Hello all,
For some reason, the posting form is not visible on internet explorer.
I am using the current version of wordpress and bbpress
http://www.iron-bru.co.uk
You will need a log on to test this (user is [redacted] and password [redacted])
It could be a theme or plugin issue
Plugins
Deactivate all but bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.
Themes
If plugins don’t pinpoint the problem, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentyfifteen, and see if this fixes.
Then come back
The Fav/Sub issues are resolved, except for the Buddypress Groups with forum. In the meantime I migrated to the production server: http://www.starry-night.nl/latest-topics/ so far so good.
@johnjamesjacoby
Well, i’ve got RC1 running is my test environment. I only have some small and minor issues to iron out.
I noticed that the Favourite/Subscribe separator doesn’t show (and both words are not seperated at all) until one of the 2 options is clicked.
when one of the 2 is clicked, both buttons are shown correctly
A somewhat more important issue:
the link to the forum in the topic(s) views:
Furthermore (and reported with the last beta), the favorite/subscribe options won’t work at all in a group (buddy press) topic.
However, the release seems solid 🙂
For “latest posts” and other reusable listings of topics by forum or even by search (photo in first post of this thread) I need or will build a topic end point with these items:
- Topic title
- Topic author name and hashtag
- Topic date
- Reply count
- Forum name
Currently both API’s I’m using pull in all the topic content and a bunch of other stuff which slows down the query. I only want to pull the topic content when I’m showing it in the topic view.
For the forum name, author name/hash, and reply count I currently have to hit the api with 2nd, 3rd, and 4th http requests to the user endpoint, forum endpoint, and reply endpoint to get the data based on the id number. So that’s like 4x the api calls. It’s not snappy when I’m showing say the last 10 topics.
I may end up making my own custom api specifically for each call I need. For instance, I’m calling the forum API on latest posts each time it iterates through, so that means 10 http calls. I think if I could build that into the response I could cut those queries by 90%!
My current bbPress deployment is on the bbPress showcase here: https://bbpress.org/about/examples/ Ute Hub, the 2nd on the favorites list. My users have asked many times for a mobile version of the site. I’ve done two mobile apps, one an implementation of a straight WordPress blog. My current project is to build a bbPress app for iOS and Android. I’ve put a lot of work into it already and it’s shaping up nicely. I’m using two API’s discussed here: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/is-there-an-api-for-bbpress/ for my data, and have modified one to my needs.
I currently have a working app which reads the 10 latest posts straight from the site (pictured below). Tapping on the item loads the full topic.
Next on the list is to get comments on posts, list of forums. Then perhaps release a read-only version for my users. Then I will work on authentication and allowing users to login and post from their mobile devices.
suspect your membership software is the issue
It could be a theme or plugin issue
Plugins
Deactivate all but bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.
Themes
If plugins don’t pinpoint the problem, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentyfifteen, and see if this fixes.
Then come back
@tkserver, @casiepa glad to read you’re keeping up with the good work.
I’m a bit swamped in these days, wrapping up my experience overseas and having to move back to the old continent next week.
I’ll have a better look at the latest additions in Pascal’s repo and its fork by @tkserver.
I’m looking forward to see how that all evolves and I’ll be more than happy to contribute, as soon as I’ll have some time.
I’d just love to find some space to discuss about the design aspects of the API too, before diving too much into writing code and risk to bump into limitations late in the process.
I keep reading you with great interest.
Cheers,
s t e
I am looking for a shortcode or code (so I can make my own shortcode) to add the latest x topics from a specific forum. Like the recent topic widgets does. But in this case I can’t use the widget – so I am looking for a code to get the output of that widget somewhere in the text. I hope that is possible. I looked at the shortcodes on the website, but none of them is useful in my case.
It needs to say show x recent topics of forum with ID=… and then only give the titles with link
Forum Size out of whack. How do I make forum list and forums themselves width of page? Latest wordpress, php7.0.19, twenty sixteen theme.
I’ve started coding an angular/mobile bbPress app. I’ve already got a “latest topics” feed working in the app via the API by @mapofemergence and it works great. I just ran into the first hurdle, which is that WP’s API does not allow access to user info. A custom API to get the user’s name and avatar etc would be needed.
@casiepa I will check yours out as well.
I’ve already got the “latest posts” feed working with post titles and dates. One catch is that I can’t get the author’s name because the WP API won’t allow it, presumably to prevent name harvesting. So I may have to make a custom API for that.
I’m starting development of my bbPress mobile app. I have noticed that buddyPress has an RSS feed for latest member activity, which also has bbPress posts. One could utilize that, but it is very limited and shows multiple duplicates of the same post if a user edits.
