[Robkk]

go to http://jobs.wordpress.net or ask the plugin author of the plugin you are using to add this as a feature.

[Robkk]

@roboticrobots

you should follow this just in case you were hacked

https://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked

[Robkk]

okay i think i got this

install the bbpress topics for posts plugin

you can go to your discussion settings and edit what you want to show how you like i did like this

i ticked the ones with [X]

[ ] Create a new bbPress topic in ~~~ for new posts
(check this if you want to replace wordpress comments with bbpress entirely)

[X] Copy post tags to new topics

[X] Copy post comments to new topics (when available)

On the post page, show:

[ ] Entire topic

[X] show reples only

[ ] Only the ~~~ most recent/oldest replies

[ ] A link to the topic

the rest of the settings are for if you want to display a link below your blog post to lead to the topic.

create your page called “Learn Dash” if you already did , edit the page

go to the screen options in the very top , click it , now check discussion settings this should show the settings for comments, pinkbacks, and bbpress topics for posts.

check the Use a bbPress forum topic for comments on this post option

now check both settings that say copy post tags and use default display settings.

now either use a specific topic from the id , or automatically create a topic from this post to a specific forum.

[Robkk]

@supremor

if you are using this it says it does have bbpress compatibility

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-math-captcha/

other than that i say ditch captchas altogether and use bruteprotect or jp protect when its fused with jetpack.

[DuncanMarshall]

It seems this is a known issue for WordPress when ordering by meta query. BBPress does this to order by “last active” which is the default (and in my case, desired).

Loading a forum index, on my site, takes about 20 seconds.

Here is the offending SQL:

    [9] => Array
        (
            [0] => SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS  wp_posts.ID FROM wp_posts  INNER JOIN wp_postmeta ON (wp_posts.ID = wp_postmeta.post_id) WHERE 1=1  AND wp_posts.post_parent = 9  AND wp_posts.post_type = 'topic' AND (wp_posts.post_status = 'publish' OR wp_posts.post_status = 'closed' OR wp_posts.post_status = 'private' OR wp_posts.post_status = 'hidden') AND (wp_postmeta.meta_key = '_bbp_last_active_time' ) GROUP BY wp_posts.ID ORDER BY wp_postmeta.meta_value DESC LIMIT 0, 15
            [1] => 19.448324918747
            [2] => require('wp-blog-header.php'), require_once('wp-includes/template-loader.php'), apply_filters('template_include'), call_user_func_array, bbp_template_include, apply_filters('bbp_template_include'), call_user_func_array, bbp_template_include_theme_compat, BBP_Shortcodes->display_forum, bbp_get_template_part, bbp_locate_template, load_template, require('/themes/xx/bbpress/content-single-forum.php'), bbp_has_topics, WP_Query->__construct, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
        )

There’s a ticket which seems to be addressing my problem here: https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1925

Unless I’m misreading it, the upshot is “We should probably be using post_modified on the topic instead of a meta value for ‘last activity’, so as to avoid using the JOIN… but we haven’t yet”.

So how do other sites do it? This one, for instance? Or WordPress.org? They have more posts than I do, but have got around this issue somehow.

Any solution?

Thanks.

[Adri Oosterwijk]

Thank you for your reply.

I installed through the wordpress installer ->from the plugins ->add new -> install.
Second attempt downloaded the zip, upload it to wordpress and activate it.

No functions added.

I’m using MAMP (for mac, obviously) with mySql and Apache.
Because I’m on a mac I never had to bother about drivers etc.

Other plugins are installing fine, except I had an issue in the last couple of days with the upgrade of WooCommerce in conjunction with the WPML plugin. That is solved. It was permalink related (content showed in English and was invisible in Dutch)

I have tried to remove the bbPress plugin and try to reinstall it to no avail.

I’m really puzzled here.

[Robkk]

i think this plugin will help , just create you custom messages sent to the user to include all the information you want.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-custom-reply-notifications/

[Robkk]

@crewockeez

its not a theme its a mock-up , never was a theme

it was a mockup for a website wanting suggestions for design changes from its forum users running bbPress standalone.

if you want someone to design it for you go to http://jobs.wordpress.net/

[Robkk]

@peter-hamilton

this looks a lot better from the last time i saw it ..i think a couple of months ago??

there is still a lot of awkward design around your site though but this time you really have to look for it.

there is a page on your site that look really bad and it is onlijn.com/forums/

i see you have onlijn.com/onlijn-forums/ which is how it should be.

the profile page custom background that you used the bp custom background for user profile plugin i did find a filter to allow it to show it like you did, but this plugin wasnt intended for that kind of layout and it kind of makes the background layout radio buttons kind of useless.

