[rbirkey]

I am working on a new client site and have started integrating bbPress into it, using the DIVI theme. I have created the Forums, Register, Member, Password Reset, and Login pages using shortcodes. I can create topics, threads, and replies. However, if I use the Search function, it displays a blank page. The URL structure of the search results is mydomain/forums/search/searchterm. There is no header or footer. I have no page created for mydomain/forums/search/

Do I need to create a template for this page, and if so, what is the shortcode I would use to display the search results?

The same thing is true for the “Users” page which displays at this URL – mydomain/forums/users/username – but is blank.

I’ve searched for shortcodes or details about this and have come up empty-handed.

[Robin W]

bbpress simply uses the wordpress registration and login, so users can register with the wordpress registration

[simon_a6]

Hi
We have a website that uses this plugin, but it’s not quite right.
We are using the bpress shortcode on the register page, but it forces it to only allow email, and that sends out the pass.

How do we enable it to show the Password field too? OR is there a way to use the WordPress Reg form, that uses the Password too?

Simon

[Robin W]

so that error usually means that something is looping.

so I’m presuming you are using the bbpress [bbp-login] or [bbp-register] or a bbpress widget – yes, if so which?

[eefkedigibitch]

Hi There,

I have several questions about my forum. If you need me to ask these in different topic, please let me know, I’ll adjust it.

1. Some of my forums are open to everyone, also not registered users. I have them set as ‘status: open’ and ‘visibility: public’ but when I visit the forum, I get a message I’m not allowed.
The message I see is the message I set for customers that want to view a forum about a LearnDash course. Because only if the course is purchased, the forum should be visible for that user.
But now this message also pops up on forums that have nothing to do with LearnDash.
So how can I fix this?

2. In the forum I created some test posts and replies. So I am the author and my name is visible. But under my name (next to my role) is also my IP address showing. Why is that? And how can I deactivate that?

3. Because my website also has a shop the users will have an account of the general website. So if you want to see the profile (own profiles only) I need it to link to the user profile.
And also the button to register or login should link to the general pages.
Where can I set this?

4. I changed the settings of the breadcrumbs. I deleted Home, so the first one is now Forums. First Forums linked to the page I was already on. So in the bbp stylepack I set a new URL to the starting page of the forum – …com/forum. But somehow it links to …com/forums and that page I don’t want to use, never.
In the general WP settings, I found the Forum Root Slug settings and tried to change that from forums into forum. That didn’t work.
So now I don’t know how to make the ‘forums’ page go away and link the breadcrumb Forums to the right page.
Do you know the solution?

This is it for now…haha.
Hopefully you can help me, I’d really appreciate it!!
Thanks so much already.
Kind regards,
Eve

[waprothero]

Robin,
wpForms was only minimal help. They told me it was bbPress problem. They did tell me that the user role was set when the user who is registering clicks the “acknowledge” link. It seems that bbPress is setting the user role to empty after wpForms sets it. So, is there a snippet that could set the user role to “Subscriber” that would activate after bbPress sets the user role and forum role?

Almost all new users will be subscribers and only a very few will be different, and I don;t mind setting those manually.

[Robin W]

Now I have to edit the file

ok so you have already put :

function rkk_widgets_init() {
 
    register_sidebar( array(
        'name' => __( 'bbPress Sidebar', 'rkk' ),
        'id' => 'bbp-sidebar',
        'description' => __( 'A sidebar that only appears on bbPress pages', 'rkk' ),
        'before_widget' => '<aside id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
        'after_widget' => '</aside>',
        'before_title' => '<h3 class="widget-title">',
        'after_title' => '</h3>',
    ) );
    }
 
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'rkk_widgets_init' );

into your child theme functions file – yes ?

and then did this

I chose the left-sidebar-page.php of my theme, copied it into my child theme and replaced <?php get_sidebar(); ?> with <?php dynamic_sidebar( ‘bbp-sidebar’); ?>. Because I read this in another topic of a theme salient user.

which replaces the second part of 26, as you have chosen the left-sidebar rather than just sidebar

yes ?

so what exactly are you stuck on?

[eefkedigibitch]

Hi there,

I’m trying to create a specific sidebar in my website. I’ve been reading about it in this forum and I’m following step 26 of the article ‘Layout and functionality – Examples you can use’.
What I did so far;
1. I added the code to register the sidebar in my functions.php of my child theme.
2. I chose the left-sidebar-page.php of my theme, copied it into my child theme and replaced <?php get_sidebar(); ?> with <?php dynamic_sidebar( ‘bbp-sidebar’); ?>. Because I read this in another topic of a theme salient user.
Now I have to edit the file like the example that’s mentioned in the article, but I don’t understand it. So this is where I get stuck.

Can someone please help me?! I’d really appreciate it!

Kind regards,
Eve

Ps. My website has a shop and LearnDash courses. The forum is meanly for the course participants and should be connected to the specific LearnDash courses. The theme I’m working with is Salient. The only other sidebar I have is the woocommerce sidebar.

[waprothero]

Robin:
Following your simple instructions for a snippet, I just wanted to check to make sure I’m making the test you suggested (thanks, btw):

Snippet Content, using wpCode snippet plugin:

add-action(‘plugins_loaded’,’rew_remove_bbp_role’);
function rew_remove_bb_role'(){
remove_action( ‘bbp_user_register’,’bbp_user_add_role_on_register’,10,1);
}

Snippet location: Universal Snippet

Is this correct?

