[robbytherobot]

Hello, sorry first of all I am not a full on developer so forgive any basic questions, I have only just considered using bbpress for a forum I want to setup, I am familiar with WordPress and working with various plugins, can modify basic code etc when I need to, however it’s not my main job. I’ve installed bbpress and am looking at getting a theme to work well with it. Am willing to pay for a pro theme that is simple for users, nothing that special is required.

I just want to ask how hard is it as a fairly competent end user with some technical know how to set up a basic bbpress site, add a fairly functional user friendly theme, and get a forum up and running? It’s not wordpress.org, it might have max 100 users, closed/private forum.

I had assumed like most plugins bbpress would work fairly well “out of the box” and adding a template and maybe a few additional plugins to improve functionality would not be a big deal.

However I’ve just been quoted $2500 by a developer to do the above, to say my jaw hit the floor would be an understatement! Is bbpress THAT hard to implement that I need to pay mega bucks to get something simple up and running with it?? 🙁

PS the only reason I considered paying someone was to get it done in a few days rather than a few weeks as I have my main work to be getting on with as well… Otherwise I’d sit down and work through it step by step usually!

[Robin W]

bbPress Styling Crib

or

bbp style pack

[Robin W]

find
wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/form-topic.php

FTP transfer this to your pc and edit

find starting from line 254

<?php if ( ! is_user_logged_in() ) : ?>

			<?php bbp_get_template_part( 'form', 'user-login' ); ?>

		<?php endif; ?>

and delete these lines

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/form-topic.php

bbPress will now use this template instead of the original

[Robin W]

it come from

bbpress\templates\default\bbpress\form-topic.php

are you fine with FTP and changing files – if so I’ll give you intructions

[canvasstudio]

So maybe long in coming, but just started working on a new bbpress BuddyPress forum.

Basically if a topic contains an invalid code such as a url (not and image url link), once submit it goes into draft mode. There maybe other reasons, but invalid code in topic is one.

I am currently working on a fix, short of making the tag available global. Biggest issue is link spamming.

[Robin W]

can you try this in your child theme function file or snippets

function rew_get_topic_split_link( $retval, $r, $args ) {

		// Parse arguments against default values
		$r = bbp_parse_args( $args, array(
			'id'          => 0,
			'link_before' => '',
			'link_after'  => '',
			'split_text'  => esc_html__( 'Split',                           'bbpress' ),
			'split_title' => esc_attr__( 'Split the topic from this reply', 'bbpress' )
		), 'get_topic_split_link' );

		// Get IDs
		$reply_id = bbp_get_reply_id( $r['id'] );
		$topic_id = bbp_get_reply_topic_id( $reply_id );

		// Bail if no reply/topic ID, or user cannot moderate
		if ( empty( $reply_id ) || empty( $topic_id ) || ! current_user_can( 'moderate', $topic_id ) ) {
			return;
		}

		$uri = add_query_arg( array(
			'action'   => 'bbp-split-topic',
			'reply_id' => $reply_id
		), bbp_get_topic_edit_url( $topic_id ) );

		$retval = $r['link_before'] . '<a href="' . esc_url( $uri ) . '" title="' . $r['split_title'] . '" class="bbp-topic-split-link">' . $r['split_text'] . '</a>' . $r['link_after'];

		// Filter & return
		return apply_filters( 'rew_get_topic_split_link', $retval, $r, $args );
	}

add_filter ('bbp_get_topic_split_link', 'rew_get_topic_split_link' , 10 , 3) ;

function rew_is_topic_split() {

	// Assume false
	$retval = false;

	// Check topic edit and GET params
	if ( bbp_is_topic_edit() && ! empty( $_GET['action'] ) && ( 'bbp-split-topic' === $_GET['action'] ) ) {
		$retval = true;
	}

	// Filter & return
	return (bool) apply_filters( 'rew_is_topic_split', $retval );
}

add_filter ('bbp_is_topic_split' , 'rew_is_topic_split' ) ;

[Chuckie]

I had this reply @robin-w:

I’d suggest filing a bug report with bbPress.

The issue is that TML registers ‘action’ as a public query variable with WP. WP has a check in WP::parse_request(), which ensures that all GET and POST values of public query variables match. If they don’t, it dies with the error message you are seeing.

For whatever reason, bbPress uses a different action key depending on GET/POST context. In this specific instance, the GET value of ‘action’ is ‘split’. However, the POST value (set via hidden field in the form) is ‘bbp-split-topic’. This difference is causing the condition described above.

