[Anointed]

What function do I have to add to my plugin file in order to get bbPress to load the top level template files?

I have a plugin that has a structure as follows:

my-custom-theme/

plugin.php

my-custom-theme – includes all the top level templates like archive-forums.php, archive-topics.php, etc

my-custom-theme/bbpress – includes all the template files found in the standard bbPress plugin such as loop-forums.php, loop-replies.php, etc

my-custom-theme/css – includes bbpress.css

The problem I am having is when I activate my plugin, the css is being loaded properly from my plugin, and the template files found within the /bbpress directory are also loading properly from within my plugin.

THE PROBLEM:

When activated the top-level template files such as archive-forums.php, archive-topics.php, etc are not loading.

Instead, bbPress is loading the standard page.php file from twentyten, which is the theme I have activated.

So everything works, EXCEPT the loading of the top-level templates.

What function do I have to add to my plugin in order to get bbPress to also recognize those files?

*It is completely confusing as to why bbPress would see everything except those files….

And YEAH, I’ve tried everything I can think of for almost a week now. I’ve asked 2 other bbPress developers and neither of them has a clue either, so I’m not that ignorant of lazy.

Here is the 500th attempt at getting it right:

http://pastebin.com/tNKV9nT7

[shooo]

oO last replies are on ligne 749 no?

but thank you, i change ligne 750

<div id="lastreply">



<?php while ( bbp_replies() ) : bbp_the_reply(); ?>



<div class="post">

<h4>



<?php

$author_link = bbp_get_reply_author_link( array( 'type' => 'both', 'size' => 60 ) );

$reply_link = '' . bbp_get_reply_topic_title() . '';



/* translators: bbpress replies widget: 1: reply author, 2: reply link, 3: reply date, 4: reply time */



printf( _x( $show_date == 'on' ? '%1$s on %2$s, %3$s, %4$s' : '%1$s on %2$s', 'widgets', 'bbpress' ), $author_link, $reply_link, get_the_date(), get_the_time() );

?>



</h4>

<?php the_excerpt(); ?>



</div><!-- fin de post -->



<?php endwhile; ?>



</div><!-- fin du last reply-->

and it’s ok but I am afraid that the next bbpress update overwrites the change

thx a lot for your help

[dreamgrowers]

How do I tell bbpress which template to use so I can customize the sidebar or NOT use a sidebar?

For example, it seems to use the default sidebar, but I want it to use my custom sidebar or none at all. There’s not forum page created so I can’t seem to figure out where to change it.

I’m sure it’s simple, but thanks again for any help!

[MTPrower]

Does nobody know how to use a custom CSS file with bbPress 2.0 that overwrites the default TwentyEleven bbPress theme and doesn’t get removed with updates? Nobody?

[Anointed]

@nearshore

Sorry I don’t know Chris personally so no special contact info. I would simply post the question on his support forums, and maybe send him a twitter message.

As kristarella is already working on a solution I am guessing that means there are a few people asking about bbpress support in his forums already.

[nearshore]

@Anointed Do you know how to contact Chris? I went to his Blog/Forum but there are about 40,000 people that have bought Thesis and he cannot answer questions to all of them, perhaps the reason I could not find his contact info. One of the people on his team / network has worked a solution @kristarella as @Gautam suggested

@Gautam: I downloaded the plugin and installed it, and it all seemed to be going well, the Forum page was actually linked to the real forum BUT:

I got this error at the top of the forum page:

Fatal error:

Call to undefined method stdClass::have_posts() in /home/content/28/7732828/html/jkewbform/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-includes/bbp-forum-template.php on line 117

Any ideas why or what it means and how I can fix it? Thanks

[Anointed]

That is exactly why I mentioned the widget file. If you look closely at the code you will see that the widget code actually does use the wordpress loop.

Check out line 542 where the arguments for the loop are set followed by a standard WordPress loop format. While the terminology is a little different, the concept of bbPress loops and WordPress loops is exactly the same.

[Anointed]

When I click on the forum homepage navigation link then the navigation link stays as ‘active’ as expected.

However, if I click on any sub-forum or topic, then the navigation is no longer in the ‘active’ [current-menu-item] state.

I somewhat understand why this is happening, but wanted to know if there is a way of fixing this issue.

Is there any way to say if_bbpress() then force the ‘active’ state on the forum navigation link?

[Anointed]

the bbPress plugin comes with 2 widgets already. You can have both the most recent topics and most recent replies, plus a few others.

If you are trying to build a custom widget, then look at the bbPress widget code file to see how it is done. It will help a lot.

[citizenkeith]

I’m getting the same errors that scribu described. I added his code to the config file, and I’m still getting that error.

bbpress 1.1 and latest bbpress plugin (as of today).

Standard integration, all plugins off and themes set to default.

[citizenkeith]

I’m getting the same errors that scribu described. I added his code to the config file, and I’m still getting that error.

bbpress 1.1 and latest bbpress plugin (as of today).

Standard integration, all plugins off and themes set to default.

[kmessinger]

A reboot cleared up this problem

[Gautam Gupta]

You all may try out a plugin made by @kristarella – http://kristarella.com/snaps/bbpress-thesis.zip and see if it works. (I haven’t tested it out myself)

[TheDryTwist]

Quick follow up. I managed to implement what i was talking about in my previous post. It seems to be working fine for now.

