[Robkk]

I see you are using something different from the default bbPress registration shortcode.

Did your own issue??

[Robkk]

It should do this by default , if you haven’t already try these troubleshooting steps especially the plugin issue steps.

Troubleshooting

If nothing works contact your theme author

[rolyestemonio]

Hi Everyone,

I am just newbie on this forum bbPress and i guess something is not right with this part:

Step 6: Copy the Default bbPress Theme to Your Child Theme Folder

The default files are no longer stored in wp-content > plugins > bbpress > bbp-themes. There is a folder called default at bbpress > templates > default, but which files need copying I do not know.

While still in FTP and looking at the root folder of your WordPress installation, go to bbPress’ theme folder. That is, go to wp-content > plugins > bbpress > bbp-themes > bbp-twentyten. Download all the files from this folder except style.css. These are the files that will style your bbPress theme.

Now return to your child theme folder (wp-content > themes > yourthemefolder-child). Upload the default bbPress theme files to the child theme folder. You can change the image you see for your child theme in the admin area by uploading a new screenshot.png image to this folder.

I did not saw wp-content > plugins > bbpress > bbp-themes > bbp-twentyten the plugin directory so maybe it was mess i guess. What i saw is this wp-content > plugins > bbpress > templates > default.

Any helps should highly appreciated.

Thanks.

[Robkk]

Do the default bbPress notifications work when you subscribe to a topic or forum??

Test this without the wp-smtp plugin to test just bbPress.

You may need to use this https://wordpress.org/plugins/asyncronous-bbpress-subscriptions/ , but test the default bbPress subscriptions without wp-smtp and this plugin first.

[Robkk]

trying to get the feature image funtionality on front end so user can have the option to upload image about the Topic

This sounds like custom development , you might need a developer to do this type of thing.

get the feature image on Widget “Forum list” Default widget of BbPress plugin

You would need to create a new “Forums list” widget mostly based off the original bbPress default widget.

Then use get_the_post_thumbnail to render your featured images

https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_the_post_thumbnail
https://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Thumbnails

[boazeapen]

The forum page in my website is not displaying the links and is not coming in the proper format. It is working on the default wordpress theme.

Wordpress Version 4.2.2
bbpress version 2.5.7
Website Link: http://www.imagilize.com/forums

[ashu2106]

i m trying to get the thumbnail of topic to show on Widget “Forum list”
what i m trying to achieve are

1. trying to get the feature image funtionality on front end so user can have the option to upload image about the Topic
2. get the feature image on Widget “Forum list” Default widget of BbPress plugin

i m not developer, as i have feature image in admin using some code found here.
Please provide some suggestions

looking for quick reply, as i have to use this feature in website.
thanks

[Sktella]

I realize the bbpress sidebar only displays properly when I add widgets to the default wordpress sidebar; however, I only want sidebar displays in the forum page.

[Sktella]

Hi,

I am using the bbPress WP Tweaks plugin to create a siderbar for my forum. However, the sidebar displays underneath the forum, which supposed to be on the right side of it. I am trying to solve it by changing the default forum wrapper, but it does not solve the problem.

The error page: http://kayden.sg/forums/

Hope you can help!Thank you so much!

[Shinbat]

Simply, all you need to do is commenting a line in ‘content-archive-topic.php’ as shown below:
The file path is ‘..\wp-content\plugins\bbpress\templates\default\bbpress\content-archive-topic.php’ at around line number 30.

<?php bbp_get_template_part( ‘pagination’, ‘topics’); ?>
<?php bbp_get_template_part( ‘loop’, ‘topics’); ?>
<?php bbp_get_template_part( ‘pagination’, ‘topics’); ?>

Just comment the first line to avoid displaying top pagination link as:

<!—- ?php bbp_get_template_part( ‘pagination’, ‘topics’); ? —–>
<?php bbp_get_template_part( ‘loop’, ‘topics’); ?>
<?php bbp_get_template_part( ‘pagination’, ‘topics’); ?>

[Robkk]

I replied here since you and another user seem to have the same problem.

No topics shown to forum participants

Here is what I posted anyway.

Alright make sure both of you have gone through these troubleshooting steps.

• Deactivate all plugins except bbPress.
• Switch to a default theme
• Flush permalinks by switching to default , save , next switch to your preferred structure then save again
• Clear any cache
• Go to Tools > Forums > Repair Forums then run each repair job one at a time.

Does it Work??

If it does work now, activate your plugins one at a time and make sure to spot the one that might have caused the issue.

Not a plugin issue??

You can try these plugins one at a time to see which one helps.

bbpress wp4 fix2

http://www.rewweb.co.uk/bbpress-wp4-fix/

And hopefully it works after all that.

[Robkk]

@ecorey @basemaly

Alright make sure both of you have gone through these troubleshooting steps.

• Deactivate all plugins except bbPress.
• Switch to a default theme
• Flush permalinks by switching to default , save , next switch to your preferred structure then save again
• Clear any cache
• Go to Tools > Forums > Repair Forums then run each repair job one at a time.

Does it Work??

If it does work now, activate your plugins one at a time and make sure to spot the one that might have caused the issue.

Not a plugin issue??

