[Sudar Muthu]

Yes, Mandrill don’t like the angle brackets in front of the email address.

The patch that I made for this just got merged into bbPress trunk https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2618

Bcc’ing all subscribers didn’t cause any issue with mandrill for me after I removed the angle brackets from the do_not_reply email address.

[obinyc]

Here are my forums as they currently are: http://zimbabwe-today.com/forums/

Sorry to be the simple one here but I am really not seeing what I am supposed to do to get the sidebar in the forum. I installed BBpress WP Tweaks and added the BBpress login widget but I am not seeing anything. What am I supposed to do next? I created a bbpress.php file but I don’t see what code I should put in it that references the sidebar that I will be using. Is it some variation of this: <?php if (!function_exists(‘dynamic_sidebar’) || !dynamic_sidebar(‘Page Sidebar’)): endif; ?>

Please let me know.

Thanks

[meowmethod]

Hey Robin, thanks for your reply

I followed step 8 exactly as they said. I renamed the following files to bbpress.php

content-rightsidebar.php – when I did this both the /forums and /forums/forum/test-forum/ became very distorted – as if no theme was present.

I tried the same with
page-template-blog-full-content.php
page-template-blog-image-large.php
page-template-blog-image-medium.php

Again /forums doesn’t display properly. And /forums/forum/test-forum/ works like usual.

Is there any way to completely skip the forums index? I don’t see why I would need multiple forums when I can have 1 main forum with different topics.

http://www.meowmethod.com/forums/ – does not work
http://www.meowmethod.com/forums/forum/test-forum/ – works

[Stephen Edgar]

I just also added this to the docs https://codex.bbpress.org/import-forums/vanilla/

[Stephen Edgar]

I just saw your message in #bbpress IRC chat room

The bbPress Vanilla2 importer does not support threaded replies out of the box, there are far too many plugins available for all the forum packages to try and support all the possible permutations and combinations these would cause.

So that said, you would have to modify the importer to support the ‘ReplyTo’ Vanilla plugin, I just took a quick peek at the plugin and here you go, add the snippet of code here to the reply section or use the full file and replace your current bbPress Vanilla2.php file I added here and I think will do the trick.

https://gist.github.com/ntwb/b9b3404400a79ebd5913#file-vanilla2_replyto-php

[Killerrabbit2]

Subscribing to specific topics sends an appropriate email. However, if any level user in the forum subscribes to a forum, not just a topic, the notifications are not sent.

Ideas?

WP V. 3.9.1
bbPress v 2.5.4

[Robin W]

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, switch to a default theme such as twentytwelve, and see if this fixes.

and see

Step by step guide to setting up a bbPress forum – Part 1

[Robin W]

Have you been through

Step by step guide to setting up a bbPress forum – Part 1

[Jon Christopher]

It looks like the issue is compounded by

// Setup the From header
$headers[] = 'From: ' . get_bloginfo( 'name' ) . ' ' . $do_not_reply;

as well. Mandrill complains that the format isn’t an email address and fails validation. Not sure if this is a change in the latest bbPress update but I had to modify that as well.

Running a few tests, it looks like the new BCC setup continues to work as expected through Mandrill.

[meowmethod]

Hi, I recently installed bbPress and BuddyPress to create a forum. Everything is looking great so far except the /forums page. It is not displaying correctly. I am using the Interface Theme (free WordPress theme) which supports both bbPress and BuddyPress. You can see the problem below:

http://www.meowmethod.com/forums

The forum topics ARE working, so my problem is only with the forums page.

http://www.meowmethod.com/forums/forum/test-forum/

Troubleshooting:
*** The problem goes away when I activated the 2014 WordPress Theme, but I don’t want to use that one. So I am inclined to believe that it might be a theme problem. ***
I don’t have a forums wordpress page created (problem occurs with one created). The problem persists with BuddyPress deactivated.

I would appreciate any opinions and advice !!
Thanks in advance 🙂

I am using WordPress Version 3.9.1
and the latest version of bbPress (installed today).

