[Robin W]

ok,

In your theme create a bbpress directory

wp-content/themes/%yourtheme%/bbpress

where %yourtheme% is your theme name

Then copy the following file to that folder

wp-content/plugins/bbpress/template/default/bbpress/form-topic.php

So you end up with

wp-content/themes/%yourtheme%/bbpress/form-topic.php

You can then edit this file, and bbpress will use this version.

[zmenchhofer]

im not sure where this is coming from or how to change it

Under the WP site header when you are on the BBpress page (listing the forums)

there is a H1 header that says “UNDEFINED” How can we change it?

THANK YOU!

[Robin W]

I think this should do it. It’s from my library of code and haven’t used it in a while, so come back if it’s not what you want

You’ll need to add it to your functions file

Functions files and child themes – explained !

//This function adds descriptions to the sub forums
function custom_list_forums( $args = '' ) {

	// Define used variables
	$output = $sub_forums = $topic_count = $reply_count = $counts = '';
	$i = 0;
	$count = array();

	// Parse arguments against default values
	$r = bbp_parse_args( $args, array(
		'before'            => '<ul class="bbp-forums-list">',
		'after'             => '</ul>',
		'link_before'       => '<li class="bbp-forum">',
		'link_after'        => '</li>',
		'count_before'      => ' (',
		'count_after'       => ')',
		'count_sep'         => ', ',
		'separator'         => ', ',
		'forum_id'          => '',
		'show_topic_count'  => true,
		'show_reply_count'  => true,
	), 'list_forums' );

	// Loop through forums and create a list
	$sub_forums = bbp_forum_get_subforums( $r['forum_id'] );
	if ( !empty( $sub_forums ) ) {

		// Total count (for separator)
		$total_subs = count( $sub_forums );
		foreach ( $sub_forums as $sub_forum ) {
			$i++; // Separator count

			// Get forum details
			$count     = array();
			$show_sep  = $total_subs > $i ? $r['separator'] : '';
			$permalink = bbp_get_forum_permalink( $sub_forum->ID );
			$title     = bbp_get_forum_title( $sub_forum->ID );
			$content = bbp_get_forum_content($sub_forum->ID) ;

			// Show topic count
			if ( !empty( $r['show_topic_count'] ) && !bbp_is_forum_category( $sub_forum->ID ) ) {
				$count['topic'] = bbp_get_forum_topic_count( $sub_forum->ID );
			}

			// Show reply count
			if ( !empty( $r['show_reply_count'] ) && !bbp_is_forum_category( $sub_forum->ID ) ) {
				$count['reply'] = bbp_get_forum_reply_count( $sub_forum->ID );
			}

			// Counts to show
			if ( !empty( $count ) ) {
				$counts = $r['count_before'] . implode( $r['count_sep'], $count ) . $r['count_after'];
			}

			// Build this sub forums link
			$output .= $r['before'].$r['link_before'] . '<a href="' . esc_url( $permalink ) . '" class="bbp-forum-link">' . $title . $counts . '</a>' . $show_sep . $r['link_after'].'<div class="bbp-forum-content">'.$content.'</div>'.$r['after'];
		}

		// Output the list
		return $output ;
	}
}

add_filter('bbp_list_forums', 'custom_list_forums' );

[vegas778]

Sorry I thought “Meta Title” was well known. Here you’ll find an explanation : http://womeninbusiness.about.com/od/internetmarketingandseo/a/how2metatitles.htm

I said that the issue was only on profile, search and tag bbpress pages, so all the print screen on the left side are “wrong”. The 2 on the right side are “correct”.

[Robin W]

usually putting #bbpress-forums in front does the trick eg

#bbpress-forums .entry {
background-color: #f4f4f4;
}

[Robin W]

Ok, I created the changes needed – go to my site and download the changed files – instructions are there

bbPress – Making Profile Pages Private

Come back if you have any queries

[dokunbam]

I installed bbpress with wordpres on my localhost for testing purposes. I created a new account to to test posting status for the user.

