[creekdweller]

Wanted to check my bbPress settings and looked under Settings for Forums but there was no entry for Forums under Settings. This on a pretty generic site (Twenty Sixteen Child) with all updates (including bbPress 2.6.1). I’m running PHP 7.3, and note that the compatibility scanner says compatibility of bbPress with this version of PHP is “unknown.”

[mrmillercoach]

I have been running a membership website for almost 2 years on BuddyPress and bbPress with no problems. Should I submit this as a bug?

[Robin W]

try this

#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header .bbp-reply-author {
display : none ;
}

[Clivesmith]

Thanks again Robin, I know I should put these in my child theme, I just worry that a update will alter the original file and I do not notice it. That sorted out the formatting perfectly.

The change you gave me for the for the mobile replies

@media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {

#bbpress-forums .bbp-reply-author {
display : none ;
}

}
takes out all the author info including in the replies, I just want to remove the author title and release the space so my text can move over.

Regards
Clive

[thierrytregaro]

Same here. Also opened a thread in Requests & Feedback (https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/any-way-to-remove-moderation/). This moderation thing is just killing me. Got no message from anyone involved in dev team…

[Robin W]

ok change

<div class="bbp-reply-content"><?php bbp_show_lead_topic()
			? esc_html_e( 'Replies', 'bbpress' )
			: esc_html_e( 'Posts',   'bbpress' );
		?></div><!-- .bbp-reply-content -->

to

<div class="bbp-reply-content"><?php bbp_show_lead_topic()
			? esc_html_e( 'Replies', 'bbpress' )
			: _e( ‘<div align=”center” style =”color:#ff0000″>Please check out all the replies below,<br> if you find a post helpful please vote using the arrows</div>’, ‘bbpress’ ); 
?></div><!-- .bbp-reply-content -->

You should really put this file into a child theme if you have one

so you would do the following

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 upload the new file to this directory so you end up with
wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress/loop-replies.php
bbPress will now use this template instead of the original

[Chuckie]

In the template.php file it has the following code:

	// Get the topic status
	switch ( $topic_status ) {

		// Spam notice
		case bbp_get_spam_status_id() :
			$notice_text = esc_html__( 'This topic is marked as spam.', 'bbpress' );
			break;

		// Trashed notice
		case bbp_get_trash_status_id() :
			$notice_text = esc_html__( 'This topic is in the trash.', 'bbpress' );
			break;

		// Pending notice
		case bbp_get_pending_status_id() :
			$notice_text = esc_html__( 'This topic is pending moderation.', 'bbpress' );
			break;

		// Standard status
		default :
			$notice_text = '';
			break;
	}

As you can see, it has specific notices for feedback to the user.

The above work when it is a “topic” they are creating. What we now need is exactly the same code, but for “replies”. In addition though, this warning needs to be placed just above the empty editor and just after the previous reply.

It is this code that is lacking for replies. So IMHO your comments don’t apply here. It is not about redirection or anything. It is about consistency with informing the user just like it does for a new topic.

I hope this helps you in resolving this issue and thank you so much for your time in looking into this.

The above begins on line 3029:

/**
 * Displays topic notices
 *
 * @since 2.0.0 bbPress (r2744)
 */
function bbp_topic_notices() {

[Clivesmith]

Thank you Robin,

I don’t think I made myself clear about the red wording, what you see now with me still using version 2.5.14. your rewrite of the loop-reply.php changed the line <?php _e( ‘Posts’, ‘bbpress’ ); ?> where I added my words and formatting to esc_html_e( ‘Posts’, ‘bbpress’ ); which is where I cannot get the formatting into.

I am still using 2.5.14 because the subforums are still not showing up, on my home page that is all the counties.

I will change the mobile bits later as I am on my way out for coffee !!

Clive

[Robin W]

thanks for letting us know – that is useful feedback

@johnjamesjacoby – I have now seen two cases where clicking save has fixed an issue

This one was by going into dashboard>forums> and just clicking save

In another https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-2-6-0-update-breaks-forums-index-only-one-level-displayed/ going into the forum, changing the order to 0 and clicking save fixed – I suspect it was just clicking save that fixed it

[John James Jacoby]

Pending content is a funny thing.

