[SickSquirrelTwo]

I created the file and it is dated 7/11 so nothing is writing to it, I created it based on a recommendation at a security website or wordpress.org (forget which). I have an .htaccess.old file I’ll paste below.

The email removes the forums/topics/etc, which are set in WordPress under Settings/Forums/Slugs Obviously I don’t remember coding but y’all know where the email picks up the actual post URL. Somehow it is stripping the Slugs. But just in Approval emails … so what differs between Approval and Subscribed emails in pulling the URL? I think that would be the place to start to find the error/problem/issue/annoyance.

(I go to Dashboard and look for a number next to Replies and Posts, so I DO have a way around the email discrepancy. I just like to fix things like this before it causes more errors/problems/issues/annoyances).

.htaccess.old (I didn’t compare them side by side to see if anything differs. I know if I FTP a file already there it adds.old to the old file)

#
# Uncomment the statement below if you want to make use of
# HTTP authentication and it does not already work.
# This could be required if you are for example using PHP via Apache CGI.
#
#<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
#RewriteEngine on
#RewriteRule .* – [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization},L]
#</IfModule>

<Files “config.php”>
Order Allow,Deny
Deny from All
</Files>

<Files “common.php”>
Order Allow,Deny
Deny from All
</Files>

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

[dubbinz]

I am also facing this problem. At first I thought it was the various programs I had to deal with spam and general bad behaviour (akismet, wanguard and sucuri) but I disabled all the plugins and I also increased the amount of links in a post to 10 before it gets moved to pending in discussion settings. All settings for discussion have removed any need for moving posts to pending or marked for approval. Settings for akismet are unchecked in forums settings and comments blacklist and moderation list have empty fields. Topics or replies should not be going to pending but they are still going to pending and this is destroying my community. There is no message to the user saying that his reply or topic is awaiting moderation (unlike the OP) and the user continues to edit his topic or reply and post again which also ends up in the pending queue and then I have a load of the same topic edited in the pending queue.

Whatever is causing this is inside bbpress core. I need to know which setting to disable to ensure no topic or reply goes to pending. Yes I know the risks, this is another issue. Can anyone please tell me how to stop this happening. which files in bbpress do I have to edit.

BBPress 2.3.1
Wordpress 3.5.1

[gingerngo]

Hi all,

Might be related to the recent capabilities/roles update for bbPress, but right now this is what’s happening for me:

– Participants create a topic in a forum
– They get forwarded to a 404 page
– In the Dashboard, however, the topic they created is actually there, but automatically set to “pending” status instead of being published
– My admins have to manually publish each topic that Participants create (topics created by Moderators get published immediately)

I’ve set up a small band-aid solution where the users are shown a message that says “Your topic is awaiting moderation” instead of a 404 page, but I wonder how I could make it possible to get these topics published upon creation (remove approval process).

Thanks for any insight!

[RuggedMoose]

New here and tried searching, but not sure exactly what I’m searching for..

My client for this build is a church. They are requesting a prayer forum and would like each new topic – prayer request (created by either a new or existing member) too trigger an email notification to all existing members.

I’m assuming there will be a notification, and approval needed from the forum admin for the new topic, but after approval they’d like the post (new forum topic) to trigger an email notification to be send out to all existing members who hove opted in to receive these notifications.

Is this possible?

Thanks so much!

[kraigg]

There is a moderation plugin called bbPressModeration (https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpressmoderation/).

It allows administrators to manually approve each post before it gets published to the website. But it doesn’t send an email notification to the poster.

[ver0n]

Hi,

I’d like to know if bbpress has the functionality of approving a post before its published on forum, with that also is it possible to send the user who’s post has been published an alert email?

Thanks in advance!

[myfenta]

yes , i have used one plugin here : http://www.studyingon.com

plugin name is “Contact Form 7” you can get is from website contactform7.com

[kriskl]

here is another improvement for BBPress forums –

‘Report user/post’ Button that would automatically hide spam post, and made it visible only to admin/moderators for deltetion or approval etc.

[shilpi18th]

Thanks a lot………

[Stephen Edgar]

Will this do what you want it to?

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpressmoderation/

[shilpi18th]

Can anyone suggest me how should I implement this functionality. Its very urgent.

[Stephen Edgar]

I think the two of you need to compare your settings, installed plugins etc, you both have what the other is looking for and with some luck you will both solve each others problems.

@apena916 see https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/admin-approval-email-for-new-topic/

@shilpi18th see https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/need-users-to-be-able-to-posts-without-posts-being-approved/

[Stephen Edgar]

I think the two of you need to compare your settings, installed plugins etc, you both have what the other is looking for and with some luck you will both solve each others problems.

