[luisthegeek]

I just installed the latest version of bbPress and am going through all the configuration right now. I have everything almost exactly how I want it except the login. When a player registers for the site, they are redirected to the /wp-login page and sent an email from wordpress. Is there any way to change that page and to customize the email that they are sent to say the name of my organization instead of wordpress?

Site:
http://www.gamblerpokerclub.com

forums:
http://www.gamblerpokerclub.com/forums
(forums are hidden right now until configuration is complete)

[Stephen Edgar]

@bestru, to your four questions, no, no, oh, and no 🙁

Attachments are on the drawing board for a future release, it is a complex request because as attachments can be various file types and in particular size is the killer here, during import waiting for a file from what could be a remote source is what breaks this for us, I have a solution planned and have started testing this but at this stage it is a no go for now, avatars are also in this same boat.

For private message you will need a plugin as bbPress does not suppoort private messages out of the box, maybe BuddyPress would do the trick for you here, I’d like to be able to import private messages as BuddyPress private messages in a furture version though.

The post date should be accurate, you should have your WordPress install using the same timezone offset as your existing forum used and then times should match.

[Robkk]

im busy trying to overhaul the design of my site, change to a better ssd hosting, and some other stuff thats making me quite busy.

the layout that im going to share is quite different than the one im going to use on my site.

the layout im going to share will not have the profile dropdown menu, forum color coordination, and topic stats inside of the actual topic post, reply upvoting , reply and topic sharing,

forum color coordination will basically be a modified version of this plugin https://github.com/master5o1/bbPress-Forum-Colours

topic stats inside of the actual topic is easy its bascially just putting code thats already in bbpress and just styling around it. i just want to leave that out of the layout.

reply upvoting is just a modified plugin i found , i think it was this https://wordpress.org/plugins/like-dislike-counter-for-posts-pages-and-comments/
im am not a fan really of reply upvoting anymore because all i see it as is just a number.
i would like an upvoting plugin that sort of works like reddit that bumps up the topic, or sorts topics by popularity which i think you can do if you do a custom view in bbpress, or like how wordpress.com likes work or like buddypress favorites but i havent learned enough to know to do this myself.

reply sharing i thought was kind of useless in my opinion too, because i want people to just share the topic and bring them in the topic than to see a certain reply of the topic.

topic sharing i didnt add because i just used jetpacks sharing and people hate on jetpack alot so i cant just leave that there for them, i will leave a comment in the templates on where to put some sharing plugins template tag code though.

the shortened edit log is basically the modified time template tag that wordpress supplies.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_modified_time
with the revision count, i used something custom til i looked into the templates of bbpress to find that they have a template tag for reply/topic revision count so im using that now in the layout.

topic/reply admin links will have icons but instead it will be genericons or dashicons then the fontawesome icons i am using.

the overall layout will stay the same with big avatars in the topics loop, removing small avatar, yeah the rest of the layout.

and also there are many ways i found of created a better mobile layout, so i might share those later too.

[joemerchant2]

I’m using the wordpress theme Academy which uses the wordpress profile and gives the ability to upload an avatar. I want this same avatar to carry over to the user’s bbpress avatar. Therefore, when a new uploads a new avatar to the wordpress profile, it’s automatically displayed in bbpress.

ONE IMPORTANT POINT. When I click “edit” on my bbpress forum profile, it does show the wordpress avatar as the “profile photo” with a browse button, but the main avatar in the upper left-hand corner still shows the default gray image.

[CodingMachine]

Okay, here we go i’m new to wordpress and using bbpress plugin for the first time, so throws me out with lots of question. I’m designing a site Called PTForum that is completely a Parent and teacher forum i’ve tried and have come to some good position modifying bbpress as per my needs but i’m stopped to problem that i’m unable to understand how to do so please any help will be appreciated.

As bbpress show’s up default role’s (participant,moderator…) in the forum topic’s and replies but as per my needs i want this way …
1) Either display my site role, as per needs i have created custom role’s (parent and teacher) which user choose while registration and so want the same role to be displayed in the forum.

————–or————–

2) set dynamic role for bbpress forum itself so that it displays the selected role.

Thanks in advance …. you can vist this

[WingingIt74]

I have a few questions:

• Can it be installed on a club website for “members only” to view the whole bbPress section?
• Can it host pictures?
• Can you set up different forums to be only accessed/viewable to certain members?

