Ok, I’m still struggling because what you describe is not what I see as you have the “DONOTWANTTHISTOBEWHATTHELINKPOINTSTO” still set, so I am not seeing your exact problem.
You should be able to
1. set the forum root to “forums”
2. set permalinks to postname in settings
3. set the “forum” page permalink to http://mysite.com/forums
4. Put the shortcode on that page
and then you can change the actual “forum” page to whatever title you like and as long, and it should all work – mine is set up exactly that way and works.
You could try disabling seo yoast to eliminate that as a problem.
what other plugins are you running?
Hi
I’m trying to set my forum so that a non-member can view the list of topics in a forum but when they click on a topic to read it they get a message telling them they must be logged in to view the topic.
This bbPress forum does exactly what I’m trying to achieve.
I can hide the forums entirely using this code, but I want to show a list of topics to non-members but not allow them to view the content of the topic.
Thanks in advance for any help and advice.
Hello,
I’m creating a site: http://www.contramare.net/site I’ve installed and activated bbpress.2.5.1, buddy press 1.8.1, I have a weaverII theme with WP 2010 sub-theme (maybe that’s a problem) and a meteor slider plugin on the header. Everything was working fine until I installed bbpress (buddypress seems fine). Two problems: 1) can’t create a forum, no option for it except in the forums page, but it requires a parent forum… which I can’t create, so I’m stuck; 2) meteor slides not working on forums page, but working fine on buddypress pages. I think maybe I can do it with the buddypress only but from what I read here http://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/ it seems like you have to install bbpress if you want to have any buddypress forums. Is that true? Can you help? If there is coding, can’t do it, unless there’s some step by step guide.
Let me try to lay this out another way.
What I’m trying to do is get control of the title tag on my Forum Index page when using shortcode. As it stands now, my title tag seems to be getting overwritten from somewhere.
My page slug is “forum” and I put the word “forum” in the Forum Root field so the navigation works properly, but my page is getting a title tag from somewhere else.
My Forum Page: http://www.aquariumcarebasics.com/forum/
— SEO Yoast title for that page should be: “Aquarium Forum”
But the title tag reads: “Forums | Aquarium Care Basics”
So, my question is, if I use shortcode on a page, where does the info to create that page’s title tag come from?
You are going to have more issues than just search and search pagination if Premise is only detecting by forum category and/or post_parent in wp_postmeta.
I expect you will also find them turn up via widgets, shortcodes and custom registered views.
If Premise was detecting by each off bbPress’ post types, forum, topic and reply specifically rather than forum category alone you would find that it would also filter these results correctly from search also alleviating your pagination issue whilst also making sure they didn’t turn up in via widgets, shortcodes or custom views.
Hi.
I think,this is not a common issue.
My forum root is http://www.androidizer.com/support/
It is working fine.
This link is also fine: http://www.androidizer.com/support/forum/android-application-support/
But, this “forum” directory is getting 404!! http://www.androidizer.com/support/forum/
I have tried a permalink update. But, no use. Any help?
Hi there
Using bbPress Version 2.3.2
We’ve got Premise member access module installed. It manages access to posts by adding meta tags to the wp_postmeta table. We then check member access levels against these meta tags to see if the user can access a post.
We also use these member access levels to restrict access to our forums. Unfortunately the member access tags are only added to the forum categories and parents, and not to the individual replies and posts.
This means that restricted posts turn up in search results, and have to be excluded by checking the user access level against that of the forum category or parent.
I’ve managed to exclude the posts from the search results, by adding the following lines of code I found in these forums to the loop in loop-search.php just before get_template_part is called:
$parent = array_reverse(get_post_ancestors($post->ID)); // get an array of all the parent pages in order from most distant to closest.
$first_parent = get_page($parent[0]); //get the first page in the array, which is the most distant parent
$int = apply_filters(‘the_ID’, $first_parent->ID); //filter the $first_parent to get only the wordpress page/post ID, which is an integer like 49 or 565. store it as a variable $int
//Skip post if user can't access it.
if (!IQS_can_user_access_post($int)) {
continue;
}
This code works, however the pagination results still show for all the excluded posts.
I’ve been trying to figure out how to modify the bbpress()->search_query results but I’m not very good with PHP.
Any advice on how I can exclude posts from a search query or fix my pagination?
You should have all your customizations as per this document
https://codex.bbpress.org/theme-compatibility/
Once you have your customizations per that doc you can upgrade bbPress anytime without having to worry about these things.
can somebody tell me where to copy the template files so I can customize bbpress. the information here
https://codex.bbpress.org/theme-compatibility/
As to extending profile information take a look at how the ‘signature’ is implemented in GD bbPress Tools as a good starting point.
I wonder if _bbp_reply_to isn’t being carried over when editing a reply. Can you get the _bbp_reply_to postmeta for each of those posts, and report back with them?
For context, _bbp_reply_to is used for the threaded reply hierarchy instead of post_parent which already used for getting the parent topic ID.
The HTML editor does work extremely well, as an HTML editor. If you want to enable the visual editor, a Google search should reveal this page as the top hit:
Enable Visual Editor
Thanks responding so quickly.
What I am trying to say is that my WP Forum Page using the shortcode has a Title Tag that comes from words I submit via SEO Yoast…so I have control over how the page title reads. And it looks like this, for example:
<title>Aquarium Forum</title>
If I populate the Forum Root field with the slug “forum”, my WP page takes precedence over the Forum Root Field slug of the same name so the navigation words properly and the forum index page looks the same. But when one navigates back, the Forum Page has a different title tag. It changes to:
<title>Forums | Aquarium Care Basics</title>
…which I have no control over.
