[Ryendel Rocha]

Hello.
I would like to create a forum with closed topics. The person just will be able to see the topic the admin and the person who create. Is there any way to do that?

And is possible to modify the new topics shortcode? I would like to remove the “Topic tag” and another options in some places. One time the topic are closed, there’s no function for this options.

Thank you for your attention.

[Robin W]

if you mean the login , then put this into the custom css of your theme

#sidebar .bbp-login-form label {
	width: 120px !important;
}

[Jakob Helmer]

and in case if the plugin Buddypress is not installed, something like this might be useful:

// redirect if the url contains the word 'user' and if you are not logged-in
add_action('init', 'profile_redirect');
function profile_redirect() {
if(strpos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'user') !== false &&  ! is_user_logged_in()) {
	wp_redirect("https://www.whateversite.com/" . LOGIN_PAGE_NAME);
	}
}

‘LOGIN_PAGE_NAME’ = whatever page name you use to login.
Change the word ‘user’ to your needs.

[abufrank]

For fixing the “page-not-found” when accessing a private forum, I found that when I placed Pascals code into the 404 page (great code by the way), the browser still flags the 404. So instead, I moved it to the functions.php file using the following:

//redirect user to log in page if accessing forum from external link
add_action( 'template_redirect', 'forum_redirect_from_external_link' );
function forum_redirect_from_external_link() {
  $actual_link = "http://$_SERVER[HTTP_HOST]$_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]";
  $actual_link = explode('/',$actual_link);
  if($actual_link[3]=="forums" && !is_user_logged_in() ) {
    wp_redirect( home_url('your-forum-log-in-page-here') ); 
      exit;
  }
}

I hope this was constructive… 🙂

[michaellanfield]

Hi. I have a few issues with bbpress. The page I need help with is https://www.thosecrazyvegans.net/forum/

1. The top of the browser tab bar it says Forums Archive – Those Crazy Vegans
however, I would like it to say Forum – ThoseCrazyVegans.net
How do I fix this?

2. When someone post a new topic they have to fill out the form at the bottom of the forum, however they cannot select a forum from the drop down menu. How to fix?

3. The search bar does not have an search button. Why and how to fix?

4. Is it possible to edit this page in X Theme Cornerstone. I am not able to.

5. The HTML code that I added to the Forum page does not work. When the New Topic link at the top of the Forum page is clicked, I would like it to go to the New Topic form at the bottom of the page. However, the HTML code that I added does not seem to work. What is the full page code for this?

Forum page code

<a href="https://www.thosecrazyvegans.net/wp-login.php">Login</a>  <a href="https://www.thosecrazyvegans.net/register">Register</a>

<a href="https://www.thosecrazyvegans/forum#newtopic">Create New Topic</a>

[bbp-forum-index]

<a href="#newtopic">[bbp-topic-form]</a>

Thank you.

[Jakob Helmer]

Maybe you mean the buddypress profile page?
in that case this piece of code in the functions.php of your theme might help:

function sh_walled_garden()	{
	global $bp;
	if( bp_is_register_page() || bp_is_activation_page() )
	return;
	if( ! bp_is_blog_page() && ! is_user_logged_in() )
	bp_core_redirect( $bp->root_domain .'/'. 'LOGIN_PAGE_NAME' );
}
add_action( 'get_header', 'sh_walled_garden' );

‘LOGIN_PAGE_NAME’ = whatever page name you use to login

[Robin W]

either put this in your functions file

add_filter( 'bbp_get_forum_archive_title', 'tcv_forum');

function tcv_forum () {
	Return 'whatever you want it to say' ;
}

or create a page called whatever you want it to say, and put this in the content
[bbp-forum-index]

[Robin W]

either put this in your functions file

add_filter( 'bbp_get_forum_archive_title', 'tcv_forum');

function tcv_forum () {
	Return 'Forum' ;
}

or create a page called forum, and put this in the content, and then point your menu at this page
[bbp-forum-index]

[Mauro]

I found the pieces and bits necessary to make this happen.

