[Robin W]

@netweb

@brovashift

Ok I’ve done some testing.

bbpress uses the display_name as stored in wp_user table.

If you allow registration

ie – Dashboard>settings>membership – anyone can register

then yes, the user_nicename and the display_name in wp_user table are the same and the same as the username entered by the person registering.

If you don’t allow registration, and you add users manually

ie Dashboard>users>add new user

and you don’t enter the first and last name, then the user_nicename and display_name are the same

BUT if you enter the firstname and lastname, then the nice_name is the username, but the display_name is saved as firstname followed by lastname !

So a bit of inconsistency by WordPress.

Now display_name is all that we can play with in bbpress, and users can change their display_name under bbpress in the profile area.

So I plan to put a function in my style pack that will let the user choose what the default display_name is, and optionally disable users from creating a nickname and/or changing the default.

[Robkk]

I would say maybe just place the default bbPress login widget instead of your themes custom one, or customize the widgets settings if it has an option to remove the modal login, or remove the deregister widget code that has possibly removed the default bbPress login widget.

[Robkk]

Copy the default bbPress templates to a folder called bbpress in a child theme then you can edit the templates how you would like.

The files you are looking for is form-anonymous.php and form-reply.php.

Here is a guide that will explain this a little more.

https://codex.bbpress.org/themes/theme-compatibility/

[Pascal Casier]

Hi,
That’s probably coming from a plugin or your theme. Something is interfering.
Try to switch to a default theme and switch off all plugins except bbPress. Then switch them on one after the after to find the one causing this.

Pascal.

[Pascal Casier]

Hi,
From what you describe, I would think there is something with your theme.
Can you try switching to a default theme and then come back to us ?

Pascal.

[Stephen Edgar]

bbPress uses the users username by default, a user can change their own profile to use first/last name if they wish via the “Display name” on the users edit profile screen.

[Brovashift]

Hi anyone and everyone,

Im just wondering why bbpress displays participants real name instead of their username by default? I want to change this as I can’t remember ever seeing a site before where you create a username for it not to be used, even this bbpress support forum shows usernames!

I see topics on this matter going back 4+ years, and still its the same solution, why?

So why is it that we have to edit code to achieve this? It should at least be a simple edit in the admin area.

[amongstlovelythings]

Thanks!

I did deactivate all but bbpress- and the search bar was fixed. I re-enabled them one at a time, and found that BuddyPress was causing the error.

I then switched to the default theme twentyfifteen, but the search bar completely disappeared when I did that…

So now I’m back on the Beautiful theme for Genesis.

Also– FYI, the search bar was working beautifully about 3 or 4 days ago. This is a new problem that just started within the last couple of days.

[Robin W]

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 twentyfifteen, and see if this fixes.

Then come back

[stewmills]

Unfortunately that didn’t work. I switched the code and while it still included a sidebar with stuff, it was a sidebar with all sorts of crazy stuff about a page long.

So, I acted as if I was starting over and I copied my page.php file and resaved it as bbpress.php in my main theme folder. The result of this was a page with no sidebar anywhere in my forum since this template does not include any sidebar info.

So do I:
a) keep the page.php file that I renamed to bbpress.php and just add some code (I would need directions) to include the sidebar on all bbpress pages.
b) revert back to my previous page an keep troubleshooting this issue with the page template that i know works aside from the topics page.

Here is the code from the page.php page that I renamed to bbpress.php, which looks great but does not display my sidebar on any forum page.

<?php get_header(); ?>

<?php 
// check for WooCommerce. If true, load WooCommerce custom layout
if (class_exists('woocommerce') && ((is_woocommerce() == "true") || (is_checkout() == "true") || (is_cart() == "true") || (is_account_page() == "true") )){ ?>

</div><!-- header-area -->
</div><!-- end rays -->
</div><!-- end header-holder -->
</div><!-- end header -->

<?php truethemes_before_main_hook(); //action hook ?>

<div id="main" class="tt-woocommerce">
<?php get_template_part('theme-template-part-tools-woocommerce','childtheme'); ?>

