[jason4locations]

I’m new at this, so this might not be a good question. Can I use

Dashboard: Appearance > Customize > Additional CSS

to make “No Topics” go away? If not, is there an “easy” way to do it, that just involves pasting code somewhere?

I was able to make my site look nice using < li >, except for the fact that “No Topics” showed up scattered all over the page. I used < li > in one category or forum, and it effected all the others, which was good. So, now I’m trying to make “No Topics” go away.

My site is at dancing4locations.org. If you go to my site now, it doesn’t look as good as it did before, when I was using parents (with < li >). I’m using version 5.5.5 of WordPress, and version 2.6.6 of bbPress.

I’m sorry that my last post was marked as spam. It think it had to do with the fact that I didn’t put spaces between <, li, and >, and I kept on trying to edit it.

Thank you.

[jason4locations]

I made a bunch of forums using parents. But, when I go to view it, I see nothing like the rows of categories and boards that I am used to seeing with forums. Instead, I just see the name of a forum in the middle of the page. My site is at dancing4locations.org. I’m using version 5.5.5 of WordPress, and version 2.6.6 of bbPress. Thank you.

[Robin W]

Step by step guide to setting up a bbPress forum – Part 1

item 6 describes what you want to know, but in essence just set the forums to ‘private’

If you need a more complicated setup, then use

Private groups

For users, if you are setting up manually, then you just need to create them in wordpress (bbpress just uses wordpress users and login), just make sure you’ve turned off auto registration in

dashboard>settings>general>membership is unticked

and that in

dashboard>settings>forums>Roles is ticked and users assigned the participant role

[Robin W]

ok, my initial suggestion would be to deactivate bbpress and see if that fixes.

After that I do the usual troubleshooting :

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

[axelbirkner]

Hi Guys,

I invested some time and found the solution:

I entered at the wordpress menu design.additional css the following lines:

#bbpress-forums div.bbp-breadcrumb p, #bbpress-forums div.bbp-topic-tags p {
margin: 80px 0 10px 0;
}

That made ist. Problem solved.

All the best
Axel

[jason4locations]

In the tutorial that Robin W gave me a link to, in step 1 (“Step 1: Choose Your New WordPress Host”), does the new host have to be a paid host? Or, can it be a free host, that has part of the free host’s name in my address?

[Robin W]

if you want to migrate from one host to another, ad may want to do this more than once, then it would pay to learn how to migrate the site eg

https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-move-wordpress-to-a-new-host-or-server-with-no-downtime/

[jason4locations]

I want to get a forum up as soon as possible and for free, and then compare free hosts and paid hosts, to see if I can find a better host for me to use later. (I’ve found some free hosts for WordPress, and I hope one will work.) In other words, I might want to change hosts, if it is possible to change from one free host to another free host (or to a paid host), without losing my forum (and the threads of, posts of, and information about those who registered). My problem is that, while I’ve found migration tools that make a bbPress forum from different forum software (if it is called software), I haven’t found any that make a forum from the same forum software (that is used with a different host). Can bbPress, or any software, do that? If I can change the host, will bbPress automatically do that? Is it possible to change from using one free host to using another free host, while using bbPress? Thank you.

[phillykish]

Hello all.

I’m trying to figure out how to remove the “create group” option when in the groups page. I don’t want my subscribers to have this functionality. How can I remove it?
I thought it was another capability option in the user roles, but haven’t found it. Could someone point me in the right direction?
I’m using using WordPress 5.7. 2 running BuddyPro_Child theme. Thanks!

-Kish

[Robin W]

start with

bbp style pack

[phillykish]

Hello.
I just started using WordPress 5.7. 2 running BuddyPro_Child theme. I have members as subscribers. They can post updates to other members, however, they cannot post a comment or reply. I’m thinking this has something to do with the user roles. When i changed the user role for a member to Administrator, then they could post comments or replies. But I don’t want to have members as administrators.
What is the specific WordPress capability I would have to grant for the subscriber user role to allow them to comment or reply to posts?
Thanks in advance!

-Kish

[drdarakh]

Dear all eminent wordpress gurus ,

This is pertaining to the site http://www.dentistrytoday.info which is a dentistry related discussion forum

I have two queries :
1) Is there any plugin which inserts a box of Creating new topic on the home page .
What we are looking out for is something similar to major social media sites.

