[Mike Witt]

I’m trying to clarify for myself the situation regarding “freshness” and I have several questions about that. There’s been a lot of discussion about this and there are a number of tickets, but I’m having trouble putting it all together. I apologize for rehashing old ground.

(1) Freshness vs Last Post

Sometime in the last few releases things changed so that (at least by default) the top level forum shows “Last Post” where it used to show “Freshness.” Is this (1) A temporary measure until freshness is fixed, (2) A change in philosophy, or (3) Simply a change in the “default” of something that can be configured?

(2) Freshness tickets

When I search on trac for open tickets which mention freshness, I come up with: 1925, 2659, 2876, 3310, 3356. I’ve seen it mentioned in the forums a number of times that freshness is a known problem, but I don’t see that any of these tickets is (I’m not sure how to say it but) the “main ticket” for the underlying problem. Can anyone help me out with this?

(3) bbp style pack

In many of the conversations about freshness (and other problems like threading and indentation) bbp style pack is the only thing mentioned as a solution. I’m almost getting the impression that this plugin is considered kind of a necessary part of bbPress, in order for things to work properly. Comments?

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I’m still learning about bbPress and if anyone wants to point me to any “background” information or documentation that I *should* have already looked at, that would be appreciated.

[falconizer]

Nice that i find this thread.
How can i do this as background in bbpress in css;

linear-gradient(180deg, rgb(45, 55, 86) 0%, rgb(33, 37, 41) 100%)

[kellyteagle]

Hi,
An odd problem that I’ve just become aware of. When a user replies to a Post in Forum, the ‘last post’ info gets updated on the list of posts, but the Forum page does not. The result is that the Posts lists page displays Last post: 11 minutes ago by Ann Other. The forum page displays Last post: 2 days 21 hours ago by Some Onelse

There are no other error messages anywhere, and the site is running the latest versions of WP, BuddyPress and BBpress.
Can anyone help please?

Thanks,
Kelly

[crebspark]

So you’re saying that bbpress is supposed to display a Register button besides the Login button but possibly my Theme or Plugin is hiding it?

[crebspark]

I need a Register button besides the Login button because the default bbpress settings only show the Login button. How can I add a Register button maam?

[Robin W]

sorry was trying to answer quickly over the weekend – should have read dashboard>settings>forums !

The current situation appears to force them to become registered users of WordPress rather than a registered user of my bbPress Forum.

so yes, by ticking the participant role, then when they register, they will be given the participant role when they first log in, and have access to the forums

[megatill]

Thanks, Robin W, for your reply but I do not think that helps with actually registering!

I have NO EXISTING users, but I do want to be able to have them register to become a user!
The current situation appears to force them to become registered users of WordPress rather than a registered user of my bbPress Forum.

The only option I have when I view dashboard>forums is to create a new forum – I see no “roles” or “settings” under that view.

However, under dashboard>settings>forums I see the opportunity to set a role.
I have ticked the Automatically give registered visitors PARTICIPANT forum role which was previously unticked.

By ticking, have I given them access to my Forum when they use the registration link?

Thanks again!

[Robin W]

you can do this by amending a template in bbpress (which I’ll helo you with if you wish, but requires FTP knowledge)

or you could use

Private groups

you would set up 2 groups

say group 1 teachers
group 2 students

in dashboard>settings>bbp private groups>group name settings

then in

dashboard>settings>bbp private groups>topic permissions

you’ll actually see an example of how to do this

[fdittmar]

Hi,

Could someone tell me if it’s possible (or even help me with identifying the correct specificity) to stop users from creating new topics in a specific subforum please.
Running BBP as part of a learning management system where user level/access etc are set based on their student/course status. Been fine for 3 years but now I’d like to provide a slightly stricter UI for some specific courses (which means the Forums/Topics).

My situation is:

Forum
-Subforum
–Topics
—Replies
–Topics
—Replies
-Subforum
–Topics
—Replies

My problem is in one of the subforums where the topics created by our teachers are listed but (obviously) the students also see the ‘Create New Topic’ option (which they need elsewhere). I wish to remove that New Topic Creation option there. I can’t do it via the Forum Attributes eg Closed Status because it needs to remain open for other child topics in the same forum.

