[jules.maas]

The “Back to Discussions” link in my forum take me back to my site’s homepage, instead of the listing of forum discussions. Do I have something set wrong? I can’t find anywhere to fix this.

PLEASE SEE http://www.maaspublications.net/testsite/client/groups/webinar-participants/forum/topic/i-have-questions-lots-lots-of-questions/

*(I did post this in 2 unresolved BuddyPress threads, although I was referred this forum. I searched for existing matching topics in your Troubleshooting forum, and only found one other matching thread that is also unresolved: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/←-back-to-discussions-link-goes-to-home-page/)

All help is appreciated!

[manavforum]

where can i find the login option in bbpress?

[andrew55]

I’m happy to be new to this community. I’ve been using phpBB for forums for years, and recently decided to migrate over to bbPress. I recently installed all newest versions of WordPress and bbPress.

I have a medium sized phpBB forum with thousands of topics, so I need to preserve the users and topics.

My setup is a bit strange though – I am using aMember, and this membership program creates an integration between WordPress and phpBB. The result is the same users exist in phpBB as in WordPress.

So, when I attempted to import users and topics from phpBB into bbPress (using import tool that came with bbPress), the forums and topics did import but the users all had “imported_” before their user names. My guess is this was an attempt to prevent duplicate users.

Is there a method to import my forums and topics from phpBB into bbPress, and have the authors of topics and replies synced to the already existing users in WordPress? Thanks for any suggestions.

[greggish]

On the main forum page here on bbPress.org the latest topics are listed with the wrong freshness time. More than half hour incorrect more some. The freshness time on the specific forum pages are correct though. Why is this?

[RyAnaon]

Hi,

I am new to BBpress and after a few research, I can’t find what I want.

Is there a plugin allowing administrators to manage who can see/post in specific forum for each user group?

Like a table where we have to fill the cases.

Or maybe I just didn’t understood it is already possible with the documentation?

[Robkk]

do this first

General Issues
bbPress works with many themes and plugins, but it is impossible to test all combinations, and many issues are caused by conflicts with plugins and themes.
Therefore before posting, please test if your issue is resolved by the following

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.

If the above produces an issue:

If it is a paid theme or plugin, please contact the authors for resolution.
If free, do ask here, we may know of workaround.
PLEASE tell us you have done the tests above when posting.

OTHER COMMON FIXES
The following will do no harm, so are worth a try and can fix some issues
Dashboard>settings>permalinks. Don’t change anything, but just click save. This resets the permalinks, and can solve some 404 errors.
Dashboard>tools>forums>repair forums and run one at a time. Useful if you’ve got some stuff not showing – doesn’t often fix but occasionally does.

but when you do update

i say make a backup of your site using this plugin

https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/

maybe even a couple of backups for a safe measure

1 to your email , 1 on your host , and 1 on your cpu.

then update WordPress.

[Lars Henriksen]

Thanks Robkk,

I tried bbPress-Support-Forums, but it puts some strange stuff in the forum header:

Screenshot

It would be nice with a plugin that just lets logged in users vote, with a widget of most voted topics.

[Robkk]

they use the regular WordPress registration

which is http://example.com/wp-login.php?action=register

or you can put the bbPress shortcode [bbp-register] into a page for a frontend form

here is the rest of the supplied shortcodes

https://codex.bbpress.org/shortcodes/

[Robkk]

if you have the slack interface up , go to the channels section and browse them til you find #bbpress

or you can go here

https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/bbpress/

[bluedawg]

I have installed bbPress but I don’t see any option for people to register. What do I need to do?

[agorts]

Dear robkk thank you for your reply..

I just realize that the “to” field has the noreply address because the users addresses exists in the bcc field… maybe… I will investigate this one…

How can I get in contact with developers..?

I joined the “Making WordPress” team in slack but how can I join the bbPress team in slack?

Best regards

Andreas

[darlookoka]

Thank you so much, should this code be in the bbpress setting or the wordpress settings? thks

[Sam Rohn]

click on the “documentation” link on the top of this page, the info you seek is there –

template info – https://codex.bbpress.org/amending-bbpress-templates/

conditionals – https://codex.bbpress.org/bbpress-conditional-tags/

etc

sam

[Hard Seat Sleeper]

I eventually found it, it’s called bbpress/content-archive-forum.php not exactly an intuitive name.

Wondering if there are a list of hooks, or even this bbpress support theme for download somewhere?

