Hey! First time around here, and I’m a total newbie to bbpress. Glad you see you all!

I have a slight problem with my bbpress installation. Users from the forums see an “Edit this” link at the top of the topic and when they use it they can edit the topic in the WordPress post editor.

Is there a way to remove that link?

Thanks!

[@juaninladp Participant 12 years ago]

Or, if it is not possible, I’d like to know if there is a way for users to be re-directed to the “Edit” option from bbpress instead of going to the WordPress text editor.

[@juaninladp Participant 12 years ago]

Forgot to put in the details: I’m running WordPress 3.4 and bbpress 2.2.3

[@lynq Participant 12 years ago]

You can remove this inside your template.

Do all users see this, or is it just your admin account that can see it? Just wondering as the wordpress edit page is to edit the description of the forum, not replies or topics from users.

[@juaninladp Participant 12 years ago]

Any participant can see the “Edit this” link on the topics they have started. What worries me is that they also have the ability to make sticky and global posts.

[@lynq Participant 12 years ago]

Check what the default role people are being assigned inside Settings > Forums > Default User Role

Just to make sure they aren’t being registered as moderators or anything.

[@juaninladp Participant 12 years ago]

I double checked and they are registered as participants by default.

[@lynq Participant 12 years ago]

Hmm, not sure, would be useful to see a link, but then of course everyone would have your link to edit your topics/forums.

[@rsanchez1 Participant 12 years ago]

You should double-check capabilities then. From the wp-admin sidebar, go to Users->User Role Editor. Then select the Participant role and see what capabilities that role has.

[@juaninladp Participant 12 years ago]

I already tried using User Role Editor to modify capabilities, but everytime I save the changes they reset.

Here’s the capabilities for participants that are enabled by default (and that I can’t modify):

assign_topic_tags
delete_forums
delete_others_forums
delete_others_replies
delete_others_topics
delete_replies
delete_topic_tags
delete_topics
edit_forums
edit_others_forums
edit_others_replies
edit_others_topics
edit_replies
edit_topic_tags
edit_topics
manage_topic_tags
moderate
participate
publish_forums
publish_replies
publish_topics
read_hidden_forums
read_private_forums
read_private_replies
read_private_topics
spectate
throttle
view_trash

[@juaninladp Participant 12 years ago]

The actual problem that I have is that participants can set a topic’s attribute using the WordPress Administration Screen. Is there a way to remove this feature from participants?

[@juaninladp Participant 12 years ago]

I tried removing the screen options for participants using Adminimize. While it removed the screen options menu, I can’t still remove the Topic attributes feature from participants. Here’s a screenshot I took with a test account (website is in spanish):

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