I thought that using CSS (display:none) to remove the entire New Topic Entry box would work for me but my inexperience shows through because I can’t work it out even after hours looking online.

Is it possible to apply such css by adressing it against a specific post id?

I can remove the new topic box in the browser inspector various ways
(eg .bbp-reply-form, .bbp-topic-form {display: none;} or with #new-topic-0 etc) but I can’t get it done just for the 1 Subforum/Topic) –
This does not work: #bbpress-forums #bbp-forum-POSTID #new-topic-0. I also tried variations ul.bbp-parent-forum-21435 etc

In this example my Forum is post 21435, the topic in it is 21437 and I want to remove the New Topic Entry box on that page (students should only go to 21437 and use Replies there, not create topics)(sorry, actual forums are in the school system so not public).

Sorry for long post / cry for help. Maybe someone could assist… Thanks

[Pete]

That worked so, just for the record, the code to be inserted in the loop-search-reply.php template file is:

<div class="bbp-topic-title-meta">

	<?php if ( function_exists( 'bbp_is_forum_group_forum' ) && bbp_is_forum_group_forum( bbp_get_topic_forum_id() ) ) : ?>

		<?php esc_html_e( 'in group forum ', 'bbpress' ); ?>

	<?php else : ?>

		<?php esc_html_e( 'in forum ', 'bbpress' ); ?>

	<?php endif; ?>

	<a href="<?php bbp_forum_permalink( bbp_get_topic_forum_id() ); ?>"><?php bbp_topic_forum_title( bbp_get_topic_forum_id() ); ?></a>

</div><!-- .bbp-topic-title-meta -->

<?php do_action( 'bbp_theme_after_topic_title' ); ?>

[Pete]

OK, so I totally misunderstood what was going on there… The ‘bbpress’ text has nothing to do with the display of the forum name.

The result I was after is acheived quite simply by using the function bbp_topic_forum_title in place of bop_forum_title in the above code segment (which still needs to be added to the loop-search-reply.php template—and that modified template file placed in the relevant <theme>/bbpress folder—as noted above):

"><?php bbp_topic_forum_title( bbp_get_topic_forum_id() ); ?>

Now, as I retype that code segment, I notice that something has gone wrong with the code segment I pasted into the original post. I’m not sure if that was me or not, but the line to be replaced with the above, should have been as follows:

"><?php bbp_forum_title( bbp_get_topic_forum_id() ); ?>

I hope that makes sense to anyone who’s interested.

[Robin W]

ok, this forums uses bbpress, so can you try and post what would not work on your site here – the above had double paragraphs.

[Robin W]

bbpress just uses WordPress accounts.

so if you want your existing users to use bbpress, then set the default role in dashboard>forums and the next time they log in, they will get this access.

[megatill]

Hi – I have a WordPress site that has been operational for 5 years.
I wanted to add a Discussion Forum using bbPress, and I have been successful in installing the bbPress plug-in.
Using the bbPress Shortcode Codex, I wanted to create a requirement for people to log into my new Discussion Forum using
[bbp-register] – Display the register screen.
[bbp-lost-pass] – Display the lost password screen.

However, when I test these two options, it appears that these two options actually create a new WordPress account – with no connection to my existing WordPress site at all. When I test the Register facility, a new page opens with the WordPress create account box (create username and password).

What is wrong with the Shortcode usage, please?

WordPress 5.4.1 running Enterprise theme.

Who and What I Find – About this site

bbPress Version 2.6.5

[John James Jacoby]

It sounds like you no longer have the Keymaster forum role.

Be sure to update to the latest version of bbPress, and check your Users for any other Keymaster accounts that you don’t recognize.

