[Stephen Edgar]

If when you decide to come back to this you’ll want to use the_excerpt

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

There are varios examples scattered throught this site also

https://bbpress.org/forums/search/the_excerpt/

[Stephen Edgar]

There are a couple of weird things happen with bbPress and setting them to ‘private’ from the backend, we just haven’t tested it thoroughly enough.

There is a ticket on Trac somewhere, can’t find it at the moment though 🙁 https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org

There is also a plugin that gives each user their own forum that no other users can see, I am not sure if moderators have access to this forum or just the user and the keymaster.

The name of that plugin? I have no idea, I can’t remember the name of it, what I do remember is that this feature has nothing to do with the name of the plugin nor is the feature even included in the description. It is an idea not fully implemented and approx 75% of the code is just sitting in the background doing nothing. So if I remember what it is I’ll come back and update this. 😉

[Stephen Edgar]

Thanks for sharing your code and and yes some more docs on this would be great.

Anyone can add docs to the bbPress codex https://codex.bbpress.org/

You just need to login with the same username and password you use here on bbpress.org

https://codex.bbpress.org/wp-login.php

Have a look at the current pages and or create a new page

https://codex.bbpress.org/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=page

[Robin W]

try

bbPress Styling Crib

for starters

[Robin W]

you can’t – wordpress and bbpress use a language called php to create the html code, so this code does not appear anywhere, it is made up of lots of function and css calls.

Sorry !

[Robin W]

presume the words from the topic/reply heading?

if so, then widgets will show you what code you need.

I could look at it, but it will be a while, and I’m buried in plugins !

[Adonismoet1608]

theme: Analytical Lite
the latest version of wordpress and bbpress

my font,background, and reply background is white
so all text is hidden.

i have tried applying the codes from styling crib into my theme css but it still dosent work.

does anyone have anycode to change the back ground

[elaborate]

Thank you for the reply.

I just realized that the Steam Forums I linked to don’t actually do what I’m talking about. I’m gonna see what I can do with wdgets.php the plugin you linked to, but just to clarify:

I’m looking for the first couple of words from the most recent post of each forum to be displayed under “Freshness” on the front page and on forum lists, etc.

I’ll figure out the PHP I need to, so don’t worry about that 🙂

[vegas778]

On which files I can find these HTML CODES :

<span class="bbp-topic-started-by">Started by: <a href="https://bbpress.org/forums/profile/renai42/" title="View renai42's profile" class="bbp-author-avatar" rel="nofollow"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9cc0474d583be1164e47317a42b158c3?s=14&d=retro&r=G' class='avatar avatar-14 photo' height='14' width='14' /></a>&nbsp;<a href="https://bbpress.org/forums/profile/renai42/" title="View renai42's profile" class="bbp-author-name" rel="nofollow">renai42</a></span>

<span class="bbp-topic-freshness-author"><a href="https://bbpress.org/forums/profile/crzyhrse/" title="View crzyhrse's profile" class="bbp-author-avatar" rel="nofollow"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c92f6fbad5b684dd17d1fde21aff8c24?s=14&d=retro&r=G' class='avatar avatar-14 photo' height='14' width='14' /></a>&nbsp;<a href="https://bbpress.org/forums/profile/crzyhrse/" title="View crzyhrse's profile" class="bbp-author-name" rel="nofollow">crzyhrse</a></span>

Thank in advance.

[crzyhrse]

And thanks here as well… I’ve been wishing the Subscribe toggle was over further to the right, and the necessary code for that is included on the page you’ve linked to above…

🙂

[vegas778]

Thank you but I meant on which files I can edit these HTML CODES above ? I dont find the file’s name.

[nirgalo]

I finally managed to get to something displaying the top level forums. Guys it took me hours to do something so simple. Really should be part of the documentation somewhere. Pasting the code here in case if helps someone:

if (bbp_is_forum_archive()) {
	$forums = bbp_get_forums_for_current_user();
	echo '<ul>';
	foreach ( $forums as $forum ) {
		if ($forum->post_parent == 0) {
		echo '<li><a href="' . bbp_get_forum_permalink($forum->ID) . '">';
		echo $forum->post_title;
		echo '</a></li>';
		}
	}
	echo '</ul>';
}

[Robin W]

yes, but you’d need some php, so depends what you mean by ‘I don’t really know PHP’

the plugin bbp-last-post plays with code in this area, so take a look at that

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-last-post/

and look at

bbpress/includes/common/wdgets.php for how to put a title in

[Cole]

Thanks for the reply Robin,

Though the the code stated in that article doesnt work with my theme/forum:
#bbpress-forums .status-closed, #bbpress-forums .status-closed a {color: #000 !important;}

I put it in my theme CSS and also tried a CSS plugin with no result.

[Robin W]

the style for closed is

Layout and functionality – Examples you can use

[vegas778]

Hi Guys,

I cannot find on which file I can edit these codes ?

