[Superhearing]

Me and the guys here also have the same problem, did you get it working? https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/forum-title/#post-115254

[AAShepAA]

John – you are a prince among men 🙂 !

That solved “almost” everything. I still have a “Forums”, “Topics” and “Replies on the admin bar that tell me I don’t have the correct permissions and the have me going here respectively: http://www.stratoliner.me/wp-admin/admin.php?page=edit.php?post_type=forum – http://www.stratoliner.me/wp-admin/admin.php?page=edit.php?post_type=topic – and http://www.stratoliner.me/wp-admin/admin.php?page=edit.php?post_type=reply.

However I have a plugin called “bbPress Admin Bar Addition” that works and it send me to these links:
http://www.stratoliner.me/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=forum –
http://www.stratoliner.me/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=topic – and
http://www.stratoliner.me/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=reply

I am almost there 🙂 – BTW if you know the tables I can delete from the old stand-alone install that would be cool also.

[Stephen Edgar]

You should be good to go by removing ‘clear: both;’ on line 15 of the bbPress CSS file

http://www.wvko1580.com/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-theme-compat/css/bbpress.css

[John James Jacoby]

Possible your server time is set incorrectly? That might cause the calculation between current_time() and the users last_active time to have a gap? Though, it probably is a deeper issue than this – could even be a bbPress GMT bug.

[pimarts]

Ok, a litle more info:

I run a bbPress + BuddyPress installation. And I put that function in the functions.php file of my WordPress theme.

It would remove the widgets inside. If needed you could remove the rest of the / entire sidebar with CSS. The advantage over a simple CSS hide is the fact that less code gets written to the browser / less code to download for the user.

Aside from that I use it to put the login widget at the top of the forums (with CSS) and remove all the other widgets.

[Lynq]

Hey guys,

I am putting up a topic to show how I have created the layout on http://teamoverpowered.com/forums/

My aim when creating the theme was to try and create a last poster block that would work throughout the forums and sub forums list.

custom_bbp_list_forums – this function creates the sub forums under the main forum

public function custom_bbp_list_forums( $args = '' ) {

    // Define used variables
    $output = $sub_forums = $topic_count = $reply_count = $counts = '';
    $i = 0;
    $count = array();

    // Defaults and arguments
    $defaults = array (
        'before'            => '',
        'after'             => '',
        'link_before'       => '',
        'link_after'        => '',
        'count_before'      => ' (',
        'count_after'       => ')',
        'count_sep'         => ', ',
        'separator'         => ', ',
        'forum_id'          => '',
        'show_topic_count'  => true,
        'show_reply_count'  => true,
        'show_freshness_link'  => true,
    );
    $r = bbp_parse_args( $args, $defaults, 'list_forums' );
    extract( $r, EXTR_SKIP );

    // Bail if there are no subforums
    if ( !bbp_get_forum_subforum_count( $forum_id ) )
        return;

    // Loop through forums and create a list
    $sub_forums = bbp_forum_get_subforums( $forum_id );
    if ( !empty( $sub_forums ) ) {

        // Total count (for separator)
        $total_subs = count( $sub_forums );
        foreach ( $sub_forums as $sub_forum ) {
            $i++; // Separator count

            // Get forum details
            $count     = array();
            $show_sep  = $total_subs > $i ? $separator : '';
            $permalink = bbp_get_forum_permalink( $sub_forum->ID );
            $title     = bbp_get_forum_title( $sub_forum->ID );

            // Show topic count
            if ( !empty( $show_topic_count ) && !bbp_is_forum_category( $sub_forum->ID ) ) {
                $count['topic'] = bbp_get_forum_topic_count( $sub_forum->ID );
            }

            // Show reply count
            if ( !empty( $show_reply_count ) && !bbp_is_forum_category( $sub_forum->ID ) ) {
                $count['reply'] = bbp_get_forum_reply_count( $sub_forum->ID );
            }

            // Counts to show
            if ( !empty( $count ) ) {
                $counts = $count_before . implode( $count_sep, $count ) . $count_after;
            }

            if ( !empty( $show_freshness_link ) ) {
                $freshness_link = "" . BBP_Default::teamop_get_last_poster_block( $sub_forum->ID ) . "";
            }

