[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

[Robkk]

@johnwilbanks

try these two plugins and see if they fix your issue.

http://www.rewweb.co.uk/bbpress-wp4-fix/
http://www.rewweb.co.uk/bbpress-wp4-fix2/

[tummybos]

Thanks very much @robkk. The link on wp user query is a great tool to solve my problem.
Concerning the use of BuddyPress, i think the link will be a problem in the sense that the links to the profiles that will be displayed will not link to the users forum profile. I want the links to go to user’s bbPress profile page, not the default wordpress user page nor the buddypress profile.
So I have decided to go by the Wp user query way, but please how am I going to create the php code. Am i supposed to wrote it in a page? or where should I put the code and how will i create the page?
Thanks.

[Robkk]

@gptxffa

Showing the comment your are replying to next to the reply to: text bbPress does not do that. That sounds like some custom development go to http://jobs.wordpress.net/ and post a job.

as for reply threading , i guess not threading??

see if its 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

[Robkk]

@screenwavemedia

create a copy of page.php rename it to bbpress.php and put a conditional tag into the code.

i think use bbp_is_search()

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

bbPress Conditional Tags

[Robkk]

what version of bbPress / BuddyPress / WordPress are you using?

[Robkk]

@mentions is not part of bbPress yet.

but for now you can use the @mentions feature from BuddyPress and use on forums with this code.

copy this into your child themes functions.php or use a functionality plugin.

function custom_bbpress_maybe_load_mentions_scripts( $retval = false ) {
	if ( function_exists( 'bbpress' ) && is_bbpress() ) {
		$retval = true;
	}
 
	return $retval;
}
add_filter( 'bp_activity_maybe_load_mentions_scripts', 'custom_bbpress_maybe_load_mentions_scripts' );

and i think you would get an email notification from BuddyPress anytime you get @mentioned

for multiple users you can just separate it with a space.

[Robkk]

There is a way using the wp user query

https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_User_Query

plugins like BuddyPress have this type of feature too.

bbPress does not have a feature/shortcode like this, but if you use BuddyPress , bbPress is compatible with it.

[Lisa]

Thank you, Stephen, for taking the time to create a mapping graphic. Much appreciated!

One question: In my Forum code, the Forum_Parent, which is “0” (zero) identifies it as a thread starter, and because the Forum_Ancestor is not “0” (zero), lists it as a reply, underneath the parent, and multiples are ordered by date DESC. How does bbPress handle this? If I understand the methodology, I’ll do better at the mapping. Do I simply use the Forum_Parent for ALL?

Hope I am clear in my question…

Lisa

[tummybos]

I have a bbPress driven forum on http://ictgiants.com/questions/category/all and I want to create a page that will display the registered users on my website similar to http://stackoverflow.com/users.

Please if there is a plugin or shortcode that does this, that is what I need
Any idea and links will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance

[Stagger Lee]

Profile counts topics and posts right, but display is wrong. Almost as you moved posts/topics between different Users (owners).
Did you maybe deleted one User and made new one with same username ?

Do you use caching plugin ? Fast, they usually work OK with bbPress.

[mvasicm]

Hi there,
I have bbp-register shortcode, but I need to implement next step in the registration. Im using Paid Membership Pro to make membership levels. For now, I have only registration into bbpress, but the user is not redirected on the page where he can choose his membership level…Every new member is registered without any membership.

Is it possible to add this feature into registration process?

Thanks!!

[Robin W]

ok, undo that previous change by deleting that file, it was rubbish !

Then in your function file add

function default_reply_subscribed() {

		// Get _POST data  IE is this a first post of a topic?
		if ( bbp_is_post_request() && isset( $_POST['bbp_topic_subscription'] ) ) {
			$topic_subscribed = (bool) $_POST['bbp_topic_subscription'];

		// Get edit data  IE either the author or someone else is editing a topic or reply
		} elseif ( bbp_is_topic_edit() || bbp_is_reply_edit() ) {

			// Get current posts author
			$post_author = bbp_get_global_post_field( 'post_author', 'raw' );

			// Post author is not the current user EG a moderator is altering this. In this case we'll leave the default to blank, 
			//as much of the time mods are correcting or moderating, their not interested in the topic itself !
			if ( bbp_get_current_user_id() !== $post_author ) {
				$topic_subscribed = bbp_is_user_subscribed_to_topic( $post_author );

			// Post author is the current user  IE you're editing your own post, so default should be to see any replies
			} else {
				$topic_subscribed = true ;
				//the next line is what it used to say instead of true
				//bbp_is_user_subscribed_to_topic( bbp_get_current_user_id() );
			}

		// Get current status
		} elseif ( bbp_is_single_topic() ) {
			//the user is writing a new reply ?
			$topic_subscribed = true ;
			//the next line is what it used to say instead of true
			//bbp_is_user_subscribed_to_topic( bbp_get_current_user_id() );

		// No data
		} else {
			$topic_subscribed = true;
			//used to say false !
		}

		// Get checked output
		$checked = checked( $topic_subscribed, true, false );

		return apply_filters( 'default_reply_subscribed', $checked, $topic_subscribed );
	}
	
add_filter ('bbp_get_form_topic_subscribed', 'default_reply_subscribed') ;

function default_log_edit_false() {

		// Get _POST data
		if ( bbp_is_post_request() && isset( $_POST['bbp_log_reply_edit'] ) ) {
			$reply_revision = $_POST['bbp_log_reply_edit'];

		// No data
		} else {
			$reply_revision = 0;
		}

		return apply_filters( 'default_log_edit_false', checked( $reply_revision, true, false ) );
	}

add_filter ('bbp_get_form_reply_log_edit', 'default_log_edit_false' ) ;

Functions files and child themes – explained !

that should do both topic edit and reply subscribed.

[WutHirsch]

O.K. Guys, i find the problem by my own.
Typing Error, the right code is:

#bbpress-forums, .article, div#content_box.sidebar_layout {
	width: 100%;
}

But now my Start Page got a full width too, again.
Hmm, ok so i have to try to fix it again.
It would be easier if i would find the Page id from the forum root.

But i dont know, where can i find it.
Normaly i can see the page id in the urls.
Its not possible here.