[maverickjohn]

public_html/forums/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress
i pasted that folder into
public_html/forums/wp-content/themes/options
Thats the bbpress folder i copied into my theme.
in my dashboard i go to
appearance-> themes – error message displays
“Broken Themes

The following themes are installed but incomplete. Themes must have a stylesheet and a template.

Name Description
Options Template is missing.”

[maverickjohn]

Hey guys, i would like to change my theme on bbpress, but everytime i follow the guides it doesnt seem to work.
I created a folder with my theme in wp-content/themes/*my theme*/and then copied the bbpress folder from the default folder into here as well.
but it keeps saying my template is missing in the themes section of my dashboard.

[Robin W]

Interesting – I’m not sure why askimet has got so upset with your user!

You can switch off Askimet JUST for your forum, which might be a better idea whilst you work out how to get him working again. Then at least your main site will still be protected

Go into Dashboard>settings>forums and you’ll see a setting at the bottom.

It could also be if they are posting a topic/reply with several links…

There is a setting in Dashboard>setting>discussion that says “Hold a comment in the queue if it contains 2 or more links. (A common characteristic of comment spam is a large number of hyperlinks.)” The ‘2’ is the default number that you can alter.

That would get him held as potential spam.

[Robin W]

The forums list display comes under the template

wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/loop-single-forum.php

There are many hooks in this

Line 44 does the sub forum display

[Robin W]

“I needed to add the form, topic and forum manually [bbp-topic-index] [bbp-topic-form][bbp-forum-index] and have not found a manual solution for the login ([bbp-topic-login] didn’t work..))”

See the documentation for set up details including login in sidebar

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

and

Layout and functionality – Examples you can use

for setting up menu and modal logins

As for your 404 error, I presume that the urls are correct, for instance

http://www.hightearecepten.nl/recipe/vijgencompote/

works with bbpress deactivated, but not when it is activated?

I’d check first whether there is a plugin conflict, and then a theme conflict viz ;

Check other plugins

Check that no other plugins are affecting this.

Turn off all other plugins, and see if that fixes the problem. If the problem is resolved, add back one at a time to see which is causing the conflict.

Check themes

If plugins are not the cause, then it may be a theme issue. Switch to a default theme, such as twentytwelve, and test.

If it is Themeforest, I’d raise it with them, as it is a paid theme, and with over 1 million bbpress downloads they should have seen it, or know what to do. I have seen some comments that some themeforest themes do not support bbPress, but don’t know about this one.

[Robin W]

ok, so create the forum as ‘private’ – you see a visibility setting on the forum page when you create it.

Then drop this code into your (child)themes functions file.

//code to add tutor role 

function add_tutor_role( $bbp_roles )
{
	/* Add a role called Tutor */
	$bbp_roles['bbp_tutor'] = array(
		'name' => 'Tutor',
		'capabilities' => custom_capabilities( 'bbp_tutor' )
		);
	return $bbp_roles;
}
 
add_filter( 'bbp_get_dynamic_roles', 'add_tutor_role', 1 );

function tutor_role_caps_filter( $caps, $role )
{
	/* Only filter for roles we are interested in! */
	if( $role == 'bbp_tutor' )
		$caps = custom_capabilities( $role );
 
	return $caps;
}
 
add_filter( 'bbp_get_caps_for_role', 'tutor_role_caps_filter', 10, 2 );

function custom_capabilities( $role )
{
	switch ( $role )
	{
		 
		/* Capabilities for 'tutor' role */
		case 'bbp_tutor':
			return array(
				// Primary caps
				'spectate'              => true,
				'participate'           => false,
				'moderate'              => false,
				'throttle'              => false,
				'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'        => false,
				'edit_topics'           => false,
				'edit_others_topics'    => false,
				'delete_topics'         => false,
				'delete_others_topics'  => false,
				'read_private_topics'   => true,
 
				// Reply caps
				'publish_replies'       => false,
				'edit_replies'          => false,
				'edit_others_replies'   => false,
				'delete_replies'        => false,
				'delete_others_replies' => false,
				'read_private_replies'  => true,
 
				// Topic tag caps
				'manage_topic_tags'     => false,
				'edit_topic_tags'       => false,
				'delete_topic_tags'     => false,
				'assign_topic_tags'     => false,
			);
			break;
 
		default :
			return $role;
	}
}

The set any tutors up with the tutor role in dashboard>users> user and at the bottom of the set up you’ll see forum role.

