[ZachMatthews]

Hey guys –

On my site (itinerantangler.com) I have a longstanding Real Names Policy. As a result almost all of my users have their actual first and last names displayed as their Display Names.

If I go into an individual user’s profile I can edit the ‘Display Name’ by hitting a drop down box. This gives a bunch of options; lower case, last-name-first, etc. The one I would like for everyone to use is the regular old ‘First Last’ setting with capitals for their first and last names.

Unfortunately the board software defaulted to lower case ‘first last’ when I transferred in from some other software.

Is there a way to bulk change all my users’ drop-down boxes to the ‘First Last’ setting as a default?

Thanks,
Zach

[DanielB86]

Hello,

I have buddypress and mingle running. Normally I could asign a specific sidebar to each buddypress page. Now all of a sudden I can’t. Does anyone know how to fix this?

[JosiahW]

When users register to my BuddyPress + bbPress site they are not being assigned the default role I have selected for them in the forums settings. It simply does not assign them any role.
I have to go in and manually assign them the role or use the “Remap existing users to default forum roles” tool.

Any idea what could be causing that? I have all other plugins disabled with the exception of: Custom Login 2.0 which just themes the existing wordpress login and registration pages.

[unitedtechpros]

When I go to the root of my forums (new install with only 6 forums) the pagination at the bottom of the screen shows 4 pages… there is no page beyond the first page and if you click on the link to page 2, it goes to forums/page 2 but displays the same page. It does the same with any of the other links 3-4.

This has me stumped? I tried changing the topics shown to a larger and that just increases the pagination links (I went from 2 to 4). I set both the blog post and topic post back to default and the links stayed the same.

I’m really impatient and I will most likely try to reset the forums and start over since they are new and there are only 6 with only a couple posts I made in them. So, I’ll let you know if that fixed it.

Thanks for any help!

[Stephen Edgar]

@capacitron Thanks a bunch for testing it out, glad it worked.

bbPress & BuddyPress use the same WordPress user table so everything should be common across both plugins and WordPress itself.

That said, any extra profile data I can get from the source forum, in this case MyBB we are storing the extra data in the WordPress ‘usermeta’ table so this data can be manipulated/imported/whatever at a later time.

With MyBB I only see 3 extra user profile fields to store (ICQ, MSN & Signature), the rest WordPress includes by default (AIM, Yahoo etc) .

Looking at the current version of MyBB.php importer at Line #474 you will see the three entries I have (summarized below):

• // Store ICQ (Stored in usermeta)
  ‘to_fieldname’ => ‘_bbp_mybb_user_icq’
• // Store MSN (Stored in usermeta)
  ‘to_fieldname’ => ‘_bbp_mybb_user_msn’
• // Store Signature (Stored in usermeta)
  ‘to_fieldname’ => ‘_bbp_mybb_user_sig’,

Thus under each imported user in the wp_usermeta table under each user id the above data will also be stored…. So for example if you wanted to install a bbPress/BuddyPress signature plugin to extend either of these plugins you could then copy the data from this stored field to the field that the plugin uses f or storing user signature data. As any of this can be done in numerous ways by plugin authors each site admin will need to decide what plugin to use and how to shift around any relevant data.

[Anonymous User 12933267]

So right now the entire forum is using the standard page template (Default Template). Here is an example of the template.

But I would like bbpress to use the Full-Width Template as used here.

Is there a way to change the page-template used by bbpress?

Kind regards,
Luc

[bjorn2run]

I was running into the same issue, here’s what I did:
I copied:
/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/form-topic.php
into the root of my theme folder:
/wp-content/themes/(YourTheme)/form-topic.php

I renamed the file to:
form-topic-home.php

so I can call it separately and makes changes to it without having an impact on the normal add topic form.

In my new file I removed the if statements for testing if the page is a single forum or a topic edit, my form is going into a modal on my homepage, so neither of those will ever be necessary.

Starting at line 12 I deleted this:

<?php if ( !bbp_is_single_forum() ) : ?>

<div id="bbpress-forums">

	<?php bbp_breadcrumb(); ?>

<?php endif; ?>

<?php if ( bbp_is_topic_edit() ) : ?>

	<?php bbp_topic_tag_list( bbp_get_topic_id() ); ?>

	<?php bbp_single_topic_description( array( 'topic_id' => bbp_get_topic_id() ) ); ?>

<?php endif; ?>

Next on what was line 28 I changed
<?php if ( bbp_current_user_can_access_create_topic_form() ) : ?>
to
<?php if ( bbp_current_user_can_publish_topics() ) : ?>

The original code does a lot of checking if the user can edit forums, if we’re on a single page or if this is one off page, we’re really only looking for the current user’s ability to post topics, and we’re given that (inside that same function actually)

At the very bottom of the file you’ll also want to delete this:

<?php if ( !bbp_is_single_forum() ) : ?>

</div>

<?php endif; ?>

as it’s the closing div tag to the stuff we cut out at the top of the file.