@apena916 see https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/admin-approval-email-for-new-topic/

@shilpi18th see https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/need-users-to-be-able-to-posts-without-posts-being-approved/

[shilpi18th]

Hello Rashid,

Thanks a lot.
I need a functionality same as comment in wordpress.
In wordpress when we comment on any post, an email goes to admin for approval of the comment. if admin approves then only the comment ll show on site otherwise no person can see that comment.

i have to apply same functionality for topics.
when a registered user ll add a topic from frontend of website then an email ll go to admin, if admin approves the topic then only topic ll show on website.

[rashid93]

i’ve recently used plugin namely email users on my site at : اشتراک عکس جدید و جالب و اشتراک ویدیو

which is great for your need i think .

[shilpi18th]

I want to implement a functionality in bbpress 2.0.2 that an admin ll get an approval email when a registered user adds topic or give reply on any topic. sothat if admin approves the topic and give reply on any topic then it ll show on website otherwise not.
Can you please suggest me.

[mastermre]

Hi,

I seem to have successfully migrated my bbpress database (1.1) into the latest (2.11) wordpress plugin version. The problem is I dont want the wordpress “site” at all – just the forum (as it used to be in its standalone version – accessed via a link from my main site menu).

In addition I can only access the forum at present via the dashboard and ‘view’. It does not appear as a menu command on the wordpress “site” or anywhere else on that page. How does one find the forums at all on that “home” page?

What I am trying to do is recreate what I had before (with custom template too) under this new setup. I would not have moved to Wpress but was forced to as the bbpress 1 forum is getting chinese spammers every day and the registration approval plugin doesnt work at all.

I hope this is clear enough for some good help/advice! I cannot find any good simple steps to convert the one into the other. Do I have to base my entire site on WordPress now (will have to junk wpress if I am forced to do that!) or can I recreate what I had before when bbpress was a standalone forum?

Thanks

Patrick

[html_guru]

You can use WP-Members, which gives you lots of control over who becomes a new member. You can set it to require your approval before enabling a new account. It can generate custom email messages informing administrators of a new user attempting to register, and give the user registration confirmation. You can also add new fields to our registration form. It comes with login, registration, and “lost your password?” forms. I highly recommend you take a look at it. It has worked great for me.

[krioteh]

Hello!

Files for Russian localization available at: http://translate.wordpress.org/projects/bbpress/plugin/ru/default

Instructions for downloading the current version of the plugin localization bbPress:

1. Go to the resource: http://translate.wordpress.org/projects/bbpress/plugin/ru/default
2. Bottom left click Export, the first field should be “all current” in the second field “mo”. Repeat this action by selecting the second box, “po”.
3. Download both files in the “[root of your WordPress] wp-content plugins bbpress bbp-languages ​​”

Note: The exported files will include only the localization of the green line (current, that is approved by the current version). Yellow highlighted recent changes in the translation, pending approval. They transfer will not be included!

There you can offer your translation.

Important!

The resulting files should be renamed, for example: was the bbpress-plugin-ru.mo, was bbpress-ru_RU.mo.

Thank you all!

Инструкция для загрузки локализации текущей версии плагина bbPress:

1. Перейти на ресурс http://translate.wordpress.org/projects/bbpress/plugin/ru/default
2. Внизу слева нажать Export, в первом поле должно стоять “all current” во втором поле “mo”. Повторить это ltqcndbt, выбрав во втором поле “po”.
3. Загрузить оба файла в “[корень Вашего WordPress]wp-contentpluginsbbpressbbp-languages”

Примечание: В экспортируемые файлы локализации будут включены только строки зеленого цвета(current, то есть утвержденная текущая версия). Желтым цветом выделены недавние изменения в переводе, ожидающие утверждения. Они в перевод включены не будут!

Там же Вы можете предложить свой вариант перевода.

Важно!

Полученные файлы нужно переименовывать, пример: было bbpress-plugin-ru.mo, стало bbpress-ru_RU.mo.

Всем спасибо!

[SK]

Actually, it doesn’t. I think bbPress is a pretty good piece of software.

But while I have your attention, allow me to share my perspectives as someone who has been using Opensource Bulletin Board software for many years, but is just starting off with bbPress.

It’s great that bbPress can leverage WordPress’s autoupdate function to update itself and its plugins. phpBB (http://www.phpbb.com/mods/automod/), SMF (http://docs.simplemachines.org/index.php?topic=93) etc. are still trying to figure it out…they have some rudimentary patches, but nothing as elegant as WordPress’s system.

Another brilliant thing is the ability to use seo/pretty URLs/permalinks. Amazingly, at phpBB (http://area51.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=105&t=35616) they are fighting over whether this is even desirable!

