[fantomx90]

Hello,

I am using the bbPress forums currently, and whenever we create a topic it is this grayed out color… We did find a custom CSS code to use, and it DOES work for Closed topics, but all others it still stays grayed out. What can we do to fix this?

Also, whenever someone is typing a reply it still displays in this awful gray color. How would I change the default color of the text being used in our forum?

(For reference, here is the code we used for black Closed topics:)
#bbpress-forums .status-closed,
#bbpress-forums .status-closed a {
color: #000 !important;
}

(And yes, we did try just switching closed with open in the coding lol.)

Thank you.

[John James Jacoby]

You may want to try the latest 2.6 release candidate instead:

Download

It includes a few changes to how stickies are queried, and may fix this problem for you.

[John James Jacoby]

You won’t get much advice about other forum software in these forums, as these forums are for bbPress (not against it.)

The support in these forums is all volunteer based. No one gets paid to be around to help. Everyone is passionate, but no one is obligated. We have great moderators that keep things clean, but your experience is not uncommon – it helps to be your own site admin.

I see you’ve created 6 topics here, 1 of them was asking for some code help, and 2 of them (including this one) are general gripes with (not) getting things working how you’d like them to without anything really to say back?

bbPress is intentionally simple forum software. It’s opinionated but flexible, so you get a pretty basic experience out of the box, but it requires a bit of determination to customize it to do exactly what you want it to.

You’re right that most hosting providers are generally disinterested in helping with websites themselves; they’re in the business of making sure websites work, so they’re not spending much time deep into how plugins and themes look or feel or work with one another. They’ll probably redirect you back here for most bbPress questions.

If you’re the only person running your community, and you’re unable to keep things working on your own, I can understand why you feel the way you do. I can tell you that bbPress.org runs an unmodified version of bbPress that has required very little ongoing maintenance. All we’ve done here is create a WordPress theme to make things feel a little bit more like a forum than a blog. Together with WordPress.org we do have 11 million user accounts and a high volume of concurrent users across multiple different forums.

It sounds like your forums might be more active than ours here, but it’s hard to know exactly what glitches and problems you’re having, and most things aren’t as easy as coding a snippet for you and having you drop it in someplace.

I’m sorry that your experience with bbPress hasn’t been pleasant. I’m not sure what more to say, other than if you keep with it and keep learning, it is a very capable and fun piece of software that helps hundreds of thousands of communities run really smoothly. Hopefully that continues to include yours!

[John James Jacoby]

The breadcrumbs are automatically generated based on the page or archive hierarchy.

Try: Admin > Settings > Forums

Forum Root: community/fora
Forum Prefix: Unchecked

Then for all of the Single Slugs, prefix them with community/.

You could also try creating a WordPress Page hierarchy that has “community” as the first slug and “fora” as the second child page, then use a bbPress shortcode in the content of that page.

[John James Jacoby]

bbPress.org uses shortcodes on a few archive pages, but in a way where the pagination links already naturally match the permalink & slug structure.

Can you reply and include an anonymized version of the pagination structure that you’re seeing?

[Diego Brasileiro]

Hi! I have had issues with the bbpress sidebar, I put the plugin that allows the sidebar on the forum page, bbPress WP Tweaks. But even then nothing happens, the sidebar does not appear for user login. I was very excited to use the plugin, but I can’t. Thinking of a solution, I went to support my theme, GridLove Theme, but nothing happened either. They told me to contact you. My site is Seguromoto.org.

The page I use bbpress is safetyomoto.org/forum.

Please help me!

[The Stash House]

Hi Robin,

I have the same issue as 9march using this code in my functions.php :

/**
 * BBPress : add new role with custom capabilities
 * https://codex.bbpress.org/custom-capabilities/
 */

//code to add "client" role

function add_new_roles( $bbp_roles )
{
    /* Add a role called tutor */
    $bbp_roles['bbp_client'] = array(
        'name' => 'Client',
        'capabilities' => custom_capabilities( 'bbp_client' )
    );

    return $bbp_roles;
}
add_filter( 'bbp_get_dynamic_roles', 'add_new_roles', 1 );

function add_role_caps_filter( $caps, $role )
{
    /* Only filter for roles we are interested in! */
    if( $role == 'bbp_client' )
        $caps = custom_capabilities( $role );

    return $caps;
}
add_filter( 'bbp_get_caps_for_role', 'add_role_caps_filter', 10, 2 );

function custom_capabilities( $role )
{
    switch ( $role )
    {

        /* Capabilities for 'client' role */
        case 'bbp_client':
            return array(
                // Primary caps
                'spectate'              => true,
                'participate'           => true,
                'moderate'              => false,
                'throttle'              => false,
                'view_trash'            => false,

