[Jared Atchison]

Install bbPress 2.0.2 (the plugin) – it will do all of this out of the box

[Jared Atchison]

If you are using bbPress 2.1 by chance, you can drop this into your theme’s functions.php and it should do what you want.

add_filter( 'bbp_get_single_forum_description', 'ja_return_blank' );

add_filter( 'bbp_get_single_topic_description', 'ja_return_blank' );

function ja_return_blank() {

return '';

}

If we provided a configuration for every request received we would have 347374 configurations and be years from a future release.

Instead bbPress is built extremely flexible so *you* can do these things as you see fit.

[mizu no oto]

Greetings from Vancouver, B.C.

I’ve installed the BBPress plugin and want to modify the ‘light blue’ and ‘yellow’ text block colors on the following page.

http://participatorydemocracy.ca/forums/forum/test-forum

I followed plugin >> bb press >> bbp-twentyten >> css >> bbpress-rtl and bbpress.css

Using Firebug I located in the css where (I thought) I would modify the colors but when I looked in both bbpress-rtl and bbpress.css there was no matching code, at least that I could find.

Same for . . .

http://participatorydemocracy.ca/forums

which I want to modify the header to match the rest of the website.

Any suggestions would be grateful . . .

[jmatthewgore]

Ohhhhh… lol. I see what you mean Perhaps I’m not quite as awake this morning as I thought. Thanks again! I’ll check.

– Matt

[Richard Vencu]

I just tell you to look at that menu on Notepad++. you should choose Unix format, then save the file and upload it again on the server. this should fix your problem in my opinion

EOL is end of line. Different OS uses different codes for EOL, we have Windows format, Mac format and Unix format. often is possible that is you save the text file with windows format it will look nice under windows os but may appear as a single long line for linux.

notepad++ can help with that and correct your problem. you introduced the problem as soon as you edited the file and saved it with windows EOL

[jmatthewgore]

Thanks again, rvencu

I do have a Linux host… a CentOS based VPS (managed). Beyond that, I’m afraid that your suggestion is Greek to me. I don’t really know anything about editing the EOL Conversion (or what it is).

However, I can safely say that I’ve experienced my fair share of php errors on this server, and previous ones have not been listed as “line 1”. Also, aside from this comment form showing up, my whole install of wordpress and buddypress/bbPress works just fine, so I’m not sure I understand why changing this line would be a particular problem anyway… maybe it’s just a syntax error?

But are you saying that you don’t see any obvious problem with the code I pasted above?

Many Thanks,

Matthew

[jmatthewgore]

Just so we’re clear, this is what I’m doing in the page.php code. I change this:

<?php

suffusion_before_end_post();

comments_template();

?>

to this:

<?php

suffusion_before_end_post();

if (!stristr($_SERVER,’/lm-forums/’)) { comments_template(); }

?>

[Richard Vencu]

actually you need to replace exactly the whole string (including semicolon) with the second one (no semicolon at the end)

also make sure that you do not mix ” with ‘ anywhere

it is not that complicated to fix it. if you can’t just paste the code here including the surrounding lines so I can see it.

[SK]

I find the bbp-template-notice

This forum contains 5 topics and 7 replies, and was last updated by author 5 days ago.

quite annoying.

How do I remove such notices?

[SK]

#1 Would love to see that as well.

#2 Loved these little things in phpBB and missing in bbpress

#3 have you tried:

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbp-signature/

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-bbcode/

bbPress.org plugin repo is useless for bbPress plugin, but you could check out https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/bbpress

These plugins are WP plugins for bbPress, and you can install from WP Admin just like normal WP plugins

[SK]

I’m technically illiterate so need some help understanding this.

On the bbPress pages, I am using CSS to hide sidebar…something like

.bbp-forum #primary {

display: none;

}

My question is: Is the sidebar is still loaded (on server, in browser) and just not displayed, or do I by simply styling it out of view also save some time on page loading?

[Marcus (aka @msykes)]

Thanks! Just what I was looking for

[Jared Atchison]

I’m using 2.1 truck and I get classes such as bbp-has-subforums and bbp-parent-forum-4.

[thedzigner]

Sad panda indeed

Ah well, at least I’m not alone in this issue. I hit a few bumps in trying to implement BuddyPress, and felt like I was alone in my issues.

It’s a sort of strange consolation to know you duplicated my problem.

[Jared Atchison]

Check out https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/forums-topics-replies-custom-post-type-architecture – should explain it

[Ratspeed]

Just having started looking at all the how-to’s on dealing with modifying bbpress’ look and feel, I’m really questioning that YouTube link’s method.

He copied a bunch of files into the existing theme’s folder rather than making a child theme folder. After that, he copied a ton of code from one functions.php to WP’s function.php…

Sorry, but that just looks really rickety of a setup if you ask me, and I barely know anything about this yet.

