[Ene Marius]

Hi, I’m trying to display the total posts and topics count on the index page (content-archive-forum).

I know that this works inside a forum, but is there something similar that counts the totals posts / topics ?

Thank you.

[Robin W]

and look at the styling crib

bbPress Styling Crib

[Robin W]

ok, the register in the login in the sidebar works fine.

On what page and where did you put the shortcode?

[Robin W]

@tomkalili

I can only suggest that you start by setting up a forum, and then come back with any questions you have.

to start you should follow the guides in the documentation

Codex

[Kris35]

Ok thats great – thanks. I was using User Pro but I didn’t like it. I kinda remember the BBPress login widget was a bit rough looking but am sure I can get a coder to make it look pretty. Do either of you know if most people with a BBPress forum also use the BBPress login widget or do they use something else?

[Robin W]

no, we can carry on here !

I have to say I’m not sure whether it can take two, the codex seems to think it can be passed 2in the examples.

https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_shortcode

However you are passing an array $attr to the function, so why cant you just pass two elemenstb within that array

$attr[‘id’]
and
$attr[‘id2’]

[PinkishHue]

Yes support is a little short here but we just have to deal with that. I think support will improve as the plugin becomes more and more popular but it’s just taking a while 🙂

As bbpress is a WP plugin, your question is more WP specific, so – as you’ve mentioned – you just need to use the WordPress Codex to find out how to do things like move your installation. This is a valuable tip for everyone – if you’re having trouble finding an answer here, try the WordPress Codex or support forums as many answers can be found there.

[sktrader]

bbpress uses wp user database and bbpress plugins comes with login widget to enable login on the sidebar. you can enable registration on the frontend by putting bbpress shortcode on the page

[Robkk]

i found this code but i dont know if it helps

// wp_mail altered for bbPress (Mail sent from address)
add_filter( 'wp_mail_from', 'email_sent_from' );
function email_sent_from( $email )
{
    return 'noreply@sitename';
}

[Robkk]

if one registers to wordpress they also are capable of posting on forum topics.

all registration is around wordpress.

bbpress may come with a register shortcode to place on a page ,but all the information still goes to wordpress.

[Robkk]

Hi Robin, so you don’t like feedback here? I seemed to have hit a sensitive nerve with you! I did try to make some positives as well as what I thought were honest concerns. I looked on the support forum and there were also other older threads with no replies, not just mine, If you can’t take feedback about what you do then I’m sorry to say you will never learn or grow. As for it been free, well I’m not going to go into a debate about that. But I believe there would be ways to make money out of this like here: http://www.packtpub.com/bbpress-complete-comprehensive-guide/book

bbpress is open source , i dont think the community is going to try to make money off of something thats open source, thats probably why there is no ads on this site too.

that book was just written by some guy thats not really affiliated with bbpress. Its like if i myself made a book of all that i know from reading all the documentation. (i dont work for bbpress, i am a volunteer )

topics with no replies, people are busy , there is like only 2 official people that check out this forum occasionly , robin and stephen

jjj might check out the forums though but he also works on wordpress core i think i am not sure.

Other than that the others are volunteers like myself , which i am helping out people because robin helped out me , idk i feel i got to repay them somehow haha

Your own layout looks promising, I hope it goes well.

im on the fence if i should put it on github or not, i feel like i dont want people jacking my forums style sometimes

As for examples

Just any thing that looks like a forum:

bbpress looks like a forum ,its just a really simple one.

which is great because not all people need extravagant features, but if they want they can add wordpress plugins, and also custom functions that you may find on this forum.

if we compare features in bbpress compared to other forum software there is not much of a difference.

All i can see that is different is shortcodes on bottom, which i showed a user how to do in a topic before. using bbpress forum statistics shortcode, and the do shortcode function.

forum icons, which is possible there is a function somewhere if you search this forum.

category and hierarchy layout , if you search the bbpress trac people have shared how to do this if users want that specific layout.

ip boards topic sorting you can create something similar using bbpress views in simple html links.

and the rest is just styling with css, in the documentation it explains… go to this https://codex.bbpress.org/step-by-step-guide-to-setting-up-a-bbpress-forum-part-2/

[Robkk]

but not too simple actually

css is actually the easiest in my opinion

Step by step guide to setting up a bbPress forum – part 2

[gold1]

I added the shortcode [bbp-register] for a new register page but when I click on register I end up on a page saying:
Leave a Reply
Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *
and a button saying post comment. I have no idea what’s wrong…

bbPress Version 2.5.4
bbPress WP Tweaks Version 1.3.1
wordpress Version 3.9.1

[Nicolas Korobochkin]

bbPress permalinks by default is:

• /forums/topic/TOPIC_SLUG/
• /forums/forum/FORUM_SLUG/

How to replace topic- and forum- slugs to their ID’s?

