[Stephen Edgar]

@bestru Thanks, there is a minor bug in the SMF, it has been fixed for the next release.

If you take a look at this https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/5332 and change that mistaken <tt> for <br> in the SMF.php file things should work just fine.

Let me know how that goes for you 🙂

[creator2000]

Well, I really thought that might be the case, BUT…

Please take a look at this here:
http://temp.stillrunnin.com/runnin-board/topic/billetproof-is-back-in-2014/

This is a version of my site running “Twenty Fourteen” theme and only bbPress plugin activated. Same problem.

Please LMK and I can provide you with a temp login to test this further.

Thank you!

[Robin W]

bbPress is tested with wordpress default themes. It maybe a conflict – you need to check plugins and themes

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.

[Robin W]

look at the step by step guides in the documentation

Codex

[Hard Seat Sleeper]

Stephen my rant was no way a slight against you and your work, assuming you’re the lead programmer? I know it’s been a hard road, I’ve been using bbpress since version .9, and seen a few leads over the years.

Much to my delight, the posts in the wp category were not deleted, just the category itself. So I just recreated the category and put those posts in it again.

But the tags in the wordpress site were definitely overwritten in the migration, including any custom taxonomies using the same slugs.

The community I’m involved with is large and active. Since the forum went live again they are back to posting. We’re kind of tied to bbpress as long as it’s supported and is feasible. Here’s hoping the future is bright.

[spymasterhugh009]

I decided to uninstall BuddyPress because it was too damn complicated to understand for a 68 year young non-geek!

So I have installed your latest version which said it was compatible with my version of WP which has the latest updates.

If you visit SpyCraftU you will see NO pages for the forum I have set up or the topics under it. So how do I set up a Members page for the forum so people can register?

I sure as hell hope that bbPress is easier than BuddyPress which looks like a NIGHTMARE to make work!

Thanks!
Hugh009 Spymaster

[Cariva]

Hi everyone, I’ve seen several questions kind of like this one but not exactly, so forgive me if it’s been answered and I’ve missed it!

Wordpress 4.0, bbPress 2.5.4.

What I need is a forum that only a specific group of people (several hundred, increasing annually) can view and use. Because of the numbers involved it’s not practical to manually add them to an allowed list for the forum.

Solution idea 1:
A Forum page which shows you just a Login form, plus a Sign Up form. The Sign Up form has an additional field for a specific code, which we will distribute to our members via a Mailchimp list.

Solution idea 2:
The Sign Up form automatically cross-references with the Mailchimp list, so that only people who are already on the list are able to sign up for the forum.

Your help enormously appreciated!

Cariva

[Robin W]

I want the forum menu link to be visible but nothing else, no forum titles/topics etc simply a login panel and a message explaining that the forum is for members only.

ok, put the following in your functions file

//Stop non-logged in user seeing the forums and show forum login page instead

function lab_logged_in_bbptopics($have_posts){
	if (!is_user_logged_in()){
		header("Location: /forum-login/");
		exit ;
		}
return $have_posts;
}
add_filter('bbp_has_topics', 'lab_logged_in_bbptopics');
add_filter('bbp_has_forums', 'lab_logged_in_bbptopics');
add_filter('bbp_has_replies', 'lab_logged_in_bbptopics');

The create a page called ‘forum login’ and ensure the permalink is set to ‘forum-login’. You can actually use any name or permalinl, but the permalink has to match the one in line 3 above.

into that page you can put something like

You must be both registered AND a member of the club to use the forums.

If you are not a member, why not <a href="/join-us/"> Join the club </a>

Otherwise please login in

[bbp-login]

Then create a ‘join-us’ page that they can go to.

If I disable the toolbar in this way, will I need a plugin to allow users to make basic changes to their profile in an environment that is consistent with the front end of the website?

There are several ways to get an edit profile – this one adds it to your custom menu if they are logged in

Layout and functionality – Examples you can use

[janfeng]

In author page everybody can comment,author can’t del this comment.

