Why aren’t the topic tags, synced with blog tags? Or have a topic tag cloud?
I upgraded bbpress to 2.2.2 on a client’s site and now when I click on the forum links it brings me to a 404 Not Found page. I can click on the latest topic link and the user link to the far right but the main forum link goes to 404.
I tried the switch the permalink, save, switch it back and save again trick but it did not fix the issue.
Any ideas on what may solve the issue would be greatly appreciated!
Yeah I got it I will check this 😉
Cheers!
Have a view of : http://labzip.com/the-definitive-guide-to-buddypress-bbpress-configuration/
it might give you some other tips and tricks 😉
Making a child theme is beyond the scope of this forum, but there are plenty of good resources if you google “create a wordpress child theme”. In a nutshell, you need “at least” to have a new folder, with a style.css file that references the proper header elements of your parent, including its name and the location of the parent theme’s style sheet.
If you are using the shortcode method, please try the default method instead, which is to change bbPress’s default root slug to something that is “NOT” an existing page (try “sitewide-forums” for example). This will allow you to keep your existing page / shortcut method index. Please show us what happens when you do this? (provide the URL)
Thank you very much for reply!
Right now I have the page built using [bbp-forum-index] in a page that is just my website with the /forums.
This is giving me the result of the bullet point style forum index page.
@LabSecrets – I read your post here:Â https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/non-functional-index-page-when-bbpress-2-1rc4-is-used-with-woothemes-canvas-5-05/
How do I make the child theme and can you make its CSS changes just apply to one page? (in this case, just to the forum index page?)
THANKS!!
You have several issues going on here, but they are directly related to your theme. As is very common, it appears to me that your theme has a conditional statement in the template file that builds archive pages. As such, it’s treating the content for bbPress forums as excerpts, as well as applying some unwanted styling.
Have you tried to build a page using the shortcode method? If so, what was the result? If you found it worked properly, then the issue as suggested above, and you could try to modify your theme or child-theme files to add a similar conditional that looks for bbPress and forces it to use the_content() instead of the_excerpt(). See: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/non-functional-index-page-when-bbpress-2-1rc4-is-used-with-woothemes-canvas-5-05/
If this page is being built with shortcodes (I don’t think it is from what I see) then what is the result if you try the default forum index method? We outline both methods in our step by step video here: http://labzip.com/the-definitive-guide-to-buddypress-bbpress-configuration/
We’ll get you there… 😉
What is your site url? I can give you some suggestions on where to place the code for a login-box so it shows up on the top of a page.
Also, if you prefer, you can build your forum site index using shortcode / page method… this would give you flexibility of having your default theme sidebar, etc. available to you.
Not sure? Check out our updated step by step guide that covers the two methods for creating a forum index page:
http://labzip.com/the-definitive-guide-to-buddypress-bbpress-configuration/
Cheers!
spence
There is a plugin that will accept WP post comments via a new forum topic… maybe not exactly what you wanted, but sounds like it might be interesting?
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-post-topics/
Kslad
this will bring joy to your heart.
Add it to your css file wherever you add other customization mods:
body.bbPress #sidebar {display:none;}
body.bbPress .post {width:100%;}
It will remove the sidebar and make your forum 100% width.
Cheers!
spence
Oh my goodness. That’s crazy! Sounds like a serious error on the part of BBPress.
What do you suggest we do about this?
Justin,
Kudos for the quick update! We’ve found the Members plugin to be an indispensable tool when used in combination with bbPress and even BuddyPress / WooCommerce (subscriptions). Previously we used the role management to make subscription sites possible with members-only support forums.
After reading your post, and on the suggestion of JJJ, we updated our step by step guide to configuring bbPress 2.2.2 & BuddyPress 1.6.1, and included a special reference to using the Members plugin to solve those situations where one needs a “special” mix of the roles and capabilities between WP and bbP.
Have a peek if yo have the time:
The Definitive Guide To BuddyPress & bbPress Configuration
Direct link to video: http://labzip.com/the-definitive-guide-to-buddypress-bbpress-configuration/
Keep up the great work! 😉
Cheers!
spence
Hi Ishr,
Yeah I don’t like the horizontal listing either. See if this reply helps you out.
how to display list of sub-forums on separate lines, instead of big blob?
For this you should consider using the Members plugin from Justin Tadlock, to create a unique WP role for the users whom you wish to have “special” access. Then you can differentiate their capabilities within the unique WP role (or use one of the default WP roles).
Confused?… don’t worry, it’s all new. bbPress now has unique and definitive roles and capabilities from those of WP. But this can be used to your advantage if you have a few tricks up your sleeve 😉
I cover this at the end of the updated Definitive Guide to BuddyPress and bbPress. See if this helps? Let me know if you need further help?
http://labzip.com/the-definitive-guide-to-buddypress-bbpress-configuration/
Cheers!
Spence
Fundamentally you need to understand that the use of the prefix is designed to put a unique prefix in place when you’re on a forum index page vs when you are on a topic index page. As such, it is not possible with the default code to show “/forum/topic” if ou mean both are prefixes.
I suggest you use the plural term “forums” as your base, then “forum” and “topic” as your prefixes.
If you like, have a watch of our comprehensive guide video:
The Definitive Guide To BuddyPress & bbPress Configuration
cheers!
spence
Go in /wp-admin/widgets.php and add  (bbPress) Login Widget to sidebar
I would like to place an ad under the bbpress forum root or in different places around the bbpress forum. Is there a plugin that can do this properly?
the support is dead … so sad
Are you using Akismet? And is everything enabled?
http://akismet.com/
– Make sure the Akismet plugin is activated /wp-admin/plugins.php
– Enter your Akismet API key /wp-admin/admin.php?page=akismet-key-config
– Make sure ‘Use Akismet’ is enabled in ‘Forum Settings’ /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bbpress
When you are subscribed to a topic you will be emailed via WordPress of any new topic replies.
Favorites are like bookmarks and can be viewed/shared with other users on the site.
eg. Yours – https://bbpress.org/forums/profile/mia-pak/favorites/
Mine – https://bbpress.org/forums/profile/netweb/favorites/
What about using the ‘Login Widget’ https://codex.bbpress.org/widgets/
Or one of the ‘account’ shortcodes? https://codex.bbpress.org/shortcodes/
Nope, unfortunately not. I need full access to the outputs in order for me to place them where I want.
But I might have a solution, tho’ it involves changeing the files in bbpress plugin. Not sure if it’s the best idea…
Couldn’t you achieve this using bbPress’ shortcodes? Namely; [bbp-forum-index]
Hi guys!
Having a huge struggle trying to make a custom loop in bbPress. I’ve tried to find the solution for 2 days no but I’ve had it. I’m too sucky at both wordpress and php to make it on my own.
So what i want to do is to make a loop for my front-page.php that contains all of the forums (I think). Like this
And for you who doesn’t understand swedish I want to grab all the forums (with description if possible), and for every forum I want to show a counter of both topics and replies. As well as I want to grab the most recent topic, display the author and the time it was published.
Now I might be able to do that i i just know how to make a loop like you do it in wordpress (). So if anyone can be a champ and point me in the right direction I’d be forever thankful!