<div class="main-holder">
<div id="content">
<?php if(have_posts()) : while(have_posts()) : the_post(); the_content(); truethemes_link_pages(); endwhile; endif; 
comments_template('/page-comments.php', true); ?>
</div><!-- end content -->

<div id="sidebar" class="right_sidebar">
<?php 
		if ( (is_cart() == "true") || (is_checkout() == "true") ) {
			dynamic_sidebar("WooCommerce - Cart + Checkout");
		} else {
			dynamic_sidebar("WooCommerce Sidebar");
		}
		?>
</div><!-- end sidebar -->
</div><!-- end main-holder -->
</div><!-- main-area -->
  
  
  <?php // ELSE load default layout
  } else { ?>
  
</div><!-- header-area -->
</div><!-- end rays -->
</div><!-- end header-holder -->
</div><!-- end header -->

<?php truethemes_before_main_hook();// action hook, see truethemes_framework/global/hooks.php ?>

<div id="main">

<?php get_template_part('theme-template-part-tools','childtheme'); ?>

<div class="main-holder">
<div id="content" class="content_full_width">
<?php if(have_posts()) : while(have_posts()) : the_post(); the_content(); truethemes_link_pages(); endwhile; endif; 
comments_template('/page-comments.php', true);
get_template_part('theme-template-part-inline-editing','childtheme'); ?>
</div><!-- end content -->
</div><!-- end main-holder -->
</div><!-- main-area -->
  
  
  <?php // END WooCommerce loop
  } ?>
    
<?php get_footer(); ?>

Thanks!

[neecride]

Thank you !

I found the file in part !!

Now I would like to change while loop_forums in index forums on loop-forums.php

exemple : http://gauge.wpengine.com/forums/

i does not use shortcode I create a forum page and i edit the default page in bbpress folder on my folder template !

translated by google !!

[amongstlovelythings]

When BuddyPress is active on my site, the bbPress Search Widget does not work. It just displays the default home page rather than search results.

Please advise if there is a fix for this. Forum search is an absolute necessity for us.

Forum URL: http://forum.amongstlovelythings.com
bbPress: Version 2.5.8
BuddyPress: Version 2.5.0

Thank you.

[Robin W]

sorry still don’t understand.

Have you done

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 twentyfifteen, and see if this fixes.

Then come back

[Robin W]

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 twentyfifteen, and see if this fixes.

Also can you tell us what language you are set to in

Dashboard>settings>general

Then come back

[Robin W]

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 twentyfifteen, and see if this fixes.

Then come back

[Robin W]

the code you need is

function change_root( $args = array() ) {

		// Turn off breadcrumbs
		if ( apply_filters( 'bbp_no_breadcrumb', is_front_page() ) )
			return;

		// Define variables
		$front_id         = $root_id                                 = 0;
		$ancestors        = $crumbs           = $tag_data            = array();
		$pre_root_text    = $pre_front_text   = $pre_current_text    = '';
		$pre_include_root = $pre_include_home = $pre_include_current = true;

		/** Home Text *********************************************************/

		// No custom home text
		if ( empty( $args['home_text'] ) ) {

			$front_id = get_option( 'page_on_front' );

			// Set home text to page title
			if ( !empty( $front_id ) ) {
				$pre_front_text = get_the_title( $front_id );

			// Default to 'Home'
			} else {
				$pre_front_text = __( 'Home', 'bbpress' );
			}
		}

		/** Root Text *********************************************************/

		// No custom root text
		if ( empty( $args['root_text'] ) ) {
			$page = bbp_get_page_by_path( bbp_get_root_slug() );
			if ( !empty( $page ) ) {
				$root_id = $page->ID;
			}
			$pre_root_text = bbp_get_forum_archive_title();
		}

		/** Includes **********************************************************/

		// Root slug is also the front page
		if ( !empty( $front_id ) && ( $front_id === $root_id ) ) {
			$pre_include_root = false;
		}

		// Don't show root if viewing forum archive
		if ( bbp_is_forum_archive() ) {
			$pre_include_root = false;
		}

