[omarsammour]

@robin-w, I am aware this thread is quite old however I am looking into the main reason @jslom posted this in the first place.

Form To Forum Post

I currently have a website and I would like to integrate the application form into bbpress forums as a new thread.

[readmenow]

Big thanks @siparker for solving a big problem with BBpress!

I have also two questions about this plugin:
1. How can I remove adding -f(number) to forum name? Technically I don’t need this 🙂
2. Now topic looks like number-NameOfTopic. How change it into NameOfTopic-Number?

[cinges]

Hello,

Im trying to build bbpress forum with some tutorial. I am stuck at sidebar login widged, etc. In wordpress widget menu there is no any bbPress sidebar to add bbPress addons. Iam using Zerif Lite theme, but its not working with other and default themes. Am I doing something wrong? Can you help me with that, I can give you more informations, if you want, just ask.. Thank you very much.

Cinges

[ajiaim]

I have a top menu that I want to display Welcome Username once the user logs in and ideally once they click it they get taken to their profile page on BBPress/BuddyPress.

My original code was as below but it only showed log out once the user logs in.

add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_items', 'woohoo_add_auth_links', 10 , 2 );
function woohoo_add_auth_links( $items, $args )
{
	if( $args->theme_location == 'topmenu' )
	{
		if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {
			$items .= '<li><a href="'. wp_logout_url() .'">Log Out</a></li>';
		}
		elseif ( !is_user_logged_in() ) {
			$items .= '<li><a href="'. site_url('wp-login.php') .'">Log In</a></li>';
			$items .= '<li><a href="'. site_url('wp-login.php?action=register') .'">Register</a></li>';
		}
	}
	return $items;
}

I then changed it to the below but it doesn’t link or align up nicely…

add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_items', 'woohoo_add_auth_links', 10 , 2 );
function woohoo_add_auth_links( $items, $args )
{
if( $args->theme_location == 'topmenu' )
{
    if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {
    $current_user = wp_get_current_user();
    printf( 'Welcome %s!', esc_html( $current_user->user_firstname ) );
    }
    elseif ( !is_user_logged_in() ) {
        $items .= '<li><a href="'. site_url('wp-login.php') .'">Log In</a></li>';
        $items .= '<li><a href="'. site_url('wp-login.php?action=register') .'">Register</a></li>';
    }
}
return $items;
}

Any ideas?

[Robkk]

Here you go guys.

https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2994

[Robkk]

I add create a ticket and include @expectancy’s patch. Hopefully this will be included in the next version of bbPress.

[Robkk]

bbPress doesn’t have any fontawesome css file.

Check to see if its a theme or plugin. Most likely a theme.

Try some plugin and theme troubleshooting.

https://codex.bbpress.org/getting-started/troubleshooting/

[van24]

I think BBPress is loading a fontawesome CSS file in my header. Is there any way to defer it so it’s not render blocking?

[Robkk]

@robin-w

Oh no problem Robin. 🙂

I should have stated its just my opinion that we should try to help users that may come across “forum page” related issues by creating a guide in the codex to better explain how to do it, and show how helpful it would be, but more importantly stop all these similar issues users would get that I see in these forums all the time, so that us moderators do not have to repeat ourselves or try to guess what could be causing an issue.

You can either change recommended in my earlier statement with required. As it is not required during setup. I am sometimes terrible at choosing the right words to explain what I mean. Great that you pointed that out Robin!

And although yes, it is recommended for further customization of a users forums in the settings. Like I said, my opinion is that the “forum page” is not recommended, until most of the user generated issues are laid out with possible solutions for users in a new guide, and either we or anyone that wants to can make a trac ticket to avoid these type of issues all together, and improve the bbPress plugin user experience.

I would like to talk to you privately through email if you have time, about improving your codex guides also, and I do not want to butt heads with you over just some guides.

Edit: Created the ticket https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2993

[Robin W]

try here

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

[yourfishfinder]

Hello there everyone and thank you for reading my post.

I have just installed BBPress in order to make a forum very similar to that of “http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/forum.php”, but I literally do not even know where to begin. May someone attempt to offer me some assistance in where I can start and what I need to do and how to do so.

Thank you very much, a huge appreciate in advance

my website is : http://www.yourfishfinder.co.uk

[Serchgdl]

I was the same on my site, google searching I found this, I do not remember where I found it but works.

You must add the following to functions.php of your chil theme, for the title:

//Titulo bbpress
add_filter( ‘aioseop_title’, ‘packeteater_bbpress_forum_title’ );
function packeteater_bbpress_forum_title( $title ) {
if ( is_post_type_archive( ‘forum’ ) ) {
$title = “Your forum tittle”;
}
return $title;
}

And for the description:

//Descripcion bbpress
add_filter( ‘aioseop_description’, ‘packeteater_bbpress_forum_description’ );
function packeteater_bbpress_forum_description( $description ) {
if ( is_post_type_archive( ‘forum’ ) ) {
$description = “Your forum description”;
}
return $description;
}

I hope it helps you

[heisenberghb]

Hello guys when I activate both plugins bbpress and buddypress my admin panel + login panel is going away. When I activate only one of them it’s working again.

I hope sb knows how to fix this

[Robkk]

@robin-w

By me, its my opinion that first time users/beginners should not create a “forum page” right now until there is a guide that could outline the possible issues users might encounter while creating it.

If you want to make a forum page an initial part during bbPress setup, then you would need to create a ticket in the trac. It could be possible to make it similar to how Woocommerce shop page is setup to avoid most of the user generated issues.

Also we are probably going to split this into a new topic. If you want to talk to me further about this like I said you can email me.

[Robin W]

@Robkk

Its not recommended during a setup of bbPress.

BY whom???????????????????????????????

