[MarkOlbert]

I can’t reduce the font size on the Forum/Topic Type/Topic Status dropdowns so they don’t get cut off. This is using bbp Style Pack.

I’m running Astra Pro with a child theme, Elementor Pro and WP Super Cache. I’ve cleared the cache, done a browser (Microsoft Edge) reload (ctrl F5) and the font size change doesn’t show up. All of the green background lines in “it’s not working” are green, as they should be.

WordPress 6.1.1
bbPress 2.6.9
bbp Style Pack 5.1.5

What else should I try?

[Robin W]

I have filled in some details on my Forum page

bbp style pack

once activated go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>Forum Display>item 6

[freelancesid]

I am a first time user of bbPress plugin and am mighty impressed by the ease inspite of it being used in an untested version of WordPress.
I am using WordPress 6.1.1, though it is listed as not tested, I decided to try.
My bbPress version is 2.6.9
I am using the theme Astra version 3.9.4

Help needed:
1. I have filled in some details on my Forum page, which are not visible on the output page https://milk-one.in/forums/forum/career-opportunities-with-natural-living/
2. Is there a way I can copy Categories from one forum to another?

Thank you so much for your attention.

Best regards,

Sid

[fcaporal]

I have created a thread on the The Event Calendar support forum

[Robin W]

Doing anything involves finding out where and why this is happening.

If we find that, then we can look at possible causes and potential solutions.

I am yet to be convinced it is a bbpress issue at all. bbpress uses this element when a user inserts a link – that is true, but it is a generic piece of wordpress code. This is a bit like saying because Fred cuts his lawn, any lawn that is cut must have been cut by Fred.

I am not seeing this form on any pages in my test site.

The code is in some javascript in the footer, and could be loaded by anything, including a wordpress setting, theme or plugin.

so can you

Themes

As a test switch to a default theme such as twentytwenty, and see if this fixes.

Plugins

If that doesn’t work, also deactivate all plugins apart from bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

If you cannot do this to your site (say because it is live) then use the ‘troubleshooting’ features of this plugin to let you test without affecting other users

Health Check & Troubleshooting

Then come back

[Vivian E]

@robin-w exactly it’s a WordPress element that’s only suppose to load on the backend! I use bbpress plugin and what BBpress does is that it causes this element to load on the front end! so that people who want to post a new topic or reply to an existing one can edict their texts and insert links. For example right now if you are tying something on bbpress and try to make word a link, you tap on the link in the editor menu and you will see “that wordpress element” pop out.

I use Bbpress plugin and that elment shows up visibly when users want to link a text as well!
BBpress causes that backend “wordpress element” to show up on the front end.

The thing is even when the “wordpress element” is not visibly seen i.e when a user is trying to edict a link when typing a new Topic on the Forum. “The wordpress element” can still be seen hidden in “the source code” of the page and other pages even when not visibility seen. This doesn’t disrupt the user experience but here is the reason why I have a problem with this;

SEO

The “wordpress element” has a H1 tag. when it’s loading in the front end. My pages has it’s H1 tittle which I put there. So the H1 tag tittle tag on my page and the H1 tag on that “wordpress element” on the source code makes for redundant (2) H1 tags on my site page.

Apparently search engines like Bing has a big issue with redundant H1 tags and shows it in my Bing webmaster report as a critical SEO error that need to be fixed. while search engines like Google have no problem with this.

Is there a way that when BBpress pulls that “wordpress element” (that by default loads only at the backend) to the front end, it changes the tag on that “wordpress element” to a H3 tag??

[Robin W]

that’s a wordpress element

[Robin W]

ok, I cannot say why that is happening.

it could be a theme or plugin issue

Themes

As a test switch to a default theme such as twentytwenty, and see if this fixes.

Plugins

If that doesn’t work, also deactivate all plugins apart from bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

If you cannot do this to your site (say because it is live) then use the ‘troubleshooting’ features of this plugin to let you test without affecting other users

Health Check & Troubleshooting

Then come back

[Robin W]

https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sites/trunk/buddypress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/bb-base

[Vivian E]

Hello,

On this page on my site. I can see that bbpress insert/edict link form is causing my site to have redundant H1 tags. This is bad for my Bing SEO as it’s showing up as something I need to fix. So I have 2 H1 tags. One is the tittle of the page and the other one is coming from the link insert/edict form on my site “front end source cod” that’s a feature created by bbpress.

