[Robin W]

try

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-genesis-extend/

[buzink]

You can add the default WordPress media button. I guess it only works for logged in WordPress users with authorization to upload.

[asefredrikson]

I have pinpointed the problem.
This section in the BBPress.css is breaking my themes:

@media screen and (max-device-width: 480px), screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) {
-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; {
}

@media only screen and (max-width: 480px) {
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-topic-tags {
clear: left;
float: left;
}
div.bbp-search-form input,
div.bbp-search-form button {
font-size: 11px;
padding: 2px;
}
li.bbp-forum-info,
li.bbp-topic-title {
width: 45%;
}
li.bbp-forum-topic-count,
li.bbp-forum-reply-count,
li.bbp-topic-voice-count,
li.bbp-topic-reply-count {
width: 15%;
}
span.bbp-reply-post-date {
float: left;
}
span.bbp-admin-links {
clear: left;
float: left;
}
#bbpress-forums .bbp-forums-list li {
display: block;
font-size: 11px;
}
#bbpress-forums .bbp-body div.bbp-reply-author {
margin: -15px 10px 10px;
min-height: 100px;
padding-left: 80px;
position: relative;
text-align: left;
width: 100%;
}
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-reply-author a.bbp-author-name {
clear: none;
display: inline-block;
margin-left: 0;
word-wrap: break-word;
}
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-reply-author img.avatar {
position: absolute;
top: 15px;
left: 0;
width: 60px;
height: auto;
}
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-reply-author .bbp-author-role {
font-size: 12px;
font-style: normal;
}
#bbpress-forums .bbp-body div.bbp-reply-content {
clear: both;
margin: 10px;
padding: 0;
}
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-reply-content p {
margin-bottom: 1em;
}
div.bbp-submit-wrapper {
float: left;
}
#bbpress-forums fieldset.bbp-form {
padding: 0 10px 10px;
}
#bbpress-forums #bbp-user-body {
clear: both;
margin-left: 0;
word-wrap: break-word;
}

/* =Standard Mobile Portrait
————————————————————– */

@media only screen and (max-width: 320px) {
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-search-form {
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header li.bbp-forum-info,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-body li.bbp-forum-info,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header li.bbp-topic-title,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-body li.bbp-topic-title {
width: 100%;
}
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header li.bbp-forum-info,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header li.bbp-topic-title {
text-align: center;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header li.bbp-forum-topic-count,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header li.bbp-forum-reply-count,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-body li.bbp-forum-topic-count,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-body li.bbp-forum-reply-count,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header li.bbp-topic-voice-count,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header li.bbp-topic-reply-count,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-body li.bbp-topic-voice-count,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-body li.bbp-topic-reply-count {
width: 20%;
}
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header li.bbp-forum-freshness,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-body li.bbp-forum-freshness,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header li.bbp-topic-freshness,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-body li.bbp-topic-freshness {
width: 58%;
}
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-body li.bbp-forum-topic-count,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-body li.bbp-forum-reply-count,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-body li.bbp-forum-freshness,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-body li.bbp-topic-voice-count,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-body li.bbp-topic-reply-count,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-body li.bbp-topic-freshness {
margin-top: 7px;
}
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-footer {
font-size: 10px;
}
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header div.bbp-reply-author {
text-align: left;
width: 25%;
}
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header div.bbp-reply-content {
margin-left: 25%;
}
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-template-notice img.avatar,
#bbpress-forums p.bbp-topic-meta img.avatar {
width: 14px;
height: auto;
}
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-the-content-wrapper td.mceToolbar {
padding: 1px;
}
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-the-content-wrapper td.mceToolbar td {
width: 20px;
height: 20px;
}
#bbpress-forums div.wp-editor-container {
width: 100%;
overflow: auto;
}
#bbpress-forums input#bbp_topic_title,
#bbpress-forums input#bbp_topic_tags {
width: 95%;
}