[Robkk]

Is the TinyMCE editor showing in your regular topic forms as well?? If not then you would have to just enable Post Formatting in Settings > Forums.

What specific code did you use to enable the visual editor.

Does the forum form page work fine in a WordPress default theme like TwentySixteen. If not this could be plugin related. If it works fine then it is theme related and some function in your currently active theme could dequeuing bbPress scripts.

If it is plugin related it could be a plugin that dequeue bbPress scripts unless its on forum pages.

It might be possible to come across this issue while trying to minify or combining JavaScript files too.

[Robkk]

@robin-w

Its not recommended during a setup of bbPress.

In most cases, unless there is a forum archive bug from the theme/bbPress theme compatibility, its not a requirement for a forum site.

It could be a possible recommendation for further customization, but a lot has to be laid out before then in a guide somewhere in customizing section or theme development (like I told in my email to you) so users do not come across possible issues.

If you want to debate any pros and cons of creating a “forum page” you can go ahead and email me and we can discuss that, and what I emailed you before about moving your guides content into other sections.

[Robin W]

@Robkk

I usually do not say use a “forums page” as it is not recommended during setup

1. Can’t see where it is not recommended -Indeed in dashboard>settings>forums it says “Customise your Forums root. Partner with a WordPress Page and use Shortcodes for more flexibility.”

2. There’s a massive difference between recommending something and saying ‘it is not recommended’ As far as I know bbPress is just neutral – either works fine.

[Robkk]

I was just pointing out that its possible that you may need to use another conditional as well if you did create a “forum page”.

So you would possibly need another conditional for a user created “forum page”. If you didn’t already make sure that the “forum page” was set to have the same page slug as the default forums slug in your site set in Settings > Forums.

An example of the additional conditional you would use would be is_page{1} where “1” is the specific page ID of your “forums page”.

if (!is_bbpress() || is_page(1) ) {

You can also use is_page(‘forums’) as well instead.

https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/is_page/

I usually do not say use a “forums page” as it is not recommended during setup, but it could be useful to workaround bugs that I think usually happens when using a Genesis theme, but I guess use it until the bug is fixed in bbPress/Genesis. Well if there is still a bug.

I would contact your theme developers support since you have a paid theme, and they can help you better since they understand the code in that specific theme, and only if you really want to dig into the code and modify it like your trying to do, or you can just use a plugin like Widget Logic to use a conditional to hide/display widgets depending on certain conditionals like is_bbpress() and is_page{}.

[Robkk]

I don’t think you are using bbPress anymore.

[Robkk]

Have you tried any plugin and theme troubleshooting??

https://codex.bbpress.org/getting-started/troubleshooting/

[Robkk]

@evanevans333

It should still work.

The function I posted only works on bbPress forum profiles, if the currently logged on user has the edit_other_forums capability, that they are viewing it on their own profile, and if you have the available hooks if you are using custom bbPress templates.

[themichaelglenn]

@siparker @natesirrah Thank you both for your work on this plugin! Any news on where the current project stands? I’ve just used siparker’s github plugin and it seems to be work, but if there’s a better, improved version, I’d love to know about it and/or help test it.

I’m working on migrating a site that I’ve had up for just over a year, from Joomla 3.4 to the current version of WordPress. I use Kunena forums, and by making some slight modifications to siparker’s plugin on github, I was able to set my bbPress URLs to match the structure Kunena uses, namely:

forum/forumName/topicID-topicName

(I don’t think they actually use forumName, topicName, etc., that was just the easiest way for me to write it out)

so that when my forums are set up like this:

Forum = Final Fantasy VII
Topic = Cloud’s Limit Break

I have, for example:

forum/final-fantasy-vii/143-cloud-s-limit-break

I should tell you that the only experience I have with php is a couple of 4-hour courses on udemy (in other words, not that much…) Still, by very carefully changing or removing one line at a time, I was able to produce the desired result.

One thing that didn’t quite work out, though, was forums within a top-level category. For example:

Top Forum = Square Enix
Child Forum = Final Fantasy VII
etc.

The URL for the child forum is now

forum/square-enix/final-fantasy-vii

and I want it to be

forum/final-fantasy-vii

The interesting thing is that the topic “Cloud’s Limit Break” still shows as

forum/final-fantasy-vii/143-cloud-s-limit-break

which is the URL structure that I want, when someone clicks on a topic, so I’m happy with that.

But I can’t seem to figure out how to remove the parent or top level forum from the forum URL.

Everything I’m doing is on localhost, as I don’t want to change my site over to WordPress until I’ve got all the details worked out, and I’m brand new to web development so I’m not sure exactly how to share my code with you guys, or if I need to share it all or perhaps just a part of it? So if you can help me with that, I’ll be happy to share.

Meanwhile to any bbPress devs following the thread, I want to say thank you for all that you do, and please consider making this permalink option part of the bbPress core!

I have been wanting to move from Joomla to WordPress for months, as I tend to believe that WordPress is overall easier and better for me and my users, and one of the few things that’s prevented me from making the move was the lack of options in bbPress permalinks. I strongly agree that the URL for a topic should include the name of the forum that topic resides in. (Or at least, admins should be able to choose that option, if they want it.)

[Scott Hartley]

I feel like this should be directed to their page..

https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/all-in-one-seo-pack

I will say though that this is a common issue with bbPress and BuddyPress when it comes to SEO tools. They need to find a way to get proper meta descriptions and titles without borking everything :p

[Robin W]

I still can’t seem to mod the caps of Participant role.

ok, I’ll bite once more – can you post EXACTLY what you have as code to fix that, and tell me where you have put it.

and set the forums I wish to be private, to PUBLIC (ironic and backwards that is)

Private groups is my plugin, and yes agree gthat public seems wrong, but I can only work with what bbpress gives me, and use code to improve !