// ALTER TinyMCE INIT FOR VISUAL EDITOR ON FORUM TOPICS AND REPLIES
// SOURCE: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/alter-mceinit-for-visual-editor-on-topics/

// Enable visual editor on tinymce in bbPress
function bbp_enable_visual_editor( $args = array() ) {
    $args['tinymce'] = true;
    return $args;
}
add_filter( 'bbp_after_get_the_content_parse_args', 'bbp_enable_visual_editor' );

// Enable TinyMCE paste plugin
function bbp_add_paste_plugin($args) {
  $args[] = 'paste';
  return $args;
}
add_filter( 'teeny_mce_plugins', 'bbp_add_paste_plugin');

// ADDS A JQUERY PASTE PREPROCESSOR TO REMOVE DISALLOWED TAGS WHILE PASTING
// SOURCE https://jonathannicol.com/blog/2015/02/19/clean-pasted-text-in-wordpress/
function configure_tinymce($in) {
  $in['paste_preprocess'] = "function(plugin, args){
    // Strip all HTML tags except those we have whitelisted
    var whitelist = 'a,p,span,b,strong,i,em,h3,h4,h5,h6,ul,li,ol';
    var stripped = jQuery('<div>' + args.content + '</div>');
    var els = stripped.find('*').not(whitelist);
    for (var i = els.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
      var e = els[i];
      jQuery(e).replaceWith(e.innerHTML);
    }
    // Strip all class and id attributes
    stripped.find('*').removeAttr('id').removeAttr('class');
    // Return the clean HTML
    args.content = stripped.html();
  }";
  return $in;
}
add_filter('teeny_mce_before_init','configure_tinymce', 99999999999);

[carzpk]

Need help pleass
I have installed the bbpress plugin and but its not showing in widget section like i cant add widget to it
Also in the forum everything is white like these code buttons where you can post a topic
I am latest wordpress and using premium theme

Thankyou

[Robin W]

not tested but try adding this to your functions file

add_filter( 'bbp_get_reply_author_display_name', 'rew_display_first_name' 10, 2);

function rew_display_first_name ($author_name, $reply_id ) {
	$reply_id = bbp_get_reply_id( $reply_id );

		// User is not a guest
		if ( !bbp_is_reply_anonymous( $reply_id ) ) {

			// Get the author ID
			$author_id = bbp_get_reply_author_id( $reply_id );

			// Try to get a display name
			$author_name = get_the_author_meta( 'first_name', $author_id );

			// Fall back to user login
			if ( empty( $author_name ) ) {
				$author_name = get_the_author_meta( 'user_login', $author_id );
			}

		// User does not have an account
		} else {
			$author_name = get_post_meta( $reply_id, '_bbp_anonymous_name', true );
		}

		// If nothing could be found anywhere, use Anonymous
		if ( empty( $author_name ) )
			$author_name = __( 'Anonymous', 'bbpress' );

		// Encode possible UTF8 display names
		if ( seems_utf8( $author_name ) === false )
			$author_name = utf8_encode( $author_name );

return apply_filters( 'rew_display_first_name', $author_name, $reply_id );
}

[andrey90]

is it possible to create two forums? because I have a forum on my site for free users and the second forum with other topics should be for the pay users, the two forums are separated by two different pages on the site, so i need two forums with one database. I would block the pay forum with a “paid membership” addon for free users.

but as i can see i can just create one forum with one shortcode in bbpress?

[leeproc]

Hello all,

I somehow broke the page layout of my topic index and topic pages. The sidebar should be on the right, but it looks like WordPress is drawing the gray line separator on the left of the page, and pushing all the sidebar content to the bottom. Example: https://www.parentifact.org/forums/forum/questions/

I thought this was due to some code I put in the style.css and functions.php to style my archive pages, but I removed that code and it’s still messed up. Has anyone experienced this before, or could someone more knowledgeable look at the source and developer tools to figure out what’s going wrong here?

Thanks!