Actually your question has forced me to think this through again and I’m going to sleep on whether this is actually a difference that really matters. Because in the end, the version of the Forum Page that gets spidered the one with the optimized title, not the version of the Forum Page that exists via the navigation link.
Kaliceos posted already above an answer to my – the same – problem:
Forums index in the same layout as other bb software
but I did write Adam yet regarding that problem.
I simply commented out
#add_filter('bbp_has_forums', 'tehnik_bpp_filter_forums_by_permissions', 10, 2);
in tehnik_bbp_forum.php –
that way the forums still show up, but they cannot be entered without permissions.
If they are not visible would be better, of course.
I also commented out
#if (current_user_can('read_hidden_forums'))
#$post_stati[] = bbp_get_hidden_status_id();
btw, because I did not want the moderators to enter the hidden forums. Just because they can move threads doesn’t mean they should take a look at the crew forum for the main site.
It is in the widgets.php file
located at
wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/common/widgets.php
start at line 1064
you should be able to find the time in there somewhere
NOTE : this file will be overwritten by bbPress updates. You might do better to fork the code into your own plugin to prevent overwrites.
I think (but am not sure) the styling comes from other wordpres & bbPress elements and has no direct bbpress.css elements
I was using this and everything worked fine… until I had the need of a “per forum permission” system. Then I tried this plugin https://github.com/ZanderAdam/Tehnik-bbPress-Permissions (the only one I found actually). Now I just get the default listing repeated for each “section” instead of the subforums.
Seems like I have no other way to restrict single forums to different roles/groups other than this+Members plugin. I wonder why bbPress don’t have a better permission system…
Can you please look this plugin code and help me fix it?
Thanks
Was with you al the way to
I know that if I populate the Forum Root field with the same slug as my shortcode page the forum index and page contents show up, but what I lose is my Page Title Tag.
I think I am being thick, but what does having the forum root field as forum lose you? – can you give a view of what you want to see and what it is doing.
Yes, add this code to your style.css in your child theme
.bbp-search-form {
display:none !important;
}
Holly,
bbPress will work out of the box for most implementations. How much you then customise it is up to you.
Typically you might want to change a little of the styling – that depends on how much styling your existing site has – There wasn’t a link to your existing site in your original post.
Then you might wish to alter some layout – although the default is pretty standard
The documentation
Codex
will show you what you need to do to set up, and if you already have wordpress, then you could see how well bbPress would suit you in a couple of hours by following the set up guide and creating some test forums.
Hi all, I am using short code on my forum page, but I have duplicate search boxes on my site.
http://www.aquariumcarebasics.com/forum/
My main search box is in the sidebar with is site-wide, and one in the Forum section. I prefer to keep the search box is in the sidebar, as I am using a plugin that will incorporate forum contents in my overall searches.
Is there any way to disable the search box that appears within the forum on the forum index page?
I am using a child theme and I would prefer to avoid changing core files because of updates.
Please let me know, thanks!
Hi all, I have an issue that has been baffling me for ages. I’m running twenty twelve, WP 3.7.1, and bbress 2.5.
I’m using a page for my forum index using the shortcode. I want my forum navigation link to point back to my page with short code, not the slug created by the Forum Root field.
I have a child theme, and I would like to avoid changing core files because of updates. Is there any way to code the navigation link so it has my choice of address and link text?
Here is how I’m set up:
Slug for my forum wp page is” “forum”
Forums Settings Forum Root: “DO NOT WANT THIS TO BE WHAT THE LINK POINTS TO”
Forums Settings Single forum slug: “discussion”
Prefix all forum content is unchecked…my preference.
Here are the links:
Forum Index Page: http://www.aquariumcarebasics.com/forum/ (no problem)
Forum Page: http://www.aquariumcarebasics.com/discussion/amano-shrimp-care/ (no problems)
But when I’ on the amano-shrimp-care page, for example, the “Forums” link text points back to:
http://www.aquariumcarebasics.com/DONOTWANTTHISTOBEWHATTHELINKPOINTSTO/
instead of http://www.aquariumcarebasics.com/forum/.
I know that if I populate the Forum Root field with the same slug as my shortcode page the forum index and page contents show up, but what I lose is my Page Title Tag. The Page Title Tag generated this way is the default tag from the Forum Root field. I suppose I can live with this, but I want to see if I can sort it out properly.
Please let me know, Thanks!
Hello, I installed the plugin bbpress, adding a forum page, inserted the shortcode, but my forum is a vertical list, I would like to appear as a horizontal blocking like normal forums. Anyone know how to do this? I use the responsive theme, but i tested with other themes and it does the same exact thing. a little assistance would be cool, for i am thoroughly frustrated.
My website = places2bee.com
@mitesh-patel Could I have some help on how to do this with my website? It’s a membership site so right now there’s nothing to see, but can you connect with me and I can give you access?
I’m trying to adapt the code you’ve given here but this isn’t working.
body.bbPress #nav > menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-158 sfhover > a {background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #F2F2F2;}
The site is at http://dev.itarsenal.com right now
quite easy see
Codex
where there are step by step guides, and layout examples
As Stephen says move the bbpress.css into your theme and you can mod it withoutn overwriting
see
Step by step guide to setting up a bbPress forum – part 2
for details of how to do this
