I’m using descending post order (newest replies first with plugin bbpress – sort topic replies) but would like recently edited replies of some forum also to go first.
Any tips on how to get this to work? Or is there a plugin that allows user to push their replies to the top?
No, I clicked, let it run and it never finished. I messed about for a couple hours after I wrote this and eventually got it to work by resetting the language to English, resetting forum, deleting bbPress and install/importing all over again with the default language. Don’t know if it’s a language files issue, but at least it worked for me.
I’m looking for a solution to moderate new subscribers, preferably in a way that regardless of whether it’s a comment on the WordPress side of things or a topic or reply on the bbPress side, once a new subscriber’s first post is approved, that user is allowed to post comments, threads and replies freely (unless caught by Akismet).
Has someone here faced the same challenge and successfully implemented a solution that works well and is a pleasant user experience for visitors?
The bbPress Moderation plugin should in theory be the answer to this, but it appears to no longer be maintained, I couldn’t get it to work on my website (it moderates all posts for me, even for a user whose posts have already been approved), and based on the plugin’s support section it doesn’t really seem to work optimally anyway. Which is a pity.
Another approach that I have been thinking about is making a new subscriber’s default user role something else than Subscriber, and never displaying comments, posts or threads written by a user with that user role (or displaying a “waiting for moderation” text instead of the post) until the user’s role has been updated to Subscriber. So, moderate a user rather than the content. I’m just not entirely sure how to implement this. Modifying the theme to accomplish it should not be difficult, but how about dealing with RSS, email notifications, etc. so that posts by these users don’t show in them? It seems that many things could go wrong and not play nicely with other plugins.
At the WordPress side, things work flawlessly spam-free with anonymous comments disabled, a custom question in the registration form (stops most spam bots), a mandatory e-mail confirmation for new subscribers, auto-moderation of the first comment (stops manual spammers) and Akismet (which doesn’t really have anything to do at the end). On the bbPress side, I’m only missing the moderation of a user’s first comment, which is letting through some spam.
Any ideas or experiences about a solution to this particular problem?
I think it is pretty much when 2.6 is done it gets released.
I think the version you want to revert to would be fine.
The import being stuck could be normal, or there could be a post causing all the hold up.
Import Troubleshooting
Thanks very much for your reply and for the info, do you know approximately when that release would likely be?
I have tried with various versions on phpbb and was getting the same error, so I thought it may have been that bbpress didn’t support 3.0.x so that’s why I actually updated. I can revert back my version.
However I have tried with the 3.0.14 and with earlier versions and was getting this same problem. The status just sits on “Starting Conversion” and never moves or gives me anymore information.
Would you know what this could be causing this or where I should be looking to find out what is stopping the process from starting?
(I left it run for 5 hours the other day)
I can convert back to the old version of phpbb if needed.
Thanks in advance.
Did you try to see if it was another plugin, possibly causing the issue??
Troubleshooting
THis is all the CSS you need.
.bbpress .post-section {
margin: 0 2% 20px;
width: 96%;
}
.bbpress #content-main {
width: 100%;
margin-right: 0;
}
@media screen and (max-width: 1002px) and (min-width: 768px)
.bbpress #content-main-inner {
margin-right: 0;
}
To remove the sidebar you have to follow this guide and remove the sidebar PHP code.
Getting Started in Modifying the Main bbPress Template
I will keep this in noted and list this as possible feature requests that might help bbPress users.
Many Thanks. User Switching plugin solved my issue.
There should be solution to this problem and it should be built in bbpress plugin. Please inform core team about it.
I have added this code to my css editor:
.bbpress .post-section {
margin: 0 2% 20px;
width: 96%;
}
.bbpress #content-main {
width: 100%;
margin-right: 0;
}
But the left sidebar still shows up below the forum.
http://bit.ly/1NQj9fO NSFW
Please try to understand the situation. I have demoted him. He is angry naturally. He can unsubscribe himself but i don’t trust him now. How shall i know he is unsubscribed or not?
There are email notification settings in Profile but they are only related to buddypress.
I checked in dashboard as well but could not find any settings that will let me unsubscribe a user to a forum or topic.
It is related to bbpress.
Plugin you have shared does not even works for topics. I can unsubscribe only myself with it.
I am using latest bbpress Version 2.5.8
I cannot duplicate the issue you are experiencing.
I renamed my admin user
changed the user ID to something besides 1
And also changed my database table prefix.