But each time i want to post on the forum i get
“ERROR: Are you sure you wanted to do that?”

some should pls help out i need to get it done sonnest
Thanks

[EzYRiDaH]

Hi Flash Buddy, my forum is not online yet. I am busy migrating from myBB to bbPress.
I hope my question was clear enough.

If I want to change the margins set by the global Genesis style sheet, only for the bbPress forum.

Simply copying the margins to the bbpress.css and changing it there, didn’t work. I assume I have to put something in front of .entry to identify it only applies to the bbpress.css. I have no idea what to put in front of it, nor what the syntax is.

Most likely I can use the same logic to change the font of only the forum.

thanks!

[EzYRiDaH]

Hi there,
I use the Genesis framework. In the Genesis theme there is a CSS part that sets the global margins.

.entry {
	margin-bottom: 40px;
	padding: 50px 60px;
}

I managed to change a lot of the CSS by learning trial and error. I managed to change lot of the CSS of bbPress, but I don’t now how to change specific global things only affecting the bbPress forum.

How can I change only the margings and the font type of the forum, without affecting the rest of the site (Genesis CSS).

Your help is highly appreciated 🙂

[mpesgt01]

New on bbPress, we’re close to 2015, i want to install the one and only best social Facebook login option, so visitors can become users simply by signing-up with the Facebook account. This might mean also that if one day I remove this plugin, everything is kept inside WordPress/Database…, no ?

Here is what I’ve found so far, order in downloads.
Thank you for helping me choose.
Waiting for your advice 🙂

https://wordpress.org/plugins/loginradius-for-wordpress
Last Updated: 2014-9-8
Downloads: 228,743
3.5*

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-social-login/
Last Updated: 2014-2-16
Downloads: 126,114
4*

https://wordpress.org/plugins/super-socializer/
Last Updated: 2014-9-5
Downloads: 52,593
5*

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/socialauth-wp/
Last Updated: 2013-5-28
Downloads: 4,927
4*

[EzYRiDaH]

Hi Stephen,

Been working on other stuff on the site and told the wife to start cleaning the old forum. Kill all the ancient history.

I was able to do a successful trial conversion last weekend. Took roughly 9 hours to complete 600k of records. I tried to process more records per tranche but that didn’t seem to work. The process seems to hang in the step where the forum hierarchy is determined. Going back to 10,000 records and delay time 0 worked out ok. When I do another test run, I will try to keep track of more details.

Another thing I found out the hard way, is to kill all addons before doing a conversion. Makes sense, but stupidly enough I didn’t think of it. Perhaps something to put into your manual for conversions.

I am now ironing out the iffy things to get various plugins running smoothly with bbPress: UserPro, bbPress toolbox, a little ‘like’ addon and a little addon for polls.

Will keep you posted 😉

[Jacobo Feijóo]

Well. I am a writer, not a developer. My theme makes my forum looks awful. If I try to change colors, fonts… I need to know CSS.

Developers: please… design a simple plugin for people like me. A very-simple-plugin that allows me to change colors, fonts and two or three things more. I would be help a lot to BBPress users than don’t know how to use CSS.

Hugs,

[Topknotch]

all i want is the bbpress sidebar like the image

[bnovak]

Turns out that I was having an issue with a limit on the number of custom menu items. The limit of menu items in WordPress is 90. When I activated bbpress and tried to add my forums I had exceeded the limit of menu items and was therefore unable to add my forums to the site navigation. There is a fix for this.

Create a php.ini file and place it in in “wp-admin” folder then add:

Put the following in your php.ini file:
max_input_vars = 3000;

[pazzaglia]

I think I can help here. I was able to solve my problem after not finding the solution with plug-ins, themes, down-grades and re-upgrades. Un-installs and re-installs.

All I had to do was remove the custom bbpress file from my child theme. Totally NOT obvious soultion!! : )

I hope this helps.

