[Trobee]

Hi all,

I am currently running a multi-site wordpress site which has separate bbpress installations, as there are common forums, plus private ones for each sub site. As I needed multiple different private forums I though this was the best method to achieve this. I was wondering if it is possible to, using shortcode or otherwise, show a list of forums from more than one subsite on a page?

[travis.hill]

I don’t think this can currently be achieved, however, it wouldn’t be hard to code something to accomplish it.

[Trobee]

Well, I am currently modifying the bbp-forum-index shortcdde so that it will take a site id as an optional parameter.

This is the method I have so far, but I am not sure how to call the bbp_has_forums() on the other site, as I do not know a huge amount of php

Any help would be appreciated

public function display_forum_index( $attr, $content = '' ) {

global $bbp;



if ( !empty( $content ) || !is_numeric( $attr['id'] ) ) )

return $content;



if ( empty( $attr['id'] )

{

$current_site = get_current_site();

$site_id = $current_site->id;

}

else

{

$site_id = $attr['id'];

}

// Unset globals

$this->unset_globals();



// Start output buffer

$this->start( 'bbp_forum_archive' );



// Breadcrumb

bbp_breadcrumb();



// Before forums index

do_action( 'bbp_template_before_forums_index' );



// Load the forums index

if ( bbp_has_forums() )

bbp_get_template_part( 'bbpress/loop',     'forums'    );



// No forums

else

bbp_get_template_part( 'bbpress/feedback', 'no-forums' );



// After forums index

do_action( 'bbp_template_after_forums_index' );



// Return contents of output buffer

return $this->end();

}

[John James Jacoby]

Don’t modify the core function. Makes a plugin and make your own Shortcodes instead. You’ll need to look into how switch_to_blog works. You’ll also need to see how my Switch Site Rewrite plugin reloads the permalinks for each switch. The reason this isn’t in core is its a labor intensive set of requests for the server to pull off, particularly across multiple servers or data centers in large installations.

[Trobee]

Thanks for the help.

I did not end up having to reload the permalinks but that may something to do with my site settings.

I also turned it into a plugin which can be seen here

http://pastebin.com/2mDe0qpW

It is set up so that

[bbp-forum-header]

[bbp-forum-site-index id=8]

[bbp-forum-site-index id=7]

[bbp-forum-footer]

will provide a single list of all forums on sites 8 and 7 if anyone else would like to try it

[zabre00]

I know its been 3 years but just wondering if theres been any development on this? @trobee your code a script still work. Just wondering if you still after 3 years, have the single list shortcodes available? I would really appreciate it!