/* =Extra Small Mobile
————————————————————– */

@media only screen and (max-width: 240px) {
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header li.bbp-forum-topic-count,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header li.bbp-forum-reply-count,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-body li.bbp-forum-topic-count,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-body li.bbp-forum-reply-count,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header li.bbp-topic-voice-count,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header li.bbp-topic-reply-count,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-body li.bbp-topic-voice-count,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-body li.bbp-topic-reply-count,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-footer div.bbp-reply-author,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-footer div.bbp-reply-content {
width: 45%;
}
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header li.bbp-forum-freshness,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-body li.bbp-forum-freshness,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header li.bbp-topic-freshness,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-body li.bbp-topic-freshness,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header div.bbp-reply-author,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header div.bbp-reply-content {
clear: both;
width: 100%;
}
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header li.bbp-forum-freshness,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header li.bbp-topic-freshness {
text-align: center;
}
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-body li.bbp-topic-freshness,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header div.bbp-reply-content {
margin-left: 0;
text-align: left;
}
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-body li.bbp-topic-freshness p.bbp-topic-meta {
display: inline-block;
}
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header {
overflow: hidden;
}
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-footer div.bbp-reply-content {
display: inline-block;
margin-left: 0;
}
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-body div.bbp-reply-author {
min-height: 60px;
padding-left: 60px;
}
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-reply-author img.avatar {
width: 40px;
height: auto;
}

When I remove:

@media screen and (max-device-width: 480px), screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) {
-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; {
}

@media only screen and (max-width: 480px) {

@media only screen and (max-width: 240px) {

@media only screen and (max-width: 240px) {

The site looks OK again.
Anyone know if it’s safe to remove those??

[wannial]

Hey all, first post here and hope someone can help me.
I’ve put a bbpress forum in my wordpress website and created a Forum button in the main navigation bar

http://www.hardwarehome.nl

When I click this button the forum is shown perfectly.
When I then klick on a subforum like reviews it’s still perfect, but then!
If I klick forums, not on the main navigation bar, but in the forum menu itself, it brings me back to the forum (notice the sligt difference in URL /forum when coming form the menu bar, and /forums when coming trough the forum) but it’s all scrambled up!

Anyone any suggestions on this one?

[Stephen Edgar]

The next release of bbPress will allow you to customise the CSS based on the user role in each topic or reply so you should be able to do what your asking here 🙂

See https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2692 for further details 🙂

Additionally also see this post on how to achieve the same results now 😉

[asefredrikson]

Hello!

I use Genesis with Child theme and when activating BBpress it breaks my CSS, only in Safari 8with Mac)
The Jetpack social icons are messed up: http://56kilo.se/ss0.png
and my social icons in the sidebar: http://56kilo.se/ss1.png

WP version 4.0.1
BBPress: 2.5.4
Bloggg: http://56kilo.se

Any input would be very helpful!

[Stephen Edgar]

There’s also this page https://bbpress.org/about/examples/

[Stephen Edgar]

To add and thanks Rob, bbPress.org does not use Font Awesome, we us Dashicons that are included with WordPress.

Dashicons

[Jacob]

@Robkk – thanks for that. But again …. I am talking about what we an expect in the future.

I know all that. I also know that:
1. These plugins are outdated .. not reliable .. not something to build on …
2. After I have done that my site goes even slower.

Quote: “if you think bbPress needs specific features added to the core of the plugin make a new topic about that.”

3. This topic is not about the specifics of that survey. I was just mentioning Jeffs post in relation to his comment..

Again – what I am after is the initial blockquoted question about momentum and future expectations.

But thanks.

[Robkk]

// Filter wp_nav_menu() to add profile link
add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_items', 'my_nav_menu_profile_link' );
function my_nav_menu_profile_link($menu) {
    if (!is_user_logged_in())
        return $menu;
    else
        $current_user = wp_get_current_user();
        $user=$current_user->user_login ;
        $profilelink = '<li><a href="/forums/users/' . $user . '/">My Profile</a></li>';
        $menu = $menu . $profilelink;
        return $menu;
 
}

i just edited the code listed here

Layout and functionality – Examples you can use

[Robkk]

@situationerdk

most of the features users wanted in that survey can be achieved with some plugins listed here

Feature Plugins Tracking

attachments you would have to use gd-bbPress attachments
quotes you can use bbPress direct quotes or gd-bbPress tools
for using bbPress for WordPress comments you can use the bbPress topics for posts plugin

if you just want users to be able to edit their comments use the simple comment editing plugin

if you think bbPress needs specific features added to the core of the plugin make a new topic about that.

