[andersvinther2]

Found it 🙂

On the https://codex.bbpress.org/shortcodes/ page the shortcodes for this are listed towards the bottom 🙂

[Stephen Edgar]

Add the ‘bbPRess Recent Topics’ widget to a sidebar

https://codex.bbpress.org/widgets/

Or use the [bbp-topic-index] shorcode

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

[Stephen Edgar]

You can use ‘shortcodes’ on your WP pages

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

[douglerner]

Hi. I have been reading the docs, and did look over the shortcodes. But they didn’t really answer my question which is why I posted.

Is it standard practice to have to use the shortcodes to display the forums and other stuff to members?

In other words, what I’m trying to clarify is what is the best practice to set up. It’s not automatic and we must use the short codes? Or is that only happening because of the the theme I’m using?

Thanks,

doug

[Stephen Edgar]

Have a read of the doc’s here

https://codex.bbpress.org/getting-started-with-bbpress/

And the shortcodes you can add to WordPress pages here

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

[douglerner]

Well, I tried installing it again, and this time it works.

Do I just use shortcodes from the docs to add links to wherever they are needed? For example, after re-installing it mydomain.org/forums is the forums (in fact it’s the forums from before I deleted them). But there is no UI to them. Should I just add a shortcode to a page which appears in the primary menu in the header to get going? Is that what most people do?

Thanks,

doug

[rr03]

i dont use buddypress but i kinda had solved the problem when i moved bbpress theme files to inside my child theme.

i still have a lot to figure out but i suggest instead of using shortcodes, move to theme files

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-20-theme-compatibility in here it says how to do.

now i have access to all links.

[csam00034]

Hi guys, I have a very strange problem with widget logic and bbpress.

I created a normal page (post id = 126) and added the shortcode: [bbp-topic-index] .

I now wish to not show any of my widgets on this particular page by using !is_page(‘126’) however this just doesnt work!

I try it on other normal pages containing text and no forum shortcodes and everything works!

[Pixeldrum]

Now I am getting confused. I could have sworn that I replied to your post John a few days ago… but I don’t see it.

Here it is again then, my apologies, I didn’t mean to transgress a forum convention. Still, if at all possible, I’d like some direction as to how I can block access via direct URL to user profiles. From user profiles someone can track back to posts attributed to the user and use and post via that ‘back door’.

I have bbpress installed and protected (I thought) behind the membership wpmudev.org membership plugin and want the forum area available for specific members only including the profile information. What files need to be customized to make this possible?

I can block posts and content in pages with short-codes from the membership plugin, but I don’t know where I would place those within the structure of bbpress. Is there a way, please? I am not a coder, but have friends who are I just need to be pointed to the files that are involved in getting this done. Thanks for ANY help with this matter.

[MTPrower]

After screwing around with various options for permalinks and for the location and links for my forums, I have decided, once again, that it is best to hack up the archive-forum.php. In fact, I think this very page should be completely changed to allow you to choose whether you want to display the forums archive there, or if you want to use the wordPress page editor to display shortcodes or whatnot. This should be an option in the bbPress settings.

This would solve pretty much everyone’s problems with permalinks and breadcrumbs, and I think it would be easy to do.

[zzweb]

Hi everyone, I have this page here:

http://www.complianceupdater.com/mortgage-compliance-checklist-questions/

It is running off BBpress plugin. Right now, you’ll see that the new topic form does not work. If you submit, it asks ‘Are You Sure You Want To Do This?’. That form is hardcoded in, however as the encryption codes change frequently, I need that to be ‘soft coded’ in via PHP. How would I do this? Please write back if I’m not being clear, I’ll explain more. Thanks!!!

[wpmhweb]

Hello,

I am almost finished configuring bbPress and I just notice trying to publish a page with the URL mydomain.com/forums that it shows the default forums template and not the page that I have created with the shotcodes. There is anyway to fix this? I would like to have my own custom /forums page display.