• /forums/topic/TOPIC_ID/
• /forums/forum/FORUM_ID/

I need this because I have cyrillic letters in topic names (and slugs).

Current link:

http://ru.forums.wordpress.org/topic/Пустая-страница-1?replies=3

After copy and send on Twitter, Facebook..:

http://ru.forums.wordpress.org/topic/

I try fix it and write rewrite rule (and flush, yep).

add_rewrite_rule('^/forum/topic/(\d+)/?$','index.php?topic_id=$matches[1]','top');

But after visiting /forum/topic/814 (814 topic id is exists) redirect to home page happening.

[roodigi]

Hello, same question here… Where should we add the code shown in Peter J. Herrel’s post? I searched and couldn’t find a reference to this in the codex. Thanks!

[Robin W]

#1 – ok if it worked with the twentytwelve theme, then we may still be able to help here, but try their support forum first, and if you don’t get help, come back and I’ll see what we can do. We can usually get you working with most themes !

#2 Don’t worry we all started not knowing, but as long as you are willing to learn and put a little effort in, we can help. So first of all we need to create a child theme to go with your parent theme. This will let you make changes without losing them on upgrades. Start by following this guide

Functions files and child themes – explained !

Then come back when you have a child theme, and I’ll explain further 🙂

[cybarmitzvah]

Thank You!

#1, yes I will use their support forum now.

#2 I am confused where to look for that code? Sorry, I am new to coding. Where do I find the place to edit that code?

Thank You,
JB

[Robin W]

your best bet would be to ask the moderation plugin author, as hooking to his code would be the best way.

I don’t know this plugin, so sorry cannot directly help – sorry

[Robin W]

#1 is related to your theme I reckon. Try as a test switching to a default theme such as twentytwelve and see if it disappears. If it foes come back and we’ll try to help further.

#2 see https://codex.bbpress.org/bbpress-styling-crib/

[Capital]

Hello,

I do like to know how I am able to display the total amount of replies and topics a member created on my WordPress website. There is a (text) sidebar present where the statistics are displayed of a certain user. Is it possible to display the amount of forum topics and replies a certain user has created?

Thanks

[NickUdd]

Hi,

I have followed the guide http://codex.bbpress.org/step-by-step-guide-to-setting-up-a-bbpress-forum/ and have tried both method 1 and 2 ([bbp-forum-index]) but I only get some text on my forum start page http://sfithailand.se/forums/ (same on both methods)?

Permalink is set to post name

The actual post looks fine I think http://sfithailand.se/forums/topic/bra-hemsidor-for-foretagande-i-thailand/

But my forum url looks distorted even though the output looks ok? http://sfithailand.se/forums/forum/byrakrati-och-myndigheter/

Forum root is using slug /forums/ and forum slug is /forum/ Why do I need both?

Guess i have done something wrong?

[Robkk]

@pfswss

all i could say more is search for them

wordpress.org plugin repository

https://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=social+login

code canyon plugin repository (cost money)

http://codecanyon.net/search?category=wordpress&direction=desc&order_by=best-match&term=social+login&utf8=%E2%9C%93

[Robkk]

For those who shared what plugins they have activated in their installations, following shows the top ten plugins which are either bbPress-specific or those with expressed support for bbPress.

a) GD bbPress Attachments
b) GD bbPress Tools
c) bbPress Enable TinyMCE Visual Tab
d) BuddyPress
e) Buddy-bbPress Support Topic
f) Custom private code
g) bbPress – Private Replies
h) bbPress Stay Checked
i) bbPress Topics for Posts
j) bbPress – Mark As Read

2014 bbPress Survey Results

i use three of these ten plugins

[Jerry]

Hi Robin. Finally getting around to posting the error I see when trying to use two input parameters for a shortcode:
Warning: Illegal string offset 'id2' in /mysite/wp-content/plugins/recent-books-discussed/recent-books-discussed.php on line 33

I should probably start a different thread in the forums on this?

[ChrisSuiter]

For anyone having similar issues follow the steps on this link to fix the issue.
https://codex.bbpress.org/theme-compatibility/