[tweichart]

Hey guys,

I get a 500 error after the latest update:

AH01071: Got error 'PHP message: PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: [] operator not supported for strings in /var/www/vhosts/<url>/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/forums/functions.php:1800
Stack trace:
#0 /var/www/vhosts/<url>/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(298): bbp_pre_get_posts_normalize_forum_visibility(Object(WP_Query))
#1 /var/www/vhosts/<url>/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(323): WP_Hook->apply_filters('', Array)
#2 /var/www/vhosts/<url>/wp-includes/plugin.php(515): WP_Hook->do_action(Array)
#3 /var/www/vhosts/<url>/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php(1681): do_action_ref_array('pre_get_posts', Array)
#4 /var/www/vhosts/<url>/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php(3238): WP_Query->get_posts()
#5 /var/www/vhosts<url>/wp-includes/class-wp.php(617): WP_Query->query(Array)
#6 /var/www/vhosts/<url>/wp-includes/clas...'

ln 1800 looks like this:

$post_stati = $posts_query->get( 'post_status' );

// Default to public status
if ( empty( $post_stati ) ) {
    $post_stati[] = bbp_get_public_status_id();

// Split the status string
} elseif ( is_string( $post_stati ) ) {
    $post_stati = explode( ',', $post_stati );
}

could be fixed by forcing the array:

$post_stati = $posts_query->get( 'post_status' );
if (!is_array($post_stati)){
    $post_stati = array($post_stati);
}

// Default to public status
if ( empty( $post_stati ) ) {
    $post_stati[] = bbp_get_public_status_id();

// Split the status string
} elseif ( is_string( $post_stati ) ) {
    $post_stati = explode( ',', $post_stati );
}

side note: wp version 4.7.4, bbpress version 2.5.12

Thanks in advance,
Toby

[Chad R. Schulz]

When I say single forum/topic/reply slug I actually meant for the single post-type slugs of forum/topic/reply. As the /forums/ slug is just a wrapper for all those bbPress custom post-types. So you could effectively remove the /forums/ wrapper and end up with just http://wwww.somesite.com/forum/name-of-specific-forum/. If you rename the single /forum/ slug to /forums/ it would become http://wwww.somesite.com/forums/name-of-specific-forum/ or something similar with topics like http://wwww.somesite.com/topics/name-of-specific-topic/

And adding the topic slug after the forum slug is not intuitive as the topics don’t actually exist inside the forums, they are simply linked to it–similar to a shortcut. This is something that can be done with breadcrumbs, however.

Again, permalinks can be rather tricky. In fact I’m fairly certain they’re the reason the “Private” forums are leading not-logged in visitors to a 404 page. I’d try putting everything back to the default settings and seeing if that fixes the error. Also, look at any customizing, plugins you might have that could interfere with bbPress defaults.

BTW, bbPress has a default error message for not-authorized users and “private” forums that should display. Again, something must be off in the settings/configuration.

My forum has no “private” forums, so I have little experience with this particular issue. Sorry.

Best of luck,
Chad

[shabirg]

Hi,

Sorry if this gets posted in the wrong place.

I am looking at setting up a marketplace forum. When users signup to the forum is their a way of giving them a storefront linked to their profile.

Shabir

[Robin W]

yes there is, but basically it needs you to know what your page template is called

see

Step by step guide to setting up a bbPress forum – Part 1

item 8 for some more details

[thepageman]

I am a newbie with WordPress and I have been using a custom menu widget placed at the top of all of my pages to keep a consistent header going. I am now trying to use bbPress and discovered I can create a page called “Forum” and use a page builder to place my menu widget above the forum shortcode widget to achieve the header.

However, when I select a forum/topic, it goes to a different page, one that is generated by bbPress and as such, doesn’t have a page builder design of which I can place a header.

It seems like the best solution would be to implement this header into all my pages through editing some php file somewhere but that is a bit beyond my technical ability. Is there a way to add widgets to ALL bbpress pages?

[Robin W]

contributor is a wordpress role, not a bbpress one.

so if you are using the default registration

then

dashboard>settings>general and what is ‘new default user’ set to ?

dashboard>settings>forums and what is ‘auto role’ set to ?

[mktunicus]

Hi,

When I click on notify me that time I am getting notification of my comments only when someone commenting on my replies it is not sending me an email that so and so person replied on my comment. Here on bbpress.org when we check on “Notify me of follow-up replies via email” then it works perfectly like this functionality I want on my site.

Please advice me.

[mktunicus]

Hello Robin,

Rules of the Road — Forum Guidelines

Above url i got from your bbpress forum example list, on that you can see that the heading is appearing eg: “Rules of the Road — Forum Guidelines”. I have not updated the plugin on my website.

[Chad R. Schulz]

I understand why you might want to change the permalinks to “clean” your url. However, this helps distinguish forums from topics from replys. For example somesite.com/forums/forum/some-forum or somesite.com/forums/topic/some-topic.

You can remove the “forums” part of the permalink in admin settings under forum and Forum Root Slug–Forum Prefix select off. And you can rename the slug for single forum/topic/reply under same menu and Single Forum Slugs. These built-in adjustments are usually harmless and can be changed as needed.

There are also a few bbPress/WordPress permalink plugins that might help–but they could also make things worse.

Above all, you want a clean url that both makes sense and remains functional. And I’ve found that messing around too much with permalink settings can often break more than fix.

And regarding that “Private” issue: Does it display that when you’re not logged in? That’s a curious quirk.

