[Robin W]

yes this seems to be a bug.

in

\bbpress\includes\forums\functions.php

line 197 has

// No forum parent was passed (should never happen)
	if ( empty( $forum_parent_id ) ) {
		bbp_add_error( 'bbp_new_forum_missing_parent', __( '<strong>ERROR</strong>: Your forum must have a parent.', 'bbpress' ) );

but a top level forum will have zero so empty !

(I’m not a bbpress author, I just help moderate here, so not under my direct powers to change)

To correct this for another user, I did the following :

created a hidden forum – then noted the ID (in this case 4537)

then in

\bbpress\templates\default\bbpress\form-forum.php

changed line 138 etc. from

<p>
						<label for="bbp_forum_parent_id"><?php esc_html_e( 'Parent Forum:', 'bbpress' ); ?></label><br />

						<?php
							bbp_dropdown( array(
								'select_id' => 'bbp_forum_parent_id',
								'show_none' => esc_html__( '&mdash; No parent &mdash;', 'bbpress' ),
								'selected'  => bbp_get_form_forum_parent(),
								'exclude'   => bbp_get_forum_id()
							) );
						?>
					</p>

to

<?php
					//the code in incudes/forums/functions won't let post parent be blank.
					//to get this to work, we have created a hidden forum in the site.  This forums ID is 4537
					//if the hidden forum exists, then use this forums id 
					//otherwise show the post parent section
					$forum_parent_id = bbp_get_forum_id( 4537 );
					if (!empty( $forum_parent_id )) { ?>
					 <input type="hidden" id="bbp_forum_parent_id" name="bbp_forum_parent_id" value="4537">
					 <?php
					}
					else {
					?>
					<p>
						<label for="bbp_forum_parent_id"><?php esc_html_e( 'Parent Forum:', 'bbpress' ); ?></label><br />

						<?php
							bbp_dropdown( array(
								'select_id' => 'bbp_forum_parent_id',
								'show_none' => esc_html__( '&mdash; No parent &mdash;', 'bbpress' ),
								'selected'  => bbp_get_form_forum_parent(),
								'exclude'   => bbp_get_forum_id()
							) );
						?>
					</p>
					<?php } ?>

This template then gets saved to your child themes directory as

wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress/form-forum.php

bbPress will now use this template instead of the original

Finally, add an action to re-write the parent forum from 4537 to zero post forum creation

add_action( 'bbp_new_forum_post_extras', 'ltc_limit_forum', 10 ,1  );

function ltc_limit_forum ($forum_id) {
	//this function is fired when a forum is created
	//set post parent to zero
	wp_update_post(
		array(
			'ID' => $forum_id, 
			'post_parent' => 0
			)
	);
}

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

You could amend that function to have an if statement so if forum parent is 4537 then create forum parent as 0, but in this case there were no times when a sub forum was being created, so it was not needed.

I know this is quite convoluted, but it worked !!

There is a trac ticket for this issue somewhere, so the authors are aware

[ricks03]

I have bbPress installed and configured.

If I create a page, with the shortlink: [bbp-forum-index]
then I can go to the page attributes, and change the Template from the Default Template to “Full Width Page (no sidebar)”, which is a template available from my Theme (Responsive by Cyberchimps), and it looks great.

When I attempt to browse any of my forums from there I, of course, leave that Page, and enter the normal forum pages, which use the Default Template again. What I’d like to do is change what theme Template is used for all of bbPress. Possible?

I don’t have any need to edit the template itself, I just want to change which template the bbPress pages use.

Thanks!

Rick

[Chris]

Hello,
I’m trying to migrate an old phpbb 3.0.2 based forum to new bbPress based forum. The default importer gave me errors like “no forums to import” and “no users to import”. I found this importer fix: https://gist.github.com/TheRobotFactory/e8ac4b3dea7920d69f1a959d216f92a3 and it fixed the user import, but still the other stuff (except posts) fail: forums, topics, etc.
Any known importer fix to be able to import from phpbb 3.0.2?

[uksentinel]

Hi @egyptimhotep

Almost, when I user logs in, and selects there default avatar located at top right of screen, they then have access to (Passwords change, Profile and Log-Off) but I am looking to change that link / avatar so that the user has access to there replies / Profile Topics Started / Replies Created / Engagements / Favorites / Subscriptions / Edit as you described above

Very much like what happens on this forum 😉

Thank you

https://uktechhub.com/forums/

[p3t3rr]

UPDATE:

I found the issue. 2 weeks back I added the following function to functions.php > child theme, because I wanted to rename the Keymaster to Administrator:

// change user role name 'Verwalter' to 'Administrator'
function ntwb_bbpress_custom_role_names() {
	
	// Keymaster
        bbp_get_keymaster_role() => array(
            'name'         => 'Administrator',
            'capabilities' => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_keymaster_role() )
        )
}
add_filter( 'bbp_get_dynamic_roles', 'ntwb_bbpress_custom_role_names' );

It successfully renamed the role and I was done with the issue. However, it apparently removed all the other default bbpress roles. I thought this function is exclusively for renaming roles as the name suggests.