Hello @robin-w,
I’m not using a default bbPress function to hide the topics. I’m using a custom plugin to handle the hiding of topics so members who are participants have a choice if they want the topic to be public to all members or private to moderators and keymasters. As you can see with the code above, that excludes the custom private topics from search results. Now what I need to do is update the pagination counts.
For example, there’s a topic named “Testing” and another topic named “test123”. Pagination will show 2 topics. If “testing” is now marked private, pagination will show 2 topics. I need to figure out a way to update the pagination so it only shows 1 topic since that’s all is showing to participants. However if a moderator comes along with the required permission to view a private topic, the pagination should still show 2 topics since the moderator has permission to see the private topic.
I hope this helps explain my goal.
Thanks.
I’ve got 7 forums all named the same due to an issue mentioned in another post.
How do I remove all bbPress files from the mySQL database before installing bbPress again once it’s ready for PHP7.1?
Is there a plugin which will do this?
I’m running latest WordPress with php 7.0.19 and mySQL 5.6.35.
Same problem on my page also using PHP 7.1 latest version of bbPress and SSL with valid certificate and also use forced SSL over cloudflare hope there will be a fix soon.
EDIT: Downgrading to PHP 7.0 will solve the problem for now, but anyway I hope PHP 7.1 support will be there soon.
Ok, I understand – that is called ‘breadcrumbs’
I think your theme might be hiding them.
as a test try a default theme such as twentyten and see if they are there
The come back
But tree i mean the “Index Site -> Forum -> Test” in the top of the forum
Same problem.
Site is running certified SSL and have had no issues with other plugins or wordpress itself.
Running PHP 7.1, latest version of bbPress
Problem exists in Firefox and Opera. Don’t use IE or Chrome.
Site is closed to public while in developement. Doesn’t seem to stop people accessing forum.
When clicking on Forums in Dashboard the url result is
https://mysimpleknitting.com/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=forum
Message on page is:
The mysimpleknitting.com page isn’t working
mysimpleknitting.com.com is currently unable to handle this request.
When I attempt to access forums from url directly:
When I type in https://mysimpleknitting.com/forums/
The result is the same error.
Clicking on Forums in the Settngs brings up the proper bbPress page.
This is fixed for the upcoming bbPress 2, you can download bbPress 2.6 beta 2 and help us test it, bbPress 2.6 will be released really soon so it’s stable and we’re using it right here on bbpress.org and wordpres.org/support now 🙂
Download
It could be a theme or plugin issue
Plugins
Deactivate all but bbpress and see if this fixes. if it does, re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the error.
Themes
If plugins don’t pinpoint the problem, as a test switch to a default theme such as twentyfifteen, and see if this fixes.
Then come back
Hi,
I install bbPress 2.5 and i didnt have the “tree” in the forum when i navigate.
A friend of me have test with wamp and do the same installation like me and have the tree link when he navigate into his forum.
Link : http://www.universxbox.fr/forums/
Sorry for my bad english i’m french.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Sulli.
I use anonymous posting for all visitors. Only the admins and moderators need to log in. As far as bbPress is concerned, an anonymous user is identified solely by a “name” and an email address. Once that combination is used, any time they visit again, they will be identified. If they change it to anything else, they are not recognized. It actually works quite well. However I have found that users who do a lot of social media get so confused about this and try to log in all the time, locking them out of the site after so many tries. I finally had to put up a pop up on the forum page that reminds them that they may post anonymously, only a name and email is required in the Create New Topic or Make New Reply.
However, this won’t work for a hidden forum that is accessible to only logged in users. I have several forums besides the public anonymous forum and those forums are for logged in users only. One is for the moderators and another is for users who have special needs for privacy and I make them a username and and password, which I email them.
You can set this under Settings>Forum. Look for this line and check it to set your forum to allow anonymous posting:
Anonymous posting: Allow guest users without accounts to create topics and replies
Make sure you have Akismet plugin installed and activated. I also run WordFence for extra coverage. Between the two, I never have any problems with anon posting. I’ve been using this like this for 7 years.
If you want your normally logged in users to be able to post anonymously to a public forum, you could have them use a different name and email combination, making sure the anonymous posting setting is set under Forum Settings. I have myself set as keymaster with one combination and I use another name and email so I can post anonymously for testing purposes.
my best
matoca
Hey there, I am relatively new to bbpress – what I am trying to achieve is that people can tag each other in forum topics and replys. I can @mention someone alright but its not showing me the list of users from a dropdown when I enter “@”. This may be a bit unspecific, but I am using the latest WP, BBPress and BuddyPress. Theme is GeneratePress. Its not working either in TinyMCE nor Texteditor.
