[tomsw]

Hi all,

I am a newbie so I am sorry if this is an easy answer however I have not been able to find the answer or in the documentation.

I am setting up a forum on a small site and have installed bbpress. I am wondering how to remove the sidebar and add the correct sidebar for the forum options (login, register, search etc.) also is it possible to place these options above the forum? I was watching a tutorial on youtube which showed the sidebar added automatically after the install of bbpress but it may have been an older version.

I am currently using the latest wordpress 4.4, bbpress 2.5.8 and the esteem template. I did try to use twenty fourteen and twenty sixteen temprorarily but couldn’t add the sidebar under widgets as there was no bbpress sidebar.

Thanks,

Tom

[Pascal Casier]

See also https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_vs_WordPress.com

[Pascal Casier]

Hi,
It is (unfortunately) correct that you cannot install plugins on wordpress.com
Pascal.

[jsoonlee]

I’m a newbie, so please be kind. Is it correct that plugins (except ecommerce ones) are not available for wordpress.com sites? Is there any way to install bbpress onto a wordpress.com website?

Thanks.

[Diul89]

Hi all, I need help. I’m very noob in “web”, but I was asked to solve this problem:
on a WordPress 4.3.1 with bbPress 2.5.8 site there is the problem shown on this pic

The three icons on the right are not shown properly. I’ve tried to analyze the problem, and I’ve noticed that for those buttons there are no corresponding classes/objects(?) in the “skin.min.css” file. Adding the missing code with Chrome editor (do not know how to call it), icons are shown, even if I can’t find corresponding “Content” for those three buttons, so I use other buttons icon just to make an attempt.
How can I solve? Are that css file static o dynamic generated? If the second one, is the following error linked with the problem?

I apologize in advance if I was not so clear.

[Pascal Casier]

Hi,
this issue is linked to the new WordPress, a bug has already been filed and a patch will hopefully come out soon.
For now to fix the issue (using fix 2), open wp-includes/post.php, scroll to about line 4300 to find function get_page_uri( $page )
In that function replace
if ( 'publish' === $parent->post_status ) {
with
if ( ! in_array( $parent->post_status, get_post_stati( array( 'internal' => true ) ) ) ){
Pascal.

[bsilverop]

Hello. I have managed hosting from GoDaddy and my WordPress installation gets updated automatically. After the upgrade the other day, I am getting the “Not Found” page when attempting to access any of my forums. My forums are private and only accessible to logged in users. If I make the forum public, I can see it fine, but once I switch it back to private I get the WP “Not Found” page again. Any suggestions on what to check? Thanks in advance,

[Pascal Casier]

Hi Andy,
bbforums 2.5.8 ? or bbPress 2.5.8 ? 🙂

If you just use bbPress on WordPress, then you can use any plugin that is offering the social integration. I’m using https://wordpress.org/plugins/oa-social-login/ on one of my sites and it seems to do the job, but a lot of plugins exist for that.

Pascal.

[Pascal Casier]

Hi,
this issue is linked to WordPress, yes. A patch will hopefully come out soon.
For now to fix the issue (using fix 2), open wp-includes/post.php, scroll to about line 4300 to find function get_page_uri( $page )
In that function replace
if ( 'publish' === $parent->post_status ) {
with
if ( ! in_array( $parent->post_status, get_post_stati( array( 'internal' => true ) ) ) ){
Pascal.

[Ger]

Hi,

Upgraded my downgraded WP-installation to 4.4. Changed wp-includes/post.php according to the last diff file patch 35084.2.diff and it worked!

So the issue is not in bbPress but WordPress itself?

When will there be a WP update?

Thanks a lot!

Cheers,
Ger (@lindt01)

[damdesignnu]

I am using WordPress v. 4.4
Buddypess v. 2.2.0
Bbpress v. 2.5.8

[Stephen Edgar]

Indeed, thanks for everyones input here, I was digging into things thinking it was a role/permissions error.

We’ll get this fixed and released as part of WordPress 4.4.1.

[Robkk]

I also should have mentioned before that all of my parent & child forums are set to private.

Didn’t try a private parent and child forum structure earlier, and then I could duplicate the issue. Thanks @timsilva_ for pointing that out.

Thanks @tharsheblows for finding the issue, and creating a patch for WordPress. 🙂

[tharsheblows]

Thanks. The issue was introduced in WordPress 4.4 and there’s a patch available now. Could you test it to see if it makes it work for you? https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/35084

[Robkk]

Here is a fork of that plugin mentioned above for anyone not comfortable editing files.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-auto-close-topics/

[Robkk]

Forums do not even have pagination.

Here is a ticket for it though. Open it or add a little description of why you want it to the ticket if you want.

https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1997

[Robkk]

This is not really a bbPress issue as the plugin just piggybacks off of WordPress’ core code, could be fixed server side with the explanation in the codex guide, or by using an smtp plugin though.

There may be many factors to the emails being sent to the spam folder. There are some solutions outlined in the bottom of this WordPress codex guide piece for sending the emails correctly while using the hosts.

https://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#E-mailed_passwords_are_not_being_received

Other common suggestions of fixing this issue is using SMTP and seing any emails on your site that way and making sure that you use an email address that has the same domain as your site.

