[Robin W]

@studentfilmmakers As a start try using this plugin to style your bbpress.

bbp style pack

then come back with any further queries

[StudentFilmmakers]

I am frustrated with the lack of layout and theme availability for the bbpress. Yes, there are a hundred thousand themes you can use it with but a lot of them are only visually pleasing and not really made for functionality. What really bothers me is the use of the grey text that looks great aesthetically but it is not for reading. I am sure there is a way I can change the grey text and make the nice background show up after the post. I just have to find the person who can tell me where to edit this in the theme or style sheet. Any help is greatly appreciated.

I like the way this forums looks. Is there a link I can download the them at. The link above is not in my face understandable for me. Here is it https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sites/trunk/buddypress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes
What can I do to make this work as a theme. The steps to make this happen would be appreciated greatly. Have a great day and God bless.

[neodid]

Hello,

I have always install bbPress WordPress but we have never use it.
Since then, we have changed WordPress version and kept the forum updated.
now we need to use bbforum but in admin menu, bb doesn’t appear.

have you an idear to help me ?

thank’s a lot.

Wordpress 4.9.4
BB 4.5.14

[Kevin Mamaqi Kapllani]

Hello,

I am trying to create private topics with BBpress so it will be only visible between the creator and the administrators. Is it possible? If it is, where are the options to set it up?

Thanks and kind regards,

Kevin.

[ventres]

Hello!
BbPress 2.5.14 WordPress 4.9.4
I define the language of the user’s browser in the php template.
And I want to change the bbpress (.mo) translation languages depending on the browser language.
How can i do this?

[djhorne]

My site works great on desktop http://www.getswing.co.uk

However I cannot login into to bbpress via mobile

I can:
registering via mobile
Login into account via desktop (account made on mobile)

I cannot:
Login to account via mobile – get ‘Blocked’ message on blank white screen

I have Tested:
Repairing Forums and bbpress using tool
Asked others to test – all have the same issue
Tried different themes
Deactivated all other plugins

Any help would be appreacited

[dheerajsharma14]

Hi all,

have gone through numerous posts on the issues of importing phpbb to bbpress. I have been using the latest RC version of bbpress. I am using latest version of WP and phpbb 3.0.11

I have tried cleaning, repairing, resetting and trying again. Nothing works. It shows everything as 0 items to import, no forum, no topics. Only it imports replies without anything else.

Any help will be appreciated. I really want to move away from phpbb forum 🙁

[Robin W]

these are the files you are after

bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/form-topic.php and
bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/form-reply.php

[hanza3]

I’m looking to do something relatively simple – move the tags in a single topic post up under the title, rather than under the search bar – their default position.

I’ve been going through to files to try and figure out where this code would be but since there are so many files in default > bbpress I was hoping to get some direction on where to find the relevant code.

Thanks!

[Cars10]

When you enter a forum, a list of Topics is shown, but the table header says “Forum” instead of “Topics”. I have checked the source code and _e(“Forum”, “bbPress”) is used, and probably elsewhere as well.
There does not seem to be a way to properly rename each label in bbPress.

1. I think the label is wrong as we list Topics and not Fora
2. Could bbPress not facilitate to rename more labels? Our customer even wants the label to be CATEGORIES rather than even Topics.

I know, I could add a JS per page plugin and do a jQuery to renbame, but that ius of course the LAST resort – bad design.

Thanks for any hints to achieve or a fix on bbPress (e.g. adding a filter for certain such areas)

Carsten

[zcoin]

I think I can set triggers on the wp_posts table. The problem is the concept of parent_post.

If you have the structure of posts:

A
B – C
– D
E

In wp_posts, A is considered the parent_post and B,C,D and E are considered replies.

However, in bbpress, I am following a different concept forum-like, where B is considered the parent of C and D.

This piece of info is not in the DB. How can I add a column in wp_posts where I keep the “real” parent of each post?

