[Will Brownsberger]

I’m sure this is a tricky area of bbpress to make work.

My perception is that it is glitchy. I converted over a year ago from posts to topics and have the most recent of bbpress installed.

Here’s an example of a forum in which the freshness is persistently wrong — I’ve used the repair tools for parents and last activity repeatedly.

Check this link — there is activity in subforums (recent topics and recent posts), but the parent forum is showing a hard-to-explain freshness of one month ago.

http://willbrownsberger.com/forums/forum/priorities/protecting-people/

[Will Brownsberger]

I’m a state legislator and we use bbpress as a constituent communication vehicle. We publish statements about legislative issue as “topics” so that people can give us feedback. In the course of preparing those statements it is essential to save work in progress as draft.

[Nathan Hawkes]

I am currently using bbPress 2.5.3 with WordPress 3.8 and the default bbPress theme, as inside the plugin folder. I am wondering how I change the tags prefix (“Tagged:”) on the topic page. I have looked through the theme files and can’t find it in any of them. Can anyone assist me? It’s really annoying me right now.

Thanks

[Roitduck]

Hi folks,
Is there anyone who can help me to find out why bbpress don’t scroll automatically down to the ”error”-section when you press the ”submit”- button on the bottom of my page without filling in the fields: http://www.dicud.com/forums/topic/keep-up-the-motivation/?

This is the error-section and its red.

ERROR: Invalid author name submitted!

ERROR: Invalid email address submitted!

ERROR: Your reply cannot be empty.

ERROR: Slow down; you move too fast.

[Lynqoid]

Drafts for forums is kind of against what they are for, you send your message into the discussion at the point you arrived at the discussion. If you save a draft then publish it later it could be irrelevant at that point. You could be using bbPress for something different than a forum, but it is effectively forum software.

Not sure if anyone else has any differing opinions on this?

[bpark73]

Does bbpress allow forum users to send private messages to one another? I can’t seem to find this anywhere and wondering if a basic feature as this is available with bbpress….otherwise a great plugin.

[Wendell]

I am considering a move to bbpress but am very concerned about keeping the general functionality of my current forum at http://surveyorconnect.com. It uses a threaded, hierarchal tree-style forum software and my users love it. A little backstory: an industry magazine used to have a similar forum, then switched to a newer format and nobody liked it — so I started a new forum using MyLittleForum (http://mylittleforum.net) and told a few surveyors about it and in short order, it was very busy and respected in the surveying community. Many of the users are “old school” and so they like this format. But I also want to attract a younger crowd, who I assume would prefer a more modern format.

What I’m really hoping for here is that bbpress would allow me to provide BOTH formats on a user-by-user basis, so they can select which format they’d prefer. Also, one of the features they like about the current site is the little bubble next to the date in the topics list that gives a preview of the latest post within that topic. If we lose that feature, I won’t be heart-broken, but it would be nice to have something like that in bbpress, if possible.

There is so much I could do with my forum that MLF won’t allow me to do. Probably the biggest thing is the social aspects — allowing people to “like” and share posts, etc.

I’d love your thoughts, opinions and references to anything that might help me make the decision to move to bbpress. Thanks!

[KaitlinFNF]

Hello,

Clicking a username from within the BBPress section generates a 404 error.

I’ve done extensive research on this problem, and haven’t been able to find a fix in the forums so far.

I’ve deactivated all plugins besides BBPress – no dice.
I’ve switched the default theme and still get the 404.
I’ve changed the permalinks and the subscriber role – didn’t make a difference.

Some code fixes I’ve found in the forums just make it so that the 404 page doesn’t generate, but it shows a blank page, which isn’t really the point. I need it to actually go the member profile.

I believe all of the software is up to date:
Wordpress v3.8
BBPress v2.5.3
Theme is Dante, v 1.5.1

Here is a user link: essential-essentials.com/forums/user/Essential-Essentials/

(The site is still very much in development)

Thank you for any help you can provide : )

[Shmoo]

I’ve look at it a few times in the WordPress Codex and it probably explains GREATLY how it works and what it does but maybe I just don’t get it.