                // Forum caps
                'publish_forums'        => false,
                'edit_forums'           => false,
                'edit_others_forums'    => false,
                'delete_forums'         => false,
                'delete_others_forums'  => false,
                'read_private_forums'   => true,
                'read_hidden_forums'    => false,

                // Topic caps
                'publish_topics'        => false,
                'edit_topics'           => false,
                'edit_others_topics'    => false,
                'delete_topics'         => false,
                'delete_others_topics'  => false,
                'read_private_topics'   => true,

                // Reply caps
                'publish_replies'       => true,
                'edit_replies'          => true,
                'edit_others_replies'   => false,
                'delete_replies'        => false,
                'delete_others_replies' => false,
                'read_private_replies'  => true,

                // Topic tag caps
                'manage_topic_tags'     => false,
                'edit_topic_tags'       => false,
                'delete_topic_tags'     => false,
                'assign_topic_tags'     => true,
            );

            break;

        default :
            return $role;
    }
}

always ending with “-No roles for this forums-” like the new role for the newly registered user was not saved.

Regards,

David

[Robin W]

only a free version of bbpress, but many addon plugins that let you customise

[Robin W]

bbpress just uses WordPress registration, so anything that does WordPress registration will work fine, including many free custom add-on plugins

you can also use the bbpress registration shortcode on a page

Shortcodes

[stofilter]

Hello bbPress support,

I’d like to use a custom register page, is this available in the free version?

Also, are there any paid versions for bbpress? if so, what are the differences between the free and paid version?

Thanks

[Robin W]

I suspect that this function is ‘overwriting’ a ‘post__in’ function. WP_query can have a post__in OR a post__not_in, not both, so setting post__not_in may take out a post__in set within bbpress.

Just a guess, but would make sense. You fix looks sensible, and thanks for posting

[stuartataltitude]

I tracked the problem down to the WP Members plugin function do_hide_posts. This calls
$query->set( ‘post__not_in’, **array of hidden post ids** ). The intention (I think) is just to filter out hidden posts but for some reason this call (which only contains a list of hidden page Ids – not any bbpress topic or reply ids) causes all topic and reply ids to be stripped from the query’s Results.

For the record (in case others have the same problem), I have now added the following to my functions.php in my child theme…

add_action( ‘wpmem_after_init’ , ‘kmc_wpmem_after_init’);
function kmc_wpmem_after_init() {
global $
remove_action( ‘pre_get_posts’, array( $wpmem, ‘do_hide_posts’ ) );
add_action( ‘pre_get_posts’, ‘kmc_hide_posts’ );
}
function kmc_hide_posts( $query ) {
global $wpmem;
$index = 0;
$hidden = array();
$hidden_posts = $wpmem->get_hidden_posts();
// Remove hidden pages from the list of posts to be ignored
foreach($hidden_posts as $post_id){
$post = get_post($post_id);
$postType = get_post_type_object(get_post_type($post));
if ($postType->labels->singular_name != “Page”) {
$hidden[$index] = $post_id;
$index++;
}
}
if ( ! empty( $hidden ) ) {
$query->set( ‘post__not_in’, $hidden );
}
return $query;
}

I still don’t understand why $query->set( ‘post__not_in’, **an array of 15 hidden page ids**) causes all topics and replies to be stripped from the output, but the above change solves my problem for now.

[armyadarkness]

I built a website and forum nearly a year ago, and both get moderate to heavy traffic… However, due to numerous glitches and the lack of platform support, I’ve lost 50% of my traffic and subscribers… And it’s getting worse by the day.

Has anyone found a reliable source for resolving technical issues or an alternative platform?

I’ll be due to renew all of my premier Word Press packages in 2 months, but We’ve started looking for alternative platforms to migrate to, because it seems easier than getting support for WP and bbPress.

My WP plan is the best available and it includes support, but the technicians really don’t seem to care much about helping, and the ones that do, wind up not being able to.

If I can’t fix the little glitches that have been haunting me for a year, I don’t see any point in renewing.

[CM_DK]

Hi,

I’m trying to make my url structure like this:

xx.com/community/forum/forumtitle

That worked, but the title in my breadcrumbs is:

fora/forum

It should be:

community/fora

How can I make this happen?

