Take a look the codex for all the options available for bb_list_forums also.
bbp_list_forums
An advanced way of doing this is also in this gist https://gist.github.com/ntwb/3133449 which is based on @lynq topic here https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/customising-bbp_list_forums-last-poster-block/
BParticipant
Hi friends,
I’m attempting to convert over from Vanilla 2.0 to bbPress. I’d like to test first on my local machine, so I’m trying the Import Forums option in my local WP install.
My question: Should there be any problem importing from a live instance to my local?
I’m in PHPMyAdmin and quadruple checking all my settings, so as far as I can tell, I’m inputting all the database settings within bbPress correctly. Sadly, once I start the conversion, I get the “No xxxxxx” set of errors.
What are some common database setting mistakes, just in case I might be overlooking some options? Also, could it be that I’m importing to my local machine and that’s causing the problem (I assume not)?
Let me know if I can provide any more info to make this easier (screenshots, server info, etc)
Thanks!
Can this bbpress Layout still be used?…or would there be issues with latest version of bbpress & wordpress?
Please reply…thanks.
Oops, my bad 😉 This is the link:
Non-functional index page when bbpress 2.1RC4 is used with WooThemes Canvas 5.05
In particular the last couple of posts ‘supposedly’ link to some info over at Woo Themes so you should be able to look into some of the suggestions in that topic and the links mentioned there.
You shouldn’t be seeing this, I just tried to reproduce this and can’t.
The repair tool ‘Recalculate last activity in each topic and forum’ explicitly does the repair on this when things get out of sync.
We’ve been tweaking this particular section of bbPress for the next release and I have been up to my eyeballs in this particular piece of bbPress :O
So speaking of ticket #1925 I have to have another look in the next few days in regard to imported topics and replies and I will see if I can find anything related to your issue whilst I’m at it.
Once I get the server error, other pages after 10 also have problems. But if I bypass 10 at the start, I can seem to get to other higher numbered pages.
That is a great idea. I certainly can simply export it into another blog that is already installed without any trouble! Thanks for the suggestion!
I did a follow up post about the 500 Server Error, see the post “PHP 5.3 Error.” This is something I found out this morning. My webhost support went into the dashboard this morning to figure out the 500 server error. He told me bbPress is throwing this error because 5.3 was deprecated and removed from the server. He tried 5.2 and 5.4 but that bbPress is throwing the error under both versions.
my best
Matoca
I am pretty sure this is NOT a PHP issue, WordPress only requires PHP v5.2.4 or above and bbPress follows WordPress’ requirements.
As to future versions of PHP v5.4 & v5.5 are supported and the only known issue I know of at the moment is a MySQL warning with PHP v5.5.
I am still not sure what the issue actually is but I follow it up further with you on the other thread where I have already written a reply.
This is extremely and most likely related to your previous issue here.
There is a discussion here on bbPress with the Canvas theme that might help you get it fixed.
It looks like the ‘Freshness’ column has been removed from your templates or your theme has custom bbPress templates that have removed the ‘Freshness’ column.
What theme are you using and/or have you modified the default bbPress templates?
You can also make a copy of your themes page.php file (or page-no-sidebar.php) and rename this file to bbpress.php and your forums will now use that same template giving you a full width forum. 🙂
The default ‘freshness’ is calculated by the last reply.
Have you run each of the repair tools after your import?
https://codex.bbpress.org/repair-forums/
Give this plugin a try 🙂
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress2-shortcode-whitelist/
This plugin is designed to safely allow bbcode shortcodes and other safe shortcodes to be embedded in bbpress topics and replies and also blog comments. You don’t wan’t users entering shortcodes such as [bbp-login] in the middle of their reply.
Help! We may have to leave bbPress if we can’t get this resolved. Is there no one who can help? I’m happy to pay money. Goal is to get this thing working…
Thanks for all the reports and not as I hoped in that it doesn’t look like there is a common denominator between you all except to say you all use WordPress & bbPress 🙁
I still can’t reproduce the error and share your frustration and we’ll keep trying to find this nasty little bug and get it fixed 😉
I removed the user/pass from your post as that adding public Admin logins is not the best thing to do here publicly.
At a quick look though it looks like you have a plugin conflict as bbPress is activated yet there is no trace of it in the dashboard for the ‘Forums’, ‘Topics’ or ‘Replies’ or even Tools -> Forums or Settings -> Forums.
