Thanks Lynq – in what php code and where exactly can I add that code? In bbpress/bbpress.php? and where exactly?
Perry
Hi,
I have WordPress 3.8.1 and BBPress 2.5.3. I am also using WP Members version 2.9.1. BBPress new topic notifications were working, up until about 2 weeks ago (all other system notifications are still working fine). The only recent plug-in update has been to WP Members, so there may be an issue with compatibility – but I can’t be sure that the problem didn’t in fact start before I updated WP Members.
I would really appreciate your advice, many thanks.
Where do I find it? Do I edit bbpress/bbpress.php or?
The topic title explains enough I think, but is is possible to combine a bbpress forum with a Magento website? Or do I need to have 2 hosts and put a link on the website which links to the forum?
Mailchimp for WordPress I dont think is actually made by Mailchimp?
Mailchimp Widget for WordPress is. They all seem to play on those words. Probably why it wasnt showing up.
I was trying this one in particular because it used a checkbox in the wp registration area and used that registration info to add the user to my mailchimp database. The Mailchimp one doesnt seem that flexable, it made the user fill it out twice which isnt cool.. but then, apparently this one wasnt either… there must be a way and I’ll find it.
Main thing is I know exactly what the problem is now and that its not a BBPress thing.
That is a huge relief.. 🙂
I’d suggest you start with the docs in the codex.
It looks like you don’t need to know any PHP just yet 😉
Codex
I had a quick search of the MailChimp knowledge base and couldn’t see anything bbPress related but I suggest you contact them and file a support request or post in their support forum. I’d be quite surprised if you were the only having an issue.
Also, I use a premium membership plugin (which, of course, manages users) called MemberMouse. Could that have anything to do with this?
Yes
I’m not familiar with MemberMouse but it looks like you need this:
http://support.membermouse.com/customer/portal/articles/1231041-bbpress-extension
Using WP 3.8.1, bbPress 2.5.3 on my website http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com
As the owner-admin for my website, I’ve been the Keymaster for my bbPress forum for almost 2 years and have experienced no issues. However, I would like to make one of my trusted users a moderator so she can help me better handle the traffic.
When I log into her user account and select “Moderator” for her new role, the software apparently accepts her new role. However, when she logs in, the software appears to reset her role back to “No Role for These Forums”. I even tried making her an admin first, then changed her forum role to “Moderator”. And again, the same thing happens. She reverts back to WordPress role of “Subscriber” and reverts back to “No Forum Role”.
I really need the help of another moderator or two and would really appreciate your help fixing this issue. Any ideas?
Thanks so much for your help.
Mike Sagman, Editor
The Dog Food Advisor
Make a copy of your page.php (or page-no-sidebar.php depending on your preference) of your StudioPress theme template file and name it bbpress.php
This should also remove ‘door’ from your page.
The way the forum looks will depend on both how your theme is set up, as well as styling changes within bbpress.
There’s not a fantastic amount of styling in this forum, basically it’s just a theme with a left hand sidebar, with some standard widgets in it and a couple of special ones.
Hi,
The current bbpress allows the user to post on group forums but not the general forums section.
Is there any way to allow them to post to both categories?
Thanks,
Brian
I’ve created a series of Forums on this site:
http://xxxxxxxx.ca
They are located here at http://xxxxxx.ca
I used a series of shortcodes so I could customize the pages…
I seem to be running into a problem of “now you see them now you dont” when topics or replies are posted.. almost as if the short codes cant hold the link to the topics and replies.. yet the one main topic I “stuck” to the top and closed as an admin always remains.
If you register for the forums, everythings fine… if you post, it seems to be fine.. but go back later.. and its gone. I cant make any sense out of this. It all seems very buggy… I’m suspicious of a conflict in there somewhere, sometimes the wp menu bar shows.. and I can see the posts.. sometimes.. even though Im logged in it disappears.. but is there to touch.. and I can still see the posts.. sometimes its gone completetly and bbpress thinks I logged out completely, then I can see nothing.. grrrrrrr
The short of it.. these forums arent working right… very frustrating and somehow I need to fix it. I cant just start disabling things without affecting the whole site.
Any sugestions?
With the disappearing toolbar over top.. I suspect a conflict.
