[carterlongbeach]

I have a similar issue but need a little help getting it to work.

I created a custom profile field (Base, Primary) in bbpress called School, with a dropdown menu to select the school.

Based on the answer above I tried this, but nothing happened…

“$usermeta = get_userdata( $user_id, ‘School’ );
echo $usermeta->School;”

Obviously I’m missing something. Any ideas?

Thanks.

[Gahsto]

Hi All!

I’m using Buddypress with bbpress (groups with forums).
Is it possible to configure the sidebar to show ‘recent topics’ from only the group the user is logged into?

As is, the ‘recent topics’ widget displays all recent topics from all groups. I know a user can’t access the actual post of a topic not within their group, but I’d like only their group topics to be listed.

Thoughts?

Michael

[Cole]

@a42 I have decided to move to a different type of forum as I have realised by reading past threads that questions and issues raised are not well addressed, and in some cases not answered at all. I assume bbPress needs to updated to be compatible to the new version of WordPress.

@vinaunder It is going blank due to the plugin causing issues with the new version of WordPress. Go to your FTP manager, and save the plugin on your computer and then delete the plugin on ther server. You will be able to login into the dashboard. That was my issue in any case…

[a42]

I suspect it has something to do with the Heartbleed / OpenSSL -flaw …

How can this be solved ? bbPress is – apparently – not up-to-date with that (?)

[vinaunder]

when I activate bbpress, my site gets pages blank, anyone know why?
I’m using WP version 3.8.2 and bbpress 2.5.3

[Bicho]

Hi,
I’m running a WP site along with bbPress and BP. My problems began when I accidentally disabled bbPress and enabled it back again. From then on TinyMCE shows a blank space, no buttons and visual/text tabs are just dead, so users can hardly post a new topic.

I’ve tried nearly every possible trick known to man (cache, plugins, code lines..) but after 6~7 hours of failure I’m exhausted and frustrated. And what’s even worse: now the login bar (on top) and Twitter widget aren’t visible unless I (you) log in. Both were visible before the incident.

I hope anyone can help me sort this thing out. I’m not exactly an expert, so please keep that in mind before telling me what to do. Thanks in advance.

I’m using:
WP 3.8.1
bbPress 2.5.3-5249
my site: grafiscopio.com
Note: bbpress content is restricted for non-registered visitors

[mlocke90]

I would like users to be able to create a topic inside the applications forum, once the topic is published only the user who made it and admins can view it.

After some more searching I’ve found;
http://codecanyon.net/item/bbpress-private-content-wordpress-plugin/6390878

This is essentially what I would like but to do, but would have it auto enabled inside the applications forum.

[Robin W]

I didn’t know what “post on the forum” means – after 30 years in IT support it could mean anything from the battery has run out to a very very specific set of circumstances, and anything in between.

Therefore it was only an attempt to see if your user had a bigger issue, like she couldn’t get forum access. If you don’t think it will help, and you will know your moderator, then ignore it, I just got it from a google, and given that no-one else had come back, thought it was worth a try.

It would be worth you seeing if this is a theme or plugin issue.

Check other plugins

Check that no other plugins are affecting this.

Turn off all other plugins apart from bbpress, and see if that fixes the problem. If the problem is resolved, add back one at a time to see which is causing the conflict.

Check themes

If plugins are not the cause, then it may be a theme issue. Switch to a default theme, such as twentytwelve, and test.

[Matoca]

Robin,
I am not exactly sure what you mean here. I do know what the permalink for the forum is and /forums/ is part of it, but it doesn’t end the permalink. This is the permalink, with the website and forum name made generic for posting purposes:
http://www.mywebsite.com/forums/forum/ourgroup/

Is the second “/forum/” the issue? If I change this now, after many months, won’t this mess things up like bookmarks, menu links within the site and google records? There are three forums under /forums/ with different names.