If any of that’s not clear or beyond your knowledge, do come back, and I’ll help further

[mshane8]

Hi Robin –

I am too far along. That is not an option.

Do you know where bbPress places the database tables. What is the default table prefix?

I am not sure why this is so complex. I have imported through WP/Dashboard/Tools/Import – Forums, Topics and Replies individually through xml files.

I have a static page that calls the forum index using the shortcode : [bbp-forum-index]

This page displays OK. It will show the # of topics but when I click on the forum itself it opens up the forum but shows 0 topics. All the topics, forums and replies are in the WP Dashboard assigned to the proper author.

[Robin W]

suggest you start with the usual…

Check other plugins

Check that no other plugins are affecting this.

Turn off all other plugins, and see if that fixes the problem. If the problem is resolved, add back one at a time to see which is causing the conflict.

Check themes

If plugins are not the cause, then it may be a theme issue. Switch to a default theme, such as twentytwelve, and test.

[GMarco24]

Something is wrong when you try to use child theme.
I am using child theme of Buddypress default theme. I have:
plugin-bbpress.php in both folders (parent and child)
bbpress.php in both folders
and still I don’t have correct template.

I have id=”content” and id=”content-wide” in my theme, depends do I have 1 or 2 sidebars on that page. I’ve searched&replaced id=”content” in my child theme with id=”content-wide” and still on page there is id=”content”. I am guessing it loads some template from parent folder somehow.

Somebody has any idea what’s a problem here?

Thanks

[Robin W]

‘I have probably checked 100 times if this is ticked’

Thanks, but always worth asking.

‘This is the default bbPress theme. ‘

No I meant the wordpress theme you are using. switch to one such as twenty eleven to see if that makes a difference

[Liberty]

This is the default bbPress theme. I just used CSS to change the style of the forum. I commented the CSS part for the bbPress forum out but nothing happened.

Dashboard>settings>forums> forum features have you ticked “Post formatting” to enable this toolbar?

I have probably checked 100 times if this is ticked. 😀

[Robin W]

then check for a plugin or theme conflict

Check other plugins

Check that no other plugins are affecting this.

Turn off all other plugins, and see if that fixes the problem. If the problem is resolved, add back one at a time to see which is causing the conflict.

Check themes

If plugins are not the cause, the it may be a theme issue. Switch to a default theme, such as twentytwelve, and test.

[franzvz]

Thanks,

Yea, I was going to post in both because I don’t know what the culprit is. I thought it was my theme, and have confirmed this happens with just the default themes as well.

The link however has a bbp_ tag to it, so that’s why I thought to post here too.

Just in case anyone else needs it

bbpress Version 2.5.3
BuddyPress Version 1.9.2

[Robin W]

@surangaudimedia

have you :

Check other plugins

Check that no other plugins are affecting this.

Turn off all other plugins, and see if that fixes the problem. If the problem is resolved, add back one at a time to see which is causing the conflict.

Check themes

If plugins are not the cause, the it may be a theme issue. Switch to a default theme, such as twentytwelve, and test.

come back once you done those of you still have a problem

[Robin W]

the url reads

http://domain.com/whatever-your-shortcode-page-is-called/page/2/

So presume your page is called “topics”

The code works – I’ve just retested it on twentyten site and pagination and subsequent pages were fine, so suggest you try

Check other plugins

Check that no other plugins are affecting this.

Turn off all other plugins, and see if that fixes the problem. If the problem is resolved, add back one at a time to see which is causing the conflict.

Check themes

If plugins are not the cause, the it may be a theme issue. Switch to a default theme, such as twentytwelve, and test.

and then come back if you need further help.

[Robin W]

Just check that it is not plugin related first

Check other plugins

Check that no other plugins are affecting this.

Turn off all other plugins, and see if that fixes the problem. If the problem is resolved, add back one at a time to see which is causing the conflict.

