[Robin W]

try

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-genesis-extend/

[buzink]

You can add the default WordPress media button. I guess it only works for logged in WordPress users with authorization to upload.

[wannial]

Hey all, first post here and hope someone can help me.
I’ve put a bbpress forum in my wordpress website and created a Forum button in the main navigation bar

http://www.hardwarehome.nl

When I click this button the forum is shown perfectly.
When I then klick on a subforum like reviews it’s still perfect, but then!
If I klick forums, not on the main navigation bar, but in the forum menu itself, it brings me back to the forum (notice the sligt difference in URL /forum when coming form the menu bar, and /forums when coming trough the forum) but it’s all scrambled up!

Anyone any suggestions on this one?

[Stephen Edgar]

The next release of bbPress will allow you to customise the CSS based on the user role in each topic or reply so you should be able to do what your asking here 🙂

See https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2692 for further details 🙂

Additionally also see this post on how to achieve the same results now 😉

[Stephen Edgar]

To add and thanks Rob, bbPress.org does not use Font Awesome, we us Dashicons that are included with WordPress.

Dashicons

[Robkk]

// Filter wp_nav_menu() to add profile link
add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_items', 'my_nav_menu_profile_link' );
function my_nav_menu_profile_link($menu) {
    if (!is_user_logged_in())
        return $menu;
    else
        $current_user = wp_get_current_user();
        $user=$current_user->user_login ;
        $profilelink = '<li><a href="/forums/users/' . $user . '/">My Profile</a></li>';
        $menu = $menu . $profilelink;
        return $menu;
 
}

i just edited the code listed here

Layout and functionality – Examples you can use

[Robkk]

@situationerdk

most of the features users wanted in that survey can be achieved with some plugins listed here

Feature Plugins Tracking

attachments you would have to use gd-bbPress attachments
quotes you can use bbPress direct quotes or gd-bbPress tools
for using bbPress for WordPress comments you can use the bbPress topics for posts plugin

if you just want users to be able to edit their comments use the simple comment editing plugin

if you think bbPress needs specific features added to the core of the plugin make a new topic about that.

[Jacob]

@Jeff – Ok, glad you received my oroginal post in the way it was to be understood. Just saw your post over here http://wptavern.com/bbpress-2014-survey-results-show-users-are-still-disappointed-with-lack-of-features. I see we are along the lines …..

I could have written an article like that, but it would not have vented the frustration. I would love to be able to use bbPress and WordPress together. As it is now I dont think of bbPress as normal forum software – but conceptually I would be able to use it to replace the hopeless commenting system that is so weirdly OLD and outdated in wordpress. That way wordpress gets a lift and bbpress becomes the relatively simple software it is in its own right – as a nice facelift for wordpress commenting. Have they not noted the brilliant Disqus plugin ? It is really good – and why wordpress has not made these features native – perhaps not exactly like Disqus – but somewhere along those lines, I really cannot understand – is WordPress simply sleeping ? Users cant even edit their comments as a standard feature when commenting ? Why are they not on the forefront on this defining feature for a blogging system ?

I will probably go with Xenforo and the Xenword addon. It will probably be an official addon sometime (see also the CTA Featured threads and Portal …. nice one by Brogan..). Or MyBB which is also awesome.

[Robkk]

its really simple to achieve this type of thing , use a plugin like this

wordpress.org/plugins/log-out-shortcode/

the plugin basically uses some code already in WordPress that you can use.

codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_logout_url

[Jeffro]

I’ve created a ticket in Trac at the request of @netweb https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2730

[jmodine]

How I did it is this. first I changed my css Using a child theme I just added this css to my style.css (Important to use a child theme so you don’t lose your changes.)

#bbpress-forums .bbp-forums-list li {
display: none !important;
}

.bbp-forum-title{
display: block !important;
font-size: 22px;
font-weight: bold;
border-top: 15px solid blue;
boder-top-left-radius:5px;
boder-top-right-radius:5px;
-moz-border-radius: 5px;
-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
margin-top: 10px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.bbp-topic-title {
font-size: 16px !important;
}

What this did is I made multiple forums instead of categories. when I made the forums I used the text area to include the descriptions. Left the main topic forums closed. so no one could post on there.
I then made sub forums (hence using my main forums as category tags) and again used the text area for the description while creating the forums. I left these open so post could be made in there.
Now I have all kinds of styling you can change. Play with the borders margins colors and text size until you get what you like. I also found the text size to be too small for the descriptions so I used the plug in tinymce advanced to add custom fonts, font-sizes and colors for the descriptions.

