[nollies1]

I’ve been silently lurking about here for a few months, this is my first official post.

I always try to do my best flying solo per se when it comes to troubleshooting.

Having said that, I have a quick question pertaining to the Codex ‘examples you can use’ in the functionality and layout section; if one of you might nudge me a bit then I would be most appreciative… I’m but a padawan with regard to coding/ comprehending the language, but I’m slowly learning little by little.

For ease of reference, the example I am referring to is for the following (direct copy/paste of statement): “This solution lets you add an “edit profile” to your wordpress menu – this only appears as a menu item if the user is logged in.”

To take this a step further, is it possible to get this working but not yielding it as being a main parent menu item?, perhaps it is achievable by changing some of the code in the example published in the codex?… or adding additional code?

That is, if at present there is an existing menu of Home, About, Accounts, Contact us, etc. etc…. who might be able to provide me with clues on how one could read/interpret/tweak the code provided on that codex page such that the ‘edit profile’ looks and performs exactly as intended, but rather than showing up on the main nav menu to instead have it be revealed, let’s say, under the ‘Accounts’ item, i.e., as a child to Accounts…

Yes this reveals what little I know in terms of understanding how to read code, and/but/so I’d appreciate any helpful suggestions on whether the above scenario is possible.

Thanks for reading 🙂

Cheers,

[Robin W]

Bbpress uses the wordpress login, so they will have single signon.

[Sudhi Ranjan]

I want to create a member section in wordpress. Only the members will have access to a directory & a forum. Now I can give these 2 links visible when someone registers creates a account .. thats ok

But what my question is can the same username/password used to login to the forum, as if the user needs to again register for the forum it would be 2 times he needs to register. In short using a single login for forum and member area

[Robkk]

Its a common issue related to WordPress comments theme styling having issues with bbPress replies since they have a common class attribute .reply.

Since your theme is a free WP theme, I was able to test it out real quick to see the issues.

Use all this custom CSS, add it into a child themes style.css file or in a custom css plugin.

Know that if it does not work, try adding !important at the end, for example like this.

Also know that some of the CSS is for your replies links color, so change that if you end up changing your links color so that it would match.

.example {
  position: relative !important;
  right: auto !important;
}

Here is all the custom CSS you would need to use to fix your theme related issue.

#bbpress-forums .reply a {
  position: relative;
  right: auto;
  bottom: auto;
  display: initial;
  padding: 0;
  border: none;
  font-size: inherit;
  text-transform: none;
  -webkit-transition: none;
  transition: none;
}

#bbpress-forums .reply a {
  border-color: inherit;
  color: #BF4D28;
}

#bbpress-forums .reply a:hover {
  color: #E6AC27;
  background-color: inherit;
}

[bhsdiceclimber]

Hi All – I maintain a very simple site for an astronomy group (sdbhas.org) on a volunteer basis, and we recently migrated to wordpress so I’m still a newbie. I recently installed bbpress and everything seemed to be working very well. However, while testing I noticed that replies to a topic are rendering the area where the username and avatar would go on the extreme right edge of the screen. The forum’s not publicly visible as of yet, but a screenshot of what’s happening is below:

Reply render failure

bbpress version: 2.5.10-6063
wordpress: 4.6.1
theme: parabola

This does appear to be theme-related since when I tested with 2016 it rendered properly. Searching the forum I couldn’t find anything similar, so would anyone have an idea as to what’s happening or a suggestion for a fix? Although I’m a software engineer, java and c++ are my areas, not php/css – so go easy 😉

Thanks in advance for the help!

–Thanks,
Chris

[lincelot]

I’ve installed BBpress and it didn’t show in the WP menu.

After some searching I found the topic on User roles and gave myself admin and keymaster role.

Now I can see the BB press options in the WP menu, but when I try to acces them I get an error: ‘ You are not allowed to edit posts in this post type. ‘

My version of WordPress is outdated. Can this be the problem here?