[Jacob]

@Jeff – Ok, glad you received my oroginal post in the way it was to be understood. Just saw your post over here http://wptavern.com/bbpress-2014-survey-results-show-users-are-still-disappointed-with-lack-of-features. I see we are along the lines …..

I could have written an article like that, but it would not have vented the frustration. I would love to be able to use bbPress and WordPress together. As it is now I dont think of bbPress as normal forum software – but conceptually I would be able to use it to replace the hopeless commenting system that is so weirdly OLD and outdated in wordpress. That way wordpress gets a lift and bbpress becomes the relatively simple software it is in its own right – as a nice facelift for wordpress commenting. Have they not noted the brilliant Disqus plugin ? It is really good – and why wordpress has not made these features native – perhaps not exactly like Disqus – but somewhere along those lines, I really cannot understand – is WordPress simply sleeping ? Users cant even edit their comments as a standard feature when commenting ? Why are they not on the forefront on this defining feature for a blogging system ?

I will probably go with Xenforo and the Xenword addon. It will probably be an official addon sometime (see also the CTA Featured threads and Portal …. nice one by Brogan..). Or MyBB which is also awesome.

[Robkk]

@joedostie

bbpress.org does not insert the icons with html in the topic info area , they just use CSS

bbpress.org uses this css for any icon for the topic info.

.sidebar .forum-info li:before, 
.sidebar .topic-info li:before, .sidebar div ul li a:before {
font: normal 16px/1 'dashicons';
margin-right: 5px;
float: left;
padding-top: 3px;
color: #000;
}

then they use this to add the star icon packaged with dashicons

.sidebar .topic-info li.topic-favorite:before {
content: '\f155';
}

[Robkk]

@skisma

you create a folder named bbpress in the root of your theme and put the file there.

heres more info https://codex.bbpress.org/theme-compatibility/

first create a new forum but change the type to category.

for each new forum you want in the category , make sure the forums parent is that category.

to reorder the forums change the id

I’m pretty sure I need to access my cPanel and then navigate to my file manager, correct?

well you can do that or FTP , whatever you are comfortable with i guess.

[Robkk]

There is two sites that run bbPress that i think should be in this showcase list.

This one is highly customized that you might think that it does not run bbPress .but if you look at some of the source code of the topic pages you will see it does.

Discussions

CSS-TRICKS have been running bbPress for awhile now and i think they they use the plugin quite nicely too.

http://css-tricks.com/forums/

[Jeffro]

I’ve created a ticket in Trac at the request of @netweb https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2730

[Jeffro]

Hello @joedostie I’ve pinged the people responsible for the forum to see if they can tell you what it is this site is using to add Font Awesome Icons to the Topic Info widget. I did a few searches myself and although I found a tutorial to add Font Awesome support to bbPress, I didn’t find exactly what you’re looking for.

[Jeffro]

The showcase page on the bbPress Codex is a bit outdated with some of the sites opting to not have a forum at all. Can you please help me out by sharing URL’s to websites using bbPress you think are worthy of being showcased. I’m looking for 5-10 sites but depending on the response, I may add more.

[jmodine]

How I did it is this. first I changed my css Using a child theme I just added this css to my style.css (Important to use a child theme so you don’t lose your changes.)

#bbpress-forums .bbp-forums-list li {
display: none !important;
}

.bbp-forum-title{
display: block !important;
font-size: 22px;
font-weight: bold;
border-top: 15px solid blue;
boder-top-left-radius:5px;
boder-top-right-radius:5px;
-moz-border-radius: 5px;
-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
margin-top: 10px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.bbp-topic-title {
font-size: 16px !important;
}

What this did is I made multiple forums instead of categories. when I made the forums I used the text area to include the descriptions. Left the main topic forums closed. so no one could post on there.
I then made sub forums (hence using my main forums as category tags) and again used the text area for the description while creating the forums. I left these open so post could be made in there.
Now I have all kinds of styling you can change. Play with the borders margins colors and text size until you get what you like. I also found the text size to be too small for the descriptions so I used the plug in tinymce advanced to add custom fonts, font-sizes and colors for the descriptions.