If you tell someone why it’s pending, they’ll post again to try and skirt the filter.

If you tell them nothing, they’ll post again thinking something is wrong.

If we can come up with some verbiage, that’s step one.

Step 2, is where to redirect them. If a topic is pending, you can’t really show them their own pending topic, because it’s not visible to them, at least not the way bbPress works currently.

[Robin W]

ok, the message in red show what I think is fine on my browser – can you say if you still have an issue with that part.

On the mobile, you could have

@media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {

#bbpress-forums .bbp-reply-author {
	display	: none ;
}

}

which would take the author part out for mobiles

[Clivesmith]

I am sorry to ask this now as I know you are busy with a great update but I do have a bit of a problem.

I managed to sort most of it out with the old version but am struggling with the new update.

What I did was remove from the header on the replies page all the headings except “author” and change the “posts” to text I want with some formatting.

in my childtheme style.css
I included this to remove most of the headings from everywhere.

#bbpress-forums li.bbp-body ul.forum, #bbpress-forums li.bbp-body ul.topic {
border-top: 3px solid #0a9ed3;
overflow: hidden;
padding: 8px;
}

li.bbp-forum-freshness, li.bbp-forum-freshness {
display: none;
}

li.bbp-forum-freshness, li.bbp-topic-freshness {
display: none;
}

li.bbp-forum-info, li.bbp-topic-title { width:100%; }

li.bbp-forum-topic-count, li.bbp-forum-topic-count {
display: none;
}
li.bbp-forum-reply-count, li.bbp-forum-reply-count {
display: none;
}
li.bbp-topic-title { width:100%; }

li.bbp-topic-voice-count, li.bbp-topic-voice-count {
display: none;
}

li.bbp-topic-reply-count, li.bbp-topic-reply-count {
display: none;
}

I know this next bit was a dirty way to do it but…
in wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/loop-replies.php
I changed line 24 from
<?php _e( ‘Posts’, ‘bbpress’ ); ?>
to
<?php _e( ‘<div align=”center” style =”color:#ff0000″>Please check out all the replies below,<br> if you find a post helpful please vote using the arrows</div>’, ‘bbpress’ ); ?>

which put in my text in red centered with a carriage return in the middle.

If I do the same now, I cannot put formatting in. But also I realized that the “author” label is not needed, in fact it looks totally wrong with a mobile.
You can see what I mean if you look at this page https://wateratairports.com/topic/london-gatwick-lgw/ with both a large screen and a mobile
Could someone help please ?

[mrmillercoach]

After applying the latest BuddyPress plugin update to bbPress 2.6.0 the Forums List Widget now displays the forums in reverse order on the dashboard.

I updated the bbPress to 2.6.1 but this did nothing.

https://community.careerpivot.com

[Chuckie]

I had a look at the code in 2.6.1.

Lines 618 – 622 in functions.php in replies folder:

/** Reply Bad Words *******************************************************/

if ( ! bbp_check_for_moderation( $anonymous_data, $reply_author, $reply_title, $reply_content, true ) ) {
	bbp_add_error( 'bbp_reply_moderation', __( '<strong>ERROR</strong>: Your reply cannot be edited at this time.', 'bbpress' ) );
}

Notice that it makes use of the bbp_add_error call to notify the user? Well, look at lines 624 – 636:

/** Reply Status **********************************************************/

// Maybe put into moderation
if ( ! bbp_check_for_moderation( $anonymous_data, $reply_author, $reply_title, $reply_content ) ) {

	// Set post status to pending if public
	if ( bbp_get_public_status_id() === $reply->post_status ) {
		$reply_status = bbp_get_pending_status_id();
	}

// Use existing post_status
} else {
	$reply_status = $reply->post_status;
}

There does not appear to be any code to flag the user. Either way, if a “reply” is flagged as pending (for example, I insert 3 images) it just vanishes with no feedback to the user. This also happens here in this forum.

I confess I don’t know the code enough and could be barking up the wrong tree.

