[MorpheusWP]

Update: import successful.
On the Repair forum tools page, all repairs work fine except for the following two which eventually throw up a 500 HTTP error. Hopefully this won’t cause trouble for me later.

These repairs timeout:
– Recalculate the position of each reply
– Remap existing users to default forum roles

A quick look through all the forums and topics and everything looks normal.

Hats off to the contributors who have developed the forum import tool, delighted that I finally got my forums migrated successfully!

Suggestions for minor UI improvements for the forum import tool:
– an option to have an audible beep or similar each time a block is successfully converted. It means we can leave running in the background and know immediately when it gets stuck and needs a manual stop/start. I had to manually stop / start about 5 or 6 times during the conversion process.

– a percentage of completeness and estimated time of completion (based on current conversion rate) would be a nice addition

[Robin W]

I think you mean breadcrumbs the following shows breadcrumbs

Layout and functionality – Examples you can use

They are still there, so you should see them, might be another plugin or your theme is hiding them

try

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.

[Bob1nz]

Hi

This is my third time trying to post here hopefully it sticks this time.

I am trying to add some custom roles to the bbpress forums and I have followed the Custom Capabilities codex page.

It doesn’t appear to be working as intended though as I cannot give myself the owner role

I would like these roles in bbpress to sync with some custom wp roles made with the members plugin.

sorry for the wall of text below but its an effort to get this topic posted (i had links in the previous topics)

here is what i have in my child themes functions.php

// add bbPress Roles********************************************

 
function add_new_roles( $bbp_roles )
{
    /* Add a role called BlockFusion Owner */
    $bbp_roles['bbp_owner'] = array(
        'name' => 'BlockFusion Owner',
        'capabilities' => custom_capabilities( 'bbp_owner' )
        );
 
    /* Add a role called Co-Owner */
    $bbp_roles['bbp_co_owner'] = array(
        'name' => 'Co-Owner',
        'capabilities' => custom_capabilities( 'bbp_co_owner' )
        );
 
    /* Add a role called Admin */
    $bbp_roles['bbp_admin'] = array(
        'name' => 'Admin',
        'capabilities' => custom_capabilities( 'bbp_admin' )
        );
 
    /* Add a role called Moderator */
    $bbp_roles['bbp_moderator'] = array(
        'name' => 'Moderator',
        'capabilities' => custom_capabilities( 'bbp_moderator' )
        );
 
    /* Add a role called Member */
    $bbp_roles['bbp_member'] = array(
        'name' => 'Member',
        'capabilities' => custom_capabilities( 'bbp_member' )
        );
 
    /* Add a role called Guest */
    $bbp_roles['bbp_guest'] = array(
        'name' => 'Guest',
        'capabilities' => custom_capabilities( 'bbp_guest' )
        );
 
    return $bbp_roles;
}
 
add_filter( 'bbp_get_dynamic_roles', 'add_new_roles', 1 );
 
function add_role_caps_filter( $caps, $role )
{
    /* Only filter for roles we are interested in! */
    if( $role == 'bbp_owner' )
        $caps = custom_capabilities( $role );
 
    if( $role == 'bbp_co_owner' )
        $caps = custom_capabilities( $role );
 
    if( $role == 'bbp_admin' )
        $caps = custom_capabilities( $role );
 
    if( $role == 'bbp_moderator' )
        $caps = custom_capabilities( $role );
 
    if( $role == 'bbp_member' )
        $caps = custom_capabilities( $role );
 
    if( $role == 'bbp_guest' )
        $caps = custom_capabilities( $role );
 
    return $caps;
}
 
add_filter( 'bbp_get_caps_for_role', 'add_role_caps_filter', 10, 2 );
 
function custom_capabilities( $role )
{
    switch ( $role )
    {
 
        /* Capabilities for 'BlockFusion Owner' role */
        case 'bbp_owner':
            return array(

				// Keymasters only
				'keep_gate'             => true,
                
                // Primary caps
                'spectate'              => true,
                'participate'           => true,
                'moderate'              => true,
                'throttle'              => true,
                'view_trash'            => true,
 
                // Forum caps
                'publish_forums'        => true,
                'edit_forums'           => true,
                'edit_others_forums'    => true,
                'delete_forums'         => true,
                'delete_others_forums'  => true,
                'read_private_forums'   => true,
                'read_hidden_forums'    => true,
 
                // Topic caps
                'publish_topics'        => true,
                'edit_topics'           => true,
                'edit_others_topics'    => true,
                'delete_topics'         => true,
                'delete_others_topics'  => true,
                'read_private_topics'   => true,
 