[zcoin]

I am struggling to implement a plugin / functionality to catch the likes and replies from a source user (giving the like/reply) and notify the destination user (the author of the post) in bbpress, the forum plugin from wordpress.

Are you aware of existing projects implementing this functionality in bbpress (even partially) ?

Which mechanisms / plugins are better to use to trigger actions in the frontend in this case? On the other hand, is it a better approach to put triggers on the database column?

I am more analyzing the database…it has good information, such as user id of the source user, post id. I am talking about the wp_posts table. However, the parent_post is the first post of the topic, so it is not the ierarhical parent post. I need somehow to identify the nested replies from the database, but I dont find the needed information there…

Thank you for your suggestions !

[Robin W]

you can never guarantee that every plugin will work with every other plugin or combination of plugins and settings.

suggest you :

Plugins

Deactivate all but bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

Themes

If plugins don’t pinpoint the problem, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentyfifteen, and see if this fixes.

Then come back

[l r]

hello
I am using events manager and members plugin. Installing BBPress makes the administrator lose events and other permissions while adding a keymaster role to the administrator

Can you help me understand what if anything in my set up could be wrong to let this happen.
How can I install without disturbing current user settings?
thanks!

[mauriziocrisanti]

I disactivate all plugins except BBpress… but nothing

[mauriziocrisanti]

I installed the plugin BBpress and created a forum and two discussions. when I click on the forum preview from WP the url shows my home page. I confirmed the permalinks settings but the problem still exists. What can I do? thank you

[fabioweb]

Hello! As you can see here string is not translated but into bbpress-it_IT.po is already translated.
This is a theme issue?
https://ibb.co/fePX0H
https://ibb.co/g3Wqnx

Best regards

[naseemib]

Hello,
i would like to know how to make my homepage as a forum. i mean when the user join my website he will directly see the forums. i dont want him to click the forum tab in menu and then join http://www.website.com/forum
like this website : https://www.utehub.com/

wordpres version : wordpress 4.9.4 , twent fifteen
bbpress version : 2.5.14

[kingofblingbling]

The site use wordpress.org and the theme is OceanWP. So now anybody can prove to use the bbpress plugin and see the screen that I was posted.

[erich199]

Hi @robin-w,

I managed to get this to work with this code
I needed a custom role and I also needed to reorder it in my legend. This code made it work

//BBpress Custom Roles // 
function add_role_caps_filter( $caps, $role )
{
    /* Only filter for roles we are interested in! */
    if( $role == 'bbp_lead' )
        $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 'tutor' role */
        case 'bbp_lead':
            return array(
                // Primary caps
                'spectate'              => true,
                'participate'           => true,
                'moderate'              => true,
                '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'    => true,
 
                // Topic caps
                'publish_topics'        => true,
                'edit_topics'           => true,
                'edit_others_topics'    => true,
                'delete_topics'         => true,
                'delete_others_topics'  => true,
                'read_private_topics'   => true,
 
                // Reply caps
                'publish_replies'       => true,
                'edit_replies'          => true,
                'edit_others_replies'   => true,
                'delete_replies'        => true,
                'delete_others_replies' => true,
                'read_private_replies'  => true,
 
                // Topic tag caps
                'manage_topic_tags'     => true,
                'edit_topic_tags'       => true,
                'delete_topic_tags'     => true,
                'assign_topic_tags'     => true,
            );
 
            break;
 
        default :
            return $role;
    }
}
// End BBpress Custom Roles //

//BBpress Rename Roles //
add_filter( 'bbp_get_dynamic_roles', 'ntwb_bbpress_custom_role_names' );
function ntwb_bbpress_custom_role_names() {
    return array(
		// Keymaster
		bbp_get_keymaster_role() => array(
		'name' => 'Administrator',
		'capabilities' => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_keymaster_role() )
		),
		'bbp_lead' => array(
        'name' => 'Community Lead',
        'capabilities' => custom_capabilities( 'bbp_lead' )
        ),
		// Moderator
		bbp_get_moderator_role() => array(
		'name' => 'Moderator',
		'capabilities' => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_moderator_role() )
		),
		// Participant
		bbp_get_participant_role() => array(
		'name' => 'Member',
		'capabilities' => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_participant_role() )
		),
		// Spectator
		bbp_get_spectator_role() => array(
		'name' => 'Spectator',
		'capabilities' => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_spectator_role() )
		),
		// Blocked
		bbp_get_blocked_role() => array(
		'name' => 'Blocked',
		'capabilities' => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_blocked_role() )
		)
	);
}
//BBpress Rename Roles End //

