[djes]

I’ve slightly modified the bbpress/includes/common/widgets.php file to have an option to show latest posts, not only replies. Curiously, it was half implemented, but not ‘usable’. I don’t know if it has already been done elsewhere as it’s my first post here… Here’s the file, as I can’t post code on the forum %( : http://pastebin.com/PYkmNqQC

[Darren1981]

Hey all..

Rather new to BBpress.. Now what i want to do seems so easy with other forum software so i don’t see why i am struggling to get my head around this.. Anyways what i want to do is this:

– mysite.com <– Showing a few "Latest news" posts and other custom stuff including "Recent Forum Topics" etc etc
– mysite.com/forums/ <– Custom Forum Page, basically i want to display several forums under a few different "Forum Categories" like using a header image / background for each different category

I would also like to use forum icons.. (not really worried about "Topic Icons") I basically want a layout that looks like the following:

=================================
Category Title #1
=================================
[Forum Icon] | [Forum Name] | [Number of Forum Topics] | [Number of Forum Views]
[Forum Icon] | [Forum Name] | [Number of Forum Topics] | [Number of Forum Views]
[Forum Icon] | [Forum Name] | [Number of Forum Topics] | [Number of Forum Views]
=================================
Category Title #2
=================================
[Forum Icon] | [Forum Name] | [Number of Forum Topics] | [Number of Forum Views]
[Forum Icon] | [Forum Name] | [Number of Forum Topics] | [Number of Forum Views]
[Forum Icon] | [Forum Name] | [Number of Forum Topics] | [Number of Forum Views]
=================================
Category Title #3
=================================
[Forum Icon] | [Forum Name] | [Number of Forum Topics] | [Number of Forum Views]
[Forum Icon] | [Forum Name] | [Number of Forum Topics] | [Number of Forum Views]
[Forum Icon] | [Forum Name] | [Number of Forum Topics] | [Number of Forum Views]

Sorry for the lack of detail lol.. Anyways… What is the best way to create a custom forum page like displayed above ?? What template should i edit as the main /forums/ Template ??

Really do appreciate any assistance on this one.. I am even willing to release a complete WP with full BBpress support if anyone can help me get this configured as i need / as stated above.. If any exp BBpress coders can assist me with this when i launch my project i am more than happy to give your service a plug / backlink from my website.

I am trying to launch my project in about 2 weeks.. Now as i am losing a lot of time with this i am opening to hiring someone to assist me if no one is kind enough to help me out for free.

Regards, Darren

[Stephen Edgar]

1.) It doesn’t appear that any users where transfered. Every post in the forum has “Admin” as the author and I don’t see any users listed in the backend.

Did you check the box `Convert Users: Attempt to import user accounts from previous forums`

2.) I don’t see any of my subcategories listed on the forum home page. When I view the forum structure in the backend, it shows all the subcategories and the data was definitely imported, but it’s not showing up on the forum home page…

Did you run the forum repair tools? https://codex.bbpress.org/repair-forums/

Can you view each subcategory forum by viewing the forum in the backend and clicking ‘view’ on that item taking you to the frontend view for that forum? Does it exist?

[jpanizzoli]

OK… I’ve got most of the bbPress1 data imported into the new BBPRESS plugin, but I have two problems:

1.) It doesn’t appear that any users where transfered. Every post in the forum has “Admin” as the author and I don’t see any users listed in the backend.

2.) I don’t see any of my subcategories listed on the forum home page. When I view the forum structure in the backend, it shows all the subcategories and the data was definitely imported, but it’s not showing up on the forum home page…

Hopefully these issues can be remedied. I need all the user info, and I need these subcategories. Unfortnately, my old bbPress1 site is getting overloaded with SPAM and keeps getting hacked. I need to upgrade to something that’s fully supported and more stable… so I hope I can make this work…

Thanks again!

[markafoote]

I believe you can add a shortcode to a page:

[bbp-topic-index]

It’s in the codex here:

https://codex.bbpress.org/shortcodes/

[Stephen Edgar]

You should have access to the wp-admin panels when user role is ‘Keymaster’.

The ‘Moderator’ role though outlined here only has the following permissions:

Moderator – Forum Capabilities: publish_forums, edit_forums, read_private_forums, read_hidden_forums

At this stage Moderators cannot see to wp-admin ‘Forums’ panel though it is planned for a future release.

The workaround at the moment is to indeed use the ‘forum’ shortcodes.

[Stephen Edgar]

Have to you tried the bbPress Widgets?
https://codex.bbpress.org/widgets/

[Stephen Edgar]

Can you create a ticket in trac please: https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/
(Use the same bbpress.org user/pass to log in)

It will be much easier for us to track this there rather than here.

Also include as much information (Your URL structure for your site etc.) as you can and steps to reproduce the problem so we can setup the same to test it.

[Stephen Edgar]

I tried to reproduce your issue but cannot, are you using any plugins that might cause this to be alter from the default WordPress 3.5.1 & bbPress 2.2.4/2.3 behaviour?

Create a user `1 2 3` via WordPress /wp-login.php?action=register
`ERROR: This username is invalid because it uses illegal characters. Please enter a valid username.`

Create user `1 2 3` via bbPress widget/page template (page-user-register.php)
`Registration complete. Please check your e-mail.`

Confirmation email with username and password
Username:`1 2 3`

Via /wp-admin/user-edit.php user details are:
Username: `1 2 3` Nickname: `1 2 3` Display Name:`1 2 3`

Via phpMyAdmin `wp_users` database table:
user_login:`1 2 3` user_nicename: `1-2-3`display_name:`1 2 3`

To log in to bbPress using the either a page using the the page template page-user-login.php or the bbPress widget I must use the username `1 2 3`

[AllenPayne]

UPDATE: I also tried disabling all plugins (except bbpress) and activated Twenty Eleven theme. Still no different..

