[nickharambee]

Hi,

I made some adjustments to the wp_users and wp_bp_groups_members tables in my database – removing some users manually, as we had a lot of spam users on our site. This is something that I have done in the past without any problem. None of these users had posted on the forum.

This time though it has broken the link to my forum on Buddypress. I had one forum for my group called ‘general’. Now, for some reason I have three group forums called general and all of them have no topics listed on the admin page for forums, even though all of the topics can be seen in wp_bb_topics and all of the posts in wp_bb_posts.

So, somehow the link has broken, and I am not sure how to fix this. I can post a new topic, and this shows in the database, but I still get the “Sorry, there were no forum topics found” message on the forum. When I enable WP_DEBUG I see the following errors:

Warning: substr() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in /home/admin/domains/soteriabrighton.co.uk/public_html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bbpress/bb-includes/class.bb-query.php on line 776

Warning: strpos() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in /home/admin/domains/soteriabrighton.co.uk/public_html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bbpress/bb-includes/class.bb-query.php on line 783

Warning: explode() expects parameter 2 to be string, array given in /home/admin/domains/soteriabrighton.co.uk/public_html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bbpress/bb-includes/class.bb-query.php on line 789

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/admin/domains/soteriabrighton.co.uk/public_html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bbpress/bb-includes/class.bb-query.php on line 789

Notice: Undefined variable: null_flag in /home/admin/domains/soteriabrighton.co.uk/public_html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bbpress/bb-includes/class.bb-query.php on line 811

Notice: Undefined variable: not_null_flag in /home/admin/domains/soteriabrighton.co.uk/public_html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bbpress/bb-includes/class.bb-query.php on line 822

Warning: substr() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in /home/admin/domains/soteriabrighton.co.uk/public_html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bbpress/bb-includes/class.bb-query.php on line 776

Warning: strpos() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in /home/admin/domains/soteriabrighton.co.uk/public_html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bbpress/bb-includes/class.bb-query.php on line 783

Warning: explode() expects parameter 2 to be string, array given in /home/admin/domains/soteriabrighton.co.uk/public_html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bbpress/bb-includes/class.bb-query.php on line 789

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/admin/domains/soteriabrighton.co.uk/public_html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bbpress/bb-includes/class.bb-query.php on line 789

Notice: Undefined variable: null_flag in /home/admin/domains/soteriabrighton.co.uk/public_html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bbpress/bb-includes/class.bb-query.php on line 811

Notice: Undefined variable: not_null_flag in /home/admin/domains/soteriabrighton.co.uk/public_html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bbpress/bb-includes/class.bb-query.php on line 822

I would be very grateful for any help in fixing this.

Thanks,

Nick

[boriskamp1991]

Hi guys, in my custom theme I would like to display the latest forum topics. In order to do so I thought I could use this function So I copied the html/php code in my frontpage.php. It returns nothing, not even the

Sorry, there were no forum topics found.

message.

I turned WP_DEBUG to true and found this message:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function bp_has_forum_topics() in /Users/boriskamp/Documents/Local Websites/MSM/wp-content/themes/Military-Scale-Modelling/front-page.php on line 122
Im using a child theme of the BuddyBoss theme.

what’s wrong here?
Thanks!

[hitkid]

Keep getting this error: Fatal error:

Call to undefined function bp_has_forum_topics() in C:\BitNami\wordpress-3.5.2-0\apps\wordpress\htdocs\wp-content\themes\My-Child\New Test.php on line 16

When trying to put this loop found in the codex in a template:

	<?php if ( bp_has_forum_topics('newest') ) : ?>
 
    <div class="pagination">
 
        <div id="post-count" class="pag-count">
            <?php bp_forum_pagination_count() ?>
        </div>
 
        <div class="pagination-links" id="topic-pag">
            <?php bp_forum_pagination() ?>
        </div>
 
    </div>
 
    <table class="forum">
 
        <tr>
            <th id="th-title"><?php _e( 'Topic Title', 'buddypress' ) ?></th>
            <th id="th-poster"><?php _e( 'Latest Poster', 'buddypress' ) ?></th>
 
            <?php if ( !bp_is_group_forum() ) : ?>
                <th id="th-group"><?php _e( 'Posted In Group', 'buddypress' ) ?></th>
            <?php endif; ?>
 
            <th id="th-postcount"><?php _e( 'Posts', 'buddypress' ) ?></th>
            <th id="th-freshness"><?php _e( 'Freshness', 'buddypress' ) ?></th>
        </tr>
 
        <?php while ( bp_forum_topics() ) : bp_the_forum_topic(); ?>
 
        <tr class="<?php bp_the_topic_css_class() ?>">
            <td class="td-title">
                <a class="topic-title" href="<?php bp_the_topic_permalink() ?>" title="<?php bp_the_topic_title() ?> - <?php _e( 'Permalink', 'buddypress' ) ?>">
                    <?php bp_the_topic_title() ?>
                </a>
            </td>
            <td class="td-poster">
                <a href="<?php bp_the_topic_permalink() ?>"><?php bp_the_topic_last_poster_avatar( 'type=thumb&width=20&height=20' ) ?></a>
                <div class="poster-name"><?php bp_the_topic_last_poster_name() ?></div>
            </td>
 