I went back and included all other default roles into that function in the child theme (The complete rename roles function can be seen eg here.) Now I see all roles in settings > forum > automatically assign roles. Also in user management I see all forum roles. Also, new forum registrants are automatically assigned to subscriber.

problem solved.

[Robin W]

something strange going on!

I can only suggest it could be a theme or plugin issue

Themes

As a test switch to a default theme such as twentyfifteen, 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.

Then come back

I’d start by taking out any code in your child theme’s functions file !

[p3t3rr]

I just noticed the following: as a site admin I cannot change forum roles of users. I can only assign the role ‘administrator’ or ‘-nor roles for these forums-‘. No option to assign moderators or anything else.

How could this have happened @robin-w? At one point I installed buddypress, but deinstalled it again.

I already deactivated and activated bbpress and went through repair forums > default user roles. When I did the repair all users were assigned forum role ‘administrator’.

[p3t3rr]

Hi there,

I am currently setting up a bbpress forum. This is why I post a view threads atm because I have questions. Hopefully, it’s not perceived as spam

I noticed that new users are automatically assigned to the forum role administrator, eventhough automatic role assignment as forum admin for new users is not checked under settings > forum > user settings for forum.

Why is this? Am I missing something?

New users should just get the wordpress default role subscriber and forum role participant.

Hopefully you can help. best regards, peter

[fl3xtra]

Got it. I’ll give it a show. I think it was default to 2 links. And got the moderation plugin. Thanks for the suggestion.

[Oleksandr]

topic as draft
There is no matter. Such functionality doesn’t exist by default.
The error occurs with any topic status. Main – the topic must be saved.

[Oleksandr]

Same with a completely new site with a default theme.

[Robin W]

this may be what you need to change the default template

bbPress WP Tweaks

[Robin W]

the simplest way would be to just take out the bbpress login

find
wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/form-user-login.php

transfer this to your pc and edit to just delete all the content (or you could put a link to your page)

and save

create a directory on your theme called ‘bbpress’
ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress

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

Then transfer the file you saved above and put in in the directory called bbpress that you created above, so you end up with
wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress/form-user-login.php

bbPress will now use this template instead of the original

[Oleksandr]

Custom Field doesn’t work with bbpress 2.6 and above
I use custom fields for bbpress topics.
I tried to turn off all plugins and change the theme to default but always receive next javascript error in the console:

load-scripts.php?c=0&load[chunk_0]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils,suggest,jquery-ui-core,jquery-ui-widget,jquery-ui-mouse&ver=5.3.1:4 POST https://test.3d-kstudio.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php 400
send @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[chunk_0]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils,suggest,jquery-ui-core,jquery-ui-widget,jquery-ui-mouse&ver=5.3.1:4
ajax @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[chunk_0]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils,suggest,jquery-ui-core,jquery-ui-widget,jquery-ui-mouse&ver=5.3.1:4
ajaxAdd @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[chunk_0]=hoverIntent,common,hoverintent-js,admin-bar,wp-ajax-response,jquery-color,wp-lists,jquery-ui-sortable,postbox,jquery-ui-position&load[chunk_1]=,jquery-ui-menu,jquery-ui-autocomplete,tags-suggest,tags-box,word-count,wp-sanitize,post,editor-expand,thickbox,shortcode,backbo&load[chunk_2]=ne,wp-util,wp-backbone,media-models,wp-plupload&ver=5.3.1:9
i.wpList.<computed> @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[chunk_0]=hoverIntent,common,hoverintent-js,admin-bar,wp-ajax-response,jquery-color,wp-lists,jquery-ui-sortable,postbox,jquery-ui-position&load[chunk_1]=,jquery-ui-menu,jquery-ui-autocomplete,tags-suggest,tags-box,word-count,wp-sanitize,post,editor-expand,thickbox,shortcode,backbo&load[chunk_2]=ne,wp-util,wp-backbone,media-models,wp-plupload&ver=5.3.1:9
(anonymous) @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[chunk_0]=hoverIntent,common,hoverintent-js,admin-bar,wp-ajax-response,jquery-color,wp-lists,jquery-ui-sortable,postbox,jquery-ui-position&load[chunk_1]=,jquery-ui-menu,jquery-ui-autocomplete,tags-suggest,tags-box,word-count,wp-sanitize,post,editor-expand,thickbox,shortcode,backbo&load[chunk_2]=ne,wp-util,wp-backbone,media-models,wp-plupload&ver=5.3.1:9
dispatch @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[chunk_0]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils,suggest,jquery-ui-core,jquery-ui-widget,jquery-ui-mouse&ver=5.3.1:3
r.handle @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[chunk_0]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils,suggest,jquery-ui-core,jquery-ui-widget,jquery-ui-mouse&ver=5.3.1:3

