[Robkk]

As long as the users have registered and their default role is a participant they should be able to create topics.

You can try troubleshooting for other possible issues too.

Troubleshooting

[Sam Rohn]

also respects posts hidden by s2member bbpress level restrictions

i was mistaken, topics hidden by s2member restrictions are hidden, but replies are not hidden in search results when using this snippet

davidddn, you may have another plugin or theme function interfering with this search code, so try testing with default wp theme and disable other plugins etc

otherwise, including bbpress in standard wp search results as a standard option in bbpress would be great

sam

[Robkk]

The activate component I think you are talking about is part of BuddyPress.

I can’t find any documentation that details if there needs to be a shortcode on that page but mine is blank…This is the downside so far. In the Docs there should be a description of each of the required pages and what they do as well as what I need to do with them

When BuddyPress is installed you will have a register page usually at yoursite.com/register/, and also an activate page so after you register you are required to activate your account usually here yoursite.com/activate/.

All documentation for the activate page would be on BuddyPress, in their codex.

Register and Activation Pages

There might be more documentation on the activate page, but I can’t find them if you want more information about it contact BuddyPress in their forums.

https://buddypress.org/support/

bbPress does allow shortcodes for registration, lost-password, and also for login, but none for users to activate their account. bbPress relies on how WordPress sets up registered users.

[jambla]

Hi I am using bbPress version Version 2.5.8, website link is http://fantasypremierhq.com/

I cannot seem to style the register button on http://fantasypremierhq.com/register/, it defaults to in line css. The submit button class is button.submit.user-submit. I have managed to style everything else fine, including other buttons on the profile page. Any suggestions?
thanks

[Coach Afrane]

I have bbpress installed for forums and i have set it to “Anyone can register”. I would want to allow anyone who is registered to be able to start a topic in the forum but it seems i (admin) am the only one who is allowed to.

Please help.
Thanks

[Coach Afrane]

I have bbpress installed for forums and i have set it to “Anyone can register”. I would want to allow anyone who is registered to be able to start a topic in the forum but it seems i (admin) am the only one who is allowed to.

Please help.
Thanks

[Robkk]

well I don’t think you can merge forums by default in bbPress.

Hello, I have set my forum up with four different forums, but I want to strip this down to two, so effectively merging three forums into one.

How can I do this?

I think there is a plugin to export all the topics and replies of a forum and then you can import the that data into another forum.

I think there is also a different way to do this, some other guy did this with some other plugin. I might have to look that up and see the plugin he used.

Is it better to rename one forum, then move everything from the other two forums into the first?

Or, should I somehow merge all three into one?

I don’t think it matters really?? It might be best just to move all the data in a new forum though.

In any case, how will this affect posters subscriptions? Will they still have direct access to the forums once moved if people add to a topic?

This is a great question about the subscriptions, this will need some testing. I think they can have direct access to the topic once it is moved.

[PinkishHue]

@julia_b (If you’re still waiting for a reply!) – you need to put this in your functions.php file, more info here: https://codex.bbpress.org/functions-files-and-child-themes-explained/

This works great, thanks so much for sharing this code!

I’ve also managed, with very little tweaking, to get this displaying replies under topics within the topics list (this is very rough with some bits commented out but pasting here in case it helps someone)

// https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/how-to-add-latest-reply-or-topic-to-forum-list/
function jagreplies_add_last_reply() { { 
 $jagreplies_last_reply_id = bbp_get_topic_last_reply_id();
 //$jagreplies_last_topic_id = bbp_get_forum_last_topic_id();

$new_args = array(
    'post_type'=> 'reply',
    'p' => $jagreplies_last_reply_id
);
$post_title_args = array(
    'post_type'=> 'topic',
    'p' => $jagreplies_last_topic_id
);
$other_args = array(
    'post_type'=> 'topic',
    'p' => $jagreplies_last_topic_id
);
$jagreplies_query = new WP_Query( $post_title_args );
$nest_query = new WP_Query( $new_args );
$another_nest_query = new WP_Query( $other_args );

   if ( $jagreplies_query->have_posts() ) : while ( $jagreplies_query->have_posts() ) : $jagreplies_query->the_post();
     $this_post_id=$post->ID;
     $this_post_permalink= get_permalink(); ?>   
                             
     <!--<a href="<?php //echo $this_post_permalink; ?>">-->

<?php endwhile; 
   endif; wp_reset_query();

   if ( $nest_query->have_posts() ) : while ( $nest_query->have_posts() ) : $nest_query->the_post();
     $this_post_id=$post->ID;
     //$this_post_title= get_the_title();
     //$this_post_content= get_the_excerpt(); 
     $this_post_content= the_content(); ?>

     <h1><?php echo $this_post_title; ?></h1></a>
     <div class="the_content"><?php echo $this_post_content; ?></div>
                     
   <?php endwhile;
elseif ( $another_nest_query->have_posts() ) : while ( $another_nest_query->have_posts() ) : $another_nest_query->the_post();
     $this_post_id=$post->ID;
     //$this_post_title= get_the_title();
     //$this_post_content= get_the_excerpt();
     $this_post_content= the_content(); ?>   
                                  
     <!--<h1><?php //echo $this_post_title; ?></h1></a>-->
     <div class="the_content"><?php echo $this_post_content; ?></div>
                     
   <?php endwhile; 
   endif; 
    }} 
// Hook into action
add_action('bbp_theme_after_topic_freshness_author','jagreplies_add_last_reply');

This is extremely useful in creating a ‘Facebook’ style site where all content can be displayed on one single page (I know, Facebook, yuck! But it’s what ‘the people’ like)

Now I just need to try to get the bbpress Ajax Replies plugin working in conjunction with this so people can post and reply from that single page. Interesting!

