driscollning.com/

Obvious newbie, so thanks for any help.
Here is my first problem. When I click on the forums tile it goes to page not found.
When I try to create a page called forums with the forums slug, it renames itself to forums-2 or forums-3. To me this means forums already exists, but I cannot see it in my pages list.

Also, I need a easy to read guide? Any suggestions?