[fl3xtra]

Hi all

I have two issues. First is that the area
Allow users to edit their content for xx minutes after posting
If checked, setting to “0 minutes” allows editing forever.

I can’t change it to 0. Default keeps going to 5 minutes.

Secondly if a reply has been edited, I have to manually approve it. Is there a way to disable that so it automatically approves?

[lonelydime]

It’s been about 10 years since I’ve attempted anything WordPress or PHP for that matter, but while this works it feels like it’s going to break in an update.

add_filter( 'bbp_default_styles', 'rew_dequeue_bbpress_css' );

function rew_dequeue_bbpress_css ($defaults ){
	fixed_bbp_enqueue_style("bbp-default", "css/bbpress.css", array(), bbp_get_version());
	unset ($defaults['bbp-default']) ;
	return $defaults ;
}

function fixed_bbp_enqueue_style( $handle = '', $file = '', $deps = array(), $ver = false, $media = 'all' ) {
        // Attempt to locate an enqueueable
        $located = bbp_locate_enqueueable( $file );
	$located = str_replace('/bitnami/wordpress', '', $located);
		
        // Enqueue if located
        if ( ! empty( $located ) ) {

                // Make sure there is always a version
                if ( empty( $ver ) ) {
                        $ver = bbp_get_version();
                }

                // Make path to file relative to site URL
                $located = bbp_urlize_enqueueable( $located );

                // Register the style
                wp_register_style( $handle, $located, $deps, $ver, $media );

                // Enqueue the style
                wp_enqueue_style( $handle );
        }

        return $located;
}

From what I can tell your snippet does, it just clears out the default css object so the loop to bbp_enqueue_style skips including it and then I can inject my own function. The scripts function seem more complicated because there are many more includes than one file and they’re based on pages from what I can tell. Is what I’ve done what you were referring to?

[lonelydime]

Hello,

I’m running a fresh install of WordPress from the bitnami helm chart using persistent storage on an NFS share. The path used by the containers is /bitnami/wordpress/wp-content/ to pull in plugins/etc. When I install bbPress, all of the css files and js files use the wrong path to include the assets.

Here’s an example:

<link rel='stylesheet' id='bbp-default-css' href='https://example.com/bitnami/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/css/bbpress.min.css'>

<script type='text/javascript' src='https://example.com/bitnami/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/js/editor.min.js?ver=2.6.5'>

I haven’t had any issues with other plugins thus far, but for some reason bbPress is wanting to use the full installation path instead of the web root. Is there a way of fixing this with some WP constant that I’m not setting? The installation of wordpress is in /opt/bitnami/wordpress and wp-content/ and wp-config.php are symlink’d to /bitnami/wordpress/wp-content and /bitnami/wordpress/wp-config.php.

I have a temporary fix right now which will be wiped out when bbPress updates.

File: wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/core/template-functions.php

function bbp_enqueue_style( $handle = '', $file = '', $deps = array(), $ver = false, $media = 'all' ) {
        // Attempt to locate an enqueueable
        $located = bbp_locate_enqueueable( $file );
        //Ghetto fix
        $located = str_replace('/bitnami/wordpress', '', $located);

function bbp_enqueue_script( $handle = '', $file = '', $deps = array(), $ver = false, $in_footer = false ) {
        // Attempt to locate an enqueueable
        $located = bbp_locate_enqueueable( $file );
        //Ghetto fix
        $located = str_replace('/bitnami/wordpress', '', $located);

[Robin W]

it could be a theme or plugin issue

Themes

As a test switch to a default theme such as twentyfifteen, 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.