[cinsin]

Reply from Members plugin author:

bbPress roles are not editable and cannot be changed. They’re handled completely within bbPress. Members will only allow you to view uneditable roles and doesn’t itself change them.

[Robin W]

The 2nd function assumes that you only have the default roles.

Put this first and it should work ie

//BBpress Rename Roles //
     /* BBPress Renaming Roles */
    add_filter( 'bbp_get_dynamic_roles', 'ntwb_bbpress_custom_role_names' , 1);
    function ntwb_bbpress_custom_role_names() {
    return array(
    // Keymaster
    bbp_get_keymaster_role() => array(
    'name' => 'Administrator',
    'capabilities' => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_keymaster_role() )
    ),
    // Moderator
    bbp_get_moderator_role() => array(
    'name' => 'Moderator',
    'capabilities' => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_moderator_role() )
    ),
    // Participant
    bbp_get_participant_role() => array(
    'name' => 'Member',
    'capabilities' => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_participant_role() )
    ),
    // Spectator
    bbp_get_spectator_role() => array(
    'name' => 'Spectator',
    'capabilities' => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_spectator_role() )
    ),
    // Blocked
    bbp_get_blocked_role() => array(
    'name' => 'Blocked',
    'capabilities' => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_blocked_role() )
    ));}
//BBpress Rename Roles End //

//BBpress Custom Roles // 
function add_new_roles( $bbp_roles )
{
    /* Add a role called tutor */
    $bbp_roles['bbp_lead'] = array(
        'name' => 'Community Lead',
        'capabilities' => custom_capabilities( 'bbp_lead' )
        );
 
    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_lead' )
        $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 'tutor' role */
        case 'bbp_lead':
            return array(
                // Primary caps
                'spectate'              => true,
                'participate'           => true,
                'moderate'              => true,
                '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'    => true,
 
                // Topic caps
                'publish_topics'        => true,
                'edit_topics'           => true,
                'edit_others_topics'    => true,
                'delete_topics'         => true,
                'delete_others_topics'  => true,
                'read_private_topics'   => true,
 
                // Reply caps
                'publish_replies'       => true,
                'edit_replies'          => true,
                'edit_others_replies'   => true,
                'delete_replies'        => true,
                'delete_others_replies' => true,
                'read_private_replies'  => true,
 
                // Topic tag caps
                'manage_topic_tags'     => true,
                'edit_topic_tags'       => true,
                'delete_topic_tags'     => true,
                'assign_topic_tags'     => true,
            );
 
            break;
 
        default :
            return $role;
    }
}
// End BBpress Custom Roles //

[jelliott2014]

I am creating a forum for my club (about 60 members) containing a few forums and sub forums. I would like to have the content of all replies/topics that members create under eacb forum be displayed together. This would be greatly preferred from a user experience standpoint for a small forum.

I can get all topic headings to appear, but then can view only one topic at a time. I have seen sites with this layout, so I’m missing something obvious.

I am using bbPress 2.5.14 with WP 4.9.4. Also using bbPress style pack.

Thanks.

[kingofblingbling]

It’s under the title “Forum” in the bar/header; I think is to default for all but I can explain better if you dont understand.

[erich199]

Hi @robin-w,

For some odd reason it’s making two post entries in bbpress. It’s showing duplicate topics on a “Recent Topic” widget and the url’s are different. It’s strange. I can let you take a look at my website if you have time.

Thanks again for this, it really is great and helps me a lot.