Specs:

BB press 2.5.10
Wordpress: 4.4.5

Kind regards, Simon

[Stephen Edgar]

Fixed in https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6096

[Robkk]

If you aren’t using any plugins that modify the registration process or custom frontend registration forms and instead are using the default WordPress registration forms, right after you get an activation link in your email, you should be redirected to a strong autogenerated password that you can edit if you want, just make sure to edit it before you hit reset password. If a user wants to change their password later they can also do that in their bbPress edit profile section.

As for the emails going to spam, a way that can help this is by sending email through an SMTP server for your site. There are a bunch of plugins on WordPress that can help configure this.

[sgblogadmin]

Weird one.. I have removed old customers no longer on a course but found some are still being notified of new posts.

It is possible this links to what looks like an error on the Forum Settings Page. Example is below. Anyone got an idea?

Warning: in_array() expects parameter 2 to be array, string given in /var/sites/s/secretgarden.eu.com/public_html/wp-content/plugins/bbpress-notify/bbpress-notify.php on line 361
Blog owner

I’m on wordpress 4.5.4 and bbpress 2.5.10 and bbpress notify 0.2.2

Tim

[Robkk]

Its a known bug. Here is the trac ticket for the issue.

Like it says in the ticket it’s possible to restore the topic on the frontend.

https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2734

[Robkk]

Just another reply to you @mimbelli about your opinion on using plugins for most of the features.

While I’m sure that WordPress will not disappear in few years I cannot swear for sure on each plugin. What will happen when a plugin I used throughout all my site will not be upgraded because the developer went on Mars? I became very careful to choose my plugin since it happens several times in my life.

Make sure to use some quality plugins from very good developers. Most of the plugins I mentioned in your original topic were pretty good quality in my opinion.

If you did go the route of mainly using BuddyPress, GD bbPress Toolbox, bbPress Pencil Unread, then that should be good enough. BuddyPress is very actively developed, GD bbPress Toolbox is actively developed (its a paid plugin) and adding tons of features you wanted even report post functionality, and the Pencil Unread plugin is now improving its plugin to include features that are in other unread posts plugins.

[Robkk]

Just updated to 4.6.1 recently and it seems to work fine on my dev site.

@pauldamas

If your this was a fresh bbPress installation I would try a re-installation.

We have some users in the forum mention similar issues while having also installed BuddyPress. Do you have BuddyPress installed as well.

You may also have to make sure you have the plugin activated. I have seen users get confused at how the new way WordPress installs plugins with a single button and no screen change. Some people forget to wait after the loading icon goes, then the button turns into an activate button. Some users forget that and do not activate the plugin.

[ronc0011]

Some further background… I’m running this on my local desktop with Apache 2.4, MySQL 5.0 PHP 5.5.36
and WordPress 4.6

Also have installed Buddypress but after issues with bbpress I have deactivated Buddypress which made no decernable difference at all. Also this is a pretty much sterile install, these are the only 2 plugins that have been added i.e. Buddypress & bbpress and as I noted Buddypress is not active at present.

[ronc0011]

I’m working on my third install of bbpress and still having the same problem I have already deleted 2 previous copies of WordPress and bbpress simply because I don’t seem to be able to getthem to work.

It is looking like I have made some progress though. Where as I was simply getting an empty page I am at least getting a list of forums and even a notice i.e.

This topic contains 0 replies, has 1 voice, and was last updated by ronc0011 4 minutes ago.

Followed by …

Reply To: My first working topic ever

Which is of course the title of my first reply.

The only thing in any of this is my username and the 4 minutes ago part. I’m not seeing anything that looks even sort of like a forum only a couple of notices that tell me there are forums and topics but forget attempting to actually see those topics or replies.

[Robin W]

bbPress is tested with wordpress default themes. It maybe a conflict – you need to check plugins and themes

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

[Stephen Edgar]

It is a known issue, see https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2357

[pauldamas]

WP version = 4.6.1
bbPress version = 2.5.10

It seems bbPress version doesn’t work with WP 4.6.1. When I activate the plugin, nothing happens !

