[chuckingit]

Hi Jaredatch – thank you for looping back to me and your links … i did indeed read in a post by John James Jacoby about security issue(s) so i can appreciate that … i also tested the plugin you mention but it kicked out errors which i posted in the WP forums so perhaps the plugin author will have info or fix down the road ..??..

in a bit of thinking outloud and in the for-whatever-its-worth depts … the first time i saw shortcodes work in a WP forum solution was with Simple:Press plugin … i was actually suprised that shortcodes did work and then i got excited about using them – e.g., wrapping some forum content so that it was public, while other forum content reserved to be private and require login … also, the audio shortcode to play clips within forum posts, all of which was cool … thus not sure if Simple:Press introduces security issues by allowing shortcodes or not ..??..

my only problem with Simple:Press was / is that it was too much configuration (in turning off stuff) and i liked the clean, minimalism inherent in bbPress … and now that it is plugin and works within WP, means i’m throwing my hat in this bbPress forum ring and look forward to seeing it’s ongoing growth …

in the meantime, i’ve had to rethink my shortcode issue – namely media files … e.g., where do i put these files in WP if i don’t want to create a post for them, but have them referenced from within forum posts … which lead me to discover a really cool program, open source, and share as fyi in case others might be interested …

the program = http://ajaxplorer.info … it comes with a bridge for WP so user accounts can be shared by both … it is a file manager of sorts for your web site that makes it pretty easy to keep files private or make them shareable … i’m almost done testing this and i’m pretty sure at this point that it will be my go to tool to upload media files*, then create the shared-encrypted links, then put those links into my bbPress forum posts … thus keeping my forums to mostly text, yet linking out to media files as need be via using Ajaxplorer …

lastly, i just wanted to go on record with BIG gratitude for all the hard work your bbPress team does in helping the rest of us in the WP worlds have really nice forum solution – Kudos to you and your seed – and i hope the Divine blesses you all for i certainly feel blessed / lucky to have tools like bbPress and forums like this for knowledge sharing – THANK YOU!

cordially, chuck scott

*yes i know that i could use WP Media Gallery but that gets a bit unruley since uploads are stored in blog-id-year-month folders … thus if i had ten pop tunes i wanted to upload to server, easier to create a dedicate library system with folder called music and subfolders under that … then it is easier to add new files to those folder collections versus having to track down different folders and try to remember what is in the 2011 folder vs 2012 let alone what blog-id it might have been uploaded under but i digress …

[AAShepAA]

FOLLOW UP:

This may help someone. I had not deactivated all the plugins from both bbPress installations. When I did, it imported, with a few errors as it did create by users and users meta tables. Fortunately I had done my own backup of the database. So, I pulled those two sections of the backup and imported them back into the database. Users, meta, and login are now working.

I still have a problem with the admin side of things though. When I select “Forums” – it gives me this incorrect link http://stratoliner.me/wp-admin/admin.php?page=edit.php?post_type=forum when it should be http://stratoliner.me/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=forum. The first errors with insufficient permissions and the latter goes to the forums.

I have disabled any and all plugins to test and I still get the first error!

I sure could use some help.

[harnold007]

I changed bbpress.css in folder /bbp-theme-compat/ which I was able to get it they way I want it to look.

However, it is using my wordpress default page theme. I would like it to use a full width page theme that I have.

Example it is using:

<div id=”main-wrapper”>

<div id=”main”>

<div id=”post”>

<h3 class=”section-title”>testing 2</h3>

<div class=”post-entry”>

// Then it goes to the forums tag

<div id=”bbpress-forums”>

Also, under the default page theme it grabs the sidebar, which I do not want it to do.

If someone can please point me in the right direction on changing the wordpress page theme that is being used for the forums. Thank you!

[areaphoto]

Thanks for the response. I will go and try that now. I have installed and began testing on a subdomain to use TwentyTen. The particular theme I am currently using states it is compatible. I understand though that there could certainly be some bugs associated. I will update with status of TwentyTen.

[AAShepAA]

I have a successful, running “stand-alone” but integrated bbPress installation that has been up for about a year or so.

I just installed the plugin and activated it but I get the “insufficient permissions” error when I try to click on “Forums” in admin although I have created a test forum.