The topic that the person would like to reply to is this (a topic she started on a desktop):
http://www.mywebsite.com/forums/topic/needadvice/#post-3735

To repeat, she was able to start topics and reply to topics in the text field prior to the ios upgrade. I guess I don’t understand how the permalink is conflicting with the display of the keyboard when she wants to enter text in the form on the page.

I do understand that js probably plays a role in how taps and drags operate on tablets and phones. In this case these are not triggering the code to display a keyboard but I wouldn’t know where to look for that code and determine what the issue is. Is it a general theme function or is specific to bbPress forms?
my best, matoca

[Asynaptic]

I’m a bit baffled as to why this 3 month old ticket is sitting here all lonely:
https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2498

bbPress.org and buddypress.org both have this functionality so the devs already have this one figured out. Right?

There’s also this plugin which provides the same functionality:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-post-topics/

which can be integrated into core following the wordpress development model of features as plugins.

Unless I’m off my rocker again, and missing something… in which case please take pity on me and set me straight!

[Halo Diehard]

Yes, it is possible, this is a bbPress forum: http://www.halodiehards.net/hd-forums/

(Edit: Courtesy of @lynq’s work in discovering the layouts – thank you lynq!!)

[Halo Diehard]

I’ve been working really hard on getting this up and running for a loooooong time, needed to convert it from phpbb3 so users were integrated. Been playing with the css and getting it mobile ready, integrating it with BuddyPress and such. Still got some bugs to work out, but I saw this section and figured it was time to share what’s possible. This is using the Custom Community theme, modified with css in a child theme of my design.

http://www.halodiehards.net/forums (if the link doesn’t work, I’ve changed the url from ‘hd-forums’ to ‘forums’)

Edit: I designed it using @lynq’s work found here – http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/i-have-created-a-bbpress-starter-theme-with-a-phpbb-look-and-feel/

[Halo Diehard]

Done! I see on there that bbPress may be integrating a way to view unread posts someday – – that would be AWESOME!! (I know there are plugins, but do you know how many plugins I’m using to get my bbPress to behave like a normal forum? O.o) Thanks for your continued support!

[Halo Diehard]

Hey guys, I’m going to be changing the bbPress editor color scheme to work with a dark theme, and I’d like to know where the correct place is to do this? Where is the original css for the editor? Where would I put the “child” css? (if it’s different than the css folder in my theme)

I’ve been searching the forums, ‘net and files and can’t find it, so any help would be greatly appreciated.

I’m using the most recent versions of WordPress, bbPress and BuddyPress.

[ChrisLegendary]

Hi, i have recently been put in charge of fixing a website and i wanted to add a forum, bbpress seems perfect. So i get to installation, it goes through fine. But after installation, there is nothing that shows that i have it installed, the only indication is that is in my installed plugins. There is no place were i can insert the forum into my site or even view any options for it… Please help 🙂
I am using v. 3.8.1 wordpress and bbPress v. 2.5.3

[carterlongbeach]

Hi. I’d like to automatically include a hyperlink to users’ groups (Buddypress) or a custom profile field (BBpress) in all of their topic and response posts in forums. It would be something like a signature, but would be automatic, not a choice.

Any suggestions? I’m not a coder.

I’ve searched support and plugins to no avail. Thanks.

Running WP Version 3.8.2 , BP Version 1.9.2, BBpress Version 2.5.3

[EL45]

Hello,

I’m working on re configuring an existing site that has a WP blog and a BBPress forum. One of the changes I’m doing, is making replacing our existing CMS with WordPress. I’ve changed permalinks to ‘Post name’, great.

The problem come in now that I’m trying to create a new WordPress page with the name ‘page_name’ with the url “http://www.mysite.com/page_name” however, there is a forum with the name ‘page_name’ already with a url of ‘http://www.mysite.com/forums/forum/page_name’ that seems to be consuming the permalink that I am trying to set for the page.

