[BizAdventure]

Hello! I was experimenting with BuddyPress and bbPress, using the tutorial. When I went to check the site, I saw that it completely changed my layout, so I went ahead and removed the plugin and deleted the files. When I went back, I have no site! I still had access to my dashboard, so I quickly went ahead and put my site in maintenance mode: http://www.thehcgshop.com Can someone tell me how I can get it back? All of my posts and such is there, it seems that my theme is broken. Completely. Help? Biz

• This topic was modified 13 years, 6 months ago by BizAdventure.

[Shmoo]

Looks like single-topic-tag ID isn’t a supported short code.

It’s [bbp-single-tag id=12] or [bbp-topic-tag id=12]

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

[Shmoo]

First you don’t need to create a new page.

When you install -/activate bbPress you get the slugs forums and topics by default look at the settings.

When you type just forums behind your url (as it would be a page) you go straight to the forums index page.
And if you would like to edit the layout of the page you should copy the archive-forums.php file from the plugins folder to your theme folder and make some changes.

[Durazell]

I searched and none of the suggested solutions work. The forums page is blank while sub-pages works fine. Take a look:

Blankpage: http://gamerslounge.dk/forums/
Looks fine: http://gamerslounge.dk/forums/forum/genrer/

Versions: WP 3.4.2, bbPress 2.1.2
Plugins: W3 Total Cache, and few standrad ones like SOE, Login.

I’m on a shared virtual platoform with LiteSpeed as server. So I only have the access to the standard tools.

Regards Jan

[JoanBotella]

Hi everyone.

I’m developing a web site with multilingual support, using WordPress 3.4.2 and the Polylang plugin 0.9.4 . I’d love to add a forum to the site, so I downloaded, installed and activated bbPress 2.1.2 .

The first problem was that bbPress didn’t switch from one language to another, always keeping the default WordPress language. I solved this calling again bbpress()->load_textdomain() before loading the header template:

function cbp_bbPressTranslate(){
bpress()->load_textdomain();
}
add_action('get_header','cbp_bbPressTranslate');

This worked great, but soon other problem appeared. If topics and replies doesn’t have translations, they doesn’t show up. I can add translation posts for they from the admin panel, but of course my users can’t. I’ve isolated the problem to the Polylang plugin: switching back to Twenty Eleven theme and deactivating all plugins but Polylang didn’t do anything. Deactivating Polylang showed the topics again.

I’ve tried other multilingual plugins like xili-language, which works great with bbPress, but lacks of customizing menus panel, wich I need on my site.

Anyone can help me? Encouraging words will be welcomed too! 😀

[Drag0ntamer]

I have been trying to figure this out for the life of me but I cannot. I created a page called Forums. What I want is to have ALL of my forums WITHIN the forums page. So for example if someone goes to my website and clicks the forums button they will see all the available categories and be able to access this way. Is this possible?

As it is now the forums do not have their own button on my website and seem to be going to domainname.com/forums/forum/forum-5 which is not even accessible without typing the link directly.

[bjstone906]

I’m using the bbpress Login Widget in my sidebar but I’d like to move it to the top of the page outside of the main content area. I was thinking something similar to ebay. Can someone tell me where the code is for this widget or the best way of going about doing this? The site is http://retreadwerks.com/wordpressNew/

[Shmoo]

Just go to your forum settings page inside your WP Dashboard.

And look at the slug for forums and topics field.

By default it looks like this:
forums
topics

If you put both names behind your url (as a it would be a page) you will find the url to the forums and last topics.

You don’t need to do anything with files at this point.
Just vist the forums page and copy the browser url > go back into your WP Dashboard > Menu’s and creat a new Menu + custom menu link. > Save

Done
People can now visit your forums page from the menu-bar of your website..

[EricSchmitz]

Thanks! I’ll go with the latter. I’ll be testing it on a site that I only just started, so if I hose it I can easily rebuild. Using cpanel and phpmyadmin actually sounds a lot safer, and I do know how to do that.

Much appreciated!

