[manueldo]

Hi martineva! I am in the same situation and have the same problem, and tried the same as you without results.
The only way I could “solve” it, was modifying the capabilities for the default particpant role in the core of the plugin.
In the Primary caps I had to set moderate=true and then blocked all things that I don´t want the user do in the other options. Anyway I had to hardcode some other parts of the plugin because it inherits some moderator capabilities, eg. this user will be able to stick a topic.

I know this is not the way to solve it but it is the only way I found. And like you, this is my first forum, and I am not a developer.

I hope we could find other way soon!
ps.) Sorry for my english, isn´t the best.

[Robkk]

I just want to know what “bbPress ready” “works with bbPress” means
What are some characteristics that make a “theme bbPress ready/compatible”?

Most common theme related issues are not visible with the theme.

If a WordPress theme is reviewed in an article and is said to work for bbPress

There are quite a few, like a handful of paid themes that actual go out and style everything and add something custom in their forum layout. Some others just say it just works but do not really customize the layout much.

Same thing with free themes, only a few I have seen actually customize the layout. There are some good free ones.

What do the results imply when I search for themes for bbPress, what can I expect in general?

The theme has no possible theme issues with bbPress and possibly some minor or major customization in the default bbPress forums look.

I have been struggling with themes, like all bbPress newbies. I don’t understand the structure of bbPress – the layout, navigation, hierarchy and the pages it generates. It’s a new surprise with each theme I try. (Yes, I have used Theme 2015 to check things.)

It is close to a traditional forum layout (except the categories/forum layout). Can you please explain exactly why some things might not understandable so I can help you better?? I do not want to try to assume things from what you meant by structure or the pages generated.

In /forums page is the forum post type archive, same goes for the topic post type and /topics. In some themes they configure a custom page title for Archive pages. Since you can use the regular WordPress conditional is_archive() and affect bbPress, well it affects bbPress.

Here is the code in the free version of that theme that outputs the Archives title for any archive using if_archive() and some extra conditionals to check if it is a category archive or an author archive and so on. Since the bbPress archive page does not follow one of the other conditionals, the title ends up just Archives.

function ample_header_title() {
   if( is_archive() ) {
      if ( is_category() ) :
         $ample_header_title = single_cat_title( '', FALSE );

      elseif ( is_tag() ) :
         $ample_header_title = single_tag_title( '', FALSE );

      elseif ( is_author() ) :
         /* Queue the first post, that way we know
          * what author we're dealing with (if that is the case).
         */
         the_post();
         $ample_header_title =  sprintf( __( 'Author: %s', 'ample' ), '<span class="vcard">' . get_the_author() . '</span>' );
         /* Since we called the_post() above, we need to
          * rewind the loop back to the beginning that way
          * we can run the loop properly, in full.
          */
         rewind_posts();

      elseif ( is_day() ) :
         $ample_header_title = sprintf( __( 'Day: %s', 'ample' ), '<span>' . get_the_date() . '</span>' );

      elseif ( is_month() ) :
         $ample_header_title = sprintf( __( 'Month: %s', 'ample' ), '<span>' . get_the_date( 'F Y' ) . '</span>' );

      elseif ( is_year() ) :
         $ample_header_title = sprintf( __( 'Year: %s', 'ample' ), '<span>' . get_the_date( 'Y' ) . '</span>' );

      else :
         $ample_header_title = __( 'Archives', 'ample' );

      endif;
   }

[Robkk]

Try this php code snippet. Add it to your child themes functions.php file or in a functionality plugin that can hold custom php code snipppets.

add_filter ('bbp_get_title_max_length','rkk_change_title') ;

Function rkk_change_title ($default) {
$default=90 ;
return $default ;
}

[gene-stevo]

WP= 4.3.1 bbPress= 2.5.8 Postman SMTP= 1.6.24

I’m learning WP by building a dummy site as a prelude to rebuilding camera club site. Work in progress at: http://www.snapsphotoservices.biz/
An important feature will be forums. I installed bbPress and all was good until I sent out test messages to selected subscribers. Despite the recipients getting the notifications correctly I was never the less presented with MDS errors: Mail Delivery System <MAILER-DAEMON@smtprelay08.hostedemail.com>Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender
Thinking I had server issues I moaned at my host who said “It’s not us…” As SMTP is said to be more reliable I added plugin Easy WP SMTP to the mix. It made no difference. I then tried Postman SMTP and created a new email address so that forums related to this and WP just dealt with original mail.
Strangely it’s this original mail that sent messages are referring to. Attached is a shot of the header a recipient sees. The Mochdre boot address is the address Postman is given and the snaps address is the default WP email address.