To try and resolve conflicts with other plugins please disable all your plugins except bbPress to see if the error persists. Re-enable each plugin one at a time and if things break again you should be able to now know which other plugin is causing the conflict.
Wooo… Hang on a second… Why are you using the ‘unsupported’ old bbPress v1.x? (This was retired ~2 years ago)
And to quote you “I know this is going to sound defeatist and lazy but I simply cannot believe that in this day and age of automation that BBP makes you have to do all of this technical stuff.”
You should be installing WordPress and using the bbPress v2.x Plugin and that IS supported and instructions I gave were for the bbPress 2.x plugin.
The extra info I had in my original reply was for ‘if’ you wanted to add some extra styling by adding the thumbnail pics of the YouTube videos as custom images to your topic descriptions. It was meant to just be a pointer that ‘if’ you wanted this type of look for your forums ‘it’ could be done with some custom customizations.
The ONLY thing you need to do is make sure embeds are turned on for bbPress, that’s it and it is I believe enabled by default (I thought there was a setting in WordPress for this but the setting was removed and is enabled by default)
Essentially you shouldn’t have had to do anything, just post a YouTube link in a topic or reply in your forum and it should work as you expect it should.
Here’s the permalink to the translation ‘Search’ in GlotPress for English Australian.
If you click ‘Details’ (you might have to be logged in) you will see each place ‘Search’ is listed for translation, one of those is templates/default/bbpress/form-search.php:17 and that is the one you are looking for.
Depending on what is available in the theme you are using, you can change this in the dashboard Appearance> Customize > Appearance tab to full width. However, this setting also applies to posts. Pages can be set full width if you desire a website look. Some themes will give you more variable options.
I had to decide with my site that I really wanted the option to have sidebar material on some parts of the website so I was stuck using sidebars on the forum. I used some of the neat bbPress plugins like “recent topics” “recent replies” and “search forum” in my sidebar to fill the space.
Also,
it would be fine to redirect to a certain page on logout.
I searched through various bbpress files, but since there are lots of them I couldn’t figure out where and how to adjust the code.
I am also using a childtheme.
Thanks!
Hi,
I have installed a private forum, and there is a problem with the logout:
when I am using the bbpress widget in the sidebar or footer and a user logs out exactly (!) on the same page its ok, but on every other page it returns a 404. now this really sucks, because people usually click through the forum and don’t stay on the login page.
I have also created a members page and used the login shortcode, same problem.
Any ideas on how to resolve this?
I searched through the forum, however no answer for the current version of bbpress.
Any help will be appreciated,
Thanks
I have been getting a 500 Server Error when I try to view a certain page of replies in the dashboard.
500 Server Error
A misconfiguration on the server caused a hiccup. Check the server logs, fix the problem, then try again. URL: http://www.secondchanceaihadogs.com/wp-admin/edit.php?s&post_status=all&post_type=reply&action=-1&m=0&bbp_forum_id&paged=10&mode=list&action2=-1
I worked with my hosting support and allowed them into the wp dashboard to help. The issue is that last night they deleted php ver 5.3 from their servers. This was his response:
“From the errors its throwing it does need 5.3, and no, I tried 5.2, and 5.4 both are failing.”
I asked him why they removed 5.3 and this was his reply:
“It lost support by the php developers back in march of 2013: http://php.net/releases/5_3_20.php
We’ll be removing 5.2 at some point in the near future as well as it lost support years ago. We’re going to keep 5.4 around, and introduce 5.5 as an option soon as well.”
I can still see the replies on the forum, I just can’t open that page in the dashboard to edit them. I can seem to open other pages of replies but can’t be sure of the extent of this yet.
What impact is running on php 5.4 going to have on working with bbPress?
Thank you, Matoca
Hello,
I think this may be a new issue, but, on line 134 of the default template bbpress-functions.php, and on line 141 for RTL, the script is loading with a relative path and therefore not adding https when necessary.
Of course, when accessing site via https, this is giving a “insecure content” warning.
I made a quick edit which is replacing line 134 with:
'file' => get_home_url() . '/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/css/bbpress.css',
Keep in mind that may not work with every single install, but likely 99%. (those who have a custom wp-content or plugins dir)
Thanks.
