[tylerkroff]

I’ve switched between about 5 different themes, trying to install bbpress with each one. Each time, the result is the same. I get a message saying that bbpress was installed, but when I try to go back to the WordPress dashboard, I just get a completely white page. I can’t even navigate back to delete bbpress, so I have to do it manually through FTP.

Right now I am using the Genesis Framework theme, but the same problem has happened with the default themes (Twenty Twelve, Twenty Thirteen, etc.)

Any ideas what it might be?

My website is http://www.poorpilots.com/

I am using the latest version of WordPress.

[wesphily]

This is the response I got from Nimva:

Your code source and current page template might be generated using BBPress templates not by Nimva page templates. Try to edit that Forums page and see if it is possible change the current page template to Default page template under Page Attributes -> Templates. See if that does anything

I think what they are asking me to do is create a page and put the forum index shortcode in it. Then they want me to try to adjust the page template to see if a sidebar shows up. This might work, but it would only work for the main index page. I don’t think this would work for every category/topic/ect.. unless I create shortcode pages for all of them.

Can you all please advise?

[wesphily]

I’ll hit up Nimva to see how to change the default template. Since the forums aren’t pages I can select the template like I would any other page.

[nikhilnaik]

Hello All,

I have a buddypress & bbpress integrated site. I am using buddypress groups inside which the bbpress forums exists. There are about 4 groups with 30 members in each group and I have used a “invert subscribe” code (in my functions file), which I came across on one of the threads here. It by default makes the members of the group to be subscribed to the forum and receive email alerts for every thread/topic created.

But now after I installed the Postman email plugin, I noticed that the email notification meant for the members of the group are being sent out to the members of all the group and all the 120+ users on the site. How can I avoid this and see to it that the emails are being sent out only to the particular group members.

Here is the invert subscribe code that I am using:

add_filter( 'bbp_get_user_subscribe_link', 'invert_get_user_subscribe_link', 10, 4 ); //invert forum subscription
add_filter( 'bbp_is_user_subscribed_to_forum', 'invert_is_user_subscribed_to_forum', 10, 4 ); //invert forum subscription
add_filter( 'bbp_get_forum_subscribers', 'invert_get_forum_subscribers' ); //invert forum subscription
add_filter( 'bbp_is_user_subscribed', 'invert_is_user_subscribed', 10, 4 ); //invert forum subscription

function invert_is_user_subscribed($retval, $user_id, $object_id, $subscribed_ids) {
	if (get_post_type( $object_id ) == bbp_get_forum_post_type())
		return !$retval;
	else	
		return $retval;
}

function strContains($needle, $haystack) {
	if (strpos($haystack, $needle) !== false) {
		return true;
	} else {
		return false;
	}
}

function invert_get_user_subscribe_link ($html, $r, $user_id, $topic_id) {
	if (strContains( "bbp_unsubscribe", $html )) {
		$html = str_replace("bbp_unsubscribe", "bbp_subscribe", $html);
	} else {
		$html = str_replace("bbp_subscribe", "bbp_unsubscribe", $html);
	}
	return $html;
}

function invert_get_forum_subscribers( $users ) {
	$args = array('fields' => 'id');
	$all_users = get_users($args);
	$send_to_users    = array_diff($all_users, $users);
	return $send_to_users;
}

function invert_is_user_subscribed_to_forum( $retval, $user_id, $forum_id, $subscribed_ids ) {
	return !$retval;
}

add_action('bbp_theme_after_topic_form_subscriptions', 'subscribed_by_default'); //default subscribe
add_action('bbp_theme_after_reply_form_subscription', 'subscribed_by_default'); //default subscribe

function subscribed_by_default() {
	echo '<script type="text/javascript">jQuery("#bbp_topic_subscription").prop("checked","checked");</script>';
}
?>

Thanks!

[Robkk]

Did you try some troubleshooting first? Check to see if it works fine in a default theme. If it still does not work in a default theme, try to see if a plugin could be causing the issue also by doing the listed steps for troubleshooting a plugin issue.