In code:

$_GET['action'] = 'split';
$_POST['action'] = 'bbp-split-topic';

if ( isset( $_GET[ 'action' ] ) && isset( $_POST[ 'action' ] ) && $_GET[ 'action' ] !== $_POST[ 'action ] ) {
	wp_die( __( 'A variable mismatch has been detected.' ), __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to view this item.' ), 400 ); }

[easyguitartube]

Hi,
I have a YouTube channel with guitar tutorials. I want to start a forum in my website where followers can share they videos playing the songs to get feedback and tips from others.

My questions are:
Is it possible to share videos within bbPress?
If it is… where are the videos hosted?

Thanks a lot

[Jay Holtslander]

It’s unfortunate that the edit capability for previous replies is timed.

Adding:

• GD Power Search for bbPress

[Robin W]

when you last reported it, I said
‘ok, I can only suggest that you revert to the standard tests
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@

you did not respond to that, so can’t really help further if you don’t do the tests 🙂

[joerga]

Here’s the whole template right now:

if (have_posts()) { ?>
    <?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

        <div class="td-main-content-wrap td-main-page-wrap td-container-wrap">
            <div class="<?php if (!td_util::tdc_is_installed()) { echo 'td-container '; } ?>tdc-content-wrap">
                 <?php

                echo do_shortcode('[tdc_zone type="tdc_content"]');
                echo do_shortcode('[vc_row full_width="stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content"]');
                echo do_shortcode('[vc_column]');
                echo do_shortcode('[vc_row_inner]');

echo do_shortcode('[vc_column_inner width="1/3" tdc_css="eyJhbGwiOnsid2lkdGgiOiIyMCUiLCJjb250ZW50LWgtYWxpZ24iOiJjb250ZW50LWhvcml6LWxlZnQiLCJkaXNwbGF5IjoiIn19" is_sticky="yes"]');
                echo do_shortcode('[td_block_list_menu menu_id="14949"]');
                echo do_shortcode('[/vc_column_inner]');
                echo do_shortcode('[vc_column_inner width="1/3" tdc_css="eyJhbGwiOnsid2lkdGgiOiI2MCUiLCJkaXNwbGF5IjoiIn19"]');
                echo do_shortcode('[vc_column_text]');
                echo do_shortcode('[bbp-forum-index]');
                   // the_content();

                echo do_shortcode('[/vc_column_text]');
                echo do_shortcode('[/vc_column_inner]');
                echo do_shortcode('[vc_column_inner width="1/3" tdc_css="eyJhbGwiOnsid2lkdGgiOiIyMCUiLCJkaXNwbGF5IjoiIn19" is_sticky="yes"]');
                echo do_shortcode('[vc_column_text]');

                echo do_shortcode('[rs_my_reward_points]');

                echo do_shortcode('[/vc_column_text]');
                echo do_shortcode('[vc_column_text]');

                echo do_shortcode('[userpro template=activity]');

                echo do_shortcode('[/vc_column_text]');
                echo do_shortcode('[/vc_column_inner]'); 
                echo do_shortcode('[/vc_row_inner]'); 
                echo do_shortcode('[/vc_column]');
                echo do_shortcode('[/vc_row]');
                echo do_shortcode('[/tdc_zone]'); 

                ?>

                <?php 
                echo do_shortcode('[tdc_zone type="tdc_content"][vc_row full_width="stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content"][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/3"][td_block_list_menu menu_id="14949"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_column_text]bbPress FORUM SHOULD BE HERE![/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][/tdc_zone]');
                ?>
            </div>
        </div> <!-- /.td-main-content-wrap -->

    <?php endwhile; ?>
<?php 
    }

[joerga]

Unfortunately this doesn’t work. The function gets then confused with the open and closing tags of the shortcod and echos some of them so the overall layout is broken.

Any other ideas how to fix this or achieve on another way?

Here you can see the problem: https://prime-surfing.de/prime-surfing-forum/forum/prime-surfing/

Edit: I added a second section below this one with this code:

echo do_shortcode('[tdc_zone type="tdc_content"][vc_row full_width="stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content"][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/3"][td_block_list_menu menu_id="14949"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_column_text]bbPress FORUM SHOULD BE HERE![/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][/tdc_zone]');

This works fine so this tells me that the do_shortcode function interprets all the shortcodes right but something in the injsection of bbPress is not working along with the way I am trying to solve this.

[farukhcasy2]

Does anyone have any experience/wisdom regarding the pros and cons of installing the bbpress plugin in one’s existing domain/site installation vs. setting it up in a sub-domain of the existing site?

I’ve Googled this to death but can only find limited, conflicting information. Thanks.

[joerga]

Hey everyone,

I am currently setting up a new bbPress Forum and I made a custom template page which works fine but I can’t figure out why the forum injects in the wrong place (or if it works like this at all).

