[Stephen Edgar]

Hi @roozbehrah, we try to fully support RTL languages.

The bbPress translations are an indicator of that, Hebrew and Arabic are also RTL languages and as far as I am aware there is no issues with URLs with these RTL languages.

https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/bbpress

There is also this plugin that uses numeric permalinks, i.e. “topic/forum ID”:
https://github.com/korobochkin/bbpress-permalinks-with-id

If you could add some further explanation and examples of how bbPress could support RTL locales and URLs better I’d be happy to add these improvements to bbPress 🙂

[ajiaim]

Can anyone point me in the right direction to learn how to add a menu on all Forum pages?
For example, I would like to add a custom menu here: http://prntscr.com/cgnz6p
When people are on Forum pages. Not sure if anyone has written a similar tutorial or anything?

[evanevans333]

Hi Robin, thanks for helping some more…

What I’m saying is, I used a plugin called BBP PRIVATE GROUPS in order to “privatize” certain forums because the forum was set to be viewable only by people of a certain “group”. In that plugin, the main group is called GROUP1, which I just named “Subscribers” (just a coincidence that I name it that) and I can apply it to everyone who has registered (Subscriber role) on my website across the board.

Then I set the bbPress privacy of the Forum, to PUBLIC, and made it so that only GROUP1 people can access it in the privacy settings of BBP PRIVATE GROUPS, by setting that Forum to require GROUP1 access.

It’s an absolutely absurd workaround, because I’m literally setting the privacy to PUBLIC in bbPress and than using another plugin to make the Forum Private, but by doing it this way, at LEAST my Participant Subscribers can access the “Public” forum, so long as they are members of the BBP PRIVATE GROUPS – GROUP 1 “Subscribers” group.

So basically, I am doing what bbPress should do by default, but as a workaround with an entirely different plugin to handle it. The privacy restriction or permissions could not be properly handled with bbPress setting a forum to “Private”, so I am using that BBP PRIVATE GROUPS plugin to set it to private.

The ultimate goal of all this, was, to make sure that people who are registered to my site, can view and participate in Forums that anonymous/google/bots cannot see. But when I tried to do that by setting a forum’s privacy to “Private” bbPress annoyingly made it so that Participants registered with my website could go INTO the forum and see the Forum and Topic counts, and could post topics, but could NOT see the topics in there nor replies or reply to anything.

In order for a role to “See” those Topics and Replies, they had to be a Moderator, Keymaster, or Administrator. Even IF bbPress team wants Participant member caps to behave like this, they should at LEAST provide a role between Participant and Moderator, so that normal registered users of a bbPress enabled website, can participate in forum discussions cutoff from anonymous web viewing because they are set to “private”.

Now, the issue moving forward is, that topic and reply activity that go on inside those forums, is not properly being set to Private and so those Activities are showing up in widgets and shortcode locations and archives as public information, because those kinds of presentations of the information inside those forums are not governed by the BBP PRIVATE GROUPS plugin. In other words, it’s a mess, and this really should be handled by bbPress. bbPress should give us the ability to modify caps on Participant, or like I said, at least provide a ROLE that is an inbetween that is compatible with the development of all other plugins that work with bbPress (ie: we need bbPress to create this role as a standard).

[siparker]

@themichaelglenn @readmenow
You are welcome.

No one actually made any contributions in the end.

the f- part of the plugin was in order to replicate exactly my old vbulletin urls. So it can be removed if not required for your install.

We are just putting a few final touches to our bigger plugin for bbpress / buddypress which includes all the various bits of development we have done in order to make bbpress work more like vbulletin. should be launching in the next few weeks. One of the main aprts of this is i want a configurable permalink structure part in there so things can be added / removed from the rewrite rules to provide variations on the hierarchy.

One thing is the way it deals with forums and subforums.

for your query about removing the number before the forum name and the structure bit

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.

You Cannot currently remove the identifying number from the last url part.

if it is a forum or a topic or a reply you must have the ID of the final item in the last url part.
the reason for this is because of the way BBpress saves these as custom post types the id is required to determine what post type it is. forum topic or reply.
without the ID you cannot govern what is displayed. There is no other (correct me if i am wrong @netweb ) for the system to know if /new is a forum a reply or a topic without the id being passed in.

