[Robin W]

You can build your forum to look however you like, many would complain if this was the only way you could show your forum.

The basic look of the forum is generally determined by your theme, and dependent in theme how you use sidebars.

The widgets on the left are available either in the default bbpress plugin or in

bbp style pack

which will let you style bbpress and add lots of features.

[duwg]

feel like this forum is a bit of false advertising 🙂 because the default setup looks nothing like bbpress.org

does anyone know how to get their bbpress layout too look more like bbpress.org and buddpress.org

I mean the Forum home page shows recent topics/discussion on the right hand side and Category on the left hand side more like Vanilla forum

default bbpress setup is a forum style home page show category first

[Robin W]

it needs a template change – if you know how to FTP

find
wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/loop-topics.php

transfer this to your pc and edit

change:

<li class="bbp-topic-voice-count"><?php esc_html_e( 'Voices', 'bbpress' ); ?></li>
			<li class="bbp-topic-reply-count"><?php bbp_show_lead_topic()
				? esc_html_e( 'Replies', 'bbpress' )
				: esc_html_e( 'Posts',   'bbpress' );
			?></li>

to

<li class="bbp-topic-voice-count"></li>
<li class="bbp-topic-reply-count"></li>

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/loop-topics.php

bbPress will now use this template instead of the original

Repeat this for the file loop-forums.php

[Robin W]

I can only suggest the basic fault finding

viz :

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

[Robin W]

ok it is probably a combination of plugins/theme, you’ll need to work out which.

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

[Tory]

I just tested on a different site with only the Yoast SEO plugin installed and running Twenty Twelve theme, and the same issue – the page title (in the <title> tag) is “Forums Archive” and the breadcrumb is “Forums”. SO, maybe that’s just default behavior? Is there any way to change “Forums” to “Community”? Thanks

[Tory]

Here’s the link if that helps: https://camperfaqs.com/community. I disabled the RankMath plugin and the <title> is still “Forums”. It’s like the default bbPress terminology is still being used for the page title and breadcrumbs, even though I have renamed the forum root slug to “community”.

[nickymit]

Yes. The sidebar is set to default, same as my other pages but brings up that strange message. Also my website logo is removed which is also my home button. Any ideas?

[Robin W]

so did you try

‘You should add your widgets into Default sidebar area on Appearance => Widgets of your dashboard.’

[nickymit]

Hi there

My logo and widget disappear when I go to my forum page. This makes it impossible for my users to head back to my home page from the forum page. In the sidebar where the widget is supposed to be I get this message:
There is no widget. You should add your widgets into Default sidebar area on Appearance => Widgets of your dashboard.

Page link: https://www.temp.soulistic.co.za/forum-list/
Wordpress version: 6.4.2
bbpress version: 2.6.9

Many thanks

[andrevanberlo2015]

Hi,

My name is André and I’m running into some issues I hope some of you can solve. Good to know is that links to mentioned pages are at the bottom of this post.

The Issues
When I create a bbpress forum, the forum index won’t display on the default page I created ( /forums/ ) but displays a blank page.

The forum index will display on any other different page like this one /forums-2/

When I visit a test forum I get a blank page again.

So I thought I would create a new forum slug in bbpress and page accordingly, named guitar-forums as I was sure no other plugin will have claimed that url. But here the same issues. Nothing works on /guitar-forums/ but the index does show on /guitar-forums-2/

What I’ve done first
I have had previously installed asgaros forum but have removed the plugin and removed the asgaros data tables from the database. I also deleted the old forums page and emptied the trash.

I then did:
switching to default twenty x theme
purged all cache incl server side caching
disabling all other plugins
reset bbpress

Links
Default website forum index link: https://vpbex8y4m8.onrocket.site/forums/
Forum index on a different page: https://vpbex8y4m8.onrocket.site/forums-2/
Forum link: https://vpbex8y4m8.onrocket.site/forums/forum/test-forum/

Other Info
Theme: spectra one
wordpress version 6.4.2
bbpress version 2.6.9

[apinnt]

Wordpress 6.4.2
Theme Bam 1.3.0 (https://wordpress.org/themes/bam/)
bbPress 2.6.9

I copied the default bbpress.css file from wp-content/plugins/bbpress/template/default/css/
and installed it in wp-content/themes/bam/css/bbpress.css

I had to make the css folder as it didn’t exist in the theme. No matter what I do it seems bbPress doesn’t look at that css file.

The only way I could make it work was to add all the css from the bbpress.css file to the theme css file found at wp-content/themes/bam/style.css – which isn’t what I want because it will break on the next theme update. I did notice the theme uses sass so that could be a conflict?

