[eric.w]

I have verified that this code works. Created a github repository just for this topic. Code and instructions are included.

https://github.com/ericwallen/add-featured-images-bbpress-forums

<!– Add this code to functions.php –>

add_theme_support( ‘post-thumbnails’, array( ‘forum’ ) );
add_post_type_support(‘forum’, ‘thumbnail’);

<!– Place this code inside page.php or anywhere else you can echo php in your theme –>

<?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail($post_id, ‘full’); ?>

<!– Repace $post_id with a number ’54’ which will be the id of the post you are tryin to fetch –>

<?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail(’54’, ‘full’); ?>

[Matt]

If I run the following MySQL query…

SELECT * FROM wp_posts WHERE post_type LIKE 'forum'

…I notice that post_status = ‘private’ for the private forums. That makes sense.
However, if I run…

SELECT * FROM wp_posts WHERE post_type LIKE 'topic'

…I notice that all the topics have post_status = ‘publish’ whether they are in a private forum or not.

Is there any reason why they aren’t post_status = ‘private’? Might that be why the archive lists them?

[32diego]

For anyone interested this is the fix

This is actually a bbPress issue with the singular.php template which was introduced in WordPress 4.3 but bbPress doesn’t support it yet. It looks like it has been fixed in core already – https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/5950 – but the update hasn’t been released yet.

If you add the following code to the top of your index.php for your theme it will provide a temp fix:

// bbPress fix while they update things…
if ( function_exists( ‘is_bbpress’ ) && is_bbpress() ) {
get_template_part( ‘singular’ );
return;
}

[Pascal Casier]

Hi,

Ah, the ‘breadcrumbs’.

You can switch them completely off or just remove the ‘forums’ part by checking the example here: https://codex.bbpress.org/layout-and-functionality-examples-you-can-use/#4-turning-off-or-changing-breadcrumbs
Just copy this part into a child theme, in your functions.php or in a plugin.

If you don’t know how to do it yourself, you can always check for plugins like bbP Toolkit or others that can help you with that.

Pascal.

[Pascal Casier]

1. and 2.
You might want to create a standard WordPress page called ‘forums’ and give it the http://raquiia.com/gaming/forums/ URL. In that way you override the default page.
Then use shortcode for your chat, the [bbp-forum-index] shortcode and the shortcode for your statistics. (see shortcodes: https://codex.bbpress.org/features/shortcodes/ )

For 3. at lot can be done, but I have the impression you want to heavily customize, so if you want to do your own coding you could create a child theme and put copies there of the main bbPress files and start modifying them.

Then of course hundreds of plugins already exist. If you want to do something specific, just open another support request here and we will try to guide you.

Enjoy bbPress !
Pascal.

[raquiia]

Hi,

i just installed bbpress to my wordpress website. www raquiia com/gaming.

I was using inboard since long time but yet, i think it’s more convenience to use bbpress with my wordpress website and different plugins.

So i would like to configure it.

The basic installation looks correct, its work without bug (or i didn’t find yet), but i would like to customize it.

First i would like to add a chat on the forum page : www raquiia com/gaming/forums/
So, between the header with the image and title and the Forum i would like this: wordpress plugin : simple-ajax-chat
or an other chat i don’t really care.

i’ll keep the sidebar on right.

Bottom of the forum i would like a better statistic. So i found this : wordpress plugin : bbpress-improved-statistics-users-online

For both it’s look simple to install, just have to write the shortcode on the forum page. But unfortunnally i can’t find where is this page …

After fix that, i’ll try to make the forum more clear and nice to read.
It’s hard to find nice and clear bbpress (i mean in my opinion), i found one example : http://themes.momizat.com/?theme=multinews (go to community -> Forum)

A forum like this after add the chat and the statistic can be alright. Even better if i also can add image for each sub category.

