Install this additional plugin
Private groups
once activated go to
dashboard>settings>help to see how the plugin works, but then look at ‘topic permissions’ tab, which has the exact example you are after.
In Oct/2022 I found http://www.buddydev.com/restrict-user-from-creating-topic-on-certain-bbpress-forums. I printed out some code to look at it and some comments about it. I put the info in the learn how to use short-code in my notebook to study when I had time. It seemed complicated and only for advanced developers and I haven’t used short-codes as yet. But most of the developer reviews in that place seemed positive. The few negatives had to do with the code being beyond their expertise. I checked the reference in your reply and it seemed to fall into the category of an advanced approach. But I was just wondering if someone by now had figured out an easier way to solve my question because it seems to be a logical requirement to have a solution for. However, in my searching one person said “who would want to do something like that when that’s not what it’s meant for” I’ll have to study it all so I can be more comfortable trying it.
private groups will do what you want.
Basically you have a choice.
1. develop code yourself
2. use code someone else has written
3. pay someone to write code for you
4. use a plugin and set this up yourself
5. use a plugin and pay someone to set it up for you.
My private groups plugin does what you need – I do not write separate plugins for every circumstance, everyone wants something slightly different 🙂
Anyway I’ll let you consider. Quite happy to do option 5 if you want some help
When you download a plugin apparently it doesn’t automatically install at that time. But it seems that certain documentation is available to explain things if the provider has given it depending how helpful it is. So it just sits there until it’s activated. However, once it’s installed is it easy to uninstall if there’s a problem? I remember one download which I installed for something else that became that way and it was a chore finding what was stored in many different places. So apparently this one is different than the above http://www.buddydev.com/etc plugin?
easy to uninstall
very different to the one in your link
I considered how tricky it might be to customize how forum functioning takes place. I read that you can create new roles that redefine what capabilities users have even to do things differently. But roles don’t seem to be stored in wp_users. However I did read that definitions are in the wp_users_roles option of the wp_options table. There are forum roles which would have to be coded differently using hooks, filters and actions. It’s always best to keep things simple. It sounds so complex that maybe it would be better to tell students not to create new topics or else the administrator would just have to delete them.
you do seem to be massively over-thinking this 🙂
Install private groups plugin
create a group called’teachers’
create a group called ‘students’
tick the tab that sets up topic permissions
create (or edit an existing) forum
set the forum that teachers can create topics and replies
set the forum that students can only create replies
set each user to be either a teacher or student
job done.
I installed this plugin and it was successful in preventing participants from creating new topics. However, there is a message that states “You cannot create new topics”. Is there a way to get rid of this message?
do you know how to ftp files, if so I’ll let you know what to do
I do not, but my IT department may be able to assist.
instructions for them
find
wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/form-topic.php
transfer this to your pc and edit
go to line 248 and change
? esc_html_e( 'You cannot create new topics.', 'bbpress' )
to
? esc_html_e( '', 'bbpress' )
and save
create a directory on your theme called ‘bbpress’
ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress
where %your-theme-name% is the name of your theme
Then transfer the file you saved above and put in in the directory called bbpress that you created above, so you end up with
wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress/form-topic.php
bbPress will now use this template instead of the original
Thank you soooo much, Robin!! You saved my day!!!!