Please can that insert/edict form have H3 tag please ? is there a way to course the form to have a H3 tag and not a H1 tag??

Secondly the form edict menu does not function properly. The form link and other menus does not show or work on the “reply box” on the front end even if I’m accessing the site as an admin! Also the “create a new topic form” the insert/edict link form doesn’t show up on a pop up but instead shows up on my footer. I’m using both the latest version of bbpress and wordpress.

I will really like to fix this issues. thanks for any help or advice that would be provided for this issue!!

[Robin W]

thanks, by comparing settings on my working site with yours, I found the culprit

In

Dashboard>events>settings>general you had ‘Include events in main blog loop’ ticked. No idea what this does, but unticking it seems to fix the issue.

If you need it ticked….

I reckon (but not certain) it is something to do with how event calendar is reacting with a WordPress function called WP_Query.

When listing a topic, bbpress sets the 2 custom post types ‘topic’ and ‘reply’ so that it can list the topic first and then fires WP_Query to get the list for the display. I think events calendar is catching that query and filtering for an event required process, the effect of which is to strip the ‘topic’, so only the replies get listed.

You can fix this by using this code

add_filter ('bbp_show_lead_topic', 'rew_true') ;

function rew_true () {
	return true ;
}

This does alter a bit how the topic page looks. I could build a topic display page to overcome this, but beyond free help I’m afraid.

[clarkleblanc]

Hi Robin, thanks for getting back to me. I’m using this theme:
https://themeforest.net/item/gamxo-wordpress-gaming-news-blog-theme/37514171/lolbeans

I believe that I can pick a template for the profile page somehow/somewhere. But I don’t even know where to start looking for a solution.
This problem is quite puzzling. When there is no answer.

[Robin W]

that’s great – thanks

so on my test site, I hid a forum and logged in as a participant, and the index shows fine.

so we need to work out what the difference between your site and my test site is.

so initially let’s eliminate outside factors such as a theme or plugin issue

Themes

As a test switch to a default theme such as twentytwenty, and see if this fixes.

Plugins

If that doesn’t work, also deactivate all plugins apart from bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

If you cannot do this to your site (say because it is live) then use the ‘troubleshooting’ features of this plugin to let you test without affecting other users

Health Check & Troubleshooting

Then come back

[sharkster4000]

Hi Robin, thanks for getting back to me. I’m using this theme:
https://themeforest.net/item/gamxo-wordpress-gaming-news-blog-theme/37514171/

I believe that I can pick a template for the profile page somehow/somewhere. But I don’t even know where to start looking for a solution.

[veganishdotworld]

Thank you Robin, is that the e-mail I’d use for inviting you to be a user at my wordpress site?

[veganishdotworld]

Hmm, so are you implying that you use wordpress.org and self-host, versus using wordpress.com?

I had my site on bluehost, which is considered self-hosted, but just a few days ago, I moved it from being at bluehost with their premium plan that was about $300 per year (I paid about $900 for a 3-year subscription, back in November 2019). Unfortunately, I didn’t get the web site going until March/April 2022, and when I did, I couldn’t get the web site to display excerpts for the archives. I write lengthy blog articles, and it was so frustrating having to scroll all the way through one article just to get to the next! I’m totally new, as so it’s not like I tried everything, not by any means, I simply had no idea of how to find anyone to help me.