To explain, on this example they have General main category
Then they have sub category :- getting started
– off topic
– Funstuff
Can i add an image before each sub category ?

i think, i have to modify my template to get what i want. i just don’t know where and how …

To summary i want :

1 : Add a chat (doesn’t matter which one) on top of the forum
2 : Add better statistic bot of my forum
3 : Change the design of the forum part (category …)

If somebody can answer me it will be very helpful to open this website asap.

Thanks you by advance

Louis

[Momshof]

Update – I found this code searching through the forums and tried it – it fixed the quotes – they are no longer showing raw code.

The font, size, color, align – still comes up as raw code.

function bbp_tinymce_paste_plain_text( $plugins = array() ) {
$plugins[] = ‘paste’;
return $plugins;
}
add_filter( ‘bbp_get_tiny_mce_plugins’, ‘bbp_tinymce_paste_plain_text’ );

last post on – http://dtcdancecentral.com/DTCTest/forums/topic/creating-a-topic-1-test-2/#post-12237

[Pascal Casier]

Hi,
Just create a normal WordPress page and add the shortcode [bbp-single-forum id=$forum_id]
See: https://codex.bbpress.org/features/shortcodes/
Pascal.

[Pascal Casier]

Well, something is wrong with your setup. To go easy ? I would just remove the ‘Forums’ part in the breadcrumbs.
Option 1: Add this to a child theme, in your functions.php or in a plugin:

function pc_breadcrumb_changes($args) {
	$args['include_root'] = false;
	return $args;
}
add_filter('bbp_before_get_breadcrumb_parse_args', 'pc_breadcrumb_changes');

Option 2: Install the bbP-Toolkit plugin and just tick the option to remove ‘Forums’.

Pascal.

[tellermario]

How to create a forum per page true shortcode and not to see other forums created on other pages? Without the need of user registration.

[Brevi]

Hello!

I would like to try bbPress forum because of it’s WordPress integration and the advantages that would come with that.

I currently have a Simple Machines Forum (SMF) with the following statistics:

Total Members: 98
Total Posts: 9924
Total Topics: 1519
Total Categories: 4
Total Boards: 34

Version of SMF: 2.0.11 (Current)
Version of WordPress: 4.3.1 (Current)
Version of bbPress: 2.5.8 (Current)

I’ve read the guide of importing forums here: https://codex.bbpress.org/getting-started/importing-data/import-forums/

Based on that I’m fairly certain I followed the steps right. I have the server (localhost), the database, the prefix and user added in the import tool. The processing gets stuck at the following point (tried several times):

Converting topics (57 – 57)

I did try with ‘Row Limit’ 1 and also tried ‘Delay Time’ between 1-30, but that did not make a difference. I tried to Stop / Start it a few times… nothing.

I’m not an expert with MySQL databases, so I don’t think I can manually edit the row which is causing the problem.

Can anyone help with this please?

[rigpa1]

http://www.chilidating.com

When I set the Forum Root to love-questions I get an empty page even though I have a page called love-questions with the shortcode [bbp-forum-index]. The url says (correctly) http://www.chilidating.com/love-questions/ but shows a blank page.

If I set the forum slug to “forums” I get the right URL and I see the forum page. If I go to a sub forum I get this Breadcrumb: Chili Dating › Forums › Dating

The first Chili Dating goes to the frontpage but the next > Forums goes to a blank page called forums. Even though I create a page called forums and put the shortcode in there I get a blank page. I cant make it work…

[dayan89]

Hi

I’ve tried following function (in functions.php of my theme) to increase pagination, but it doesn’t work:

function bbp_increase_pagination($args) {
    $args['end_size'] = 5;
    $args['mid_size'] = 5;
    return $args;
}
add_filter( 'bbp_topic_pagination', 'bbp_increase_pagination' );

I still have same pagintation:

What’s the problem?

[Pascal Casier]

Hi,
Check this one out: https://codex.bbpress.org/layout-and-functionality-examples-you-can-use/#16-adding-description-to-forum-pages

Pascal.