Then to confirm it is a theme problem..

Check themes

If plugins are not the cause, the it may be a theme issue. Switch to a default theme, such as twentytwelve, and test.

Come back and let us know if you fixed, or for more help

[Stagger Lee]

If it works for others i must be making some mistake. Tried with default theme same problem. It is some test development with many, many WP and Bbpress plugins. Could be that some of them is blocking.

[Robin W]

You’d need to change a couple of templates

wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/form-topic.php line 203

and

wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/form-reply.php line 135

You do this by creating a directory under your theme called “bbpress” and copying these two files to there. Then modify the lines as you want, you’ll need to change the word ‘Submit’ in the following towards the end of the line to whatever you want.

<?php _e( ‘Submit’, ‘bbpress’ ); ?>

bbPress will then use these files instead

You could use a translate function, but Submit is such a widely used it might affect any submit on your site

[Robin W]

Check other plugins

Check that no other plugins are affecting this.

Turn off all other plugins, and see if that fixes the problem. If the problem is resolved, add back one at a time to see which is causing the conflict.

Check themes

If plugins are not the cause, the it may be a theme issue. Switch to a default theme, such as twentytwelve, and test.

Once you have done this, come back if its still a problem.

[Tu Nguyen]

Hello, I have installed bb and create a page named “Forums” (slug:forums) and assign for it a Template (not Default Template) but it always use Default Template (page.php) for displays forums . I also tried create a page with named page-10.php (or page-forums.php) (10 is the ID of the page and forums is slug) but not successfully. If I change “Forum Root” in BB settings, e.g: forums2 (not “forums” ) it works. But in breadcrumb the url to root forum is mysite.com/forum2. I want it is the same with the url when user select it from menu is mysite.com/forums.

Can anybody help me? Thanks

[Robin W]

Check other plugins

Check that no other plugins are affecting this.

Turn off all other plugins, and see if that fixes the problem. If the problem is resolved, add back one at a time to see which is causing the conflict.

Check themes

If plugins are not the cause, the it may be a theme issue. Switch to a default theme, such as twentytwelve, and test.

[mshane8]

Hello-

I am redesigning a site and want to migrate my current forums, topics and replies from my current site into my new site.

I have read through the instructions but I have 2 issues:

1) What is my platform? I am migrating from current bbpress plugin version to another. Both the production site and the dev site are on the same hosting provider with different databases obviously. I am assuming I use the default setting phpBB?

2) More importantly- what is the table prefix? It is default setting. I did not assign a custom prefix. But I cant find the table prefix anywhere in the MySQL database. There isn’t a table with the prefix wp_bb_ or anything related to that table structure?

* I am only using bbPress for forums, topics and replies. I am not using Buddy Press.

Thanks so much for the advice. The migrating instructions are not very specific.

[Robin W]

Whilst much of this link is blanked out, it does seem to indicate a problem with conflicting page templates.

http://www.experthelp.com/question/74882/i-have-installed-two-plugins-shopp-and-bbpress-a-shop-and-a-forum-the-start-page-of-each-plugin-is-showing-up-blank-on-my-wordpress-site-how-do-i-fix-it

What I’d suggest you do is create a page template for your bbpress so that it only uses that one, leaving shop to use whatever template it is using.

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

You don’t say what theme you are using – and in fact it could be the theme’s page template that is causing the issue.

But let’s suggest for a starter that you look in your theme, and copy then rename it’s default page template as per part 8 above.

If you need further help doing that, or it doesn’t work, come back

[Brennon]

@robin-w

Thank you for the quick response. When I use the default page to display the forum on it doesn’t expand into the side bar but it does however compress the forum into a small box. See here. I know I am going to have to change something in the template but I don’t know what. Thanks.

[Developer ICAN]

Hi,

When i place any of the BBPress default widgets that ‘list’ (ie ‘Recent Replies’, ‘Forums’, ‘Recent Topics’) on a category.php WordPress template, the listings
shows recent ‘posts’ from wordpress rather than BBPress objects?

Is this a bug or is there anything any one can suggest? I’ve tried resetting the query etc right above the widget output and underneath but nothing seems to work?

Thank you for any advice here!