[mithrandir]

PS. to answer your original question, a plugin does not exist for this purpose, as what you are trying to achieve is a custom built solution. Any plugins that exist are for more general purpose and commonly used bbPress styling patterns.

[mithrandir]

This is not very difficult to achieve, and does not require any plugins. A similar look is possible with modifying the bbPress template files, and some custom CSS styling. Although it depends on your experience with HTML,CSS and a bit of knowledge about PHP and how WordPress templates work.

To find the location of the bbPress template files navigate to:
‘wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bppress/’
Here you will find various template files which serve various purposes.
for eg. loop-topics.php is the template file for the topics ( like in the kleo theme ).

You should not modify the original files.
Instead create a folder named bbPress in your theme root folder (or child theme root folder)
ie. ‘wp-content/themes/YOUR-THEME/bbpress/’
Any changes you make in this newly created folder will be given priority over the originals.

Copy any files you wish to modify from the original location into this folder.
This way updates to bbPress wont overwrite any files you have modified and your changes wont be lost.

The avatars you see, can be selected as an option in the WordPress dashboard.
Navigate to Dashboard> Settings > Discussion –> Default Avatar
Here you will have the option to choose from:

• Mystery Person
• Blank
• Gravatar Logo
• Identicon (Generated)
• Wavatar (Generated)
• MonsterID (Generated)
• Retro (Generated)

The (Generated) avatars are the ones to choose from.

If you are willing to invest some time ( since without fluency in the aforementioned skills, it could take a little bit of trial and error), I could help you in achieving this.

It is a little late in the night at the moment(in my country), ill post back tomorrow to get the gears rolling with some examples.

[durvilchat]

Hello please how to create the new post Link on bbpress thanks?

[mithrandir]

Not sure why its not working, seems to work on my end.

I believe the cause of the issue is the wordpress theme your website is using.
The best solution would be to contact the authors of the theme WPZOOM, and im sure they can find a quick solution.

If not, you could try adding the CSS once more, the following should work:

#bbpress-forums div.bbp-topic-content p a, #bbpress-forums div.bbp-reply-content p a{
	background: none;
	color: black !important;
        position:relative !important;
 	display:inline-block !important;
        visibility: visible !important;
}

In truth it is difficult to address any styling issues without being able to see the website, if you can not get in touch with the authors of the theme I could try my best to find a solution.

[janallsopp]

Thanks @mithrandir786 there are no plugins to alter the appearance of bbPress. And the CSS didn’t work. What else can I try? I don’t want to change the colour using code as none of our participants would be able to do that. Unless there is a visual editor?

Thanks,
Jan

[slanglois]

I’m trying to use Post Via Mail so that forum users can reply to forum posts directly from their email. I’ve had a rough time getting it set up with Postmark (required in order for Post Via Mail to work) and can’t get it to work properly. Any reply from email does not get posted to the forum. Any thoughts?

WordPress 4.8.2 running GeneratePress theme
bbPress Post Via Mail Version 1.2.8
http://www.belfastareahomeschoolresourcecenter.com

Thank you!

[Gunilla]

I have a multisite wp installation (4.8.2) with bbPress forum (2.6-rc-3) and Akismet activated. Only logged in members are allowed to write in forum. One of our members is of unknown reason blacklisted and we have to approve his posts every time. Is there any way to get him whitelisted?

[Kristian Yngve]

@media only screen and (max-width: 480px){
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-forum-author,
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-topic-author,
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-reply-author {
position: relative;
}
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-reply-author img.avatar{
position: relative;
display: block;
}
}

[mithrandir]

Appears to be a css issue, are you using any plugins to modify the appearance of bbPress ?

The following css should fix this

.bbp-body .hentry p a{
	color:#3f3f3f !important;
	
}

you could change the color for the link to one of your preference by modifying the color property.

If you are using wordpress version 4.7 and above, To add the css, in the WordPress dashboard navigate to:
Appearance>customize>Additional css

copy and paste the code and save changes.

[janallsopp]

Hi. I’m using bbpress 2.5.14 and bbp private groups 3.5.9. The theme is EduPress by WPZOOM. The site is private so I can’t share.

Links aren’t showing in forum posts. They might be white because you can locate them with the cursor. See screenshots.

[rogerlridge]

@johnjamesjacoby Thanks, would you be able to help me with any of my other issues? I have posted them and have gotten no replies in days and I seriously need help with them asap.

