[Robin W]

not really bbpress related – This is server/theme/other plugins issue.

My test site which is full of stuff takes 1-2 seconds for a post, it is on a shared server, so depends on what else is happening on that server with other websites.

I would ask that why your forum is so dependant on the need for lightening speed of posting, is the content really that boring ? Few users worry about posting speed, as longs as the site displays posted stuff in good speed:-)

[Robin W]

not really bbpress related – This is server/theme/other plugins issue.

My test site which is full of stuff takes 1-2 seconds for a post, it is on a shared server, so depends on what else is happening on that server with other websites.

I would ask that why your forum is so dependant on the need for lightening speed of posting, is the content really that boring ? Few users worry about posting speed, as longs as the site displays posted stuff in good speed:-)

[Robin W]

It could be a theme or plugin issue

Themes

As a test switch to a default theme such as twentyfifteen, and see if this fixes.

Plugins

If that doesn’t work, also deactivate all plugins apart from bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

Then come back

[w3215]

Hi. On the issue of whether bbpress registration goes through WordPress registration–it appears that it does.

I put the bbpress registration page on my test site, and tried to create a new user. It took me to a WordPress page that said email not recognized. I believe what was happening was that in order to register for bbpress, I had to be a wordpress user, and I was taken to the wordpress page when wordpress could not find the email address.

So, based on this, indeed it does seem like in order to use bbpress users have to have WordPress accounts. This is what I do not want. Users should never be taken to a wordpress page to check if they are wordpress users.

Rather, users should be able to register directly on the site without having to have wordpress accounts.

Does anyone have a good way around this?

I am assuming the only way is through a front end registration plugin like Ultimate Member, but I would be happy if there was another way.

[w3215]

Thank you for your reply.

Here is the issue: I am considering using bbpress as an important part of a site that anyone can use. Imagine it like stackoverflow, discussion sites run by discourse, or practically any web app–users register directly on the site without need to have an underlying account somewhere else. It seems to me that if someone wanted to build a site like these–entirely separate from a wordpress blog– bbpress would be a good place to start. (Please let me know if you disagree.)

So I will require a way for anyone who wants to use my site–wordpress user or not–to register and use the site. One of the great things about bbpress is that out of the box it covers so much and it has been around long enough to be thoroughly tested; so I had hoped I could just use bbpress’s registration, without having to configure a separate registration process.

In particular, I like how bbpress generates a user profile page that summarizes a user’s activity in a simple way.

Is there a way to allow non-wordpress users to register, while still utilizing bbpress’s tools like its user profile page? Maybe a bbpress plugin?

I know there are general wordpress plugins that allow registration on the front end by non-wordpress users, like Ultimate Member. I am not familiar with how those could work with bbpress.

Thanks!

[richflickinger]

Hi All,

I’m having 2 issues with the same page.

1. When I click a topic to read it, the page title shows up as “topics” instead of the title of the topic. I have figured out how to get the topic title there but can’t figure out how to get rid of topics. I only want it gone for all the single topic pages and not every page.

2. I can’t figure out how to center that same sigle topic page.

Here’s a link to the forum with a test topic in it.

General Questions

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Rich

[w3215]

Hi. I recently installed BBPress and was surprised the latest version for installation was 2.5.14. I also get a notice that the plugin “has not been tested with your current version of WordPress.”

Is BBPress being maintained? What is the expected timing for 2.6?

Performance/speed is important to me, and last I looked into it 2.6 was supposed to be a big improvement.

[Pleiades]

Thanks, Robin W.
It’s a site I inherited with 100+ plugins. I’m trying to unravel the necessary from the superfluous but too many things keep breaking.

I’m trying to put traps in the code to see where conflicts are occurring. It seems like bbp_has_forums calls methods that call methods that call methods…

I would appreciate if someone could help shortcircuit this process and point me to the place where the actual test is happening.

Please forgive my snarky comment earlier. This site has been a cluster and I’ve been frustrated by a long list of plugins with no doc and no response to developers.

[Robin W]

totally untested but try

function rew_status_transitions( $post ) {
	if ( $post->post_type == 'reply') {
		$topic = bbp_get_reply_topic_id ($post->ID) ;
		//update the post meta
		update_post_meta ($topic, '_bbp_last_active_time' , $post->post_date) ;
	}
	 
}
add_action(  'future_to_publish',  'rew_status_transitions', 10, 1 );

[wpturk]

In the latest version 2.6 RC7, If a post goes to status=pending the author directly gets 404 page.

example.com/forum/?post_type=topic&p=xxxxx is directed to 404 page.

I use moderation tools plugin and when a user submits a topic, the user sees directly a 404 page due to the problem above.

This is not related to other plugins or theme.
My test environment is version: 2.6 RC5 and there it’s working fine. Authors can see their pending posts.

