[Robin W]

ok, so we are back to the fault finding

It’s not twenty twenty four as I’ve just double checked that, so I’d suspect another plugin if you are happy that your role has keymaster.

so use the healthcheck tool to test you site with just bbpress and your theme, and then add back plugins until you get the problem

[mikeraine11]

I did make a mistake in either clicking the wrong option or not saving it when making a change in the the theme support tab in bbp style pack. Now the discussion forms are showing up on the frontend of the website when you go to https://turnaroundinterview.com/forums. However, there is still no Forums tab in the dashboard or any sight of bbPress in the settings menu.

Any clues now?

BTW, thank you for your help with this. My frustration has been boiling and sorry if that becomes apparent 🙂

[Robin W]

I’m not suggesting you change themes, simply that you do this as a test. This just lets us see where the problem lies so that we can fix it.

bbpress works fine with 2024 as long as you fixed it at the theme support tab in style pack settings to enable it for FSE theme.

[mikeraine11]

I’ve read that WordPress’s new FSE themes such a Twenty Twenty Four can be an issue with bbPress because bbPress is so out of date (hasn’t been updated in over 2 years, which is very concerning).

However, I am VERY reluctant to change themes. We JUST went through a lot of time and work to rebuild the site after migrating from the old host to WordPress.com because the old custom theme was not compatible with Jetpack. I chose Twenty Twenty-Four because I assumed, as the newest WordPress default theme, that it was the most future-proof and would avoid compatibility issues.

Is there just no way around this issue while keeping the Twenty Twenty Four theme?

[Robin W]

ok, so you definitely have bbpress enabled 🙂

it could be a theme or plugin issue

Themes

As a test switch to a default theme such as twentytwenty, and see if this fixes. don’t use twenty twenty four, as it is an FSE theme

Plugins

If that doesn’t work, also deactivate all plugins apart from bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

If you cannot do this to your site (say because it is live) then use the ‘troubleshooting’ features of this plugin to let you test without affecting other users

Health Check & Troubleshooting

Then come back

[mikeraine11]

Yes, neither the frontend nor the backend.

In the WP Admin dashboard, there is no Forums tabs or any mentioned of Forums or bbPress in settings menu.

On the frontend website, when you go to the forums URL (https://turnaroundinterview.com/forums/), it says Page Not Found.

[Robin W]

so you cannot see bbpress on either the frontend and the backend – yes? or just the backend?

[mikeraine11]

Hi,

We recently moved our site from a previous host to WordPress.com, and in doing so updated the site to the Twenty Twenty-Four theme. We use bbPress for discussion forums because it integrates with Memberpress courses.

All was good on the old site, but now bbPress and any mentions of Forums has disappeared from the WP Admin dashboard. I’m double checked that I am a bbPress keymaster, and also installed the bbPress Style Pack plugin, but don’t see anything there that solves my problem. I have also seen some people with a similar issue say that the All in One SEO plugin was the culprit, but that is not installed on the site.

We are running version 6.4.3 of WordPress.

Can anyone please help me get forums working!

Thank you!

[Robin W]

I have bbpress working fine with 8.2

[davidalbert]

I am planning to create a new forum with bbPress. Do you still have issues on 8.2?

[Robin W]

You can build your forum to look however you like, many would complain if this was the only way you could show your forum.

The basic look of the forum is generally determined by your theme, and dependent in theme how you use sidebars.

The widgets on the left are available either in the default bbpress plugin or in

bbp style pack

which will let you style bbpress and add lots of features.

[duwg]

feel like this forum is a bit of false advertising 🙂 because the default setup looks nothing like bbpress.org

does anyone know how to get their bbpress layout too look more like bbpress.org and buddpress.org

I mean the Forum home page shows recent topics/discussion on the right hand side and Category on the left hand side more like Vanilla forum

default bbpress setup is a forum style home page show category first

[Robin W]

it needs a template change – if you know how to FTP

find
wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/loop-topics.php

transfer this to your pc and edit

change:

<li class="bbp-topic-voice-count"><?php esc_html_e( 'Voices', 'bbpress' ); ?></li>
			<li class="bbp-topic-reply-count"><?php bbp_show_lead_topic()
				? esc_html_e( 'Replies', 'bbpress' )
				: esc_html_e( 'Posts',   'bbpress' );
			?></li>

to

<li class="bbp-topic-voice-count"></li>
<li class="bbp-topic-reply-count"></li>

and save

create a directory on your theme called ‘bbpress’
ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress

where %your-theme-name% is the name of your theme

Then transfer the file you saved above and put in in the directory called bbpress that you created above, so you end up with
wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress/loop-topics.php

bbPress will now use this template instead of the original

Repeat this for the file loop-forums.php

[jemar707]

I am trying to replace the titles for Voice and Replies with dashicons like the WordPress forums are styled. I am using the code below, and it works in that it adds the dashicon, but it doesn’t remove the words.