Plugin/Theme updates could cause an issue to pop up without it previously being there before.

Troubleshooting

[Robkk]

You can double check to see if cache is causing an issue.

IF you do not want a default avatar to display, you can go to settings > Disscussion and choose blank as the default display in place of an avatar. You can also just choose a generated one instead.

[Robkk]

Thank you. I found this not on the All users page but on clicking the Edit button for a user I was able to get to another page and there I could change the role for the Forum.

Yeah that works too.

Do moderators have access to the backend? If they do, how can I disable it? They should do all the editing or deleting posts from the front end only. I sincerely hope this is possible.

Only for moderating topics/replies in the backend. If they are also a subscriber they can also edit their Profile from the backend too and nothing more than that.

There is a confusion in the General settings for automatic registration of new users – should this be for Contributor or Subscriber?

It is subscriber by default in WordPress for users that can only read blog posts. Contributers can edit blog posts and delete them too.

Also, how do I know if all users w3ho register on the front end are participants? They should not have access to the backend.

You can install a plugin like WP Admin No Show

[TallSam]

How do I get my forum to look like yours:
default isn’t clear where writing box is, has extra stuff at top like navigation and ‘this forum contains’, has topic type, etc.

Thanks,
Sam

[reminisce32]

I currently have a vbulletin, and used to have vBSEO for thread title to show up in the url. I’ve since lost this.. if I convert to BBpress, can I somehow get the thread titles in the url for seo purposes?

Also, if I install bbpress, will it look like the one on this site by default, with the different forum topics on the left? Thanks.

[Robkk]

They shouldn’t be able to create blog posts in the WordPress backend by default.

Make sure that you have the New User Default Role set to Subscriber in Settings > General in the WordPress backend. Make sure to also set the default forum role in Settings > Forums to Participant for any new users to get for the bbPress forums on your site.

If the social login plugin/or any other plugin you are using has a setting to configure the default role make sure to check on that.

Also know that the SUbscriber role can go into the WordPress backend, but since they have low level capabilities compared to an Admin or an Author, they can only edit their profile in the WordPress backend.

If you need to disallow users from the backend entirely by user role, install a plugin like WP No Admin.

[KubiK888]

Currently the default setting is the title of the bbpress forums to be underlined. How can I remove the underline text decoration?

[deanljbirch]

Also just above that it states…
Wp-content/plugins/templates/default/bbpress/

Should be…
Wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/

[Robkk]

I think it is how the subscriptions work, this might be a reason TinyMCE was disabled by default too, and also for security reasons.

There may not be an easy way to fix this without editing the core files of bbPress.

Like I said I created this trac ticket awhile ago that is about this issue. It might take awhile before a patch is made into the bbPress plugin update though.

https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2865

[Robkk]

Moved your reply to here since it is related to the topic you created earlier.

You cannot move additional replies to a subforum by default or with a plugin I know. You may need to consider hiring a developer for to create this for you.

Since I think you basically said the topic gets hidden in all the replies. You can use this function to always display the topic no matter what page you are on like how these forums have by default.

function custom_bbp_show_lead_topic( $show_lead ) {
  $show_lead[] = 'true';
  return $show_lead;
}
 
add_filter('bbp_show_lead_topic', 'custom_bbp_show_lead_topic' );

[Robkk]

You can just create a custom link to the forum if you only have 1 forum, instead of creating a page.

You can remove the root slug in Settings > Forums, and rename the default forum slug there too if you want. I think you should just not name your forum “forum” though.

[Robkk]

It is missing on the frontend of your site on the topic and reply forms right??

Did you make sure you have the Post Formatting enabled in Settings > Forums?

You can also see if it is a plugin issue by trying some troubleshooting. You can also see if you have some code snippet in your theme by switching to a default theme temporarily to see if it fixes the issue.