Is there anyway to configure BBPress to not consume the ‘/page_name’ permalink when it’s URL is ‘/forums/forum/page_name’

[mlocke90]

I would like the ability to make topics in a certain forum only visible by their author and the moderators.

I have been messing around with;
http://wordpress.org/plugins/members
http://www.tehnik-design.com/tehnik-bbpress-forum-permissions

but cant seem to get them to function properly for topics. If anyone knows a way to do this I would love to know.

[akkkarki]

Hi,

I think I have some theme compatibility issues with my freshly installed bbPress. I’ve just installed bbPress to my new WordPress site, and when I’m trying to open the forum index page, it will show only a mostly blank page with my theme’s top menu. However, the title of the page and the body part of the HTML source seems to be OK – my body tag looks like this:

<body class="forum bbpress single single-forum postid-30 logged-in admin-bar no-customize-support">

I’ve tried to use [bbp-forum-index] shortcode in a page, and it shows the index, but of course I can’t use the forum in this way neither, since if I try to navigate to one of my forum topics, it will also show the blank page.

I’m using Academica theme (the free one), but I’ve found a solution for an other theme (http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/non-functional-index-page-when-bbpress-2-1rc4-is-used-with-woothemes-canvas-5-05/) and it seems that fixing my issue would evoke some PHP coding, which I’m not so familiar with. So if you have some tips or solutions, share with me, I’d be very thankful. 🙂

Thanks in advance! 🙂

Ohh, and here is the link to my only forum: http://homeschooling.hu/?forum=probaforum
…and to the page with the shortcode: http://homeschooling.hu/?p=38

[hscoder]

I know this is old thread. But my reply can be useful for the others.

You can change the font-size in your bbpress forum through editing your bbpress.css like as :

#bbpress-forums ul.bbp-lead-topic,
#bbpress-forums ul.bbp-topics,
#bbpress-forums ul.bbp-forums,
#bbpress-forums ul.bbp-replies,
#bbpress-forums ul.bbp-search-results {
font-size: 14px;
overflow: hidden;
border: 1px solid #eee;
margin-bottom: 20px;
clear: both;
}

In this article writer is explaining step by step. See this:

How to increase the font-size of the content in bbpress forums

thanks

[leopolds]

Hi,

I have just installed bbpress on my site, which is using the latest Twenty Fourteen child theme (only some simple css modifications.)

I want the forum listing page http://leopolds.com/discussions/ to look like this http://leopolds.com/bbs/ (created using shortcode).

There should be:

– No right-hand sidebar and centered content. I created a bbpress.php in my child theme folder and copied the full-width page template code to it. But it still looks different. Contents are not centered.

– No post-like forum listing. All forums I created are displayed under the usual forum listing section like posts.

Please help. Thank you very much.

[Robin W]

probably a conflict

Check other plugins

Check that no other plugins are affecting this.

Turn off all other plugins apart from bbpress, and see if that fixes the problem. If the problem is resolved, add back one at a time to see which is causing the conflict.

Check themes

If plugins are not the cause, then it may be a theme issue. Switch to a default theme, such as twentytwelve, and test.

[Robin W]

This is all set in your theme’s page templates.

You can copy one of these and rename it bbpress.php and put it into the root of your theme.

bbpress will then use that one, and you can delete the sidebar from the bbpress.php

come back if you need further help

[Robin W]

nothing bad in doing that

as bbpress has different custom post types for topic and reply, you could also link to the action bbp_theme_after_reply_content action and put a topic condition on
something like

function display_after_topic() {
	if( get_post_type() == 'topic') {
	$text="hello mother" ;
	echo $text;
	}
	else {
	return ;
	}
}

add_action ('bbp_theme_after_reply_content', 'display_after_topic') ;

[varma]

Ok.. so i found out a way to do it while checking the bbpress functions.

You can enable the bbpress show lead topic using this function

bbp_show_lead_topic

and then easily add any code to the content-single-topic-lead to display anything after the first post in a thread.

Is there bad side doing this?