Hello all,

Thanks in advance for all your coding guys.

As writeen in the topic, I would like to be able to have a forum where only moderators can create new topics, and other users can only reply to these.

there’s a plugin over there to make this? or I can modify functions.php of my child-theme to have this that works?

Thanks for your Attention and for your work guys.

Have a Nice day!

[@robin-w Moderator 10 years, 6 months ago]

see

Custom Capabilities

[@redwolf83 Participant 10 years, 6 months ago]

Thanks, that is very helpful, but it change roles globally. I need it for a specific forum.

• is possible call these actions to an existing role?
• and is possible call them only for a specific forum

I tried this but seems not work…. :/

// BBPRESS ROLES CONFIG FOR SPECIFIC FORUM

if ( bbp_forum_title(); == "My Forum Title" ) {

	function add_role_caps_filter( $caps, $role )
	{
    	/* Only filter for roles we are interested in! */
    	if( $role == 'participant' )
        	$caps = custom_capabilities( $role );
 
	    return $caps;
	}
 
	add_filter( 'bbp_get_caps_for_role', 'add_role_caps_filter', 10, 2 );
 
	function custom_capabilities( $role )
	{
    	switch ( $role )
    	{
 
        	/* Capabilities for 'tutor' role */
        	case 'participant':
           	 return array(
                	// Primary caps
               		'spectate'              => true,
                	'participate'           => true,
                	'moderate'              => false,
                	'throttle'              => false,
                	'view_trash'            => false,
 
                	// Forum caps
                	'publish_forums'        => false,
                	'edit_forums'           => false,
                	'edit_others_forums'    => false,
                	'delete_forums'         => false,
                	'delete_others_forums'  => false,
                	'read_private_forums'   => false,
                	'read_hidden_forums'    => false,
 
                	// Topic caps
                	'publish_topics'        => false,
                	'edit_topics'           => false,
                	'edit_others_topics'    => false,
                	'delete_topics'         => false,
                	'delete_others_topics'  => false,
                	'read_private_topics'   => false,
 
	                // Reply caps
	                'publish_replies'       => true,
                	'edit_replies'          => true,
                	'edit_others_replies'   => false,
                	'delete_replies'        => true,
                	'delete_others_replies' => false,
                	'read_private_replies'  => false,
 
                	// Topic tag caps
                	'manage_topic_tags'     => false,
                	'edit_topic_tags'       => false,
                	'delete_topic_tags'     => false,
                	'assign_topic_tags'     => false,
           	 );
 
            	break;
 
        	default :
           	return $role;
    		}
	}
}

[@robin-w Moderator 10 years, 6 months ago]

sorry capabilities are forum wide, and lots of code would be needed to make them forum specific.

I can’t immediately think of an alternate solution

[@redwolf83 Participant 10 years, 6 months ago]

Ok, Thanks. I have already thought an alternate solution. If forum == “forum” → If user_role == participant → sweep away the topic composer from the forum. I’ve hide the dashboard and admin bar for participant, so this could be a solution I think. May you help me to make something like this?

[@robin-w Moderator 10 years, 6 months ago]

yes you would just put that code in form-topic.php

wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/form-topic.php

create a directory on your theme called ‘bbpress’
ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress

where %your-theme-name% is the name of your theme

find
wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/form-topic.php

Make a copy of this file, and put in in the directory called bbpress that you created above, so you end up with
wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress/form-topic.php

bbPress will now use this template instead of the original

you can then look at how the form does this, and put the appropriate lines in.

[@redwolf83 Participant 10 years, 6 months ago]

Ok, Thanks Robin, I’ve solved the matter.

at the beginning of form-topic.php I’ve added this code

<?php 
$forumid = bbp_get_forum_id();
if ($forumid == YourForumID(in numbers without quote.)  ) {
	$displayed_user = bbp_get_user_id( 0, false, true ); 
	$role = bbp_get_user_role($displayed_user);
	if ( $role == "bbp_participant" ) {
               echo '<div class="bbp-template-notice">This forum is marked as closed to new topics from participant, however your can reply to existing topics</div>';
               return; } 
}
 ?>

Thanks for your help, 🙂 ::cheers::
Have a Nice day!

[@robin-w Moderator 10 years, 6 months ago]

great – glad you’re fixed !