Ticket #3252

Let me know, if you know quick fix?

[w3215]

Hi. What is the expected timing for 2.6?

I recently installed BBPress and was surprised the latest version for installation was 2.5.14. I also get a notice that the plugin “has not been tested with your current version of WordPress.”

Performance/speed is important to me, and last I looked into it 2.6 was supposed to be a big improvement.

[Robin W]

it really needs to also update the forum latest activity – I’ll try and look at that as well

[neon67]

Thank very much for your concern.
I’ll report the results as soon as I test it.

[Robin W]

I can only suggest as a test remove the notification plugin and see if this is making the difference

[PDidee]

I was wondering if it’s possible to set up master forums with bbPress. We have a client that has a courses site and would like to setup forums for each course. So this page for example: http://mbmembers.staging.wpengine.com/community-forum/ would be one of multiple “master” forums.

Other items they are looking to implement that may or may not be available through this plugin include:

• different master forums for different courses on site as mentioned above
• each master forum has sub-forums, then threads
• on threads, responses to topic or other responses get nested (saw this as an option and have it enabled but I’m not seeing the replies indented at the moment on the test link above)
• option for people to receive an email per forum post, or a daily digest per that sub-forum
• ability to turn email for each sub-forum on/off – or switch to daily digest vs. individual posts
• exception is Announcements sub-forum – everyone should be automatically subscribed to individual messages email, can change to daily digest, but users CANNOT turn off emails for this sub-forum
• note: it may be wise to have a spot on the My Account page (a tab?) where users can edit their email preferences for all the forums at once
• only admins can start new threads in Announcements sub-forum; other forums anyone can start a new thread
• we are creating a participant directory — the front-end needs to have links to for users to view a participant’s forum posts, or the forum threads they’ve started (currently, these are two separate links)

Any help or info you can provide would be super appreciated.

[hthornhillhww]

Hi,

I have created a custom notification for my site when a post is published, the code used to do this is :-

// this is to add a fake component to BuddyPress. A registered component is needed to add notifications
function custom_filter_notifications_get_registered_components( $component_names = array() ) {
    // Force $component_names to be an array
    if ( ! is_array( $component_names ) ) {
        $component_names = array();
    }
    // Add 'custom' component to registered components array
    array_push( $component_names, 'publishpost' );
    // Return component's with 'custom' appended
    return $component_names;
}
add_filter( 'bp_notifications_get_registered_components', 'custom_filter_notifications_get_registered_components' );

// this hooks to post creation and saves the post id
function bp_custom_add_notification( $post_id, $post ) {
        $post = get_post( $post_id );
        $author_id = $post->post_author;
		
		$blogusers = get_users( array( 'role' => 'staff' ) );
		// Array of WP_User objects.
		foreach ( $blogusers as $user ) {
			bp_notifications_add_notification( array(
            'user_id'           => $user->id,
            'item_id'           => $post_id,
            'component_name'    => 'publishpost',
            'component_action'  => 'publishpost_action',
            'date_notified'     => bp_core_current_time(),
            'is_new'            => 1,
        ) );   
		}        
}
add_action( 'publish_post', 'bp_custom_add_notification', 99, 2 );

/**
 * Format the BuddyBar/Toolbar notifications
 *
 * @since bbPress (r5155)
 *
 * @package bbPress
 *
 * @param string $action The kind of notification being rendered
 * @param int $item_id The primary item id
 * @param int $secondary_item_id The secondary item id
 * @param int $total_items The total number of messaging-related notifications waiting for the user
 * @param string $format 'string' for BuddyBar-compatible notifications; 'array' for WP Toolbar
 */
function custom_format_buddypress_notifications( $action, $item_id, $secondary_item_id, $total_items, $format = 'string' ) 
{
// New custom notifications
    if ( 'publishpost_action' === $action ) {

        $post = get_post( $item_id );
		$author_name = get_the_author_meta('display_name', $post->post_author);
        $custom_title = bp_core_get_user_displayname( $post->post_author ) . ' published a new post "' . get_the_title( $item_id ) . '"';
        $custom_link  = get_permalink( $post );
        $custom_text = bp_core_get_user_displayname( $post->post_author ) . ' published a new post "' . get_the_title( $item_id ) . '"';
        // WordPress Toolbar
        if ( 'string' === $format ) {
            $return = apply_filters( 'publishpost_filter', '<a href="' . esc_url( $custom_link ) . '" title="' . esc_attr( $custom_title ) . '">' . esc_html( $custom_text ) . '</a>', $custom_text, $custom_link );
        // Deprecated BuddyBar
        } else {
            $return = apply_filters( 'publishpost_filter', array(
                'text' => $custom_text,
                'link' => $custom_link
            ), $custom_link, (int) $total_items, $custom_text, $custom_title );
        }

        return $return;

