[Robin W]

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

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.

[Robin W]

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

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.

[Robin W]

try

bbPress Styling Crib

for starters

[chimerapro]

Hello, ive been trying to figure out exactly what i need to do to make bbpress match the theme on afewunited.com check under community page and you can see it can anyone help me solve this issue? im new to all this css/html5 stuff.

[Robin W]

you can’t – wordpress and bbpress use a language called php to create the html code, so this code does not appear anywhere, it is made up of lots of function and css calls.

Sorry !

[Adonismoet1608]

theme: Analytical Lite
the latest version of wordpress and bbpress

my font,background, and reply background is white
so all text is hidden.

i have tried applying the codes from styling crib into my theme css but it still dosent work.

does anyone have anycode to change the back ground

[vegas778]

On which files I can find these HTML CODES :

<span class="bbp-topic-started-by">Started by: <a href="https://bbpress.org/forums/profile/renai42/" title="View renai42's profile" class="bbp-author-avatar" rel="nofollow"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9cc0474d583be1164e47317a42b158c3?s=14&d=retro&r=G' class='avatar avatar-14 photo' height='14' width='14' /></a>&nbsp;<a href="https://bbpress.org/forums/profile/renai42/" title="View renai42's profile" class="bbp-author-name" rel="nofollow">renai42</a></span>

<span class="bbp-topic-freshness-author"><a href="https://bbpress.org/forums/profile/crzyhrse/" title="View crzyhrse's profile" class="bbp-author-avatar" rel="nofollow"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c92f6fbad5b684dd17d1fde21aff8c24?s=14&d=retro&r=G' class='avatar avatar-14 photo' height='14' width='14' /></a>&nbsp;<a href="https://bbpress.org/forums/profile/crzyhrse/" title="View crzyhrse's profile" class="bbp-author-name" rel="nofollow">crzyhrse</a></span>

Thank in advance.

[jef3000]

I installed the most recent bbpress version. Everything went well, except for the inline moderation tools: delete, split, close, … When you click one, the pages reloads, but nothing happens.

URL: http://tinyurl.com/pchoupn

Any idea’s?
Thanks in advance!

[Robin W]

yes, but you’d need some php, so depends what you mean by ‘I don’t really know PHP’

the plugin bbp-last-post plays with code in this area, so take a look at that

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-last-post/

and look at

bbpress/includes/common/wdgets.php for how to put a title in

[elaborate]

Hi,

Is there an established way to show a short excerpt of the latest post in a forum, category, etc. under the “Freshness” title?

Other software like vBulletin support this: Steam Forums

If not, then I would love a point in the right direction of which hooks and functions, etc. I should start with.

I’m developing a custom WordPress theme which I have now extended to cover a custom bbPress theme, but I don’t really know PHP, so any help will be appreciated.

Thank you.

[Cole]

Thanks for the reply Robin,

Though the the code stated in that article doesnt work with my theme/forum:
#bbpress-forums .status-closed, #bbpress-forums .status-closed a {color: #000 !important;}

I put it in my theme CSS and also tried a CSS plugin with no result.

[nirgalo]

I am trying to use bbp_list_forums in sidebar.php in a child theme, but that doesn’t work, do I need to make some includes to get to bbpress functions?

[Robin W]

the style for closed is

Layout and functionality – Examples you can use

[Robin W]

Did you disable all plugins at once (apart from bbpress) ? and have you switched to a defualt theme such as twentytwelve?

[byeuji]

This is a beautiful solution.

To clarify for those who might not understand immediately (took me a second):

• go to your theme folder
• choose the layout you want bbpress to use (full page, # of columns, etc. — whatever options your theme has)
• copy the the corresponding .php file
• name it “bbpress.php” in the very same theme folder
• simply refresh the page and bbpress will now lay out the way you want it to.

Perfect.

[virginiaduke]

BBPress is integrated with Buddypress, and it creates the forum, and shows the forum perfectly. Including ‘Last updated by *user name* 13 hours ago. BUT once you actually enter the topic, it shows the topic creator’s postbit(avatar/role/time posted) fine, meanwhile showing all replies as ‘participant’ or ‘anonymous’ with no information shown. It shows their reply, but there’s no way of seeing who it is that replied.

[theFINALboss]

Hi. as i stated in the title, i don’t know why i got that problem, ive tried disabling every plugin or such, but still got the problem.
It wont let me create, or answer anything from frontend.
i can just create or reply from the backend menus.

i got the latest WP version
Bbpress 2,5,3

regards

[KBonaker]

Is there a plug in that I can use with BBPress that allows registered users to see who the other members are in a group?
I am using the most current version of BBPress, WPStore and WPEmembers
Thank you,
Karen

[obasimvilla]

I decided to move from SMF 2.0.7 to bbpress. The migration tool worked successfully but not without errors.