[Robkk]

Guys some devs and I are having a hard time duplicating this issue.

This is how I tested it and come across no issues.

WordPress: 4.4
bbPress: 2.5.8

I tried these default WordPress themes

2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016

I tried these forum structures.

Category > Forum > Forum
Category > Forum > Private: Forum
Category > Forum
Category > Private: Forum
Forum > Forum
Forum > Private: Forum
Category > Category > Category > Forum
Category > Category > Category > Private: Forum
Category > Category > Forum
Category > Category > Private: Forum

With the postname permalink structure (since it is most commonly used and I want to try to duplicate it)

Other things I like to ask is if this is a theme side 404 message being outputted or the normal no topics/forums found here message bbPress outputs like the one below (it could be different if you are using a different language than English for bbPress of course).

Oh bother! No topics were found here!

If you guys can help ask a few questions like the ones that @casiepa asked and these additional ones.

What is your bbPress version?
Have you already tried troubleshooting for a possible plugin/theme conflict?
Are you guys using BuddyPress groups for group forums?
Are the issues only happening on private forums? (Like @kpdub has said)
Did you try the postname permalink structure?

Another thing I may suggest to help try to gather information for the developers, is to try to duplicate the issue yourself. Try to duplicate the issue again on a local installation on your computer. If you can tell us step by step to duplicate it.

Creating a Test Site

[cneven]

I’m using default users in wordpress for the bbpress forums as for the regular pages for wordpress.
I’ve installed WordPress Access Control to disallow visitors and regular members from viewing certain pages. These are only allowed to be shown to the paying members of the organisation.
I’ve configured the Access Control to redirect to the page with the bbpress login form when a user isn’t logged in and tries to view a page to encourage paid subscriptions.

The redirect to the login form looks good since it has a value refering to the original page and the link is in this format:
login/?redirect_to=/some-folder/the-page-the-user-tries-to-view
However when a user logs in correctly, the login page is still showing with the message that they’re already logged in. The link has changed to this:
login/?redirect_to=%2Fsome-folder%2Fthe-page-the-user-tries-to-view

So how can I catch that parameter and do the proper redirect to the page where the users initially was?

[barglm]

Hello you have mentioned Czech is incomplete right now. I am front-end developer, I need CZ for bbPress so I spent some time to fill all missing strings in GlotPress (https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/bbpress/dev/cs/default). I am not sure how/when it will be approved.

[paul-burwell]

Hi,

When a new user or admin tries to access the forum, it seems to work fine.

When an older user (role: participant) tries to access the forum, they get a 404 error (same URL).

Happens in base themes as well as my theme.

Wordpress 4.3.1
bbPress 2.5.8

Have tried the utilities to repair everything. Nothing seems to help.

Very frustrated and at a stand still. Any and all help is appreciated.

Paul

[expectancy]

Hello,

When replying to forum replies (nested/threaded replies) everything works as it should in Internet Explorer, but in Chrome, instead of creating a nested reply, the user is taken to the general topic-reply form. The users think it will be a nested reply, and are of course frustrated when it ends up at the bottom of the list.

In IE, no console errors are generated. Here is the error generated in Chrome when the REPLY button is clicked:

Uncaught TypeError: Failed to execute ‘insertBefore’ on ‘Node’: 2 arguments required, but only 1 present.
addReply.moveForm @ reply.js:18
onclick @ (index):406

Wordpress version 4.3.1
X-Theme version: 4.1.0
bbPress version: 2.5.8

I have also tried other versions of the bbPress plugin with no success.

Thanks!

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[convictedvapour]

@schwarzkopfclub Thanks you have been a legend and set me well on my way. Also gave me the terms to google and find a plugin that will help generally also:

What The File is the best tool to find out what template parts are used to display the page you’re currently viewing!:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/what-the-file/

Also on the codex:

Getting Started in Modifying the Main bbPress Template

Thanks again,

Gareth

[dfeenstra75]

Hello,
I have a problem with bbpress.
a couple of days ago a problem started with making accounts on my site.
When a new user is making an account he receives an e-mail with an activation link in that mail.
When he clicks that mail he is comming on a page with an box where he needs to add an activation code.
But in the mail there is no activation code. only a link like: http://website.nl/activate/79d6b96dbaaf352d993dafae852f9b26/

So looks like the account should be activated direct from that link but this is not working.
Also when i enter the code 79d6b96dbaaf352d993dafae852f9b26 again in the field where is aked for activation code this is not working.
So people can not make new accounts at this moment on my website.
Who can help me solve this?

Kind regards

Daniel

latest wordpress and bbpress version installed

[raphque]

I have a site in 3 languages, made with the Enfold theme and the WPML plugin.
English: hidden
French: default
Dutch

In the footer widget area of the theme, I added the bbPress “Recent Topics” widget, and it is only showing in the French site. In the Dutch site, the footer widget area is empty.
This also happens in sidebars.
Other (bbPress) widgets work perfectly in both languages.

What can I do to solve this? Where can I find the code to change it?

I’m using WordPress 4.4, bbpress 2.5.8 & WPML 3.3.3