[Robin W]

just to jump in here

bbporess 2.5.5
wordpress 4.1.1
Twentyten theme

and no other plugins does not have this issue.

Therefoere it is likely to be a plugin or theme issue

as suggested by Robkk, suggest you

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]

yeah i bet, if you dont find another plugin issue you probably need to hire someone to fix it for you.

i just checked my site just in case to see if the new version of bbPress is causing this issue, and its not bbPress.

[Robkk]

@eastdevonalliance

i sent like 3 emails to help you.

if it didnt send they basically said

deactivate Relevenssi because it has had issues with bbPress before
deactivate Disable Comments because if you didnt create a bbpress.php it might cause issues.
check for conflicting CSS in the topic area
clear cache because i cant think of anything else.

[Robkk]

to create a forum go to forums>new forum in the wordpress backend

I don’t see how I customize it or set up topics or set up so only certain people can subscribe to it

for certain people to subscribe to it might be custom development post a job at http://jobs.wordpress.net/

Is there a video I can watch on how to start?

there is guides in the bbPress codex , but no videos

Codex

you can search youtube for a tutorial, make sure its at least in the past 2 years, anything older than that might be for the old versions of standalone bbPress.

[Robkk]

ahhh so they have admin capabilities then since they have the WordPress role of Admin.

well , when i registered through i think the BuddyPress registration form, and i cant see anywhere to get into the backend right now.

see if another plugin is causing the issue.

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.

[mvaneijgen]

‘Normal’ users get the message “You cannot create new topics.” when you add echo do_shortcode ('[bbp-topic-form]');

This is a similar topic to this message created almost three years ago, has anyone a solution for the current (latest) version of bbpress and wordpress.

[madvibes]

Wordpress defines User roles as: Subscriber, Contributor, Author, Editor, Administrator. Admin being the highest level of control, obviously.

BBpress seems to have roles defined as: Keymaster, Moderator, Participant, Spectator, Blocked.

I have WP set to give new users Subscriber role
I have BBpress set to give new users Participant role

HOWEVER, when somebody creates an account in BBpress, they are given the Forum role of Participant BUT the WordPress role of Administrator.

The site is http://bkparties.com/bkbp-resourcecenter/

[Garrett Hyder]

Thanks @robkk,

I appreciate that, I’ll go through some CPTs next week and play with the settings to see what the cause is and if it’s a setting will notify bbpress, etc. Otherwise if it’s a general CPT issue will raise with WordPress.

Enjoy your weekend
Cheers

[madvibes]

I think it’s bbpress, actually. I have wordpress set to give new users only Subscriber level access, which is fine. when somebody registers for the forum through bbpress, they are given administrator level access. If i register a new user outside of bbpress, they get Subscriber.

[Robkk]

@madvibes

its not bbPress its a WordPress thing.

you can deactivate your bbPress then switch to a user that is a subscriber then see if you can reach the WordPress Backend.

usually if the role is not admin it wont show plugin settings , theme/plugin editor , or anything they shouldn’t touch. they should only edit their profile.

but like i said if the subscriber user has admin capabilities , thats a real issue.

[madvibes]

Thanks, i’ll look into that. BUT *why* would BBpress give a newly registered forum user admin-level access to wordpress. it makes NO sense at all.

[wpgerd]

Hello,

@clarasebeste
Thanks for you answer, but as you can see on the screenshot, bbpress has already a breadcrumb.

@robin-w
Thanks for this interessting Plugin. I test it with my Test-WP and identify this code for placing the subscription-toggle in the right:

.subscription-toggle {
float:right;
}

Add this in my childtheme/css/bbpress.css and it works. Thanks.

Found also in the extras a nice looking loop-forums.php for displaying the complete forum 😉

Gerd

[madvibes]

They are automatically granted Administrator access to WP backend when they register on bbpress

[EastDevonAlliance]

I deactivated all bbpress related plugins except bbpress itself, and the problem remains. IN the back end I have one topic in one forum, in the front end it says:

“This forum contains 1 topic, and was last updated by East Devon Alliance 4 days, 23 hours ago.

Oh bother! No topics were found here.”

Given the number of other plugins which are essential to my site and cannot be deactivated, I am not sure how to proceed now.

[nolimit966]

Hi,

Im using a bespoke WordPress theme for my site which ive created myself.

Ive fully customized BBpress & put the theme inside my WP theme too.

So far so good, it looks great & works fine too. But one problem is that the Breadcrumbs at the top of my page throughout the website only display:

Home / Forum / HatWorks Forum

If i then go into the GENERAL DISCUSSION SUB FORUM / TOPIC I get the following:

Home / Forum / General Discussion

Instead i should be getting:

Home / Forum / HatWorks Forum / General Discussion

If i then go to click a topic in general discussion I get:

Home / Forum / Hello all forum members, what do you prefer?

instead of

Home / Forum / HatWorks Forum / General Discussion / Hello all forum members, what do you prefer?

