[slugs]

Hi bbpress guys,

I would like to create a new forum on each post. Similar to the discussion boards that use to be on imdb.

I guess what im looking for is similar to bbpress-post-topics/

So, if you imagine. I post a movie review about “james bond”. I would like people on that post to be able to create new topics in that forum. This forum would be present on that post/page and only contain only topics relating to that post/page.

[hellojesse]

I can help, you need to use hooks. If post is created, create a forum like post id of movie review. Then call shortcode with dynamic id of ppost form which is same as pos id of review.

If you need code, contact me.

[slugs]

Hi @egyptimhotep,

Yes please, could you provide code?

I wasn’t sure how to contact you on slack? There are a eight people with the handle @Jesse.

Thanks,

Slugs

[hellojesse]

I do not use slack, BTW, I love https://matrix.org/ messenger.

I will do it for you and notify you here in this topic.

I will do simple theme to demonstrate what you need from scratch with this functionality, is it ok for you?

[slugs]

Yes, thank you a simple theme to demonstrate will be fine. I’m not too sure how to use hooks and I get very confused with how to use short codes and php together.

[hellojesse]

Do not worry, I will explain all details.

[hellojesse]

Home Page
https://ibb.co/8Mpg1hg

Dedicated forum for your review
https://ibb.co/JnBwV9T

[hellojesse]

Here is your theme, if you have any question, just ask me.

http://up-4ever.org/d/Ej72

[slugs]

That works great! Thank you so much.

How do I add the post content to the first post of the new topic? I can’t work out how to target the first post with add_action().

How do I append the post post title to the forum id? It looks like this (Forum: 67) it might be better if it was post-title-67 e.g starwars-67

I would like the first forum topic created to be displayed on the post page. I currently achieve this by:

Add new block

[/] shortcode

Add the bbpress shortcode

[bbp-single-topic id=40]

The id is found when edititing the topic in the address bar https://site/wp-admin/post.php?post=40&action=edit

Is there a way of automating this task?

[hellojesse]

How do I append the post post title to the forum id?

Change this <h2>Forum: <?php echo get_the_ID(); ?></h2>
to this: <h2>Forum: <?php echo basename(get_permalink()); ?></h2>

[hellojesse]

How do I add the post content to the first post of the new topic?

Under this action:
add_action('transition_post_status', 'send_new_post', 10, 3);

Replace with updated function:

// Listen for publishing of a new post
function send_new_post($new_status, $old_status, $post) {
  if('publish' === $new_status && 'publish' !== $old_status && $post->post_type === 'post') {
	$my_post = array(
	  'post_title' => $post->ID,
	);
	 
	$forum_id = bbp_insert_forum($my_post);

	$my_topic = array(
		'post_title' => $post->post_title,
		'post_content' => $post->post_content,
		'post_parent' => $forum_id
	);

	bbp_insert_topic($my_topic);
  }
}

[hellojesse]

I would like the first forum topic created to be displayed on the post page.

You need to add another line of code to action function. We need to save topic id to post meta.

whole function.php

// Add the hook action
add_action('transition_post_status', 'send_new_post', 10, 3);

// Listen for publishing of a new post
function send_new_post($new_status, $old_status, $post) {
  if('publish' === $new_status && 'publish' !== $old_status && $post->post_type === 'post') {
	
	$my_post = array(
	  'post_title' => $post->ID,
	);
	 
	$forum_id = bbp_insert_forum($my_post);

	$my_topic = array(
		'post_title' => $post->post_title,
		'post_content' => $post->post_content,
		'post_parent' => $forum_id
	);

	$topic_id = bbp_insert_topic($my_topic);

	update_post_meta( $post->ID, 'forum_first_topic', $topic_id );

  }
}

In single.php we can call your shortcode for showing topic by id because whe have post meta.

Paste this into loop:

$topic_id = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'forum_first_topic', true );
echo do_shortcode(' [bbp-single-topic id='.$topic_id.']');

Whole single php loop:

<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>
	<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>    
	
		<div class="article">
			<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>			
			<?php the_content(); ?>	
			<h2>Forum: <?php echo basename(get_permalink()); ?></h2>
			<?php 
				$post = get_post(get_the_ID());
				$mypost = get_page_by_title(get_the_ID(),OBJECT,'forum');
				$topic_id = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'forum_first_topic', true );
				
				echo do_shortcode(' [bbp-single-topic id='.$topic_id.']');
				echo do_shortcode( '[bbp-single-forum id='.$mypost->ID.']' ); ?>
		</div>

	<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php endif; ?>

[hellojesse]

It should be easy to understand code and should work as you describe above.

Do not hesitate to contact me.

Here are my screenshots:

Home Page:
https://ibb.co/8m1225X

Single Page:
https://ibb.co/KhCDFtx

[slugs]

Wow, amazing it does everything I want. Can’t thank you enough.

[hellojesse]

You welcome. Anytime.

Would you come to visit my website when is ready, maybe next year? Dedicated to help wp users.

[slugs]

Yes, that sounds like a great site idea. I think the web is about 30% wordpress?

[hellojesse]

Dear @slugs,

I am WordPress evangelist, and we want to cover as much as possible about WP.

Main features I want to have:

1. Activity page, like on facebook
2. Chat
3. Messenger for users, want push-ups
4. Project Manager to manage any WP project.

I will contact you if the site is ready.

Thank you very much.

[raja123a]

@egyptimhotep
Forum title remains numeric

Below is the code in single.php

<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>
	<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>    
	
		<div class="article">
			<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>			
			<?php the_content(); ?>	
			<h2>Forum: <?php echo basename(get_permalink()); ?></h2>
			<?php 
			$post = get_post(get_the_ID());
			$mypost = get_page_by_title(get_the_ID(),OBJECT,'forum');
			echo do_shortcode( '[bbp-single-forum id='.$mypost->ID.']' ); ?>
		</div>

	<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php endif; ?>

It would be great if you could help me find, where i made a mistake 🙂