You can try these plugins one at a time to see which one helps.

bbpress wp4 fix2

bbpress wp4 fix

And hopefully it works after all that.

[virtualassphil]

just now i manually created that page so the default forums will be replaced, and it does. and i assigned “bbpress sidebar” but it shows different sidebar compared to subforums i used. here’ http://www.virtual assistant philippines. org/forum/faq/ even though i used the same widgets for both forums and subforums. ( i separated my website url because im thinking that is the reason why my post is not appering here)

have you check it? they are different content in the sidebar eventhough i used the same “bbpress sidebar” widget

please advice.

Thanks

[virtualassphil]

Hello Rob,

I swear to god that the virtual assistant philippines. org /forums/ is not showing to my pages> all pages. it appears default after i installed bbpress plugin, i never touch it because i cant find that page to edit.

[Robkk]

@kenneston

do you have a custom bbPress theme??
because the forum description should show on the frontend

the topic description does not show below the topic title like the forum description should do by default.

All titles should show though.

for the forum description make sure you have

<div class="bbp-forum-content"><?php bbp_forum_content(); ?></div>

in loop-single-forum.php

[Robkk]

Try some troubleshooting steps listed here.

If they say the issue persists in a default theme , then it either is a plugin issue or just how you are trying to set up your forums.

Troubleshooting

[hannah.headrick]

Hi Robkk,

Thanks for your reply.

I have contacted the theme developers (it’s a premium theme) and they have gone in to my website, and the issue still occurs with the default 2015 theme, so I and they don’t think it’s a theme issue.

[Robkk]

@manni1970

I just translated my test site into German, I don’t see an issue??

As long as you have the latest active versions files it should work.

Did you get your .po and .mo files from here??

https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/bbpress/2.5.x/de/default

[PinkishHue]

Your site is not available so I can’t have a look.

If you’re using a custom theme with ‘theme options’ you need to look at the settings there to see if the default setting is with a sidebar, your forum will use this default page unless you create templates specially for it.

Here’s some info on the templates that bbpress looks for in your theme:

https://codex.bbpress.org/theme-compatibility/getting-started-in-modifying-the-main-bbpress-template/

Usually using page.php in most themes, so you could try opening up your page.php, remove the code that includes a sidebar, then save it as bbpress.php

[project_subdomain]

Hi!
When clicking through bbpress user pages (profile, edit profil, subscriptions etc..) the avatar and the user navigation will be displayed on the left side on all those pages by default.

How can I remove avatar’s and user navigation’s div from all pages except the user’s profile home page to get more space?

Tried this in user-details.php, did not work (blank screen):

<?php if ( bbp_is_user_home() ){ ?>
<div id="bbp-user-avatar">
[...]
</div>
<div id="bbp-user-navigation">
</div>
}

Thanks in advance!

[Robkk]

@rashedfoundation

Also, small second question. It happens often that I’m on a site that I *think* I’ve registered on, but haven’t. If someone enters a login that is not correct AND that username doesn’t currently exist, is there a way to redirect to the registration page WITH that username?

So, for example, I type in username: MyFaveUser pw: 1234, and it doesn’t exist in my user table, so the user is redirected to “Hey, MyFaveUser doesn’t exist, but you can register with it! It’s available!” and then autofill the username field with MyFaveUser and leave the pw field blank?

This is some custom development , I suggest you hire a developer if you need help.

As for the login shortcode issue , it might be best for you to link to the default WordPress login page if you are experiencing issue with it. Or just use a better front-end authentication plugin.

[Robkk]

@mfiguerasma

You can allow users to create forums if you give them the capability to do so , or create a new bbPress role for them to default as so that they can all create forums.

I only recommend this if you can moderate all activity somehow , and your site is built to handle users creating a bunch of forums.

Also note that some forums that a user could create could have minimum activity and really just be a dead forum if it is not as popular.

If users are able to create groups , I mean that is BuddyPress and there could be a way to disable user group creation from low level users , if you want to disable it.

IF BuddyPress has a different capability to add forums to groups then , I do not know if I can help there.

[virtualassphil]

Hello Guys,

can you please help me how can i add a sidebar to my forums default homepage http://virtualassistantphilippines.org/forums ? it seems that i cannot edit the page while im log in. i want to add the sidebar from my bbpresssidebar widget.

thank you

[splufford]

For anyone else struggling to get BB Press and Thesis 2 to work (ie forums page showing blank) see these instructions:

“the problem in this case isn’t with Thesis per se, it’s just that you have to configure the Template being used for that page in a specific way in order for it to work with bbPress:

Launch the Thesis Skin Editor and access the Forums template (i.e., the one which is nested under the Archive template).

Expand the Post Box in that Template, and then remove all of the boxes which are currently inside of it.

Then, click “show tray” at the bottom of the Post Box, and click on Post Box → Content to add that dependent box to the parent Post Box; then save the template.

Once you’ve done that, view the page at /forums/ again, and you should then see the Forum Index displayed on that page (assuming you’ve not changed the plugin’s default “Forum root to show” option).”

[Robkk]

You might need to create a new user role for users to default as and set their capabilities to create replies but not create topics.

Custom Capabilities