[everykid]

Started by disabling all pludgins…no change

Dumb luck…I went into Settings: Format and unchecked “Add Toolbars and buttons to text area to help with HTML formatting”
Now I can see a border around the box intended for entering descriptor of the box. …a step toward solving this.

I don’t care if users have toolbar or formatting for this box but I expect I will for other boxes so still would like a fix.

I believe the change has to be in file bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/form-topic.php.

I am totally uncomfortable at messing around much at this level but think I need to edit this file and add some code to add a box title like “Topic Description (manditory)”

below I include the part of that original file from bbpress where it would need to be but not sure what it should look like or where to put it. I expect this is a simple thing for someone who knows what they are doing but for me…not so much! The actual code and where to copy and paste it would save me hours of trial and error. (if some code could also be added to allow the rechecking of the ‘Post Formtting’ box without loosing the border that would be a real bonus.)

From file form-topic.php

div>

<?php bbp_get_template_part( ‘form’, ‘anonymous’ ); ?>

<?php do_action( ‘bbp_theme_before_topic_form_title’ ); ?>

<p>
<label for=”bbp_topic_title”><?php printf( __( ‘Topic Title (Maximum Length: %d):’, ‘bbpress’ ), bbp_get_title_max_length() ); ?></label><br />
<input type=”text” id=”bbp_topic_title” value=”<?php bbp_form_topic_title(); ?>” tabindex=”<?php bbp_tab_index(); ?>” size=”40″ name=”bbp_topic_title” maxlength=”<?php bbp_title_max_length(); ?>” />
</p>

<?php do_action( ‘bbp_theme_after_topic_form_title’ ); ?>

<?php do_action( ‘bbp_theme_before_topic_form_content’ ); ?>

<?php bbp_the_content( array( ‘context’ => ‘topic’ ) ); ?>

<?php do_action( ‘bbp_theme_after_topic_form_content’ ); ?>

<?php if ( ! ( bbp_use_wp_editor() || current_user_can( ‘unfiltered_html’ ) ) ) : ?>

<p class=”form-allowed-tags”>
<label><?php _e( ‘You may use these <abbr title=”HyperText Markup Language”>HTML</abbr> tags and attributes:’,’bbpress’ ); ?></label><br />
<?php bbp_allowed_tags(); ?>
</p>

<?php endif; ?>

<?php if ( bbp_allow_topic_tags() && current_user_can( ‘assign_topic_tags’ ) ) : ?>

<?php do_action( ‘bbp_theme_before_topic_form_tags’ ); ?>

<p>
<label for=”bbp_topic_tags”><?php _e( ‘Topic Tags:’, ‘bbpress’ ); ?></label><br />
<input type=”text” value=”<?php bbp_form_topic_tags(); ?>” tabindex=”<?php bbp_tab_index(); ?>” size=”40″ name=”bbp_topic_tags” id=”bbp_topic_tags” <?php disabled( bbp_is_topic_spam() ); ?> />
</p>

<?php do_action( ‘bbp_theme_after_topic_form_tags’ ); ?>

<?php endif; ?>

[Stephen Edgar]

A sleepless week later, it is done.

Been there, done that 😉

First, it imported all posts, even years-old spam, so I deleted that migration and figured out how to really delete spam in the standalone, and then imported again.

Tough gig, but once it is done it is done…

Then I found out that tags were not integrated, rather if tags were in the forum, they simply deleted any tags or custom taxonomies with the same name in the wordpress install. The site relies heavily on these tags, so we we spent a few days re-tagging everything and re-checking.

Tags should indeed work and import as expected, for example, here on bbpress.org this was imported using the same importer you used.

The “profile” tag ~7 year old topics -> https://bbpress.org/forums/topic-tag/profile/page/7/

Now this morning I see that one entire category of the wp install was deleted. Luckily it was not a heavily trafficked section of the site. At this point we’ve put days of work into this data, so rather than roll back, we’ll recreate that category.