The avatar on the left of the message :

<img alt="" src="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/a8792a6046cf82389373bb32241764c6?s=80&d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D80&r=G" height="80" width="80" />

And the mini avatar below the date of the freshness

<img width="14" height="14" src="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/a8792a6046cf82389373bb32241764c…com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D14&r=G" alt="" />

Thanks in advance

Regards,

[palmdoc]

I’d like to thank @peterwsterling for modifying the plugin to allow a custom shortcode setting and make it compatible with WP Polls.
You’re a genius!

[Cole]

The code has definitely helped me with the trials of trying to understand bbpress.
I was wondering if anyone knows how to edit the colour of threads that are locked?
I guess for my theme, Customizr, the text is grey over a light pink background which makes it very hard to see…
Any help pointing to the right direction would be most helpful

[nirgalo]

Is there a shortcode to display same thing as the widget used on the support forum, listing all the available forums with post count for each? I am using the forum index widget but this one is only listing the forum names.

I guess I can write some code using bbp_list_forums, then looping over the results and usnig bbp_get_forum_post_count for each one. If there is some sample code out there to do this I’d rather use it too 🙂 Thanks.

[akkkarki]

Meanwhile I’ve solved the problem myself; it was a just a silly exception, which caused the page not to load wholly. Here’s my solution:

in the /themes/academica/functions/theme/functions.php change this part (lines 143-149):

    } elseif ( is_single() ) {
      if (!is_attachment()) {
      $cat = get_the_category(); $cat = $cat[0];
      echo get_category_parents($cat, TRUE, ' ' . $delimiter . ' ');
      echo $currentBefore;
      the_title();
      echo $currentAfter; }

to this:

    } elseif ( is_single() ) {
      if (!is_attachment()) {
	    $cat = get_the_category(); $cat = $cat[0];
		//support bbPress
		if (empty($cat)) {
		  echo $currentBefore;
          the_title();
          echo $currentAfter;
	    } else {
		  echo get_category_parents($cat, TRUE, ' ' . $delimiter . ' ');
          echo $currentBefore;
          the_title();
          echo $currentAfter;
		}
      }

That’s it, bbPress now works like a charm! 😉

Cheers!

[Jerry]

If this challenge I am having is beyond the scope of help in the bbpress forums, then I understand. The below code is a function that allows the user to submit a search request for a book title via the google books api. When the user clicks “search”, the function works great and returns results in a Jquery window. The problem I am having; it triggers a submit of the bbpress topic, and I get the errors “cannot submit a topic with the subject line blank.”

If there is a simple fix I am not seeing, can someone please help me?

function book_search_google () {    
  //set API version for Google Book Search API
  $v = isset($_POST['v']) ? $_POST['v'] : '1';
  //set user API key for Google Book Search API
  $key = isset($_POST['key']) ? $_POST['key'] : 'key goes here';
  //set user IP for Google Book Search API
  //$ip = isset($_POST['ip']) ? $_POST['ip'] : $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
  //set default value for query to Google Book Search API 0307387941
  $query = isset($_POST['q']) ? $_POST['q'] : '0307387941';
  //set default value for search type to Google Book Search API
  $type = isset($_POST['type']) ? $_POST['type'] : 'all';
  //check and assign page of search results - are we on the first page?
  $start = isset($_POST['start']) ? $_POST['start'] : 1;
  //set default value for number of results
  $limit = isset($_POST['limit']) ? $_POST['limit'] : '10';

  switch ($type) {

    case 'all':
      $params = 'q='.urlencode($query).'&startIndex='.$start.'&maxResults='.$limit;
    break;

    case 'isbn':
            $params = 'q=isbn:'.urlencode($query).'';
    break;

    case 'lccn':
            $params ='q=lccn:'.urlencode($query).'';
    break;

    case 'oclc':
            $params = 'q=oclc:'.urlencode($query).'';
    break;

    default:
      echo '<p>You must specify a search type such as "all" or "book". Check the url to make sure "type=" has a value.</p>';
      exit;
      }
  //set URL for the Google Book Search API
  $url = 'https://www.googleapis.com/books/v'.$v.'/volumes?key='.$key.'&'.$params.''; 

  if(isset($_POST['q'])):

  //build request and send to Google Ajax Search API
  $request = file_get_contents($url);
  //decode json object(s) out of response from Google Ajax Search API
  $data = json_decode($request,true);
  $totalItems = $data['totalItems']; 

