[dropshot]

Customize your Forums root. Partner with a WordPress Page and use Shortcodes for more flexibility.

What does this mean??

I’ve set the forums root to “forums”. Then I’ve created a WP-page with slug “forums” and included some shortcodes.

The WP-page is ignored, so content displayed on /forums is the bbpress default index page.

What does this mean: “Partner with a WordPress Page and use Shortcodes for more flexibility.”??

How do I replace the default index with a WP-page?

[Robin W]

you may need to add this to your functions file to get it for particpants

add_filter (‘pw_bbp_parse_shortcodes_cap’ , ‘publish_topics’ ) ;

[Robin W]

This used to work, see no reason why it should not still be fully functional!

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-do-short-codes/

[yo35]

Hi,
Is it possible to use WordPress shortcodes in bbPress posts? (I mean either native WordPress shortcodes such as [caption][/caption], [gallery ...], or shortcodes defined by third-party plugins).
To be more precise, I’m the author of a WordPress plugin that allows to insert chess diagrams and/or chess games in WordPress posts/pages (see https://wordpress.org/plugins/rpb-chessboard/). I would like to extend to have chess games/diagrams in bbPress posts.
Thank you beforehand.

[Robin W]

if you are happy with css codes then

bbPress Styling Crib

Otherwise the bbp style pack will let you change it, and much else besides

https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bbp-style-pack

[maybader]

I use polylang plugin to create a two language site: English and Arabic. I installed bbPress and created two index pages using short codes: one that is linked to the Arabic home page and the other is linked to the English home page (in the main menu). But I used the same short code. Now all new forums appear on each of the pages regardless of the language. I do not have a language selector for new forums (or any forums for that matter). I am not sure how to get the new forum to appear in its specific page. Please note that this is my first site, I am practically a novice… So feel free to guide me to the right approach. May

[Sadegh Hosseini]

Hi and thanks for your quick answer.
I have child theme and I can copy bbpress theme inside it.
I’d be thankful if you tell me how can I use these codes.
Please consider that I want to let Keymaster and topic owner to edit topic tags.

[Robin W]

Shortcodes

[bbp-topic-form] – Display the ‘New Topic’ form where you can choose from a drop down menu the forum that this topic is to be associated with.
[bbp-topic-form forum_id=$forum_id] – Display the ‘New Topic Form’ for a specific forum ID.

[davemiller58]

I have the same problem as you – the shortcodes don’t work.

I did what you said here – reset the forums – but no change – the same problem.

Still not working …

[johnskennedy]

I have used Stephen’s code above and it works perfectly.

However, I have 8 forums on my site so if I wanted to add a random button for each separate forum that only selects topics from that forum would I have to create 8 different function ntwb_bbpress_random_single_topic() in my .php and include only a single forum ID every time or is there a better way to implement this? Also, how and where would I add the shortcodes so that they only show on the relevant forum?

[davemiller58]

Am using:

Twentythirteen wordpress theme

bbPress – Version 2.5.12

With bbPress I have created a number of forums

But – when I put the following short code into a page:
[bbp-forum-index]

it shows nothing …

Please – what am I doing wrong?

[Robin W]

the topic index shortcode in my style pack plugin might be what you need

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-style-pack/

go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>shortcodes to see what is available and how it works

[mythusmage]

Two to be precise.

#1. Registration: I take it you need to set up a page and to add a shortcode.
#2. Lost Password. Again I understand you need to set up a page and add a shortcode.

You need to tell people, instead of acting as though they automatically knew this. And in these instructions to the page on installation. In addition, make sure to include the softcodes needed.

Don’t make setting up the plugin any more frustrating than it has to be.

[akgt]

Does the free model offer shortcodes ?
Could I make a simple form or Send pm button which i could add to the sidebar ?

[Dono12]

I’m having this problem where a phantom link for the YouTube thumbnail is being shown in the excerpt portion of the Sidebar RECENT POST EXTENDED WIDGET. This phantom link, which is not clickable, takes you to the “video on YouTube” for that thumbnail.

The weird thing is the phantom link is only being shown in the sidebar of the Buddypress Forums Plugin (BBP) page and nowhere else.
I’ve tried the latest WP theme 2016, I’ve tried disabling all plugins, I’ve tried reverting back to older BBP Versions = (WHITE SCREEN OF DEATH) and I’ve tried digging through the codes for both plugin, got noooo where.
I use the Automatic Featured Images from Videos plugin, to generate the YouTube Thumbnails. This plugin is also not the culprit. 🙂

Please help, try a test version, see if the bug is a BBP plugin bug or a Recent Post Widget Extended plugin bug.

Merry Christmas, if I don’t hear from anyone by then…. 😉

[wrspoon]

Wordpress Version 4.7
bbPress Version 2.5.12

I’m very new to all of this and I just installed and activated bbpress. I’ve searched and I cannot find instructions for connecting a menu item I created “Discussion Forums” to the actual forums. I see that there are slugs and short codes in the settings menu of the dashboard, but I can’t figure out how to make it all work.

Please help. thanks

[Robin W]

in the file

bbpress\includes\common\shortcodes.php and amend the ‘bbp-single-forum’ shortcode

[vizcano]

Yes @netweb that is the correct post.
i just made it sticky again.

the thing is that normal and super sticky work fine.

i dont understand anything about the codes thats why i cant find the problem by myself 🙁

Thanks.