[rsg2]

hello

i have a wordpress site with bbpress installed. i have 3 subforums in bbpress. on the homepage of my wordpress site, i would like to list out those 3 forums with the lastest 5 posts from each.

please take a look at this image:

the styling doesn’t have to look like the attached as long as i can list out the individual subforums and 5 of its most recent posts.

i have setup 3 columns with ability to put shortcodes.

i tried using some of the shortcodes provided by bbpress with no luck.

SOS please!!! i’m running out of options…lol

thanks in advance,

chris

[valuser]

Hi,

@netweb many thanks for the info:

If you use WordPress 4.0.x (Any alpha or beta of the next version of WordPress) bbPress will not work, we are currently investigating this.

Please post when this issue has been resolved.

no joy to-date – on test local installs – but no pain either!

[cstef]

Hello,

I have imported a Vanilla forum to a new bbpress install. The Vanilla forum was using the Reply To plugin to nest the replies: http://vanillaforums.org/addon/replyto-plugin

The nested replies did not transfer to the new bbpress forum. Is there any way I can get these nested positions to transfer?

This is only affecting the imported posts, I have nested replies turned on and new replies nest properly. I did run the “recalculate position of each reply” repair tool.

Thanks!

[Stephen Edgar]

Confirm the capitalization of the language setting is the same for all the files:

e.g.

• wp-config.php -> define ('WPLANG', 'he_IL');
• bbpress-he_IL.mo
• bbpress-he_IL.po

Also make sure the bbPress translation files are stored in /wp-content/languages/bbpress/

https://codex.bbpress.org/bbpress-in-your-language/

[shanebp]

WordPress 3.9.1
BP 2.0.1

Sorry, but it’s a dev site created by the client so I can’t publish the url.
It’s on a shared account at Bluehost.

The ‘from’ on received emails is [account name]@box557.bluehost.com

The site_url and home_url are the same and use ‘www’.

I can test bbpress patches.

[Morgensonne]

Okay, I have a bit more knowledge about the problem.

I’ve been using a lot of time now and went back to my first working bbpress version and have then sequentially tested the following versions.

Result: everything works correctly up to version 2.41!

The title for the replies are there and consequently the permalink is correct, too. From version 2.51 the problem is back! Version 2.50 I could not test because the download link to version 2.5, unfortunately, contains the version 2.54. But I guess that the problem starts with 2.50.

All versions tested in the same configuration (plugins and theme).

Something suspicious: In versions that work correctly in the reply list (admin area) is in the field for the title: (no title). In the versions that have the error: in the reply list (admin area) in the field for the title is always the right title, but not in the post itself, there the line is empty. (Only posts that were written with a faulty version!! The others (up to version 2.41) are fine.)
Very strange.

So now I have version 2.41 back in action and everything running smoothly again.
Am I the only one who has this error?

Then I would stick to version 2.41 for all time ….(???)

Morgensonne

[elis85]

hi,
i’m working with the wordpress 3.9.1 site network installation.
i have installed the bbpress plugin version 2.5.4 and added the Hebrew mo and po files from wordpress.org and changed their name to bbpress-he_il.mo and bbpress-he_il.po.
also checked that the wp-config has the define (‘WPLANG’, ‘he_il’); and checked that the language in the backend for the Hebrew site is set up to Hebrew.
I’m working with twentyten child theme but even if i change it to twentyten original theme the forum is still showing up in English.
i have tried everything and can’t find a solution.
anybody has any suggestions?

[Lexador]

Hi,

I have a problem with syntax highlighter in bbpress (plugin). Normaly, after I’ve used Crayon and paste the example code

void loop()
{
digitalWrite
}

it generates in the background (if I switch to text mode)

<pre class="lang:arduino decode:true crayon-selected">void loop()
{
digitalWrite
}</pre>

It works good for admin, but if somebody else (member) try to post a code, the tag </pre> disappears, so his code will be not highlighted and in the published post I can see the code and a part of Crayon’s tag like this

<pre class="lang:arduino decode:true crayon-selected">void loop()
{
digitalWrite
}

I’ve noticed about restrictions in html-tags etc. but as I can see in formatting.php pre is allowed tag.

What is the problem?

Thanks in advance.

