[eyebridge]

This is new

[Robin W]

ok, I think that’s the way to go, as whilst all my suggestions work, something is not right in the way you are implementing them, not your fault, wordpress “under the bonnet” takes a little learning

Good luck, an come back if you spot other areas, and I’ll try and resolve

[Robin W]

REPEAT : It would take a long time to go through what you would need to do – Basically it is all to do with styling and functions.

The problem is that in answering this question I’d need to explain firefox and firebug, css, php bbpress structure and lots more.

But to get you started – THIS IS NOT THE SOLUTION – but a couple of lines that will see you get further forward. you’ll need to look at “inline” as well to get the is horizontal.

You could do a bar several ways, but the easiest is create a copy of your page template for bbpress to use

see https://codex.bbpress.org/step-by-step-guide-to-setting-up-a-bbpress-forum/ section 8

and then play with the following

in css add

#subnav {
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #2020ff;
border-bottom: 1px solid #BBBBBB;
font-size: 12px;
margin-top: 81px;

}
and in you bbpress page template put under the header

<div id=”subnav”>
<ul id=”nav-user” class=”menu”>

[Robin W]

Really a wordpress not a bbPress question, and quite a techy area

This is the code that I use to add a location to user details, which should help get you started.

//this function adds the updated town and county info to the database
function bbp_edit_user_tc( $user_id ) {
	$town = ( $_POST['town'] ) ;
	$county = ($_POST['county'] ) ;

	// Update town user meta
	if ( !empty( $town ) )
		update_user_meta( $user_id, 'town', $town);

	// Delete town user meta
	else
		delete_user_meta( $user_id, 'town' );
		
	//Update county user meta
	if ( !empty( $county ) )
		update_user_meta( $user_id, 'county', $county);

	// Delete county user meta
	else
		delete_user_meta( $user_id, 'county' );
}
add_action( 'personal_options_update',         'bbp_edit_user_tc' );
add_action( 'edit_user_profile_update',        'bbp_edit_user_tc' );

}

[Robin W]

If you want someone to do it for you, go to

http://jobs.wordpress.net/

where someone will do anything from a minor change through to a full time job !

[Robin W]

hmmm…my version works perfectly, one email per topic or reply.

bbPress uses WordPress to email, and the line in bbress notify is
`@wp_mail($email, $subject, $body, $headers);
`
Maybe that something within your wordpress/host setup is causing the issue (I suspect from yoru comments you already think this might be the case).

I’d suggest you do a test. in Dashboard>settings>discussion enable “email me whenever anyone posts a comment” and then post a comment to a blog (not bbPress). If you get more than one email, then it is not a bbPress problem, and try posting it to https://wordpress.org/support/ for help.

[jslom]

I have a form, with multiple inputs that I am trying to get posted to the wordpress “post_content”. I am able to get the title field and only one other field to post successfully, only when making a field name “description” instead of “description[]”, but have no idea how I can get the rest to submit into the post_content. I would like the inputs posted like the image I have created below.

Here is the code I currently have that works for the title only.

    <?php /* Template Name: Question Form */ ?>
    
    
    <?php
    if( 'POST' == $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] && !empty( $_POST['action'] ) &&  $_POST['action'] == "new_post") {
    if (isset ($_POST['title'])) {
    	$title =  $_POST['title'];
    } else {
    	echo 'Please enter a title';
    }
    if (isset ($_POST['description'])) {
    	$description = $_POST['description'];
    } else {
    	echo 'Please enter the content';
    }
    $tags = $_POST['post_tags'];
    $new_post = array(
    	'post_title'    => $title,
    	'post_content'  => $_POST['description'],
    	'post_parent' => 599,
    	'post_status'   => 'publish',
    	'post_type' => 'topic'
    );
    $topic_meta = array(
    'forum_id'       => $new_post['post_parent']
    );
    $topic_id = bbp_insert_topic($new_post, $topic_meta);
    wp_redirect(get_permalink($topic_id)); exit;
    }
    ?>
    
    
    <form id="new_post" name="new_post" method="post" action="">
    
    <p class="question"><label>Title</label><input name="title" type="text">

    
    <p class="question"><label>Description</label><input name="description[]" type="text">

    
    <p class="question"><label>Your First Name</label><input name="description[]" type="text">

    
    <p class="question"><label>Your Last Name</label><input name="description[]" type="text">

    
    <p align="right"><input type="submit" value="Publish" tabindex="6" id="submit" name="submit" />

    
    <input type="hidden" name="action" value="new_post" />
    
    <?php wp_nonce_field( 'new-post' ); ?>
    
    </form>

I don’t know how to add the other fields to be a part of post_content.
I have tried a few other things, but have been unsuccessful. I would appreciate any help very much!

