[joym]

Hello, I have been trying to migrate very small forum – 35 posts to a new database. Both bbPress forums are running on the most current version. Users have all been migrated to new database and is running on the same(current) version of buddypress. Forum and site roles have been set for all users.

I have exported 3 separate files: Forums, Topics, and Replies. I then upload it using the WordPress Importer. I make the connections with the users in my new database. On the backend, everything looks good. The forum, topics, replies, and user connections are correct. On the front end, the forum is visible, but none of the topics are.

I’ve tried to repair using the forum tools – after doing that the forum loses all of it’s topics and the replies are no longer linked to the topic.

I’ve done this repeatedly and it’s always the same result. Can anyone help lead me in the right direction.I have no idea what I could be doing wrong. Thank you.

[simonbegg]

Hi,

I’m having an issue setting up bbp Private Groups to work exactly as required.

I’ve set up a private forum to be visible only to logged in users (I also have other forums visible to all).
This works fine in that the forum is invisible to non-logged in users.
However when a non-logged in user goes directly to the private forum url (eg http://teamtwobees.com/forum/facebook-advertising/) they are presented with a 404 page. I’d like these users to be redirected to a log in page and then redirected back to the private forum after having logged in.

I’ve set the ‘URL of redirect page for NON-LOGGED-IN’ option but this doesn’t seem to have any affect – users still get the 404 page.

What is the correct way to achieve what I’m looking for?

bbPress v 2.5.6
bbp Private Groups v 2.5.6
WordPress v 4.1.1

Thanks

Simon

[Chad R. Schulz]

Sorry, I just noticed a typo in my post. The php file you need to alter is loop-single-reply.php and it’s going to be in your plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress folder. But it may also be in your theme’s folder if your theme has custom bbpress template files. If your theme has a bbpress folder in it themes/{your theme}/bbpress than that’s the file your need to make your adjustments to.

Make your simple addition: put <?=function_exists('thumbs_rating_getlink') ? thumbs_rating_getlink() : ''?> inbetween <?php do_action( 'bbp_theme_before_reply_content' ); ?> and <?php do_action( 'bbp_theme_after_reply_content' ); ?> either before the content <?php bbp_reply_content(); ?> or after it. It all depends on what you prefer.

And then put it in your theme’s child folder: themes/{child-theme}/bbpress/loop-single-reply.php.

If you aren’t using a child theme (highly recommended, BTW) you’ll will have to modify this file directly and replace it in the default folder. And, every time you update your theme and/or bbpress you may need to recreate this modification.

And for css modifications you’ll have to insert the appropriate css mods (use Google Chrome to identify the css selectors and properties/values) into a custom.css file/plugin–I either use the one in Jetpack or in a stand alone plugin. You can also add the css modifications into your child theme’s .css file.

–Refer to the plugin author’s support page on wordpress.org. There are a lot of valuable css tips and suggestions. Also, the author had proven to be very helpful in getting his plugin up and running for most people.

Oh, and my website is currently in the development stage and won’t be made public for awhile. I’m building it at my leisure, “The joy of hobby sites.”

Hopefully this clears up a few things. It’s kinda hard to describe everything in detail. I just end up muddling through until it looks/acts OK. As a suggestion make sure you keep a default/unmodded .php file handy to switch back and forth with until everything works. Wouldn’t want to have to bother reupping a new file from a theme/bbpress .zip file every time you screw something up.

Good luck, Chad

[AlbertFox]

Wordpress search box and bbpress forum search are disconnected. These operate independently. Is there any way for them to work together? although it should place some selector (radio button) to search at each of them using same box?

Thanks for all 🙂

[AlbertFox]

Activating the visual editor or CKEditor plugin for bbPress (editing functions.php) A “HTML” tab is created in the message topic form. And by default must be pressed manually on “VISUAL” to write the rich text editor and display all the options. It’s confusing…

My question is: How can 1) make the visual editor to default and 2) hide tabs “HTML” on the message/topic form?

BBPRESS VERSION 2.5.4
WORDPRESS 4.1.1

Thanks for all 🙂

[Robin W]

Donlt worry we all had to start at some stage !!

1.

Now, because I did that, anyone that registers registers for a WordPress account. I’m not sure if that’s correct.

yes that is how bbpress works it uses a worpress account. As long as you set Dashbiard>settings>general default to subscriber, your user won’t be able to do anything in wordpress

2. set the admins to hidden as per docs

Forum visibility:

Public – Anyone can see these forums
Private – Only logged in registered users with a forum role can see these forums
Hidden: Only Moderators/keymasters can see these forums

If you want more granular access, then use

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

3. no sorry not a ‘diary’ way- wordpress not bbpress so try their forum, but

4.

