That guide was for earlier version of bbPress ,it might be archived later for a new guide to take its place.
The following is written for version 2.2 of the bbPress WordPress plugin. Information in this tutorial may not be applicable to earlier or subsequent versions of the plugin.
See if the creating a theme section would help you.
Right now there is really just some placeholder links and text that I just wrote up real quick , so this guide might be improved in some later days.
It should help you create a child theme, understand what is usually in a theme. and how to customize it to your needs.
Customizing
Hi Everyone,
I am just newbie on this forum bbPress and i guess something is not right with this part:
Step 6: Copy the Default bbPress Theme to Your Child Theme Folder
The default files are no longer stored in wp-content > plugins > bbpress > bbp-themes. There is a folder called default at bbpress > templates > default, but which files need copying I do not know.
While still in FTP and looking at the root folder of your WordPress installation, go to bbPress’ theme folder. That is, go to wp-content > plugins > bbpress > bbp-themes > bbp-twentyten. Download all the files from this folder except style.css. These are the files that will style your bbPress theme.
Now return to your child theme folder (wp-content > themes > yourthemefolder-child). Upload the default bbPress theme files to the child theme folder. You can change the image you see for your child theme in the admin area by uploading a new screenshot.png image to this folder.
I did not saw wp-content > plugins > bbpress > bbp-themes > bbp-twentyten the plugin directory so maybe it was mess i guess. What i saw is this wp-content > plugins > bbpress > templates > default.
Any helps should highly appreciated.
Thanks.
Do the default bbPress notifications work when you subscribe to a topic or forum??
Test this without the wp-smtp plugin to test just bbPress.
You may need to use this https://wordpress.org/plugins/asyncronous-bbpress-subscriptions/ , but test the default bbPress subscriptions without wp-smtp and this plugin first.
ACCORDING TO THEMEBUILDER YOUR PLUGIN DOES NOT ALLOW DESCRIPTIONS
The forum description should show at the top of the forum to introduce the topic, between the title and the blue bar. Without it, it’s like walking into a room wanting to have a conversation and no one is there. Please fix this very basic common sense request. It’s simple, allow the dashboard text editor content to show up at the top of the page. Why wouldn’t you include it? Makes no sense. You want people to interact on a title alone.
FROM THE THEMEBUILDER
I have researched this in the BBPress support forums, and the description on the single forum page is not an option in BBPress.
You can even try changing to another theme and you will see that the description on the forum page will not display, it is not a theme issue, rather a BBPress issue.
Who ever told you otherwise was misleading you. Sure it can be done with customization, however it is not how BBPress operates out of the box.
In my research I came across this plugin, it will allow you to do what your after: https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-style-pack/
Best regards,
Theme Canon
ACCORDING TO THEMEBUILDER YOUR PLUGIN DOES NOT ALLOW DESCRIPTIONS
The forum description should show at the top of the forum to introduce the topic, between the title and the blue bar. Without it, it’s like walking into a room wanting to have a conversation and no one is there. Please fix this very basic common sense request. It’s simple, allow the dashboard text editor content to show up at the top of the page. Why wouldn’t you include it? Makes no sense. You want people to interact on a title alone.
FROM THE THEMEBUILDER
I have researched this in the BBPress support forums, and the description on the single forum page is not an option in BBPress.
You can even try changing to another theme and you will see that the description on the forum page will not display, it is not a theme issue, rather a BBPress issue.
Who ever told you otherwise was misleading you. Sure it can be done with customization, however it is not how BBPress operates out of the box.
In my research I came across this plugin, it will allow you to do what your after: https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-style-pack/
Best regards,
Theme Canon
My forum is set to Public, but you cannot see any posts unless you are logged in.
Is there a way to change the visibility to allow visitors who are not logged in to see topic posts?
I’m also using the Ultimate Member plugin, in case that matters.
Link to forum: Kitchen Karate Forum
WordPress version 4.2.2
bbPress version 2.5.7
WP Theme: Jupiter 4.1.1
trying to get the feature image funtionality on front end so user can have the option to upload image about the Topic
This sounds like custom development , you might need a developer to do this type of thing.
get the feature image on Widget “Forum list” Default widget of BbPress plugin
You would need to create a new “Forums list” widget mostly based off the original bbPress default widget.
Then use get_the_post_thumbnail to render your featured images
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_the_post_thumbnail
https://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Thumbnails
Hi there,
I am using both bbPress and buddyPress plugins in my site and I want this feature:
any logged in user can vote to the topics/replies and using shortcode or any trick, I want them
to show-up in certain page. I looked up most of the plugins in wordpress but couldn’t find my match.
Any help ?
The forum page in my website is not displaying the links and is not coming in the proper format. It is working on the default wordpress theme.
Wordpress Version 4.2.2
bbpress version 2.5.7
Website Link: http://www.imagilize.com/forums
the code should still work.
