[n3wjack]

What I do in this case is use client side JavaScript code to inject a new HTML element at the position you want it, with your custom code.
I put a Custom HTML widget on the page which has all the required JS & CSS code.
The advantage of this approach is that you don’t need to mess with the PHP files of your WordPress or bbPress setup, so when you do an upgrade in the future, you don’t have to worry about your changes being overwritten, or your site to break because of your changes.

I use the code below to place a Reply button on top of the page. When it’s clicked, it will scroll down to the new post form at the bottom of the page (the most recent post is on top).

<script type="text/javascript">
	// Add the reply shortcut button at the top.
	let btn = document.createElement("a");
    btn.href='javascript:document.getElementsByClassName("bbp-footer")[0].scrollIntoView()'	

	btn.innerText='Reply'
	btn.className='nj-replybtn'

	let n = document.getElementsByClassName('bbp-replies')[0];

	if (n !== null) {  
		n.parentNode.insertBefore(btn, n);
	}

</script>
<style>
	.nj-replybtn {
		color: white;
		background-color: #007acc;
		
		padding: 5px;
		margin: 2px;
	}
</style>

[lolataylor1]

WP version 5.7.2
bbPress Version: 2.6.6
Astra Theme Version: 3.4.2
Website: https://authorready.com/forum

I did a new install of bbPress on my existing site with the Astra LearnDash theme with no child theme. I followed the instructions on the step-by-step page (https://codex.bbpress.org/step-by-step-guide-to-setting-up-a-bbpress-forum/) to set up the forum and am using the shortcode [bbp-forum-index] to display the forum on my page.

When I navigate to a topic from the forum (i.e., Forum > Announcements > Test Topic Creation), it shows my 404 page instead of the topic. The same thing happens if I go into the topic from the admin panel and try to preview the page. I have tried to following from other topic support tickets with no success:

1. Dashboard > Settings > Permalinks and clicked save. No change.
2. Installed Health Check & Troubleshooting. Health Check was good.
3. Entered troubleshooting mode and deactivated all but the bbPress plugin with the Twenty Twenty theme. Still no topics, but redirected to the home page instead of the 404.
4. Installed bbPress WP Tweaks and tried all of the .php page settings with no change.

Is there something I’m missing? I’m at a loss of what else to try or why it may not be working.

[Robin W]

unanswered can be done by

bbp style pack

once activated

create a wordpress page and use the [bsp-display-topic-index …..] shortcode

see

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>Shortcodes for how to use it – but create one with noreply

then you just create a link to that page

[Robin W]

so maybe have a function that says

add_action( 'bbp_theme_after_reply_form_content', 'rew_add_checkbox' );

function rew_add_checkbox () {
echo '<p class="whatever">
<input name="my_parameter" id="my_parameter" type="checkbox" value="whatever_value_you_want" checked="checked">								<label for="whatever">Tick this box to do whatever</label>
</p>' ;

}

This will put the checkbox after the content

[Robin W]

without knowing what you are trying to achieve hard to say.

Typically you’d use JS for stuff you want to change on the fly without reloading the screen.

For an input form you would more normally use html and php

But I do fully appreciate that we all play to our strengths and I would tend to use PHP where JS would be better as I know it well, and I suspect you are the reverse 🙂

So you would add a checkbox, you can do this by amending the reply template, or better using one of the do_action hooks in the template. You can also do this using JS

In essence you are adding this to the form, you can use whatever names you want

<p class="whatever">
<input name="my_parameter" id="my_parameter" type="checkbox" value="whatever_value_you_want" checked="checked">								<label for="whatever">Tick this box to do whatever</label>
</p>

This will create a box which when submitted will set
$_POST[‘my_parameter’] to “whatever_value_you_want” if ticked or be blank if not

you can use the code above to set your meta data

[vincenzon617]

I am having some difficulty figuring out what this does, apologies, my PHP knowledge is very minimal. What exactly is the

if (! empty($_POST[‘my_parameter’] ) ) {
$myvalue = $_POST[‘my_parameter’] ;
}
else $myvalue='empty';

part doing? Specifically, what would ‘my_parameter’ be? Would this be the name or value of what I would like the meta to be?
I have looked up what $_POST does, and the variables that I am using are declared using JavaScript. Now I am wondering if I will have to change my approach to checking the user input for the checkbox (something which isn’t related to bbpress).

Many thanks

[Robin W]

how are they loggong on wp-logon, or widget or shortcode?

[Robin W]

you’ll want to use update_post_meta – this creates the entry if not there and amends it if it is.
in the new reply handler, there is a hook which contains the reply_id which fires after the reply is created.

so something like

add_action( 'bbp_new_reply_post_extras', 'rew_reply_checkbox' );
add_action( 'bbp_edit_reply_post_extras', 'rew_reply_checkbox' );

function rew_reply_checkbox ($reply_id) {
//and probably set the value to a $_POST parameter you set in the form
if (! empty($_POST[‘my_parameter’] ) ) {
$myvalue = $_POST[‘my_parameter’] ;
}
else $myvalue='empty' ;

update_post_meta ($reply_id , 'my_parameter', $myvalue) ;
}

[vincenzon617]

I would like to add metadata to replies depending on a checkbox that the user selects. The function I think I will need to use is add_post_meta but one of the parameters is post_id. What would I put in this as the reply would not be created yet and so I believe it won’t have an associated ID yet?