Hooray! It worked a treat, everybody gets the messages and I get no errors. Untill tonight when my inbox was filled with the old error messages.
Tried deactivating all plugins etc to no avail. How do I stop WP using its own snaps address when I’ve told SMTP plugin to use mochdreboot address? Or, if I create a mail account of noreply@snaps etc, what the heck happens to all the mail the server gets dumped with (assuming it would help)?
This is doing my head in. Please advise.

[o.m.j]

sorry to bump such a old topic, but can someone show the specifc code to add to child theme functions.php? still learning here…

I tried adding this to functions, but produced an error…

function bbp_title_max_length( $default = 90 ) {
	echo bbp_get_title_max_length( $default );
}
	/**
	 * Return the maximum length of a title
	 *
	 * @since bbPress (r3246)
	 * @param $default bool Optional. Default value 90
	 * @uses get_option() To get the maximum title length
	 * @return int Is anonymous posting allowed?
	 */
	function bbp_get_title_max_length( $default = 90 ) {
		return (int) apply_filters( 'bbp_get_title_max_length', (int) get_option( '_bbp_title_max_length', $default ) );
	}

thx!

[Brandon Allen]

I can’t reproduce this behavior on bbPress 2.5.8 or trunk using the default WordPress themes. Topics and replies in private forums are listed. Are you using a custom theme? Are you running any plugins that effect user profiles? Are you running BuddyPress?

[Robkk]

I bet you just closed the topic as well and the color of the text is a gray color that is hard to see.

Use this CSS to fix that.

#bbpress-forums .status-closed,
#bbpress-forums .status-closed a {
	color: #aaa;
}

You do not have to use the bbPress shortcode for registration, you can use alternative plugins for frontend forms if you want.

Do users need to register with the forum first to see the content of a post?

bbPress by default has nothing that would hide the content of a topic post. It will make a whole topic hidden if the forum is private and the user is not logged in, and the topic and forum could also be hidden if it is a hidden forum.

If you want a menu item for registration you can create a custom link to the default WordPress registration form, or if you have another plugin that adds frontend forms you can link to that page if you want.

Question really is: how does a user of the educational material get to see the forum questions/posts?

It really depends on the LMS plugin you might be using with your bbPress forums really. By default though a sticky/closed post should be kind of visible, the gray is hard to see sometimes.

[reminisce32]

@netweb thank you, I was starting to think that was the case. I re-imported again and didn’t have this particular issue. The only issue I am having now is my topics don’t show up, as you can see here: http://www.maddengurus.com/forum/new-member-introductions/

Can anyone help with this as to why they are not showing up? I did all the forum repairs it let me know besides the Recalculate the position of each reply and Remap existing users to default forum roles because they give me errors when I try to run them.

[reminisce32]

Topics imported but not showing up after importing vB.

You can see topics show up here (http://www.maddengurus.com/topic/madden-2015/) but not here http://www.maddengurus.com/forum/madden-general-discussion/

Also get error in repair screen only when trying to “Recalculate the position of each reply.” Error states: Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in wp-includes/functions.php on line 3207

Browser window also goes blank when I try the following repair alone: Remap existing users to default forum roles

Thanks for any help.

WordPress version 4.3.1
bbPress version 2.5.8
link to site http://www.maddengurus.com/forum/

[Robkk]

Sorry for the late reply, I just approved your topic.

What I think is happening is somewhat bbPress default styles related and possibly the main font color in your theme. From what I can see you know have a plugin that adds custom styles for the bbPress theme (bbPress New UI), and it does help a little with the issue.

If you want contact me, and I can help you with most of the styling issues you are facing.

Contact

[Robkk]

Might need some help from @netweb since he is part of the polyglots team. I am not that familiar with the translating process yet.

You may need to make a post on the polygots page to notify them that you have a bbPress project translation and where to submit the translations, I am sure they will be able to help.

https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/

You may be able to just contact your team here to see if they can also help you.

Contact

You may have to edit the translations here, and just wait for the team to approve the strings.

https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/bbpress/stable/fa/default

translate.wordpress.org (GlotPress)

[Robkk]

Inside bbpress/templates/default/bbpress-functions.php

yes that one.

You can place a copy of the file right into your child theme and customize it from there.

You can do the same thing for the other files in bbPress too.

Theme Compatibility

[TKServer]

Are you saying that you want to move the bbpress-functions.php file into your theme to make it easier to customize the functions already in the plugin??

