[George]

Negative. Won’t add anything to bbpress posts. Too complicated for the application, just need one badge to be added when and where I specify.

[Shmoo]

I’m just curious because i would like to edit the author’s gravatar and how it’s showed in the source to get more CSS options.

bbp_topic_author_avatar

bbp_get_topic_author_avatar

When i use the bbp_topic_author_avatar() version inside the loop-single-topic.php file it shows a perfect 40 pixels gravatar like explained on the website with all possible bbPress code tags.
Great but when i try to make this gravatar 80 pixels instead of the default 40 there is something wrong because the code doesn’t accept my array when i try do this.

 '80' )); ?>

Even when i do this it doesn’t work.

 80 )); ?>

[mighty_fox]

Hi,

I have installed BBPress from http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress/
to the latest version.

Ideally what I want to do is create custom pages which uses BBPress, an example of doing this I found is http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/heres-how-to-show-bbpress-info-inside-wordpress-without-full-integration/page/2/

If I create a custom template and page from WordPress BBPress functions do not work. Other forums have mentioned including bb-load.php but from the download link from above there is no bb-load.php in the zip file.

From looking at the second link there suggests that new tables for BBPress would be in the database, however I have no new tables just standard WordPress ones and BBPress posts stored in wp-Posts

Is this correct?

I am trying for example to create a page (customized page) where a user can enter their post and then choose what topic etc. they want to post from a drop down box. However I don’t know how to go about this.

Thanks in advance.

[hummvee]

@jjj little suggestion, reduce the size of the avatar rendered here at bbpress.org/forums, content should take the center-stage i think! thanks!

[Stephen Edgar]

Start with the docs here https://codex.bbpress.org/theme-compatibility/

[Stephen Edgar]

Currently this layout style isn’t available with bbPress ‘out of the box’

Please see this thread for any updates https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/hierarchical-forum-and-category-layout/

[Stephen Edgar]

Thanks for this, sadly the code you have posted has been stripped in your post.

Could you try posting it again and/or post the code to pastebin.com, a Gist on GitHub

Better still you could create a ticket over at Trac and submit your patch directly for us.
https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/

[Cpellow]

We are using WordPress 3.4.2 and latest BBpress and Twenty eleven them and got it to look like this on our website: http://scotpcg.org/member-area/forums/

However, we would like it to look like this: http://www.polyclay.co.uk/
The different forums nicely displayed with different headers so there is a clear distinction.

Our forum is for members only – so past the first page a member sign up will show up (which is not active as yet). If you can help us with the lay-out we can create a temporary access.

Many thanks.
Chris

[mazcar]

I am new to WordPress/BBPress and am coming from PHPBB.

I am creating a bulletin board using the BBPress plug-in for WordPress. I’m not planning on really using WordPress (yet) for my website. It’s just a few static pages, a css file, and, soon, a forum.

My board will be for just fifty people and I would like to create all the accounts myself so that I don’t have to worry about spam posts from bogus accounts.

• In PHPBB, there is a control panel option to disable the ability to create new accounts? I don’t see that option in WP/BBPress. How would I do that?
• I think I read on this forum that I can make my board invisible to non-members, but that is not a control panel option. What’s the prefered way for a newbie to do that?

Also, I read an article on WP security, Top 5 WP Vulnerabilities and How To Fix Them.
http://www.esecurityplanet.com/open-source-security/top-5-wordpress-vulnerabilities-and-how-to-fix-them.html

Vulnerability # 1: SQL Injection & URL Hacking.
Vulnerability # 2: Access to Sensitive Files.
Vulnerability # 3: Default Admin User Account.
Vulnerability # 4: Default Prefix for Database Tables
Vulnerability # 5: Brute-Force Login Attempts

3, 4, and 5 seem pretty obvious to me. However, for help with mitigating the threat of Brute-Force Login Attempts, the author refers to two plug-ins: Limit Login Attempts and Better WP Security. Are these the preferred plug-ins? Although, I really must ask you guys why these two plug-ins aren’t written into the core software in the first place? In fact, shouldn’t the control panel also allow me to limit the creation of new accounts, as well?

I know BBPress, as a plug-in, is new, but WordPress has been around for ten years. Are the features that I list above planned for future releases, or is security not really an issue for the WP community, but rather up to each user?

Before I forget, how do I implement the solutions to the first two vulnerabilities? Do I just copy the code that the author lists into my .htacess file?