Now where you were going to use the short code, call a template part instead, and you should be square.

<?php bbp_get_template_part( 'form', 'topic-home' ); ?>

[wpobs]

Hi guys, im using the latest WP 3.6 + bbPress 2.3.2 + buddypress 1.8

All works fine until you try to either Edit a forum of an existing group (front end) or when creating a new group and then at step 3 adding a forum to this group, when then the page get broken.

The page will remain visible but the header and footer will disappear.

see image below:

I have disabled ALL plugins as well as switched theme to the WordPress / buddypress default one but still the issue remains.

Page end Source code finished without closing this are the last lines:

<form action="http://[domainname]/group1/admin/extras" name="group-settings-form" id="group-settings-form" class="standard-form" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" role="main">

Inspect Elements reports error:
Uncaught TypeError: Object [object Object] has no method ‘sortable’

This was also report on the Buddypress forum:
http://buddypress.org/support/topic/admin-bar-and-footer-broken/

Please help.
Dan

[hitkid]

Hi guys, I’m having trouble showing the shortcode for recent posts on my home page after I entered in code to get my recent blog posts to show up on my home page.

Here is the code I used for recent posts:

$args = array( 'numberposts' => 3 );
$lastposts = get_posts( $args );
foreach($lastposts as $post) : setup_postdata($post); ?>
	<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
	<?php the_content(); ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>

I saw in another topic how to get 10 recent topics on your home page with shortcode, but it didn’t work after the above code. Could someone please help me with the code to get 10 recent topics to appear on my home page?

Using the current versions of wordpress, bbpress and buddypress. Working with a buddypress default child theme. I’m also newer to php, so go easy please 🙂

[nanodust]

@johnjamesjacoby awesome.

thanks BBPress for such a well designed and useful plugin !!

[leanderbraunschweig]

I know this not necessarily is a bbPress-bug but it is closely tied to bbPress so I’ll post it here first, hoping that you have got an idea on how to debug / fix it.

>> WHAT IS HAPPENING?

My users get locked out of single topics after they access the link to their subscribed topic (“Notify me of follow-up replies via email”). I use a plugin called “bbPress Custom Reply Notifications” in order to easily modify the email’s output and thought of this one to cause the issue but I had to rule it out…

But from the start:

>> SYSTEM SPECS / INFO

Base_
// WP 3.5.2
// bbPress 2.3.2

The site in question is a membership-site which uses a membership-plugin in order to make our content accessable only after payment. We incorporated bbPress there and things are going OK (although the usage it is not offically supported by the membership-plugin’s authors – but that doesn’t say much). I use a plugin named “Theme My Login” in order to style the account-pages. We us OptimizePress as template.

Membership_
// WishList Member 2.7.1
// Theme My Login 6.2.3
// Optimize Press 1.5a (German version)

Although I am listing “Theme My Login” f.ex., I think this most likely has to do with the membership-plugin & bbPress.

>> THE BUG

The issue only happens with singular users & singular topics (= the other topics and forums are functioning as intended). We have had numerous complaints so this ain’t due to a certain system-environment. How it happens:

– User A creates topic X, sets subscription via mail to “on”
– User B replies
– User A gets an email saying “User B replied to your post, go see it here: “http://mysite.info/thema/neuer-post-ohne/#post-5812”
– User A (state: not logged-in (!) // works when already logged-in…) clicks on link
– link “http://mysite.info/thema/neuer-post-ohne/#post-5812” shows “you are not allowed to view this” (because User isn’t logged in yet)
– User A clicks on “login”, enters credentials, gets redirected to our default start-page (weak Usability, I know…)
– User A then navigates to the forum where he/she got the reply

— ERROR —
“you are not allowed to view this” (but user is logged in!)

>> WHAT I HAVE DONE SO FAR

– emptied the cache(s) (W3 Total Cache in use)
– deleted all the site’s cookies (problem persists!)
– (double-)checked the permission-settings fot the topic with the membership-plugin

>> HOW YOU CAN HELP

Maybe you have got an idea on how to fix / debug this – any help is greatly appreciated. I can provide to test-accounts within our development-system so you can check it out for yourself.

Again – thanks a lot & I am hoping for some insights on how to tackle this.
Regards!

[ozgurpolat]

I installed bbpress on a default wordpress theme, and it works fine, I have a feeling that this an issue with my theme. But I don’t know where to even start to solve the problem.

[Jason]

Hey JJJ,

Thanks for the response. So, going to Tools > Forums, definitely did the trick by applying my default forum role “Participant” through to all current users.

However, it seems the issue is that when new users are created (outside of bbPress’s registration), they do not have a forum role assigned automatically. This I guess was just never an issue previously, as bbPress would use the default forum role when one did not exist. Is this no longer the case?

Is this the expected behavior? Or should I be figuring out how to modify my signup process to ensure this Forum Role gets assigned to the new user?