_______________________________________________

Im on W version: 5.2.2

Im on BBpress version: 2.6-rc-7

[ginaginagina]

I thought this would naturally happen as a super sticky topic. Basically, I want the same message to show up at the top of each forum so that members see it before they start posting (sort of like a “Read this before you get started” pinned topic). However, as soon as I started creating other sub-forums and topics, it got pushed to the bottom of the page, which obviously means a lot of people will miss it entirely.

How do you get it to stay at the top of each forum as a reminder?

My forums are all private, so you wouldn’t be able to see it (hence, I’m not adding a URL), but I am including a screenshot.

Wordpress version: 5.2.2
bbPress version: 2.5.14
Screenshot: https://share.getcloudapp.com/eDuoLJGy

Unfortunately, I can’t test a different theme; I just tried in staging to do that and the site broke completely, so I don’t want to test in my live site. However, this doesn’t seem like a theme issue.

[cosmicnexus]

The header on the bbPress forum list and topics pages has an appropriate black background with white text in Chrome for large screens. However, in Firefox and Edge and also even in Chrome on mobile, the background is light grey with white text and of course text is hard to read.

I’ve tried targeting this with css but none of the selectors I’ve tried have worked. If anyone can supply a selector that will work I’d be mighty grateful!

The forum page is on a dev site I’m working on here:

https://globalhealing3.wpengine.com/ghe-forums/

[hydrogriff]

For the lead topic, I am using this to show a human readable date. Although the date for the <time> tag is displayed correctly, the actual text part of the date (where it is humanized) is off by 1 year.

This is the whole link code – <a href="<?php bbp_topic_permalink(); ?>" class="bbp-topic-permalink"><span class="bbp-topic-post-date"><time datetime="<?php bbp_topic_post_date();?>" title = "<?php echo bbp_topic_post_date();?>"><?php bbp_topic_post_date(0, true); ?></time></span></a>

The <?php bbp_topic_post_date(0, true); ?> part is off by 1 year but only for a few posts. The reply dates suffer the same fate. They are also off by 1 year – again for only a few posts.

I have tried it with plugins deactivated + twenty seventeen theme. Still the same. I have also tried doing all the forum repair tool items. Nothing changed.

[rickmunroe17]

I am using Divi theme version 3.2.2.5 and the latest version of the BBPress wordpress plugin.

Trying to have a full width forum without the sidebar.

Cannot figure out how to hide the sidebar in both desktop and mobile.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[favog]

I’m really confused as to what would have started to generate this error. BBPress has been running on this site for the last couple of years. The only thing I know that changed is the version of PHP to 7.3.7. WP version is 5.2.2

PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ”bbpress” (T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING), expecting ‘)’ in /home/xxxxxxx/public_html/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/loop-replies.php on line 18

I am a programmer, but I do very little PHP, so any suggestions would help.

Thanks!

[Robin W]

As the ‘about’ page says ‘We’re keeping things as small and light as possible while still allowing for great add-on features through WordPress’s extensive plugin system.’

so bbpress will be maintained, but their will not be lots of features added – many are provided by others eg

