[stewmills]

Sorry if this is a duplicate…seemed to get an odd behavior when attempting to submit previously.

Facts:
– WordPress 4.2.2
– bbPress 2.5.8
– Theme – Karma 3.0.3

I have created the following forum on my site (currently hidden from the top menu but accessible via links provided): http://www.cytoviva.com/forum/

In the above link I get the forum login and other options in the right sidebar as I prefer.

However, when you get one layer deeper into the forums, topics, posts, etc. the sidebar is not visible as seen here: http://www.cytoviva.com/forums/forum/registration-instructions-and-forum-guidelines/

I want the sidebar to be visible on all pages/posts/etc. so someone reading a post can login from that page or request new access from that page and as well logged in users will always have the sidebar details and option to logout from any page within the forum.

Initially the sidebar was not visible at all and I finally realized that my forum page (using the shortcode [bbp-forum-index] on my “forum” page to display the forum) was using the right template and when I changed it to ‘Right Sidebar’ and selected the option at the bottom to display my newly created sidebar (User Forum Login Sidebar) I started seeing what I wanted to see on the main forums page.

However, when I go to my individual forums in the WP control panel and make sure they are also set under the ‘Right Sidebar’ page template and as well have the option checked to display my sidebar, it seems to do nothing.

I have read a host of other posts here today and it seems that the answers to getting the sidebar to display as I want vary per person/situation hence my additional post. I don’t want to have to create a new .css file as currently I don’t have access to our host and FTP to create new files so I was hoping to find a solution that is simple as me not having a button checked somewhere or something trivial.

I am somewhat new to WP and bbPress so the more fundamental the advice the better. My goal is to try and solve this with a little troubleshooting versus new child .php pages, etc.

Thanks in advance!

[Pascal Casier]

Hi,

In my ‘bbPress Toolkit’ plugin I have basic ‘featured image’ possibilities. Have a try…

Pascal.

[celsocos]

Hello.

Here in bbPress site I found a “featured” site with small images before each forum.

Forum

You can see small photos on the left in the main areas, but I found no way to add such images in my forum. I have a bbpress with initial setup and I wonder if I need some plugin for this.

I don’t need to mimic the theme style (my theme have a nice bbPress template!!), I just want the ability to add images on the left, similar the example above.

I will appreciate suggestions with this basic question.

Regards,
Celso.

[Pascal Casier]

Hi,

Forum moderation is being reviewed and improved a lot for future versions of bbPress. For now there is standard moderation and blacklisting as described here: https://codex.bbpress.org/moderation-and-blacklisting/

The above mentioned plugin is the only one that I found when I looked at it in the last months. Please note that it has a small bug with saving topic subscriptions from user before their post is approved, so the user might have to re-subscribe from the checkbox during the reply.

Pascal.

[Robin W]

I haven’t tried it, but this plugin may be what you want.

If you try it, PLEASE let us know if it works and does what it says !

https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bbpressmoderation

[Pascal Casier]

Hmmm, I’m getting the ‘Oops’ page, not the ‘Oh Bother’ … So that’s the 404 page.
If your forums are private, check if my replies here help: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/setup-login-for-private-forum/
EDIT: Thanks for the coffee !!!
Pascal.

[fca0secretary]

It’s no good, I can’t find anything like what you’re talking about. The only thing I can find is this: bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/feedback-no-search.php (inactive) which is clearly the thing I want to edit but it’s marked as “inactive” so editing it doesn’t have any effect.
I’m going to have to find a different plug-in, I haven’t time for this. But thanks anyway and have a cup of coffee on me!

[Robin W]

bbPress is tested with wordpress default themes. It maybe a conflict – you need to check plugins and themes

It could be a theme or plugin issue

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

[fca0secretary]

What I want to change is “Oh bother! No search results were found here!” , not “Oh bother! No topics were found here!” which is what your plug-in changes. This is what I want to edit:
bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/feedback-no-search.php (inactive)

but it’s marked as “inactive” so what does that mean?

[Pascal Casier]

Hi,
Never edit bbpress templates directly in the bbpress folder, otherwise you will loose your changes when bbPress updates.
There are several ways that I know of, but the most easy one would probably be by installing my ‘bbP Toolkit’ plugin.

Or you play with CSS yourself:

.bbp-template-notice {
	display: none;
}

.bbp-template-notice.info,
.bbp-template-notice.error,
.bbp-template-notice.important,
.bbp-template-notice.warning {
	display: block;
}

Not that also other similar messages will disappear with the above.

And if you want to modify bbPress files, please check the codex (https://codex.bbpress.org/themes/theme-compatibility/getting-started-in-modifying-the-main-bbpress-template/) and/or create a child theme
Pascal.

[fca0secretary]

I am trying to edit the phrase “Oh bother! etc,” but when I get to the Plugin Editor it’s saying that the default template is inactive, like this –
bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/feedback-no-replies.php (inactive)
I am using WordPress 4.4.2 running Twenty Sixteen theme. and bbPress is Version 2.5.8
My site is http://www.fagleyforum.site
How can I find the right place to edit this phrase?

[Jeff McNeill]

Hahaha tags “sleeping pill store” tag should be a signal that someone is asleep at the tiller. Really folks, this place is asleep, and all Robin W. does is state that it is free software and you should be durned grateful, and not try and wake anybody up.