But there is a new plugin that does this exactly now which is here https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-cover/ and it has ajax upload which is a little better.

Another thing that is kind of weird is that on any users profile in there info there is random links that link to the members page.

The user profile menu doesn’t look as good as it is when your site is at a smaller resolution , and plus it wastes a bunch of space on the left.

[gatelli]

Hi,
I posted this question in Buddypress forum but no answer so I try here.
In the “Discussion Forums” WordPress-Page (Global Forum) only Admins can see the threads for Private Group Forums they are members in. Normal Users only see the threads from Public Groups, but not from Private Groups they are member in. They have to go to the group forum page to see threads.
Is there a way to see these private topics in Global Forum for group members ?
(I know there is no option for that, but I’d like to modify the core to add manually 2-3 user-IDs who are allowed to see ALL topics like an admin in the global forum, I just want to know which line/file I could modify )

Note: I didn’t activate the bbpress, I use buddypress forum.

Thank you.

[Adri Oosterwijk]

After installation no items appears in WordPress Dashboard, no custom post types are created (as far as I can see)…… No menu item in Settings menu. Nothing happens. Why? What do I do wrong. I am trying for about a day now and I can’t figure it out…… pulling my hair out. Please help.

Worpdpress 4.1, bbPress latest, local site, developing mode1

[Robin W]

ok, you will need to set it in lots of places.

try my plugin

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-style-pack/

[ryanlovestheory]

Hello,
I need help like something fierce.

I have installed the bbpress plugin and ensured that both the plugin and wordpress are both running the most updated versions.

The issue I am having is that registered users can not login on the front end of my wordpress site. The login widget looks like it functions properly, however, when users login with their credentials, it never actually logs them in on the front end. Please help me.

[Robin W]

rewrite rules
This could be an issue with your rewrite rules. To fix this try resetting your permalinks. In your WordPress Administration Screens navigate to Settings>Permalinks, select a different permalink structure and save. Then select your preferred permalink structure and save again.

[Robin W]

ok, so what are

2. wordpress role
and
3. forum role

set to for your test user?

[Robin W]

ok, slept on it, and we have three ‘user role’ areas

1. buddypress membership level of a group
dashboard>groups>buddypress group member
2. wordpress role
Dashboard>users>all users and edit a user
the wordpress role is at the top
3. forum role
Dashboard>users>all users and edit a user
the forum role is right at the bottom

It is no. 3 that you are changing to member and should be the one affecting

Can you confirm that this is the one we are talking about, and that you have changed to member

[Robin W]

It was quicker to code it than describe it.

Basically I’ve created a new widget called (rew) Login Widget

Copy all the below into your functions file

You’ll see that all it required was taking out the label, and putting ‘placeholder’ into the input line

I even changed lost password into forgot your password !

The go into widgets and you’ll see the new widget (rew) Login Widget

enjoy !

class Rew_Login_Widget extends WP_Widget {

	/**
	 * bbPress Login Widget
	 *
	 * Registers the login widget
	 *
	 * @since bbPress (r2827)
	 *
	 * @uses apply_filters() Calls 'bbp_login_widget_options' with the
	 *                        widget options
	 */
	public function __construct() {
		$widget_ops = apply_filters( 'rew_login_widget_options', array(
			'classname'   => 'bbp_widget_login',
			'description' => __( 'A simple login form with optional links to sign-up and lost password pages.', 'bbpress' )
		) );

		parent::__construct( false, __( '(rew) Login Widget', 'bbpress' ), $widget_ops );
	}

	/**
	 * Register the widget
	 *
	 * @since bbPress (r3389)
	 *
	 * @uses register_widget()
	 */
	public static function register_widget() {
		register_widget( 'Rew_Login_Widget' );
	}

	/**
	 * Displays the output, the login form
	 *
	 * @since bbPress (r2827)
	 *
	 * @param mixed $args Arguments
	 * @param array $instance Instance
	 * @uses apply_filters() Calls 'bbp_login_widget_title' with the title
	 * @uses get_template_part() To get the login/logged in form
	 */
	public function widget( $args = array(), $instance = array() ) {

		// Get widget settings
		$settings = $this->parse_settings( $instance );

