[Robin W]

ok, suggest you start by running a forum repair – probably not the cause, but would eliminate

dashboard>tools>forums>repair – run one at a time

Then I’d be looking at a conflict in plugins. Disable all plugins except bbpress and see if you still have the issue. If it goes away, re-enable plugins one at a time to work out which is causing the conflict. If that doesn’t work, switch to a default theme (say tewentytwelve) and see if that fixes it.

[Robin W]

yes,

Dashboard>settings>forums>forum root slug to change the urls and breadcrumbs – just change forums to what you want it to say

Tp change the forum heading on the forums list, make a copy of

wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/loop-forums.php

and place this in a folder

/wp-content/themes/%your-theme%/bbpress/

see https://codex.bbpress.org/step-by-step-guide-to-setting-up-a-bbpress-forum-part-3/ for a tutorial on this subject

Then edit line line 19 which says

<li class="bbp-forum-info"><?php _e( 'Forum', 'bbpress' ); ?></li>

to

<li class="bbp-forum-info"><?php _e( 'Elephant', 'bbpress' ); ?></li>

and it will say elephant instead of forum.

[Robin W]

‘Thats the odd part, they are both using the default…and switching between the various different templates doesn’t seem to modify it. The theme has an internal setting that allows you to dictate how many ‘columns’ are shown. I can get it to show full page if I switch that around, but then my article page is also shown full (one column) I’m looking at the code further to try and figure out how to isolate one from the other’

Think that’s the route to go.

bbPress looks at the root of your theme for “bbpress.php” as a page template. if it doesn’t find it, it’ll use your themes “page.php”.

It sounds like your “page.php” page (whatever it’s called), has a parameter to set the columns, so within this they’ll be an “if” statement which is setting this.

What I think you need to do is as suggested in my first post. Copt the page file and call it “bbpress.php”. You should be able to find in that file where it is using the setting to create the columns and take this out. Alternately look in the twentyfourteen theme for the full page template and compare this to your file. You should be able to cobble the two together to get it to work.

If none of that works, (or alternately!) contact the theme developer to see if they have a solution.

[Stephen Edgar]

I haven’t seen any integration with Zendesk but checkout this awesome tutorial by @mordauk (@pippinsplugins)

http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/using-bbpress-as-a-support-forum–wp-28877

[Stephen Edgar]

You would need to make some custom templates

See https://codex.bbpress.org/theme-compatibility/

And there are a few other docs here https://codex.bbpress.org/

[marknadsafeteam]

@netweb Thank you! But I have found this https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/bbpress/2.3.x/sv/default but how do I get it in my .mo file? Sorry, but Im a newbie to this! =(

[Stephen Edgar]

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

It’s the same process for both bbPress & BuddyPress

[jslom]

How can I get the new topic form of a particular forum to show outside of bbpress?

I am looking at the form-topic.php file and see all the required actions, but how can I use it outside of the forum. The form-topic.php does not show what forum it is being used under. If I wanted it to post to a certain forum, I supposed I would have to define some variable when outside of bbpress?

[ccwadsworth]

hi there – new to bbPress
followed you instructions on getting started; created my forums page and added a few forums & topics, yet the forums page layout is one continuous string of text.
any advice on how to address this?
WordPress 3.8.1
bbPress Version 2.5.3
http://cynergycrossfit.com/cynergisticlife/forums/
appreciate your help!

[jslom]

Thanks again @robin-w. I do not feel this needs to be a paid job for a developer. I am just trying to figure out how bbpress inserts data into the tables.

I have manually populated a “wp_posts” table and filled in all the rows as a topic made in the forums shows, although the one I manually added does not show up. I have even got my form to post to specific columns and they still do not show up in the forums.

There must be something simple I am missing.

I guess the developers don’t visit their own forum anymore?

[iol2014]

Please, I need to know how to change the labels ‘Forum’ to another word, everywhere in bbpress, can you help me? thanks a lot in advance.

[KostRev]

Is there a way to programmatically assign the “Create New Topic” link to the Forum from where it was created? For example, on this website (bbpress.org) if you are in the “Troubleshooting” forum and choose “Create New Topic” it would seem best to default to the forum you are currently in (Troubleshooting) rather than, in this case, Installation.

Is there a way to pass the forum id to the dropdown menu?

Thanks for any input.