[RecipeBrag]

Hi Guys.

I hope you can help. I am using the latest version on wp and bbpress. My site is http://www.recipebrag.com

I have just set up cloudflare and since when posting a reply or making a post, it takes ages for it to appear. I don’t know if it is to do with cloudflare or not. Has anyone else had this issue?

I have searched but cannot find an answer.

TIA

Steve

[Teleos]

As I understand it does not work mode time during which the participants can edit your listing. It does not include the Edit button.
I have different themes Wordpess and put the other versions of the bbPress. The situation does not change. Permission to edit does not work even when disabled all plugins!

Surely no one with this problem faced?

[wenlujon]

in the notice text area of a forum, there’s message:
“This forum contains xxx topics, and was last updated by”
and there’s an avatar before the user, how to remove that?

also, that’s the case for a topic, how to remove that?
“This topic contains xxx replies, has xxx voice, and was last updated by”

BTW,
I managed to remove some avatars in other areas through this:

.widget_display_topics  .bbp-author-avatar { display: none ! important; }
.bbp-topic-started-by .bbp-author-avatar { display: none ! important; }
.bbp-topic-freshness-author  .bbp-author-avatar { display: none ! important; }
<code></code>

reference:

bbPress Styling Crib

[Robkk]

@eli_damon

alright when you get bounced to the normal reply form if you see a cancel link by the submit button thats when you know threaded replies is working.

just enter some content after your bounced from the reply link and hit submit the content should be under the post you hit the reply link.

the awkwardness im talking about is when the reply is on its 7th thread or more when you have a sidebar for bbPress, it makes the 7th on look squished.

Its best if you have full width for threaded replies.

other issue is when you are on about your 3rd thread or more of a reply on mobile devices , the replies content will look barely readable past that.

messing with this CSS and making the margin-left smaller for mobile device width would help out alot though. But making it look great on mobile would require some work.

#bbpress-forums ul.bbp-threaded-replies {
  margin-left: 50px;
}

if you really want to have a 10> threads , get inspired by reddit.com and how they do it.

[Robkk]

I was OK with ‘BBpress Like Button’, except for the lack of a ‘most liked’ widget,

this plugin is having issues now?? you should contact the developer.

I have installed the ‘GetShopped Support Forum Plugin’ from Github – does anyone have experience with this?

yes in the past , the plugin is quite buggy now

use this updated version that says it also has a voting feature now.

https://github.com/dtbaker/bbPress-Support-Forums

[Robkk]

i see the plugins changelog says this

fixed bbPress deactivation erasing all EM capabilities for all roles

i also see the last guy replying in the topic you posted has said the issue is fixed in the new update

is the issue resolved??

[Robkk]

remove the CSS you added to your child theme (you can download it to backup if you made changes)

let the style go back to the normal 2013 then put back the CSS

it did this type of thing for 2014 for me one time and it was pretty weird.

this PHP snippet should remove the double Private wording

add_filter('private_title_format', 'ntwb_remove_private_title');
function ntwb_remove_private_title($title) {
	return '%s';
}

other than that try these troubleshooting tips

General Issues
bbPress works with many themes and plugins, but it is impossible to test all combinations, and many issues are caused by conflicts with plugins and themes.
Therefore before posting, please test if your issue is resolved by the following

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.

If the above produces an issue:

If it is a paid theme or plugin, please contact the authors for resolution.
If free, do ask here, we may know of workaround.
PLEASE tell us you have done the tests above when posting.

OTHER COMMON FIXES
The following will do no harm, so are worth a try and can fix some issues
Dashboard>settings>permalinks. Don’t change anything, but just click save. This resets the permalinks, and can solve some 404 errors.
Dashboard>tools>forums>repair forums and run one at a time. Useful if you’ve got some stuff not showing – doesn’t often fix but occasionally does.

[Robkk]

@ozonia

this will be a feature for an upcoming release of bbPress

[Robkk]

these might help unless you already read them.

https://codex.bbpress.org/import-forums/custom-import/
codex.bbpress.org/import-forums/

only other thing i can suggest is contact @netweb on slack for help

follow this to figure out how to join the #bbpress slack channel.

Development

[Robkk]

@afurneaux

make sure you follow this so that you have everything set up correctly

Step by step guide to setting up a bbPress forum – Part 1

[Robkk]

maybe this guide will help you with understanding.

Functions files and child themes – explained !

but you can also put any PHP code snippets in a functionality plugin like this one

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