I currently run WP 3.8.1
I also use BBPress 2.5.3, BBPress reCapctha 1.1, mailchimp for wordpress lite 1.5.7, W3 Total Cache 0.9.3, WP SEO 1.5.2.2
Im lost.. about to go into the long haul of troubleshooting but any suggestions would be helpful.. I am by no means an expert in these forums, these are the first I have ever built.
As I read through this thread, I’ve seen a lot of confusion on the proper way to install the bbress Theme Lynqoid has provided. Hopefully this post can put most of those questions to rest along with a few tips.
Note: This install is not a bbPress install in and of itself and likewise should only be installed IF you wish to “re-theme” the way bbPress looks already installed on your current theme.
To install:
1. Download the bbPress theme from Lynqioid’s Github. You can do this here:
https://github.com/EpicWebs/bbPress-starter-theme-epicwebs
2. Open the folder so you see all the files. As of 03/18/14, you should seeing the following:
– bbpress
– css
– extras
– bbpress-functions.php
– README.md
3. Use an ftp program (I recommend filezilla) to open up your website and follow this path:
wp-content -> themes -> “your theme” STOP
4. Simply drag the files named in step 2 into your root theme folder and the changes should show after loading.
Tips:
1. This files must be placed in the root of your theme folder, NOT your child theme folder.
2. Your may see a folder file within your theme that reads “bbPress” already. I am not sure if this folder was placed from the bbPress plugin or if your theme already contains its own bbPress styling….. Either way, Do not erase the original folder or place the files from step 2 into this folder even though it reads “bbPress”. Leave it. Lynqoids theme will not erase it since he has named the folder “bbpress” without a capital P. So in the end if you see two folders named “bbPress” and bbpress”, have no fear. Just remember to place the files into your root theme folder and all should be fine and dandy.
3. If you are not comfortable doing this yourself for fear of royally messing up all the long hours you have put into your bbPress forums, simply do a backup of your site and experiment without a worry.
Hope this helps. To your success!
Cheers
Tad
theig072@gmail.com
http://www.fretbuzz.com
After installing and setting up the plugin, Is there anyway to just make the forum look like styling on this forum? I didn’t know if that file was available anywhere.
Okay I declared the 2 Functions
function my_bbp_current_user_can_publish_replies($input)
{
$topic_id = bbp_topic_id();
$root_forum = alsb_get_post_root_forum($topic_id);
$groups_id = bbp_get_forum_group_ids($root_forum);
$user_id = get_current_user_id();
if (groups_is_user_admin( $user_id, $groups_id[0])
|| groups_is_user_mod ($user_id, $groups_id[0])
|| groups_is_user_member ($user_id, $groups_id[0]) )
return true;
else return false;
}
function alsb_get_post_root_forum($post_id)
{
$post = get_post($post_id);
do
{
$post = get_post($post->post_parent);
}while ($post->post_parent != 0);
return $post->ID;
}
add_filter (‘bbp_current_user_can_publish_replies’, my_bbp_current_user_can_publish_replies, 10);
within my themes function.php. It seems to work, but only for the Parent Forum, not for their child forums.
So when i have
Parent (Private buddypress rootforum for Goup)
— Child 1
— Child 2
Only the Parent is “safe”, when I click as non-member of the group in the forum index on one of the Children, I have access, can read and post. Seems the Access Control of bbpress cannot compete in direct comparism to the forumintegrations of other CMS´. I´m asking how other users do realize their communities with buddypress (which is based on a really good idea) in comnbination with bbpress as forum.
I’d like to get rid of the “Leave a Reply” that appears on the bottom of the page that lists all my forums. i edited the page and unchecked “Comments” and “Discussions” – but it still shows up. ?
http://cchca.stevelescure.net/forum/
WordPress 2.3.9.1
bbpress 1.9.2
i’m using the twenty fourteen theme
thanks!
.bbpress .post-image { display:none; }
This will hide that post-image on bbpress pages.
Hello, new to bbPress.
Made a forum, you can see it on http://dehelmondsemusical.nl/index.php/forums/
How do I get rid of that image with the curtains? I don’t want an image to show up here 🙂
Thanks,
Perry Vermeulen
I added this new Voting feature as part of the old GetShopped Support Forum plugin.