When I go to Admin>Settings>Import/bbPress Standalone Importer – it doesn’t do anything – just sets there. It is trying because when I go back to it – I am asked if I want to continue the old import.

I don’t know if this makes any difference – but my old installation is under mainsite/forum and the new – seems to be in mainsite/forums

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Shep

[ZikRasta]

But that does not solve my problem!

I had to disable my site can not provide an operational service!

I work on this installation of wordpress to find a solution : http://rootserv.fr/?topic=test

I contacted support WPbakery

And they lead me to you! Cool their support!

[John James Jacoby]

* Taxonomies don’t have metadata, to allow for topic & replies counts or latest content

* Comments don’t allow for attachments without some major work

* The API for custom post types is farther along, more robust, and provided a relatively quick head start (see above)

[Martin]

I actually would prefer to add some placeholder test between the Forum Title and the breadcrumbs.

Any ideas where this stuff is output?

The unfortunate part is it’s likely to be overwritten on any and all plugin updates though.

[ddlg2007]

Well I come here 1 more time because I really can not do more and I need a little help please.

I am using a child theme called Arras Classical Gamer. I test many times and try a lot of tutorial but is really impossible fix problem with bbpress.

You can see my website here http://www.site.teamcyanide.eu working perfectly with buddypress and pluging like BuddyPress Template Pack. That was my first hard mission but I do it well and everything work good with some change on CSS.

Now the only problem I have is that forum bbpress dont work good. For example I creat a forum called Starcraft 2 and when I clic on view look what happen:

http://site.teamcyanide.eu/board/forum/starcraft-2

I create a category of Starcraft 2 forum and look:

http://site.teamcyanide.eu/board/forum/starcraft-2/protos

So is simple, dont work but I continue looking here on forum and google then I try use Shortcodes from here http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-20-shortcodes, and look what happen:

http://site.teamcyanide.eu/example-forum

You can see ok I can fix the CSS to make it look better, but if you clic on forum or category continue with same problem, just test yourself and can see it.

So guys please, some one can tell me please what can I do for implement my forum of bbpress in my website?

I know on internet I have other forums and scripts, but I really love bbpress and all software make it by wordpress, buddypress, etc.

Someone have mercy on me and help me a little?

Thanks.

[lusitanoflickan]

Now it works perfectly when I am at the forum page, but it still looks the same on the topic pages http://demo.agxe.se/forums/topic/test-topic/

What do I add to the CSS to fix this side too?

Thank you so much for your help!

[Jared Atchison]

You are close. bbPress does not use the tag taxonomy, that is strictly for posts.

You’ll need to use tax_query as you mentioned. This is untested but should give you a general idea

$mytopics_args = array(

'post_type' => 'topic',

'numberposts' => 15,

'tax_query' => array(

array(

'taxonomy' => bbp_get_topic_tag_tax_id(),

'field' => 'slug',

'terms' => 'you-tag-slug'

)

)

);

$mytopics = new WP_Query( $mytopics_args );

[Dan Griffiths]

Yes… there are two forums and a test topic. That’s the problem. It only loads the page title, no other content is loaded…

[Jared Atchison]

I’m not sure I understand. You said you wanted to:

“display the latest posts from different external blogs in my BBPress sidebar?”

1 – Go to Appearance > Widgets

2 – Drag RSS widget to the sidebar you are using with the forums

3 – Enter RSS URL

That should be all there is to it…

[Rambomst]

I have added a custom field to user profiles in bbPress however I am unsure how to do form validation other than javascript. I would like to do some PHP validation however the few things I have tried didn’t work.

If you fail to enter an email it will say “ERROR: Please enter an e-mail address.” after you have submitted the form. I want something like that.

I have tried:

$myErrors = new WP_Error();

$myErrors->add(‘id_error’, __(‘Test error.’,””));

bbp_add_error( ‘bbp_steamid_invalid’, __( ‘ERROR: The ID you entered is invalid.’, ‘bbpress’ ) );

I am not at all familiar with error handling in both WordPress and bbPress however I feel it is a must.

Any help would be must appreciated.

[bloggingsfe]

I just activated the bbpress plugin for my wordpress blog (i’m using latest version of wp and the twenty-ten theme).