The main admin account on my forum was changed to Anonymous and every other person’s own changed to my account on wordpress.

How can I change all the imported post and replies to be posted by Anonymous instead of this incoherent one?

Link and demo = goo.gl/g0Tb1B goo.gl/kej5oO

N/B; users were imported but without their various post and replies assigned to them.

[Cole]

The code has definitely helped me with the trials of trying to understand bbpress.
I was wondering if anyone knows how to edit the colour of threads that are locked?
I guess for my theme, Customizr, the text is grey over a light pink background which makes it very hard to see…
Any help pointing to the right direction would be most helpful

[akkkarki]

Meanwhile I’ve solved the problem myself; it was a just a silly exception, which caused the page not to load wholly. Here’s my solution:

in the /themes/academica/functions/theme/functions.php change this part (lines 143-149):

    } elseif ( is_single() ) {
      if (!is_attachment()) {
      $cat = get_the_category(); $cat = $cat[0];
      echo get_category_parents($cat, TRUE, ' ' . $delimiter . ' ');
      echo $currentBefore;
      the_title();
      echo $currentAfter; }

to this:

    } elseif ( is_single() ) {
      if (!is_attachment()) {
	    $cat = get_the_category(); $cat = $cat[0];
		//support bbPress
		if (empty($cat)) {
		  echo $currentBefore;
          the_title();
          echo $currentAfter;
	    } else {
		  echo get_category_parents($cat, TRUE, ' ' . $delimiter . ' ');
          echo $currentBefore;
          the_title();
          echo $currentAfter;
		}
      }

That’s it, bbPress now works like a charm! 😉

Cheers!

[Jerry]

If this challenge I am having is beyond the scope of help in the bbpress forums, then I understand. The below code is a function that allows the user to submit a search request for a book title via the google books api. When the user clicks “search”, the function works great and returns results in a Jquery window. The problem I am having; it triggers a submit of the bbpress topic, and I get the errors “cannot submit a topic with the subject line blank.”

If there is a simple fix I am not seeing, can someone please help me?

function book_search_google () {    
  //set API version for Google Book Search API
  $v = isset($_POST['v']) ? $_POST['v'] : '1';
  //set user API key for Google Book Search API
  $key = isset($_POST['key']) ? $_POST['key'] : 'key goes here';
  //set user IP for Google Book Search API
  //$ip = isset($_POST['ip']) ? $_POST['ip'] : $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
  //set default value for query to Google Book Search API 0307387941
  $query = isset($_POST['q']) ? $_POST['q'] : '0307387941';
  //set default value for search type to Google Book Search API
  $type = isset($_POST['type']) ? $_POST['type'] : 'all';
  //check and assign page of search results - are we on the first page?
  $start = isset($_POST['start']) ? $_POST['start'] : 1;
  //set default value for number of results
  $limit = isset($_POST['limit']) ? $_POST['limit'] : '10';

  switch ($type) {

    case 'all':
      $params = 'q='.urlencode($query).'&startIndex='.$start.'&maxResults='.$limit;
    break;

    case 'isbn':
            $params = 'q=isbn:'.urlencode($query).'';
    break;

    case 'lccn':
            $params ='q=lccn:'.urlencode($query).'';
    break;

    case 'oclc':
            $params = 'q=oclc:'.urlencode($query).'';
    break;

    default:
      echo '<p>You must specify a search type such as "all" or "book". Check the url to make sure "type=" has a value.</p>';
      exit;
      }
  //set URL for the Google Book Search API
  $url = 'https://www.googleapis.com/books/v'.$v.'/volumes?key='.$key.'&'.$params.''; 

  if(isset($_POST['q'])):

  //build request and send to Google Ajax Search API
  $request = file_get_contents($url);
  //decode json object(s) out of response from Google Ajax Search API
  $data = json_decode($request,true);
  $totalItems = $data['totalItems']; 