		// Don't show root if viewing page in place of forum archive
		if ( !empty( $root_id ) && ( ( is_single() || is_page() ) && ( $root_id === get_the_ID() ) ) ) {
			$pre_include_root = false;
		}

		/** Current Text ******************************************************/

		// Search page
		if ( bbp_is_search() ) {
			$pre_current_text = bbp_get_search_title();

		// Forum archive
		} elseif ( bbp_is_forum_archive() ) {
			$pre_current_text = bbp_get_forum_archive_title();

		// Topic archive
		} elseif ( bbp_is_topic_archive() ) {
			$pre_current_text = bbp_get_topic_archive_title();

		// View
		} elseif ( bbp_is_single_view() ) {
			$pre_current_text = bbp_get_view_title();

		// Single Forum
		} elseif ( bbp_is_single_forum() ) {
			$pre_current_text = bbp_get_forum_title();

		// Single Topic
		} elseif ( bbp_is_single_topic() ) {
			$pre_current_text = bbp_get_topic_title();

		// Single Topic
		} elseif ( bbp_is_single_reply() ) {
			$pre_current_text = bbp_get_reply_title();

		// Topic Tag (or theme compat topic tag)
		} elseif ( bbp_is_topic_tag() || ( get_query_var( 'bbp_topic_tag' ) && !bbp_is_topic_tag_edit() ) ) {

			// Always include the tag name
			$tag_data[] = bbp_get_topic_tag_name();

			// If capable, include a link to edit the tag
			if ( current_user_can( 'manage_topic_tags' ) ) {
				$tag_data[] = '<a href="' . esc_url( bbp_get_topic_tag_edit_link() ) . '" class="bbp-edit-topic-tag-link">' . esc_html__( '(Edit)', 'bbpress' ) . '</a>';
			}

			// Implode the results of the tag data
			$pre_current_text = sprintf( __( 'Topic Tag: %s', 'bbpress' ), implode( ' ', $tag_data ) );

		// Edit Topic Tag
		} elseif ( bbp_is_topic_tag_edit() ) {
			$pre_current_text = __( 'Edit', 'bbpress' );

		// Single
		} else {
			$pre_current_text = get_the_title();
		}

		/** Parse Args ********************************************************/

		// Parse args
		$r = bbp_parse_args( $args, array(

			// HTML
			'before'          => '<div class="bbp-breadcrumb"><p>',
			'after'           => '</p></div>',

			// Separator
			'sep'             => is_rtl() ? __( '&lsaquo;', 'bbpress' ) : __( '&rsaquo;', 'bbpress' ),
			'pad_sep'         => 1,
			'sep_before'      => '<span class="bbp-breadcrumb-sep">',
			'sep_after'       => '</span>',

			// Crumbs
			'crumb_before'    => '',
			'crumb_after'     => '',

			// Home
			'include_home'    => $pre_include_home,
			'home_text'       => $pre_front_text,

			// Forum root
			'include_root'    => $pre_include_root,
			'root_text'       => $pre_root_text,

			// Current
			'include_current' => $pre_include_current,
			'current_text'    => $pre_current_text,
			'current_before'  => '<span class="bbp-breadcrumb-current">',
			'current_after'   => '</span>',
		), 'get_breadcrumb' );

		/** Ancestors *********************************************************/

		// Get post ancestors
		if ( is_singular() || bbp_is_forum_edit() || bbp_is_topic_edit() || bbp_is_reply_edit() ) {
			$ancestors = array_reverse( (array) get_post_ancestors( get_the_ID() ) );
		}

		// Do we want to include a link to home?
		if ( !empty( $r['include_home'] ) || empty( $r['home_text'] ) ) {
			$crumbs[] = '<a href="' . trailingslashit( home_url() ) . '" class="bbp-breadcrumb-home">' . $r['home_text'] . '</a>';
		}

		// Do we want to include a link to the forum root?
		if ( !empty( $r['include_root'] ) || empty( $r['root_text'] ) ) {

			// Page exists at root slug path, so use its permalink
			$page = bbp_get_page_by_path( bbp_get_root_slug() );
			if ( !empty( $page ) ) {
				$root_url = get_permalink( $page->ID );