So in April 2022, I stopped posting on my new blog as there was no use posting more, as it would just cause my finger to fall off, trying to scroll through the entirety of each post, LOL, so I kept asking for help, how can I get it to show just the titles of the blog posts, not the whole frickin’ article that you have to scroll through, all through this year, asking people I knew, asking people on facebook, etc. Sometimes people said they could help, but they ghosted (got busy with life), and no one ever helped me. Plus, I’m busy with my life, too! 🙂

Finally, in October 2022, someone told me I’d have more options if I hosted directly on wordpress instead of hosting through Bluehost. Plus, at bluehost, I got notices saying the site was down on a weekly basis, and they said that wouldn’t happen if I hosted directly at wordpress. So a few days ago, I switched over to wordpres hosting. I’m paying about $250 per year for their premium business account. I believe that most of the negatives that are listed in your article there, in terms of lack of customization or flexibility, shouldn’t be an issue with a WordPress.com business account, which is what I have.

I’m very excited that the forums option exists because of bbpress. If I can get this going, I’ll make a $500 donation to y’all and will continue to donate for the years in the future. I’m a big believer in supporting developers like yourself who create things like bbpress for the common good. 🙂 It looks like a great option; it’s just not working for me quite yet.

I don’t have ANY PLUG-INS AT ALL installed, other than bbPress, and PG (private groups, which is deactivated). The web site is live … do you think it’s OK if I experiment with switching the theme? Is that going to screw up all my customization? Or could I just switch the theme and if it doesn’t fix the display of the forums, switch it right back?

[Robin W]

on 2. previous advice applies

it could be a theme or plugin issue

Themes

As a test switch to a default theme such as twentytwenty, and see if this fixes.

Plugins

If that doesn’t work, also deactivate all plugins apart from bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

If you cannot do this to your site (say because it is live) then use the ‘troubleshooting’ features of this plugin to let you test without affecting other users

Health Check & Troubleshooting

Then come back

[Robin W]

on 1, see my response above and https://themeisle.com/blog/wordpress-com-vs-wordpress-org/#:~:text=The%20key%20difference%20between%20WordPress.com%20and%20WordPress.org%20is,start%2C%20less%20freedom%29.%20And%20that%E2%80%99s%20the%20major%20difference.

[veganishdotworld]

Hi Robin,

Regarding my question, if bbpress only works with wordpress, how is that you don’t use wordpress, but you do use bbpress? That was my question there.

Now for another question. I set up a private forum with private topics as a test. The weird thing is, I can’t see the comments after I’ve posted them. It shows me that comments are there, just that the time and date, and if I hit reply, I can write something, although I can’t read what I’m replying to. Then afterward, there is another nested link with the date and time of what I just submitted, and I can’t read that either.

[Robin W]

wordpress.com is a specific site to host wordpress sites

but you can have wordpress sites on lots of other hosting platforms as well.

but yes bbpress only works with wordpress.

[veganishdotworld]

Thanks Robin. Oh, I thought this bbpress was specifically for wordpress users to create a forum on their wordpress site? I’m new to wordpress and bbpress. How is that you use bbpress without wordpress?

[Robin W]

ok, this all sounds like wordpress.com stuff (not a problem, but I don’t use this, so have no experience of what it looks like)

Come back if you are not sorted !

[veganishdotworld]

Robin, thanks once again for all of these tips.
I’ve been logged in as admin / owner of site and when I go to users, all users, it has tabs at the top that say team, followers, email subscribers, invites.

When I look at a user, it has the radio buttons with several options for roles, the wordpress standard ones, followed by the bbpress ones, and no distinction between the two, they are just in a running list, and you cannot pick more than one.

Oh! I just remembered, there is a little white rectangle in the upper right corner that allows you to choose DEFAULT VIEW (what I’m seeing) or CLASSIC VIEW. I just changed that, and now I’m seeing “Side by Side” columns like what you are describing.

Wow! That’s important.

[Robin W]

ahh… I think that’s you wordpress.com access.

You need your site user access

so once logged in as administrator to your site, then in your sites dashboard, go to

dashboard>users>all users>edit user

[veganishdotworld]

Yes, I go to users, from wordpress dashboard, and I see a list of users. After installing bbpress plug in, there are additional types of users (bbpress types like keymaster, participant, etc), listed underneath the standard wordpress user types (author, editor, etc). I can only chose one from the list.

The URL when I’m looking at the edit page for a wordpress user is like this:

https://wordpress.com/people/edit/veganish.world/raquelitadee