So I have been running bbpress for the past month now. Today I had some free time and decided to try and make it look more appealing. So I searched for wordpress bbpress plugins and suffusion bbpress pack come up. I installed, activated, and went to its settings. So in the settings was the following:
(RE)BUILD BBPRESS FILES
If you are starting out afresh with bbPress on Suffusion or Suffusion on bbPress, this is the first thing you should do. Since the default bbPress HTML markup is different from Suffusion’s markup, this step will help (re)create your templates. You should be using a child theme of Suffusion before you start using this theme. Otherwise if you update Suffusion from the WP themes repository you will lose all the bbPress-specific files.
Please note that all your template files will be written to /home4/kingdox1/public_html/demigodlegion/wp-content/themes/arcade-basic.
So I clicked “rebuild bbpress files” and looked at the forum to see the changes. Once I looked at the forum I noticed that all it did was expand the forum layout horizontally and removed the (right) sidebar. I need the sidebar so removed the suffusion bbpress pack plug in and now there is no forum whatsoever. If I re install the suffusion plugin, the forum reappears.
I tried doing a full restore through my hosting company to no avail. If there is a way that I could backup all of the topics and forums. Re install bbpress, then import topics and forums…. unless there is an easier way.
after moving a post from one forum category to another, i noticed the category did not update in the main forum listing, only within the forum post itself.
also, when i tried deleting the forum post, it still shows up in the main forum listing even though the category itself is now empty
as you can see in the forum main listing, the post still shows up and in the original category (OCD) instead of the new category (הפרעות אכילה) even though it has been deleted:
http://cbtisrael.co.il/forums/
wordpress v3.9
buddypress v2.0
bbpress v2.5.3
Why hello there… I can now reproduce the issue 🙂
I have the cause of the issue identified and a patch 100% complete that prevents this from occurring in the future. 🙂
The cause is one of our repair tools “Count replies in each forum” 🙁
Immediate Workaround: Run the “Count replies in each topic” repair tool and DO NOT run the “Count replies in each forum” repair tool, it deletes data needed to calculate new replies displayed order.
NOTE: This will only prevent the issue from re-occurring, it will NOT fix existing replies affected.
We still need to create a repair tool to update existing replies that are affected by this issue. I have a rough outline of the tool though it isn’t quite right yet as it is not picking up all the possible permutations and combinations of how replies can be ordered with or without ‘threaded replies’ enabled.
It’s 1:15am here my local time and I’m beat thus I’m pulling the pin for the evening. 😉
Thanks for your all of your patience along the way, sorry it wasn’t sooner but until we could reproduce the issue coming up with a fix is really hard 😉
If you want further technical details you can look at ticket #2586 in trac.
Once I’ve had some Zzzzz’s I’ll update this post.
I tried on a new wordpress installation and realized ’twas the guest posters that were changed to my admin account.
How do I make it import them either as anonymous, guest or even random names?
should read
<p><a href="<?php bbp_user_profile_url( bbp_get_current_user_id() ); ?>edit" >Amend Profile/Change password</a></p>
sorry, wordpress tends to not like code, and keeps trying to edit it !
have amended the codex !
Thanks – although Jerusaelm was not in the WordPress bad words list I had many others – clearing the Comment Blacklist seemed to do the trick though!
Hi,
I am using the latest WordPress (Twenty Fourteen theme) and bbPress.
There is a problem with my forums root page. Besides the regular forum listing section, all forums are also listed like posts below the regular section.
How can I fix it? Thanks
please be patient, all the responders on here are volunteers and are not dedicated to this site.
It doesn’t go in your theme or child theme folder.
You should upload the bbpress plugin, which will then place the bbpress files in your wp-content/plugins folder. Whiolst you can do that yourself, let wordpress and the plugin do their work
so Dashboard>plugins>add new plugin and search for bbpress, then load it and activate
Do the same with buddypress
on your 2 questions
1. yes there are plugins that allow an upload – for instance https://wordpress.org/plugins/gd-bbpress-attachments/
2. Just disable that part dashboard>settings>forums> look for forum root slug, and you’ll see a tick box to disable it.
Hi folks,
The forums on my site don’t stand out. They typeface, borders and just general appearance is dull, it’s not bold enough.
Is there perhaps a plugin that would smarten up the appearance of forums?
I can’t find one or another solution.
My forums are here: http://www.whichinvestmenttrust.com/better-investor-forums
I’m using the latest version of everything WordPress/BBPress/Buddypress.
Thanks
I’ve been looking for a plugin to force strong password for all new user registration and tried a few but no luck. Found one that comes very close but too strong 🙁 http://wordpress.org/plugins/login-security-solution/
Can anyone recommend one? that is flexible and strong enough.
Hey guys, I’ve just submitted a plugin to the WordPress repository that should cover the basic functionality you’re after. Here’s the description:
== Description ==
bbPress Go To First Unread Post is a literally named plugin that allows registered users to jump to the first Reply in a Topic that they haven’t viewed yet. This gives your bbPress forum the simple and expected functionality of non-WordPress counterparts like phpBB, without a lot of coding.
First, you activate the plugin on a blog that already has the bbPress plugin enabled. This is all you need to do to activate the basic functionality of the plugin, which includes:
* Automatic tracking of last reply viewed, per topic per user.