I am pretty sure I can do it via the forum, I just don’t know how to do it. I know it’s a permissions thing and I can make certain posts hidden.

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

and set a forum per user, but you’ll need to do this manually as part of user set-up, so if only say one as day signing up that would be fine, but if hundreds !!

4.

‘I was just told we need to also make it so that the posters are anonymous’

No idea why, it is entirely up to you how you set you site up
– if you want no-one to comment then set comments off in settings>discussion>default article settings.
– if you want just registered – then also set ‘users must be registerd…’ in other comment settings

Come back if you need further help 🙂

[freakyy85]

thanks but i removed bbpress again … im not good in styling stuff and i dont really need a forum.

[Lars Henriksen]

Thanks Chad, I like the idea of lightweight too, so I took your advice and tried it out.
It works fine with custom posts and pages, but I can’t set it up with BBpress.

First of all, is my child theme path correct:

(childtheme)/bbpress or should it be (childtheme)/plugins/bbress?

You mean ‘single-reply.php’ above, right? 🙂

Do I have to modify bbpress css ?

Can you post a link to your site, please?

Thanks,

Lars

[freakyy85]

nm, I’ll remove bbpress again. sorry for the trouble.

[Robkk]

Is this the same code that bbpress is using on this forum?

i dont think so, i think its something else, maybe just BuddyPress but i think they took out the notifications for each @mention.

if you use what i am talking about you type @ then after that a bunch of users names show up that are in the topic for you to put their name in.

You are also talking about a plugin functionality

i mean a plugin that you can paste code snippets llke the one i put above into ,

https://wordpress.org/plugins/functionality/

Is there also a plugin who can do this?

For @mention notifications , BuddyPress. For placing code snippets you can use the plugin i mentioned above.

[Robkk]

@goclones

i dont know why its not working??

most of the links you hover over with the vantage theme in the bbPress forums the title attributes dont show , like hovering over the title of the topic should show the topic title , but it doesnt.

Dont know what to tell you.

[Robkk]

would this plugin help out with what you are trying to do.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-post-topics/

instead of embedding a forum each post , it is a topic.

then you could use wordpress categories for each type like TV or Movies then

their is a some settings added to the comments metabox to specify what forum you want this specific topic would be in , then it would create the topic automatically based off the current post you are creating.

Im not sure if it does what you want to do , id say check it out and see if you can.

you dont have to create categories for all the forums just create a couple forums like say TV and MOVIES for example then create topics for each post.

[BBC]

@robkk
Thank for reaction.
Is this the same code that bbpress is using on this forum?
You are also talking about a plugin functionality
Is there also a plugin who can do this?
If not then I will ask my web builder to implement your code.

Again thanx

Greetings
Conrad

@bbc

[Zimm]

Sorry, i uninstalled and then reinstalled bbpress. the problem that I am having now has to do with the bread crums. when you go into a forum, then into a topic, the Bread Crumbs look like GFX Cons > Activity > Topic name… I’d like it to act like an actual forum and display the breadcrumbs properly.

GFX Cons > Forums > Category > Topic Name.

Is that possible to fix?

[Chad R. Schulz]

I’m trying Thumbs Rating. It doesn’t tie into any user meta, so you can’t restrict the voting to only registered/logged-in users. However, it works very well and very fast. It only adds post meta so it shouldn’t noticeably slow-down your site even with thousands of topics/replies.

After activation, per the plugin developers instructions I put the following code into my loop-single-relay.php:
<?=function_exists('thumbs_rating_getlink') ? thumbs_rating_getlink() : ''?>
goes somewhere between <div class="bbp-reply-content"> and </div>
–this is theme specific and has to be modified based on your needs. I found that placing the vote before or after and not inside the content works best as the “quote” function in the forum(s) gets screwed up with the added voting content.

That means before/after the <?php do_action( 'bbp_theme_before/after_reply_content' ); ?>

Of course, as a lightweight plugin some serious css work is required. And it would be best to place this modified .php file into a bbpress child theme folder to ensure it continues to work after updates.

Good luck, Chad

[Chad R. Schulz]

I know of no simple way to create multiple forums with topics/replies for a site without using a pre-structured environment. I’m simply removing the “forum” look and putting each forum on it’s own WordPress styled post/page.

Think something like what IMDB does with movies/talent–where every film/show/person gets its own discussion board.

This way I can use bbpress’s built-in widgets and hooks to direct people to topics/replies while using WordPress menus/templates/tags to direct people to specific discussions.

bbpress is basically a well-designed, feature-rich custom post type plugin that creates post types for topics/replies inside a forum structure. So, I’m using those custom post type functions while not using the structure.