[cinquantesix]

Wordpress 4.4.5
bbPress 2.5.10

Hello, when I create a page and insert a shortcode (like bbp-forum-index for example), my whole page is displayed properly.

http://www.legofftechnique.com/forum

But if I get inside a topic, my footer is not displayed properly anymore. Instead, I see Visual Composer shortcodes.

http://www.legofftechnique.com/forums/forum/discussion-generale

Do I need to add something in my bbpress.php template ?

If anybody can help me, I would appreciate it very much !

[ricky9]

Hi all

Fairly new to WordPress and the use of plugins (and the complications of interacting with themes) so please bare with me!

I am using the them Accelerate Pro theme, Version 2.5.10 of bbpress on a managed WordPress 4.6.1 site provided through godaddy. I have installed bbpress but I have come across two problems.

Firstly I do not seem to get the bbpress sidebar in widgets after installation? I have been trying to work round this by utilising Widget Logic options and codes (from a community help page) but is there anyway of getting this sidebar on my theme which would be a lot easier!

Secondly (and more importantly!) – the display of the fields on the registration page (I have create using shortcodes) gives the full width for the username and email fields but the rest (First Name (required), Last Name (required), Company/Organisation (required), Confirm Email (required), Password (required), Confirm Password (required) only display across about 1/8th of the page and look horribly bunched up. I suspect this is a problem across bbpress on my site but it is most noticeable here.
The url of the page is:

Register Forum Account

Other pages created are:

Forum

and

Restore Forum Password

I have not done much in the way of setting up forums and topics as I wanted to get it displaying correctly first.

Help! You advice and guidance is most welcomed to ease my frustration!

Kind regard

Ricky

[ricky9]

Hi all

Fairly new to WordPress and the use of plugins (and the complications of interacting with themes) so please bare with me!

I am using the them Accelerate Pro theme, Version 2.5.10 of bbPress on a managed WordPress 4.6.1 site provided through godaddy. I have installed bbPress but I have come across two problems.

Firstly I do not seem to get the bbPress sidebar in widgets after installation? I have been trying to work round this by utilising Widget Logic options and codes (from a community help page) but is there anyway of getting this sidebar on my theme which would be a lot easier!

Secondly (and more importantly!) – the display of the fields on the registration page (I have create using shortcodes) gives the full width for the username and email fields but the rest (First Name (required), Last Name (required), Company/Organisation (required), Confirm Email (required), Password (required), Confirm Password (required) only display across about 1/8th of the page and look horribly bunched up. I suspect this is a problem across bbPress on my site but it is most noticeable here.
The url of the page is:

Register Forum Account

Other pages created are:
http://ruralengland.org/forum/
and

Restore Forum Password

I have not done much in the way of setting up forums and topics as I wanted to get it displaying correctly first.

Help! You advice and guidance is most welcomed to ease my frustration!

Kind regards

Ricky

[Jochen Gererstorfer]

Hello,
there is a problem with bbpress, that prevents SEO Plugins to do there job.

The problem exists only for the forum index page. Also if you use a standard page an paste the [bbp-forum-index] shortcode.

* That page is not handled anymore as a page, so it gets a noindex tag by the SEO plugins.
* It’s also not possible to add a custom title, description or other meta tags.

The bbpress forum index is completely ignoring all of that settings.
The result is a noindex forum index without a reasonable title and description.

Example:
Forum index

Screenshot of the ignored settings:

I talked with the codes a the German WPseo plugin.
They told me, that bbpress is using so crude things for that index and doesn’t use wordpress standards.

I also found here in the forum and on Google, that Yoast and All in one SEO Pack have the same problems with bbpress.

Is there a way to get that fixed?

A forum index with nofollow makes no sense at all.

thanks
Jochen

[oris6791]

I have tried so many codes on my child theme css to add custom codes. I can’t seem to get it done.

my website is: theceoafrica.com
theme: tdMacro theme

Can anyone PLEASE help me figure out how to:

1. To remove the blue link colour after mouse click on each menu item
2. To add a white border on current/active menu item
3. Please i also need to adjust the width of my website. It doesn’t fit into the window.

I would really appreciate your help. Thank You.

[Robin W]

for main page then use the forum shortcode in the main page

[bbp-topic-index]

or use on of the other shortcodes

Shortcodes

[Julia_B]

I want to switch the Top Five Topics widget on my site to a Topics With No Replies widget.

I think I’ve found the code referring to the Top Five Topics widget in functions.php – this looks like it:

function rk_top_five_view() {
bbp_register_view( ‘top-five’, __( ‘5 Most Popular Topics’ ), array(
‘meta_key’ => ‘_bbp_reply_count’,
‘posts_per_page’ => ‘5’ ,
‘ max_num_pages’ => ‘1’,
‘orderby’ => ‘meta_value_num’ ),
false );
}

add_action( ‘bbp_register_views’, ‘rk_top_five_view’ );

And I think this is the relevant code on the page where the widget is displayed:
[bbp-single-view id="top-five"]

According to https://codex.bbpress.org/features/shortcodes/ the code for No Replies is:
[bbp-single-view id=’no-replies’]

So I’m guessing that on the page I just need to replace top-five code with no-replies…?

But what about the code in functions.php?

I found this on github:

bbp_register_view(
‘no-replies’,
__( ‘Topics with no replies’, ‘bbpress’ ),
apply_filters( ‘bbp_register_view_no_replies’, array(
‘meta_key’ => ‘_bbp_reply_count’,
‘meta_value’ => 1,
‘meta_compare’ => ‘<‘,
‘orderby’ => ”
)
) );
}

Is this what I need? Or should it start with function like the current code I posted at the top?

Please excuse me if I’m missing something obvious here – I’m just the website owner, not a developer.

Thanks in advance 🙂