Unsure why this won’t work otherwise.

[robfaich]

OK so I found the shortcode [bbp-display-topic-index show=’5′ forum =’10,11,12′] which should have done what we want if we’d specified all forums except the one we want excluded.

However, this doesn’t seem to work properly, only two of the six forums specified have topics displayed despite all six being represented in the default view (15 topics, using [bbp-topic-index]).

[jesoh]

As said in the title, I want the options to choose Topic Type and Topic Status gone for normal users. When posting a topic, it would post them with Topic Type as Open by default, and Topic Status as Normal by default.

It’s just to simplify the process of posting topics. I know not enough PHP to make my own form, so I’ll be grateful for any help customizing the Topic Form (that you get from the shortcode [bbp-topic-form forum_id=$forum_id]

[electech1313]

I setup a clone site and installed bbpress first and did not install AWPCP at all. Now I was getting a 404 error when I clicked edit or move. I tried clicking save on the permalink deal again but no change. For no reason other than to do it, I changed the permalink structure to Post name instead of Custom Structure which was default on my setup. The edit button is now working correctly. No idea if I messed anything else up in the process but everything seems to be working correctly now.

[testdevs]

When I try to access the page using “http/websiteurl/chats”, it displays the default forum page (without heading) after adding the forum root ‘chats’.

View post on imgur.com

when we access the page with the URL “http/websiteurl/forums/” , it displays the page with heading after adding the forum root ‘forums’.

View post on imgur.com

[Robin W]

ok, 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

[electech1313]

I recently installed bbpress and AWPCP Classifieds. Whenever a user clicks the edit button to edit their post, it takes them to a page that asks for the Ad email and access key. This page is default with AWPCP and is called -Edit Ad. Inside that page is the shortcode [AWPCPEDITAD]. I disabled the AWPCP plugin to test and the result was when a user clicked the edit button, it then just shows the shortcode text from the -Edit Ad page. I am little more than a beginner when it comes to web development. I have built a few websites but they are all basic and mostly wordpress sites. This is the site address if you would like to look at it. https://meltdowncnc.com/wordpress2/

The site is for testing. Hopefully once it is done, I can put it into service for my club. Thanks if anyone can help.

[Robin W]

It’s doable, you would need to amend

bbpress\templates\default\bbpress\loop-topics.php and save to your child theme.

and amend to add to call to bbp_topics() 2-3 times to doi the ordering

Beyond free help I’m afraid, if you’d like paid help happy for you to contact me via

Contact me

with a link to this thread

[devmuhakeem]

I’ve been using BBPRESS for a while now and I want to show the BBPRESS statistics on the BBPRESS left side bar and its showing this message below the statistics . And I’ve also deleted it on the widget area and it still showing this message.

“Warning: Undefined array key “topic_tag_count” in /home/wealthiq/gabata.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/content-statistics.php on line 42″

How can I solve this?

[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

[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

[dianaringer2018]

Hello,

I am trying to follow the step-by-step instructions, and I am still having trouble displaying the main forum page. I am trying to use method 1. I checked and verified the settings.

I added some test forums and topics, and I can see them in the backend.
Forum Root = Forums
Permalink structure is set to POSTNAME
Category | Tag base left blank (default)

I created a page called Forums and nothing displayed.
I tried adding the shortcode and still nothing appears.

I am referring to: https://codex.bbpress.org/step-by-step-guide-to-setting-up-a-bbpress-forum/#3-%c2%a0creating-a-forum-page

Page Links: https://bkswathq.com/forums
Wordpress : 6.3.2
bbp Version 2.6.9

Thanks in advance.
Fills silly to be stuck so early on in the process.

[fadilla]

Hello everyone, I’m a beginner using the bbPress plugin in WordPress. I have some questions, and I hope I can get some help.

1. If I have 3 forums, Forum A, Forum B, and Forum C, and there’s User1 who wants to create a topic but doesn’t want to enter a specific forum first. They want to create a topic and then choose the forum. How can I create a form for this and add the option to select a forum when User1 wants to create a topic?
2. Can the admin set it as a default so that when User1 creates a topic and someone replies, it automatically goes to their email?
Thank you in advance.

[Alpha State]

It appears that while I’m inputting text into the New/Reply Topic Input box, by default the formatting tags are displayed.

Is it possible to have the formatting being applied as soon as it’s selected, e.g. a word highlighted & then formatted to be bold, is shown as bold immediately, rather than in the html tags in preparation for making it bold once the topic /reply is submitted?