WordPress deleted a category or forum? or was the category/forum not imported?

bbpress has given our site community many things over the years, I can’t complain at all. But the new version is much slower than the standalone version, and much harder for us to edit and modify. My viewers actually have a diminished experience now.

We are improving performance for the next release and yes, things are different now that it is a WordPress plugin, I can’t even begin to count the improvements I’d like added to bbPress, there are many, but not so much time to make it all happen quickly. 🙂

The tide has turned over the years. While WordPress fumbled with bbpress and buddypress, Facebook came to the fore and basically sucked all the community out of the wp platform. It’s a shame, and not likely to turn around for any of us here. I applaud the hard work of the devs who worked on this platform over the years, but it has been an exhausting experience this last week, and I am not done yet. It will be another sleepless night.

Thanks for applause and migrating data from one platform to another is not the easiest thing in the world, I’ve tried to help make it easier and more reliable but again more can be done and not enough time to do it.

[Hard Seat Sleeper]

I was using a standalone bbpress for many years, but the latest WordPress update did something to mess up cookie integration. The writing was on the wall for my old standalone forum, I decided to move forward and upgrade and migrate.

A sleepless week later, it is done.

First, it imported all posts, even years-old spam, so I deleted that migration and figured out how to really delete spam in the standalone, and then imported again.

Then I found out that tags were not integrated, rather if tags were in the forum, they simply deleted any tags or custom taxonomies with the same name in the wordpress install. The site relies heavily on these tags, so we we spent a few days re-tagging everything and re-checking.

Now this morning I see that one entire category of the wp install was deleted. Luckily it was not a heavily trafficked section of the site. At this point we’ve put days of work into this data, so rather than roll back, we’ll recreate that category.

bbpress has given our site community many things over the years, I can’t complain at all. But the new version is much slower than the standalone version, and much harder for us to edit and modify. My viewers actually have a diminished experience now.

The tide has turned over the years. While WordPress fumbled with bbpress and buddypress, Facebook came to the fore and basically sucked all the community out of the wp platform. It’s a shame, and not likely to turn around for any of us here. I applaud the hard work of the devs who worked on this platform over the years, but it has been an exhausting experience this last week, and I am not done yet. It will be another sleepless night.

[ntrabue]

Hello, our company is on a google apps domain. While I prefer gmail, most of my co-workers prefer outlook.

I hadn’t noticed this while putting the site together, however, it appears that email notifications don’t seem to appear as links by default in outlook 2010 or 2013 the URLs just appear as plain text. I figured it was something I could probably fix so I started looking around. I stumbled on this in includes/common/functions.php

	// Strip tags from text and setup mail data
	$topic_title   = strip_tags( bbp_get_topic_title( $topic_id ) );
	$reply_content = strip_tags( bbp_get_reply_content( $reply_id ) );
	$reply_url     = bbp_get_reply_url( $reply_id );
	$blog_name     = wp_specialchars_decode( get_option( 'blogname' ), ENT_QUOTES );
	$do_not_reply  = '<noreply@' . ltrim( get_home_url(), '^(http|https)://' ) . '>';

	// For plugins to filter messages per reply/topic/user
	$message = sprintf( __( '%1$s wrote:

%2$s

Post Link: %3$s

-----------

You are receiving this email because you subscribed to a forum topic.

Login and visit the topic to unsubscribe from these emails.', 'bbpress' ),

		$reply_author_name,
		$reply_content,
		$reply_url
	);

if I’m reading this correctly, it does indeed simply output the string of the URL. What would be the best way to go about making sure this is recognized in outlook as a link?

Thank you in advance for your help.

[Robin W]

bbPress is tested with wordpress default themes. It maybe a conflict – you need to check plugins and themes

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.

[ficurran]

Hey,

I am currently using bbpress, along with front end pm. In my directory of users in front end pm, I would love each user’s name to link to their bbpress profile page.