    } 
	
	if ( 'bbp_new_reply' === $action ) {
		$topic_id    = bbp_get_reply_topic_id( $item_id );
		$topic_title = bbp_get_topic_title( $topic_id );
		$topic_link  = wp_nonce_url( add_query_arg( array( 'action' => 'bbp_mark_read', 'topic_id' => $topic_id ), bbp_get_reply_url( $item_id ) ), 'bbp_mark_topic_' . $topic_id );
		$title_attr  = __( 'Topic Replies', 'bbpress' );

		if ( (int) $total_items > 1 ) {
			$text   = sprintf( __( 'You have %d new replies', 'bbpress' ), (int) $total_items );
			$filter = 'bbp_multiple_new_subscription_notification';
		} else {
			if ( !empty( $secondary_item_id ) ) {
				$text = sprintf( __( 'You have %d new reply to %2$s from %3$s', 'bbpress' ), (int) $total_items, $topic_title, bp_core_get_user_displayname( $secondary_item_id ) );
			} else {
				$text = sprintf( __( 'You have %d new reply to %s',             'bbpress' ), (int) $total_items, $topic_title );
			}
			$filter = 'bbp_single_new_subscription_notification';
		}

		// WordPress Toolbar
		if ( 'string' === $format ) {
			$return = apply_filters( $filter, '<a href="' . esc_url( $topic_link ) . '" title="' . esc_attr( $title_attr ) . '">' . esc_html( $text ) . '</a>', (int) $total_items, $text, $topic_link );

		// Deprecated BuddyBar
		} else {
			$return = apply_filters( $filter, array(
				'text' => $text,
				'link' => $topic_link
			), $topic_link, (int) $total_items, $text, $topic_title );
		}

		do_action( 'bbp_format_buddypress_notifications', $action, $item_id, $secondary_item_id, $total_items );

		return $return;
	}
}
add_filter( 'bp_notifications_get_notifications_for_user', 'custom_format_buddypress_notifications', 1, 5 );

How can i create the same for a new bbpress topic? i’m thinking i need to change this code section but not sure how

// this hooks to post creation and saves the post id
function bp_custom_add_notification( $post_id, $post ) {
        $post = get_post( $post_id );
        $author_id = $post->post_author;
		
		$blogusers = get_users( array( 'role' => 'staff' ) );
		// Array of WP_User objects.
		foreach ( $blogusers as $user ) {
			bp_notifications_add_notification( array(
            'user_id'           => $user->id,
            'item_id'           => $post_id,
            'component_name'    => 'publishpost',
            'component_action'  => 'publishpost_action',
            'date_notified'     => bp_core_current_time(),
            'is_new'            => 1,
        ) );   
		}        
}
add_action( 'publish_post', 'bp_custom_add_notification', 99, 2 );

I am using woffice as the theme, bbpress version 2.5.14, buddypress version 4.1.0 and the latest version of wordpress

Thanks

[neon67]

I use the post publication schedule.
All new posts are displayed through the tracker “latest topics” at my main page.
Ок, the schedule publication, for example, at 14 00, appears at 14 00 in the tracker . But it does not appear at the top, the time-stamp will be lower. For example, at 8: 00, displaying the real creation time for the schedule.

Is’s solvable?
May be there are special plugins or life hacks?

Please advise – how to solve this problem.

[hthornhillhww]

Hi,

I have created a custom notification for my site when a post is published, if i have buddypress activated alone i see the notification text but as soon as i activate bbpress i can no longer see the notification description. In order to work out this was happening when bbpress was activated i created a whole new blank install of wpress and only installed the two plugins and when i deactivated bbpress it showed the text.

this is how the notification shows when bbpress is activated
https://www.dropbox.com/s/uepps9cjcd8xan5/With%20BbPress%20no%20text.PNG?dl=0

this is how the notification shows when bbpress is NOT activated
https://www.dropbox.com/s/03wch6bc27nsked/Without%20BbPress%20showing%20text.PNG?dl=0

I am using Twenty seventeen as the theme, bbpress version 2.5.14, buddypress version 4.1.0 and the latest version of wordpress

The code i have used to generate the notification is below, and this is located in \wp-content\plugins\bp-custom.php

<?php
// this is to add a fake component to BuddyPress. A registered component is needed to add notifications
function custom_filter_notifications_get_registered_components( $component_names = array() ) {
    // Force $component_names to be an array
    if ( ! is_array( $component_names ) ) {
        $component_names = array();
    }
    // Add 'custom' component to registered components array
    array_push( $component_names, 'publishpost' );
    // Return component's with 'custom' appended
    return $component_names;
}
add_filter( 'bp_notifications_get_registered_components', 'custom_filter_notifications_get_registered_components' );