I understand the concept of taking a function that exists <—> edit it <—> return it to WP Core but how!

Lets say I just simply want to replace the text inside a HTML “… class=”bbp-topic-spam-link”> ” of the spam link.

First step I do is search for the function: bbp_topic_spam_link()

Second step found it inside plugins/bbpress/includes/topics/template.php [ line 2832 ]

Third step copy the entire function to my functions.php file or plugins functions file.

Fourth step, edit the code that you want to edit but after that, how do you add the filter to this function to make it a new or your function.

/**
 * Output the spam link of the topic
 * @uses bbp_get_topic_spam_link() Topic spam link
 */
function bbp_topic_spam_link( $args = '' ) {
	echo bbp_get_topic_spam_link( $args );
}

	/**
	 * Return the spam link of the topic
	 */
	function bbp_get_topic_spam_link( $args = '' ) {

		// Parse arguments against default values
		$r = bbp_parse_args( $args, array(
			'id'           => 0,
			'link_before'  => '',
			'link_after'   => '',
			'sep'          => ' | ',
			'spam_text'    => esc_html__( 'Spam',   'bbpress' ),
			'unspam_text'  => esc_html__( 'Unspam', 'bbpress' )
		), 'get_topic_spam_link' );

		$topic = bbp_get_topic( bbp_get_topic_id( (int) $r['id'] ) );

		if ( empty( $topic ) || !current_user_can( 'moderate', $topic->ID ) )
			return;

		$display = bbp_is_topic_spam( $topic->ID ) ? $r['unspam_text'] : $r['spam_text'];
		$uri     = add_query_arg( array( 'action' => 'bbp_toggle_topic_spam', 'topic_id' => $topic->ID ) );
		$uri     = wp_nonce_url( $uri, 'spam-topic_' . $topic->ID );
		$retval  = $r['link_before'] . '<a href="' . esc_url( $uri ) . '" class="bbp-topic-spam-link">' . $display . '</a>' . $r['link_after'];

		return apply_filters( 'bbp_get_topic_spam_link', $retval, $r );
	}

Thanks.

[cdonahue]

Solved!

Added this code to the bottom of my ‘page’ template, as that appears to be the default page for bbpress:

if (is_bbpress()) {
get_sidebar(forum);
} ?>

et voila.

[cdonahue]

Ah, I looked at the HTML and suspicions confirmed — it is not a page, but instead is classed as “forum-archive.” I think that means I can’t just change the template (obviously, as that is not working!). But I’m not sure what to do as my default pages have a custom sidebar that seems to prevent the bbpress sidebar from showing up on the Community/forum page.

[bpark73]

I’m using Headway themes and WP 3.7.1

I just installed bbpress and everything looks good. All pages are styled the way that I want them to until I click on the Topic page (the one that displays the individual topic). This page seems to be styled completely different from the other pages and also elements are severely out of position. When I inspect elements I notice that unlike other pages, class names are named “generically”. No sign of “bbp” prefix for class names on the topic page. Why is this happening for this page only? Any idea what could be happening?

Any explanation and solution would be appreciated. I’m stumped.

[fantasysixpack]

Sorry very new to BBPress and WordPress. How do I back up the template and rename it?

[cdonahue]

Thanks, that’s pretty much what I had done — except I gave my sidebar a different name. It’s registered; it shows up on my widget page; I put the bbpress items in my new sidebar; I edited the php file to give it the proper i.d.; I called it from the community.php template. Still defaulting to the regular page sidebar.

What seems to be happening is that it doesn’t recognize the template I’m choosing for my Community page. It will only read the default template. Is that a thing with bbPress?

[tdubs]

Hi bbPress,

There seems to be a conflict between WP 3.8 and bbPress. If I have bbPress enabled my blog shows a 404 page “The page you requested cannot be found”

If I disable bbPress, then my blog loads no problem.

I have disabled ALL plugins to verify that it is just bbPress.