Here are the links to the topics:

Display # of deleted replies

First & Last Pagination Button

Thank you

[MakarkinPRO]

Found another plugin

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: .html in url
Plugin URI: http://www.witsolution.in/
Description: Adds .html to pages.
Author: witsolution
Version: 1.0
Author URI: http://www.witsolution.in/
*/

add_action('init', 'witsolution_page_permalink', -1);
register_activation_hook(__FILE__, 'witsolution_active');
register_deactivation_hook(__FILE__, 'witsolution_deactive');

function witsolution_page_permalink() {
	global $wp_rewrite;
 if ( !strpos($wp_rewrite->get_page_permastruct(), '.html')){
		$wp_rewrite->page_structure = $wp_rewrite->page_structure . '.html';
 }
}
add_filter('user_trailingslashit', 'witsolution_page_slash',66,2);
function witsolution_page_slash($string, $type){
   global $wp_rewrite;
	if ($wp_rewrite->using_permalinks() && $wp_rewrite->use_trailing_slashes==true && $type == 'page'){
		return untrailingslashit($string);
  }else{
   return $string;
  }
}

function witsolution_active() {
	global $wp_rewrite;
	if ( !strpos($wp_rewrite->get_page_permastruct(), '.html')){
		$wp_rewrite->page_structure = $wp_rewrite->page_structure . '.html';
 }
  $wp_rewrite->flush_rules();
}	
	function witsolution_deactive() {
		global $wp_rewrite;
		$wp_rewrite->page_structure = str_replace(".html","",$wp_rewrite->page_structure);
		$wp_rewrite->flush_rules();
	}
?>

for posts and pages its working fine. How to make it work for topic and forums for BbPRESS?

[Kristian Yngve]

I am disallowed to continue relying at this time in:

Device Display Compatibility

[mithrandir]

@robin-w, @johnjamesjacoby

Thankyou very much for replying,

I am currently working on a solution, That was my initial observation aswell, regarding hard coded values. Users will be able to opt-in or opt-out by submitting a checkbox input field. I was hoping I could post back soon, once I had accomplished a (not so embarrassing) solution.

Thanking you again for your help, and for all your exceptionally amazing work with bbPress.

[mithrandir]

Yes that would be the best solution, depending on their support for theme customization. I have extracted(just for testing purposes) the CSS from there live demo site for ‘discoverypro’, and can confirm it is the cause of the bbPress styling issues.

Users names from under their profile pictures trail off the right side of the screens

fix:

.bbp-body .bbp-topic-meta .bbp-author-name{
	display:block;
}

when reading posts and replies within topics, all the users profile pics squash themselves all together at the top left hand-side of the screen.

*I cannot recreate this issue as it is specific to your website, however if you could provide a link to your forums/website it would be possible to fix the issue.

[yoshimitsu1234]

Hi,
Is there any way to convert all my bbpress topics and replied to WordPress posts and comments respectively
I have 1000 topics and I want to convert them with a plugin.
I installed this plugin https://github.com/jmdodd/bbpress-topic-post-converter but the option to convert does not come.
Please help.

[mithrandir]

I have had this wp theme for 3 years

I cant seem to see the name of the theme in your last reply, could you please include it again and ill have a look.

Also just wondering, If you open the bbpress dot org support forums does a similar alignment problem exist?

[Kristian Yngve]

Sure, here’s all that info:

I am using the very latest WordPress, I updated recently but unaware if the problem existed beforehand. I have had this wp theme for 3 years and I remember BBpress working well when I first installed it just over 2 years ago.

The only affected area is only within topic at the point of conversation threads. The issue happens when the screen is at iPhone6+ size and smaller when viewed on the portrait side.

All avatars shift to the top left-hand side of screen together as they all sit on top of each other. I have viewed this on the chrome and safari browser.

Any ideas upon what I can do to overcome this?

[mithrandir]

If you could provide more information regarding which WordPress theme you are using and any more specific areas in detail that are causing issues I could try my best to help out.

Many themes include there own styling which can interfere with bbPress styling, so it is best to take that into consideration before modifying the CSS.

As far as my experience goes, bbPress provides bare minimal styling, Personally I find this to be advantageous, in the case of adding your own styles to match your theme, one does not have to override too many complex styling rules. yet, I agree there is still room for improvement with default bbPress responsive styling.

[Kristian Yngve]

I’ve noticed there are some issues when the forums are displayed on handsets.

Users names from under their profile pictures trail off the right side of the screens, and worse still, when reading posts and replies within topics, all the users profile pics squash themselves all together at the top left hand-side of the screen.