I have the tagdiv Newspaper Theme installed and I usually layout my pages with the tagdiv composer.
For the custom page template I took the code from the page.php from the tagdiv Composer directory adjusted it for my needs and then saved it to plugin-bbpress.php inside the Template root directory.

I also created a page with tagdiv Composer with a layout with three columns, bbPress is supposed to be in the middle one. When I do a static page and add the bbCode shortcode [bbp-forum-index] it works fine and as expected. I have three colums with different content to the left and right and the bbPress forum in the middle.

What I tried now is to use the same shortcodes from the tagdiv composer to create a custom template for the whole bbPress forum (in. So my code in the plugin-bbpress.php file looks like this:


if (have_posts()) { ?>
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

<div class="td-main-content-wrap td-main-page-wrap td-container-wrap">
<div class="<?php if (!td_util::tdc_is_installed()) { echo 'td-container '; } ?>tdc-content-wrap">
<?php echo do_shortcode('[tdc_zone type="tdc_content"][vc_row full_width="stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content"][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/3"][td_block_list_menu menu_id="14949"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_column_text]

'.the_content().'

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][/tdc_zone]'); ?>
</div>

</div> <!-- /.td-main-content-wrap -->

<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php
}


On the frontend the shortcodes are renderd fine by the tagdiv Composer but bbPress injects over or before the columns and not in the middle one as I want it to (and where the the_content() function should place it).

Any ideas how I can get this to work or any other ideas how to achieve this?

Thanks!

Newspaper Version 10.1
bbPress Version 2.6.4

Here’s the link to the static page: https://prime-surfing.de/profile-copy/
And here’s one with the custom page template: https://prime-surfing.de/prime-surfing-forum/forum/prime-surfing/

P.S.: Please don’t mind the mess with the other pages, still under consutruction.

[adishor22]

It looks like this is a known bug, and a patch might be implemented in the future (see “Attachments”):
https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3341

Editing bbpress/includes/extend/buddypress/notifications.php as shown there has fixed the issue for me.

[dutt]

also i have list of questions in one excel is there any possible way to import it in bbpress as different different topic???
thanks for help in advance

[Milan Petrovic]

My GD bbPress Toolbox Pro plugin implements a shortcode for syntax highlighting in the forum topics and replies: https://support.dev4press.com/kb/article/bbcodes-source-code-scode/.

Milan

[ibexy]

Is there any code highlighter that works from the front end on forums (bbpress). I have installed a couple but they only work for the admin from within “Posts”. I cannot access the same functionality form creating forum posts or replying to forum post from the front end.

[Jay Holtslander]

Ones I’ve found so far that I like:

• bbp style pack
• bbPress Voting
• bbPress WP Tweaks
• GD bbPress Tools
• Weaver for bbPress

[Robin W]

bbp style pack

there’s a list of useful bbpress plugins in there

once activated go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>other bbpress plugins

[Jay Holtslander]

If you arrived here from a search for “bbpress breadcrumbs missing” like I did…

turn off Yoast’s breadcrumbs at:
/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpseo_titles#top#breadcrumbs

[Jay Holtslander]

I’m a very experienced WordPress user/developer but a newb with bbpress.

Wondering if anyone here has a WordPress.org “Favourites” list or a list in general they can share of “Must haves” for bbpress installs in 2020.

Strong preference for free solutions.

For myself, the first project I want to build is for a non-profit.

Would like to build it where forum access is based off an active IRL membership that can be managed in WP.
Need a way to integrate with a RICH editor and support multiple ways of getting outside images into posts. eg: Google Photos, Flickr, Imgur, Instagram etc. (Do not want to host user images)
Will probably upgrade at a later date to integrate buddypress as well.

[mjonesnerdery]

Apparently this is a known bug for at least three months:
https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3327

[nrohit03]

Hi,

I tried finding a solution to this problem on your forum for sometime now with no avail.

1)Whenever I click the nested reply button in a forum topic, the page reloads/refreshes. Also, the reply which gets posted is not always a nested a nested reply.

2) Even while trying to reply to the comment of a particular user, the reply box comes at the end of the thread/page/topic. It’d be good to have the reply box come under the response to which I am trying to post a nested reply to.

I hope you guys understand my question. Desperately looking for answers. Btw, I am noob in coding so conceptwise I dunno anything.

I am using WordPress Version 5.3.2
BBpress plugin version 2.6.4
Theme Used: Fabulist BY Shark Themes, version 2.0.1

[Robin W]

bbpress just uses WordPress login, so you would need something that doesn’t expire wordpress