I then installed bbPress and saw the About Page fine.
I also went to Tools > Forums then went to Repair Forums and still see no error.
No new menu is added neither in the admin panel, so I have no way to use it, activate it or see it.
This is forum bbPress menu items like Forums, Topics, and Replies right?? This is not just the About Page and the Repair FOrums page??
The about Page can be accessed by going to the plugin in your plugin list and hitting the About link, and the Repair Forums Page can be accessed by going to Tools > Forums then went to Repair Forums.
I tried several database changes as mentioned in the forum, but nothing worked.
Well just so you know code in topics more than 2-3 years might be for the old standalone version of bbPress which might be useless and may break your site even.
Not sure about forum subscriptions or if this would work with group forums, but it might be worth a try.
Install this plugin, put the widget into your sidebar, and go to each topic and remove the users subscriptions manually.
https://github.com/easydigitaldownloads/bbPress-Topic-Subscribers
Other than this plugin for topic subscritptions, I do not know what else to recommend right now.
If group admin ban a user, Ideally banned user should be automatically unsubscribed to group forum. But according to my tests new notifications are still sent by bbpress plugin to banned or removed users.
Will keep a note of this, because this is expected if you ban a user. Maybe bbPress or BuddyPress could add this in the future.
I am talking about only hidden or private buddypress groups.
Admin can ban or remove users from groups in buddypress. I have tested that new topic notifications with message are sent to banned users that i don’t want, if they are subscribed to group forum.
If group admin ban a user, Ideally banned user should be automatically unsubscribed to group forum. But according to my tests new notifications are still sent by bbpress plugin to banned or removed users.
How can i myself unsubscribe a user to a forum or topic?
You have to create a new role and it has to have these set capabablites
'publish_topics' => false,
and
'publish_replies' => true,
While what I listed is oversimplified, you may need to adjust extra capabilities to your liking. To learn how to create a new user role with its own custom capabilities read this guide.
Custom Capabilities
You then set the default role in the forum settings in Settings > Forums in the WordPress backend.
To change existing users you have to change their forum role in Users > All Users in the WordPress backend.
You might need your permalinks refreshed.
Navigation Links Return 404s Errors
When I log out of the site appears to me that:
Error 404 – Page NOT Found
It seems we can’t find what you’re looking for.
This might be because:
You have typed the web address incorrectly
The page you were looking for may have been moved, updated or deleted.
Please try the following:
Check for a mis-typed URL error
Press the refresh button on your browser.
Go back to Homepage
And to get on the site must login me 2 times to I can get in Dashbord.
I disabled bbPress plugin and everything goes well!
Can you tell me what exactly to do?
Thanks I solved the problem!
I insatll the bbPress reCaptcha.
I am using bbpress with buddypress and i have enabled group forums.
I have tested forum and new topic subscription settings for private and hidden groups. I have found new topic or reply notifications are also sent to even banned users as well as removed users, if they are subscribed to the topics or forums.
I want new reply are topic notifications are not sent to banned and those users that are removed from group. How and where can i change these setting?
You can use Math Captcha or bbPress No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA if you are looking for captchas specifically.
There also might be more alternatives, so do a search if you want.
I don’t think that plugin can do that, you may need to look into using another captcha plugin for bbPress topic and reply forms.
I installed bbPress and I would like to add captcha in Forum post.
I tried with SI CAPTCHA Anti-Spam, but does not appear in Forum posts created by me.
Can you help me with this? Thanks!
I have iThemes Security installed, with several options enabled:
– admin user has been renamed
– admin user is on a different id then 1
– database table prefix has been changed
– …
When I install bbpress, after trying to open the bbp-about or the bbp-repair pages, I always get following error:
“You do not have sufficient permissions”
No new menu is added neither in the admin panel, so I have no way to use it, activate it or see it.
I tried several database changes as mentioned in the forum, but nothing worked.
Anyone knows how to fix this?
Thank you.
1. How do I link a topic to a forum (restrict it to the linked forum)?
You might have to use this plugin, but I am not entirely sure.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/page-links-to/
2. What does it mean to stick it to the front end?
Sticking a topic to the front, means to stick it above all forums instead of just the forum the topic was in.
3. how do I integrate BBPress with MemberPress, Member Press does not use WordPress Registration, it has its own.
Their site says the plugin should work seamlessly with bbPress, if it doesn’t work to your liking with bbPress, you may need to contact their support for help.
