[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/

[Stephen Edgar]

And the conflict appears to be with WP e-commerce Version 3.8.13.4 When I deactivate that plugin the links magically appear, but it doesn’t display the number of users correctly.

WP e-Commerce has one known issue in 3.8.13 that I know of, it is fixed for 3.8.14 though this appears to be a different issue:

Trying to Edit Reply causes infinite redirect loop

Maybe post a question on their support forums here https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-e-commerce

[batmanfan]

Can anyone help on this wp-modal plugin?
http://codex.bbpress.org/modal-login-in-a-menu/#%c2%a01-install-wp-modal-login

I managed to follow the set up instruction all ok and can see the login/out pop up and can login ok. But can’t register new user! after entering new username/email and click ‘signup’ it’s reading…’checking credential’ and then back to register page again, nothing happens.

What have I done wrong?

[Cole]

This was my solution:
I installed WP DB manager, went to the empty/drop menu of the plugin and selected any bbpress entries under drop which deletes data in the table (they all cluster so it will be easy to find). I then installed bbpress and it works.

Warning: please backup database before you fiddle with it!

[foxden-vixen]

I have followed the directions on how to get the files into my theme page but WP and I are not friends and I am completely lost. I purchased a theme called Gamecenter. That is where I uploaded the files for this starter theme. In the bbPress Theme Options area I need to enter IDs or classes to hide sidebar options. I have no idea what the IDs or classes are. In the dashboard the theme has its own settings and I can change the look to no sidebar, left sidebar, right sidebar, etc. I want a right sidebar for the site except for the forums. I have looked in all the templates that are listed on the right but I have no idea what I am looking for. Here is the page where the forums are – http://www.thepsijicorder.com/psijic-order-forums/ – please help a lost soul who can’t figure this out!

[elaborate]

It would be great to have an alternative to the Groups feature in BuddyPress so you’re not forced to use their extensive override of the bbPress profiles, which is not that well designed if you’re not interested in the rest of the package.

I can’t contribute much in the form of PHP development, but please ask if you think I could help out some other way.

[Phoenix]

Thanks for your attention.
I have copied the template (fullpage.php), renamed to (bbpress.php) and put into the root.
But, the sidebar shown, because calling code of sidebar in the “footer.php” template.
And when i delete the calling code of footer from bbpress.php i have lost all plugins (counters in footer) which shown in the bbpress.php page.
Thanks in advance.

My ites forum: http://med.gn24.net/forum

[callerpatty]

Hi
I too am having issues with seeing the admin area of bbpress
Brand new site with no content yet
WordPress 3.8.2 running Twenty Thirteen theme.
Installed plugins:
Post Expirator
SimpleLinks
TinyMCE
WordPress FAQ Manager
WP-Filebase
WP e-Commerce

With these plugins active, I am able to get to the Forum activity on the dashboard, but that’s it. Interestingly, there is only one user in my WPinstall, but the forums activity is displaying 19?

And the conflict appears to be with WP e-commerce Version 3.8.13.4 When I deactivate that plugin the links magically appear, but it doesn’t display the number of users correctly.

We need to run WP e-commerce and would like to run bbpress if the conflict can be resolved.

[Tom Dyer]

Sounds perfect 🙂 I’d happily help but to be honest this is my first project with bbpress so I’m not sure I’d be of much assistance. Sounds like you have it under control anyway – Great stuff!

[davidgikandi]

Hi,

I have read that the RSS feed for bbPress is: yoursite.com/?feed=rss2&post_type=forum

Mine is http://chamabox.co.ke/?feed=rss2&post_type=forum and if you look at that page you will see that it is showing only my forum topics and nothing from the rest of my blog.

However, when:

1. I put http://chamabox.co.ke/?feed=rss2&post_type=forum in feedburner, it refuses and says it is missing important XML and so cannot be burnt.

2. I put http://chamabox.co.ke/?feed=rss2&post_type=forum in Facebook’s RSSGraffiti it fails and says it is invalid

3. I put http://chamabox.co.ke/?feed=rss2&post_type=forum in Mailchimp.com’s RSS-to-email newsletter templates, it shows all my blog posts instead of forum posts.

How do I solve the above?

Thanks!

David