We can certainly build it so the Id is after the name rather than before it. i will sort that out so it works.

So you can have

forum/subforum/ID-topic-name
or
forum/ID-topic-name
or
forum/subforum/topic-name-ID

for topics to be shown. basically the pieces preceding the final topic item are not really relevant its just what you want in there. you can have as much or as little hierarchy as you want. So long as the ID is in the last url part.

however you cannot have

forum/subforum-name/ because we must have an ID

so it would always be

forum/ID-sub-forum-name/ or forum/subforum-name-ID/

IF you check you can actually remove mostly anything before the final url part which contains the ID. discussion on that in github where i explain why this is not an SEO problem. its how most things work in WP.

If you want to post your current forum structures here i will create permalink optioins to replicate these. or rewrites to deal with moving from them to the new structure.

I have the Kunena one from above

forum/forumName/topicID-topicName

[Roozbeh Rahmani]

thanks for the answer Robin!

i checked it. apparently bbpress does not support Persian (an RTL language) in URL so all pages go missing. i actually decided to make my forum a subdomain to avoid this problem. but i am still having some trouble, i explained it in another topic here:
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-and-rtl-languages/

[Roozbeh Rahmani]

i am trying to manage a bbpress forum in Persian (it is an RTL language) and i am facing some troubles.
apparently bbpress does not support RTL languages in URL so whenever i have anything Persian in my URL i get a 404 error on the page and as you know bbpress by default takes forum/topic name to URL (i can not tell everybody on the forum to write topic names in English) what i want to ask is one of these two:
* is there anyway to make bbpress support RTL language in URL?
* if not, how can i change Forum and Topic permalink from “topic/forum name” to “topic/forum ID” (so i don’t have anything Persian in URL)

thanks in advance for answers

[Themezly]

2 months not even a hint and you know it is a bug. is_bbpress does not work as advised.

[skyynet]

Since installing 2.5.10 of the BBPress Plugin the corresponding function improved a bit. The function which creates the noreply sender sits in includes/common/functions.php and reads

function bbp_get_do_not_reply_address() {
	$sitename = strtolower( $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] );
	if ( substr( $sitename, 0, 4 ) === 'www.' ) { $sitename = substr( $sitename, 4 ); }
	return apply_filters( 'bbp_get_do_not_reply_address', 'noreply@' . $sitename );
}

In my case the domain is something like subdomain.domain.de

The above function creates the noreply address noreply@subdomain.domain.de
Correct would be (in my case) noreply@subdomain.de

IMHO the function could create the sender by parsing the $sitename from right to left (TLD DOT DOMAIN until DOT or //). I was too lazy and just added my specific case

function bbp_get_do_not_reply_address() {
	$sitename = strtolower( $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] );
	if ( substr( $sitename, 0, 4 ) === 'www.' ) { $sitename = substr( $sitename, 4 ); }
	else if ( substr( $sitename, 0, 10 ) === 'subdomain.' ) { $sitename = substr( $sitename, 10 );}
	return apply_filters( 'bbp_get_do_not_reply_address', 'noreply@' . $sitename );
}

[Robin W]

seems to be too hard a question !

For whatever reasons 2.6 doesn’t seem to be progressing, and no-one seems able to tell us why. JJJ seems to have disappeared from the authors of bbpress.

I think you can have two attitudes to this.

1. That bbpress id dead, and going no-where
2. that bbpress is mature, and that there are lots of plugins out there which add the functionality that you need, built on a stable solid base.

Given FB, Twitter, Instagram, pinterest etc. it is easy to see forums as yesterday’s technology, but the content in the list above seems to be transient, with no sorting, logic or permanence. Read and forget.

With forums you get logic, easy to read threads, and search capability – so I think forums still have their place.

So if you are like me, you have bbpress, but also have several other plugins (including my own published ones) that give my forums the functionality they need.

so go into wordpress plugins and search for both bbp and bbpress to see what is available.

[Robin W]

you can use the sidebar that your forum page is displaying – if it is showing one then read the rest of this, if not then come back !

If you want specific items for bbpress and maybe others on other pages, then add https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/widget-logic/

and then use

is_bbpress() as a condition for widgets to be shown and !is_bbpress() for widgets that you don’t want on forum pages, but do on others.

[van24]

Found it – it was being loaded with the GD BBPress plugin

[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.