Development is tediously slow, regardless of some $50k that was raised a few years ago. 2.6 should supposedly fix the issue with not being able to replace posts with forum discussions. Surely that is also why the plugin that actual does that hasn’t been updated in two years. And 2.6 was 4 months late in May 2014. So when will it ever be released?

This is simply too long! Obviously this project is coasting on the coattails of integration (and requirement of use) in BuddyPress and that it is an anointed project of WordPress.org. Anything less would have near zero users already.

So much functionality is needed to be reasonable. There appears to be a single active developer committing to the code: https://www.openhub.net/p/bbpress/commits/summary

But really, this was a complaint over a year and a half ago, and it ain’t changed. Very sad as the potential is quite big. How else do you explain 16,000+ downloads of that plugin that has been abandoned: https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-post-topics/

[vaporflavor]

Nevermind figured it out.

BBPress members are definitely linked to WordPress users. They are not separate.

And to get the login/register links somewhere besides the sidebar requires digging through the plugin theme files and some work, which I haven’t finished yet. =P

[tech55541]

Hello,
Would it be possible to take the code that adds this functionality in with BuddyPress, create a separate plugin, and then make it work for BBPress? I can’t believe a forum software does not have this built in.

Thanks 🙂

[vaporflavor]

I’m trying to figure out how to put the Login / Register links on the forum homepage without it being in the sidebar.

But 2nd question. Does BBPress use it’s own user login/register system or is it connected to WordPress’s users?

So on WordPress general settings there is this option:

Anyone can register

Do I need to check that option for BBPress to work?

Or is BBPress’s users separate from WordPress user system?

[ferparker]

I’ve installed the plugin, but theres no Forum options in my WP Painel… So, the Forum wont appear on website cuz there no option to create it after plugin’s installed. What can i do?
Wordpress: Versão 4.4.2
bbPress: Versão 2.5.8
Website: http://www.finalfantasyrpg.com.br

[wyckoffsmi]

I currently get a message of “You must be logged in to reply to this topic.” whenever a visitor visits my forum. I would like visitors to be able to view all my forum posts but not be able to post without membership. Is this possible? We are using bbpress as a presale support forum so having visitors be able to see the forum content without registering is very important. Thanks guys

[thelaw]

Apologies on the late reply everyone. I’m using 3.1, latest version (for if you’re not, it’s like WordPress and you will get hacker bots scanning for old versions.) Unfortunately that seems to be the issue. Thanks @Brandon and @Stephen for your assistance. Table prefixes were properly used. I’ll have another go at it again but I’m pretty sure I was using latest version of WP and BBpress in order to do the conversion.

[gleninjersey]

First part has to do with the bbPress widget “Login Widget” not working.

I’ll post 2nd problem over on BuddyPress forum. Thanks.

[Robin W]

no problem you need my private groups plugin as additional to bbpress.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-private-groups/

[Expat Warrior]

The forum page on my site shows the text too small. How do I change it to a regular font size?

The plugin I’m using for the forum is bbPress.

http://www.expatwarrior.com/forum/

[alice2dupouy]

Hi everybody 🙂

And first of all:
– Sorry for my English mistakes :/
– Sorry if I post in the wrong forum(?)
– Sorry if this question was already asked: I looked for an answer for 2 days and I can’t find anything which suits exactly to my problem :'(

I am trying to create a very simple forum for this website: http://www.zykoson.com/site
I am using the latest versions of WordPress, BBpress, BuddyPress etc.
I’ve read all the documentation, lots of topics but I still don’t know how to have:
– One “public” part: everybody is able to see the forums and topics, but people have to be registered to post something.
– One “private” part:only registered members belonging to a special group are able to see and post in this part. I would like to manually add these users to the group, after they create their profile.

Really, I think I am stupid because I CAN’T get there. I’ve tried everything: private forums, public ones, creating multiples groups with Buddypress. But no way. There is always a problem (and even if I get something correct, there is still a problem such as the breadcrumb which doesn’t display correctly)!

Please I need help before snatching all my hair, I’m on the verge of abandoning everything T_T

Thank you very much in advance and sorry for this so simple question

[Erik Molenaar]

Hallo Manuel,

Just to let you know, I ended up with removing the functionality of a public profile page for my bbpress users by:

1. Removing the author links (so Google won’t find them anymore):

/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Remove all author links from bbpress pages
/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

add_filter( 'bbp_get_author_link', 'remove_author_links', 10, 2);
add_filter( 'bbp_get_reply_author_link', 'remove_author_links', 10, 2);
add_filter( 'bbp_get_topic_author_link', 'remove_author_links', 10, 2);

function remove_author_links($author_link, $args) {
$author_link = preg_replace(array('{<a[^>]*>}','{}'), array(" "), $author_link);
return $author_link;
}

2. Placing a noindex meta tag in my bbpress user templates (so the already indexed profile links will disappear from Google):

<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW" />

Thanks again for your prompt replies and I hope this is of use to you 🙂

[Pascal Casier]

On your dashboard, go to ‘Tools > bbP Toolkit’
Under the ‘bbPress Information’ button you can tick
Do not show the counters next to the subforums on the forum index page (v1.0.5)
And then put the
Change the separator between the subforums on the forum index page to:
to ‘newline’

Pascal.

[Pascal Casier]

Kalimera,

Strange, mostly width 100% is needed, but it’s because of the width 100% that you have this issue 🙂

Try to add the following CSS:

#bbpress-forums div.reply {
  width: auto;
}

Pascal.