[Pascal Casier]

Hi,
You can start from here: https://codex.bbpress.org/getting-started/troubleshooting/blank-pages/
If it did not help, just get back.
Pascal.

[Pascal Casier]

As said above:
For your plugins, you should activate them from your ‘Admin panels > Plugins > Installed Plugins’ and then you can start tuning the options (in most cases under ‘Admin panels > Settings’ or ‘Admin panels > Tools’.
If they do not work, then you need to ask on the forums of those plugins.

For the avatars, you can start reading here: https://codex.bbpress.org/getting-started/faq/user-avatars/

Pascal.

[Toni]

Gee, this has happened again. I keep forgetting what I am doing.

I had a page with shortcode, then I changed the page name and slug. Now I have a generated page without content.

http://toni-esl.com/eslforum/write/

[Pascal Casier]

Well, for finding the help and responses, I hope you’re not disappointed.
Please note that WordPress runs best on PHP 5.6 and higher (you seem to use 5.5) : https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/

– Have you run all the repair tools of bbpress after import to be sure your structure is optimized ?
– Have you deactivated any not-needed plugin ? Is your theme ready for bbPress ?
– Are you using any cache mechanism to improve speed where possible ?
– Did you try to run performance tools like the P3 plugin performance profiler to narrow down the possible slow parts ? Or gtmetrix.com as starting point ?

Some further reading: https://codex.bbpress.org/getting-started/improving-performance/

Also note that in the upcoming bbPress v2.6 (hopefully before the end of this year), a lot of focus went on possible performance issues.

Hope it helps,
Pascal.

[Jules]

Hi Pascal, thank you for your reply. This css is to hide the default Divi sidebar that is called on single post types. I’ve tried commenting out that code and it still doesn’t resolve the issue?

[Pascal Casier]

Hi,
You seem to have this one somewhere:

.forum-archive, .single-forum #sidebar {
  display: none!important;
}

It’s blocking the whole view.

It’s a style in your divi master theme.

Pascal.

[AilyRoot]

well, I am 1000% sure it is bbpress (or wordpress) ‘s codes issue

Dedicated server
Intel SSD
48G ram
PHP 5.5
MySQL 5.6

We were at invisionboard forum system(ZERO issues on this) , with wordpress+bbpress, it hangs even we just try to trash 10 topics….

reason why I move to wordpress+bbpress? better integration and easier to find someone to help

[AdventureRidingNZ]

This looks great, I just tried it on my forum and it works on categories but not on forums.
I’m running latest WP, BBPress, BuddyPress versions with the Brickyard theme and the code is installed in my theme’s functions.php file..

Cheers
Eddie
http://www.AdventureRidingNZ.co.nz

[Robkk]

Add it to your child themes functions.php or in a plugin that can hold custom php code snippets like functionality.

Remember this probably doesn’t do exactly how you want. Because I am not entirely sure why you would want to put a simple input box for the admins to output an image, I am sure there might be some a plugin to output an image profile field for BuddyPress out there. Basically I just gave you some example code that you may need to edit to customize it to your needs.

[TKServer]

I’ve been working quite a lot on this threaded view format. This is coded all outside of bbpress, but uses many of bbpress’s functions.

Ute Fan Board

[Pascal Casier]

Hi,
For your question about ‘arange my sub-forum verically instead of horizontal’, you can add this code in a child theme or your own plugin or functions.php file (Remove the // twice if you also want to hide the counters):

add_filter('bbp_after_list_forums_parse_args', 'bbppc_bbpress_list_forums' );
function bbppc_bbpress_list_forums() {
	$args['separator']        = '<br>';
	// $args['show_topic_count'] = false;
	// $args['show_reply_count'] = false;
	return $args;
}

For your plugins, you should activate them from your ‘Admin panels > Plugins > Installed Plugins’ and then you can start tuning the options (in most cases under ‘Admin panels > Settings’ or ‘Admin panels > Tools’.

Pascal.