                // Reply caps
                'publish_replies'       => true,
                'edit_replies'          => true,
                'edit_others_replies'   => true,
                'delete_replies'        => true,
                'delete_others_replies' => true,
                'read_private_replies'  => true,
 
                // Topic tag caps
                'manage_topic_tags'     => true,
                'edit_topic_tags'       => true,
                'delete_topic_tags'     => true,
                'assign_topic_tags'     => true,
            );
 
            /* Capabilities for 'Co-Owner' role */
        case 'bbp_co_owner':
            return array(
                // Primary caps
                'spectate'              => true,
                'participate'           => true,
                'moderate'              => true,
                'throttle'              => true,
                'view_trash'            => true,
 
                // Forum caps
                'publish_forums'        => true,
                'edit_forums'           => true,
                'edit_others_forums'    => true,
                'delete_forums'         => true,
                'delete_others_forums'  => true,
                'read_private_forums'   => true,
                'read_hidden_forums'    => true,
 
                // Topic caps
                'publish_topics'        => true,
                'edit_topics'           => true,
                'edit_others_topics'    => true,
                'delete_topics'         => true,
                'delete_others_topics'  => true,
                'read_private_topics'   => true,
 
                // Reply caps
                'publish_replies'       => true,
                'edit_replies'          => true,
                'edit_others_replies'   => true,
                'delete_replies'        => true,
                'delete_others_replies' => true,
                'read_private_replies'  => true,
 
                // Topic tag caps
                'manage_topic_tags'     => true,
                'edit_topic_tags'       => true,
                'delete_topic_tags'     => true,
                'assign_topic_tags'     => true,
            );
 
            /* Capabilities for 'Admin' role */
        case 'bbp_admin':
            return array(
                // Primary caps
                'spectate'              => true,
                'participate'           => true,
                'moderate'              => true,
                'throttle'              => true,
                'view_trash'            => true,
 
                // Forum caps
                'publish_forums'        => false,
                'edit_forums'           => false,
                'edit_others_forums'    => false,
                'delete_forums'         => false,
                'delete_others_forums'  => false,
                'read_private_forums'   => true,
                'read_hidden_forums'    => true,
 
                // Topic caps
                'publish_topics'        => true,
                'edit_topics'           => true,
                'edit_others_topics'    => true,
                'delete_topics'         => true,
                'delete_others_topics'  => true,
                'read_private_topics'   => true,
 
                // Reply caps
                'publish_replies'       => true,
                'edit_replies'          => true,
                'edit_others_replies'   => true,
                'delete_replies'        => true,
                'delete_others_replies' => true,
                'read_private_replies'  => true,
 
                // Topic tag caps
                'manage_topic_tags'     => true,
                'edit_topic_tags'       => true,
                'delete_topic_tags'     => true,
                'assign_topic_tags'     => true,
            );
 
            /* Capabilities for 'Moderator' role */
        case 'bbp_moderator':
            return array(
                // Primary caps
                'spectate'              => true,
                'participate'           => true,
                'moderate'              => true,
                'throttle'              => true,
                'view_trash'            => true,
 
                // Forum caps
                'publish_forums'        => false,
                'edit_forums'           => false,
                'edit_others_forums'    => false,
                'delete_forums'         => false,
                'delete_others_forums'  => false,
                'read_private_forums'   => true,
                'read_hidden_forums'    => true,
 
                // Topic caps
                'publish_topics'        => true,
                'edit_topics'           => true,
                'edit_others_topics'    => true,
                'delete_topics'         => true,
                'delete_others_topics'  => true,
                'read_private_topics'   => true,
 
                // Reply caps
                'publish_replies'       => true,
                'edit_replies'          => true,
                'edit_others_replies'   => true,
                'delete_replies'        => true,
                'delete_others_replies' => true,
                'read_private_replies'  => true,
 
                // Topic tag caps
                'manage_topic_tags'     => true,
                'edit_topic_tags'       => true,
                'delete_topic_tags'     => true,
                'assign_topic_tags'     => true,
            );
 
            /* Capabilities for 'Member' role */
        case 'bbp_member':
            return array(
                // Primary caps
                'spectate'              => true,
                'participate'           => true,
                'moderate'              => false,
                'throttle'              => true,
                'view_trash'            => false,
 
                // Forum caps
                'publish_forums'        => false,
                'edit_forums'           => false,
                'edit_others_forums'    => false,
                'delete_forums'         => false,
                'delete_others_forums'  => false,
                'read_private_forums'   => true,
                'read_hidden_forums'    => false,
 