Thanks for the help!

[MTPrower]

That was the problem. You see, under the Settings page for bbPress, there is the Archive Slugs section. Under this is two settings: “Forums base” and “Topics base”. Due to the wording, I never knew that having the “Forums base” setting at its default, which is “forums”, I would never be able to use my WordPress-made custom forums page at http://www.mysite.com/forums , always getting the archives page instead of what I put in shortcodes on my custom page.

Maybe the labels for those settings should be clarified, and the default setting changed. I see lots of people having trouble with this part, and I’ve been using bbPress for a year and just discovered the answer.

Thanks for replying. I appreciate it. If I knew some PHP, and my site was done and I could spare some time, I’d help you with bbPress a bit. I know it must suck not having very many people helping out…

[MTPrower]

I found the bug. You cannot make the “Forums” page that you put shortcodes into a parentless page. If the page is http://www.mysite.com/forums , then going to that URL will only take you to the archive page. Actually, it seems there I might be able to edit that in the settings page. I just had no idea that THAT was what that setting meant. I’m going to go take a look.

I’ve been using bbPress for about a year, and I just NOW discovered what was wrong with my permalinks. I think maybe the “archives” part of the settings page should be set to the word “archives”, not “forums” by default, so people don’t have trouble with this.

Anyway, I’m gonna go mess with that setting and see what happens. I will post my results here for future people to see…

[John James Jacoby]

You figuring it out doesn’t usually involve others handing you an answer.

I think you might be over-thinking things. Rather than trying to overload the WordPress template loader with a new archive-forum.php and trying to run something through a shortcode, why not just use a WordPress page, set the slug to /forums, and put the shortcodes and div’s in there instead?

[enderandrew]

Putting wp-poll shortcodes into posts works well enough. But most users on the forums don’t have access to the Dashboard to make polls that way. This almost would be an entirely new plugin to expose poll creation in the forums.

[Stephen Edgar]

bbPress by design explicitly blocks ALL short codes from functioning (except built in bbPress short codes) thus I presume why someone decided to create whitelist plugin.

I have nothing to do with any of the plugins I mentioned above, it was the only option I could think of to help you out after looking at your site, sorry it doesn’t work for you.

[rmmorley]

I’ve whipped up a little bbPress 2 plugin for my site that lets my users embed smiley shortcodes in forum posts.

You can customize the shortcode delimiters (defaults are ”) so your smiley codes could look like [happy] or :happy: or {*happy*} etc.

The shortcode list is built dynamically based on the contents of the smilies directory. You just need to place any number of GIF, PNG, or JPG images into that directory, so adding the file “happy.gif” will allow [happy] to be used in posts. It caches the list though, so it’s not scanning the directory all the time.

Anyway, this is the first plugin I’m publishing for others to use, and I’ve just started the process of putting it on wordpress.org’s plugin directory, which takes a while to get approved it seems.

Until it shows up there, I’d be happy to email it to anyone who wants to take it for a spin.

I have it running on http://christian.net, and you can see the smilies that I have available at http://christian.net/forum-smilies

[DarwinsDream]

Thank you Key Master Wish I was the damn gate keeper cause then i would understand what’s going on here. lmao!!!!

Here is my issue at hand and then I guess I will have to decide whether or not to move forward. I am trying to make a media sharing site that is merely a “forum” of my site ( http://www.soundhampton.com/the_knowledge_forum ) to lead traffic back to my business site ( http://www.soundhampton.com ).

I was going to use bbpress for the forum side but the more I try and implement it the deeper I get into issues that take me months to figure out. Every issue I have been able to handle except this one.

John I totally under stand why shortcodes are not allowed. It makes complete sense. I read up on the security issue post you wrote about from day one of this media player issue and did not take your advice now…. here I am.

