Hi there everyone, right now we’re trying to restructure our wordpress blog and bbpress forums to allow blog entries to appear in the forums via Bbsync.

http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bbsync/

Because of this need to have our blog entries appear in the forums, we’re restructuring our forums to tie into the blog entries.

Check it out here: http://www.feastoffools.net/community

Wondering if there is a way for parent forums to show all the entries in their subforums instead of showing entries specifically intended for the top parent category. Am I making sense?

Or is there a way to lock out people from making an entry on a top level forum (allow only subforum

Is there a way to have the top level forums count the entries in the subforums? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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Right now this is the structure we’re looking at:

Feast of Fools

– Podcast (Gay Fun Show) PODCAST

– Video (Our original videos) VIDEO

– Photos (Our original Photos) PHOTOS

– Mini Bites (Audio clips and songs from the podcast) MINI BITES

– One on One (Video Blogs) VIDEO BLOGS

Topics

– About Us (Press, Appearances, Announcements)

– Animals (Our furry and not so furry friends)

– News & Rumors (What’s the Buzz)

– Trends & Tech (How we are changing, technology & the environment)

– Culture & Style (Media, Ideas, Recipies, Looks & Things that are hot)

– Gender & Sexuality (Gay, Lesbian, Straight, Trans, Male, Female, Bi, Trans & Everything Else)

– Health & Wellness (AIDS/HIV, Fitness, STDs, Diet, Nutrition, Mental Health)

– People (Celebrities, Guests, Hotties & You)

– Politics & Activism (Creating Change and the people and ideas behind it)

– Travel & Tourism (where to go, what to see)

Fans & Friends

– Ask for Advice (questions)

– Promote Your Work (links and samples of: Photos, Video, Blog, Podcasts, Designs)

– Your Thoughts (statements)

Support

– Site News (Changes, Upgrades & News About the Site)

– Listening to Shows

– How to Post (Tips and tricks on posting in the forums)

– New Listeners

– Questions

Feedback

– Bugs (Report problems for the site)

– Show Ideas

– Favorite Moment (Time and Episode in a podcast you found fabulous)

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[@chrishajer Participant 15 years, 11 months ago]

> Or is there a way to lock out people from making an entry

> on a top level forum (allow only subforum

You can just check the box “Forum is Category: ” in the admin (Manage > Forums) and that will prevent posts in the parent (top level) forums.

[@chrishajer Participant 15 years, 11 months ago]

> Is there a way to have the top level forums count the

> entries in the subforums?

How about this:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/counting-forums#post-21338

[@techgnome Member 15 years, 11 months ago]

>>You can just check the box “Forum is Category: ” in the admin (Manage > Forums) and that will prevent

>>posts in the parent (top level) forums.

?? I must be blind… I don’t see any such option…. anywhere.

-tg

[@chrishajer Participant 15 years, 11 months ago]

What version did you install? I believe the option was added in 1.0-alpha.

Here is what it looks like in the 1.0 alpha versions:

http://www.chrishajer.com/bbpress/categories.png

There was a plugin available for the earlier versions I think.

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/forum-is-category/

[@techgnome Member 15 years, 11 months ago]

Well, that would explain why I couldn’t find it. Not intending to be snarky about it, but doncha think that little piece of info was kind of important?

No, I am not running the alpha. I never do. Doing that (especially on a prod site) just leads to trouble. I’m running the latest stable that was available a week or two ago. I’ll have to check out the plugin.

thanks.

-tg

[@feastoffools Member 15 years, 11 months ago]

Thank you guys so much for the feedback! Are any of you guys available (for hire) to upgrade our bbpress forums? Right now we’re running version 0.8.3.1 — really hope that version 1.0 will be ready to go soon.

Right now I’d just like to get it to work with version 0.9– thanks!

Another issue I notice is that a lot of our users don’t scroll down the page to post entries, and usually wind up putting the top category by default.

[@chrishajer Participant 15 years, 11 months ago]

You could switch the display to list the forums up top and the latest posts on bottom. Just edit your front-page.php template file and move things around where it’s best for your users.