I may have a few more questions later, since I’m new to wordpress.

[Robin W]

something has changed !

Have you added any functions, or might be a plugin

bbPress is tested with wordpress default themes. It maybe a conflict – you need to check plugins and themes

It could be a theme or plugin issue

Plugins

Deactivate all but bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

Themes

If plugins don’t pinpoint the problem, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentytwelve, and see if this fixes.

Otherwise try adding this at the bottom of your functions file

function change_reply_order() {
$args['order'] = 'ASC';
 return $args;
}
add_filter('bbp_before_has_replies_parse_args', 'change_reply_order');

[Stephen Edgar]

I just tested the topic tag import and everything appears fine for me.

* I created a WordPress post tag topic
* I created a WordPress post category topic
* I created a WordPress post and added the tag topic and category topic to the post
* Imported from bbPress 1.2 with topics including the topic tag topic

All results appear fine for me, I have posts/topics correctly associated with each taxonomy:
* http://example.com/tag/topic/
* http://example.com/category/topic/
* http://example.com/forums/topic-tag/topic/

[Stephen Edgar]

Stephen my rant was no way a slight against you and your work, assuming you’re the lead programmer? I know it’s been a hard road, I’ve been using bbpress since version .9, and seen a few leads over the years.

I didn’t take it that way at all 🙂

@JohnJamesJacoby is the lead developer, I’ve just hitched along for the ride since trying to migrate from phpBB to bbPress didn’t work, I do far more than just the import side of things now, I’m still learning PHP and constantly finding more and more ways to improve bbPress.

Much to my delight, the posts in the wp category were not deleted, just the category itself. So I just recreated the category and put those posts in it again.

Excellent

But the tags in the wordpress site were definitely overwritten in the migration, including any custom taxonomies using the same slugs.

Ok, that’s a problem, it is also a scenario I haven’t tried and or thought of even though bbPress does register its own custom taxonomy. I’ll take a look at doing some imports with existing taxonomies in WordPress (tags/categories) and see what happens.

I also hope for a bright bbPress future and I have a pretty big wish list for it also, some documented around the place, some not 🙂

[Stephen Edgar]

@bestru Thanks, there is a minor bug in the SMF, it has been fixed for the next release.

If you take a look at this https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/5332 and change that mistaken <tt> for <br> in the SMF.php file things should work just fine.

Let me know how that goes for you 🙂

[Robin W]

check out this reference (bbp_has_topics passes the info to wp_query)

https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query

about two thirds of the way down (and it’s a long way down!) you’ll find date parameters and examples

[Robin W]

bbPress is tested with wordpress default themes. It maybe a conflict – you need to check plugins and themes

It could be a theme or plugin issue

Plugins

Deactivate all but bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

Themes

If plugins don’t pinpoint the problem, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentytwelve, and see if this fixes.

[Hard Seat Sleeper]

Stephen my rant was no way a slight against you and your work, assuming you’re the lead programmer? I know it’s been a hard road, I’ve been using bbpress since version .9, and seen a few leads over the years.

Much to my delight, the posts in the wp category were not deleted, just the category itself. So I just recreated the category and put those posts in it again.

But the tags in the wordpress site were definitely overwritten in the migration, including any custom taxonomies using the same slugs.

The community I’m involved with is large and active. Since the forum went live again they are back to posting. We’re kind of tied to bbpress as long as it’s supported and is feasible. Here’s hoping the future is bright.

[Cariva]

Hi everyone, I’ve seen several questions kind of like this one but not exactly, so forgive me if it’s been answered and I’ve missed it!

Wordpress 4.0, bbPress 2.5.4.

What I need is a forum that only a specific group of people (several hundred, increasing annually) can view and use. Because of the numbers involved it’s not practical to manually add them to an allowed list for the forum.

Solution idea 1:
A Forum page which shows you just a Login form, plus a Sign Up form. The Sign Up form has an additional field for a specific code, which we will distribute to our members via a Mailchimp list.

Solution idea 2:
The Sign Up form automatically cross-references with the Mailchimp list, so that only people who are already on the list are able to sign up for the forum.

Your help enormously appreciated!

Cariva

[xprt007]

Hi

I am having quite a strange problem with a test site leading to a re-direction to what appears to be the front page [In firefox, up the browser in page title section, you see “Posts – Site Name”], considering the content, if I try to go to the recommended & set abc/forums main page. Furthermore, if I try to VIEW any created, “published” forum, I get a page not found error.