[Morgensonne]

Hi Robin,

I’ve done everything. Neither a plugin yet the theme makes the problem. I have ALL plugins turned off and tested the Twenty Ten and Twenty Fourteen themes. It is up to bbpress! The real problem why the permalinks contained the ID is, that the title bar of replies is empty. Because there is no title, the ID is taken to the permalink.

BUT so far everything worked fine! The title was always automatically set for each reply.
So there must be something happened during the update.

I can try to reinstall bbpress. BUT: What happens if I uninstall bbpress???
Is everything in the forum lost?

Morgensonne

[Mareva]

Ok I’ll do that now.
Please could you tell me before :
– Should I desactive all plugins before (except bbPress and Private Groups before)?
– Should I switch to Twenty Twelve theme again?
– May I create topics I will test using any logged in user (as the admin user)?

You wrote : “But one of these is in a private forum so a non-logged in user should see”
Please note that my both forums are private ones, then no non-logged-in users are supposed to have an acces to any forum.
– Forum A is to be used by Group 1 only.
– Forum B is to used by Group 1 and Group 2.

[Robin W]

Ok, what I want to do is check if the function is trying to filter and failing or not even trying to filter.

I am therefore going to get the plugin to dump one of the lists, so that you can tell me what it is showing – it won’t look pretty, but should help.

First of all you need to work out a search that produces only a few results, say less than 10, and that you can list all the results that you would expect to see for full access, and that you want to see for the private groups, and make a not of their numbers.

so for instance

search for zebra produces posts numbers

2345,2367,2657,2894,2965

But one of these is in a private forum so a non-logged in user should see

2345,2367,2894,2965

Once you have this list, then do the following :
Use notepad to create a file called search.php

then put this code into it

<?php

//this function filters to the bbp search function to allow only returns from allowed forums

function pg_has_search_results( $args = '' ) {
	global $wp_rewrite;
//start with code as per bbp search !
	/** Defaults **************************************************************/

	$default_post_type = array( bbp_get_forum_post_type(), bbp_get_topic_post_type(), bbp_get_reply_post_type() );

	// Default query args
	$default = array(
		'post_type'           => $default_post_type,         // Forums, topics, and replies
		'posts_per_page'      => bbp_get_replies_per_page(), // This many
		'paged'               => bbp_get_paged(),            // On this page
		'orderby'             => 'date',                     // Sorted by date
		'order'               => 'DESC',                     // Most recent first
		'ignore_sticky_posts' => true,                       // Stickies not supported
		's'                   => bbp_get_search_terms(),     // This is a search
	);

	// What are the default allowed statuses (based on user caps)
	if ( bbp_get_view_all() ) {

		// Default view=all statuses
		$post_statuses = array(
			bbp_get_public_status_id(),
			bbp_get_closed_status_id(),
			bbp_get_spam_status_id(),
			bbp_get_trash_status_id()
		);

		// Add support for private status
		if ( current_user_can( 'read_private_topics' ) ) {
			$post_statuses[] = bbp_get_private_status_id();
		}

		// Join post statuses together
		$default['post_status'] = implode( ',', $post_statuses );

	// Lean on the 'perm' query var value of 'readable' to provide statuses
	} else {
		$default['perm'] = 'readable';
	}
	
	//PG then loop to find allowable forums
	//Get an array of IDs which the current user has permissions to view
	$allowed_posts = private_groups_get_permitted_post_ids(new WP_Query($default));
	Echo 'Allowed posts list' ;
	var_dump ($allowed_posts) ;
	// The default forum query with allowed forum ids array added
    $default['post__in'] = $allowed_posts;

    
	//then return to bbp search code
	/** Setup *****************************************************************/

	// Parse arguments against default values
	$r = bbp_parse_args( $args, $default, 'has_search_results' );

	// Get bbPress
	$bbp = bbpress();

	// Call the query
	if ( ! empty( $r['s'] ) ) {
		$bbp->search_query = new WP_Query( $r );
	}

	// Add pagination values to query object
	$bbp->search_query->posts_per_page = $r['posts_per_page'];
	$bbp->search_query->paged          = $r['paged'];

	// Never home, regardless of what parse_query says
	$bbp->search_query->is_home        = false;

	// Only add pagination is query returned results
	if ( ! empty( $bbp->search_query->found_posts ) && ! empty( $bbp->search_query->posts_per_page ) ) {