But what’s pure genius is the ability to use any WordPress theme! bbPress ships with a bbPress TwentyTen theme, and if your active WordPress theme does not have special support for bbPress, that is ok, because bbPress will use bbPress TwentyTen’s styling to present the forums in your active theme. Genius! Pure genius!

Add to this the fact that because bbPress is a WordPress plugin, there are additional benefits such as: SSO with WP, ability to use WP plugins (like Use Google Libraries), extendability, lightness, etc.

It is a massive shock to me that the number of people are using bbPress is incredibly smaller than what it should be.

I’ve thought about my experience, and think that the following factors could be critical in this regard:

1. Discovery: Discovery is an issue. I don’t know what the relationship is between Automattic/Wordpress/bbPress/BuddyPress, but I am sure you have considered putting bbpress.org link in wordpress.org’s “See also:” footer and decided against it. But what I do struggle to understand is wy wordpress.org would not even permit you to put a credit line (Powered by bbPress) in wordpress.org forums. That is a bit harsh. To add insult to injury, if I search for forum on wordpress.org forums (http://wordpress.org/search/forum?forums=1), Mingle is at the top and Vanilla forums show up on page 1, but bbPress doesn’t.

Google SERPs aren’t much better. bbPress is not on 1st page for any of “forums script”, “opensource forums script” and “php forums script”. I’m sure that would change if you could convince wordpress.org to show you a little more love.

2. Freshness: Even if someone chances upon bbPress plugin on wordpress.org (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress/), there is little joy. The bubble is burst as soon as the explorer clicks on forum posts (http://wordpress.org/tags/bbpress?forum_id=10). There doesn’t seem to be any support and users appear to be completely lost without a paddle.

Of course the main reason for that is that you handle most support here at bbpress.org but the poor visitor doesn’t know that. He looks at wordpress.org forums for bbpress, concludes there is lack of support and goes away.

I think unifying support in one place (at wordpress.org forums), will be good for the community. You can have a clearcut, loudly stated division – bbpress WP plugin support at wordpress.org forums, legacy bbpress standalone support at bbpress.org

http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/why-separate-forums

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-bbpress-why-separate-forums

3. Migration: bbPress needs to face the fact that most people who want a forum, have already had a forum. The *new* market for forums is much smaller than the *installed base* of forums.

Consequently, most of the people who would want to use bbPress probably are already using another forum script and need help migrating. It is collossal mistake to leave this for community plugins.

If I have a forum software in a production environment, then one of the major factors influencing my decision regarding migration is whether or not there is a robust, stable, tried and tested and reliable migration path to the target software. This is extremely important for me. In fact, I would suffer a somewhat inferior software willingly rather than move to a better software if there is no clear migration path or there is a high degree of risk in migration.

It is a mistake on part of bbPress to leave migration to community plugin developers. Even if there were some plugins out there that did the job, it would be much less reassuring to prospective users compared to a migration/import path created by the bbPress team. As it happens there are only 2 import plugins (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/forumconverter/ and http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbconverter/) out there and both of them are broken and not supported.

WordPress does it right in building an importer directly into the core.

I think it would be greatly beneficial to the project if the bbPress team build a bbPress importer that supports the top 4 forum software: phpBB, Invision, SMF and vBulletin.

Over the next 18-24 months, I expect to see a mass exodus from phpBB as they rewrite the software from ground up (http://area51.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=75&t=41583). If bbPress provide a good migration path, it stands the chance to capture some of fleeing population.

4. I18n: 80%+ translations of bbPress are available in 13 languages, which is nothing to be scoffed at. But delivery is shambolic.

It is a nightmare trying to figure how to get bbPress working in a language other than English, even if you do the translation yourself.

There are 2 places to find translations: http://svn.automattic.com/bbpress-i18n/ and http://translate.wordpress.org/projects/bbpress/plugin

You can also use the .pot file found in /wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-languages folder to create a translation, or you can translate at http://translate.wordpress.org/projects/bbpress/plugin with proper access.

It still doesn’t work. Very frustrating.

As it turns out, what you need to do is go to http://translate.wordpress.org/projects/bbpress/plugin, download language file by exporting to .po file, use poedit to covert to .mo, and upload it to wp-content/languages/bbpress/ (not to /wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-languages which has the .pot file or /wp-content/plugins/bbpress/languages as most other plugins would). And the name of the file should be somewhat like bbpress-de_DE.mo not the standard de_DE.mo

Who would be able to figure that out? There’s not a single word about this in the documentation.

What a mess!