Troubleshooting

[sittle]

By default in topics([bbp-single-view id="asc"] will give) pagination as

1 2 3 4…..n

Can anyone let me know how to make it alphabetical pagination as

A B C D ….Z

Thanks in advance

[tw_crowther]

WordPress Version: 4.3.1
Theme: Omega
bbPress Version: 2.5.8

Issue: I installed the bbPress plug-in. Created a Forum called Forum, and created one Topic so I can test. All bbPress settings are left as default.

I created a Page called Forums and added this page to my site navigation.

My issues are 3 fold.
1) When I click on “Forum” in the site navigation to access the page I created I do not see any forum imbedded on this page, all I see is are the words “Archives” then the title “Forums” in the main body of text.
2) If I click on the title Forums this does direct me to the bbPress Forum I created – How do I integrate the Forum directly onto the “Forums” custom page I created?
3) I notice the Forum URL is <sitename>/forums/forum/forum/ is there a way to remove 2 of these levels so the URL is simply <sitename>/forums

I hope this makes sense and you are able to help.
Kind regards,
Tom.

[Robkk]

bbPress authentication forms are incomplete in functionality. It should stay on the same form and show the errors above the forms and all that, but it doesn’t just yet.

I recommend just using the default WordPress authentication forms.

[Robkk]

Try a default theme, disable all plugins except bbPress, and hopefully you didn’t try to modify the roles and permissions.

Troubleshooting

[Robkk]

bbPress uses the WordPress registration process, they are unified. THe bbPress shortcodes for lost password, registration, and login are there for frontend forms but they are incomplete in functionality, there shouldn’t be a problem with using the default WordPress registration form by default.

You can customize the default the WordPress forms by a plugin, or using some PHP functions too.

[regeisle]

Thanks for the quick reply! I think the issue is that even with plain text pasting, there’s still some formatting that’s not getting stripped out.

Following these steps, https://codex.bbpress.org/enable-visual-editor/, I’ve disabled the <text> tab to lock it on visual editing and set it to paste as plain text.

My ideal setup would be to make everything paste in as totally unfortmatted plain text so it’s just like they typed it directly, but then use the visual editor features to let people add links, bold things, etc. It’s not a knowledgeable userbase so I can’t default it to text/code mode, but I also need to get rid of these formatting bugs.

Any suggestions to achieve what I’m after above? This seems like it would be a pretty common setup for basic user editing needs….

Thanks again! Rich

[davellan]

Still having an issue, although it seems to have evolved.

So now using the roles and capability manager, the changes I make stick.

Even so, bbPress roles don’t seem to work. So I made a new WP role I called member, and assigned it participant capabilities. I then changed subscriber (the default) and assigned it spectator capabilities. These roles new allow users to function as I wanted. A hack but it works reliably.

But now, as the WP admin and keymaster, I cannot moderate the forums through the dashboard or inside the forum. Since none of the bbPress roles actually work, I can’t do anything with them. I suppose I will have to make yet another role and call it moderator, and give it all the keymaster capabilities.

But this shouldnt have to be like this. Really lost on why this is broken.

[Robkk]

I split this topic off just so confusion does not start in the other topic.

All plugins deactivated except bbPress?
Try a default theme with the only plugin on your site activated being bbPress?

Also check to see what is your Forum Role in Users > All Users. If it is Participant you may not be able to see the menu items, make sure if you are an Admin that your Forum Role is Keymaster.

[davellan]

I got a role and capability manager, and I see that the WP subscriber role (by default is selected) gives users both “spectate” and “participant” roles (even though I have it set to only form role specatator by default).

I edited this and left the subscriber role only with specatate capability. It would then not allow spectators to post (yay) but also blocked participants (boo). I switched roles to moderator to see if it would allow posting and it did. When I switched back to participant, it worked (yay) but then when I went to spectator it also worked (boo).

So I went back to the roles and capability manager, and also the capabilities I toggled off were toggled back on! How does this happen?