[zubo01]

I am trying to use pdf embed plugin and the embed codes [embed]file[/embed] to use as the first post of the topic …

If I use this on a page it displays the pdf fine but it does not do so in the topic it just displays the text with the embed codes stripped

Anyone advise why not or what I can use instead

Many thanks

George

[koreancandy]

Sorry to be a pain, I am not sure where to add this code

[Philumptuous]

Edit: I have no idea how to display code. Sorry. And it won’t let me edit my post.

[Philumptuous]

I don’t really understand PHP all that much at the moment, though I am learning. From what I do know, I was able to figure out how to display the user’s URL by making a /bbpress folder in my theme’s root and copying over the user-profile.php file. And then I added this underneath the user description section:

[sourcecode language=”php”]

<a href="”>

[/shortcode]

Though, I’m sure there must be a shorter way of turning text into a link?

Anyways, I wasn’t able to find any function for the other fields under ‘Contact Info,’ which makes me wonder if those are coming up under some other plugin.

[Stephen Edgar]

Its a bit hard to see what changes you made… If you think others would benefit from this create a ticket in trac and add your code as a patch https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/

[kmjamal]

Where did you add the css code? I mean which css file? Do i have to add this code in my theme css file?

[SupernaturalBrews]

I would like to make my forums full size. Anyone know how to do that?

I managed to get rid of my forum sidebar with the following css code:

body.bbPress #sidebar {display:none;}
.bbp-forums, .bbp-forums td, .bbp-forums th {

text-align: left;

width: 100%;

}

.bbPress .inner-content {

margin: 0;

width: 960px;

}

[djes]

I’ve slightly modified the bbpress/includes/common/widgets.php file to have an option to show latest posts, not only replies. Curiously, it was half implemented, but not ‘usable’. I don’t know if it has already been done elsewhere as it’s my first post here… Here’s the file, as I can’t post code on the forum %( : http://pastebin.com/PYkmNqQC

[Darren1981]

Hey all..

Rather new to BBpress.. Now what i want to do seems so easy with other forum software so i don’t see why i am struggling to get my head around this.. Anyways what i want to do is this:

– mysite.com <– Showing a few "Latest news" posts and other custom stuff including "Recent Forum Topics" etc etc
– mysite.com/forums/ <– Custom Forum Page, basically i want to display several forums under a few different "Forum Categories" like using a header image / background for each different category

I would also like to use forum icons.. (not really worried about "Topic Icons") I basically want a layout that looks like the following:

=================================
Category Title #1
=================================
[Forum Icon] | [Forum Name] | [Number of Forum Topics] | [Number of Forum Views]
[Forum Icon] | [Forum Name] | [Number of Forum Topics] | [Number of Forum Views]
[Forum Icon] | [Forum Name] | [Number of Forum Topics] | [Number of Forum Views]
=================================
Category Title #2
=================================
[Forum Icon] | [Forum Name] | [Number of Forum Topics] | [Number of Forum Views]
[Forum Icon] | [Forum Name] | [Number of Forum Topics] | [Number of Forum Views]
[Forum Icon] | [Forum Name] | [Number of Forum Topics] | [Number of Forum Views]
=================================
Category Title #3
=================================
[Forum Icon] | [Forum Name] | [Number of Forum Topics] | [Number of Forum Views]
[Forum Icon] | [Forum Name] | [Number of Forum Topics] | [Number of Forum Views]
[Forum Icon] | [Forum Name] | [Number of Forum Topics] | [Number of Forum Views]

Sorry for the lack of detail lol.. Anyways… What is the best way to create a custom forum page like displayed above ?? What template should i edit as the main /forums/ Template ??

Really do appreciate any assistance on this one.. I am even willing to release a complete WP with full BBpress support if anyone can help me get this configured as i need / as stated above.. If any exp BBpress coders can assist me with this when i launch my project i am more than happy to give your service a plug / backlink from my website.

I am trying to launch my project in about 2 weeks.. Now as i am losing a lot of time with this i am opening to hiring someone to assist me if no one is kind enough to help me out for free.

Regards, Darren

[Stephen Edgar]

1.) It doesn’t appear that any users where transfered. Every post in the forum has “Admin” as the author and I don’t see any users listed in the backend.

Did you check the box `Convert Users: Attempt to import user accounts from previous forums`

2.) I don’t see any of my subcategories listed on the forum home page. When I view the forum structure in the backend, it shows all the subcategories and the data was definitely imported, but it’s not showing up on the forum home page…

Did you run the forum repair tools? https://codex.bbpress.org/repair-forums/

Can you view each subcategory forum by viewing the forum in the backend and clicking ‘view’ on that item taking you to the frontend view for that forum? Does it exist?