YES @robkk. Just didn’t want to redeclare the functions. Will that be an issue? If I can pull in whole functions.php then a whole new world will open up.

I see the files
common/functions.php
theme/core… Wait a sec I just found it…

Inside bbpress/templates/default/bbpress-functions.php

So I just call that from my custom page I guess?

@casiepa yes I do. I’m creating an outside of bbpress page which is a threaded forum view with some extra features. I did not create a forum myself, though the thought crossed my mind until I found bbp.

[monovabona]

Hi

I embedded the Forum Index inside a WordPress page: http://tsalawchamber.org/?page_id=251 . Created a new forum (‘General’). But when I open the new forum and afterwards want to go back to the original WordPress page where the Forum Index was embedded, I can’t. When I click the “To Forums List” blue button at the top of the new Forum, it goes to a new page – which is I guess is called ‘Forum Root’ (?). This page also displays a list of existing Forums like the original WordPress page where I embedded the Forum Index, but I don’t want to go to this page by clicking “To Forums List” button – I want to go back to the original WordPress page. How can I do this? How can I change the destination of the “To Forums List” button and point it to the original WordPress page (not just for one forum, but automatically for all new forums) ?
I tried this by deleting the default Forum Root Slug “forums” from Settings and leaving the field blank, but this didn’t work. It only rendered the “To Forums List” button inactive. I also changed the default Forum Root Slug to the original wordpress page slug, but this did not work either. So, how can I do this?

Also, if this cannot be achieved through the “To Forums List” button, then how can I stop this button from appearing in new forums and insert a custom button which will point to the original WordPress page?

Please help me!

[My bbPress version: 2.5.4 (don’t want to update this one at this moment), WordPress version: 4.3.1 ]

[Robkk]

Are you just using the_author and the_modified_time to just display 1 revision log. You can use the default revision logs and then use a function or some CSS to display 1 revision log instead.

PHP functiion, place in your child themes functions.php file or in a functionality plugin.

// Only return one entry for revision log otherwise it gets cluttered
function bbp_trim_revision_log( $r='' ) {
 $arr = array( end( $r ));
 reset( $r );
 
 return( $arr );
}
 
add_filter( 'bbp_get_reply_revisions', 'bbp_trim_revision_log', 20, 1 );
add_filter( 'bbp_get_topic_revisions', 'bbp_trim_revision_log', 20, 1 );

CSS snippet, place in your child themes style css or in anywhere else you can place custom css snippets like a custom css plugin.

.bbp-topic-revision-log li {
	display:none;
}
.bbp-topic-revision-log li:last-child {
	display:block;
}

[project_subdomain]

thanks for your reply, pascal.
i use the default twenty twelve theme. refreshing permalinks does not solve it, too.
also it is not caused by caching plugins.

[gperez-tl]

Hi.
I’m showing my replies as a timestream, meaning I display the newest replies above the oldest one. Like this:

function custom_bbp_reorder_replies($args) { 
    
  $args['order'] = 'DESC'; // 'ASC' (Ascending, Default), 'DESC' (Descending) 
  return $args;
}
add_filter('bbp_before_has_replies_parse_args', 'custom_bbp_reorder_replies' );

Well, in My Replies Created I’m showing a list of replies with a link to corresponding thread like this:

<a href=" <?php echo bbp_get_reply_url() ?>" class="bbp-topic-edit-link">...</a>

But that is not working because bbp_get_reply_url() is considering default order instead of reverse. So, when doing this it returns the wrong page:

$reply_page = ceil( (int) bbp_get_reply_position( $reply_id, $topic_id ) / (int) bbp_get_replies_per_page() );

(that code is in includes/replies/template.php, line 487)

Maybe a hook around there would help.

By now I’m not sure how to solve it for myself.

[project_subdomain]

Hi!
In my topics the bbp-reply-permalink (that with the number like #1010) does not jump to the specific reply as soon as there are more pages.

Once a new page started, the url of all new replies permalinks on page 1 try to direct to a non-existing url on page 2, eg: /forums/topic/topicname/page/2/#post-1010. Every reply’s permalink on page 2 then tries a redirect to a non-existing url on page 1, eg /forums/topic/topicname/#post-1050.

Suspected changes in the reply order to be the fault, but deactivating the custom code to get edited replies to the top as well as setting default order of replies did not have any effect.

Would be very thankful for any help!