                // Topic caps
                'publish_topics'        => true,
                'edit_topics'           => true,
                'edit_others_topics'    => false,
                'delete_topics'         => true,
                'delete_others_topics'  => false,
                'read_private_topics'   => true,
 
                // Reply caps
                'publish_replies'       => true,
                'edit_replies'          => true,
                'edit_others_replies'   => false,
                'delete_replies'        => true,
                'delete_others_replies' => false,
                'read_private_replies'  => true,
 
                // Topic tag caps
                'manage_topic_tags'     => true,
                'edit_topic_tags'       => true,
                'delete_topic_tags'     => true,
                'assign_topic_tags'     => true,
            );
 
            /* Capabilities for 'Guest' role */
        case 'bbp_guest':
            return array(
                // Primary caps
                'spectate'              => true,
                'participate'           => true,
                'moderate'              => false,
                'throttle'              => true,
                'view_trash'            => false,
 
                // Forum caps
                'publish_forums'        => false,
                'edit_forums'           => false,
                'edit_others_forums'    => false,
                'delete_forums'         => false,
                'delete_others_forums'  => false,
                'read_private_forums'   => true,
                'read_hidden_forums'    => false,
 
                // Topic caps
                'publish_topics'        => true,
                'edit_topics'           => true,
                'edit_others_topics'    => false,
                'delete_topics'         => true,
                'delete_others_topics'  => false,
                'read_private_topics'   => true,
 
                // Reply caps
                'publish_replies'       => true,
                'edit_replies'          => true,
                'edit_others_replies'   => false,
                'delete_replies'        => true,
                'delete_others_replies' => false,
                'read_private_replies'  => true,
 
                // Topic tag caps
                'manage_topic_tags'     => true,
                'edit_topic_tags'       => true,
                'delete_topic_tags'     => true,
                'assign_topic_tags'     => true,
            );
 
            break;
 
        default :
            return $role;
    }
}

[AlexNoob]

We have the same problem with bbPress 2.5.4 and WP 4.0.1 and 4.1…There are no answers and topics appear, but we spam messages displayed 🙂

Did the line 142 commented out in plugins/bbpress/includes/replies/template.php

from -> ‘s’ => $default_reply_search, // Maybe search

to -> //’s’ => $default_reply_search, // Maybe search

What is any good?

-> $default_reply_search = !empty( $_REQUEST[‘rs’] ) ? $_REQUEST[‘rs’] : false;

Sry for my english 🙂

[Robkk]

we are not dead :/

@netweb is the bbPress community’s import specialist

the guy is most likely asleep now because he was working on some bbPress tickets all night… or all day depending on Aussie time??

as for bbcodes bbcodes is not a default feature for bbPress you would need an additional plugin for that.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/gd-bbpress-tools/ this plugin comes with a quote feature and more.

there is another plugin called bbpress 2 bbcode which would also need the whitelist plugin by the same developer.

[j0n4h]

@skisma Thanks for the response! But no, the default space is great! I posted the url just above your response and you can see the space I’m referring to. Seems to originate in the bbp-footer.

[cocoonfxmedia]

Using WordPress 4.0
BBPress 2.5.4

I am new to BBPress to start with. We moved our site from one host to a new host. We mapped all the users with the posts/forums/replies. Then all of a sudden all Forums/Topics/Replies are all showing as the Default Keymaster (we have 2 one as support and one for our client).

So Forum public show as Admin but the Creator of the forum in the back end shows the correct person. I have tried repairing the various areas of the forum.

Is there away to change the Author in bulk say to the default Keymaster to another Keymaster.

HELP!

[Robkk]

Sorry for the thread up

nah its two weeks its okay.

as for your function , instead of doing a function because you would have to do it for every user you want to delete.

how about do this so you can bulk delete the posts by the users in the replies/topics section.

first create a new user named “deleted” or “removed” some kind of variation of that.

then whenever you want to delete a user attribute all the content to that user you just created.

then in the topics/replies section bulk delete the posts by searching the “deleted” user first. then clicking on the author link in the topics/replies section which should only show that users posts from there so you can bulk delete the posts.

and to change the number of posts shown in one page of the topics/repies section change the default number to like say 75 or so.

other than that maybe changing the post type of your function to reply or topic might make it work , also if you found the users id you want to delete and input into the id field.

[jmodine]

Ok I have been playing with this for a while. When you read the bbpress information when it comes to customizing templates php ect it says to create a bbpress folder within your child theme. Well bbpress isnt looking for custom folder with in my theme so it ignores anything i place in that folder. How ever if anyone is having this problem just place your custom files in your child themes directory. bbpress finds them with no problem then. for example I just redid the content-statistics.php I did not want the the list to take up so much page so I changed the formatting of the file so it would display not with a default <dl> block style but in a <table> format. you can see this here. Only the file wouldn’t read in the bbpress folder.