I created a “test” forum with two topics.

I then created a new Page and titled it Forum.

I tried to get my test forum with two topics to show up on the new Page, but can’t get it to work.

I can see the Forum with two topics that I created when I click on View Forum button.

So, I guess my question is: How do I get a navlink titled Forum in my navbar and/or sidebar on my WordPress site?

What am I missing? I’ve searched all over with Google on this problem and can’t find the solution to my problem.

Here’s a little more info:

When I click on View Forum, and it looks great with the site’s theme here, the url is:

http://www.mydomain.com/forums/forum/test-forum/

When I click on the Page that I created called Forum, the url is:

http://www.mydomain.com/forums/

Thanks in advance for any help!

[deanso]

I forget to mentioned I am using bbPress 2 and WP 3, all updated and running fine.

I would appreciate help on this topic please

How to get nice looking page with latest threads, topics and reply on the custom homepage. Not on the WP page.

Where can I find php code that could pull this from bbPrss 2?

Thank a LOT!

[Jan David Hanrath]

Thanks for the insight! Your remark ‘to not rely on meta queries’ makes me think that might be the performance-issue we are coping with at the moment. In our ‘latest posts’ and ‘newest topics’ listings are particularly heavy.

Do you have examples of optimized core queries? Does it mean storing some user info in wp_users instead of wp_usermeta?

[n0ise]

im using it with a fresh install of the latest wp, but i have a styling issue ( http://screen.ticno.com/index.php?image=diLrSMnMxuCXs7Zs9BWr.jpg ). im using the London Live template. it’s a local testing and everything is “fresh” without custom code. suggestion?

[deanso]

Hi all

I just add bbPress to my website running Deadline theme and with small tweaks all looks great! Except homepage – I want main area in the middle of the homepage to look like http://bbpress.org/plugins/ – showing new, latest and most viewed posts from my 4 forums. How can I do this?

Pleas note I can not use custom page, but have to add code to the existing homepage. I tried few versions, but didn’t get exactly the same results. All I was able to pull is 4 posts with code: <?php bbp_get_template_part( ‘bbpress/content’, ‘archive-topic’ ); ?>. But that is obviously not what I need. Is there a simple way to get results like on http://bbpress.org/plugins/

I am not coder (obviously), but can do all CSS work without any issue.

I hope this is not repeated questions, but I tried to find solution and no luck.

Cheers & Thanks

Dean

[Playstation Vita]

Dear,

Is there a way or plugin that fetches an RSS feed from external websites so that i can display the latest posts from different external blogs in my BBPress sidebar?

Thanks!

[baldg0at]

Just migrated from standalone to plugin a couple weeks ago and this one has me stumped. I’m having issues where the freshness time doesn’t match up with the latest reply time.

http://ragbrai.com/forums

WP v3.3.1

BBPress v2.0.2

From what I can see the freshness time is based on the topic’s ‘_bbp_last_active_time’ meta tag.

On my forums, using the ‘Route Announcement Party – Who’s In?’ as an example, you can see the freshness date is way off when you compared to the time of the latest reply.

Currently the ‘_bbp_last_active_time’ meta_key has a value of ‘2012-03-08 08:51:03’

From what I can tell that meta_key is set based on the post_date of the topic or the post_date of the latest reply of the topic with a status of publish, right?

The latest published reply for that topic has a post_date of ‘2012-01-26 08:13:57’

The only post in the database with a post_date of ‘2012-03-08 08:51:03’ is a reply to a different topic and it has a status of ‘spam’

Maybe something went wonky with the import from stand alone.

Is anyone else seeing anything like this?

[Jared Atchison]

Hmm, I’m out of ideas then. It works on both of my test installs

[jamieskella]

I’m running the plugin branch, 3785, downloaded on Friday the 2nd in Australia (Thursday the 1st in the USA).

I’ll do an upgrade to the latest build and see if that fixes it.

[Jared Atchison]

Are you running a copy of 2.1 from less than a week ago, there were a few oembed tweaks pushed (namely the setting not saving correctly).

I just tested it using a youtube url in the WYSIWYG and HTML editor and both are rendering the video for me.

[Jaja..]

Yes , WP Super Cache is it called it think.