            // Build this sub forums link
            if ($i % 2) { $class = "odd-forum-row"; } else { $class = "even-forum-row"; }
            $output .= "" . $link_before . '<a href="' . $permalink . '">' . $title . '</a>' . $counts . $freshness_link . $link_after . "";
        }

        // Output the list
        echo apply_filters( 'bbp_list_forums', $before . $output . $after, $args );
    }
}

I then call that function inside loop-single-forum.php like so:

BBP_Default::custom_bbp_list_forums( array (
        'before'            => '',
        'after'             => '',
        'link_before'       => '',
        'link_after'        => '',
        'count_before'      => 'Topics: ',
        'count_after'       => '',
        'count_sep'         => 'Posts: ',
        'separator'         => '',
        'forum_id'          => '',
        'show_topic_count'  => true,
        'show_reply_count'  => true,
        'show_freshness_link' => true,
        ));

Inside the first function I am also calling a second custom function called custom_get_last_poster_block

function custom_get_last_poster_block( $subforum_id = "" ) {

            if ( !empty( $subforum_id ) ) {
                $output = "";
                $output .= "<a href='". bbp_get_forum_last_topic_permalink( $subforum_id ) ."'>" . bbp_get_topic_last_reply_title( bbp_get_forum_last_active_id( $subforum_id ) ) . "</a>";
                $output .= "";
                $output .= "by ";
                $output .= bbp_get_author_link( array( "post_id" => $subforum_id, "size" => 14 ) );
                $output .= "";
                $output .= "";
                $output .= bbp_get_forum_last_active_time( $subforum_id );
                $output .= "";
            } else {
                $output = "";
                $output .= "<a href='". bbp_get_forum_last_topic_permalink() ."'>" . bbp_get_topic_last_reply_title( bbp_get_forum_last_active_id() ) . "</a>";
                $output .= "";
                $output .= "by ";
                $output .= bbp_get_author_link( array( "post_id" => bbp_get_forum_last_active_id(), "size" => 14 ) );
                $output .= "";
                $output .= "";
                $output .= bbp_get_forum_last_active_time( bbp_get_forum_last_active_id() );
                $output .= "";
            }

            return $output;

        }

This then creates my sub forum list, I added some extra classes in I can hook onto and display:none if need. I decided when creating me theme that I would get as much information showing as possible, then just use CSS to customise it.

The final functions is one I call inside loop-single-topic.php.

    public function custom_get_last_poster_block_topics() {

            $output .= "";
            $output .= bbp_get_author_link( array( "post_id" => bbp_get_forum_last_active_id(), "size" => 14 ) );
            $output .= "";
            $output .= "";
            $output .= bbp_get_topic_last_active_time( bbp_get_topic_last_active_id() );
            $output .= "";

        return $output;

    }

This is my final function and it just adds the last poster block inside the topics list.

If you need any more help then let me know.

UPDATE: Please see the following topic for updated code

I have created a bbPress starter theme with a phpBB look and feel

[roddaut]

BTW I have disabled all plugins except for the bbpress plugin and our membership software so we can rule out most possible plugin conflicts as well.

[roddaut]

Hi,

Ever since updating to the latest bbpress plugin when users or admins try to post a new topic or reply to a topic we get the error “Slow down; you move too fast.” I’ve looked at other posts on this forum having the same issue but did not find anything that helped me.

Also this problem happens any time anyone posts. It is not the result of someone trying to post too much too quickly. Throttle time is set for 10 seconds. And when I try to change the throttle time it reverts back to 10 seconds. Maybe that’s a clue as to what the problem is?

Just to sum up:
The issue exists for all users and admins.
The issue happens for all posts – a person cannot be throttled because they haven’t succeeded in making one post.
The problem happened only after updating bbpress but not before.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Rodney

[echoman]

Thanks yes i noticed and i answered my own question with text editor for comments lol. Disqus worked fine but the text for comments editor was also in the bbpress forums when i activated it. Thanks i really am looking forward to it.:)

[John James Jacoby]

BuddyPress Group Forums will eventually be migrated to use bbPress 2, which means they will inherit all of the goodies your site wide forums have, including the fancy editor.

Disqus commenting in your blog should not be affected.