[billseymour]

This may be too late for the OP, but this worked for me:

In my customized form-user-edit.php:

1. Disable the normal Input (as the OP did):
<input type=”text” name=”email” id=”email” value=”<?php bbp_displayed_user_field( ‘user_email’, ‘edit’ ); ?>” disabled=”disabled” class=”regular-text” tabindex=”<?php bbp_tab_index(); ?>” />

2. Add a Hidden Input, which Inputs the existing Email value.
<input type=”hidden” name=”email” id=”email” value=”<?php bbp_displayed_user_field( ‘user_email’, ‘edit’ ); ?>” />

If you look at the bbpress file: bbpress/includes/common/template.php, at lines 1621 and 1622, you can see that this is how the User_ID was entered (ie, via a Hidden input).

For me, so far so good. I hope this was of some help. –Bill

[malkah]

If anyone is looking for this, here is the answer:

Turning no-follow links to do-follow

[Robin W]

not in the core, but I believe this plugin does what you want

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-direct-quotes/

[Robin W]

is this just replies? and just in back office?

I seem to remember somewhere that there was an issue with bbPress and localhost – something to do with the IP address resolution, but can’tv remember what it was and how it was fixed, so this may not be relevant !

[Robin W]

Looks like it is bbpress selecting the default page from your theme, which looks like a tree columns one.

Your “about” page is full screen, so if that’s what you want, suggest you make a copy of whatever .php that is using (eg fullwidth.php) from your theme file, and then rename the copy file to bbpress.php and put it in the same theme folder as the original. Then bbpress will use that as it’s page file.

[barnabe]

– How to hide the WP toolbar by default when a user registers?

I found this code to add in functions.php theme file:

add_filter('show_admin_bar', '__return_false');

– I use the bbPress’ form register template, how to redirect users to a specific page after submit and not to the WP’s form login?

I found this code to add in functions.php theme file:

function bbp_form_register_custom_redirect()
{
   return 'URL here'; // Ex : return get_permalink(73);
}

add_filter('bbp_user_register_redirect_to', 'bbp_form_register_custom_redirect');

But with this code, when there is an error (like username already exists), the redirect is not effective.

Any idea?

[Mycelus]

Does bbPress not have this feature?

[glyndavidson]

@mordauk: In the trac you posted a screenshot which shows a link to subscribe to forums. This links is at the top of the forums, in the header row. Can you tell me if this is where the link was positioned in the final release as I can’t find it in my installation?

bbPress 2.5.3
WordPress 3.8.1
twentyeleven theme.

Many thanks

Glyn

[pascalm78]

Can’t explain,
The back office “replies” just not work ! see :
wordpress 3.8.1
bbpress 2.5.3
hueman theme
dev version, localhost.

[glyndavidson]

Hi Guys.

Looking at the trac I can see that forum subscriptions has been implemented in bbpress 2.5:
https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2299

…but I can’t see how to subscribe to a forum.

I have “Allow users to subscribe to forums and topics” enabled in the dashboard and am using bbpress 2.5.3

[barnabe]

Hello,

I install a bbPress forum for a support website. Our customers should be able to register to the forum, but should not have access to the WP admin. So I have few questions about that:

– How to separate customer users who have only access to the forum, and admin users who have access to WP admin panel?
– How to hide the WP toolbar by default when a user registers?
– I use the bbPress’ form register template, how to redirect users to a specific page after submit and not to the WP’s form login?
– In the mail with password, how to change URL by a specific page and not to the WP’s form login?

I think that’s all for now…

Thanks!

[Robin W]

ok, think the ones on the page link are around line 90 (my .css is different, so exact lines may vary) – look for

#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-footer {
	background: #f3f3f3;
	border-top: 1px solid #eee;
	font-weight: bold;
	padding: 8px;
	text-align: center;
}

#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header {
	background: #eaeaea;
}

and change background to the same as above.

They may be some others as you go through. Come back with any that are still niggling, and I’ll chase them down for you.

As you are making changes to bbPress templates, make a copy of the file onto your PC, and keep a list of what you changed, as any bbPress updates will override this file.

You should revisit child themes when you get some more time, as this is a better way to do it, but the way you’re doing will work fine (and was what I did in the early days!).

[Robin W]

Ok, I’d try deactivating all the plugins (except bbPress!) and see if it then works.

If it doesn’t work with all the plugins disabled, switch to default theme such as twentyten and see if it then works.

If it works with plugins disabled, add back the plugins one at a time and see which one is causing the conflict.