My forum is set up so that a forum user can only post in the backend/dashboard of my wordpress site because I never was able to get ACH plugin to work on the forum frontend. On the backend the ACF is working fantastic when a user posts a new topic.

However, the new issue is that the only way a forum user can see the topic link in the dashboard is if they are a moderator or higher. My users will not be moderators but participates. Is there a way via code to make it so participants can log into the dashboard and see the topic link.

[@robin-w Moderator 1 year, 4 months ago]

Not sure this is achievable. The backend is meant for management. That you couldn’t get ACF to work is driving you down a path for which bbpress was never intended.

I think that to see the topic and replies on the backend needs the ability to ‘edit_others_topics’ or the ability to ‘moderate’ – maybe both.

[@newtech1 Participant 1 year, 4 months ago]

I understand completely. Makes sense.
I will have to find a plugin that makes it so I can limit permissions and capabilities per user role.
There is Permissions Pro and Capabilities Pro plugins that give me all that I need but sadly they do not support ‘topic’ posts. Do you know of any other plugins?

BTW
I have ACF to work great for me in the backend. All I need to do is put this code in content-single.php Maybe this will help somebody else who is using ACF with BBPress
`?>
YOU CHOOSE HOW MUCH INFORMATION YOU ENTER<br>
Catch Date & Time: <?php the_field( ‘catch_date_time’ ) ; ?><br>
Anglers: <?php the_field( ‘anglers’ ) ; ?><br>
Weather: <?php the_field( ‘weather’ ) ; ?><br>
Fish Caught: <?php the_field( ‘fish_caught’ ) ; ?><br>
Kept or Released: <?php the_field( ‘kept_or_released’ ) ; ?><br>
Lake Point Marker: <?php the_field( ‘lake_point_marker’ ) ; ?><br>
Water_Features: <?php the_field( ‘water_features’ ) ; ?><br>
Speed: <?php the_field( ‘speed’ ) ; ?><br>
Fish Depth: <?php the_field( ‘fish_depth’ ) ; ?><br>
Lake Depth: <?php the_field( ‘lake_depth’ ) ; ?><br>
Method Used: <?php the_field( ‘method_used’ ) ; ?><br>
Lure & Color: <?php the_field( ‘lure_color’ ) ; ?><br>

Image:
<?php
$image = get_field(‘image’);
if( !empty( $image ) ): ?>
” alt=”<?php echo esc_attr($image[‘alt’]); ?>” />
<?php endif; ?> <br>

<br>
<br>
Fishing Location: <?php the_field( ‘location’ ) ; ?><br>
<?php
$location = get_field(‘location’);
if( $location ): ?>
<div class=”acf-map” data-zoom=”13″>
<div class=”marker” data-lat=”<?php echo esc_attr($location[‘lat’]); ?>” data-lng=”<?php echo esc_attr($location[‘lng’]); ?>”></div>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>

<style type=”text/css”>
.acf-map {
width: 100%;
height: 400px;
border: #ccc solid 1px;
margin: 20px 0;
}

If there was a way to make this code or another code to work in the frontend posting topics I would be thrilled to death. BUT ACF will not help me for BBPress and BBPress will not help me for ACF. If I knew code more I am sure I could figure it out. It cannot be that hard.