To be honest I kind of always knew that even if I did get the shortcodes to work. I would have to make changes in the future to secure my forums from shortcodes.

so, moving forward

Can you guys suggest a proper media sharing community plugin / addition to wordpress I can even point the URL to a different folder. Now Im just rambling.

I have no clue how to build a plugin

[John James Jacoby]

Shortcodes are explicitly prevented from working inside of bbPress.

The reason is because Shortcodes do not care who uses them in what context. If you enable them, all shortcodes will work for all users. This allows all of the bbPress shortcodes to work, inside of bbPress, which enables normal users to embed forums inside of topics and replies. No good.

You’re on your own if you want to go down this road, but I wouldn’t suggest it. Shortcodes are transparent, and a poor experience for most users (since they are completely invisible in the UI.)

Instead, I’d recommend building something for bbPress 2.1 (still in development) and write a plugin to tap into the power of TinyMCE.

[DarwinsDream]

k, I switched to twentyeleven theme and disabled all my plugins except bbpress and jwplayer for wordpress. I verified the div of the bbpress content box with firefox inspect element and put extra code in my functions.php to compensate for missed div tag code in the functions.php. here is what i put on top on functions.php as an injected php script within functions.php

<?php

add_action( ‘bbp_reply_content’, ‘do_shortcode’);

add_action( ‘entry_content’, ‘do_shortcode’);

add_action( ‘bbp-reply-content’, ‘do_shortcode’);

add_action( ‘entry-content’, ‘do_shortcode’);

?>

<?php

/**

* slidingdoor functions and definitions

blah blah blah php blah blah blah

then also a double attack at the end of fuctions.php is here

}

endif;

add_action( ‘bbp_reply_content’, ‘do_shortcode’);

add_action( ‘entry_content’, ‘do_shortcode’);

add_action( ‘bbp-reply-content’, ‘do_shortcode’);

add_action( ‘entry-content’, ‘do_shortcode’);

—funtions.php ends here–

-I see other plugins intereacting fine with short codes ie [video] in my bbpress forum but not [jwplayer] can i attach this in css ?

-Is there a very messy way to go about this and edit every file in my bbpress plugin folder?

-Am i better off installing bbpress as stand alone instead of plugin?

-I’m I going about creating a media based user interactive site the wrong way when choosing wordpress w/ bbpress?

I’ve literally spent 90% of my time just trying to get what I want to work and edit it so its all tight. This issue is a brick wall and everything is stopped until this issue is resolved. So really am i just going nuts trying to reinvent the wheel?

Thanks guys…..

The fix it for payment offer always stands until its fixed. That goes for everyone not you Jared But feel free lol

[Stephen Edgar]

bbPress out of the box will not support [shortcodes] so JW Player will not work in forum posts.

If you want to enable [shortcodes] in bbPress topics & replies then give this a try.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress2-shortcode-whitelist/

And then install a ‘whitelist supported’ video player eg.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/vipers-video-quicktags/

[DarwinsDream]

here is my issue with jwplayer in a nut shell—

working video player

(tested on my 404, because no one should be there anyway):

http://www.soundhampton.com/404_page_not_found

non working video player

(inside forums shortcodes not being read):

http://www.soundhampton.com/the_knowledge_forum/topic/why-its-important-to-research-your-business-and-domain-name

[DarwinsDream]

I cant get my jwplayer shortcode to work in bbpress. I am aware of the shortcode issue in bbpress. But I need all shortcodes to work in bbpress. Security is not an issue at this point.

I tried the (get_shortcode)code in the theme fuctions.php file with no result. Not really sure if I was supossed to put it in the wordpress theme or the bbpress theme. Maybe im writing the code in the wrong spot, I’m not the strongest on php my strengths are html, css, and design. This issue has been a thorn in my side for about a week. So if anyone can tell me exactly where to place the–

add_action( ‘bbp_get_reply_content’, ‘do_shortcode’);

php script so I can get this thing flowing, I would def owe you a buck.

also i get an error when i try and install shortcode whitelist and bbcode

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