* Link next to the title of a topic if the user has unread posts (between the title and pagination)
The plugin also includes two template tags for extra functionality:
* Mark Topics as Read link
* Mark Forum as Read link
I’ll post again here with a link when it’s been approved!
http://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-go-to-first-unread-post/
Hey guys, I’ve just submitted a plugin to the WordPress repository that should cover the basic functionality you’re after. Here’s the description:
== Description ==
bbPress Go To First Unread Post is a literally named plugin that allows registered users to jump to the first Reply in a Topic that they haven’t viewed yet. This gives your bbPress forum the simple and expected functionality of non-WordPress counterparts like phpBB, without a lot of coding.
First, you activate the plugin on a blog that already has the bbPress plugin enabled. This is all you need to do to activate the basic functionality of the plugin, which includes:
* Automatic tracking of last reply viewed, per topic per user.
* Link next to the title of a topic if the user has unread posts (between the title and pagination)
The plugin also includes two template tags for extra functionality:
* Mark Topics as Read link
* Mark Forum as Read link
I’ll post again here with a link when it’s been approved!
Hey guys i have a little problem. Actually i installed wordpress on my server and created a standard clean theme. Here is the Screen:
Than i created a child theme connected it with my parent theme via the style.css
And now i thought i have to put the bbpress folder into my child theme. Is this correct? The question is just which folders? Just copy all from default in my child theme or just the content of bbpress?
The same problem with buddypress i want to put it in my child theme but i dont know what. All folders copy paste? Or just the content of my bp_template or maybe bp_theme folder?
PS: I tried a bit on my local server at the plugin folder and want would change 2 things at my bbpress forum. 1) Is there a solution that i can upload images when using the editor? I think its very uncomfortable to put a link from another server in the editor. I want to handle it like facebook just upload it on my server and its in the post. 2) How can i delete the /forums in my url? i want my url like http://www.myurl./forumname but actually its http://www.myurl.de/forums/forumname.
Hope you can help me i want to start with this awesome plugin but 🙂
Try
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.
and if that doesn’t work try
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, switch to a default theme such as twentytwelve, and see if this fixes.
WP just updated to 3.8.3 (without my input…) so would that have some version of tinyMCE in it?
No, it is the same TinyMCE version that shipped with WordPress 3.8, the new TinyMCE v4 is included in WordPress 3.9 and should be available within the next 24 hours.
This topic can indeed stay open and if you could post an update after you have updated to WordPress 3.9 that would be helpful.
There are so many cool options right now! Besides private messages, like the plugin listed above, there is a chat at the bottom bar that users can chat with but it’s also one on one privately, it is iFly.
Also, the plugin Quick Chat can be integrated into bbPress in two different ways:
1. This chat plugin can be put into different WordPress pages with shortcodes, so you can put it on any pages at the top or bottom of your forums that are on WordPress pages using shortcode, or in any sidebar widget.
2. You can also use a different chat on each WordPress page using shortcode, so coupled with the plugins BuddyPress and BuddyPress Groups Extras (which adds extra pages to BuddyPress Groups) you can give each of your bbPress forum groups their own private chat!
If you name your forum root slug (in forum settings) the same as your WordPress shortcode page slug (in that page’s settings), doesn’t that sort out the url problem @robmcclel speaks of above?
Thanks so much, @netweb! So I can create a file called “editor-style.css”, and put it in my theme. Does it go in the root?
And I’m a little confused: doesn’t bbPress have it’s own editor that’s separate from WordPress? I have an awesome editor for WordPress, but it doesn’t show up for bbPress.
Edit: PS, I did not get an email that there was a reply on this, and it’s definitely checked…
I have updated my wordpress to the newer version, wordpress version: 3.8.3, bbpress version: 2.5.3.
I have a problem with “edit” on the front-end, if i want to edit a post then the page says: “The page you requested could not be found.”….
What can be done to prevent this problem? or to fix the problem?
the permalinks on my website are: /%postname%/%category%/
the url to edit the post is: http://…../…./…./…./post01/edit/
thanks for the answer.
Thanks Stephen, a useful link. I have now installed https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-auto-subscribe-for-new-topics-and-replies/ which does what I need.
But still my personal preference is for a single configurable tool (bbPress in this case) rather than a proliferation of different plugins.
In particular I am always uncomfortable using plugins that have no reviews. In this case I took a chance as I have seen other work by it’s author. I have now added a review for him, so at least there is no one!
try the following
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.
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, switch to a default theme such as twentytwelve, and see if this fixes.
come back and let us know if any of the above fixes
There was a change to handle reply slug titles in bbPress 2.5
http://elitegamingcomputers.com/reply/operation-auctus-10/
http://elitegamingcomputers.com/reply/12078/
http://elitegamingcomputers.com/reply/operation-auctus-12/
http://elitegamingcomputers.com/reply/12095/
The above is what the updated slugs should be though as those replies were created before the 2.5 update they a) don’t work though that is what format your new slugs would use.
Looking at a recent topic http://elitegamingcomputers.com/topic/hello-everyone-3/ your reply to that topic is and works fine: http://elitegamingcomputers.com/reply/17556/
Thus this will only affect your pre bbPress 2.5 replies and there are probably a couple of options available if you wanted to retrospectively apply this to your pre 2.5 replies either with a custom PHP repair tool or directly in phpMyAdmin to grab each reply and copy it’s post ID to the post_name field in the wp_posts table.
EDIT: If you want to see the code and ticket background on this change see this and this
Cool, glad your up and running, it also looks like you haven’t run the repair tools to update the counts. Go to the WordPress Dashboard -> Tools -> Forums and run each of those to update the counts.
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