[waprothero]

Robin, thanks for your response. I’m out of town until Monday and will try out your suggestions then. Some quick question tho. I’m an experienced programmer, but not with wordpress. I’m unclear where to insert these code items. So….
_———-here’s your suggestion
so use this code

—where do I add this this.. To the bbPress functions file?
add_action (‘plugins_loaded’ , ‘rew_remove_bbp_role’) ;

function rew_remove_bbp_role () {
remove_action( ‘bbp_user_register’, ‘bbp_user_add_role_on_register’, 10, 1 );
}

Put this in your child theme’s function file –
I am guessing this goes in wp initiation file.

ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/functions.php

where %your-theme-name% is the name of your theme

[Robin W]

as a test, let’s stop it adding the forum role on registration to see if that is interfering.

so use this code

add_action ('plugins_loaded' , 'rew_remove_bbp_role') ;

function rew_remove_bbp_role () {
	remove_action( 'bbp_user_register',   'bbp_user_add_role_on_register', 10, 1 );
}

Put this in your child theme’s function file –

ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/functions.php

where %your-theme-name% is the name of your theme

or use

Code Snippets

and then let me know if this makes a difference

[Robin W]

I just rescued the ‘unread’ part of someone else’s plugin into style pack when it became too old in the main plugins. I only looked at the code in enough detail to get it working in style pack.

If pencil unread does what you want, then use it.

Also, the plugin bbpress pencil unread had a very useful option that marked all post shared before the date of register as read. Which makes sense by the way.

And, why there isn’t an option where we can choose where to have the unread icon?

Like many plugin authors, I’m just a guy who writes free code for the challenge and enjoyment. It would take a day of my life to code those changes, so whilst I agree that they might be useful, I have to find enough fun to do this. At the moment it’s not a change I am planning, sorry 🙁

[OSCOWP]

Also, the plugin bbpress pencil unread had a very useful option that marked all post shared before the date of register as read. Which makes sense by the way.

And, why there isnt an option where we can choose where to have the unread icon?

[chuckbevitt1]

I was just about to post for a problem where some shortcodes were not working, when I actually READ THE POSTING INSTRUCTIONS! (Who would think?)

My problem was that the [bbp-register], [bbp-lost-pass], and [bbp-login] shortcodes weren’t working. The page / block with the shortcode was simply blank.

Per the ‘Before Posting’ topic, I switched my theme to Twenty Twelve. Poof! It all worked. So try that before digging deeper.

https://SolarGeoEngineeringNow.org

[Robin W]

ok, so I registered on your site and just got one email with username and password, which is what I would expect from wordpress, as far as I know bbpress is not involved in this process.

[markfluk]

Yes, it’s a BNFWP shortcode on our register page.

[markfluk]

Useful thread, thank you. I followed the advice and activated a plugin (I used Better Notifications for WP). All’s good except that anyone registering now gets my nice new email but also gets a system email titled “[My-Site] Your username and password info”. Any idea how to stop the latter?

[loftus49]

When a user attempts to “Register” on https://loftusweb.com they get errors saying “The username you entered is incorrect” and “The email you entered is incorrect”.

This happens for a new user. If you want to try it, go to the above link then click the “Registration and Discussion” link upper left. Then try to register “Join Us”.

I don’t know where the error is coming from nor how to fix it.

WordPress Version 6.2.2
bbPress Version 2.6.9
bbstyle pack Version 5.6.0

[petalos2123]

Hi, I am using the free Blocksy theme, they only allow a main sidebar. How can I incorporate a sidebar for bbpress? I want the login, reset password and register on it.
Wordpress. com 6.2.2
bbpress 2.6.9

http://www.meandmyavatar.com

[terryfindlay]

bbPress Version 2.6.9
WP Version 6.2.2

New Forum

A registered member of the forum is having trouble posting. He keeps getting this message:
“Error: Duplicate reply detected; it looks as though you’ve already said that.”. The text he is trying to post has definitely not been posted before.

Any suggestion? Thanks.

[ricoto]

Hi,

How to create a user menu:
login, register, profile link?
Is it with shortcodes?

I would also like to know how to have the same thing as on this forum:

[loftus49]

I’ve completed the forum creation and data population. I’m getting tons of spam sign-ins since I don’t have a Registration facility installed.

I need to have a user register then sign in prior to accessing or creating topics in the forums.

What recommendations do you have for this? I’m guessing there is some sort of plugin that once configured will require users to register then sign-in to post new topics.

One step at a time.

[aclottmann]

I’m part of an organization that supports neighborhoods getting organized for disaster preparedness. We’re considering rebuilding our site such that we have our main parent site with a forum and allowing smaller neighborhood groups to spin up a child site so they can have their own events, blog posts, and forums. Anyone who signs up to join a neighborhood group (child site), ideally, will also be registered with the parent site. We want the child sites to be very private and limit access to their forum discussions to only their own members.

For an individual user, I’d like their child-site forum view to include both parent and child site topics so they don’t have to check both locations to see if a question has already been answered. I don’t see any discussion about this, but does anyone know if a structure like this is possible?

[Chuckie]

I just made a “reply” to one of my existing forum topics (you need to be registered). I only input it once and hit Submit. Why has it inserted the reply 9 times?!

[shake1]

Questions about customization. I am using a translation tool, so my English may be unnatural.

In [bbp-single-view id='no-replies'], closed topics are also displayed, so I would like to limit it to open topics, does the following code seem ok? Please advise.

add_action( 'bbp_register_views', 'custom_bbp_no_replies' );

function custom_bbp_no_replies() {
	bbp_register_view(
		'no-replies', 
		__( 'Topics with no replies', 'bbpress' ),
		apply_filters(
			'bbp_topic_no_replies_query', 
			array(
				'post_parent' => 'any', 
				'post_status' => bbp_get_public_status_id(),  // Changed to show only open topics
				'meta_key' => '_bbp_reply_count',
				'meta_value' => 1,
				'meta_compare' => '<',
				'meta_type' => 'NUMERIC'
			)
		), 
		false
	);
}