[Joe Siegler]

I’ll be short. Just installed this and looking at it for a possible forum option. Linkage:

http://www.rowlettanglicans.org/forums/

Wordpress version is 4.53, and bbpress is 2.5.10

1) You’ll see the colors are all wrong. Theme is Divi. Obviously css work needs to be done, but I’m not even sure where to begin with that. Any ideas?

2) Also, is it possible to stick this software behind a overall password? We have a password protected members are on the church site, and they’re wanting me to put this in the private area, which is already behind a password. Is this possible at all? I tried putting the slug wiht the same URL as the password protected area, but it didn’t pick up the system password for that (which isn’t a surprise, but hey, I tried). My thought is to put it behind our church’s password protected area, and then not require people to have accounts to post.

[Robin W]

on 1) this plugin will give you the ability to style

https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bbp-style-pack

2) Do you know how the password protected area works? Is it a plugin, is it set in the dashboard?

[Joe Siegler]

Regarding password. I’m talking about a single password protected page on my site. Then I use this plugin

https://wordpress.org/plugins/ft-password-protect-children-pages/

to then password protect child page under that one password protected page. Hasn’t been updated in forever, but despite the warning, it still works fine.

Now, the forums don’t use true child pages, so that plugin shouldn’t work – it didn’t. Tried anyway for the hell of it. So that led me to ask about whether bbpress can be put behind a general password like that – couldn’t find anything about password in the settings.

As for the style plugin, I’ll check that out. Tkx.

[Robin W]

ok, so are you after

1. anonymous posting behind a password protected page – ie once you have got access via a single password anyone can post as anyone

or

2. each forum user has a username/password, but the forums are hidden unless you are logged in

The first – I know of nothing that will do that – and it is easily bypassed if people know the forums

The second is quite easily done – just make the forums private

[Joe Siegler]

I’m looking for #1. Given this is a church site, and will be behind an already existing password protected area, I don’t want to trouble the general congregation with having to remember a second password. Most of them won’t want to do that.

[Robin W]

ok, so sorry I know of nothing that will do that.

[Stephen Edgar]

I’d suggest switching your “password protect child pages” plugin to a “membership” type plugin:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=members

I’m sure one of them will support what you are looking for and allow you to continue using a single password where bbPress is also behind that.