[jason4locations]

I want to get a forum up as soon as possible and for free, and then compare free hosts and paid hosts, to see if I can find a better host for me to use later. (I’ve found some free hosts for WordPress, and I hope one will work.) In other words, I might want to change hosts, if it is possible to change from one free host to another free host (or to a paid host), without losing my forum (and the threads of, posts of, and information about those who registered). My problem is that, while I’ve found migration tools that make a bbPress forum from different forum software (if it is called software), I haven’t found any that make a forum from the same forum software (that is used with a different host). Can bbPress, or any software, do that? If I can change the host, will bbPress automatically do that? Is it possible to change from using one free host to using another free host, while using bbPress? Thank you.

[Ricsca2]

do you know a good theme for bbpress updated to 2021?

[Robin W]

I’m not sure how technical you are, but you can get your theme to hold a bbpress template which you can modify eg if you want to amend loop-single-reply.php you would find
wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/loop-single-reply.php

transfer this to your pc and edit

and save

create a directory on your theme called ‘bbpress’
ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress

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

Then transfer the file you saved above and put in in the directory called bbpress that you created above, so you end up with
wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress/loop-single-reply.php

bbPress will now use this template instead of the original

[myblackf150]

I have 5 forums but for one of them I would like to use a modified “bbpress/loop-topic-list.php” is this possible?

Thank you.

[Robin W]

bbPress User Roles and Capabilities

relevant ones are:

publish_topics
edit_topics
publish_replies
edit_replies

[gillian0606]

I have a recurring problem with my forum posts (new topics, not replies) being emailed out to a large number of past users regardless of their current participation on the forum – according to WP Mail Log. I deactivate bbPress Notify to troubleshoot and on re-activation I see the message:
“bbPress Notify (No-Spam) could not find an active bbPress plugin. It will not load until bbPress is installed and active.”
Well, bbPress is most certainly installed and active. And it does seem to reload but doesn’t fix the problem.
WP: 5.7.2 bbP: 2.6.6 site: https://gillianriley.com

[axelbirkner]

Hi dear Forum,

Environment:
Wordpress 5.7.2
Theme: Teletype
bbpress: 2.6.6
link to site: http://lohntdas.de/Forum/Forum/rechner/finanzen/zinsrechner/

I have a link to my bbpress forum under my website. When the page with the forum opens it is lying under the header. I would like to move the fourm a couple of lines down and let it not destroy the header.
I did a record here https://youtu.be/gtTcRjM2MOM

I would be very grateful if anybody can help me!

Thanks a lot!

All the best
Axel

[salar2]

Hi,
Is this right?

#bbpress-forums div.bbp-forum-author img.avatar, #bbpress-forums div.bbp-topic-author img.avatar, #bbpress-forums div.bbp-reply-author img.avatar {
  float: right !important;
  }

[Robin W]

Sarcasm is useful to make a point, or no-one would use it 🙂

I have no problem is people using different products, and would not champion Wordspress or bbpress above other products – it exists for those who find it useful, no more no less.

If you can point @highrollerusa at how he installs Laverel + as forum software with email posting, I’m sure he’d be very grateful.

[Ahmed ElSayed]

Hi,

I used the bbPress – Moderation Tools plugin to moderate bbPress topics,
The issue now is that the pending (awaiting moderations) topics displayed to normal users on the freshness column in the forum home, I want to hide them from the front-end until I approve from the back-end.

Thanks

[biznisoka]

Hi,

Have two bbpress forums on a webpage, a public one, for “usual” registered users, and private one, for “special” registered users.
Used bbp private groups plug-in to create both groups.
Would like to hide private forum menu item from the general registered users (not redirect to some custome page on something).
Asked the question on plugin’s support page, but got no answer.
Is there any code snippet or something I could use to hide the menu item which opens private forum? Now i get 404 error.

[gasjp9ugawesg8awe]

I am managing the BBPress website.

I do not want to record the Posters IP address.

But,for now,it record the Posters IP address like this.

https://snipboard.io/KiHAGt.jpg

Is it possible to not to record IP address on WordPress?

[myblackf150]

By default bbPress lays out topics in rows beginning with the topic subject on each row and when clicked on, it opens into a detail page.

What I’d like to know is, what If I just wanted a music forum where users posted YouTube links?
I’d like the video thumbnail automatically placed at the left side of the the Topic subject on each row ( like Reddit), is there anyway at all to make this happen?

Thank you.

[Robin W]

ok, so I don’t think that is coming directly from bbpress.

It may well be a theme or plugin issue.

eg googling I found this :

https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/277874/creating-menu-always-gives-error-a-name-is-required-for-this-term

so

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

[dredarsenic]

Hi there, my issue is similar to this, but maybe you can enlighten me.

I’m using bbPress for the forum on my site.

On the front end, users should be able to submit a topic on a forum, when they try, they get a “A name is required for this term.” error, I have already reset the forum, but still has the same thing.
Also the despite that message, the topic will appear in the WP admin dashboard under Topics, but will never show in the forum on the front end, I would like the topic created by users on the front end to appear immediately in the front end as well, any idea of code I can add to the functions.php of the theme or anything I can do ?

[Robin W]

This still works fine

bbPress Notifications

[Robin W]

‘A name is required for this term’ is not a bbpress error.

Is this site in English, or have you translated it ?

[freedealsandoffer]

Hi Team,

We’ve linked the login page on the header of our site. But once the user logs in, we wanted to hide the Login/Register page link and instead show then the Account page link.
How it can be done?

PS – We’ve already setup a bbpress login widget which does this job, but in mobile view the user has to scroll down to see the widget. So we’ve placed the page link in the header.

Please let us know the proper solution for this issue.

[wordplus]

Hi there, @gloriajameson!

What exactly info was missing about BP Better Messages plugin?

Btw BP Better Messages plugin insert send PM link to the bbpress automatically.

Thanks!

[dlpalumbo]

Hi. Newbie here. Working with a bunch of retirees. We have a website (larcAlumni.org) that uses WordPress (5.7.2). I thought using a forum would simply our communication and keep records as well.

We had bbPress plugin, but it was deactivated. When I activated it, I did not get intro screen nor did I get Forum menu item. I do get Topics and Replies menu items. I deactivated all other plugins, reactivated and reinstalled, no change. I ran Troubleshoot and got a critical error.

DIVI is installed with a basic, blank theme.

Any suggestions what I might try next?

Thanks for help, Dan

[Chuckie]

Thanks for your code. It has been so long now when I asked this that i am reluctant to start fiddling with my setup.

I prefer to continue to wait until such a time and bbPress is updated rather than add bits of code to my functions file.

At the moment what I have works for me due to the bsp settings that were added some time back.

Thank you for the code though.

[Robin W]

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

[dredarsenic]

Home

WordPress Version 5.7.2
BBPress Version 2.6.6

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