Chad

[blasterspike]

Hi,
I have followed this documentation page

Enable Visual Editor

to enable TinyMCE. Now I would like to change the default behavior of TinyMCE to not add a paragraph for each new line but use instead <br>.
For WordPress I have to use this

function tinymce_remove_root_block_tag( $init ) {
    $init['forced_root_block'] = false; 
    return $init;
}
add_filter( 'tiny_mce_before_init', 'tinymce_remove_root_block_tag' );

But the TinyMCE in bbPress doesn’t get this setting.
I have tried to do something like

function bbp_enable_visual_editor( $args = array() ) {
    $args['tinymce'] = true;
    $args['quicktags'] = false;
    $args['forced_root_block'] = false;
    return $args;
}
add_filter( 'bbp_after_get_the_content_parse_args', 'bbp_enable_visual_editor' );

but it doesn’t work.
How can I pass that “forced_root_block” to the TinyMCE enabled for bbPress?

Thanks

Massimo

[laimonplus]

Morning! how can someone correct the error message “ERROR: Topic ID is missing” when someone is trying to create a new topic with a bbpress plugin

[rgilman]

Thanks, Robin, that’s helpful.

In my case I wanted to remove that title and was able to do so with

#bbpress-forums > h3 {
    display: none;
}

But that feels like a workaround and it was a long hunt to find this bit of the UI in what I would think of as core code. I’ll make my suggestion in the trac.

[Robin W]

and if you want to suggest code changes, then this is the place

https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/

[rgilman]

This is both feedback and a request.

I’m working on simplifying the UI of a Commmons In A Box site, which means I’m working with both BuddyPress and bbPress. While working on the group/forum page, I found that the forum title is hard coded as a simple h3 with no selectors into wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/extend/buddypress/groups.php at line 767. This is just before the content-single-forum template call.

My request is that the forum title be moved from groups.php and into content-single-forum.php where it can be customized through the normal child theme process. Let me know if there is a better place than here to file this as an issue.

Thanks!

[vbsql7]

When users Register, they are not given a role in the bbPress form. It remains blank and I have to assign it manually.

I have turned on the feature to “Automatically give registered visitors the [Participant] role”

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bbPress version: 2.5.12-6148.

WP version: 4.7.4

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[pre55]

Hi,

Just wanted to share a newly released plugin available called bbPress User Ranks and it allows you to create user ranks, star ranks, RPG ranks, user badges and month badges which display on forums and user profiles. It also has widgets and shortcodes.

You can view all the features and screenshots here:

http://pre55.com/downloads/bbpress-user-ranks/

You see the free lite version here:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-user-ranks-lite/

The plugin was created as I had been using the brilliant bbp user ranks plugin created by Robin W and although this worked great for what I initially wanted I eventually needed something a little more custom.

I have therefore built my plugin from scratch incorporating lots of great features I think will increase engagement for any bbPress forum.

Let me know what you guys think, if you have any suggestions please let me know.

[newz12]

@robin-w I’m just seeking help to get a better TTFB… there must be a way around and the developers of BBpress should know better than someone else I can hire.

[forums1234]

Thank you! bbp style pack is a wonderful app. I’d previously downloaded it and styled my forum with it. It performed beautifully.

What I’m looking to accomplish is one navigation option only, “Previous Page,” or “Back.” I know that flies in the face of what is bbPress, but it’s vital to my interests. Is that even possible?

Thank you in advance.

[Luizik]

Hello, dear!
Can you help me with seo question? If anyone creat any topic, how can i do the seo title to be created automatically from the title of the topic and seo description from the content of the topic?

Thank you for any answere..

[Robin W]

not quite sure what you are expecting as a reply – the guy you paid answered your question.

Basically he is telling me that we won’t be able to achieve good loading time, because it is running on WordPress and the database design is a problem.

bbpress runs on wordpress, and as wordpress is running on 74 million websites, I suspect that the database won’t be migrated away from mysql anytime soon.

[Robin W]

you are telling me that this was working, and now it is not.

If you have changed bbpress version, then revert to the previous, but I strongly suspect that this not the case.

Otherwise you have changed something, either in a theme version, a wordpress setting, a page settings, a template, a theme setting, a plugin update or something else such as a php version, a server setting etc, etc. etc.

I cannot possibly guess at what you have changed, so I cannot see how to help.

[mktunicus]

Can you tell me that on bbpress we cant see the heading on the detail page?
The title which is display on the forum listing that i want on the detail page. My client complaint me that “I am not seeing heading of the discussion in the Traders forum”

[Michał]

Hi,

I need help with migrating forums from the xoops system (xoops.org). The forum is based on the “newbb” module very similar to “phpbb”. I tried alone using available converters in bbpress package but unfortunately it only moves forum categories. Will there be a willing person to help with this?

Regards, Michal and sorry for my english 😉

[torbjorn96]

I tried your suggestion and switched back and fourth the permalinks settings, but to no sucess. Then i tried changing the PHP version from 7.1 to 7.0 and now it’s working…

Does anyone know if BBPress simply don’t support 7.1?

[mariekekarssen]

I have communicated and struggled with this issue for weeks now with Woocommerce, but after much trial and error this is the short version:

I have a website with woocommerce/woocommercemembership and subscriptions. The subscribed members automatically also have a buddypress profile and access to bbpres forums. Non subscribed people can look at the forums, but you have to be a member to participate.

This works great on the subscribing side, a little less great but managable on the buddypress side, because cancelled orders still get a profile, but that’s an admin job of once a week, but.. i really have an issue with bbpress, because the membership plugin is able to create also other membership privileges and content and that does not work if the member has a forum role of participant. If i make every member a moderator (would not know how to do that automatically by the way) then all membershipplugin functionality works great. Can anyone help me here? Woocommerce is searching too.