[jmodine]

the solution to this is built in WordPress not not in bbpress. First make sure you have an actual page called forums then use short code to mate it your main forums index page. Once that is confirmed check your permalinks and make sure they are not on default. ( I usually use post name). Now your forums page should be showing as a page on your site. Then go to custom menu Dashboard>appearance>menus once there you can create many different menus and label where they will show up, or even call them through the widget area. But for your particular problem find the one called Main(top primary menu) then just add the pages you want to show up on that menu and delete the ones you don’t want to show up. (Be sure to uncheck automatically add top level pages).

[jmodine]

changing it to 0 would be best. Just make sure you are using a child theme. If you aren’t you will lose the changes with the first update to bbpress or your theme. you can find child theme info on the codex or use this plug in to create it for you If you already have a child them just add the code above to your style.css in you child theme. It will override the bbpress css I would just recommend commenting off the css so its easy to find if you need to add more changes.

[jmodine]

The easiest way is to do a custom CSS. make a child theme first i recomend this plug in “Child theme configuration” Down load the zip file once you chose your settgings. upload the child theme through dashboard> appearance > theme > add new then use a text editor and make a style.css for your theme (bbpress will be overridden with it) I use eclipse for a text editor but notepad will work in the style css add this code
(this came directly from my site so it has a few changes you can change anything you like on it for more customization) you can see my forums lay out here

#bbpress-forums .bbp-forums-list li {
display: none !important;
min-height: 50px;
font-size: 18px;
border: 3px solid black;
border-top: 8px solid #871A1A;
boder-bottom-left-radius:5px;
boder-bottom-right-radius:5px;
boder-top-left-radius:5px;
boder-top-right-radius:5px;
-moz-border-radius: 5px;
-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
margin-top: 10px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.bbp-forum-title{
   display: block !important;
   font-size: 22px;
   font-weight: bold;
	border-top: 15px solid blue;
	boder-top-left-radius:5px;
	boder-top-right-radius:5px;
	-moz-border-radius: 5px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
	margin-top: 10px;
	margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.bbp-topic-title {
	 font-size: 16px !important;
}

Like I said any of these values are changeable and you can add more or take some out. hope this helps.

[Robin W]

There are two sets of roles wordpress and bbpress

It is a wordpress admin that can set bbpress roles, under Dashboard>settings>users and see if forum roles appear near the bottom of an existing user

If not come back and if you have database access I can tell you how to set an admin that can then set a bbpress keymaster.

[Stephen Edgar]

You may login to this site using your bbPress.org/WordPress.org/BuddyPress.org username and password.

Strange, did you login first? https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/login

Once your logged in, create a new ticket https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/newticket

[amckinnell]

Hi. I am running bbpress 2.5.4 and wordpress 3.9.2 on a paid membership site. Since the release of 2.5.4 the notifications sent from the forum contain everyone’s email address in the bcc field. I understand this was a feature in the last release, but the problem is that all my users can see each other’s private email addresses in the bcc field. Shouldn’t the bcc field not be visible? Is there a way I can make it so the bcc is blind like it should be? Thanks for any help anyone can offer.

[Jacob]

@Jeff – Thanks Jeff.

@Robin – What I want is highlighted in the question with a blockquote. So it should be pretty obvious. I am sorry for not being more explicit in my demands – but it really wasnt my purpose to suggest on specific features – just something basic as core-developed and planned groups-functionality. The intention was to get an understanding on what to expect. A word from John James Jacoby himself – just saying for example “well in the near future things arent going to go faster than the previous years” – then I would know what to expect ….. Again I refer you to the developing roadmap. Its not exactly going fast. One of the features I was looking forward to having integrated was using bbpress for comments in wordpress. Or any kind of functional integration.

However I did forget to put in group-based – along with the finegrained, nodal permissions. And yes, I am aware of the roles and capabilities. But thanks for that. And along with that I dont mean relying on a newly-developed plugin like bbpres private groups or installing buddypress. I meant having it default and taking into planning consideration. Speed is fairly obvious. Security is just a general concern, nothing really specific. But enough to keep me away from newly developed plugins.

I am sorry for any thoughtlessness in formulating my intention – and again do not mean to be arrogant. But something concrete from the team behind would be nice. I am sorry for not being more specific about the groups-thing. But I am not being specific, because that is not the point. The point is highlighted in the quote.