**edited to add – if using my code above you may just want to change the last line ‘bbp_theme_after_topic_freshness_author’ to a different hook depending on where you want to display it, I am using customised templates but I’m not sure how it would look loading the content there if using the default templates

[tuninginsider]

We’re using newsmag theme for http://tuninginsider.com WP 4.2.2. Seems to be kind of conflict we cannot sort. Any idea?

[bzwb]

Hi @sceko,

Its working now….a bbpress file was missing in the themes folder hence the disorganized layout.
🙂
Thanks

[bzwb]

Thanks @robkk for pointing in the right direction. A bbpress file was missing in the theme’s folder. Was able to figure it out cause it worked in other themes. 🙂 (y) Thanks

[Robkk]

Does the bbPress styles work fine in another theme??

[Robkk]

try some troubleshooting.

Troubleshooting

install bbPress on your site first if you need more help.

[bzwb]

Hello,

I installed a plugin(Sceko/White) to style my bbpress but after uninstalling, the forum page is now disorganized. Topics, Posts and freshness is listed vertically (screenshot attached). I tried uninstalling and reinstalling bbpress but the forum layout is still disorganized.

View post on imgur.com

Pls how do i revert back to the default bbpress settings?

Thanks

[bzwb]

Hi @sceko,

thanks for the effort you put into the bbpress plugin but it didnt work out well for me.
I tried uninstalling the white plugin and reinstalling bbpress but the forum layout is disorganized.

View post on imgur.com

Pls how do i revert back to the default bbpress settings?

[wcreimer]

When I activate the latest bbPress (2.5.8) or SimpleRestrict (1.0.2) plugin then try to login to my site, the WordPress dashboard does not open. Instead, I simply get the home page of the site.

To deactivate these plugins, I have to go to my site files, rename the “plugins” folder, sign in to the site (the Dashboard appears) then reactivate my plugins other than bbPress and SimpleRestrict. Signing out, then signing in shows me the Dashboard. I have repeated this procedure about 3 times with the same result. The site is http://ruralpolicy.ca.

If I activate bbPress (in order to use the Forums option), the site seems to work okay, but I can’t log in to the Dashboard.

I recently redefined the site address URL and it seemed to make the necessary changes to the shortlinks okay. I can’t be sure, but this bbPress-Dashboard problem appeared around the time I made this change.

I’m using the Twenty-ten theme with a child.

Any suggestions what the problem might be?

[Robkk]

@bananadan

There are a ton of other freelance sites that you can try to hire a developer to do this for you. Some like freelancer.com where I do see a lot of forum migration jobs posted there.

@slim1212

how do i add counter in bbpress?

create a new topic for that.

[slim1212]

how do i add counter in bbpress?

[slim1212]

Hi there try http://profprojects.com/migrate-web-wiz-forums-to-bbpress/
hope this will help you

[bananadan]

Robin:
I am striking out on http://jobs.wordpress.net/. The majority of the people who have responded to my post send me massively long resumes and covers letters explaining how they are the “greatest developers” and can do anything and then some. Very few have addressed my needs which is in fact that I want to hire someone with lots of BBPress experience to install BBPress and then import the data from our Web Wiz forum and then configure BBPress to look and act as we want.
Would you allow me to post something in your site to try and find someone who is actually a BBPress guru?
Dan

[Robkk]

I think making a forum private should do what you are looking for. If you want a more private forum, look into the bbPress members only plugin. That plugin only works best without BuddyPress though.

[Sam Rohn]

the bbpress search code posted above by robkk works fine for me with wordpress 4.2.2 + bbpress 2.5.8, shows expected bbpress topics and replies in wp search results for admins, non admin members, and non logged in users

also respects posts hidden by s2member bbpress level restrictions

sam

[davidddn]

Same issue – bbpress topic and reply search results only display for admin. Latest WP and bbpress.

[folgerj]

I made changes and changed my email to what should be over at Gravatar and hit submit and get a 404 error and end up seeing the BBpress book for sale.
I don’t know if it took it or not…. It may not be allowing changes as far as I can tell

[Robkk]

@folgerj

this site uses gravatar, so go to gravatar.com and use the same email you used for this site/wordpress.org, and change it there.

For anybody that wants to view their profile and have been redirected to this topic. There is a bug right now that is being looked over. To edit your profile go to this exact url, with username being your exact username.

https://bbpress.org/forums/profile/username/

To go to certain profile links add these additional slugs for each. So for example go to https://bbpress.org/forums/profile/username/subscriptions to view your subscriptions.

Topics Started > topics/
Replies Created > replies/
Favorites > favorites/
Subscriptions > subscriptions/
Edit Profile > edit/ (You can look at any information but not save)