2) Pls also comment on the UI, layout and colour scheme of the forum ? ( home page as well as forum proper ). What improvements are required so that the home page becomes more elegant and inviting ?
Thanks in advance for all inputs and many thanks in advance for the same

Regards,
Dr. Veerendra Darakh

[axelbirkner]

Hi dear Forum,

Environment:
Wordpress 5.7.2
Theme: Teletype
bbpress: 2.6.6
link to site: http://lohntdas.de/Forum/Forum/rechner/finanzen/zinsrechner/

I have a link to my bbpress forum under my website. When the page with the forum opens it is lying under the header. I would like to move the fourm a couple of lines down and let it not destroy the header.
I did a record here https://youtu.be/gtTcRjM2MOM

I would be very grateful if anybody can help me!

Thanks a lot!

All the best
Axel

[Spencer Hill]

@highrollerusa Robins sarcasm is unhelpful and should be #moderated but I don’t disagree with some of the facts. I left WordPress entirely for Laravel a few years ago. My experience with the WordPress community is responses like Robins, and fundamentally broken and opinionated leadership who fail to get anything done, especially as it relates to easily developing new features and deploying WordPress sites not to mention in a secure.

I built this forum site with Laravel + Laravel as an alternative to this feature: https://StoneFabricatorsAlliance.com it’s so much easier to update with new features, we make rollouts weekly. It’s so easy. Doing this with WordPress was immeasurably more complicated for less secure, less stable and slower product.

I would encourage you to consider Laravel instead of waiting 7 more years as I did.

[Robin W]

This should do it

add_filter( 'bbp_current_author_ip', '__return_false' ) ;

if it doesn’t then

add_filter( 'bbp_current_author_ip', 'rew_remove_ip' );

function rew_remove_ip () {
$retval = 0 ;
return $retval ;
}

Put this in your child theme’s function file –

ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/functions.php

where %your-theme-name% is the name of your theme

or use

Code Snippets

[gasjp9ugawesg8awe]

I am managing the BBPress website.

I do not want to record the Posters IP address.

But,for now,it record the Posters IP address like this.

https://snipboard.io/KiHAGt.jpg

Is it possible to not to record IP address on WordPress?

[Robin W]

looks like an issue with this function

wp_insert_term()

where that error message is created.

[Robin W]

ok, so I don’t think that is coming directly from bbpress.

It may well be a theme or plugin issue.

eg googling I found this :

https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/277874/creating-menu-always-gives-error-a-name-is-required-for-this-term

so

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]

This still works fine

bbPress Notifications

[Robin W]

bbp style pack

once activated go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>login

[dlpalumbo]

Hi. Newbie here. Working with a bunch of retirees. We have a website (larcAlumni.org) that uses WordPress (5.7.2). I thought using a forum would simply our communication and keep records as well.

We had bbPress plugin, but it was deactivated. When I activated it, I did not get intro screen nor did I get Forum menu item. I do get Topics and Replies menu items. I deactivated all other plugins, reactivated and reinstalled, no change. I ran Troubleshoot and got a critical error.

DIVI is installed with a basic, blank theme.

Any suggestions what I might try next?

Thanks for help, Dan

[Robin W]

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

[dredarsenic]

Home

WordPress Version 5.7.2
BBPress Version 2.6.6

When I go to the forum on the front end, try to create a topic, first I get “A name is required for this term.”, then the created topic does not show on the user’s front end, only shows in the Admin backend.
Can you please advise what might be the issue here?

Thanks

[Robin W]

BP Better Messages

or

Front End PM

have both been recently suggested, but I have not tried either, any feedback would be welcome 🙂

[Robin W]

@gloriajameson you are now well beyond any support for bbpress!!!

And into wordpress and the plugin you are using.

I have no idea if that plugin stores uploads as WordPress media images, or in a separate folder, and indeed whether it makes multiple copies. I have no knowledge either of compressor, there are other compression plugins, but as I say not in my area to recommend or indeed say whether they would work.

My personal general view would be that letting users exchange images privately, whilst leaving copies on your website sounds dangerous as without looking as each image you have no idea what images are being sent, thus leaving you open to possible action such as copyright, reputation damage though say pornography or indeed criminal action against you – eg in the UK holding bomb making instructions makes you liable to be sent to prison. Depends on how much you want to trust your users 🙂