I can see now that it wasnt a well-formulated frustration. Wish I had made it better. So if someone could just delete it, it would be fine.

[papete100]

The last posting on this topic is very old. I wonder this is still a matter of concern. I try to move my http://www.phpages.org/phpBB3/ forum to bbPress. I used the build in tool and get the error

WordPress database error: [Table ‘u53000db1.phpbbusers’ doesn’t exist]

u53000db1 is my phppp sql base and I made a test with the plugin cms2cms and I got a nice output, but the produced bbPress forum was somwhere else not in my application, so I wonder what that means?

Anyone there can get me started in the right direction. Best regards
Peter

[Robin W]

I’ve just tried having both these plugins on my test site, and can see exactly what you mean, my forums become archive posts just as yours did, and I’m using a shortcode so that way won’t work.

So definite conflict between how these two forums are using slugs, and I suspect that the recipe one is overwriting a forum one, but don’t know how, possibly via a filter on wordpress.

I’d suggest since the recipe plugin author will have far better knowledge (as he has slug settings in his plugin) that you go back with a fresh post, and explain that on a base theme (mine was twentyten) with just bbpress and his plugin and nothing else

http://www.mysite.com/forums takes you to blog archives page

and see what he comes back with

[Robin W]

Just had a thought, what bbpress level is the username you are using

so you could be a wordpress admin, but if you are a bbpress participant, then you wouldn’t see anything.

So go into dashboard>users and edit your username and see what level the bbpress role is set to

[Stephen Edgar]

1. You shouldn’t need to manually map anything with WordPress 4.0.x and bbPress 2.5.x, bbPress 2.x can import bbPress 1.x 100% perfectly “out of the box” without any additional plugins or manual intervention.

2. If you want to integrate bbPress 1.2 with WordPress then this also works with a few tweaks also, see this post for details on this.

In summary there is no reason to be not using the latest version of WordPress with either bbPress 1.x or 2.x.

[Stefano Lissa]

Hi, I tried again to post this bug on track, but I got a “you have not ticket privileges”, so I’ll try to report it here since it can be a very general issue.

My blog is set with a permalink structure like %category%/%postname% WITHOUT a trailing slash. But on bbpress file ajax.php on function bbp_get_ajax_url() the url is generated with a trailingslashit( $wp->request ).

WordPress sends back a redirect whene there is a trailing slash and the subscription fails with an alert “undefined”. Removing the trailingslashit(…) everything works fine.

There is a specific reason for that use of trailingslashit()?

Thank you, Stefano.

[xprt007]

Hi

I’m back after a while. 😉
After a lot of research, enabling, disabling this & that, I discovered this issue only comes up if the recipepress reloaded plugin is activated.

It is recommended for the main recipe page to be at /recipes.
If you first install this, then whatever you do, bbpress will not be accessible at the recommended & preferred /forums.
Instead as explained above, if you try to access the forums at /forums, whereas the url remains correct & pointing to /forums, the content of the blog front page is loaded & if I remember well, any latest forum content appears listed as one of the normal blog posts!

I tried however to uninstall bbpress & disabled all other plugins, including the recipe plugin, then re-installed bbpress. The set up run normally & the forums were accessible at /forums. When I reactivated recipepress reloaded, all its links, including /recipes returned a page not found error. It is only when bbpress is disabled that the recipe pages are accessible again.

Conclusion: both plugins cannot run together, at least with default settings (?).

Quite perplexed regarding what to do next since the site has to shortly go online & both the recipe & forum sections are integral partS. I cannot put off the issue any longer.

In suggestion above, you suggested an alternative solution of using shortcodes.
I discovered at the that the forum I created, or at least it seemed works independent of the settings on the bbpress settings & admin pages & everything had to be done with shortcodes(?), or is there a possibility of an equivalent central admin area?
Or am I mistaken?

Ideally, a solution to the apparent conflict between the 2 plugins would be great, but if it cannot be gotten (any time soon/at all), is there any equally easy way to manage forums created via shortcodes?

Some further guidance would be very much appreciated.

Regards

[Stephen Edgar]

You shouldn’t be using ‘bbconverter’, bbPress 2.x includes its own importer now and is in fact that very same plugin now included within the core of bbPress. There has also been vast improvements and bug fixes to both the converter and the bbPress 1.x importer.

From your WordPress Dashboard -> Tools -> Forums -> Import