I suppose it is the same concept as replying to a topic as the text the user writes will go into the post’s (with a postID) ‘main’ data. So basically I would like to do the same thing but adding to the metadata. Hopefully, that makes sense and someone knows the solution.

Thanks!

[vincenzon617]

I have managed to find the solution! For anyone else who may have this problem, change this part of the code above:

.innerHTML = "clicked";
to
.value += "clicked";

[vincenzon617]

Is there a way to append text to the reply form using JavaScript?
I have this function

window.onload=function() {
	document.getElementById("toggle-check").addEventListener("click", funct1);
	
	function funct1() {
  		
		if(this.checked) {
			
			document.getElementById('bbp_reply_content').innerHTML = "clicked";
		} else {
			
			document.getElementById('bbp_reply_content').innerHTML = "notclicked";
		};
  		
	};
};

which is used when the user clicks a checkbox that I have made. I would like the text to be appended to the reply form at the end of their message, depending on whether or not they have clicked the checkbox. Currently, the .innerHTML is not working when there is text already in the reply form but it works when the reply form is empty.

Has anyone got any ideas on how to do this? Maybe there is a text variable that stores the user’s message that I can append to – if so what is the name?

Many thanks

[webmasterfreya]

Hi Back to Front,

I also have buddypress installed. As admin you have for each member a page wich among other things shows topics started and replies made by the member. The replies did not show up (and there were definitly replies).

As buddypress makes use of bbpress for fora i expected your code to work but it did not (is the culprit then buddypress or bbpress or your code? I haven’t the faintest idea).

Maybe : if( $bbPress_post_type ==’topic’ ){

/** TOPIC **/
$query[‘order’]=’DESC’;
return $query;

should have an } else {return $query}

[sino27]

Hi there. Sorry for reviving this thread. But I had to as this is some serious privacy issue.

A code from “bjornwebdesign” is definitely working but not completely. I mean on this code posted in his “Ok, last time, I promise :p…”

/*
 * Do stuff when the user's xprofile is updated
*/	
function xprofile_updated ( $user_id, $posted_field_ids, $errors, $old_values, $new_values) {
	/*
	 * Change the user_nicename which is used as profile url, we do NOT want the username in url! Bad bad BP...
	 * Please note: the user profile url can now be changed by the user, direct linking from other places on the web may result in 404.
	 * Altough this should run AFTER updating profile fields (saving to DB), the nicename is only updated after a second save. So we need to check from $new_values
	 */
	$new_display_name = '';
	foreach ( $new_values as $key => $value ) {
		if ( is_array($value) && $key == 1 ) { // field display_name = 1, make sure this is correct
			foreach ( $value as $k => $v ) {
				if ( $k == 'value' ) {
					$new_display_name = $v;
				}
			}
		}
	}
	//error_log('******** xprofile_updated: '.$user_id.' | NEW DISPLAY_NAME: '.$new_display_name.' *********');
	$search = array( ' ', '.' ); 
	$replace = array( '_', '' );
	$user = get_user_by( 'ID', $user_id );		
	if ( $user ) {
		if ( $user->data->user_status == 0 && $new_display_name ) {
			$new_user_nicename = strtolower(str_replace( $search, $replace, $new_display_name) );
			if ( strlen ( $new_user_nicename ) > 50 ) {
				$new_user_nicename = substr ( $new_user_nicename, 0, 50 );
			}				
			if ( $user->data->user_nicename != $new_user_nicename ) { // && $user->ID == 80 <-Add this if you only want to run it for 1 user, so you can test it.
				$args = array(
					'ID'            => $user->ID,
					'user_nicename' => $new_user_nicename
				);
				wp_update_user( $args );
				//error_log('******** updated user_nicename: '.$user->ID.' | NEW USER_NICENAME: '.$new_user_nicename.' *********');
				wp_redirect( get_site_url().'/leden/'.$new_user_nicename.'/profile/edit/group/1/' ); // we cant use bp_core_get_user_domain() here, because it still uses the old user_nicename
				exit;					
			}
		}
	}
}
add_action( 'xprofile_updated_profile',  'xprofile_updated', 100, 5 );

– but there is one critical flaw. After code is applied, user can not update their profile anymore. Like you can go to (example) update name or nickname. You press save and nothing changes. Profile is not updated.

