[John James Jacoby]

Your first core contribution on day 1. Not a bad start.

https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3257/

[John James Jacoby]

If your host is controlling what parts of your site what words are allowed where, to the point where it’s censoring genuine conversation, that’s a conversation to have with them.

There are a few things you can do to confirm, but it depends if they’ve white listed those locations or not.

1. Can you post a blog comment with that same content?

2. Can you create a reply within /wp-admin/ with the same content?

Your members are “unimpressed” because they’re frustrated, and because your site is unfinished because bbPress has only had a handful of testers in recent months. You’re opting to be a tester, which is *great* of course… but making the decision to let other people use an unfinished site never goes well.

Your feedback is invaluable, and their unhappiness is going towards a good cause. If you communicate that to them clearly, in my experience that usually calms them down.

[mouratidis]

When using the functions provided by the Popularity Contest plugin to display a list of the popular posts, I get the following error:

Warning: Missing argument 2 for bbp_query_post_parent__in() in /home/user/site.com/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-includes/bbp-general-functions.php on line 886

[Kevin Muldoon]

I’m getting the same issue. It runs fine in my test area but when I activate it on my live site the admin area goes white. Will look into what plugin is causing this

[tooltrainer]

Just because I find it interesting, here is the shortest string I could come up with that would trigger ModSec:

create piece from scratch

Odd combination of words to trigger…

Jonathan

[Anointed]

@tooltrainer

Keep in mind that this is only beta2, and there are very few people using this plugin so far. It is NOT intended for a live site as noted many times.

*one last set of tests if you don’t mind:

1. Try to create a new topic with the exact same string you are trying and see if that works.

2. Try to create a new reply with the exact same string you are trying and see if that works.

That will tell me if it is the replies or topics part of the code to look into.

Finally, understand you have tried this same string a number of times, so it could be a hidden duplicate in the db. I would check your db tables to see if any of these attempts managed to save in a cell behind the scenes.

JJ has been working on this plugin non-stop, check the change-log, and you will see he never sleeps LOL

I still think it may have something to do with mod-rewrite. I am 100% that is what happened to me, although it could be different for you.

What you really need is some server logs in order to really help track this down. If you have a half decent host, then it should only take them 2 mins to track down any errors.

*It is a good idea to ask your host how to access your own error logs for server, security, and php

[tooltrainer]

Sure thing, happy to let you peek around. I can even give you admin access to a hidden forum for testing purposes, along with some specific content that refuses to post.

Let me try a fresh copy too… I’d kinda rather wait till late late at night since that’s when there’s the least chance of anyone being active on the site.

I’ll PM you more info. Thanks!

Jonathan

[John James Jacoby]

I’ve been tweaking the breadcrumbs, trying to find the sweet spot. There’s starting to be a lot of possible ways to display the forum archives now. With page templates, archives, shortcodes, etc… it’s hard to know what is the actual root and where.

I think I’ve got it dialed in for Beta 3. I spent the majority of last night testing all of the above scenarios.

[John James Jacoby]

@Jonathan – Since you’re actively testing and tweaking things, I feel like it might make more sense for you to continue using the SVN checkout or plugin zip file from Trac. Fixes are going in nightly as reports come in, so some of what you’re experiencing might be already be addressed.

[John James Jacoby]

@tooltrainer – The “quick solutions” are still no reason to modify core files. Trust me when I say, and stress, very heavily, that modifying the core files is only going to cause headaches.

@jamesmarsland – Timeline is probably July or August. Right now you can run them together, and turn off the BuddyPress forums component, and things will work perfectly. Here are a few scenarios:

1. Install bbPress 2.0. Keep both BuddyPress and bbPress 2.0 active. Have two separate, disconnected forums. One using the same old way with group forums, the other specifically for your site. This is how I am currently running http://testbp.org.

2. Ditch BuddyPress Group Forums, and don’t allow new groups to create forums. Use the bundled import tool in bbPress 2.0 to move your existing group forums into bbPress 2.0, and systematically/manually edit each forum down so everything lives where you want it to.