The current code I have written in my functions.php for the breadcrumbs is:

<?php
function the_breadcrumb() {
    global $post;
    $post_type = $post->post_type;
    echo '<ul id="breadcrumbs">';
	if(get_post_type() == 'forum' OR get_post_type() == 'topic' OR get_post_type() == 'reply') {
		
	  echo '<li><a href="';
        echo get_option('home');
        echo '">';
        echo '<i class="ts-awesome-home" style="font-size:14px;letter-spacing: 2px;"></i> Home';
        echo '</a></li><li class="separator"> / </li>';
		echo '<a href="https://hub.driveworks.co.uk/forums/forum/">Forum</a>';
		echo ' &nbsp;/&nbsp; ';
		echo  the_title();

	}

    elseif (!is_home()) {
        echo '<li><a href="';
        echo get_option('home');
        echo '">';
        echo '<i class="ts-awesome-home" style="font-size:14px;letter-spacing: 2px;"></i> Home';
        echo '</a></li><li class="separator"> / </li>';
        if (is_category() || is_single()) {
            echo '<li>';
            the_category(' </li><li class="separator"> / </li><li> ');
            if (is_single()) {
                echo '</li><li class="separator"> / </li><li>';
                the_title();
                echo '</li>';
            }
        } 
		
		elseif (is_page()) {
            if($post->post_parent){
                $anc = get_post_ancestors( $post->ID );
                $title = get_the_title();
                foreach ( $anc as $ancestor ) {
                    $output = '<li><a href="'.get_permalink($ancestor).'" title="'.get_the_title($ancestor).'">'.get_the_title($ancestor).'</a></li> <li class="separator">/</li>'.$output;
                }
                echo $output;
                echo '<span title="'.$title.'"> '.$title.'</span>';
            } else {
                echo '<li><span> '.get_the_title().'</span></li>';
            }
        }
		
    }
   
}

?>

Any anyone help with the child navigation of this please?

Thank you

[booknerds]

Hey there,

well, I’m not sure if this is the right subforum, so please feel free to

I am running a site where we have admins, authors and editors (which can review editors’ posts before putting them on-air). So, since now, we protected our WP backend with .htpasswd and .htaccess so no one could register/login without knowing the credentials for this extra anti-brute-foce gate.

Now I decided to stop using phpBB and switching to bbPress for my website, and as it seems, I need to remove the htaccess/htpasswd thingy to open up WP for all users to make it possible for people to register for the forums.

This makes me become concerned about the security of my site because anyone can register then – spammers as well as those brute-forcing id***s.

So, what can you recommend to have a WP website running bbPress while keeping the security level as high as possible?

Using: bbpress 2.5.5 | WP 4.1.1 | SmartMag Theme | http://www.booknerds.de (forum not on-air yet)

[Robkk]

@garrett-eclipse

yeah your right it is showing this class on the blog menu item for the bbPress custom post type archives, but i also checked some other cpt archives from jetpacks portfolio cpts and its doing the same thing.

i assume maybe all cpts?? but let me check a little more with some other plugins.

[Garrett Hyder]

Thanks @robkk, I installed Twenty Fifteen and although it’s not visually apparent if you inspect the blog item in the menu you’ll find the ‘current_page_parent’ class on it’s li.
What’s the best course of action for me to take in notifying the bbpress team of the bug?
Appreciated,
Cheers

[Robkk]

this is a known issue and will be resolved in a future release of bbPress.

here is the trac ticket so you can see the progress of the resolution to this issue.

https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2618

[Robkk]

@wpgerd

thanks for posting that i havent really browsed the changes in the new version of bbPress thoroughly , i didnt catch the change to the notifications emails.

im probably going to ping the plugin devs to help out on these notification bug topics.

[Robkk]

create a bbpress.php from your page.php file or single.php and remove any useless information like comments code.

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

reply back if you need more help or it doesnt work.

[Robkk]

@helene-n-insdigbord

no problem , i forgot to mention that there is also bbPress related tools for repairing in tools>forums too.

if you need any more help finding something or any other question go ahead and ask.

if its finding something reply back here, something else create a new topic.

[Robkk]

most likely it could be only the bbPress related plugins, go ahead and deactivate the bbPress plugins first then come back and give me your results.

[ab initio]

Simple note to bbPress creators, If you change all background: & background-color: to transparent; It should be compatible with any theme. Also I don’t think it’s a good idea to have minus pixels e.g. -3px; and the search form is miles to big. But keep up the good work as it’s worth it.

[Cotoonline]

Hello! I have installed bbpress to my wordpress site that I host on a private host. Everything seems to have installed fine. So here is the problem. No users, regardless of their role, is able to view the initial topic post. All replies are viewable, just not the original post.

Website: http://main.coto-online.com/forums/

I have tried repairing the forums, and it doesn’t work. I have tried disabling/re-enabling plugins and it doesn’t work. I’m hesitant to uninstall/reinstall the forums as I don’t want to lose the posts members have already made.

Please help me.
Thanks in advance.