So this means it either a wordpress or a bbpress problem.

I would also like to mention that used this method to give wordpress it’s own directory and maybe the editor can’t access something. I dont know.

https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory

Any other ideas?

[AllenPayne]

Hi Stephen,

Thanks for getting back to me. I tried using the Twenty Eleven theme and No difference.

I also tried disabling all plugins (except bbpress and buddypress) and the formatting still doesn’t get saved.

It’s obviously an issue with either bbpress or buddypress.

Any other ideas? It drives me crazy…I’ve been trying to find a solution for several months.

Thanks for your support,
Allen

[Stephen Edgar]

Bold and Italic are working fine here with bbPress, though bbPress does not have ‘underline’ as an option so I am not sure where that is coming from for you.

Again try disabling all plugins and try it with the Twenty Eleven or Twenty Twelve themes.

[Stephen Edgar]

Sweet… Glad you got it sorted 🙂

[maggieymae]

I am configuring a site for friend and wanted to make sidebar widgets easy to add for him. I’ve tried many wysiwyg-custom widget plugins and they all present this same unusual behavior…
When in the forum, the original widget content becomes forum content – It list all the boards and all the topics… Now this wouldn’t be a bad thing except the formatting is ugly, words are scattered and overlap. I haven’t found a wysiwyg widget where you can choose which pages to show on… that would be ideal.

So I guess what I am asking… does anyone know of a way to keep bbpress from propagating these widgets or at the very least, can you point to widget that can be disabled on the forum pages.

Sorry if this has been covered before… I tried to search.

[zilveer]

@lynq:
Can you please give a big printscreen of this theme, since I want to see it before I install it.

[AllenPayne]

Hi everyone,

I’m having a very annoying problem with the tinymce and bbpress. The visual editor works find when posting on wordpress posts and pages but not with bbpress.

The problem is simple. Almost all the text formatting is lost after i save a bbpress topic.

I used the following formatting options: bold, italic and underline.

When i hit the “submit” button, all the formatting is lost except BOLD. not sure why this one remains.

Anyway, i also tried to use plugins to enhance my editor (Ultimate TinyMCE and TinyMCE Advanced). Same problem. All the formatting is lost after submitting the topic. I’ve tried adding images, the get added fine but when i save the topic, they simply disappear.

Can anyone help…This problem has been going on for too long!!!

FYI – i tried disabling all plugins and also changed theme. It seems the problem comes from bbpress.

[Philumptuous]

I’m using the WordPress bbpress plugin. I noticed that when I look at a profile, it only shows the bio, forum role, topics started, and replies created.

However, it allows the user to edit the profile and provide their social network links and other contact info.

It seems odd to me that it doesn’t show the contact information. What’s the point in typing that in if it’s private?

[jpanizzoli]

That did it! Thanks so much! I thought the ‘Table Prefix’ was the subfolder / slug name you wanted for your forum. In the docs I read it provided a table prefix for PHPBB, but I didn’t see one for bbPress1. Glad that was easy 😉

[Darren1981]

Hey all,

As the title suggests… Would it be safe to begin working on my localhost using BBpress 2.3 Beta 2 and then update to 2.3 Final once it becomes available ? I really have no reason for this but am aware 2.3 brings a lot of new changes and i really don’t want to start digging into templates for the current latest stable version only to update to the new version and have to edit a bunch of templates again..

I am looking at getting my project live within 2 weeks give or take a few days.. will 2.3 Final / non Beta be out by then ?

Any advice on this matter is greatly appreciated.

Regards, Darren

[Darren1981]

Hey again..

I mucked around with BBpress a while back and managed to use the WP “featured Image” to insert a icon for each different forum.. Now since about one month ago ive actually forgotten how i managed that.. Could anyone assist me with this again.

Thanks in advance.

If it helps i am trying to build a custom forum page (forum home page).. still unsure how i am going to achieve this, whether i use shortcodes or create a custom page im still not sure what the best method would be.. but i would like to be able to add forum title headers with custom images for each forum category.

[windaub]

Hi!
I’m running WordPress 3.5.1 with BBPress 2.2.4.
I’ve got a problem:
as a moderator or even a keymaster in bbpress, and Subscriber in WordPress(which I’d like not to change), I don’t have access to the WordPress admin panel to Add forum or Delete forum. In the admin panel I only have “New – Topic” Or “Reply”. The only way I can add a forum is creating a specific page with the add forum shortcode, and there is no way to delete a forum. Would you have an idea for me? Thank you!

[Bryan Eggers]

Unfortunately, writing some custom code is beyond me.  The question is, is bbPress converting the username or is it WP?

I just tried creating a user called “1 2 3” directly through WP and it converted the usersname to “1-2-3”.

Creating a username is pretty much the first interaction that people have with bbPress and the way it’s set up now there’s a highly probability of a problem. Even if they try to use a name like “John Smith” it’s not going to work. They’ll be unable to log in and most likely will give up and go away.

[Lynq]

Depending on where they are you will want to remove them with CSS something like…

#bbpress-forums li { list-style-type:none; }

[Lynq]

Yes, sorry I was originally using drupal for EpicWebs.co.uk and I didn’t get on with it very well for what is essentially a blog, so I am redoing it in wordpress.

The best link is github: https://github.com/EpicWebs/bbPress-starter-theme-epicwebs

[Stephen Edgar]

What did you use for the ‘Table Prefix’?

The default for bbPress 1.x is `bb_`

You can find that either with phpMyAdmin or from bb-config.php in your bbPress install folder.

`$bb_table_prefix = ‘bb_’;`