** Note that if I rotate my handset to the landscape side, it all works great and no issues at all with the profile pictures going back to the normal places…

Everything else works great, just this little incompatibility. Any of you guys can suggest anything like a CSS rule that only targets this issue with the BBPress plugin to fix this?

Many many thanks all.

[domifo]

last version of WordPress 4.8 2 and bbpress 2.5.14

I have just installed bbpress on our website http://www.ceipa.eu

I have some question:

– how to remove the field “WEB” for “Anonymous” (guest users without account) ?
I found a similar question in other topic but this question (posted more than 5 months ago) did not receive any answer

– is a catalog or list of those Anonymous users existing ? not only for the users which have replied in a topic (or created one) but also for those who have placed a comment and/or answered to a comment on a post

– which is the best plug-in for “register” or “subscriber” to install to avoid the intervention of the admin (present methodology applied for members untel now) – our site was build with a pro version of the theme “Exibit”

many thanks in advance for your answers

[Kristian Yngve]

I’ve noticed there are some issues when the forums are displayed on handsets.

Users names from under their profile pictures trail off the right side of the screens, and worse still, when reading posts and replies within topics, all the users profile pics squash themselves all together at the top left hand-side of the screen.

** Note that if I rotate my handset to the landscape side, it all works great and no issues at all with the profile pictures going back to the normal places…

Everything else works great, just this little incompatibility. Any of you guys can suggest anything like a CSS rule that only targets this issue with the BBPress plugin to fix this?

Many many thanks all.

[John James Jacoby]

We’ve changed the email address gathering & sending methods in bbPress 2.6 to try and accommodate bigger sets of users. You could try upgrading your forums to the latest 2.6 release candidate, and see if it makes a difference.

[richard.miller]

I was able to add a graphic that appears on every Forum page (“Secret Star Society), and I’d like to add the same one (with link back to the Forum home page) to User Profile pages.

I assume I have to edit a template, but can’t figure out which one!

http://fluentself.com/forums
WP 4.8.2
BBPress 2.5.13

[robbinwwok]

WP version: 4.8.2
bbPress version: 2.5.14
Website: courses.wisdomwayofknowing.org

Even working with an experienced developer, we are at a dead-end with trying to get working a function essential to our online courses (without ditching all of the plug-ins and having a platform built from the ground-up), that has to do with group registration of group leaders without the leaders having to pay for all of the seats for their students; those teachers (or admin) being able to set them up on the back-end as a group leader and then be able to assign anyone to them as a group leader; and the group leader/admin having the ability to set up private forums for each group leaders when they need a private forum. And, finally, that this same group leader will be able to have several ongoing but separate groups of students who will be taking the course with him/her.

I’ve also sent this query as a support ticket to WisdmLabs (the group registration plug-in we purchased that, at this point, doesn’t have the features we need), and LearnDash as the course platform.

What we need from this query: any possible solutions or help pinpointing where we need to look next. Any help/ideas you can provide will be GREATly appreciated. And time is important as we’ve already had queries for group registrations with the ability to host private forum discussions and we can’t help them until this issue is solved.

Here’s a list of functions/features we need and the issues we’ve encountered.
• Group leaders to be able to register singly (we want to offer the course to leaders at no cost or low cost), and then when their students register, to be able to assign the students to them as a group leader.
• Group leader to have the ability to create and moderate private discussion forums with their students. (They would have access to the general course forums that are visible to anyone who has registered for the course, but the leader, at his/her discretion, could create a private forum area for only those registered students whom they “allow” in.)
• Students to be able to register for a course as a single user (we can offer these users, who have indicated who their group leader is, a coupon code provided to the group leader to share with the students who will be taking the course with them). Currently, there is no way on the back-end to assign students who register singly to a particular group leader. And, there is no way currently for that group leader to set up private forums for their students.

The way the current group registration plug-in works we have installed (by WisdmLabs), the group leader has to purchase all of the “seats” both for themselves and for any student they want to register. Yet, NONE of the teachers who are currently interested in our first course are in a position to purchase on behalf of their students.

How can we allow teachers/group leaders to:
• register as any other single user would (or have a portal for this because someone has created a plug-in!)
• have us set up (or the group leader set up) that leader as a course group leader on the back-end
assign students who have registered using a distinctive coupon to a group leader
• allow group leaders (or admins) to create a private course forum for any group that they are leading?

What are we missing? Many thanks for any insight you can provide!

Robbin Whittington
robbin@wisdomwayofknowing.org