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When I go to the forum on the front end, try to create a topic, first I get “A name is required for this term.”, then the created topic does not show on the user’s front end, only shows in the Admin backend.
Can you please advise what might be the issue here?

Thanks

[neon67]

I need to make a new flexible bbpress site. Which path to take?

1.Buy a ready-made theme? There will be difficulties with individual design.
2.Get a page builder? Do they work correctly with bbpress? Are the pages slow and heavy?
3.Use the built-in Gutenberg editor along with a couple plug-ins – how does Gutenberg work with bbpress?
4.Developing an underline theme? – but that’s quite a long time for me. (or not? this method is unfamiliar to me)

Which modern way to choose – who studied this question?

[finallyfoundausernamenotusedbefore]

I have been using bbPress Messages By Samuel Elh but suddenly discovered it isn’t actually working any more. More research suggests it hasn’t been updated for four years. I am guessing it is discontinued, or maybe replaced by something else.

Can anybody suggest or recommend an alternative? I can’t find anything when searching the available plugins.

Thanks,

John

[Robin W]

@gloriajameson you are now well beyond any support for bbpress!!!

And into wordpress and the plugin you are using.

I have no idea if that plugin stores uploads as WordPress media images, or in a separate folder, and indeed whether it makes multiple copies. I have no knowledge either of compressor, there are other compression plugins, but as I say not in my area to recommend or indeed say whether they would work.

My personal general view would be that letting users exchange images privately, whilst leaving copies on your website sounds dangerous as without looking as each image you have no idea what images are being sent, thus leaving you open to possible action such as copyright, reputation damage though say pornography or indeed criminal action against you – eg in the UK holding bomb making instructions makes you liable to be sent to prison. Depends on how much you want to trust your users 🙂

[Robin W]

This appears to be a paid theme, so i have no access to it.

I suggest you try

Step by step guide to setting up a bbPress forum – Part 1

item 8

[Robin W]

I can’t say for sure as I’ve not used that plugin.

But bbpress and worpdress have lots of capabilities to put code where you wish, so

1. exactly where do you want it to go?
2. Do you know how to do a button linking to the page?

[jhawtin]

I also have this downloaded, but cannot seem to find where the options are.

bbPress – Moderation Tools

[jhawtin]

Yes I am also using ultimate member pro plugin with bbpress

[Robin W]

ok, but that’s not a default bbpress response, so have you a plugin doing this?

[gloriajameson]

Hi Robin,

The BBpress Messages plugin you mentioned isn’t appearing when I search for the plug-in in WP control panel. Alternatively, clicking through on the link you gave I found this, perhaps this is why it’s not appearing:

This plugin hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.

How about this one, perhaps it’s a newer version? It pops up right away on the control panel:

BP Better Messages

[Ricsca2]

Anyone who can answer me? from Vbulletin 4 to bbpress reloads me infinitely step 8!
How can I disable step 8?

[jhawtin]

Hello,

my site has 3 forums. We would like two of the forums to allow replies to topics to post automatically which is happening now. However, on one of the forums we’d like all replies to topics to be required to be approved by a specific keymaster.

Is this possible?

We are using bbpress on wordpress with the plugin ultimate member pro.

[Robin W]

This still works as far as I know

bbPress Notifications

it it is not perfect, the code wold get you most of the way to what you want

[digitalkreation]

Ran through a seemingly easy migration from phpBB v3.18 (php v7.3.23) into a new install of bbPress v2.6.6 and I’m immediately drawn to the fact that no attachments made it over. There are images showing from online services, but nothing that was directly attached to a post.

Wondering if perhaps bbPress is looking for these in a certain spot and they’re located elsewhere (different table, etc).

Can point me in the right direction to confirming this or somehow begin troubleshooting?

Many thanks!!

Mark

[sholis]

Dear @robin,
thanks for your response. it is very helpful.
when i disabled the theme and use the default, the bbpress worked

[Robin W]

Wordpress is free software, as is bbpress 🙂

Some lunches are free, but yes you should add plugins with some thought.

[Robin W]

There are tens of thousands of themes, and tens of thousands of plugins. It would be impossible to test every combination. I can’t say that bbpress has been tested with Avada !!