			// Use the root slug
			} else {
				$root_url = get_post_type_archive_link( bbp_get_forum_post_type() );
			}

			// Add the breadcrumb
			//$crumbs[] = '<a href="' . esc_url( $root_url ) . '" class="bbp-breadcrumb-root">' . $r['root_text'] . '</a>';
		$crumbs[] = '<a href="/forums/">Forums</a>';

		}

		// Ancestors exist
		if ( !empty( $ancestors ) ) {

			// Loop through parents
			foreach ( (array) $ancestors as $parent_id ) {

				// Parents
				$parent = get_post( $parent_id );

				// Skip parent if empty or error
				if ( empty( $parent ) || is_wp_error( $parent ) )
					continue;

				// Switch through post_type to ensure correct filters are applied
				switch ( $parent->post_type ) {

					// Forum
					case bbp_get_forum_post_type() :
						$crumbs[] = '<a href="' . esc_url( bbp_get_forum_permalink( $parent->ID ) ) . '" class="bbp-breadcrumb-forum">' . bbp_get_forum_title( $parent->ID ) . '</a>';
						break;

					// Topic
					case bbp_get_topic_post_type() :
						$crumbs[] = '<a href="' . esc_url( bbp_get_topic_permalink( $parent->ID ) ) . '" class="bbp-breadcrumb-topic">' . bbp_get_topic_title( $parent->ID ) . '</a>';
						break;

					// Reply (Note: not in most themes)
					case bbp_get_reply_post_type() :
						$crumbs[] = '<a href="' . esc_url( bbp_get_reply_permalink( $parent->ID ) ) . '" class="bbp-breadcrumb-reply">' . bbp_get_reply_title( $parent->ID ) . '</a>';
						break;

					// WordPress Post/Page/Other
					default :
						$crumbs[] = '<a href="' . esc_url( get_permalink( $parent->ID ) ) . '" class="bbp-breadcrumb-item">' . get_the_title( $parent->ID ) . '</a>';
						break;
				}
			}

		// Edit topic tag
		} elseif ( bbp_is_topic_tag_edit() ) {
			$crumbs[] = '<a href="' . esc_url( get_term_link( bbp_get_topic_tag_id(), bbp_get_topic_tag_tax_id() ) ) . '" class="bbp-breadcrumb-topic-tag">' . sprintf( __( 'Topic Tag: %s', 'bbpress' ), bbp_get_topic_tag_name() ) . '</a>';

		// Search
		} elseif ( bbp_is_search() && bbp_get_search_terms() ) {
			$crumbs[] = '<a href="' . esc_url( bbp_get_search_url() ) . '" class="bbp-breadcrumb-search">' . esc_html__( 'Search', 'bbpress' ) . '</a>';
		}

		/** Current ***********************************************************/

		// Add current page to breadcrumb
		if ( !empty( $r['include_current'] ) || empty( $r['current_text'] ) ) {
			$crumbs[] = $r['current_before'] . $r['current_text'] . $r['current_after'];
		}

		/** Separator *********************************************************/

		// Wrap the separator in before/after before padding and filter
		if ( ! empty( $r['sep'] ) ) {
			$sep = $r['sep_before'] . $r['sep'] . $r['sep_after'];
		}

		// Pad the separator
		if ( !empty( $r['pad_sep'] ) ) {
			if ( function_exists( 'mb_strlen' ) ) {
				$sep = str_pad( $sep, mb_strlen( $sep ) + ( (int) $r['pad_sep'] * 2 ), ' ', STR_PAD_BOTH );
			} else {
				$sep = str_pad( $sep, strlen( $sep ) + ( (int) $r['pad_sep'] * 2 ), ' ', STR_PAD_BOTH );
			}
		}

		/** Finish Up *********************************************************/

		// Filter the separator and breadcrumb
		$sep    = apply_filters( 'bbp_breadcrumb_separator', $sep    );
		$crumbs = apply_filters( 'bbp_breadcrumbs',          $crumbs );

		// Build the trail
		$trail  = !empty( $crumbs ) ? ( $r['before'] . $r['crumb_before'] . implode( $sep . $r['crumb_after'] . $r['crumb_before'] , $crumbs ) . $r['crumb_after'] . $r['after'] ) : '';

		return apply_filters( 'change_root', $trail, $crumbs, $r );
	}

add_filter ('bbp_get_breadcrumb', 'change_root') ;

pulled from a thread I did long ago

I don’t know how code aware you are to change this to what you want, so come back and let me know – it would take me a while to work out what to change, and I really don’t want to do this if you are capable !