[John James Jacoby]

Hello, and thanks for the feedback.

bbPress does not use iconography in the forums or topics lists. Typically images in those locations are used to denote new activity since the user last visited, which is a feature bbPress does not have.

Looking at your screenshot, bbPress default styling looks nearly identical to it.

The avatar styling in that screenshot looks custom which forum and site owners are encouraged to do. Customizing communities is super fun.

The default styling should be refreshed, or a new template pack could be introduced. Either way, it would be nice to have things be a bit prettier.

[John James Jacoby]

In your category and forum tree, which areas is freshness not updated correctly? Can you repeat the problem 100% of the time? If so, what are the steps to replicate? (For example, that problem isn’t happening here on bbPress.org, so we need to figure out why not.)

[tapiohuuhaa]

IMO small icons among text looks very bad. IMO it would be better, if icons are on left like in XenForo forus.

See
https://www.sanaristikkofoorumi.net/wordpress/2019-11-16-13-40-47-www-sanaristikkofoorumi-net-58b4f9888eb8/

On the right side is a sidebar, where small icon is on the left like here in the freshness list ( I just don’t like that the position is not always the same.

It would be nice, if bbPress fourums could look as default more professional.

[Milan Petrovic]

I think this is custom built widget for the forums. My plugin GD bbPress Toolbox Pro adds similar widget: https://plugins.dev4press.com/gd-bbpress-toolbox/.

[thomei]

Hello

I try to change the font-family in the frontend visual editor of bbpress.

I’m able to style the buttons and the frame around the editor. But since the content is in a iframe, I’m not able to style it with normal css. How to style the content of this inframe? Where can I style #tinymce.

The backend editor styling is working with editor-style.css.

In tried the following: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/styling-the-visual-editor/ Not working.

Any idea?

[cantoostinato8989]

Hello,

I’m interested, which widget are you using on this web-site on the page – https://bbpress.org/forums/? Title – Forums and only 2 columns – Forum and Posts.

Widjet in left top corner. Only list of Forums and quantity of posts.

Thank you.

[cassel]

Trying to figure out what has happened.
I know I have updated a handful of other plugins after upgrading to 2.6.1 so I deactivated all the plugins that I had upgraded and nothing changed.

What I find strange is that the section called “Showroom” does show the topics inside on the forum index but not the Lobby or the Let’s talk section, so it would not be something affecting all the forums/topics like a plugin conflict.

I have BuddyPress and bbpress style pack active, but even if I deactivate them, those topics still don’t show on the index page.

What else should I look into as POSSIBLE culprit?

[Chris Taylor]

I don’t believe it’s another plugin changing this, as it was working before the bbPress update.

The “site_name” thing was me obfuscating my database name, sorry if it confused matters. Thanks.

[me2brett]

I’m currently having this issue on one of my forum. I’m an administrator. I can’t type a reply in Visual, but I can type in the Text tab. Running bbPress 2.6.1 and WordPress 5.2.4 (bbPress updated automatically but the sysadmin has to get involved to update WP)

[Chris Taylor]

I upgraded to 2.6.1 and my topic replies are not being displayed. Debug toolbar shows that there are two database errors being thrown, both like this:

SELECT COUNT(wp_posts.ID)
FROM wp_posts FORCE INDEX (PRIMARY, post_parent)
LEFT JOIN wp_postmeta ON wp_postmeta.post_id = wp_posts.ID AND wp_postmeta.meta_key = '_bbp_reply_to'
WHERE 1=1 AND (wp_posts.ID = 76 OR wp_posts.post_parent = 76)
AND wp_posts.post_type IN ('topic', 'reply')
AND wp_postmeta.meta_key IS NULL
AND (wp_posts.post_status = 'publish')
ORDER BY wp_posts.post_date ASC

Table 'site_name.wp_posts' doesn't exist

The list of forums and topics works fine.

Like many WordPress installations I have a custom prefix for my database tables (“wp_****_”) and it appears that bbPress 2.6.1 is using that for some queries and not others.

[Danishsard]

Hardly any other forums have anything like that in their structures, only bbpress has something like this exposed