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Is there a way to search the forums/topics via a search tool?

When I load the sidebar with the_content(), the_excerpt() or similar content function in custom loop before the main loop on page the forums (their contents) are displayed through that function in the sidebar.

So I can’t use these content function before the main loop on page template? It seems to me bbPress is hooking the first function of this kind (the_content(), the_excerpt()…) on a page.

I suppose bbPress plugin should avoid this to prevent malfunction in some themes.

I have a bbpress (classic) install with WP deep integration, and figured I’d get a head start on formatting my test install for the eventual release of the plug in. So far I’ve got almost everything styled nicely just using CSS, but I’m stuck on removing a few things that seem to clutter up the presentation of the forum.

1. Does anyone know how to remove the “This forum contains X topics and X replies, and was last updated…” from the main Forum and topic pages?

2. How about how to remove the modification history section and the post # display from posts.

3. Remove the extraneous breadcrumbing, right now it’s Site>Forums>Forum as the default ‘Forum” page. Seems like one level too deep for default bbpress forum starting point. SInce my site will only have 1 forum, is there a way to clean up the sloppiness or at least hide the useless ‘Forums’ link in the breadcrumb?

hi

i have searched the forums for a solution, but havent found anything relevant.

anyway, i am developing a custom theme for WordPress + buddyPress. lets call it My Awesome Template.

all the theme’s files are in wp-content/themes/awesome.

there, ive got my own style.css and functions.css. in style.css i have defined Template: bp-default, and as i am creating a child theme for buddyPress with a few overrides.

now, i want to work the same way with bbPress. i cant copy over the contents of bbp-twentyten into My Awesome Template folder (wp-content/awesome/), because this overwrites my own functions.php and style.css.

i want to overwrite only certain files, so for example i want to change the main forums index and topics list.

in my perfect world i would do it like this:

add_theme_support (bbpress)

and then i would just create two files: bbpress-forums.php and bbpress-topics.php and then id put there my own html.

is this possible? if im not able to choose my own filenames, then please tell me which files to copy where EXACTLY.

thanks.

Will this be possible anytime soon? Is there any way I could add this functionality myself with a relative degree of ease?

Thank you for your help! I really appreciate all the work you’ve done on the plug-in so far.

BBPress Widgets: Topics List / Reply List …..

Although forums are marked as private the widgets will list latest topics and replies for logged-out users and users which shouldn’t even be able to see the topic title. Got me? Just try it out yourself. This should be changed before going final cause it’s a security issue. Once marked as private it should be really private!

I’m now using bbpress 2.0 and buddypress 1.2.10 and the shortcodes and widgets have been very useful to the not so techy users like me.

The situation is that I want to show only one forum’s latest topics, is there any plan for releasing shortcodes with more detailed options or a way to make it possible manually?

Thank you in advance!

Hi, We’re new to this, so be gentle.

We’re looking at starting an on-line mag, with plenty of pages/articles and have gone a fair way down the road to populating our site, which is run on WordPress. We’d like to have an inbuilt forum as part of the features on the site, and want to encourage people to post on the forum, as opposed to the end of our articles (or blog posts). My question is, is there a limit to the amount of total members/members on line at any given time/forum topics that bbpress can handle?

Perhaps this won’t be an issue if we fall flat on our face. But, you know, we hope to be wildly successful and popular….

Also, does anyone reading this have blog with an inbuilt forum that you could post a link to, just so I can see how it comes together?

Thanks.

I am new to buddypress I’m not a coder. The install was simple. But when it comes to the forums i can’t set it up! Instead i get told i have to make a group. I want a forum (with categories) but at the same time i want group forums to work separately. So when i set up a group i go to the forums page and it tells me group forum directory.

I want a forum on that page not a group forum directory. Is it possible if someone can tell me how i can correct this? Again, I’m not a coder so a simple copy and paste would help. I can always learn something new though. but this is killing me, i have looked everywhere forums, youtube videos etc.

Step by step instructions for “Non IT techy” would be helpful. Hopefully in a newer version of buddypress you can make group forums separate from forums. So again anything would help.

Also is it possible to have a separate page for group forum directory instead of using the forums page and is it possible to make it so only admins can see that page? I think this would be helpful if you’re running a site and want to admin group forums but not have them show publicly. or an option to let users just display forums in the directory they allow publicly?Just a suggestion.

Thanks hope to hear from someone.Just incase my post is viewed in buddypress yes i posted there aswell.

Hi guys,

Just wondering when I eventually install BB Press on my production site, i will be turning OFF groups and using only the BB Press Forums.

What will happen to the existing activity entries that link to the current groups etc?

Will the entries become dead links, or does BB Press somehow upgrade these links?

Any info on the future ‘upgrader’ would be appreciated.

Ross