If I apply “bjornwebdesign” previous code (meaning code he posted just before his latest code) –

/*
 * Change the user_nicename which is used as profile url, we do NOT want the username in url! Bad bad BP...
 * This runs allways (with init hook), we should only do this once and then on user register & profile update..
 * Please note: the user profile url can now be changed by the user, direct linking from other places on the web may result in 404.
 * And offcourse allways use something like: 'bp_core_get_user_domain( $user_id )' when you want to get the user's profile url.
 */
$search = array( ' ', '.' ); 
$replace = array( '_', '' );
$all_users = get_users();		
foreach ( $all_users as $user ) {
	$display_name = $user->data->display_name;
	if ( $user->data->user_status == 0 && $display_name ) {
		$new_user_nicename = strtolower(str_replace( $search, $replace, $display_name) );
		if ( strlen ( $new_user_nicename ) > 50 ) {
			$new_user_nicename = substr ( $new_user_nicename, 0, 50 );
		}				
		if ( $user->data->user_nicename != $new_user_nicename ) { // && $user->ID == 80 <-Add this if you only want to run it for 1 user, so you can test it.
			$args = array(
				'ID'            => $user->ID,
				'user_nicename' => $new_user_nicename
			);
			wp_update_user( $args );					
		}
	}
}

then updating of profile is working. User can update profile but after pressing “Save” there is 404 error. Even 404 is acceptable as at least user can update their profile. However performance is severely degraded on a website with many members.

So basically only his latest code is working in a way that their profile URL is hidden, performance is not degraded but user profiles can not be saved or updated. Can anyone help and update his code so that user are able to update their profiles?

[deborah86]

Will the shortcodes be converted into blocks to work fully with the block editor? Is bbPress preparing for full-site editing that is coming this year?

[deborah86]

I am currently using the Twenty Twenty theme. The theme is causing jumbled text on the forum page.

Forum Page

I have tried both bbPress and BuddyBoss. I have the same issue. I contacted BuddyBoss, they stated there is an issue with the Twenty Twenty theme. I contacted the admins at the Twenty Twenty theme. They told me to go to bbPress for support. I cannot locate the issue in the code.

See Twenty Twenty theme ticket

I also completed the additional troubleshooting steps:

• Deactive plugins – this did not solve the issue
• Themes – switching the themes fixes the issue. I contacted the Twenty Twenty theme authors. They told me to contact you.
• Selecting the default permalinks – I am already using the default permalinks
• Repair Forums – this did not solve the issue
• Using WP Debug – no debug issues appeared
• Diagnose Javascript errors – there are no javascript errors appearing

I have basically tried everything besides resetting my WordPress website. Nothing seems to work.

[Robin W]

ah yes, it should have been

bbp_get_reply_type()

to make it a function, but ‘reply’ is equally as good

[vincenzon617]

Thanks, Robin works great, although the bbp_get_reply_type and bbp_get_topic_type caused an error so I replaced it with bbp_get_all_child_ids($topicID, 'reply'); and it seems to have done the trick!

[Robin W]

or

$ids = bbp_get_all_child_ids($topicID , bbp_get_reply_type) ;

[Robin W]

a quick look at that function would seem to be

$ids = bbp_get_all_child_ids($topicID , bbp_get_topic_type) ;

[Robin W]

untested, but try

add_filter( 'bbp_get_view_query_args', 'rew_limit') ;

function rew_limit ($args) {
$args['posts_per_page'] = -1 ;
$args['posts_per_page'= 10 ;
return $args ;
}

not sure which 10 it will show!!

[vincenzon617]

Is there a way to limit the number of topics shown when using the shortcode [bbp-single-view id=’popular’]?

I would only like to show the top 10 most popular topics.

Thanks

[webmasterfreya]

Hi,

Your piece of code has an unwanted side effect. When looking at a subscriber as admin the created replies of this subscriber do not show anymore.
I reverted back to the original code (on top of this topic) and presto the replies of the subscriber show up again.

[maxx203]

Hello

to clean up my pending and spam threads and answers, iam using two show SQL queries. Is there maybe any plugin or cron which can execute them?

DELETE FROM wp_posts WHERE post_status = "pending";
DELETE FROM wp_posts WHERE post_status = "spam";

Regards
Maxx

[Robin W]

@traverser11 – great that you are posting the answers here – so many don’t 🙂 🙂 🙂

can you summarise where you are at, so eg

use this plugin (are you still using the sort topic replies plugin?)
delete this code from it
add this code to this place

etc.

so it is all in one thread, I’ll then try to give to some switch on and off code

[Back to Front]

Oh here is an answer!

Wrong bbp_get_reply_url() when paging with reverse order

This snippet works – i’m just a bit confused how to turn it on when replies are descending and off when they are ascending…

add_filter('bbp_get_reply_position', 'lugpa_get_reply_position', 10, 3);
function lugpa_get_reply_position($reply_position, $reply_id, $topic_id){
    
    if(empty($topic_id))
        $topic_id = bbp_get_reply_topic_id ($reply_id);
    
    $numReplies = bbp_get_topic_reply_count($topic_id);
    return ($numReplies+1) - $reply_position; // plus one because of thread description
}