[rsafarnejad]

I set up WordPress on Microsoft Azure cloud and installed bbPress. Users can add topics and type in posts/replies and the correct number of posts/replies are displayed but the actual post/reply text does not display when users click on the topic title. Take a look: http://testgene2.azurewebsites.net/?topic=which-16s-rrna-primers-to-use

Any help or ideas are appreciated. I pretty much went with the defaults on installation and settings.

[robahas]

Hi – I’m trying to do something really simple: I just want to export bbpress from one WP installation and import it to another. I see instructions for just about everything else, but not for this. Now, you may say “just use the WP export/import tool”. Problem is, I don’t want the entire site, only the forum, exported from one site and imported to another site (each of which has its own unique content).

Using the WP export tool I have to create separate exports for each piece: forums, topics, replies. Unfortunately when these are imported in the target site, they don’t connect. So the forums are there and the topics are there, but the forums don’t think they have any topics.

Does anyone have experience with this? Kind of weird that I can import from every conceivable forum except BBpress.

Thanks!

[mchalmw]

Hello,

I need create forum where i will be speak with my client.

In one topic can see only 1 person(who is registed in wordpress) and me. How can i create topic and add rules and authorization only 1 users and me(admin).

Please i need help!

Thx

[Erlend]

I guess he means this:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/yarpp-for-bbpress/

I’m not sure if I trust YARPP to be performant enough though.

[forbixsemicon]

We just downloaded bbpress plugin, but somehow forum page and topic that we created is not showing up.
can you please check: http://forbixindia.com/fbx/forums/topic/forum-home-automation
http://forbixindia.com/fbx/forums/forum/forum-for-electronics/

Are the versions compatible?
If not what can I do? I cannot migrate to any higher version of wordpress for sure.

A quick reply would be really helpful.

– JB –

[Matoca]

I have a WP installation with bbPress installed. I am setting up moderators and would like them to receive emails from posted forum topics and replies so they can keep up with the forum when they are not logged in. I set up forwarders in the server for the email account for the forum domain email address (example team@ourblog.com).

But then I realized that I get these topics and replies sent to me via the generic email account for the hosting account (myuserlogin@box###.bluehost.com) on the server. I also get then to my primary email account and I am not sure how that happens, but thought this was because I checked “Notify me of follow-up replies via email.”

How does “Notify me of follow-up replies via email” actually work? I can’t find anything in documentation that explains this. Does it harvest the topics and replies and send it to the email of the poster who has checked this feature? Why am I getting this mail sent to the my isp default box number for my account?

If I could figure out how bbPress is determining email addresses, then I could solve my own problem.
Thank you, Matoca
WordPress 3.8.1
bbPress 2.5.3-5249
http://www.secondchanceaihadogs.com

[acasmi]

This is an odd problem.

Whenever anyone posts to the bbpress forums, the relevant activity notification shows up in the buddypress activity stream (frontend) as “44 Years, 1 month ago” and in the back end activity stream as “January 1, 1970 at 1:00 am” regardless of when it is posted (although obviously not 44 years ago!)

All the other activity posts (friend requests etc) show the correct times.

I have the timezone in WordPress dashboard set to UTC+1 (I am in Europe). WordPress, buddypress and bbpress are all current and up to date. We have the site running on a Windows IIS server.

Anyone help on this would be greatly appreciated!

(crossposted to buddypress.org as I have no idea if bbpress or buddypress is the problem, or neither!)

[acasmi]

A guest/anonymous user created a topic yesterday despite this not being allowed (I have “Allow guest users without accounts to create topics and replies” unchecked.)

How could this happen and how can I fix it?

I have all current versions of WordPress, bbpress and buddypress if thats relevant. I also use GD bbPress Tools and bbPress String Swap.

[peterwsterling]

I really struggled to find a polls feature for bbPress that met my needs, so I created my own!
It’s here if anyone wants it:
http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/products/bbpress-wordpress-user-defined-polls-plugin/

[peterwsterling]

I really struggled to find a polls feature for bbPress that met my needs, so I created my own!
It’s here if anyone wants it:
http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/products/bbpress-wordpress-user-defined-polls-plugin/

[peterwsterling]

I really struggled to get a polls plugin for bbPress that met my needs, so I created my own!
It’s here if anyone wants it:
http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/products/bbpress-wordpress-user-defined-polls-plugin/

[Lynqoid]

Hi Mycelus,

I would recommend trying to gain a little css knowledge if your up for the challenge as it can get a lot done with WordPress and bbPress. Even just by hiding things with display:none or positioning things absolutely to get them in the right place.