[Wilfrank]

I made a small change so that the user can choose the sort order, but can anyone tell me why it does not work?

function custom_bbp_has_topics($order) {

  switch ($order) {
    case 1:
        $args['order'] = 'ASC';
        break;
    case 2:
        $args['order'] = 'DESC';
        break;
    default:
        $args['order'] = 'DESC';
  }
  
  return $args;
}
add_filter('bbp_before_has_topics_parse_args', 'custom_bbp_has_topics' );

[morpheus978]

Hello,
I created a page on the site with the shortcode [bbp-forum-index] and a custom title.
I have a problem with the breadcumbs (which I yet have on my site, implemented with the SEO YOAST plugin).

When I navigate through categories and forums, starting from the index page, breadcumbs works properly. When I open a topic, the root path of the forum disappears.

I’ll explain better:

the root page is http://www.apesca.it/forum
Breadcumb: Home »Forum

Within the category “Benvenuto – Presentazioni”…
Breadcumb: Home » Forum » Benvenuto – Presentazioni

I’m in the forum “Mi Presento”…
Breadcumb: Home » Forum » Benvenuto – Presentazioni » Mi presento

I’m in the topic “Ciao a Tutti” …
Breadcumb: Home » Benvenuto – Presentazioni » Mi presento » Ciao a Tutti

What i want to get is:
Home » Forum » Benvenuto – Presentazioni » Mi presento » Ciao a Tutti

I hope you can help me.

[richard.miller]

Just installed BBPress, and see that the editor is barebones html.

I’ve learned from this codex page that the visual editor is disabled by default – so I added the code snippet to my functions file, but no effect at all. Added TinyMCE Advance plugin, no effect at all.

What could be wrong?

(note: I see all sorts of references to “enable fancy WP editor” in older posts here, but can’t find that setting)

WP 4.8.3
BBpress: 2.5.14

[Robin W]

these sortcodes are theme(or other plugin) related, not bbpress.

what theme are you using?

[rbg1163]

Hi,

Our site tyndale.edu is having an issue since one of the latest updates. Our pages that require a login widget no longer work correctly and simply display shortcode to the users on the screen. We use DreamPress through Dreamhost and they have not found a solution. We’re running WP 4.8.3 and BBPress Version 2.5.14. DreamHost support made this comment,”The page is using shortcode but functions.php should be picking it up but is not”. If you use the wayback machine and choose Feb. of this year everything works perfectly! unfortunately I don’t have any backups that go that far.
You can see examples of the problem on these pages: https://www.tyndale.edu/students/open/
and https://www.tyndale.edu/students/library/galaxie-journal/

Any ideas?

[Eric Malalel]

Now it’s fine. I made an error when copy paste the code.
It works perfectly, thanks a lot!

[dominikb]

in form-reply.php i find this line:

<input name="bbp_log_reply_edit" id="bbp_log_reply_edit" type="checkbox" value="1" <?php bbp_form_reply_log_edit(); ?> tabindex="<?php bbp_tab_index(); ?>" />

it does not seem like, i can uncheck the box here.

I have my subscription boxes auto-checked via:

function pw_bbp_auto_checK_subscribe( $checked, $topic_subscribed  ) {

    if( $topic_subscribed == 0 )
        $topic_subscribed = true;

    return checked( $topic_subscribed, true, false );
}

is there maybe a way, to turn this around and use it on the log checkbox?

[coreymcollins]

I’ve been fighting with how to enable the Topics CPT for all users in the dashboard and not having a great time. I thought I could, perhaps, filter the CPT registration to change the CPT caps and show_ui settings, but no luck.