Can anyone help me?

[Shmoo]

Well the normal ‘WordPress’ workflow would be something like this..

– Register a new Sidebar inside your functions.php
– Duplicate the default sidebar.php file inside your theme folder and call the duplicated file sidebar-bbpress.php
– Open sidebar-bbpress.php and change the default mark-up.
– Go inside that community.php page template what is showing your forums page and search for the tag <?php get_sidebar(); ?> and change it to <?php get_sidebar( ‘bbpress’ ); ?>

Save it and that should do the job.

If everything goes well it will load the sidebar-bbpress.php if not it falls back to the default sidebar.php

[cdonahue]

Hello, I’ve installed bbPress (v.2.5.3) to my custom WordPress website (v.3.8) and it picked up the theme perfectly. However, I can’t get the bbPress sidebar to display. It seems that even though my Forum page (which I’m calling Community) is a WP page, it behaves like something else. Here’s what I’ve done:

— Created a new template for my forum page (community.php);
— Selected that template from the community page per the WP interface;
— Created a new sidebar by registering it in functions.php;
— Moved the bbPress widgets over into my newly created sidebar;
— Called the sidebar from community.php

My community page is defaulting to the main sidebar, or page sidebar, even though I have selected a completely different template for the page. I also tried going with the default page and using bbPress Tweaks but that did not work.

I think I’m missing something about how the forum page works. Any ideas?
Here’s how the page is displaying:
innovativeapprenticeship.org/community

Regards, Cheryl

[Tearstone]

My understanding is that there is no “New Posts” functionality for BBPress. Previous support requests on WordPress.org have gone unanswered, and I do not see a plug-in that allows this. I reviewed the documentation and I’m not sure how I could construct my own view with this ability.

What I would like to know is how to craft a forum view that aggregates all the forums into one just like when you click on “Support” at the top of BBPress or Buddypress website. Whenever a new reply is posted, it puts the thread back on top. The GDBBPress tools only has the ability to sort topics when they were first created.

Recap, I would like assistance on constructing a view like the one that we normally use here on BBPress.org or Buddypress.org when clicking the “Support” button.

Thank you,
Russ Sanderlin

@Tearstone

[avgmatt]

I have tried everything to get any kind of buttons to show up either visual and html. If they do show, I click on them and they disappear forever with that user account.

I am using Genesis framework and have tried multiple themes and no change.

http://averageoutdoorsman.com/forums/
user: demo
pword: demo

I have tried “bbPress Enable TinyMCE Visual Tab” plugin with no help. I have added the code to show visual in mytheme/functions file. Nothing. Really need help with this.

[mkistler]

Hi all. I was wondering if there is a way to “clear notifications” from bbPress. I currently have 90 sitting there, but can only delete them individually. Is there a way to select all or delete all at once? Thanks!

[Shmoo]

What’s the PHP code to get this result.

[bbp-single-forum id=$forum_id] – Display a single forums topics. eg. [bbp-single-forum id=32]

I would like to include it inside a page template.

Something I really HATE about bbPress is that it’s very easy to group a bunch of forums inside another forum ( Category ) and list all those forums together at a page template by just the Parent $forum_id of all those forums and you’re done.
Just like this:

<?php if ( bbp_has_forums( array( 'post_parent' => 104 ) ) ) : ?>

Easy right, but that bbp_has_form functions doesn’t have something like this:

<?php if ( bbp_has_forums( array( 'forum_id' => 75 ) ) ) : ?>

Only show forum_id 75 out of the entire loop, or this:

<?php if ( bbp_has_forums( array( 'forum_id' => 75,88,93 ) ) ) : ?>

That doesn’t look like rocket science to me and it would give us so much more customization options.

Look at this screenshot I made.
At the top the block of 4 with the big headings, Mac … + iOS … are forum categories with a bunch a forums inside them. I gave them all their own page templates with each its own ‘post_parent’ Loop.