[echoman]

How can i get the same editor to work in Buddypress 1.5.6 group forums? I know about an editor for text comments. But I’m using Disqus for comments. Would the text for comments editor interfere with the fancy text editor in bbpress forums and disqus comments? It’s not really a big deal,but it would be nice to know and absolutely make my day. Hopefully this can become a new feature in the future.

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• This topic was modified 14 years, 3 months ago by echoman.

[Lynq]

@pimarts
If you have a sidebar container does that function remove that aswell or just the widgets inside it?

[John James Jacoby]

Yes, many people have done this successfully.

bbp-theme-compat isn’t a complete theme; it says so in the files and in the documentation. I’d recommend trying the instructions again. If you’ve tried them enough times and still can’t figure it out, I’d love to know which points we can clarify for you further. The general “it’s broke and ugly and help” isn’t indicative to us where you need our help.

[Nate]

pimarts,

if that’s the case, that must be the easiest solution yet — but where does it go, exactly? I’ve placed it in the bbpress childtheme with no luck. is it in the core?

thanks!

[PaulieP]

Havent found definitive answers anywhere since most everyone who has tried to install a bbPress theme to a current version of the bbPress plugin for WP has discovered that the stock instructions on the bbPress.org wiki and elsewhere are outdated/wrong. If you are not using stock TwentyTen as your parent theme, bbPress theming is broken out of the box – you get a theme broken/not installed message from your admin panel.

When bbPress thusly reverts to its stock look it’s ugly, unusable, and broken. Currently my forums at txmma.com/forum do not work properly as a result. when you drill down and actually try to read a topic you cannot. no content comes up. That’s outside of the fact that aesthetically there’s nothing there you would want to use.

I was wondering if anyone has successfully installed a third party bbPress theme or rolled their own, with the plugin version of bbPress, when using a custom WordPress theme (i.e. not TwentyTen).

Copying the theme files as directed in the bbPress.org instructions is useless as many have discovered.

Any advice appreciated. Thanks.

[Lynq]

Reading?!? What is this new fad you speak of :p

[DNBrawler]

bump

[Parker]

I had the “Magazine Basic” functions.php file like: thus ending the functions before the bbPress functions came in.

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[John James Jacoby]

Doesn’t really make much sense. Can you explain exactly why you needed to modify bbPress files? A Subversion diff would be even better.

[Lynq]

@Erlend is chrome 21 a beta version? If it is then I won’t be testing on that until it is fully released.

@Jaredatch I did a lot of customization, but the big thing I did was setup my own function inside the bbpress_functions.php – It is basically the same as the bbp_list_forums but it has a flag for freshness_block which then calls my last_poster block function.

It is pretty awesome, I could put something up even more detailed if people would like.

[pimarts]

Thanks for including SWNK in the examples list!

Makes me want to look into making a custom theme and improve it. All the changes made at the moment are through CSS and functions.php 😉

[pimarts]

I posted this in another topic, this works for me:

function disable_all_widgets( $sidebars_widgets ) {       
    if ( function_exists('is_bbpress') ) {
        if (is_bbpress()) {
            $sidebars_widgets = array(false);
            remove_all_actions('bp_register_widgets');
            unregister_sidebar( 'bp_core_widgets' );
        }
    }
    return $sidebars_widgets;
}

add_filter('sidebars_widgets', 'disable_all_widgets', 1, 1);

But that’s because I haven’t looked into custom themes yet. Did everything with functions and CSS at the moment.

[rene-michaels]

JJJ,

Is it not possible to copy the “bbp-theme-compat” theme, removing the sidebars there, and then uploading it as a child theme? I like the default style and just want to remove the sidebars without reworking the entire “bbp-twentyten” CSS.

If so, how/where would I tweak bbp-theme-compat theme to remove the sidebars?

Seems to me removing sidebars should be an option in the bbPress admin no?

[Pinhead149]

thanks for your response
i will wait for 2.2! the reason why i still using 2.0.2 is that [bbp-single-forum id=***] not working in 2.1 for me 🙁

hope that works in 2.2

[Erlend]

Any further thoughts on my styling points?

I also made a few more edits to the examples page. The WPMU forum is apparently still running on the stand-alone bbPress, so I had to remove it (for now). Kudos to ck for making the top100 for the legacy bbPress forum.

• This reply was modified 14 years, 3 months ago by Erlend.
• This reply was modified 14 years, 3 months ago by Erlend.