Oh, and sorry about the duplicate topics. I realized this question belongs more appropriately on this forum and had no way to delete the previous post that I put over on “Troubleshooting”.

Thanks, Chad

[leeleepompom]

Hi everyone,

I wasn’t sure where to post my question. I apologize if there are others like mine out there.

Extreme WP noobie here, I’ve been given the task of making a forum.

I downloaded bbPress, everything seems to have been set up. When I try to register, I received an error stating “User registration is not opened”.
I followed the directions from http://tinyurl.com/ofaf5qn. Then, I went back and turned on anyone can register. Now, because I did that, anyone that registers registers for a WordPress account. I’m not sure if that’s correct.

Second: I need to have a public forum, which I created. Member-only forum, also created (but having that registration issue). Also, we want to have an admin forum, obviously just for admins. How do I do that last part? Only give access to certain people?

Third: Not sure if you’re the People to talk to about this, but, we also want to have a section in our website, preferably in the forum, for our clients to have a journal/diary. They will log their food for the day. It will be private and just for them. Any advice on that? I tried using the DiaryPress plug in, but i can’t seem to figure out how it works and there isn’t any documentation online.

I am pretty sure I can do it via the forum, I just don’t know how to do it. I know it’s a permissions thing and I can make certain posts hidden.

How easy is it to create a login just for them? We don’t want to use something like Penzu, because we want it tied to us.

I was just told we need to also make it so that the posters are anonymous. I don’t want to have people to post anonymously, I want them to sign up.

Is there a way to do that?

I’m sorry for the novel. But as you can see. I am way way way over my head and need a lot of help.

[Robkk]

dont make duplicate topics

you probably dont have to make categories/sub-categories for each forum you are making if you are going to end up putting the forum in a post/page.

But i have no idea why you would need to do this type of thing, why not just use bbPress or just WordPress by itself instead of redirecting one to another.

[Chad R. Schulz]

I’m building a discussion board site that won’t use the standard bbpress forum interface. Forums will be embedded in individual post/pages with shortcodes. And all forum-type URLs will redirect to the appropriate post/page.

So no one will have access to the normal forum structure/hierarchy. Will I still need to create categories/sub-categories/forums for the individual forums?

This site may eventually have hundreds of forums and I’m looking to provide the best possible performance.

Any help welcome, Thanks.
Chad

[andrew55]

Robkk – thanks for the clarification. I’m getting a better grip now on how bbPress is set up. Although, in another forum I am working on, sometimes the stickies show up twice, but sometimes they don’t?

Question: So if stickies do show up twice normally, is there are method to get them to only show at beginning of topic (top of page)?

In the “list of topics” view, if it doesn’t have many topics and there is a sticky, the user will see the same topic twice on the same page (once at the top in the sticky area, and again below in the topic list area. Is there a method to prevent this redundancy. It’s not a huge deal, but it seems to me it will improve user experience.

Thanks for any suggestions.

[Robkk]

ok i get what you are saying now.

sticky topics show up sticky on the top on the first page, a page after that the sticky topic is shown like any other topic

for example on here

you will see the sticky topic titled “before posting” on the top of the 1st page and like any other topic on the 5th page

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

so its all good.

[Robkk]

if you use BuddyPress and bbPress together the profiles will most likely merge together, but you could force to just use the bbPress profile i think.

And i think the members page from BuddyPress should link to the users forum profile if you forced it.

i never tried it before but this might help you.

it looks like you create a custom page template, so create a members page then choose that template and i should show up.

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/wordpress-display-authors-pagination/

[Robkk]

i think the 2.4 version was suppose to be bbPress.

so it should be patched up.

see if its something else causing the issue.

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 twentytwelve, and see if this fixes.

Then come back

[andrew55]

Thanks for the reply. I don’t “think” this a archive scenario, unless I am misunderstanding how archives work.

Here is one of the topics in question (it’s a sticky, not a super sticky):
https://www.lifeleap.org/newcommunitysite/forums/topic/read-before-asking-any-psychic-questions-in-a-post/

The topic is a sticky here:
siteurl/newcommunitysite/forums/forum/lifeleap-cafe/free-psychic-questions/

But it also shows up here:
siteurl/newcommunitysite/forums/forum/lifeleap-cafe/free-psychic-questions/page/2/

(I tried to post all links, but bbpress wouldn’t let me)

Thanks for any suggestions.

[Robkk]

@patifonik

create a custom copy of page.php/single.php and rename it to bbpress.php.

https://codex.bbpress.org/theme-compatibility/getting-started-in-modifying-the-main-bbpress-template/

this might help too.

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bbpress-layout?replies=7