This site is in a folder /abc. The site in the root folder has no problem with accessing site-in-rootfolder.com/forums. So i assume it is not a server-settings issue.

Other plugins, including 2 or so requiring “post name” permalink settings have no problem with the link settings, except one, “RecipePress reloaded”, whose author also recommends “post name” permalinks. With this, one should be able to access the main recipe page at mysite.com/abc/recipes. Instead, like in the bbforum case, although the url appears correctly, the content is clearly that of the blog front page!
Resetting the permalinks, like he recommends, changes nothing.
After explaining the problem to him, he said it was a bug in the plugin & the code he gave me to try out, partly corrected the problem, because mysite.com/abc/recipes this time correctly showed the main recipes page. The only problem is, it seems to affect other links leading to page not found errors until I either remove the code or disable the recipe plugin.
That code was just for testing, so I guess he is going to improve on it.

Since the bbforum plugin (& this recipepress reloaded), unlike ALL other plugins which are all OK & their respective content can be found in its rightful place, I guess there is an issue also with bbforum.

I have tried to unistall & re-install bbforum/buddy press, deactivated the rest of the plugins, etc to no avail.
This is the .htaccess I have, or get whenever I reset the permalinks:

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /abc/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /abc/index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

For buddypress, the links to members, groups, etc are all OK.

I hope with the description of the problem, the source of & solution to the issue can be identified & suggested.

I am using the latest version of WordPress & all modules.
Same problem when using twentythirteen theme.

Link

PS: in case a helper finds the conditions on site different from those described, it might be code from the author of recipress reloaded plugin, which has a similar issue is being tested or implemented.

Thank you in advance.

[Robin W]

I want the forum menu link to be visible but nothing else, no forum titles/topics etc simply a login panel and a message explaining that the forum is for members only.

ok, put the following in your functions file

//Stop non-logged in user seeing the forums and show forum login page instead

function lab_logged_in_bbptopics($have_posts){
	if (!is_user_logged_in()){
		header("Location: /forum-login/");
		exit ;
		}
return $have_posts;
}
add_filter('bbp_has_topics', 'lab_logged_in_bbptopics');
add_filter('bbp_has_forums', 'lab_logged_in_bbptopics');
add_filter('bbp_has_replies', 'lab_logged_in_bbptopics');

The create a page called ‘forum login’ and ensure the permalink is set to ‘forum-login’. You can actually use any name or permalinl, but the permalink has to match the one in line 3 above.

into that page you can put something like

You must be both registered AND a member of the club to use the forums.

If you are not a member, why not <a href="/join-us/"> Join the club </a>

Otherwise please login in

[bbp-login]

Then create a ‘join-us’ page that they can go to.

If I disable the toolbar in this way, will I need a plugin to allow users to make basic changes to their profile in an environment that is consistent with the front end of the website?

There are several ways to get an edit profile – this one adds it to your custom menu if they are logged in

Layout and functionality – Examples you can use

[Stephen Edgar]

A sleepless week later, it is done.

Been there, done that 😉

First, it imported all posts, even years-old spam, so I deleted that migration and figured out how to really delete spam in the standalone, and then imported again.

Tough gig, but once it is done it is done…

Then I found out that tags were not integrated, rather if tags were in the forum, they simply deleted any tags or custom taxonomies with the same name in the wordpress install. The site relies heavily on these tags, so we we spent a few days re-tagging everything and re-checking.

Tags should indeed work and import as expected, for example, here on bbpress.org this was imported using the same importer you used.

The “profile” tag ~7 year old topics -> https://bbpress.org/forums/topic-tag/profile/page/7/

Now this morning I see that one entire category of the wp install was deleted. Luckily it was not a heavily trafficked section of the site. At this point we’ve put days of work into this data, so rather than roll back, we’ll recreate that category.

WordPress deleted a category or forum? or was the category/forum not imported?

bbpress has given our site community many things over the years, I can’t complain at all. But the new version is much slower than the standalone version, and much harder for us to edit and modify. My viewers actually have a diminished experience now.