 pagination  mainHeading
    if ($totalItems > 0) {
  ?>

      <!doctype html>
      <html lang="en">
      <head>
      <meta charset="utf-8">
      <title>jQuery UI Dialog - Default functionality</title>
      <link rel="stylesheet" href="//whosgotbooks.com/jquery/jquery-ui-1.10.4.custom.css">
      <script src="//whosgotbooks.com/jquery/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
      <script src="//whosgotbooks.com/jquery/jquery-ui-1.10.4.custom.js"></script>
      </head>
      <body>
      <div id="dialog" title="Google Books Search Results" style="display:none;">
      <script>
      $(function() {
      $( "#dialog" ).dialog({
        height: 550, width: 450});
        $( "#returnvalues" ).click(function(){
        $( "#dialog" ).dialog( "close" ); 
        });
        });
      </script>     
            <strong><p style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center";>Top 10 Results for &quot;<?php echo @$_POST['q']; ?>&quot;</p></strong> 
        <strong><p style="font-size: 14px; text-align: center";>choose a book to select as your topic</p></strong>&nbsp;
        <table style="width:400px">
        <col width="325">
        <col width="75">
            <?php foreach ($data['items'] as $item) { ?>    
                  <tr>
            <td>
                       <strong><u><div style="font-size: 14px";><?php printf($item['volumeInfo']['title'])?></u></div></strong>
                         <strong>Author: </strong><?php printf( $item['volumeInfo']['authors'][0]); ?><br />
                         <strong>Published: </strong><?php printf( $item['volumeInfo']['publishedDate']); ?><br />                       
               <strong>Page(s): </strong><?php printf( $item['volumeInfo']['pageCount']); ?><br />
                         <strong>Publisher: </strong><?php printf( $item['volumeInfo']['publisher']); ?><br />
                         <strong>Category: </strong><?php printf( strtolower($item['volumeInfo']['printType']).', '.strtolower($item['volumeInfo']['categories'][0])); ?>&nbsp;&nbsp;
               <strong>ISBN: </strong><?php printf( $item['volumeInfo']['industryIdentifiers'][0]['identifier']); ?></td>
            <td><p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Select" id="returnvalues"/></p>
                <img src="<?php printf( rawurldecode($item['volumeInfo']['imageLinks']['smallThumbnail'])); ?>" />
                    </td>
            <tr><td style="width:420px"><p><strong>Description: </strong><?php printf( $item['volumeInfo']['description']); ?><br /></p></td>
            </tr>
            </tr>

            <?php } }
            else {
                ?>
                   <p><strong>Sorry, there were no results</strong></p>
                <?php  } 
            /* for testing purposes show actual request to API - REMOVE when finished
            $apiRequest = $url;
            echo '<p>API request: '.$apiRequest.'</p>'; */ ?>
        </table>
      </div>
      </body>
      </html>

          <?php
          else: //show form and allow the user to check for Google Book search results
          ?>

      <p><form id="searchForm" name="searchForm" method="post"> 
        <fieldset id="searchBox">
            <label>Search for a Book:</label>
            <input class="text" id="q" name="q" type="text" value="Powered by Google" onfocus="this.value=''; this.onfocus=null;" />
            <select id="type" name="type" size="1">
                <option selected value="all">Book Title</option>
                <option value="isbn">Books by ISBN</option>
                <option value="lccn">Books by LCCN #</option>
                <option value="oclc">Books by OCLC #</option>                
            </select>
            <input class="submit" id="submit" name="submit" type="submit" value="Search"  />
        </fieldset>
      </form></p>
      <?php
      //end submit isset if statement on line 73
      endif;
      }

[keytastic]

Hi,

To start off, I followed the directions I found here, and I have a child theme set up.

The text and background from my forum are both very white. I’d like to change the background to something darker. Ideally, it would match the look of my widgets, but at this point, I’d take a plain black background.

Here’s my site: http://www.lagsquid.com/forums

Here’s what I’ve been trying:

#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-footer {
	background: #4b8e2c;
}

#bbpress-forums {
	margin-bottom: 10px;
	border: 1px solid #666;
	padding: 12px;
	background-color: #000000;
	color: #ffffff;
}

#bbpress-forums div.bbp-forum-title h3,
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-topic-title h3,
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-reply-title h3,
#bbpress-forums a.bbp-forum-title,
#bbpress-forums a.bbp-topic-permalink {
	font-size: 16px;
	color: #0066FF;
}

#bbpress-forums a.bbp-author-name {
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #75A3FF;
}

Now, as I said, I’d really like to make the background of my forums look like the widgets. I’m not sure, but I think the code is this:

.widget{
	margin-bottom: 10px;
    border: 1px solid #666;
	padding: 12px;
	background: url('images/footer-bg.png') repeat left top;
}

Only, I can’t seem to get url('images/footer-bg.png') repeat left top; to work. Any help would be appreciated!

My apologies if this doesn’t make any sense as it’s 2am and I’ve been working on this for quite a bit 😛

[palmdoc]

Pete I’d really like to use both.
Is it difficult to edit the plugin code and change the short code name?

[peterwsterling]

Hi, thanks for trying out my plugin – I hope you enjoy using it. But sorry yes you are right; any two plugins that use the same shortcode are never going to work together. I trust you can figure out which of the two you want to continue using.

Regards,
Pete

[Stephen Edgar]

@shpitzyl Thanks for sharing your code, now I need to come up with a way to keep and organize all these snippets of code…