 pagination  mainHeading
    if ($totalItems > 0) {
  ?>

      <!doctype html>
      <html lang="en">
      <head>
      <meta charset="utf-8">
      <title>jQuery UI Dialog - Default functionality</title>
      <link rel="stylesheet" href="//whosgotbooks.com/jquery/jquery-ui-1.10.4.custom.css">
      <script src="//whosgotbooks.com/jquery/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
      <script src="//whosgotbooks.com/jquery/jquery-ui-1.10.4.custom.js"></script>
      </head>
      <body>
      <div id="dialog" title="Google Books Search Results" style="display:none;">
      <script>
      $(function() {
      $( "#dialog" ).dialog({
        height: 550, width: 450});
        $( "#returnvalues" ).click(function(){
        $( "#dialog" ).dialog( "close" ); 
        });
        });
      </script>     
            <strong><p style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center";>Top 10 Results for &quot;<?php echo @$_POST['q']; ?>&quot;</p></strong> 
        <strong><p style="font-size: 14px; text-align: center";>choose a book to select as your topic</p></strong>&nbsp;
        <table style="width:400px">
        <col width="325">
        <col width="75">
            <?php foreach ($data['items'] as $item) { ?>    
                  <tr>
            <td>
                       <strong><u><div style="font-size: 14px";><?php printf($item['volumeInfo']['title'])?></u></div></strong>
                         <strong>Author: </strong><?php printf( $item['volumeInfo']['authors'][0]); ?><br />
                         <strong>Published: </strong><?php printf( $item['volumeInfo']['publishedDate']); ?><br />                       
               <strong>Page(s): </strong><?php printf( $item['volumeInfo']['pageCount']); ?><br />
                         <strong>Publisher: </strong><?php printf( $item['volumeInfo']['publisher']); ?><br />
                         <strong>Category: </strong><?php printf( strtolower($item['volumeInfo']['printType']).', '.strtolower($item['volumeInfo']['categories'][0])); ?>&nbsp;&nbsp;
               <strong>ISBN: </strong><?php printf( $item['volumeInfo']['industryIdentifiers'][0]['identifier']); ?></td>
            <td><p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Select" id="returnvalues"/></p>
                <img src="<?php printf( rawurldecode($item['volumeInfo']['imageLinks']['smallThumbnail'])); ?>" />
                    </td>
            <tr><td style="width:420px"><p><strong>Description: </strong><?php printf( $item['volumeInfo']['description']); ?><br /></p></td>
            </tr>
            </tr>

            <?php } }
            else {
                ?>
                   <p><strong>Sorry, there were no results</strong></p>
                <?php  } 
            /* for testing purposes show actual request to API - REMOVE when finished
            $apiRequest = $url;
            echo '<p>API request: '.$apiRequest.'</p>'; */ ?>
        </table>
      </div>
      </body>
      </html>

          <?php
          else: //show form and allow the user to check for Google Book search results
          ?>

      <p><form id="searchForm" name="searchForm" method="post"> 
        <fieldset id="searchBox">
            <label>Search for a Book:</label>
            <input class="text" id="q" name="q" type="text" value="Powered by Google" onfocus="this.value=''; this.onfocus=null;" />
            <select id="type" name="type" size="1">
                <option selected value="all">Book Title</option>
                <option value="isbn">Books by ISBN</option>
                <option value="lccn">Books by LCCN #</option>
                <option value="oclc">Books by OCLC #</option>                
            </select>
            <input class="submit" id="submit" name="submit" type="submit" value="Search"  />
        </fieldset>
      </form></p>
      <?php
      //end submit isset if statement on line 73
      endif;
      }

[Robin W]

from a quick look, I think what you are after is

#bbpress-forums div.odd, #bbpress-forums ul.odd,
#bbpress-forums div.odd, #bbpress-forums ul.even {
background: url(‘images/footer-bg.png’) repeat left top;
}

come back if that’s not what you’re after !

[keytastic]

Hi,

To start off, I followed the directions I found here, and I have a child theme set up.

The text and background from my forum are both very white. I’d like to change the background to something darker. Ideally, it would match the look of my widgets, but at this point, I’d take a plain black background.

Here’s my site: http://www.lagsquid.com/forums

Here’s what I’ve been trying:

#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-footer {
	background: #4b8e2c;
}

#bbpress-forums {
	margin-bottom: 10px;
	border: 1px solid #666;
	padding: 12px;
	background-color: #000000;
	color: #ffffff;
}

#bbpress-forums div.bbp-forum-title h3,
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-topic-title h3,
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-reply-title h3,
#bbpress-forums a.bbp-forum-title,
#bbpress-forums a.bbp-topic-permalink {
	font-size: 16px;
	color: #0066FF;
}

#bbpress-forums a.bbp-author-name {
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #75A3FF;
}

Now, as I said, I’d really like to make the background of my forums look like the widgets. I’m not sure, but I think the code is this:

.widget{
	margin-bottom: 10px;
    border: 1px solid #666;
	padding: 12px;
	background: url('images/footer-bg.png') repeat left top;
}

Only, I can’t seem to get url('images/footer-bg.png') repeat left top; to work. Any help would be appreciated!

My apologies if this doesn’t make any sense as it’s 2am and I’ve been working on this for quite a bit 😛

[Stephen Edgar]

@batmanfan Instead of making this second user a ‘keymaster’ you should make them a ‘moderator’ and this will disable the backend access for you.

Look at the docs here on what each role can and cannot do by default
https://codex.bbpress.org/bbpress-user-roles-and-capabilities/