		// Array of arguments to add after pagination links
		$add_args = array();

		// If pretty permalinks are enabled, make our pagination pretty
		if ( $wp_rewrite->using_permalinks() ) {

			// Shortcode territory
			if ( is_page() || is_single() ) {
				$base = trailingslashit( get_permalink() );

			// Default search location
			} else {
				$base = trailingslashit( bbp_get_search_results_url() );
			}

			// Add pagination base
			$base = $base . user_trailingslashit( $wp_rewrite->pagination_base . '/%#%/' );

		// Unpretty permalinks
		} else {
			$base = add_query_arg( 'paged', '%#%' );
		}

		// Add args
		if ( bbp_get_view_all() ) {
			$add_args['view'] = 'all';
		}

		// Add pagination to query object
		$bbp->search_query->pagination_links = paginate_links(
			apply_filters( 'bbp_search_results_pagination', array(
				'base'      => $base,
				'format'    => '',
				'total'     => ceil( (int) $bbp->search_query->found_posts / (int) $r['posts_per_page'] ),
				'current'   => (int) $bbp->search_query->paged,
				'prev_text' => is_rtl() ? '&rarr;' : '&larr;',
				'next_text' => is_rtl() ? '&larr;' : '&rarr;',
				'mid_size'  => 1,
				'add_args'  => $add_args, 
			) )
		);

		// Remove first page from pagination
		if ( $wp_rewrite->using_permalinks() ) {
			$bbp->search_query->pagination_links = str_replace( $wp_rewrite->pagination_base . '/1/', '', $bbp->search_query->pagination_links );
		} else {
			$bbp->search_query->pagination_links = str_replace( '&paged=1', '', $bbp->search_query->pagination_links );
		}
	}
	//finally filter to return
	// Return object
	return apply_filters( 'pg_has_search_results', $bbp->search_query->have_posts(), $bbp->search_query );
}

add_filter ('bbp_has_search_results', 'pg_has_search_results') ; 

Then go into FTP

Then look in

wp-content/plugins/bbp-private-groups/includes

and you’ll see a file called

wp-content/plugins/bbp-private-groups/includes/search.php

Rename this file to searchold.php (as we’ll need it back later!)

Then copy the search.php that you made above to this folder (wp-content/plugins/bbp-private-groups/includes).

Then run your search.

You should see a horrible list at the start, but this will be what should be the filtered list

run this with full access and with restricted access (ie not logged in) and tell me what lists you get and of they are different.

[Robin W]

OK, it may be a plugin conflict – ie 2.5.4 isn’t playing with one of your plugins.

Try

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, switch to a default theme such as twentytwelve, and see if this fixes.

[Stephen Edgar]

I’d like to support attachments in a future version but at this stage it is not supported.

@cybmeta Has written a Joomla Kunena Forum Attachments converter for the GD bbPressAttachments plugin.

You might be able to adapt that to grab your attached images with a couple of tweaks:

https://github.com/CybMeta/kunena-attachments-to-bbpress

Kunena converter for bbPress 2.4

Kunena converter for bbPress 2.4

[Robkk]

use css to make your changes

Step by step guide to setting up a bbPress forum – part 2

everything is pretty much in there

[Morgensonne]

Thank you, Robin, for your feedback!!

I did that first. Surely 3 times. It remains as it is: The title is missing (reply to …………) and the permalink does not take the title, but the ID. Probably because there is no title! The field is empty.

I have just tested the following:

1) new WordPress posts: permalink is as it should be.
2) new post in the bbpress forum written in the admin area: permalink is as it should be.
3) new post in bbpress forum written in the forum area: permalink is as it should be.
4) reply to topic written in the forum area: permalink is incorrect (ID) and title is missing (field is empty)

The problem therefore only occurs when replies are written in the forum area!!

I’m getting quite desperate. I have no idea what I should do. 🙁
In the older forum replies all is correct and now suddenly it no longer works.

One more thing, please:
How does the option works in the bbpress-admin:”Create new answer”?
I can not set anywhere, on which post I want to write a reply…. (?)

Thanks for the help!
Morgensonne