It was the quickest way I could get a support forum (resolved/unresolved) plus topic voting working together.
Here is the comment I made on the WordPress plugin repo site:
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-added-bbpress-voting-and-fixed-some-bugs-version-303?replies=1
Code is available on github. It’s not polished enough to be a standalone plugin just yet.
I have added a few new things:
1) topic voting
2) sidebar registration widget
3) copied the ‘resolved’ dropdown to near the submit button, so you can easily mark a topic as resolved while you are replying to it (much quicker!)
4) fixed a couple of potential bugs around permissions (ie: anyone could mark a thread resolved or assign a thread to someone etc..)
You can grab the code (and see the changes) from here: https://github.com/dtbaker/bbPress-Support-Forums
The voting and sidebar registration features can be seen in the demo here: http://ultimateclientmanager.com/forums/forum/feature-requests/
(I have modified some of the div tags/classes in this plugin to better support bootstrap, so it might look a bit funky on the standard bbPress install)
Cheers,
Dave
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-vip-support-plugin/
Hello, is it possible to make a section of my forums so that when someone posts a topic, the only people that can read and post back to that comment would be the admins/mods and the topic creator, but no one else has perm to read or write to that topic?
elegant – depends !
If you simply alter this file then on any bbpress version update you’ll lose the changes, so make a note of them.
There are alternatives
1. Add the css styling change to the style.css file within your child theme.
If you have a child theme, then this is ideal, as neither plugin nor theme update will affect your change. Simply add the code below to your style.css
/*Styling for forum description */
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-forum-content {
clear:both !important;
margin-left: 0px !important;
padding: 0 0 0 0 !important;
}
2. If you only have a main theme, then consider using a child theme – it’s quick and easy to create one, basically it’s just a theme that you create that says “use this main theme, but then add these bits”. Google child theme video and you’ll get loads of help.
3. Add this to the style.css in your main theme
But you’ll need to keep a note of it for theme upgrades, so this is really no better than changing in the bbPress template, and neater to do it in bbPress than your theme
4. Make a directory called css in your theme (either child or main) and copy the bbpress.css file into it. Then make changes there. this then won’t be overwritten on upgrades, but you will not get the benefit of changes to the default bbpress.css that may be in upgrades.
Overall 1. is by far the best choice, as you keep the code no matter what happens. Otherwise keep a note of your changes (which are fine, and are what I did to test prior to putting the end result in my style.css), so that you can replicate them on upgrades.
i’m not a developer by any means, but this seems to work (there’s probably a better way 🙂
in my bbpress.css file here “wp-content\plugins\bbpress\templates\default\css”
i just broke out “div.bbp-forum-content” from this:
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-forum-content,
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-topic-content,
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-reply-content {
margin-left: 130px;
padding: 12px 12px 12px 0;
text-align: left;
}
to this:
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-forum-content {
margin-left: 0px;
padding: 12px 12px 12px 0;
text-align: left;
}
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-topic-content,
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-reply-content {
margin-left: 130px;
padding: 12px 12px 12px 0;
text-align: left;
}
and set that left margin to 0 px rather than 130.
let me know if there’s a better or more elegant way!
Hi Robin,
Sorry for the long delay. I got sided-tracked. I followed your advice and I found something like a 404.php. The page is called no-results.php I found the text that I need to edit on the page and made changes to it however, because the text is displayed with the use of php, I’m not sure how to make it recognize the html hypertext link I added. Is it possible to make a link active within this code? It would be convenient to just click on the text and get where you need to go, if that’s possible. Here’s the code that I’m referring to:
<p><?php esc_html_e('The page you requested could not be found or could not be displayed. If you are a parishioner and you are trying to access a forum page, it may be that you <a href="http://www.url-here/">need to log in</a>. You can do so on the forum page in the right sidebar. Otherwise, try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.','Chameleon'); ?></p>
I can remove the anchor tag if I need to but it would be nice to have the link.
On another, related note, when you go to the top level forum page, if you aren’t logged in it displays text that says “Oh bother! No forums were found here!” I’m pretty sure this text is coming from the bbPress plug-in. Do you know if there is a way to customize what it says here as well?
Thanks again for all your help!
Hi,
Stupid question but where should I go to change/update to allow bbpress to allow the cite tag?
