Arf! Arf!(Howdy! Howdy!),

I just move my content to a Bootstrap based WordPress Theme (Customizr) that so far I like alot. I’ve never used bbPress before, and don’t quite understand it’s integration with the usage of Pages. Particularly Full Width vs Sidebar usage.

Here’s a link to my site: Toolbox-4-Websites

I installed the bbPress Plugin into my WordPress 3.6 beta 3 installation.
I then created a new page titled “Forums” with a right sidebar.
I drag & dropped that page into my Primary Navigation Menu.
I created two Forum categories and dropped them beneath my “Forums” menu page.
I dragged all of the bbPress Widgets into my Theme’s right sidebar.

Here’s the problem:

When I click on a Forum category, it opens up in a Full Page format missing the sidebar.
The viewers never get to see the 7 widgets.
I also notice that when I’m in the Admin panel, I’m given the option to edit the Forum, but NOT THE PAGE itself. Is this a bbPress issue, OR an issue with my theme?

The Customizr Theme is intentionally designed to NOT allow the first Primary Menu Title to open as a page…only what’s beneath each title. Could the developer’s choice of that option be hindering my ability to edit each page beneath the main menu titles?
(I thought I would contact bbPress first, before I contacted the theme’s Developer).

[@robin-w Moderator 11 years, 6 months ago]

In your widgets toolbar you should see a “bbpress sidebar” – drop your items theer and they’ll appear in the sidebar on forum pages.

[@shapeshifter-3 Participant 11 years, 6 months ago]

Robin W,

I don’t have a “bbPress Sidebar” Widget. I guess that means it’s a Theme issue, huh?

[@robin-w Moderator 11 years, 6 months ago]

Yes, that’s probably the next step – swapping your theme to one of the defaults eg twentytwelve and see if it comes up. If so then it’s a theme issue, suspect your theme is unloading sidebars at the wrong time – this should be correctable, but you need to prove it’s the issue first !

[@shapeshifter-3 Participant 11 years, 6 months ago]

Robin W,

I does work in Twenty Twelve. I’ll notify the Theme Developer.

Thanks

[@jesusismygrace Participant 11 years, 2 months ago]

Is there any way yo have it as a page or on the top menu?

[@shapeshifter-3 Participant 11 years, 2 months ago]

Jesusismygrace,

I am NOT a programmer, just an avid WordPress user. The last theme that I used was the popular Customizr that is still based upon Bootstrap 2. I couldn’t get bbPress to work with it properly.

I switched to Ward Pro https://themes.bavotasan.com/2013/ward-pro/ because it is based upon Bootstrap 3, and thought I would have better luck. Not necessarily so.

I am still thinking (but not sure) that bbPress has to be displayed as Pages in a WordPress theme. If that is done, then some themes will allow the user to add sidebars to display sign-in features for visitors. What I don’t get is that bbPress opens a window for each forum, but the WordPress Admin window doesn’t show it as a Page that can be edited ?!

I don’t quite get it, but I’m not a programmer…just a user.

[@robin-w Moderator 11 years, 2 months ago]

ok try the following

Create a page called “forums”

Put some welcome text at the top eg “hello welcome to my forum”
Then put the following:
[bbp-forum-index]

If you’re using custom menus – add the page to your menus

Then go to dashboard>plugins>add new and load in BBpress WP Tweaks

Then go to dashboard>appearance>widgets and you’ll see a bbpress sidebar

Load in items such as

bbpress login widget
bbpress forums list
bbppress topics list

Then view the site

You should have a forums page something like

http://www.gospbc.co.uk/forums/

with a forum specific sidebar

with normal sidebars appearing on other pages

Welcome

If you need help in adding any of the other items in my forum sidebar, just let me know

[@shapeshifter-3 Participant 11 years, 2 months ago]

Robin W,

I’ve been tied up today, and didn’t get around to this until about 20 minutes ago.
Here’s what I’ve got so far:

http://toolbox-4-websites.com/forums/
http://toolbox-4-websites.com/forums/forum/like-or-not-like/
http://toolbox-4-websites.com/forums/forum/responsive-web-design/

All of my widgets appear at the bottom of the page (left justified), AND
my meta widgets for registration signup appear on other pages.

I’ll work on that tomorrow.

[@shapeshifter-3 Participant 11 years, 2 months ago]

Robin W,

Thank you for your help! PROPER USAGE of the theme’S Customiser is the solution:

The original GLOBAL LAYOUT of my current Bootstrap theme was set to FULL WIDTH. What I had tried to do was individually reset my forum pages to include a right sidebar.

Didn’t work…

When I reset my GLOBAL LAYOUT to RIGHT SIDEBAR, the bbPress forum pages then displayed properly, but the rest of my Pages & Posts looked like crap. I’m in the process of INDIVIDUALLY resetting the layout of my Pages & Posts to FULL WIDTH.

bbPress was never the problem. My choice of theme layout was. I guess that the current solution for enabling bbPress in Bootstrap Themes is to start your site with a GLOBAL LAYOUT that includes a SIDEBAR.

[@atunio Participant 11 years, 2 months ago]

i have install bbpress plugin and activate, create two forums and create a page title forum and place [bbp-forum-index], the page of forum display all forums and number of topics and reply etc, but the problem is that when i click any forum there is error you can check my website here http://www.hookemreport.com/forum-2/
the error link is http://www.hookemreport.com/forums/forum/discussions/

i am looking for solution some one can help me

[@robin-w Moderator 11 years, 2 months ago]

Shapeshifter – Glad you are now working

Atuno – your site is infected with malware, suggest you clean it first, then if the problem persists post a new topic on this site

Virus report

http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/results/www.hookemreport.com/

Resources you should work through

You really need to go through all of these to fully clean up the site and make sure any “backdoors” have been closed:
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/268083#post-1065779

How To Completely Clean Your Hacked WordPress Installation

http://ottopress.com/2009/hacked-wordpress-backdoors/
Additional Resources:
http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/scanner/
http://www.unmaskparasites.com/
http://blog.sucuri.net/2012/03/wordpress-understanding-its-true-vulnerability.html