While some of the sharpest web developers comes from non-English-speaking countries, a high proportion of non-English-speakers are quite venturesome and decide to handle the technical aspects themselves as site owners, instead of farming them out to expensive developers, who are busy charging high rates for remote work.

These are the people that greatly appreciate the simplicity of WordPress. And these are the people who are a captive audience for bbPress, only if bbPress could make life a little bit easier for them.

bbPress should either be delivered in multiple language-specific packages like WordPress, or should be delivered with all translations included like most other plugins.

The .pot as well as language .po .mo files should be located in /wp-content/plugins/bbpress/languages

5. Documentation: This is another disaster area that is dragging a good software down. Documentation is just plain bad.

First of all, bbPress should clearly mention on the home page (http://bbpress.org/) and the download page (http://bbpress.org/download/) that while standalone version continues to be supported, it is not being actively developed.

Secondly, all the current documentation (http://bbpress.org/documentation/) is about the standalone version, and doesn’t say anything helpful for plugin users. This should be reversed.

6. Lack of basic features: Forum users, whether or not they own/manage forums, have come to expect certain basic features like:

– quote, multiquote

– topic view stats

– unread posts link

– Signature

– Profile photo/avatar

– bbcode

– WYSISYG editor

– forum search, context search

– uploading images

– members online

– private messaging

– smilies/emoticons

– forum moderation

– user registration approval

etc.

I understand that bbPress is built to be modular, and I think bbPress is right in leaving this functionality to plugins.

However, there are 2 problems:

– On wordpress.org plugin directory (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/) there is no good way of listing all bbPress plugins. Perhaps you should create a special nomenclature or special tag that bbPress plugins should use?

– If you look at bbPress plugin browser (http://bbpress.org/plugins/), most plugins are quite old…updated in 2010, 2009, even 2008! This is not very reassuring or confidence inspiring. Now, many of the old plugins may still be working fine, but when I see the “last updated” date is June 2010 for a plugin, I assume it is outdated, not developed and not supported anymore. I perceive that this will be a trouble plugin if I install it, and consequently end up with less functionality than I want. And I blame bbPress for it, saying bbPress doesn’t have all the features I want.

My suggestion is this: Every time there is a new version of WordPress or bbPress, the bbPress plugins should release a new version too, even if the only difference is to add a comment line that says “compatible with version so and so”. This will go a long way in reassuring prospective users that can install the plugin with confidence.

7. Forum sidebar: There is a plugin called bbPress WP Tweaks (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-wp-tweaks/). What it proposes but in my experience fails to do should be part of the core software. bbPress WP Tweaks was created so that the admin could relace the WordPress standard sidebar with a forum-specific sidebar on forum pages. This, in my estimation, would be useful for 90%+ of all bbPress users.

8. Custom fields: One of the most powerful features of WordPress is custom fields. bbPress should not disable this for forum pages.

9. Custom headers code field: bbPress should have provision for a custom header code field, wherein the admin can put in some code, which bbPress then inserts in the header on forum pages. In one flick, this would make bbPress customization so much more powerful.

To sum up, it takes a lot of persistence and determination to love bbPress. This is not great to attract new users. The software has a lot of potential, and I believe the number of installations can be increased multifold if the above issues are tackled in earnest.

Thanks for listening to my ramblings. And if you went tl;dr I have only myself to blame.

[kailasweb]

I installed WordPress and BuddyPress, but found out that a moderator has no control over approving comments in forums. Our site requires that.

Then I found a plugin that allows me to moderate a forum in bbPress, which gives me hope that I could utilize bbPress for the forums, the plugin for the moderation/approval, and BuddyPress for the membership aspect.

Is this a realistic scenario? Or should I be using WordPress alone to give me the membership aspect and use bbPress with the plugin to create the forums?

I really like the way BuddyPress models the social aspect, but the main thing for me is the moderated and approved traditional “forum” aspect.

If anyone can give me some timely advice, it would be much appreciated.

Kailas

[spicynodes]

Spam continues to be a problem for us. We are using our own user authentication system, and spammers create bogus accounts. However, we don’t get spam on our WP blog, which does not require authentication. Akismet catches all that.

The simplest solution would be a moderation queue. We have a low volume discussion forum (it serves as a held desk), and it would be fine to queue topics and replies for approval.

A better solution would be something more integrated with existing spam blockers. I’d like to see the same overall quality of Akismet spam blocking as the main WP.

[Rick Price]

I just installed bb press and need to know a few things.

Can I set it to not allow a kiser to view or post prior to an approval?

And where are the settings to add moderation and other controls?

Thanks for any help.

Rick

[manager2]

I also consider that to be good, please help.

[manager2]

I also consider that to be good, please help.