<?php bbp_get_template_part( 'cat-forums/mac-hardware' ); ?>

At the bottom the green row of none Apple products related are just forums ( single’s ) with no parent stuff.
It’s ridicules difficult to group them together and list them in a list or row and customize them.
You have to do something like this:

<?php bbp_forum_permalink( 98 ); ?>
<?php bbp_forum_title( 98 ); ?>
<?php bbp_forum_topic_count( 98 ); ?>
<?php bbp_forum_post_count( 98 ); ?>

That’s all needed to get the same result as at the top for just a single forum_id.

Beside all that frustration it’s even more difficult to give each single forum ( the page where you show a list of topics ) it’s own template.
You can’t customize the forums differently. Let’s say I want to give al forums at the top the Apple products relegated stuff it’s own page template and all none Apple related stuff another page template it’s simply not possible.

There should be an easy way to just add a forum_id or name after the page-template.php like WordPress does.
Maybe for starters a conditional tag inside the content-single-forum.php template that says, if forum_id’s 75,98,114 go to template X and if forum_id’s 73,120,88 go to template Z else ( if none of those ID’s ) go to template B.

This has been frustrated me for 2 years now and it’s really a game-breaker in customization of bbPress.

🙁

[Will Brownsberger]

My office team is complaining that they can’t save topics in draft.

I thought it must be a bug, but tracked it down to very deliberate code in topics.js.

jQuery( document ).ready( function() {
  jQuery( '#misc-publishing-actions' ).find( '.misc-pub-section' ).first().remove();
  jQuery( '#save-action' ).remove();
} );

I can’t find any reference to problems in the forums — is this just a policy choice or screen simplification? Or is there a reason why I should not just comment out that code?

I’ve tested the topics listings and statistics with the code commented out and saving drafts and all appears to perform correctly.

Some guidance from developers would be much appreciated.

NOTE: I posted this on January 17, 2014 but it took a publication date 18 months earlier. This is a repost on January 18, 2014.

[JustinF]

We have discovered a critical security issue with bbpress that really needs an immediate fix.

Users submit sensitive information to us using PRIVATE posts – which works fine. However, these posts show as VISIBLE when using the built-in Forum search!

We had to remove the search function from our forum until this is fixed.

Quite honestly, I would expect this to be a #1 priority for fixing.

[talkedtv]

Thank you! The ticket has been created.

https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2517

[nzguyyy]

I just tried to install that and got loads of errors. Any idea why? I’m on the latest bbpress version.

Notice: load_plugin_textdomain was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.7 with no alternative available. in /home7/backpad3/public_html/planitnz/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3019

Notice: Use of undefined constant _topic_recipients_inputfield – assumed ‘_topic_recipients_inputfield’ in /home7/backpad3/public_html/planitnz/wp-content/plugins/bbpress-notify/bbpress-notify.php on line 321

Notice: Use of undefined constant _email_newtopic_subject_inputfield – assumed ‘_email_newtopic_subject_inputfield’ in /home7/backpad3/public_html/planitnz/wp-content/plugins/bbpress-notify/bbpress-notify.php on line 322

Notice: Use of undefined constant _email_newtopic_body_inputfield – assumed ‘_email_newtopic_body_inputfield’ in /home7/backpad3/public_html/planitnz/wp-content/plugins/bbpress-notify/bbpress-notify.php on line 323

Notice: Use of undefined constant _reply_recipients_inputfield – assumed ‘_reply_recipients_inputfield’ in /home7/backpad3/public_html/planitnz/wp-content/plugins/bbpress-notify/bbpress-notify.php on line 324

Notice: Use of undefined constant _email_newreply_subject_inputfield – assumed ‘_email_newreply_subject_inputfield’ in /home7/backpad3/public_html/planitnz/wp-content/plugins/bbpress-notify/bbpress-notify.php on line 325

Notice: Use of undefined constant _email_newreply_body_inputfield – assumed ‘_email_newreply_body_inputfield’ in /home7/backpad3/public_html/planitnz/wp-content/plugins/bbpress-notify/bbpress-notify.php on line 326