// this hooks to post creation and saves the post id
function bp_custom_add_notification( $post_id, $post ) {
        $post = get_post( $post_id );
        $author_id = $post->post_author;
        bp_notifications_add_notification( array(
            'user_id'           => $author_id,
            'item_id'           => $post_id,
            'component_name'    => 'publishpost',
            'component_action'  => 'publishpost_action',
            'date_notified'     => bp_core_current_time(),
            'is_new'            => 1,
        ) );   
}
add_action( 'publish_post', 'bp_custom_add_notification', 99, 2 );

function custom_format_buddypress_notifications( $action, $item_id, $secondary_item_id, $total_items, $format = 'string' ) 
{
// New custom notifications
    if ( 'publishpost_action' === $action ) {

        $post = get_post( $item_id );

        $custom_title = $post->post_author . ' published a new post ' . get_the_title( $item_id );
        $custom_link  = get_permalink( $post );
        $custom_text = $post->post_author . ' published a new post ' . get_the_title( $item_id );
        // WordPress Toolbar
        if ( 'string' === $format ) {
            $return = apply_filters( 'publishpost_filter', '<a href="' . esc_url( $custom_link ) . '" title="' . esc_attr( $custom_title ) . '">' . esc_html( $custom_text ) . '</a>', $custom_text, $custom_link );
        // Deprecated BuddyBar
        } else {
            $return = apply_filters( 'publishpost_filter', array(
                'text' => $custom_text,
                'link' => $custom_link
            ), $custom_link, (int) $total_items, $custom_text, $custom_title );
        }

        return $return;

    }
}
add_filter( 'bp_notifications_get_notifications_for_user', 'custom_format_buddypress_notifications', 10, 5 );

I need to get it so that when bbpress is activated i can see the custom notification description as we use bbpress for our forums

[Robin W]

ok, not something I’ve seen, as can only suggest that you do the basic fault finding process ie

It could be a theme or plugin issue

Themes

As a test switch to a default theme such as twentyfifteen, and see if this fixes.

Plugins

If that doesn’t work, also deactivate all plugins apart from bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

Then come back

[Antipole]

I find that in email notifications, the hyphen/dash is being escaped into the character string &#8211 (em-dash) when it occurs in topic titles, forum titles and user display names. I have not tested forum names.

For a topic with the title as on the following line:
Hyphen – endash – emdash — nonbr hyphen ‑ figure dash ‒
all these characters survive except for the first hyphen/minus sign. If this same sequence is included in the body of a topic, it is delivered OK, so this is NOT a WP server or email issue. This does not occur in notifications for a WP post, so I believe it is a bbPress issue.

I have tested this under WP v5.0.3 and with bbPress v2.5.14 the only active plugin and with the theme Twenty Nineteen.

[Robin W]

I suspect it is a conflict.

It could be a theme or plugin issue

Themes

As a test switch to a default theme such as twentyfifteen, and see if this fixes.

Plugins

If that doesn’t work, also deactivate all plugins apart from bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

Then come back

[Robin W]

buddypress and bbpress just use the wordpress logon.

It could be a theme or plugin issue

Themes

As a test switch to a default theme such as twentyfifteen, and see if this fixes.

Plugins

If that doesn’t work, also deactivate all plugins apart from bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

Then come back

[ak08820]

Actually, it seems to work in another theme I am testing (zerif) but not in Twenty Seventeen at the URL provided.

[Robin W]

It could be a theme or plugin issue

Themes

As a test switch to a default theme such as twentyfifteen, and see if this fixes.

Plugins

If that doesn’t work, also deactivate all plugins apart from bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.

Then come back

[Radzio125]

Hi, I want to display 3 latest topics with new replies for each forum category. In loop-single-forum.php file I created this:

$count = bbp_get_forum_topic_count();
$user = bbp_get_topic_author_id( bbp_get_forum_last_topic_id() );
if ( $count != 0 ) {
	echo '<a href="'. bbp_get_forum_last_topic_permalink().'"></a>'; // Link to the topic
	echo'<a href="'. bbp_get_user_profile_url( $user ) .'"><img class="avatar" src="'. bp_core_fetch_avatar ( array( 'item_id' => $user, 'type' => 'full', 'html' => false ) ).'" /></a>'; // Link to the topic author profile with author's avatar
	echo '<div class="title">'. bbp_get_forum_last_topic_title().'</div>'; // Title of the topic with last activity
	echo '<div class="activity">Last activity '. bbp_get_forum_last_active_time().'</div>'; // Time of the topic last activity
} else {
	echo 'No topics'; // Information if there is no topics
}

How to display two more topics (if they exist)?