[Charly_ZA]

Thanks, when I go to mywebsite.com/wordpress/forums the page is white. I did copy the bbpress files to the forum folder. When I get it installed will I be able to change the colours to match my current template?

[LabSecrets]

You use the default wp menu creator and create a new menu item for the slug that matches your selection when you setup bbPress (default is “forums”). See this sticky for a tutorial video step by step

The Definitive Guide To BuddyPress & bbPress Configuration

Cheers!
Spence

[LabSecrets]

The plugin is https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpvn-username-changer/

I’ve not used it lately, and it is over 2 years since an update….so please test it before on a demo site.

I suggest you merely use cpanel and phpmyadmin to change username for admin in row 1 of wp_users table…..be sure to backup your db beforehand in case something goes wrong 🙂

Cheers!
Spence

[Stephen Edgar]

Nice to see your ‘ Posts-to-bbPress’ plugin at GitHub
https://github.com/nosecreek/Posts-to-bbPress

[Charly_ZA]

Sorry, does anyone know how to do this? Is it possible? My template is “admired”

[Worthdesigning]

I am using Profile Builder. Excellent plugin for registration.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/profile-builder/

[cavenewt]

Anybody tried WangGuard?

[cavenewt]

I wouldn’t mind requiring new registrants to be moderated, or at least new posts. I think post moderation is supported in bbpress v2, isn’t it? What about registrant moderation? I am currently using standalone v1.02.

[cavenewt]

I found the list of spammed posts. It’s in the Admin area under Posts; filter for Spam. Duh.

[cavenewt]

Same question here–I have a standalone 1.02 I’d like to upgrade to v2. Don’t care about WordPress but bbPressv2 is strictly a plugin for WP, right?

[Pippin Williamson]

Hmm, I’m not sure then. I’m only familiar with bbPress.

[Charly_ZA]

Is there any way to create a navigation bar link saying forums on my website. I have installed bbpress but I don’t know what to do next. I looked at a few tutorials. My website is tbolmc.com/wordpress

[stickFinger]

think the WordPress Adminbar is now been called the Toolbar.

Yep

Another good example is ServerPress

Try to register at that site . All is done through frontend.

Still wondering if the guys here could spread some light on 🙂
Thank you Shmoo

[EricSchmitz]

Hi again, Spence. I had another question… You mentioned in your video that it is a good idea to use something other than “admin” as the main admin username, and I have heard that elsewhere and agree. Is there a way to safely change that username? Basic WP install indicates that a username cannot be changed (at least admin cannot), but I wondered if there is a plugin that could facilitate this? Or should I just wipe-and-replace? Thanks!

[Stefano Lissa]

Hi,

I discovered that (replies) pagination printed inside each topic on topic list does not work if the replies counts more than 1000 entries. This is due to the use of

$total = bbp_get_topic_reply_count( $topic_id );

on function

bbp_get_topic_pagination()

on bb-topic-template.php. The total from bbp_get_topic_reply_count is returned as a formatted number, for example 1,449 and passing this value to the core WordPress paginate_links() from general-template.php leads to empty page list.

The bbp_get_topic_reply_count() should accept a second parameter to stop the formatting.

Version in use: bbPress 2.1.2.

Have a nice day, Stefano Lissa.

[Shmoo]

I think what he’s trying to say that somebody is working on it.

This means somebody outside WordPress is making a replica because i can’t believe WordPress giving away the code to the same sites they own. Normally nobody would do so.

But usual it’s not problem to recreate them and make them look the same, it’s just somebody has to do it in there free time so it takes a little time to complete.

But maybe i’am mistaken and WordPress is giving you this layout by default inside bbPress.
Maybe instead of the Twenty Ten option.

And last, bbPress.org is running on WordPress + bbPress version 2.2 this version hasn’t been released yet and don’t know why the team would do so or tell people that they do. It’s against WordPress ‘thinking’ they never tell people to use development software (code) on Live websites. Always test it on local websites.

You can find stuff about bbPress version 2.2 and up on this website.

https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/roadmap