[Ratspeed]

Where is bbPress’s style sheet?

Simple question, yes, but after having looked through all the child theme stuff, I’m expecting a very complex answer.

I’m simply trying to change the size and shape of the login widget’s text fields. It’s not fitting in my theme’s sidebar. (The theme that I use is Dandelion v268.) This has turned into a long-winded goosechase of installing and uninstalling theme files, templates, changing obscure comment fields, etc. I simply want the style sheet and change bbp-username’s style. That’s all. Help?

[MTPrower]

I have WordPress with bbPress 2.0 installed as a plugin. I’m looking for some basic functionality:

1. The ability to upload an avatar from the front-end, so the WordPress back-end can remain hidden

2. Topic and forums icons that can change depending on whether the user has read the topic(s) yet

3. Signature and custom bbcode support.

I can’t seem to be able to add any real functionality to bbPress simply because bbPress isn’t the stand-alone version. There is no page to activate bbPress plugins that I downloaded, so what do I do? Without plugins, bbPress is nearly useles…

[Rafael Wahasugui]

Hello,

I’m using the bbPress Forum list widget and [bbp-forum-index] Shortcode.

I’ve changed these lines to list by title:

wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-includes/bbp-forum-template.php

Line #88

‘orderby’ => ‘menu_order’,

changed for:

‘orderby’ => ‘title’,

wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-includes/bbp-core-widgets.php

Line #387

‘orderby’ => ‘menu_order’,

changed for:

‘orderby’ => ‘title’,

https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Order_.26_Orderby_Parameters

[Pairmybeer]

here is the complete error:

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /home/content/07/9148507/html/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-includes/bbp-common-template.php on line 123

[Pairmybeer]

Created page – support – and assigned it as the forum base. Then added the short codes:

[bbp-forum-index]

[bbp-single-forum id=$forum_id]

[bbp-topic-index]

[bbp-topic-form]

[bbp-single-topic id=$topic_id]

[bbp-topic-tags]

And get a fatal error when trying to view page http://blog.webactivedirectory.com/support/

Created a new page customer-support with the same short code and renders exactly as planned. http://blog.webactivedirectory.com/customer-forums/

Switch the forum base to “customer-support” on the settings page and that page has fatal error and support page renders correctly.

I played with the short codes and pages do not get fatal error when only using:

[bbp-forum-index]

[bbp-topic-index]

But the page does not render correctly.

Am I missing something completely?

[John James Jacoby]

You’re wrong. They are most certainly related. Most likely that your install thinks it lives in a different directory, .htaccess rules, rewrite rules, or something similar.

[Venkat84]

Thank You Jaredatch, So nice to hear that

[John James Jacoby]

Your feedback is appreciated. It’s not new information, though – and it doesn’t really help us do anything differently to improve your experience here.

Making bbPress easier to use has been the primary goal of its past 2 years of development. The number one tag on these forums is ‘integration’ and it’s because a majority of users want bbPress to work seamlessly with WordPress. Given the constraints of WordPress’s templating engine, we’ve done a great job with bbPress 2+.

Had you tried to use bbPress in 2008, you probably would have completely written it off; you *had to* go into the code and make edits to configuration files, it was part of the connection process and there was no turn-key solution.

Right now, as long as your theme is behaving:

* Install bbPress

* Make some forums

* Go to yoursite.com/forums/

* You now, have forums

* Optionally make login/register/lost-password pages, configure widgets, etc…

If you have BuddyPress installed, if your theme isn’t playing nicely, if you have a page with the slug ‘forums’ already for some reason, if you have anything more complicated you have to go hunting around for solutions. bbPress can’t predict every situation, it can only work with WordPress core files. If you’re experiencing one of these complications, it’s unique to a small subset of users and you (or someone you hire/know) is the expert in your installation.

You say you don’t want to look at code, and you’re not a developer; that’s okay. The problem is that bbPress isn’t going to be exactly what everyone wants, and why plugins exist. If you decide to dive into the code, it’s been painstakingly documented to read like a book – top down, left to right – with hints, direction, and pointers to connect things together in plain English.

In terms of staff on these forums, we are a volunteer staff of mostly Jared and myself with others that come and go as they can. When a topic goes unanswered, it’s because we just don’t have the time to take away from other things to help that day. Being disappointed is understandable; the only way that improves is by becoming familiar with the project and committing to time towards it.

bbPress, the project, has been around since 2005. bbPress, the plugin, since 2011. It’s born again, and new. No better time to get in on the ground floor of something awesome.

Sorry you’re unhappy. In the future it would be great to have more specific things we can address. General happiness isn’t really what we supply here.

[Havardo]

Thanks jaredatch,

Yep, I’m using the WP 2.x plugin.

It does work as long as you don’t use categories. The shortcodes will only list the categories, but not the actual forums.

I ditched categories for the time being, but it does look like a bug.