If you want to try and get the look and feel of phpbb or ipboard then you could take a look at the bbPress starter theme I created. It gets you onto a good footing with the layout and then you can go onto styling the colours from there.

http://www.epicwebs.co.uk/bbpress-tutorials/bbpress-starter-theme/.

You can also find the topic about it here on bbPress: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/i-have-created-a-bbpress-starter-theme-with-a-phpbb-look-and-feel/.

Good luck! 🙂

[Robin W]

Ok, I had misunderstood.

The site you link to has these in their nav menu, they’ve just moved the nav menu to the top of the screen.

Most WP sites only give admin toolbar visibility to authors and above, as the backend is clearly different from their theme.

They then use sidebars to handle register, profile and login or use nav menus for these.

If you wanted to use the standard admin toolbar, then you’d not get a login, as the toolbar doesn’t show unless you are logged in, so it becomes self defeating !

If you want a login at the top right of your screen, you can use the php code in your theme’s header.php (or indeed anywhere you want to show it). You could add a background to make it look like a button

ie

<?php add_modal_login_button( $login_text = 'Login', $logout_text = 'Logout', $logout_url = '', $show_admin = false ) ; ?>

“in the code i pasted to the function.php, there is a note on the top saying it uses a plugin named “WordPress menu admin” i didnt seem to find it do you know what plugin he is using i dont want to download somthin wrong and mess this up.” – I didn’t see this, can you point me to which bit of code you are talking about.

[Mycelus]

Hey guys. So I’m used to the regular forum format like phpBB and IP Board where it looks like this: http://imgur.com/XlyR6cc

So, where it says Welcome to IPS, that’s the category name.

Under that, you have News and Information, and Pre-Sales, those are your FORUMS.

Then you have a space underneath the categories as can be seen in the picture.

This makes sense because your CATEGORIES are SEPARATED from each other, and the FORUMS, are listed underneath.

The way bbPress it, you can click a category. This makes ZERO sense, there is NO reason to click on the category.

Also, as can also be seen in the picture, the amount of topics, and replies are to the right side, with the recent reply, time, latest thread, and time to the right.

This can be done by anyone with some moderate CSS knowledge and WordPress know how, unfortunately I possess little of both.

So I’m here for your help. Please share your wisdom with me and help me get this layout. This is a layout SO many people have asked for, yet I have found no tutorials on getting anything like this and it just astounds me considering how popular bbPress is, I don’t know why bbPress has a god awful layout.

Note: Please do not make any “well this is how bbPress is supposed to look like so you should deal with it” comments. I’m not here to hear that.

Thank you in advance to anyone who helps me achieve this. I really appreciate it.

[Stephen Edgar]

* What are the best plugins to make bbpress mobile responsive?

bbPress included CSS is responsive, a few tweaks maybe needed if your theme is overriding these.

* I need as much facebook integration as possible, what plugins are there for bbpress?

No idea, I don’t have a Facebook account 😛

Have a look in the WP Plugins repo https://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=bbpress+facebook

* Is there any @mention/quote functions that can be added to reply to people?

bbPress includes @mentions, i.e. @soprano linking to the user profile, if you want email notifications and the like add BuddyPress and enable the ‘Notifications’ component.

BuddyPress Components and Features

[danieldude]

thanks again robin.
i think im missing a plugin
the one that lets me choose this manu to be as a admin-bar menu…
in the code i pasted to the function.php, there is a note on the top saying it uses a plugin named “WordPress menu admin” i didnt seem to find it do you know what plugin he is using i dont want to download somthin wrong and mess this up.

[Robin W]

oops, sorry thought I’d posted the link

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-in-navigation-menu

[jslom]

Thanks @Robin W. I understand this is free, just like the millions of other scripts/software online.. What I don’t understand is how such a popular script has no developers support on their forums, or even documentation on how to achieve certain things within their script. I have used plenty of open source scripts, and have always had some type of reply or documentation from a person who knew about it.

I would of course post the solution if I had at least the right documentation to achieve it.

Here is what the wordpress documentation on how to insert a post, and I believe it would be somewhat the same within a bbpress post, but have no idea since it is not documented anywhere that I see.

https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_insert_post