/*topic titles*/
.bbpress .forum-titles {
	overflow: hidden;
}
.bbpress .forum-titles .bbp-topic-voice-count::before,
.bbpress .forum-titles .bbp-topic-reply-count::before {
	font: 400 16px/1 dashicons;
	margin-right: 100px;
	-moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
	-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
}

	.bbpress .forum-titles .bbp-topic-voice-count::before,
	.bbpress .forum-titles .bbp-topic-reply-count::before {
		font: 400 21px/1 dashicons;
		margin-left: 20px;
	}

.bbpress .forum-titles .bbp-topic-voice-count::before {
	content: "\f307";
}
.bbpress .forum-titles .bbp-topic-reply-count::before {
	content: "\f125";
}

.bbpress li.bbp-header li.bbp-forum-info,
.bbpress li.bbp-header li.bbp-topic-title {
	text-align: left !important;
}

/*forum titles*/

.bbpress .forum-titles {
	overflow: hidden;
}
.bbpress .forum-titles .bbp-forum-topic-count::before,
.bbpress .forum-titles .bbp-forum-reply-count::before {
	font: 400 16px/1 dashicons;
	margin-right: 100px;
	-moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
	-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
}

	.bbpress .forum-titles .bbp-forum-topic-count::before,
	.bbpress .forum-titles .bbp-forum-reply-count::before {
		font: 400 21px/1 dashicons;
		margin-left: 20px;
	}

.bbpress .forum-titles .bbp-forum-topic-count::before {
	content: "\f307";
}
.bbpress .forum-titles .bbp-forum-reply-count::before {
	content: "\f125";
}

.bbpress li.bbp-header li.bbp-forum-info,
.bbpress li.bbp-header li.bbp-topic-title {
	text-align: left !important;
}

[demonboy]

Hi Robin,

My apologies, I’d said it was User Role Editor. It wasn’t, I used the Members plugin. Unfortunately, I can’t provide a link as everything is behind a login but here is my Members admin page. You can see the additional member roles I created.

All that said, however, I am wondering if this is a theme update that caused this. Previously I’d themed my forum to display this user role, not bbp-author-role, so it is possible this was over-written by a theme update instead (my theme includes bbpress). Honestly, it’s been over four years since I styled my forum so I’m clutching at straws here, but is there any way your plugin could have over-written any custom code I wrote?

I think if I add this to my child functions file I may be able to re-introduce the forum role:

		$bbp_roles['oyster-owner'] = array(
'name' => 'Oyster Owner',
'capabilities' => bbp_get_caps_for_role( bbp_get_participant_role() ) // the same capabilities as participants
);

[jemar707]

I am reading and reading and reading. If I remove the functions I use from above and guess they may be a problem, is this something that can be handled by your style pack plugin instead? (I use it for ALOT). Much of those functions in our plugin relate to bbpress, that’s one of the reasons I use it instead of a child theme sometimes. If I change themes, I don’t want to lose the way I want bbPress to operate.

[Robin W]

this error can be produced by several things, it is a usually related to permissions.

The 10 years old post related to a previous version of bbpress that is very different from todays version.

two cars stopped at the side of the road with their hoods up doesn’t mean that they both have the same problem 🙂

[anutgc]

On this page – https://thebakersjunction.com/forums/
the footer code comes up as text.

I disabled all plugins one by one. When i disabled G5 Core plugin the problem on this page disappeared but my entire site template got broken.

I guess it is a conflict between bbpress and g5 core.

Pls help

[Robin W]

sorry, this is not a site design service ! The layout issues are related to how bbpress is interacting with your theme, and there are many thousands of themes.

I only did this out of kindness to help you.

You can play with the padding-left: 200px; setting ie changing it to say 210px to move the ‘heading’ to where you want.

[ganarukanaru]

Buddyboss does not provide free tools to migrate to BBPRESS, which will reduce its service and trust.

[ganarukanaru]

Since buddyboss’ forum functionality is low functionality, I would like to revert to BBPRESS. If BUDDYBOSS is kind, BUDDYBOSS should provide that tool.

[Robin W]

try adding this to your theme’s additional css

.bbpress .wp-block-group-is-layout-flex {
	width: 100%;
	max-width: 100%;
	padding-left: 200px;
}

[enkoes]

Thanks for your reply!

I only found three widgets in your plugin, ie, Latest Activity, Single Forum Information & Single Topic Information. But they are not the widget I’m looking for. The widget I mean should look like the one used in bbPress support forum (located top left).

Regards.

[kokiri]

Hello Community Members,

I hope this message finds you well. I am reaching out to address a concern related to notifications in our BuddyPress/bbPress forum. Currently, when receiving notifications for new forum topic replies, the notification list displays something like “bbp_new_reply_5991” instead of providing a user-friendly message such as “Username has replied to your forum topic.”

This issue has been causing confusion among our community members, as it makes it challenging to understand the context of the notification at a glance. It is crucial for our users to receive clear and concise notifications to enhance their overall experience on our platform.

If anyone has encountered a similar problem or has any insights on how to resolve this issue, your input would be greatly appreciated. Additionally, if any developers or administrators are familiar with potential solutions or workarounds, please share them with the community.

Let’s work together to address this matter and improve the notification system in our forum. If you have any questions or need further clarification, feel free to ask. Thank you for your cooperation and assistance in resolving this issue.

[enkoes]

Hi, I like the forum summary widget (with total posts for each forum) used in bbPress support forum. See the first widget shown in the left sidebar.

I’ve been searching every where but just couldn’t find the widget. Any clues?

Regards.