[Serch1]

Sorry for the thread up, but hope there is a function by default to delete all user posts at bbpress forums. Someone know what function is?

Thanks a lot in advance.

[Chad]

I was importing from my Vbulletin 4 and it went through converting topics, then it started converting tags and hung about 12,900. Is this a known bug? What’s the best way to do this over without losing the imported content and without taking risks of missing content not being imported initially on the hang up? Any ideas why it would hang up like that? It took a pretty long time just to do the topics. It didn’t start the users yet either. You’d think it would import users first?

Side note, I don’t see any area to set up bbcodes? Is bbcode not a default feature?

[buzink]

You can add the default WordPress media button. I guess it only works for logged in WordPress users with authorization to upload.

[Matthew How About]

Hello Wookey,
Recently I’ve done code for this. This is not the best way to search, because the user can enter a display name instead of user login so it will not work. If someone in the future will know how to get user id from first and(or) last name I’ll be thankful.

First add this input field to page with search box (remember to put it inside <form> tag)
<input type="text" name="bbp_search_by_user" placeholder="Input searched username" value="" />

That snippet doesn’t worked for me, so i made it in different way. I base on @netweb (Stephen Edgar) plugin, which is very similar to sevenspark code. Just added couple things like GET field, add query args if username is set and thats it.

add_filter ( 'bbp_before_has_search_results_parse_args', 'ha_custom_search_by_username');
 
function ha_custom_search_by_username() {
	//Get username from input on search page
$username = $_GET['bbp_search_by_user'];
	$default_post_type = array( bbp_get_forum_post_type(), bbp_get_topic_post_type(), bbp_get_reply_post_type() );
	//check if empty
	if(!empty($username)){
		//Make ID from username
		$user = get_user_by('slug', $username);
		$user_id = $user->ID;
	$args['author'] = $user_id;	
	}
	$args['post_type'] = $default_post_type;
	$args['orderby'] = 'date';
	$args['posts_per_page'] = '5';
	$args['ignore_sticky_posts'] = 'false';
	$args['order'] = 'DESC';

	return $args;
}

Add this to function.php

[jmodine]

the solution to this is built in WordPress not not in bbpress. First make sure you have an actual page called forums then use short code to mate it your main forums index page. Once that is confirmed check your permalinks and make sure they are not on default. ( I usually use post name). Now your forums page should be showing as a page on your site. Then go to custom menu Dashboard>appearance>menus once there you can create many different menus and label where they will show up, or even call them through the widget area. But for your particular problem find the one called Main(top primary menu) then just add the pages you want to show up on that menu and delete the ones you don’t want to show up. (Be sure to uncheck automatically add top level pages).

[Dirk]

I installed it after I had the problem. I tried to fix bbPress capabilities with it. In the meantime I restored the default WP capabilities. But it had no effect on the menu.
The first thing I did was deactivating all plugins but bbPress. Nothing happened!

Now I switched to twentytwelve. But that did not fix it either.

If it helps, I could send you the wp_capabilities entry (table: wp_usermeta) in the database of a user with the role Moderator.

[Robin W]

ok, don’t know what bbPress Advanced Capabilities does but it might be the 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.

[Dirk]

I deleted the user on a local test-installation with MAMP, where I could reproduce the problem. It made no difference.

Here is what I can see and do in WP frontend and backend:

Frontend
– Logged in as Keymaster, I can do everything. I can see all bbPress related menu items in the WP Toolbox on top of the page.
– Logged in as Moderator, I can see the bbPress related menu items Topic and Answer in the WP toolbox, but not Forum. I can start a new forum on a page with the shortcode [bbp-forum-form] as a child-forum (same behaviour as Keymaster starting a forum with this shortcode).
– Logged in as Contributor I don´t have any bbPress related menu item in the WP toolbox, but I can start Topics and answer in the forum itself.

Backend (Dashboard)
– Logged in as Keymaster I have every bbPress menu item.
– Logged in as Moderator I only have Topics and Answers as menu items.
– Logged in as Contributor I don´t have a bbPress menu at all.

For me it looks like every role has the corresponding capability, but the menu items of the role below, except the Keymaster.

What I also tried was changing capabilities with the plugin bbPress Advanced Capabilities and restoring the WP default capabilities with Capability Manager Advanced. No difference.

[Jacob]

@Jeff – Thanks Jeff.

