[sharlene_c]

When I try to search in my forums, I get no results unless I only use a single word to search for. Is this the standard functionality of the search form in bbPress or are there some parameters somewhere I can customise to search for a phrase?

Thanks in advance.
S

[Robkk]

try this

#bbpress-forums #page-container ul li {
  text-indent: 0;
}

[Robin W]

@flyfisherscorner – unfortunately the way bbpress works means that changing theme widths rarely works – Don’t blame me, I didn’t write it !

[Robin W]

add this to your style.css

#bbpress-forums {
width: 700px !important;
}

Functions files and child themes – explained !

[FlyFishersCorner]

Hello,

I’m currently running Robin’s plugin to display total posts by user. However, below each avatar I now have “Post Count:” and “Total Posts:”

I’ve messed around in the loop-single-forums file, but don’t want to break the plugin as I believe this is the file that Robin’s plugin calls to work correctly.

I’m sure it’s simple, but I just can’t figure it out / don’t want to mess something up.
My forums can be viewed at http://flyfisherscorner.com/forums

Also, as a follow up: maybe a newbie question, but how can I make sure that the eventual changes won’t be lost on updates? Just put the altered file into a bbPress folder in my child theme, or do I need to create all the folders to give it the same “path” as the file has in the main wp-content folder?

In other words, if I put the edited file into my child theme, can I just stick it directly into a bbPress folder, or do I need to create folders in there to mimic the directory path (e.g. bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/loop-single-forum.php)?

Thanks a million!!

[Robin W]

no sorry – I can see nothing wrong with the code – it seems fine, so don’ know why it is doing this.

as long as you have tried

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.

which you say you have, then can you list all the forum settings in dashboard>settings> forums in case there’s something in there.

[wplove3268]

I’m in the process of importing a phpBB forum into bbPress and found, during the import, that there was a broken image icon where the “progress” image should be.
Indicated in the code like this:

I’m importing a very large forum and it would be nice to know where I am in the process.

Any idea of why that would not be displaying correctly? I am using bbPress 2.5.6 with WP 4.1.1

[runamuck]

Hi – I’m planning to import data from an existing SMF forum to a new site built with WP/buddypress/bbpress which is being developed in a subdirectory of the existing site.

I’m not super tech savvy, but I just want to make sure that the existing forum on SMF keeps running smoothly as I import the data. I’m assuming nothing will be deleted after import.

Can anyone confirm this?

Thank you!

[Robkk]

usually its just copy loop-forums.php into your child theme in a folder called bbpress and edit this

<li class="bbp-forum-info"><?php _e( 'Forum', 'bbpress' ); ?></li>

but since you have bbpress in another language maybe edit the .po file??

using something like Poedit might help if that is the case.

and also how to create a new one in this page for different forum topics.

well what exactly are you going for , show recent topics sitewide below that??

[BuddyPressLost]

Looking at the import folder in bbpress I don’t see any PHP-Fusion. Does anyone know of the method to extract users, threads and articles from Fusion to WP?

I found one in the tickets area. But they don’t seem to work.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:NbDWTvd1R3QJ:https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2420+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

[borisj]

WP 4.1.1 / BP 2.2.1 / BBPress 2.5.6

Hi, I created two sub-forums for a buddypress group (http://ikmeaa.org/groups/kmeducamp/forum/). Is there a way to open the forums on the group forum page instead of on a single forum page?

[Robkk]

i just was making sure you were using the right tool.

make sure you do the basic troubleshooting steps in this post

Before Posting

then you can try this

since you upgraded to wp 4 , try these plugins and see if they fix the issue.

bbpress wp4 fix

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

[rynep]

The default WordPress Import/Export tools.

WordPress 3.5.2 (export/old site) -> WordPress 4.1.1 (import/new site)

They’re both running the latest version of bbPress. Is there another tool handy I can utilize?

[smucke]

I would like to know if is possible to enable shared forum in a multisite installation. I would have a forum on site1 which I would also like to access from site 2 and site 3.

I would urge anybody to help me resolve this as soon as possible as I’m completely lost at the moment. Kind regards,

[Robkk]

follow the troubeshooting details listed in this post, it could most likely be a plugin/theme issue.

Before Posting

[mrjarbenne]

As the SuperAdmin on a multisite, I activate bbPress for a number of different sites. When I do, the site gets added to the My Sites menu. I don’t want a role on the forum. Once I set it up and add the Administrator of the blog as the Keymaster, I’d like to remove myself entirely, but it seems that I can’t remove myself from the site: I am consistently reverted to a Participant on the forum. Does visiting the site while logged in automatically add the user as a participant? Is there a way for me to remove myself from the site to keep the My Sites menu on the WP Admin bar cleaner?

[Robkk]

@gnulikeaboss

Topics will display the most recent activity

yes

but you can’t click the ‘Freshness’ text/link to have it SORT

bbPress does not have table sorting like this below example

http://codepen.io/jakestuts/details/tGpju

it doesnt even have a tabled layout anymore , its all lists

i bet someone could develop this for you though

go post a job at http://jobs.wordpress.net/

[Robkk]

like say you want the topic/reply forms to be closed on weekends or something??

this could be in some support forum plugin for bbPress, if so i will check in a minute.

[Robkk]

Categories were changed to forums or subforums and forums were changed to subforums or categories a lot in the past

you lost me here

I guess I have to debug freshness and see where it gets the wrong recent posts and topics …

make sure you followed all the troubleshooting tips here

Before Posting

other than that it would be tricky to find the issue

if you do find anything please report back

[Robkk]

these two plugins are both compatible with bbPress and have exactly what you said.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-ulike/
wordpress.org/plugins/rating-widget/

for support forums plugin i guess try this plugin instead

https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddy-bbpress-support-topic/

[RyAnaon]

Thx for the answer.

I am just trying to setup a forum correctly, with restricted areas for groups like : Administrators, moderators and the rest free for registered users.

And by the way, something to create some moderators right.

The basics things we can do with phpbb3, nothing new.

Maybe I just can’t find the right menu on bbpress?

[Robkk]

they know that their is an issue

https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2414

[acerie]

I just installed bbPress today (Version 2.5.6), and although I have been able to create new forums, every time I try to add a new topic I get “ERROR: Your topic cannot be empty.”

I am using the latest version of the Nirvana theme (version 1.0.5), which is supposedly compatible with bbPress.

I have searched some forums and tried adding the line “define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ‘128M’);” to wp-config.php, but still no luck.

I have just installed wordpress, so at the moment the only plugin I have installed is “TinyMCE Advanced” which facilitates font modification (size, underline, family, etc.) in the post editor, and even after deactivating this nothing changes.

Please help 🙂

[BuddyPressLost]

is that what this is?

https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/2420/PHPFusion.php

[smucke]

Forgot to mention

Versions: WP v.4.1.1, BuddyPress v 2.2.1, bbPress v 2.5.6
Multisite installation (4 sites in total), Directory Install – root, Fresh Install
Running:Locally on MAMP and on Amazon EC2 CentOS 6x