Within the file loop-single-reply.php i changed <?php bbp_reply_content(); ?> to <?php echo get_field(‘intro’); ?> and it displayed the custom field. The other custom fields also worked (main, links).

I’m not sure i’ll be able to work out the next step though!

EDIT: I just realised this doesn’t work, because replies to the topic wouldn’t work. It would use this loop also so replies won’t show. I think i’ll leave it to the experts.

[TheDryTwist]

Good to see the discussion going. I’ve slightly got my head around it but i’m going to need a helping hand.

I’m using a plugin called ‘Advanced Custom Fields’. I’ve created a new group of Custom Fields named ‘Articles’. Within this group i have 3 custom fields (intro, main, links). I then use a rule where this Custom Field Group is related to the edit screen of a Post Type equal to Topic.

So now when i go to Topics > New these 3 custom fields appear (i’ve made it so the default fields do not appear). I then select the forum “Articles” and post. The next problem is inserting these custom fields into the forum template so they actually appear. I have not looked into this step yet, what files need to be edited etc, but i’m sure it is possible.

I also have the forums “Reviews”, “Previews”, etc, and these posts will require an entirely different set of Custom Fields. The problem is i cannot use the Post Type equal to Topic because it is already used for the Articles Custom Fields.

Basically, how would i go about creating Post Types of Topic-Article, Topic-Review, Topic-Preview etc and have the forums functioning correctly? I’m kinda new at all of this so sorry if i don’t explain myself correctly.

Thanks.

[starofmay]

I currently have only one forum. Inside that forum, it says:

Viewing 5 topics – 1 through 7 (of 7 total)

Um… am I missing something? It’s showing 5 topics, but says there are 7 topics and all are showing? Totally confused.

Is there a setting somewhere I need to change? I can’t figure this one out.

Thanks!

Kristina

[L Croonquist]

Actually I totally got it

I think bbPress is getting easier to use in later iterations or something (I wouldn’t want to attribute it to my skillful coding).

It’s in a dev environment or I would shoot you guy the URL to check it out….

Glad I went this route from the onset versus other choices to persue.

RTBOP

[stevedmma]

Sorry if this has been gone over thousands of times but i used bbpress a long time ago and decided recently that its something i need now, but i need a standalone forum i dont need it integrated with wordpress.

I see that both the new plugin and the old standalone are available but how long till the stand alone is discontinued?

[Anointed]

Did you ask Chris about the problem?

As he is the author of Thesis, and a fantastic coder, I am sure that he has a simple solution.

[Keith Kelly]

The more I have been researching, it is pointing more to an issue with my theme. I have installed other plugins, such as Facebook comments and a post author box plugin. They are not being applied to the forum posts. That leads me to believe the theme is being applied incorrectly.

I will have to try and get an answer from the theme developer.

[niqlaz]

I installed Buddypress. Everything works great.

I also installed the group forum in the buddypress settings panel. But than i realized it isn’t realy a public forum.

So i installed the wide one (bbpress 2.0) actived the plugin, i can make forums, topics, reply in the dashboard. but i cannot view them on the website.

I can go to a recent topic but i only see the Title of the topic and the message. I don’t see icons, no forum table, nothing. (see link below)

http://www.joeristallaert.be/comm/forums/forum/testing-new-forum/

Do i need to create pages? if so, what kind of content/code i need to insert.

I also don’t understand the settings : Archive Slugs and single slugs. what do in need to fill in, in those fields.

I tried changing permalinks, but i can’t otherwise my full buddypress won’t work.

btw It should work with my Theme. Because the official Demo of this theme bbpress is integrated.

Thank you.

[nearshore]

Hello I just activated the Bbpress plugin to my word press Thesis theme, but I can’t even see the Forum on my pages…..The Thesis Blog seems to “dominate” or override the Bbpress plgun Forum. The menu link I assigned to the forum shows up as the thesis blog not like the bbpress plugin orum. Can someone give some some guidance on how to integrate bbpress plugin with Thesis??

On a side note, I was able to set up a bbpress plugin Forum on another theme (Awake)but I cant seem to make it work with Thesis.

Please help! Thanks

[nearshore]

I am also trying to integrate bbpress plugin with thesis…..Have not been able to ! The page I point to the forum from my menus shows up as the Thesis Blog, but not like the Bbpress plgun Forum……..I look forward to some guidance or I might have to look at a different option for my Forum

[kmessinger]

Installed bbpress. Add new forum but no action button. Same with new topic. Using Atahualpa theme. Turned off all other plugins and went to the bbPress (Twenty Ten) 1.2 theme with same results.

On the add new forum page, I see the text box, title, etc. and then forum attributes, topic attributes, reply attributes and slug – nothing to do with publish.

[Anointed]

@RN..

Yes you are correct. bbPress uses custom post types for ‘forum/topic/reply’ so there is a separation of data types.

Mixing the output of posts, topics, and replies would require a straightforward custom WordPress loop. It would also probably need a bit of template love to make it look right.

The idea of having a topic automatically created when a new post is created, or vice versa is another topic. Yes it is possible although I am not sure the best way to go about it.