This is the section of php within front end pm I would be looking to add the profile urls to I think:

foreach($users as $u)
{
$directory .= “<tr class=’trodd”.$a.”‘><td>”.$u->display_name.”</td>”;

$directory .= “<td>actionURL.”newmessage&to=”.$u->user_login.”‘>”.__(“Send Message”, “fep”).”</td></tr>”;
if ($a) $a = 0; else $a = 1;
}

Any thoughts on how I would do this?

Thank you in advance 🙂

[Loofah]

More info…

All forums seem to have published themselves which probably explains away the scheduled bit above. All forums are shown at ‘webitename.org/forums’ which appears to be the default and no issue with that. No topics are showing up despite them existing and publishedin the Forums > Topics area of bbpress.
When you click on a forum title the address bar adds in a level e.g ‘webitename.org/forums/forum/introductions’ which I wonder is a legacy from the import and the cause of the problems?

Help!

[Loofah]

I’ve just noticed that each section of the old smf forum has been made into a separate bbpress forum during import. These only show up as ‘scheduled’ in the bbpress forums area and none of them have any of their posts or replies attributed to them (they all apparently have zero topics or replies).

The imported topics still correctly refer to their parent forum however so why aren’t they matching up?

[Loofah]

I’ve installed and activated bbpress and imported an smf forum. I then went through all the repair stages as mentioned in the documentation but no forum has appeared under ‘Forums’ although I have all the topics and replies.

Any idea why? Do I need to create a new forum area which will automatically use the topics etc?

[FadingMusic]

Hello,

I’m not sure what happened, but apparently logged out users get a blank forum page.
Funny thing is, whenever I hit the save button in bbPress setings, bbPress seems to work for awhile and then goes blank again.

What is causing it and how can I solve this?

http://www.fadingmusic.com/forums

[Stephen Edgar]

@tehred Go to SMF’s website to find details on how to install SMF, you probably want to install the same version that the database backup is from (if you know it).

You should have a MySQL database backup, typically these are named filename.sql, filename.sql.zip or filename.gz, this is an actual export of the database data rather than the actual files used as part of the website.

You should be able to import (once you find it) that file into MySQL as a new database, then you point bbPress’ import to that database name in the import settings along with username and password and table prefix (most likely smf_).

Once you start running the import it copies the data from your old SMF database into the WordPress database you are using with bbPress, your original SMF database is not altered in anyway, it is still best practice to make sure you have backups of your SMF and WordPress database all the same.

[tehred]

@stephen, a couple things to know:
– I am using a backup from SMF. I no longer have access to the server that SMF was installed on. I don’t know if a backup and an export are the same thing. I feel like they probably are not.

– Assuming they are not, I am looking at instructions on how to install SMF on a temp server so I can import the backup, and then export the database.

– Assuming I get the export done, what I feel like you are telling me is that I need to import that file into the MySQL running on the server WordPress is on. I am assuming that I create a new database to import the data into. Once that is done, i run the converter on that new database.
– Does this convert that new database, or create a new database that has the bbPress info in it?

[chero123]

hello, i have one doubt

I want to show on the forum index

topics by freshness and index forums

on the same page, first: topics by freshness and after forums…

I do not have much experience with bbpress and little knowledge … I have 3 days to install and I am configuring

[Robkk]

are you even using bbpress??

there is no ask a question tab..

explain more on what you are talking about??

[jugoretz]

Yeah, not trying to be discouraging, @nathanegraham, but this is a bug–and I am already running WordPress 4.0 and still experiencing the problem.

Activating network-wide also has the consequence that sites that do not need bbPress, but do need other plugins, sometimes have trouble with those other plugins because of conflicts with bbPress (I’m suspecting that as a problem now with Join My Multisite plugin).

Would be great to see a fix soon, if possible! @netweb? Anyone?

[Doremdou]

Hi, your bbpress wp4 fix is perfect @robin-w my topics are showing up again.
Is this a known issue? Do you know if it will be officially fixed in the next bbpress release?

Thank you a lot