3. Wait until we’re able to update BuddyPress to talk directly to bbPress 2.0, and take control of it like it does now with bbPress 1.0.

Ideally BuddyPress will come with a very generalized “forum” component in the next version, that will act as an API for any forum software to connect to it. There are only a few functions that it needs to use, so it shouldn’t take too long to switch up.

[Fizzwizz]

Hi

I’ve installed bbpress, activated it, and ceated a test forum.

http://www.finditinspain.biz/forums/

However, when I follow the forum link it just gives a blank page.

Any ideas?

Thanks

[DigitalGdn]

This is one basic feature that I wish was included as standard.

Only way currently is to use a plugin, there are three but none look like they’re actively being updated.

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/hidden-forums/

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/zaerl-visibility/

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/private-forums/

Not tested any yet, will be doing so soon. Zaerl is the most recent so that’s the one I’ll try first.

If anyone could feedback any experiences with using these on bbPress beta2 that would be great.

[tooltrainer]

But that’s just it – all I did was run the update from within my WP admin. That’s all. I was running a stock bbP beta 1 install (my customizations are just to the various template pages and a few minor edits to files within mytheme/bbpress). When next I looked, the folder was gone.

Nobody at all was working on the server during this time but me, and nothing else happened in between. I ran the update, saw it completed, walked away, came back after a couple of hours, and the directory was gone.

I suppose I could back it up now and try again just to test it, but I’d really kinda rather not. I can’t come up with any logical explanation of how my entire theme directory could have spontaneously deleted itself right after running the plugin updater.

If I’m the only person this ever happens to, then great… we can write it off as an unexplained mystery. Personally though I’m never updating again without first backing up my theme directory.

Jonathan

[Anointed]

I’m no sysadmin, so understanding what is happening is a bit beyond me right now.

Here’s what I was doing to cause the 403 error:

1. I wanted to test to see what bbpress does with a really long forum post title, so I tried the following:

Let’s create a really crazy long title name to see if the table properly removes any extra text from the title or not

The body of the post says:

Well I hope that title above was long enough, I can’t imagine any forum titles being longer than this one.

When I click submit, I get a 403error below:

[Fri May 27 20:21:10 2011] [error] [client 76.121.8.129] mod_security: Access denied with code 403. Pattern match ":space:+(select|grant|delete|insert|drop|alter|replace|truncate|update|create|rename|describe):space:+[A-Z|a-z|0-9|\\*| |\\,]+:space:+(from|into|table|database|index|view):space:+[A-Z|a-z|0-9|\\*| |\\,]" at POST_PAYLOAD [severity "EMERGENCY"] [hostname "mysite.com"] [uri "/forum/prayer-requests/healing/"] [unique_id "TeA-9kUuJUQAABVAGuk"]

I am unsure of how to interpret the error, and what steps I need to take in order to resolve the problem. Hope this error helps identify something.

[Anointed]

When I click on either subscribe or add to favorites, there is a noticeable delay before the text changes to subscribed or added to favorites.

This has lead me on a number of times to continue to click the button, not realizing that it is simply processing.

Strange part is this is on a dedicated server with basically no load, so I do not know why the delay is happening.

suggestion:

Some type of notification text saying it is being updated or something via popup, don’t really care what, just need something to tell the user that it’s working.

*If there is any way for me to ‘troubleshoot’ the delay, then I am willing to test to see why it is happening.

[kmessinger]

I think this started when I upgraded the beta version this morning. After clicking on a forum I get the correct screen with this message at the bottom,

Fatal error: Call to undefined function bbp_current_user_can_create_topic_in_forum() in /hermes/bosweb26a/b1658/d5.savethec/public_html/stc/wp-content/themes/bbp-atahualpa366/bbpress/form-topic.php on line 17

This does not seem to effect anything.

Here is the link. http://www.savethecolors.com/?forum=test2-2

[Rev. Voodoo]

Hmmm, that’s curious. I’ve re-tested. No plugins, twenty ten theme, regenerated permalinks, and I can’t use the same slug. I get a page not found error when trying to view standard tag…

waitaminute…

Ah, there’s the conflict. Something I should have tested earlier.