As long as both theme and plugin adhere to basic standards, then it is likely that they will work together.

The plugin is a subset of code from within buddypress, so if you have buddypress you don’t need the plugin.

[gloriajameson]

Hi,

I’m interested in having a user-to-user Private Message function on my site. Simplest possible / no frills.

My site is .org / wordpress v5.7.2

Site (not yet in full use) http://forum.thehiddenpeople.ie/

Currently activated plugins:
Akismet antispam
Avada Builder
Avada Core
Basic use avatars
BBPress
Disable Gutenberg

I’ve come across a few plugins that sound like possibilities but none that have been tested with Avada. Any recommendations anyone?

[sleestak]

A new issue on an old site. It’s probably happening to about 10% of users. The main reason I was thinking it was bbPress is because it is typically happening on new posts and when a user hasn’t been to the site in a while. Yes, would be much easier if I could recreate it! Let me see if I have reports of it happening outside of the forum.

Thanks!

[Robin W]

Is this a new issue on new site, or new issue on old site, and how often is it happening to how many users ?

ok, I don’t think this is bbpress, I can’t see anywhere in bbpress that it changes cookies, but as you’ll appreciate ‘random’ actions are always the hardest to debug, and I would not rule bbpress out, I’m just struggling to see where it might have the problem.

so to directly answer your question, no idea how you might debug without finding a way to reliabily recreate this.

[Robin W]

yes, this has been happening for a while (it happens on this site!) , and I’ve not got round to looking at why until you posted (I am a bbpress user who helps out here, not one of the bbpress authors).

I’ve just dug into the code and created a trac fix ticket for it

https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3429#ticket

in the meantime, this code fixes the problem

add_filter ('bbp_bump_user_topic_count' , 'rew_new_topic_count', 10 , 4) ;

function rew_new_topic_count ($user_topic_count, $user_id, $difference, $count) {
	//check if count is 2 and should be 1 by seeing if user topic count is empty!!
	if ($user_topic_count==2 && empty (bbp_get_user_topic_count( $user_id, true )) )$user_topic_count = 1 ;
return $user_topic_count ;	
}

add_filter ('bbp_bump_user_reply_count' , 'rew_new_reply_count', 10 , 4) ;

function rew_new_reply_count ($user_reply_count, $user_id, $difference, $count) {
	//check if count is 2 and should be 1 by seeing if user topic count is empty!!
	if ($user_reply_count==2 && empty (bbp_get_user_reply_count( $user_id, true )) )$user_reply_count = 1 ;
return $user_reply_count ;	
}

Put this in your child theme’s function file –

ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/functions.php

where %your-theme-name% is the name of your theme

or use

Code Snippets

[sleestak]

I have a WordPress site using bbPress and I have some users that are randomly being redirected to a renewal page when they click on certain forum items (usually new posts). I have them delete their cookies and then it works fine. I am just unable to recreate it, so I don’t know exactly how the cookie is becoming invalid. Any ideas how to debug this?

WordPress 5.5.4
buddyPress 2.5.14

[Anonymous User 18731058]

I’m testing out bbPress on my development site, and on the profile page, both bbp_get_user_topic_count and bbp_get_user_reply_count are returning incorrect numbers for all users. When I delete all topics, on my admin account I get a topic count of 1 and reply count of 7. When I test it out on a new user, it starts correctly at 0, but as soon as I create a new topic, the topic count jumps to 2. When I create a new reply, the reply count also jumps to 2. When I delete the topic, I get a topic and reply count of 1. I’ve tried the recount tool in Tools > Forums, but it’s not fixing the issue.

[Robin W]

I would suspect this is a 404 error.

it could be a theme or plugin issue

Themes

As a test switch to a default theme such as twentytwenty, and see if this fixes.

Plugins

If that doesn’t work, also deactivate all plugins apart from bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

If you cannot do this to your site (say because it is live) then use the ‘troubleshooting’ features of this plugin to let you test without affecting other users

Health Check & Troubleshooting

Then come back

[sholis]

bbpress Version 2.6.6

wordpress Current version: 5.7.2