Do you plan an update ? When ?

Thank you very much for your feedback !

[uschesch]

Has anyone else successfully configured the bbpress search to include WordPress pages? Thank you.

[mimbelli]

@Robin W Clear and loud.

Regarding you point #2 I respect your opinion even if as a user I have a completely different POV 🙂
I strongly believe in a tool like a forum and I’ve been migrating my contents (some of them 15 years old) through several products because “content is the value”.
In my experience (I’m not a php software developer but I’m a content creator) plugins has been a PITA since my first phpBB forum and the main culprit to CMS maintenance and upgrade.
While I’m sure that WordPress will not disappear in few years I cannot swear for sure on each plugin. What will happen when a plugin I used throughout all my site will not be upgraded because the developer went on Mars? I became very careful to choose my plugin since it happens several times in my life.
Of course I do not pretend that wp or bbpress should have everything in their core but imho it’s really strange that to have the most basic features for a modern forum I need to install several plugins. (my old thread: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/some-question-before-migration/#post-173383)
The most perused sentence about bbpress is “bbPress is forum software with a twist from the creators of WordPress”. It communicate me an assurance on the quality and stability of the product. In other words: we are here to stay. On the other hand, being so plugin dependent you communicate to me exactly the contrary and I’m scared.

End of the rant/Looking forward to see 2.6

[titis14]

Hello
when I want to restore a message in the trash that does not work, it returns me to the next page.

Thank you for your help

[Robin W]

If you use

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-private-groups/

you can set up groups and have different access levels

[Robkk]

go to Users > Add New in the WordPress backend.

[Robkk]

Its the WordPress toolbar, and there are functions on the internet to include custom links and menu items like a create topic button.

Here is a guide that might help with that.

http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-add-custom-shortcut-links-to-wordpress-toolbar/

[Robkk]

@evanevans333

It seems that’s all we got to work with. Participant role is not supposed to be for wordpress Subscribers apparently. You need to become something else, to read topics and replies inside forums marked private, and I guess shouldn’t mark a forum private with bbPress unless it’s supposed to be private for Moderators and Administrators.

That seems so … ridiculous if you pardon my French. That Forum Roles are not for forum privacy, but more for Forum administrative privacy.

You are probably experiencing a bug, or just some issues with your current configuration, private forum should be for logged in users only. Also a specific forum for mods and admins might be a hidden forum.

Im skimming through the topic right now, but I will look at this topic more tomorrow morning and see if I need to report any issues.

What I say that we do is try to fix the private forum issue in bbPress by default without using Robins plugin for now, then when its fixed you can decide to use it later if you want to.

Run the repair tools one at a time in Tools > Forums. There are a few that are definitely helpful like repairing private forum relationships.

Editing user role caps for some users could cause issues as well, so we might need to refresh each roles caps, and remap the default ones to users.

that I am supposed to set their privacy to Public and use some kind of FORUM PRIVACY plugin to make sure the content doesn’t get leaked out to Google and anonymous web surfers.

If you want a forum for only logged in users setting a forum or parent forum private will do that. Other niche privacy features could be obtained through plugins.

Now, the issue moving forward is, that topic and reply activity that go on inside those forums, is not properly being set to Private and so those Activities are showing up in widgets and shortcode locations and archives as public information

Do you want all your forums to be private? It might be better to put anything bbPress as members only content, like just block off sections of your site to only members using a different type of plugin.

If you do want some forums to be public, then I guess we can use some conditionals for some widgets to display different widgets for logged in users and those who are not. Like say the recent replies widget, I would display only replies from public forums to users not logged in in one widget, and display all replies to users who are not logged in another. If you do want to use Robins plugin, he does have custom widgets in it, but that is if you want group forums.

[Robkk]

Sorry never posted the solution.

This might be before I was even a moderator.

But for anyone that might come across the same issue.

This was related to an issue that happens when enabling threaded replies and some CSS that absolutely positions the author avatar.

https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2823