Then come back

[Robin W]

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

transfer this to your pc and edit

you’ll see

		<?php if ( ! bbp_is_forum_category() && bbp_has_topics() ) : ?>

			<?php bbp_get_template_part( 'pagination', 'topics'    ); ?>

			<?php bbp_get_template_part( 'loop',       'topics'    ); ?>

			<?php bbp_get_template_part( 'pagination', 'topics'    ); ?>

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

		<?php elseif ( ! bbp_is_forum_category() ) : ?>

			<?php bbp_get_template_part( 'feedback',   'no-topics' ); ?>

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

change this to

<?php if ( ! bbp_is_forum_category() && bbp_has_topics() ) : ?>
		

			<?php bbp_get_template_part( 'form',       'topic'     ); ?>
			
			<?php bbp_get_template_part( 'pagination', 'topics'    ); ?>

			<?php bbp_get_template_part( 'loop',       'topics'    ); ?>

			<?php bbp_get_template_part( 'pagination', 'topics'    ); ?>

			

		<?php elseif ( ! bbp_is_forum_category() ) : ?>
		
			<?php bbp_get_template_part( 'form',       'topic'     ); ?>

			<?php bbp_get_template_part( 'feedback',   'no-topics' ); ?>

and save

then create a directory on your theme called ‘bbpress’
ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress

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

Then transfer the file you saved above and put in in the directory called bbpress that you created above, so you end up with
wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress/content-single-forum.php

bbPress will now use this template instead of the original, and the topic form will now appear before the forums

[Ahmad Karim]

I want the same structure for my forum topics to be like this:

http://domain.com/forums/forum-slug/topic-slug/

I don’t want it to look like this, which is currently how it is showing by default:

http://domain.com/forums/topic/topic-slug/

If I have same topics in two different forums the topic will be messed up

Neither I want it to look like this

http:/domain.com/forums/forum/forum-slug/

This is so redundant. Shouldn’t it look like this? http:/domain.com/forums/forum-slug/

Can someone help here please?

[PvK2020]

Hi,

I’m using Buddypress together with BBpress. I’ve an issue and I’m hoping someone can help me with it.

When I (or someone else) create a new Buddypress-group on my website, I always choose to make a new group-forum. These forums have no ‘sub/child-forums’ by default. If you want there to be ‘sub/child-forums’ you should make them all by hand. I’ve around 60 groups (and counting), so you understand it’s a LOT of work if you want all the group-forums to have the same (same names, different private forums) sub-forums. Plus, I want my moderators to have the possibility to create groups (with a standard forum) and I can’t be there all the time to immidiatly make the sub-forums (including the right subtext and forum-image).

So, is there an option to make some ‘default sub forums’ (with image and subtext) that ALWAYS automatically ‘ll be created when you make a new group with forum? So for example: the default forums are ‘pregnancy’, ‘birthdays’ and ‘animals’. I make a new group called ‘Group 1’ and I choose ‘Yes, I want to create a forum for this group’. Then I open the brand new group-forum, and hooray! It has 3 brandnew subforums: ‘pregnancy’, ‘birthdays’ and ‘animals’. Only viewable for the group-members.

After that, I create a second group, called ‘Group 2’ and I choose ‘Yes, I want to create a forum for this group’. Then I open the brand new group-forum, and hooray again! It had 3 brandnew subforums (so, not the same forums you see in the group 1 forum), only viewable for group 2-members.

Can someone help me with this? 🙂

[kevvyb]

Just me being dumb. I sort of got frightened byt eh exhortaions I have seen to change the default login url for security reasons and was extrapolating that this needed to be kept relatively secure! But I take your point!

So the main thing is that it is changed. Making me wonder if I should change it to something that is more recognisable as a login but still pretty unique?

I take it that the login url(s) on this site are database generated? Or will WordPress doa similar thing for our site?

[kevvyb]

Thanks for the very quick reply Robin. And for the tips. Not sure I have been very clear. As you say I have changed my admin login from the default for security reasons. When I received the registration email though (presumably from WordPress?) is showed a link to confirm registration that inlcuded my altered wp login url; I don’t really want to be publicising that to everyone who registers for the forum. Is it possibel to avoid this?

Maybe that I am missing soemthing obvious been at it a while today and need to take a break.

[Robin W]

bbpress just uses WordPress registration and login.

bbpress then just assigns the default role on first login that is set in Dashboard>settings>forum>roles if you have that ticked, or you can manually assign if you wish.

Therefore you can ignore anything bbpressy on registration and login, and just use anything that WordPress does instead.

This gives you the ability to utilise plugins such as ‘theme my login’ to give yourself a nice registration and login (there are plenty of other good login plugins, just search around).

It looks like you have already changed the default wp urls – which is great and good security practise, so suggest you just don’t use bbpress login shortcodes or widgets, and let wordpress do your registration and login.

Do come back if you need further help

[kevvyb]

Hi

I have just installed bbPress on my site. I craeted a test user to see how it works. I was horrified to see that the email included a url for registration that is the admin url I use. I have changed this from the default for reasons of security and do not realy want to be sending out my wp admin login url to everyone who registers on the site. Is there a way around this or is it a wordpress thing?