[jmodine]

the solution to this is built in WordPress not not in bbpress. First make sure you have an actual page called forums then use short code to mate it your main forums index page. Once that is confirmed check your permalinks and make sure they are not on default. ( I usually use post name). Now your forums page should be showing as a page on your site. Then go to custom menu Dashboard>appearance>menus once there you can create many different menus and label where they will show up, or even call them through the widget area. But for your particular problem find the one called Main(top primary menu) then just add the pages you want to show up on that menu and delete the ones you don’t want to show up. (Be sure to uncheck automatically add top level pages).

[jmodine]

changing it to 0 would be best. Just make sure you are using a child theme. If you aren’t you will lose the changes with the first update to bbpress or your theme. you can find child theme info on the codex or use this plug in to create it for you If you already have a child them just add the code above to your style.css in you child theme. It will override the bbpress css I would just recommend commenting off the css so its easy to find if you need to add more changes.

[jmodine]

This has been a difficult one for me. I have multiple forums on my site dealing in multiple categories.
When I click any of the forums to view topics there are topics from other forums showing. example

Forum A
topic 1 (has)
topic 2 (has)

Forum B
topic 1 (has)
topic 2 (has)

when clicked Forum B to view topics, forum A topics show up like so
Topic 1 (from forum A)
Topic 1 (from forum B) {organized according to freshness }
Topic 2 (from forum A)
Topic 2 (from forum B)

What I want is when clicking forum A (or B) you see

Topic 1 (from correct forum only)
Topic 2 (from correct forum only)

Now the topics being organized according to freshness I thought it was a freshness issue so I went changed some loops. I had no luck getting this not to happen. I have removed the freshness from every loop and every content then returned them to normal having no results.
If this is related to freshness then I am having a problem getting bbpress to read the custom loop-“tag”.php I have them placed in childtheme>bbpress which is how I was told this worked from the duccumentation. You can see the specific problem on this page

[jmodine]

The easiest way is to do a custom CSS. make a child theme first i recomend this plug in “Child theme configuration” Down load the zip file once you chose your settgings. upload the child theme through dashboard> appearance > theme > add new then use a text editor and make a style.css for your theme (bbpress will be overridden with it) I use eclipse for a text editor but notepad will work in the style css add this code
(this came directly from my site so it has a few changes you can change anything you like on it for more customization) you can see my forums lay out here

#bbpress-forums .bbp-forums-list li {
display: none !important;
min-height: 50px;
font-size: 18px;
border: 3px solid black;
border-top: 8px solid #871A1A;
boder-bottom-left-radius:5px;
boder-bottom-right-radius:5px;
boder-top-left-radius:5px;
boder-top-right-radius:5px;
-moz-border-radius: 5px;
-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
margin-top: 10px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.bbp-forum-title{
   display: block !important;
   font-size: 22px;
   font-weight: bold;
	border-top: 15px solid blue;
	boder-top-left-radius:5px;
	boder-top-right-radius:5px;
	-moz-border-radius: 5px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
	margin-top: 10px;
	margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.bbp-topic-title {
	 font-size: 16px !important;
}

Like I said any of these values are changeable and you can add more or take some out. hope this helps.

[Dirk]

Here it is:

table: xxxxxx_usermeta
meta_key: xxxxxx_capabilities
meta-value: a:2:{s:6:”editor”;b:1;s:13:”bbp_moderator”;b:1;}

The user is Editor in WP and Moderator in bbPress.

[Skisma]

@robkk Thank you for that file! Now where do I paste it? I’m pretty sure I need to access my cPanel and then navigate to my file manager, correct? I’ve tried looking through my folders there last night and didn’t see anything regarding bbpress.