		// Typical WordPress filter
		$settings['title'] = apply_filters( 'rew_widget_title', $settings['title'], $instance, $this->id_base );

		// bbPress filters
		$settings['title']    = apply_filters( 'rew_login_widget_title',    $settings['title'],    $instance, $this->id_base );
		$settings['register'] = apply_filters( 'rew_login_widget_register', $settings['register'], $instance, $this->id_base );
		$settings['lostpass'] = apply_filters( 'rew_login_widget_lostpass', $settings['lostpass'], $instance, $this->id_base );

		echo $args['before_widget'];

		if ( !empty( $settings['title'] ) ) {
			echo $args['before_title'] . $settings['title'] . $args['after_title'];
		}

		if ( !is_user_logged_in() ) : ?>

			<form method="post" action="<?php bbp_wp_login_action( array( 'context' => 'login_post' ) ); ?>" class="bbp-login-form">
				<fieldset>
					<legend><?php _e( 'Log In', 'bbpress' ); ?></legend>

					<div class="bbp-username">
						<input type="text" name="log" placeholder = "Username" value="<?php bbp_sanitize_val( 'user_login', 'text' ); ?>" size="20" id="user_login" tabindex="<?php bbp_tab_index(); ?>" />
						
					
					</div>

					<div class="bbp-password">
						<input type="password" name="pwd" placeholder = "Password"  value="<?php bbp_sanitize_val( 'user_pass', 'password' ); ?>" size="20" id="user_pass" tabindex="<?php bbp_tab_index(); ?>" />
					</div>

					<div class="bbp-remember-me">
						<input type="checkbox" name="rememberme" value="forever" <?php checked( bbp_get_sanitize_val( 'rememberme', 'checkbox' ), true, true ); ?> id="rememberme" tabindex="<?php bbp_tab_index(); ?>" />
						<label for="rememberme"><?php _e( 'Remember Me', 'bbpress' ); ?></label>
					</div>

					<div class="bbp-submit-wrapper">

						<?php do_action( 'login_form' ); ?>

						<button type="submit" name="user-submit" id="user-submit" tabindex="<?php bbp_tab_index(); ?>" class="button submit user-submit"><?php _e( 'Log In', 'bbpress' ); ?></button>

						<?php bbp_user_login_fields(); ?>

					</div>

					<?php if ( !empty( $settings['register'] ) || !empty( $settings['lostpass'] ) ) : ?>

						<div class="bbp-login-links">

							<?php if ( !empty( $settings['register'] ) ) : ?>

								<a href="<?php echo esc_url( $settings['register'] ); ?>" title="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Register', 'bbpress' ); ?>" class="bbp-register-link"><?php _e( 'Register', 'bbpress' ); ?></a>

							<?php endif; ?>

							<?php if ( !empty( $settings['lostpass'] ) ) : ?>

								<a href="<?php echo esc_url( $settings['lostpass'] ); ?>" title="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Forgot Your Password', 'bbpress' ); ?>" class="bbp-lostpass-link"><?php _e( 'Forgot Your Password', 'bbpress' ); ?></a>

							<?php endif; ?>

						</div>

					<?php endif; ?>

				</fieldset>
			</form>

		<?php else : ?>

			<div class="bbp-logged-in">
				<a href="<?php bbp_user_profile_url( bbp_get_current_user_id() ); ?>" class="submit user-submit"><?php echo get_avatar( bbp_get_current_user_id(), '40' ); ?></a>
				<h4><?php bbp_user_profile_link( bbp_get_current_user_id() ); ?></h4>

				<?php bbp_logout_link(); ?>
			</div>

		<?php endif;

		echo $args['after_widget'];
	}

	/**
	 * Update the login widget options
	 *
	 * @since bbPress (r2827)
	 *
	 * @param array $new_instance The new instance options
	 * @param array $old_instance The old instance options
	 */
	public function update( $new_instance, $old_instance ) {
		$instance             = $old_instance;
		$instance['title']    = strip_tags( $new_instance['title'] );
		$instance['register'] = esc_url_raw( $new_instance['register'] );
		$instance['lostpass'] = esc_url_raw( $new_instance['lostpass'] );

		return $instance;
	}

	/**
	 * Output the login widget options form
	 *
	 * @since bbPress (r2827)
	 *
	 * @param $instance Instance
	 * @uses BBP_Login_Widget::get_field_id() To output the field id
	 * @uses BBP_Login_Widget::get_field_name() To output the field name
	 */
	public function form( $instance = array() ) {