Even when I am able to get the Topics CPT to display for all users by commenting out the lines noted below as a test:

// Register Topic content type
register_post_type(
	bbp_get_topic_post_type(),
	apply_filters( 'bbp_register_topic_post_type', array(
		'labels'              => bbp_get_topic_post_type_labels(),
		'rewrite'             => bbp_get_topic_post_type_rewrite(),
		'supports'            => bbp_get_topic_post_type_supports(),
		'description'         => __( 'bbPress Topics', 'bbpress' ),
		// 'capabilities'        => bbp_get_topic_caps(),
		// 'capability_type'     => array( 'topic', 'topics' ),
		'menu_position'       => 999999999999,
		'has_archive'         => ( 'forums' === bbp_show_on_root() ) ? bbp_get_topic_archive_slug() : false,
		'exclude_from_search' => true,
		'show_in_nav_menus'   => false,
		'public'              => true,
		// 'show_ui'             => current_user_can( 'bbp_topics_admin' ),
		'can_export'          => true,
		'hierarchical'        => false,
		'query_var'           => true,
		'menu_icon'           => ''
	)
) );

Things still don’t completely work. Users can technically create a post, but can’t save the Forum in which the post is created.

The short of it is: I want users with the Participant Forum Role to be able to see the Topics CPT in the dashboard so they can create their posts here, mainly because it would be helpful for them to be able to Preview a topic before posting it. Out of the box, the front-end bbPress form does not allow for post previews.

Has anyone achieved this?

Using:
WP 4.8.3
bbPress 2.5.14

[uzosky]

Hello, please how do I retrieve the user id of the last active user in a forum? To get the last active name requires the following code:
bbp_author_link( array( 'post_id' => bbp_get_forum_last_active_id(), 'type' => 'name' ) );
But how do I get the ID instead of the name?

[docaj]

Solved! Found an earlier post about a similar problem. I manually edited spam-prevention.php under Mojo Marketplace Plugin to remove all blocked words including breast. Then problem is gone. Strangely, I had uninstalled Mojo Marketplace long time ago and it does not even show up on my Dashboard. Apparently its codes are still there and working.

[manm0untain]

Hi

I happened to check a mail account we are not using yet, when we moved servers. It turns out there are quite a few emails in that account. They are all forum activity alerts coming from BBPress on the site. These are the kind of mails being received:

UserX wrote:

Hello to all in the group!

Post Link: https://www.juicy.io/groups/venezuela/forum/topic/presentacion/#post-33662

-----------

You are receiving this email because you subscribed to a forum topic.

Login and visit the topic to unsubscribe from these emails.

It seems to be sending these alerts to a user. But there is no ‘to’ username on the emails. I have done several searches on our user database and there are no users with that email address.

I have done a full database search for that email address and come up with nothing.

I have looked absolutely everywhere I can think of within WP admin, for any instance of that address, and can find none. Unless it’s buried away in some obscure corner of a plugin, I am pretty sure I have looked everywhere relevant that I could think of.

I am downloading the entire site, to do a search on that string within the site files, as a last resort. I’m not optimistic.

Can anyone point me in the right direction about this?

Many thanks for your time.

[mikedean]

A year later but here it is.

This assumes a drop down select menu has been added to the form-topic.php template. wp_dropdown_categories() is used to make a <select> element for all the terms in the categories taxonomy so users can assign the topic to a term.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_dropdown_categories

Then, the topic is assigned to the term they selected by hooking into the new topic process.

/**
 * Assign a taxonomy term to a topic after it has been selected in the front end (using a <select> element).
 *
 * @param Int           $topic_id               The id for the current topic being created.
 * @param Int           $forum_id               The id for the current forum the topic is being created in.
 * @param Int           $anonymous_data         ??
 * @param Int           $topic_author           The id of the user who created the topic.
 *
 * @see https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_dropdown_categories
 */

//Update the taxonomy terms when a new topic is created or edited.
add_action( 'bbp_new_topic', 'myprefix_assign_category_to_post', 20, 4 );

function myprefix_assign_category_to_post( $topic_id, $forum_id, $anonymous_data, $topic_author ) {
        
        //Get the category submitted by the user
        $taxonomy_name = 'category';                    //the slug, or machine name, or the taxonomy
        $term_id = intval( $_POST['cat'] );             //Get value from the <select> element as an interger

        //@TODO error checking if term or taxonomy does not exists (returns false if so)
        $term_object = get_term_by( 'id', $term_id, $taxonomy_name );

        //Replace the existing subject with the selected one
        wp_set_post_terms( $topic_id, array( $term_id ), $taxonomy_name, false );
}