[joshcarey]

@robin-w: The site is currently in local development. And yes, as @casiepa said, I’m not using any particular form, so I’m assuming it defaults to the standard WP login. I am using the woocommerce page and shortcode (woocommerce_my_account) for the “my account” page.

@casiepa: I’ll look through those 2 resources to see if anything there helps.

[Robin W]

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

find
wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/loop-single-forum.php
Make a copy of this file, 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-single-forum.php
bbPress will now use this template instead of the original
and you can amend this

amend line 12 to

<ul id="bbp-forum-<?php bbp_forum_id(); ?>" <?php bbp_forum_class('', $classes[] = 'hello' ); ?>>

[Robin W]

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 twentyfifteen, and see if this fixes.

Then come back

[Pascal Casier]

Hi ruuizz,

If you have already deactived all plugins except bbPress and switched to a default theme and you still do not see ‘Forums’, ‘Topics’ and/or ‘Replies’, then please try this in Settings > Forums (check after every step if you find the options back on your dashboard):
– ‘Settings > Forums’ : (de)activate ‘Anonymous posting’, save, (de)activate it again to get back to your original setting, save
– ‘Settings > Forums’ : (de)activate ‘Auto role’, save, (de)activate it again to get back to your original setting, save
– Deactivate the bbPress plugin, then reactive the bbPress plugin
– ‘Tools > Forums > Repair Forums’ : Remap existing users to default forum roles, click ‘Repair Items’ (WARNING: Make sure to have multiple admins in case the keymaster role would disappear from one account)

Let me know if this fixes anything,
Pascal.

[fterra]

If you use wp_insert_post, remember to check if the post being saved is a forum.
Default forum type value is 'forum'.
But you should use bbp_get_forum_post_type() to use its current value in case it has been altered by some filter.
You may also take advantage of the following wordpress dynamic hook:
"save_post_{$post->post_type}"
which you would hook to with something like:
add_action("save_post_" . bbp_get_forum_post_type(), "my_hook");

[_az_]

Can you please provide more information how to use one of those two plugins to create a “default” structure in a sub-forum that is added manually at some point after installation?

It seems those plugins are suitable for creating/importing backups of WordPress content from one instance to another.

[neecride]

Hello,

I look for how to add a class css on loop-single-forum.php line 12

<ul id="bbp-forum-<?php bbp_forum_id(); ?>" <?php bbp_forum_class(); ?>>

on default bbp_forum_class();

sorry I’m french ! I do not understand English too

[Robkk]

Well you cannot modify the functions in the template.php by copying over the file like the file in the bbPress default theme, which is in wp-content\plugins\bbpress\templates\default

To customize the code in template.php you would have to filter the code. Paste any new functions you create with the filters from the template.php file into a functions.php file in your child theme or in a custom functionality plugin.

https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_filter

https://codex.bbpress.org/step-by-step-guide-to-setting-up-a-bbpress-forum-part-5/

[Robkk]

Your theme looks to be using post meta to display the sidebars, so there might be custom fields to configure which sidebar to display which will most likely be on the default WordPress post types (page and post) when you create/edit them. These options may not be on the bbPress post type creation/editing screens in the WordPress backend.

I see there is a ton of code that might not even be usable because bbPress post types may not have these custom field options to configure things like the slider, background color, and other options I can see in the code.

I do see from the classes that this uses a responsive grid layout so maybe focus and keep this class as it is a two column layout, one for the content and one for the sidebar.

two_columns_66_33 grid2 clearfix

You may need to contact your theme author for further help on this.