[markafoote]

I believe you can add a shortcode to a page:

[bbp-topic-index]

It’s in the codex here:

https://codex.bbpress.org/shortcodes/

[Stephen Edgar]

You should have access to the wp-admin panels when user role is ‘Keymaster’.

The ‘Moderator’ role though outlined here only has the following permissions:

Moderator – Forum Capabilities: publish_forums, edit_forums, read_private_forums, read_hidden_forums

At this stage Moderators cannot see to wp-admin ‘Forums’ panel though it is planned for a future release.

The workaround at the moment is to indeed use the ‘forum’ shortcodes.

[Stephen Edgar]

Have to you tried the bbPress Widgets?
https://codex.bbpress.org/widgets/

[AllenPayne]

UPDATE: I also tried disabling all plugins (except bbpress) and activated Twenty Eleven theme. Still no different..

So this means it either a wordpress or a bbpress problem.

I would also like to mention that used this method to give wordpress it’s own directory and maybe the editor can’t access something. I dont know.

https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory

Any other ideas?

[Darren1981]

Hey again..

I mucked around with BBpress a while back and managed to use the WP “featured Image” to insert a icon for each different forum.. Now since about one month ago ive actually forgotten how i managed that.. Could anyone assist me with this again.

Thanks in advance.

If it helps i am trying to build a custom forum page (forum home page).. still unsure how i am going to achieve this, whether i use shortcodes or create a custom page im still not sure what the best method would be.. but i would like to be able to add forum title headers with custom images for each forum category.

[windaub]

Hi!
I’m running WordPress 3.5.1 with BBPress 2.2.4.
I’ve got a problem:
as a moderator or even a keymaster in bbpress, and Subscriber in WordPress(which I’d like not to change), I don’t have access to the WordPress admin panel to Add forum or Delete forum. In the admin panel I only have “New – Topic” Or “Reply”. The only way I can add a forum is creating a specific page with the add forum shortcode, and there is no way to delete a forum. Would you have an idea for me? Thank you!

[Bryan Eggers]

Unfortunately, writing some custom code is beyond me.  The question is, is bbPress converting the username or is it WP?

I just tried creating a user called “1 2 3” directly through WP and it converted the usersname to “1-2-3”.

Creating a username is pretty much the first interaction that people have with bbPress and the way it’s set up now there’s a highly probability of a problem. Even if they try to use a name like “John Smith” it’s not going to work. They’ll be unable to log in and most likely will give up and go away.

[MarjoriesDaughter]

I have a client who would like to keep participants from creating new topics. I have checked out the file bbp-core-caps.php, but when it comes to giving Participants capabilities, the code is
// bbPress Participant Role
case bbp_get_participant_role()
instead of defining the capabilities list like it does for Adminstrator, Moderator and default.

I could use a clue where to go to shut off the topic creation capability for participants.

Thank you!

[Stephen Edgar]

Details how to setup bbPress in your local language are here:
https://codex.bbpress.org/bbpress-in-your-language/

[akgt]

I hadd the following error installing on wp 3.5 and buddypress 1.7 The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet.

[akgt]

I tried your the in buddypress but i get the following error

The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet.

[Stephen Edgar]

Thanks for feedback @beggers, glad its worked for you 🙂

The forum order is already fixed for upcoming bbPress 2.3 with lots of extra tweaks also… storing old phpBB user profile fields.. ‘all the BBCodes’ are converted bbPress HTML…

[Bryan Eggers]

I recently installed Buddypress and BBpress and was thinking about how I could add all the nifty features of phpBB such as BBcodes and stuff.  Then I remembered that hardly anyone uses most of them and here’s a big reality check – Facebook doesn’t even let you use bold or italic and they have a BILLION users.

Bottom line – don’t waste time adding a bunch of stuff that you think might be cool but actually have little or no effect on activity.

[Svetoslav Marinov]

Hi all,

Just packaged Pippin’s code into a WordPress plugin

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/orbisius-bbpress-notify-me-on-follow-up-replies/

Slavi

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[Monica]

Hi,
I’m having problems getting my forum members to see my forum and the latest posts. I had set the forum to private, but that turned out to force members to log in to see the forum (most of my members don’t have one).

So I set the forum to public. The forum is now visible when I’m not logged in. But now I discovered NEW posts won’t show up unless I’m logged in! The same happened to a forum member who does have a WP login.

The posts in question are set to public. The site can be found at here.

Please, I’m looking for any solution that’s not time consuming (I’ve spent too much time trying to get this forum to work already) and I know next to nothing about code, so that wouldn’t be a viable option for me. I hope someone can come up with a solution that finally gets this forum going.

Thank you.