[Robin W]

I can see that – I’ve logged a trac ticket for this 7
https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3379

[Pete]

Hi,

I’m trying to add some detail to search results associated with replies to topics. By default, it would seem that if a search finds a hit in a particular topic post, it includes the name of the topic and the relevant forum in the header for the particular search result:

In contrast, a hit on a reply to a particular topic does not include any topic or forum information:

I thought I might be able to solve my problem by modifying the loop-search-reply.php template to include what looked like it might be the relevant code from the loop-search-topic.php template:

<div class="bbp-topic-title-meta">

	<?php if ( function_exists( 'bbp_is_forum_group_forum' ) && bbp_is_forum_group_forum( bbp_get_topic_forum_id() ) ) : ?>

		<?php esc_html_e( 'in group forum ', 'bbpress' ); ?>

	<?php else : ?>

		<?php esc_html_e( 'in forum ', 'bbpress' ); ?>

	<?php endif; ?>

	<a>"><?php bbp_forum_title( bbp_get_topic_forum_id() ); ?></a>

</div><!-- .bbp-topic-title-meta -->

<?php do_action( 'bbp_theme_after_topic_title' ); ?>

but it seems that was a little naive of me. This block of code certainly includes what could be the required information: but what I thought would be inserted as the forum name turns out to be the topic name.

Looking at the above code, I can see why this might be—the relevant text, ‘bbpress’, in the code block above appears to be just some placeholder text, and is the same placeholder text used to reference the topic name. I had thought that the text replacement might be a little more context sensitive than it appears to be.

So my question is, can anyone tell me how that text (‘bbpress’ in the above code segment, which is taken directly from the default loop-search-topic.php template) gets replaced, or more specifically I guess, can anyone tell me where to inject a function or the like to set this or some other piece of placeholder text (I appreciate that it may need to be different to the placeholder text being used for the topic name) to the relevant forum name?

Thanks

[John James Jacoby]

Topic views are not standard in bbPress.

By default, the problem with Views is they trigger database writes on pages that should only be performing database reads.

We’ve considered ways of circumventing this, but have never seriously attempted to build it.

Is there a simple fix for a non-programmer type guy?

You could try installing: https://wordpress.org/plugins/gd-bbpress-tools/

I forget if it offers it, but it does so much other stuff that maybe it will tide you over? 😁

[Robin W]

so with just bbpress and buddypress you get this error ?

[Robin W]

it could be a theme or plugin issue

Themes

As a test switch to a default theme such as twentyfifteen, 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.

Then come back

[devansh1995]

Hello Team,

My wp admin is showing this error Undefined variable:

Notice: Undefined variable: topic_id in /home3/castudyw/public_html/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/replies/template.php on line 461

Notice: Undefined variable: topic_id in /home3/castudyw/public_html/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/replies/template.php on line 467

Please help me how to resolve it.

[Robin W]

I can’t see one that works with bbpress currently – I’ll try and take a look over the weekend if I get a chance

[tumptyteapot]

WordPress Version 5.4.1
bbPress Version 2.6.5

Mizan Therapy

I have no links to Forum in the dashboard. I have no forum options for users.
I can see the forums exist from the front end but I cannot get to them from the admin

I have disabled all plugins apart from bbPress and tried another theme. The problem still exists.
I have installed the User Role Editor but no options for forums exist there either.
I have cleared caches on the site and in the browser.

https://snipboard.io/C4xL6M.jpg

[lisabyrde]

I know the Yoast SEO has many problems with BBpress. I wrote a small plugin to help Yoast SEO working better with BBPress.

This plugin improved the following problem with yoast wordpress seo in bbpress:
1, Canonical lost on single forum
2, Canonical lost on single topic page
3, Canonical lost on user profile page
4, Canonical lost on topic tag page
5, Meta title incorrect on user profile page
6, Meta title incorrect on topic tag
7, Meta description lost on topic archive
8, Meta description lost on user profile page
9, Meta description lost topic tag page
10, Meta description lost on single topic page
11, Meta description lost on single forum page

I know this is an old thread but if I install this plugin, would it automatically pull all the meta data (meta title & description) or would I have to manually write the titles and descriptions for each page?

TBH, right now I don’t have the budget to hire an SEO consultant. Plus, I’ve had bad experiences with them before. So I’d prefer if this is something that I could resolve on my own.

Let me know.

Thanks.

[MiltonBC]

Hi, I just installed bbpress and have the latest version of wordpress (5.4). I see “voices” and “posts” but no “views”.

Is this standard? I would like to see the number of views by topic.

Is there a simple fix for a non-programmer type guy?