Private groups This Plugin creates unlimited private forum groups
bbp style pack Lets you style bbpress, and add display features
bbp topic count Adds any combination of topics, replies and totals under the authors avatar in topics and replies
bbp profile information Adds up to 4 fields to the bbp user profile and displays any combination of these under the authors avatar in topics and replies
bbp user ranking Lets you add ranking and badges to topics and replies and profiles
bbP Toolkit Swiss knife tweaking and hacking Toolkit for bbPress. Set global options and style your forums.
bbpress sort topics/replies Sort topic replies in ascending or descending order for each bbPress Topic. You can choose to save setting for each topic, for the whole Forum or set globally for every Topic
bbPress Genesis Extend Provides basic compatibility with bbPress and the Genesis Framework with a few extra goodies
bbPress – Moderation Tools Add the ability to moderate and approve new topics and replies in bbPress
bbP Signature This plugin adds user signature support to bbPress
bbPress2 BBCode This plugin adds support for popular bbcode forum code to posts, comments, pages, bbpress forums and buddypress activity and group forums.
GD bbPress Attachments Implements attachments upload to the topics and replies in bbPress plugin through media library and adds additional forum based controls.
bbPress Go To First Unread Post Allows registered bbPress users to quickly jump to the first unread post in a topic
bbPress Topics for Posts Replace the comments on your WordPress blog posts with topics from an integrated bbPress install
Inline Image Upload for BBPress Upload inline images to BBPress forum topics and replies.
bbpress Simple Advert Units Insert advert units (such as adsense or Amazon widgets) into your bbpress forum.
bbPress – Private Replies A simple plugin to allow your bbPress users to mark their replies as private.
bbPress Messages bbPress Messages – User Private Messages with notifications, widgets and media with no BuddyPress needed.
bbP Move Topics Move topics from one forum to another, convert post/comments into topic/replies in the same site.
bbp user online status A WordPress plugin to show user online/offline statuses in bbpress topics and replies
bbp-valoration Adds thumbsup, visits and replies count to topics on bbpress, display results on a widget.
BBP Auto-Close Topics BBP Auto-Close Topics will automatically close bbPress topics after an admin-specified time period.
bbResolutions bbResolutions, will let you set topic resolutions (Resolved, Not resolved and Not a question).
Inline Image Upload for BBPress Upload inline images to BBPress forum topics and replies
bbPress Advanced Statistics Achieve phpBB / vBulletin-esque statistics for your bbPress Forum
bbPress Custom Email Notifications Modify subscription emails sent to users
Canned Replies Let’s moderators and keymasters create standard replies and use these in responses
BBP Improvements for yoast This is a very simple but very helpful tool to help yoast wordpress seo support bbpress better.
bbPress GDPR bbPress GDPR plugin extends new Data Export & Data Erasure feature bundled with WordPress 4.9.6 Release.
AsynCRONous bbPress Subscriptions Amends how bbpress sends emails

This may or may not suit what you require

[thomaslindvig]

I have the prefix /forum set, and I want my forum URLs to be full path URLs, like this:
example.org/forum/MainCategory/ChildCategory/ChildChildCategory/the-topic

An example could be this topic URL:
cars.com/forum/Europe/VW/Golf/how-to-repair-the-steering-wheel

And of course the topics’ forum URL should be
example.org/forum/MainCategory/ChildCategory/ChildChildCategory/

Right now my topics are
example.org/forum/topic/the-topic

Website: http://tf210619.tantraforum.dk
Wordpress: 5.2.2
Bbpress: 2.5.14

[theatereleven]

I typically use Discourse for my forums, but would like to set one up in WordPress directly. I know BBPress has stood the test of time and is hard core WordPress, used by people like Elliot for AdvancedCustomFields support.

But is development planned for the future? I just don’t want to sink a lot of time into something that isn’t going to be supported. I’d gladly pay for BBPress… Whatever. Just want to know there’s a future.

For example. in this box I can’t add an image via a simple paste in. That’s a big deal for support forums where screenshots are used.

Thanks anyone for advice on this!

[Robin W]

yep, that’s a wordpress standard which bbpress also obeys- you can’t change your own privileges !!

so create a temporary admin account with administrator privilege, and log in as that temporary account – then go into

dashboard>users>edit users>’your old account name’ and edit, and near the bottom you will see that you can change yourself to keymaster.

Once saved, you can then delete the temporary admin account

🙂

[rock714]

http://www.t-34.com
bbPress Version 2.5.14
WordPress 4.8.9 running Sahifa theme.

I just recently took over admin and cleanup of the above site. My role is Administrator, Participant in WP. I am not able to delete some forums that have aged quite a bit and have no activity. When I try to access the forums for administrative cleanup I get the following message:

“Sorry, you are not allowed to edit posts in this post type.”

I noted that the previous admin has Administrator, Keymaster role. I have searched through every menu, plugin and widget possible but the option of Keymaster does not seem to exist anywhere so I cannot promote myself to Keymaster.

I have tried to use the change forum role but the only options are Moderator, Participant, Spectator and Blocked. I also created a new user with Administrator role, then edited the user but the only options under forum role are Moderator, Participant, Spectator and Blocked.

Kinda stuck here. Any suggestions?

[Pascal Casier]

Goede morgen,

First of all, if bbPress is still at 2.1 then it might be time to upgrade, especially if you are running WP 5.2.2

For your specific question, logging in or out to bbPress is in fact logging in and out of WordPress. So any tool that you find to log in and out of WordPress would do the trick.

If you have the top ‘admin bar’, then just go to your name and hit ‘Log out’. If you don’t have that, then you could add anywhere a link to http://webvoorbeeld.websitezien.nl/wp-login.php?action=logout

Mvg,
Pascal.