		// Get widget settings
		$settings = $this->parse_settings( $instance ); ?>

		<p>
			<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'title' ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Title:', 'bbpress' ); ?>
			<input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'title' ); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'title' ); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $settings['title'] ); ?>" /></label>
		</p>

		<p>
			<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'register' ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Register URI:', 'bbpress' ); ?>
			<input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'register' ); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'register' ); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo esc_url( $settings['register'] ); ?>" /></label>
		</p>

		<p>
			<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'lostpass' ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Lost Password URI:', 'bbpress' ); ?>
			<input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'lostpass' ); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'lostpass' ); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo esc_url( $settings['lostpass'] ); ?>" /></label>
		</p>

		<?php
	}

	/**
	 * Merge the widget settings into defaults array.
	 *
	 * @since bbPress (r4802)
	 *
	 * @param $instance Instance
	 * @uses bbp_parse_args() To merge widget settings into defaults
	 */
	public function parse_settings( $instance = array() ) {
		return bbp_parse_args( $instance, array(
			'title'    => '',
			'register' => '',
			'lostpass' => ''
		), 'login_widget_settings' );
	}
}

add_action( 'widgets_init', function(){
     register_widget( 'Rew_Login_Widget' );
});

[Joe Dostie]

I guess that makes sense…I took out http:

Hi Robin,

Thanks for your response, hopefully I can clear this up a little with some images.

My goal is to have my forums as a child page
//69.195.124.253/~ctwocndo/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/forums_child.jpg

With my Forums Root = forums
//69.195.124.253/~ctwocndo/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/root-forums.jpg

The breadcrumbs (both bbPress and WordPress) will show correctly
//69.195.124.253/~ctwocndo/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/correctBreadcrumb.jpg

The problem is that when I create a new forum, it will not take the “connect” parent page into consideration.
//69.195.124.253/~ctwocndo/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/BadForum.jpg

In order to fix this, I can modify the Forum root = “connect/forums”
//69.195.124.253/~ctwocndo/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/root-connect-forums.jpg

And that will fix the permalink of a new forum
//69.195.124.253/~ctwocndo/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Page31.jpg

But when I do that, the the breadcrumbs no longer work.
//69.195.124.253/~ctwocndo/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/brokenBreadcrumb.jpg
(I am sure the “Forums” in this image are truly the “connect/forum”)

So that where I kind of am.

I did see your recommendation, but wouldn’t that get wiped the next time I upgrade bbPress?

Again, thank you for your response.

Kind Regards,

Joe

[kc9wwh]

Here is the list of plugins installed and activated…

• bbPress
• bbPress Pencil Unread
• BuddyPress
• Buddypress Xprofile Custom Fields Type
• GD bbPress Attachments
• GD bbPress Tools
• If Menu
• Jetpack by WordPress.com
• Login Logo
• The Events Calendar
• Theme Logo
• WPFront User Role Editor
• WP Maintenance Mode

[Robin W]

They have move the link

try

Child Themes

[kc88]

Hi Robin, the link works, the link that doesn’t work is in the document https://make.wordpress.org/training/modules-in-progress/child-theme-module/
The tutorial on how to make a child theme. I’m having trouble with how to do this, do you know of any tutorials that explains it clearly step by step starting from setting up the child theme files.

When I go try to add files to the theme it asks me for a zip file.

[Robin W]

Emails not working can be caused by many factors. Try working through the following :
Spam filters
You should be aware that many spam filters strip messages that do not come from the correct address. So if your site is mysite.com and your email address in wordpress settings>general is fred@gmail.com then it is likely that messages will be dumped in transit. You need to set up email to come from your site egfred@mysite.com, your hosting provider can help if needed.
Host Provider
Talk to your host provider about why emails are being stripped

[don5999]

Thanks Robin, I’m grateful for all your help.

Check Email
The test email has been sent by WordPress. Please note this does NOT mean it has been delivered. See wp_mail in the Codex for more information. The headers sent were:
MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n
From: ******@*************.***\r\n
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”UTF-8″\r\n

However, nothing is received at the email address in eith er inbox or junk :0(

[Robin W]

Try https://wordpress.org/plugins/check-email/

to see if your email is working

[kc88]

Are there any links to teach you how to make a child theme and put it into wordpress? I tried clicking the link within the article that you referenced but that link lead to a page not found.