[PittNZK]

Ok, I figured it out.
Just wrote a small plugin adding the “newzik” protocol :

<?php
/**
* Plugin Name: NZK links support
* Plugin URI: http://newzik.com/
* Description: Adds support to newzik:// links
* Version: 1.0
* Author: Pierre Mardon
* Author URI: http://newzik.com/
* License: None
*/

/**
 * Extend list of allowed protocols.
 *
 * @param array $protocols List of default protocols allowed by WordPress.
 *
 * @return array $protocols Updated list including new protocols.
 */
function wporg_extend_allowed_protocols( $protocols ){
    $protocols[] = 'newzik';
    return $protocols;
}
add_filter( 'kses_allowed_protocols' , 'wporg_extend_allowed_protocols' );
?>

[gene-stevo]

Hi Guys,
I’ve been sort of getting on with bbpress installation but have hit a wall.
The page designated to host the forums isn’t showing my default WordPress left side bar.
I think I’ve unticked and re-ticked every option on every bit of setting I can find but it still wont show. I’ve even installed Content Aware Sidebars with the idea of inserting one that way but I cant get that to work either.
What the heck am I missing (I’m a WP newbie). WP: 4.3.1 Theme: Jolene
The affected page is here.
Club News & Forums
(the password to these learn-as-I-go pages is ccc but don’t tell anyone.
Cheers in advance,
Eugene.

[Robkk]

@gperez-tl

Post the code you are using for the custom howdy message in the toolbar. I do not think this would cause an issue but just double checking.

Do the same thing with the profile menu items code.

Just know that you said these were bbPress’s issue although the menu system and the WordPress toolbar are both part of WordPress. The registered menu and menu location are your theme. I do not know how bbPress could cause an issue with this.

So, (visiting any author’s profile and) clicking on some of these items will show the author’s data, while clicking in others will retrieve current user profile data or something.

Wait so clicking on anyone’s frontend forum profile could show the current users profile for some reason, or is it just the menu links as you stated.

You did not edit the user profile templates heavily? you said you are receiving issues with users profiles.

IF you haven’t already try to track down what is causing the issues you are getting. Since you have a custom theme see if the issue persists in a default theme like twenty twelve, deactivate all plugins but bbPress.

Troubleshooting

Your profile pages shouldn’t just be magically be cached by bbPress.

You may need to create me a test user account so that I can confirm of the issue you are getting, and to also test other areas the cache issue might be present.

[Robkk]

Yes as @casiepa said there is a limit of forums that can be displayed on the forum root page on yoursite.com/forums by default, and it is 50. It is because you do not really need to use more than 50 forums on your site and it is encouraged that you would need to structure your forums a little better. It is filterable to display more on the forum archive though.

@jorgemuyden

Glad you are sorted on the create forum form. While there is no edit and delete button from the frontend, if you are using the WordPress toolbar on your site, if you go to a single forum you should see an edit forum menu item in the toolbar that leads to the backend, if you edit the forum you can also trash it from there too. Hopefully that will help a little bit.

[Robkk]

@sey88

You just talking about the default WordPress registration process right?? If you have BuddyPress installed also, this has an activate link process too. I am just making sure since BuddyPress is one of the most used plugins in conjunction with bbPress.

As @casiepa said it is possible to use a frontend form plugin to just get around this whole process activation process.

[Robkk]

It adds this by default at 480px in the bbPress stylesheet. Should definitely show up unless you have reply threading activated because of some weird bug when it is activated.

#bbpress-forums .bbp-body div.bbp-topic-author,
	#bbpress-forums .bbp-body div.bbp-reply-author {
		margin: -15px 10px 10px;
		min-height: 100px;
		padding-left: 80px;
		position: relative;
		text-align: left;
		width: 100%;
	}

	#bbpress-forums div.bbp-topic-author img.avatar,
	#bbpress-forums div.bbp-reply-author img.avatar {
		position: absolute;
		top: 15px;
		left: 0;
		width: 60px;
		height: auto;
	}

	#bbpress-forums .bbp-body div.bbp-topic-content,
	#bbpress-forums .bbp-body div.bbp-reply-content {
		clear: both;
		margin: 10px;
		padding: 0;
	}

[kamenlee]

I have a small, niche single forum install of bbPress and one of the things I need to do is figure out how to subscribe everyone to the single forum by default.

What I know so far:

1) The notify plugins won’t do because we WANT people to be subscribed and allowed to opt-out by unsubscribing in their settings.
2) We only want to auto-subscribe them to a single forum, not replies. This way they see all new topics, but not ALL convos.
3) This will also eventually be part of a membership to the site, thus the people subscribing are doing it, in part, to gain access and be a part of the conversation.

Seems like I am not the only one that would use a forum this way, but have found no insight on how to accomplish it.