If the 2 slugs are the same, and the

“Incude the Forum Base slug in your single forum item links”

Option is unchecked, that’s when I get the clash…..

[John James Jacoby]

Curiously I have testbp.org setup to use the same slug for blog tags and topic tags, and see no issues.

[kai920]

Thanks John. That’s what I had expected the forums to look like by default.

Is the best way to get the ‘latest’ version downloading the zip from here? https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/branches/plugin

[Anointed]

I don’t want to hijack the thread where JJJ and I were talking about the template locations filling up my theme root, so here is a new post.

I was playing around with an idea, and before I go to far with it, I was curious what you think.

You had mentioned that this type of system was expressly forbidden by wp, due to having to search all folders for files before proceeding. That would be a nightmare, but here I am defining the folders up front, so it ‘should’ be just as fast, though I am unsure of how to bench test it.

If we could get a system in place like this, then it would clean up the theme area considerably.

I am using the same logic on a number of client sites and it works perfectly, though they are not using bbpress or buddypress. I simply use it for my own custom post-types.

example:

public function template_include( $template ) {

if ( get_query_var('post_type') == $this->post_type ) {



if ( is_single() ) {

if ( $single = locate_template( array( $this->post_type.'/single.php') ) )

return $single;

}

if ( is_paged() ) {

if ($paged = locate_template( array( $this->post_type.'/archive.php') ) )

return $paged;

}

else { // loop

return locate_template( array(

$this->post_type . '/index.php',

$this->post_type . '.php',

'index.php'

));

}



}

return $template;

}

This would completely change the structure of bbpress template names, but could potentially allow me to store everything inside 3 folders ‘forums/topics/replies’.

I’m sure there would be much more to it than that….

What do you think of this type of approach?

*right now it is quite generic and would effect all custom post_types, which would not be good. Changing to be bbpress specific would prob just be a matter of defining types in the array vs. all

I’m really asking because even though I know I could get this to work, I am quite curious how this would end up effecting buddypress when combined with bbpress.

Would a system like this be a deal breaker?

Good idea or bad?

[Kalman Labovitz]

John,

Question (not advance user so this might not be the smartest question) –

I have a standard wordpress install (just added bbpress) and using a child theme, based on what you wrote above (focusing on option 2), which files and/or folders should I copy into which folder?

bbp-twentyten into themes?

some files into my current child theme?

Another option?

Thanks in advanced and keep up the amazing work.

Kalman

[Fartlek]

Is there a way to apply the Human Test plugin to the bbpress plugin?

Thanks.

[kai920]

Yes, that makes sense thanks

So, how do I make sure the first posts are ‘cached properly’? I ran another test import and on the screen, the feedback the plugin importer gave was:

Added topic #2559 (LG's iPhone - the KS20) as topic #1374 with 1 replies.

Is ‘1 reply’ same as ‘1 post’ (and no replies), or does it mean it had 1 reply to the original post?

edit: this line isn’t returning anything (i.e. $first_post is empty)

$first_post = bb_get_first_post( $topic->topic_id );

edit2: turns out, there IS something wrong with my bb_posts table… the post_position column is all 0! Is there a way to repair this?

[kmessinger]

I did not have the plugin active. All is running fine now. More testing tomorrow. Looks great so far!

[sarahhic]

I am not tech savvy by any means, we had a programmer develop a WP based site about a year ago, we want to incorporate a bbpress blog into this, so I created a new test site so I didn’t botch it (thank god because I DID botch it).

The test site is http://www.hersheyicecream.com/forum

I installed bbpress (www.hersheyicecream.com/forum/bbpress) and went through the integration process because I want it to pull from my WP user listing, unfortunately right after I did this all hell broke loose.

At this point I am not only showing up on the forum I created as Anonymous Unregistered, it also will not allow me to retrieve my password saying no user exists, and I have NO other users. It also will not allow me to log in to my site http://www.hersheyicecream.com/forum, instead it redirects me (not sure how) to my actual site http://www.hersheyicecream.com/dealers…

I have no way to access my “.com/forum” WP site and no way to log in to my “.com/forum/bbpress” forum.

HELP!