@Robin – What I want is highlighted in the question with a blockquote. So it should be pretty obvious. I am sorry for not being more explicit in my demands – but it really wasnt my purpose to suggest on specific features – just something basic as core-developed and planned groups-functionality. The intention was to get an understanding on what to expect. A word from John James Jacoby himself – just saying for example “well in the near future things arent going to go faster than the previous years” – then I would know what to expect ….. Again I refer you to the developing roadmap. Its not exactly going fast. One of the features I was looking forward to having integrated was using bbpress for comments in wordpress. Or any kind of functional integration.

However I did forget to put in group-based – along with the finegrained, nodal permissions. And yes, I am aware of the roles and capabilities. But thanks for that. And along with that I dont mean relying on a newly-developed plugin like bbpres private groups or installing buddypress. I meant having it default and taking into planning consideration. Speed is fairly obvious. Security is just a general concern, nothing really specific. But enough to keep me away from newly developed plugins.

I am sorry for any thoughtlessness in formulating my intention – and again do not mean to be arrogant. But something concrete from the team behind would be nice. I am sorry for not being more specific about the groups-thing. But I am not being specific, because that is not the point. The point is highlighted in the quote.

I can see now that it wasnt a well-formulated frustration. Wish I had made it better. So if someone could just delete it, it would be fine.

[Robin W]

maybe 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.

[xprt007]

Hi

The recipe plugin seems to have had separate issue in addition as its links where not accessible at the expected urls according to default settings.
That was dealt with.
Around that same time as I was first using that plugin & also setting up the bbpress forum is when I noted something wrong with bbforum forum at /forums.
That is when I turned to bbpress.
It seems to be the case as I found after repeated testing the other day as I now need to finish the site & hence visiting the issue again, that if you install bbpress first & use default settings, and later after activating recipepress reloaded,the recipe plugin links do not work.
I also discovered that if on the other side you deactivate bbpress, the existing recipe plugin links work.

So to sum it up, this specific issue is still there, as described above.
If it was possible to use the short code method you suggested & still be able access bbforum settings from its admin page, etc, I would settle for that, but the time I last tried settting up a forum, I got the impression one has to use shortcodes all thru, with no equivalent centralized settings page, which made it rather complicated to administer the forums & have an overview.

Of course better would be if there was no apparent conflict.

Regards

[xprt007]

Hi

I’m back after a while. 😉
After a lot of research, enabling, disabling this & that, I discovered this issue only comes up if the recipepress reloaded plugin is activated.

It is recommended for the main recipe page to be at /recipes.
If you first install this, then whatever you do, bbpress will not be accessible at the recommended & preferred /forums.
Instead as explained above, if you try to access the forums at /forums, whereas the url remains correct & pointing to /forums, the content of the blog front page is loaded & if I remember well, any latest forum content appears listed as one of the normal blog posts!

I tried however to uninstall bbpress & disabled all other plugins, including the recipe plugin, then re-installed bbpress. The set up run normally & the forums were accessible at /forums. When I reactivated recipepress reloaded, all its links, including /recipes returned a page not found error. It is only when bbpress is disabled that the recipe pages are accessible again.

Conclusion: both plugins cannot run together, at least with default settings (?).

Quite perplexed regarding what to do next since the site has to shortly go online & both the recipe & forum sections are integral partS. I cannot put off the issue any longer.

In suggestion above, you suggested an alternative solution of using shortcodes.
I discovered at the that the forum I created, or at least it seemed works independent of the settings on the bbpress settings & admin pages & everything had to be done with shortcodes(?), or is there a possibility of an equivalent central admin area?
Or am I mistaken?

Ideally, a solution to the apparent conflict between the 2 plugins would be great, but if it cannot be gotten (any time soon/at all), is there any equally easy way to manage forums created via shortcodes?

Some further guidance would be very much appreciated.

Regards

[youi75]

Hi everyone. I am currently working on a Turkish site which uses Buddypress as well.
The translation here seems to be a great start, but it seems to be incomplete as well:

https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/bbpress/2.5.x/tr/default

Do you by any chance know of a more complete version (if I understand correctly. Cagatay has combined multiple ressources / “I download bbpress turkish files from various sources”)

Would you mind sharing your language files with me? Maybe we can alspo work together in translating the remaining fields so we all end up with a complete set in the Turkish language.
All the best.

[Robin W]

ok, le’s start by eliminating themes and plugins

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]

ok, 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.

[shahriarsau]

I wanted to go back to default theme and not use child theme. I exported settings in back up saved. went and activated regular theme and pasted export settings in then hit import, waited for it to refreash and hit save, but all the color settings are old and not even right from old. Did i do it correctly?