I don’t want to sound critical of WP/BBPress, or be the guy who is constantly comparing it to PHPBB. I just want to know the mentality behind it and, really, what I am getting myself into. I had a pretty secure PHPBB board that was easy to set-up and manage, but it was boring and looked like every other PHPBB board out there. I was told that WP/BBPress is customizable (some guy on your board showcases a beautiful board about Stratoliner motorcycles) and more secure than PHPBB. I hope to explore these features without becoming a full-time board developer nor becoming a php guru.

Thanks. I really appreciate this forum. I have been reading all sorts of posts. So if these questions have been answered, please don’t flame me; it’s not for lack of searching.

[wpmhweb]

I have a forum with the latest bbPress called “Windows 8” and then when I tried to create a page called “Windows 8” and WordPress saves it a duplicate page, because of the forum with the same name. Is there a way to keep forums slugs away from WordPress?

Thanks,

[EricSchmitz]

Thanks for the reply! As I read more about these, that stuff is starting to become more clear. I need to learn a lot more about how to use BuddyPress. bbPress is pretty straightforward — it’s a BBS running inside WordPress. The introduction of Groups with BP adds a whole new nulti-dimension to it all. Cool stuff!

Gotta catch some of your other vids now.

[Pippin Williamson]

There are changes to bbPress all the time, but none that I can think of that would have caused this.

[citizenkeith]

Nevermind, I found the “Reset Forums” tab under the Tools section. That did the trick.

However, every time I deactivate the bbPress forum, I can’t access the forums unless I reset. Something weird is going on there…

[Fulgence Ridal]

hello,

where i can find a good guide to make a bbpress theme …

thx

[mostafaqanbari]

well done michael! it looks like you did it! but i think there is a more simple way to do so(lets say another way instead of an easy way because your way is not difficult also!). when you install bbpress you can go to yoursite/topics and see list of all topics. in this page you can see similarities with items that you really need:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/65583116/topics1.JPG

the only thing you need to do is find out what file in bbpress do this job. the file is:

loop-single-topic.php

and here is the codes related to what we want:enter link description here

and finally the last thing is having a summary of topic content. that’s i dont know it yet! 😀

[mighty_fox]

Thanks 🙂

[zaerl]

$info = get_userdata();
echo ‘Biographical Info: ‘, $info->description;

[mighty_fox]

I am using BBPress and in the header I have created an login/logout section for when a guest or user is logged in. I’m currently trying to create a “My Profile” link when a user is logged in but I’m unsure of the functions to achieve this (or if I am using the right functions currently). My code for this currently is:

if(is_user_logged_in()) {
global $current_user;
get_currentuserinfo(); $text .= 'Hi '.$current_user->display_name.'!';
echo $text;
echo "#"'>My Profile | Logout"; }
else{echo "You are currently not logged in!";
echo "Register |
Log in"; }

• This topic was modified 13 years, 9 months ago by mighty_fox.
• This topic was modified 13 years, 9 months ago by mighty_fox.

[mighty_fox]

I am currently trying to customize the default BBPress profile page. For each forum user’s profile I would like to display the user’s description (which for a WordPress user account is called “Biographical Info”. What functions or how can I display this?

[Shmoo]

@zaerl,

Thank you so much for your help!
You’re right, the forums page is an archive not a page.

so it handles archive-forums.php not page-forums.php

Problem solved.
Thanks,

[Shmoo]

@zaerl,

Thanks for your help,
I’m going to test it.. just a few minutes.

[Shmoo]

Another update:

Switching the page.php template with the code of the page-front-forums.php doesn’t work either..

It will output all forums twice.
I really hope @JJJ or somebody else would comment on this because i can’t believe this is default bbPress and WordPress stuff.

It has to be a bug.

[zaerl]

Have you tried archive-forum.php? The forum page is an archive.

[tamarazuk]

WPML gives free licences to developers looking to make their themes or plugins compatible. Given this, it might be acceptable that I give you access to my CMS licence if it fixes the bbPress compatibility issue. What do you think?

[Shmoo]

Hi Tom,

Well i don’t know much about Artisteer because WordPress is not like iWeb or RappidWeaver where you can drag&drop to make your lay-out, If you would like to build or customize your lay-out you need some understanding of HTML , CSS and a bit PHP.
I’ve helped lots of people at the Dutch WordPress forums and most of them often had trouble with Artisteer because the software often didn’t supported some simple WordPress Codex.
https://nl.forums.wordpress.org/profile/macpresss