Try
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-style-pack/
there is a setting in forum display that should do the same function
Hello! I am very new to WordPress.
BBPress version: 2.5.7
WordPress version: 4.2.2
I want to remove the email id and website options for anybody who is starting a topic or commenting on a topic.
Could you please tell me how?
Website link: http://www.theiotportal.com/forum/discussion/
Hi People!
Please, some help to solve this:
1. I would like to have the code to center text, images, and things in the editor of bbpress. Any idea? (If i write <center></center> in the editor the text after the code change their size :/ ).
2. Simple, how can i add a double space to text in the editor? (if i tap a double enter, it should show a double space)
Wordpress 4.2.2
Bbpress 2.5.7
Thank You!
I have both bbPress and BuddyPress installed on my WordPress site. When someone posts a topic in bbPress, it automatically displays in the BuddyPress activity stream. If another user replies to the post inside the BuddyPress Activity Stream, the reply only shows up in BuddyPress, not also in the bbPress forum where the issue was originally posted. Am I missing a setting that would cause the reply to show up in the forum post as well?
I realize the bbpress sidebar only displays properly when I add widgets to the default wordpress sidebar; however, I only want sidebar displays in the forum page.
Hello,
This forum http://www.mp-mag.com/en/forums/ does not send mail after submitting registration form.
Please is there any suggestion?
Wordpress 4.2.2
bbPress 2.5.7
Website: http://jcamai.com
Wordpress Version: 4.2.2
bbPress version: 2.5.7
Just installed bbPress again after it didn’t work and really want to get it going since it’s about the best forum plugin available for WordPress. The issue is that trying to edit a post will take you to a page like this.
Is there any advice on how to fix the ability to edit a post. I tried under an admin account as well and got the same issue.
try the wp “is_user_logged_in” function
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/is_user_logged_in
<?php
if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {
echo 'Welcome, registered user!';
} else {
echo 'Welcome, visitor!';
}
?>
or
<?php if ( is_user_logged_in() ) { ?>
<p>Welcome logged in user<p>
<?php endif; ?>
sam
try this and see if it helps.
it sends subscriptions using wp-cron instead of bcc
https://wordpress.org/plugins/asyncronous-bbpress-subscriptions/
See if this helps you. Same basic idea for profile fields. When you add a profile field it will show up in the edit profile section.
There is a checkbox in the edit profile section template that you can use as an example.
Adding Extra Fields to the WordPress User Profile
Just shy away from using shortcodes for forum pages , it will be time consuming. You would have to possibly create pages for all instances of any bbPress page. This includes topic pages and user profile pages.
The way you could get a non-fullwidth layout is to contact your theme author , which I think is Avada for help. Since they have more knowledge of how the theme works and I can’t just buy a theme and test it out and tell you what to do to have this layout.
You could also do this manually with my help guiding you, but you would need some basic knowledge of how WordPress templates work.
This guide will help with getting the layout , you would need to add the sidebar code back in like how the example template has. Please note that that is just an example template and is not something to copy and paste since all themes are different.
https://codex.bbpress.org/theme-compatibility/getting-started-in-modifying-the-main-bbpress-template/
I interprete your “use WordPress as CMS not as blog” as : use “show static page” instead of “show last posts” in “customization”…
CMS is an acronym content management system, and what I mean is instead of using WordPress for creating blog posts you can just use to manage your forums, users, etc.
So I should put the bbPress root template as this static page. and fix the root folder as “” ?
that what you suggest ?
You could use the forum index shortcode [bbp-forum-index] or [bbp-topic-index] and place this in a page and make that your front page if that is what you want.
Or create a custom homepage template to use like this site has.
Read this for information about that. Creating Page Templates
bbPress
I don’t want to have a “/forum” in the URL.
As for removing that I dont think you can , you can remove /forums though in settings > forums.
You can rename /forum to whatever you want though.
the reply above me is spam do not worry about that.
@oscarguy
Thanks for your input. Do I find the membership plugins on the regular wordpress site or here on the bbpress site?
I guess either one really , it is just the same data. Search “bbpress membership”
you would probably get
Paid Memberships Pro
s2Member
bbPress extension for membermouse
Premium membership with Bitcoin
Restrict Content Pro – bbPress
There are probably more but might require some searching on google , you should test them out on a test site before installing on a production site.
I already have such a WordPress Network.
I use “multi-domain” to link different domains …
I interprete your “use WordPress as CMS not as blog” as : use “show static page” instead of “show last posts” in “customization”…
So I should put the bbPress root template as this static page. and fix the root folder as “” ?
that what you suggest ?
(I’m fighting to test it, I did not succeed yet but for stupid DNS problems…)
Thank you
Thanks for your input. Do I find the membership plugins on the regular wordpress site or here on the bbpress site?