We are improving performance for the next release and yes, things are different now that it is a WordPress plugin, I can’t even begin to count the improvements I’d like added to bbPress, there are many, but not so much time to make it all happen quickly. 🙂

The tide has turned over the years. While WordPress fumbled with bbpress and buddypress, Facebook came to the fore and basically sucked all the community out of the wp platform. It’s a shame, and not likely to turn around for any of us here. I applaud the hard work of the devs who worked on this platform over the years, but it has been an exhausting experience this last week, and I am not done yet. It will be another sleepless night.

Thanks for applause and migrating data from one platform to another is not the easiest thing in the world, I’ve tried to help make it easier and more reliable but again more can be done and not enough time to do it.

[Hard Seat Sleeper]

I was using a standalone bbpress for many years, but the latest WordPress update did something to mess up cookie integration. The writing was on the wall for my old standalone forum, I decided to move forward and upgrade and migrate.

A sleepless week later, it is done.

First, it imported all posts, even years-old spam, so I deleted that migration and figured out how to really delete spam in the standalone, and then imported again.

Then I found out that tags were not integrated, rather if tags were in the forum, they simply deleted any tags or custom taxonomies with the same name in the wordpress install. The site relies heavily on these tags, so we we spent a few days re-tagging everything and re-checking.

Now this morning I see that one entire category of the wp install was deleted. Luckily it was not a heavily trafficked section of the site. At this point we’ve put days of work into this data, so rather than roll back, we’ll recreate that category.

bbpress has given our site community many things over the years, I can’t complain at all. But the new version is much slower than the standalone version, and much harder for us to edit and modify. My viewers actually have a diminished experience now.

The tide has turned over the years. While WordPress fumbled with bbpress and buddypress, Facebook came to the fore and basically sucked all the community out of the wp platform. It’s a shame, and not likely to turn around for any of us here. I applaud the hard work of the devs who worked on this platform over the years, but it has been an exhausting experience this last week, and I am not done yet. It will be another sleepless night.

[Robin W]

bbPress is tested with wordpress default themes. It maybe a conflict – you need to check plugins and themes

It could be a theme or plugin issue

Plugins

Deactivate all but bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

Themes

If plugins don’t pinpoint the problem, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentytwelve, and see if this fixes.

[Robin W]

yes I believe it will be fixed in wordpress 4.0.1 (it was a wordpress change), but no idea when that is coming out

[chero123]

no way to make it without widget? :\

something like this in SMF: Advanced Recent Posts

and below recent post, the forums as normally appear, with widget the wordpress is not pleasing to the eye

kind regards 🙂

[Robin W]

Many plugins are not ‘maintained’ as this take time, and if no functionality is being added, the authors can be working on other things, or have just got bored! I think it is a shame.

However many still work fine, and if not there are usually alternatives.

I haven’t tried it, but take a look at

https://wordpress.org/plugins/export-user-data/

[Stephen Edgar]

@tehred Go to SMF’s website to find details on how to install SMF, you probably want to install the same version that the database backup is from (if you know it).

You should have a MySQL database backup, typically these are named filename.sql, filename.sql.zip or filename.gz, this is an actual export of the database data rather than the actual files used as part of the website.

You should be able to import (once you find it) that file into MySQL as a new database, then you point bbPress’ import to that database name in the import settings along with username and password and table prefix (most likely smf_).

Once you start running the import it copies the data from your old SMF database into the WordPress database you are using with bbPress, your original SMF database is not altered in anyway, it is still best practice to make sure you have backups of your SMF and WordPress database all the same.

[tehred]

@stephen, a couple things to know:
– I am using a backup from SMF. I no longer have access to the server that SMF was installed on. I don’t know if a backup and an export are the same thing. I feel like they probably are not.

– Assuming they are not, I am looking at instructions on how to install SMF on a temp server so I can import the backup, and then export the database.

– Assuming I get the export done, what I feel like you are telling me is that I need to import that file into the MySQL running on the server WordPress is on. I am assuming that I create a new database to import the data into. Once that is done, i run the converter on that new database.
– Does this convert that new database, or create a new database that has the bbPress info in it?

[jugoretz]

Yeah, not trying to be discouraging, @nathanegraham, but this is a bug–and I am already running WordPress 4.0 and still experiencing the problem.

Activating network-wide also has the consequence that sites that do not need bbPress, but do need other plugins, sometimes have trouble with those other plugins because of conflicts with bbPress (I’m suspecting that as a problem now with Join My Multisite plugin).

Would be great to see a fix soon, if possible! @netweb? Anyone?