Ciao,

L

[Robin W]

@peterwsterling

Are you saying that you get this issue with

wp 4.0
BP 2.5.4
NO plugins apart from bbPress
Twentyfourtenn theme

?

[Robin W]

ok, there are two issues with wp 4.0

ISSUE 1

The first gives 404 errors with sub forums for users with default permalinks. This is due to a bug in wp4.0, and netweb is on the case to get this fixed in 4.0.1

I’m working on patch for bbpress, but otherwise in the meantime there are 3 workarounds

1. Change your permalinks to any of the other settings

Dashboard>settings>permalinks

The most often used is ‘postname’

This will not only fix your issue, but make your links look prettier. However if you have links to your site forums from other sites/emails, these links might break (ie they will come up as 404 errors), but if your choice is between users not accessing, or users complaining that the link in that old email no longer works, then resetting might seem a good idea.

2. revert to 3.9.2

see

for quite a good video on how to do it

3. Move your sub-forums up a level ie make them all main forums

and keep monitoring this site for a solution.

ISSUE TWO

The second hides topics and/or replies with some themes and other plugins. This is due to a change in wp4.0 on how it handles searches.

For the second, the patch in either of these plugins may help.

bbpress wp4 fix

bbpress wp4 fix2

ONLY have one active at a time. The first form some users may show the same topic content against several topics, so fully check several posts to ensure it isn working for you.

If it does, please come back and say

[Robin W]

ok, save this file as bbpress.php into the root of your theme

ie

wp-content/themes/%yourthemename%/bbpress.php

where %yourthemename% is the name of your theme !! 🙂

Then add a line above the last, so that it now reads

<? get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

bbpress will now use that page as the one for bbpress, and should display a sidebar.

‘tweaks’ should tghen sue this fro your forum sidebar.

Come back if any of that doesn’t work, or you need more explanation

[peterwsterling]

I’m not sure the theme is relevant either, however, I am using Responsive. I am sure this issue is a problem in the core of either WP or bbPress…

[Robin W]

@vegas778 – I’m just a humble wordpres/bbpress user, and it may well be that I cannot help you, but I’ll try if I can.

I tried googling meta title, but that phrase doesn’t seem to exist.

You have again posted several pages, but I still don’t know which are ‘correct’ and which are ‘wrong’ in your view, and to be frank, which bit the meta title is?

[Kona Macphee]

Just to follow up, didn’t manage to resolve the Press Permit Pro/PP Compability pack issues with bbPress / WP 4.0. I left diagnostic data with Kevin (who kindly gave me a refund) so maybe it will get tracked down at some point.

[peterwsterling]

Hi,

I don’t use any of the plugins or themes mentioned in this thread. Yet, after upgrade to WP4 bbPress topics are not shown. Argh! So frustrating. Has anyone made any progress on solving this one?

Cheers,
Pete

[vegas778]

Hi Robin,

The issue is that the meta title displays the url when Yoast wordpress SEO is activated. I saw this issue only for the profile, search and tag pages of bbpress all the others pages look fine with the page name and site name.

Here is a print screen of meta titles of serveral pages :

[mpesgt01]

I have tried importing my phpBB3 forum to bbPress, doesn’t work well. So far I have lost a week on this 🙁 I really want to use bbPress, and really want to keep my previous forum content. I’ve notice you have 14 importers so far…

So I want to know if there is another road I can take.
– first ; what importers goes very very well ?
– second ; i might then try importing phpBB3 > to that importer/forum XYZ > then import this new file into bbPress

( As a fake example, the answer could be this ; from my Phpbb3 > into temporary Vanilla > then into Bbpress )

[sdunning]

I wish to show the description of each forum in the forum list as seen here:
http://forum.unified-automation.com/

If someone could point me towards the file and/or function I need to add/amend, I’d be eternally grateful.

I have it laid out with the child forums listed as shown by following this example but when I last tried to show the description along side it, I got the WSOD (my php sucks).

Thanks to any and all!

WP version 4.0
bbPress version 2.5.4