[ozgurpolat]

In form-reply.php after the line:

<div class="bbp-template-notice"><p><?php _e( 'Your account has the ability to post unrestricted HTML content.', 'bbpress' ); ?></p></div>

I inserted <?php else : ?><div class="bbp-template-notice"><p><?php _e( 'PLEASE NOTE: Your post will be sent to AWAITING MODERATION folder, will be posted if approved!', 'bbpress' ); ?></p></div>

Which is not so good because I am changing the core file. Is there a better way to do this?

[ozgurpolat]

Hi,

I have just installed bbpress moderation plug-in, but my question is not about the moderation plug-in, it is about putting a default text into the reply field, so that the users can read before posting. This is because currently bbpress moderation plug-in does not notify the user that the reply/post is held for moderation. So the user posts something in the forum, but nothing happens, there is no message saying that user’s message is awaiting moderation. The plug in author was asked about this 8 months ago, and he replied that it would be difficult to do something about this, and apparently the color of the reply is yellow, hinting that the reply is held for moderation. But there is no way of knowing this. So I decided to put the default text into the reply field so that the user can read before posting. I don’t know how to do this, I am quite new to bbpress.

[adambware]

I see the Group Extension in BBPress checks to see if the BBP_Forums_Group_Extension class is already defined, but I cannot figure out which action I need to hook into so that my custom BBP_Forums_Group_Extension is used instead of the default BBPress Group Extension.

Please help!

[JLent.]

Hello,

I recently just updated to BuddyPress 1.8 with the Default Theme and now my widgets are not showing unless members are logged in. Any suggestions? Thanks.

[littlesparrowblog]

How can I establish automatic (default) email notification for all our registered users, which they can opt out of? We just created a new website for our group and the users are not getting any emails unless they subscribe to the individual topics.

Also, as administrator, how do I send out a group email?

[Hugo Ashmore]

Had this issue for a while too. Checked once again with no plugins running, BP bleeding and bp-default theme, issue persists.

[janhoos]

Hey guys!

Just installed bbPress since a week. Loving it so far 🙂 I was wondering, if there was a way where I can let people subscripe to topics, but not have it on by default? Some of the users have complained that they dont want to recieve all that e-email for topics that arent that important.

[ethanandrew]

That is the default configuration of bbpress, you cannot omit the /topic/ as it will always coming back and besides that points to a discussion or specific topic of the page. According to my friend from seo gold coast Australia, it is part of the systematic method for bbpress to have that one.

[shaimart]

Hi, how can I remove the sidebar from my forum page? I’m trying to get a full width page for the forums. I’m using the 2012 default WordPress theme, http://goo.gl/kC0X2

Kindly advise.

Thanks!

[Tecca]

It’s possible that your theme has a bbpress.css file which is overriding whatever you’re putting in the default file. Regardless, you should be editing the file that’s in your theme’s directory, which would look similar to:

webroot / wp-content / themes / yourtheme / css / bbpress.css

If the file isn’t in there or you don’t have that folder in your theme, copy and paste the file over.

Also make sure you’re hard refreshing your browser to clear its cache, after making your changes (hold CTRL then press f5 on your keyboard, or press the browser’s refresh button a couple of times).

[yguvvala]

Hi Tecca,

That didnt work. changing this codes doesnt reflect any changes on my forums page. in my Godaddy account i am changing this under

webroot / wp-content / plugins / bbpress / templates / default / css / bbpress.css

if you think am editing wrong file please let me know.

[dvclmn]

Thanks for the reply, JJJ!

Really appreciate your time. I successfully uploaded my entire vB database into phpmyadmin on my server (dvclmn.com).

However I input all my details and unfortunately it still gave me ‘no forums to convert…’ etc.

To be honest I’m sure it’s just a matter of having input a small detail wrong; there’s just so many areas to make an error in!

Perhaps I could get clarification on each field, just to eliminate these areas.

Select Platform
Easy, that’s vBulletin.

Database Server
I am now trying to import from a database on the same server as the bbpress installation. Does this mean I use a) localhost b) my dedicated IP address or c) dvclmn.com OR http://www.dvclmn.com OR http://dvclmn.com?

Database Port
My server uses Apache, so it’s likely this is 3306; is there a way to find out for sure?

Database Name
Is it important to include the server username extension here? So username_database_name? Or is just database_name fine? (in this case it is [username]_anotherc_vb).

Database User
I have seen the option between username@localhost OR username@dvclmn.com OR just username. Which is going to work?

Database Password
Got that nailed haha

Table Prefix
I have just been enter vb_, as all the tables in the database look like this: “vb_access” and “vb_action” etc.

Have been keeping the Rows & Delay Time at their defaults, and selecting Convert Users (and sometimes Start Over & Purge for good measure).

I hope this is enough information for you. It is imperative I can get this working ASAP, as I mentioned before I am happy to pay for premium support if need be. Just need this to work.

Thanks,

Dave.