            <?php if ( !bp_is_group_forum() ) : ?>
                <td class="td-group">
                    <a href="<?php bp_the_topic_object_permalink() ?>"><?php bp_the_topic_object_avatar( 'type=thumb&width=20&height=20' ) ?></a>
                    <div class="object-name"><a href="<?php bp_the_topic_object_permalink() ?>" title="<?php bp_the_topic_object_name() ?>"><?php bp_the_topic_object_name() ?></a></div>
                </td>
            <?php endif; ?>
 
            <td class="td-postcount">
                <?php bp_the_topic_total_posts() ?>
            </td>
            <td class="td-freshness">
                <?php bp_the_topic_time_since_last_post() ?>
            </td>
        </tr>
 
        <?php endwhile; ?>
 
    </table>
 
<?php else: ?>
 
    <div id="message" class="info">
        <p><?php _e( 'Sorry, there were no forum topics found.', 'buddypress' ) ?></p>
    </div>
 
<?php endif;?>

[homeschoolmommy]

I get this error Sorry, there were no forum topics found.
& when I try to post a new topic in a group i get this error in a red box (There was an error when creating the topic) please help

WordPress 3.5.1.
BuddyPress 1.6.4
http://gossipmoms.info

[homeschoolmommy]

for some reason my forums directory not showing up
i get this error(Sorry, there were no forum topics found.) i have lots of groups on my site and all of them are open not private, Also when i try to create a new topic I get There was an error when creating the topic, I did a fresh clean of buddypress and wordpress. It does it for all my sites.

Version:WordPress 3.5.1. – BuddyPress 1.6.4
Website: http://gossipmoms.info
Multisite

[madfatter]

Hi,

I have discovered recently that the forums aren’t working on my website. I have group forums installed and if I try to create a forum or a new topic the page loads for a long time and then I get a notice that an error occurred “There was an error when creating that topic”. If I load the forums directory, once again, it takes a long time for the page to load and then it says “Sorry there were no forum topics found.” even though some exist. It seems like there’s an issue with the database (?)

Does anyone know what would cause this or what steps I should take to correct it? Thanks.

I’m running WordPress 3.5.1 and BuddyPress 1.6.4

[Bjwangschowe]

WP: 3.5
bbPress: 2.2.3
BuddyPress: 1.6.3
Site URL: sfsuovc.org

My site has both group forums (powered by BuddyPress) and sitewide forums (powered by bbPress). I had upgraded BuddyPress from 1.6.1 to 1.6.3 and started doing some testing. During testing, I disabled an existing group’s forum (the group is ‘745-Instructional Web Authoring I’ and contained one topic and one reply). I then re-enabled this group’s forum via the group’s admin tab. Now, when I navigate to this group’s home page/tab (Community > Groups > 745 Instru….), the activity correctly shows one topic and one reply was posted to this group. However, when I click on this group’s forum tab, I get

‘Sorry, there were no forum topics found!’

It would seem the link between the topic and its group is broken.

Also, this group’s forum is no longer listed under BuddyPress’ Group Forums page(Community > Group Forums), instead it listed as a site wide forum in the forum list generated by bbp_forum_index shortcode (Site Forums menu tab).

I have NOT migrated BuddyPress Discussion Forums to bbPress yet, I don’t understand how an existing group forum with topics and replies would become a site forum with 0 topics and replies.

Any insight into this would be greatly appreciated.

[ajim808]

I’m trying to add a New Forum Topic to my Forum both as a user and admin, but either way i come up with an error message saying “Sorry, there were no forum topics found.” Can someone help me resolve this issue? Thank you.

WP 3.5
BP 1.6.3
http://www.hawaiitrekkers.com

[GordonRe]

Hi

An ordinary user & member of a private group gets the above error message when clicking on the ‘Forum Directory’ menu item.

There are Forum Topics (indeed this user just successfully created one). Logged in as a site admin the same Forum Directory button produces a full list of site forums.

Any idea what is going wrong?

Thanks

[nickharambee]

I am posting this again as for some reason my previous attempt at posting a topic resulted in no posts!

I have recently moved my BP site to a new server and since doing so, the group forums are not working.

Posts/topics show up in the activity stream, but when I click the link to a forum post I get the following message:

“Page not found
We’re sorry, but we can’t find the page that you’re looking for. Perhaps searching will help.”

When I navigate to the forum page for each group I see:

“Sorry, there were no forum topics found.”

All of the posts are showing in the MySQL database for my site, so I am at a loss as to what is causing the issue. Could someone help me troubleshoot this?

Thanks,

Nick

[nggablog]

@mercime

Thank you so much. The error has gone.

But, what does the functions of buddypress’s forum?
I didn’t find any content/forum post even a member have some posting in the main forum (bbpress).

“Sorry, there were no forum topics found.”

[frostdawn]

Okay, I started from scratch.

BuddyPress upgraded to 1.5.6.
WordPress upgraded to 3.4.1.
bbPress v 2.0.3 (removed the old instance and rebuilt with this version to make sure and wiped out all old forums, topics and replies)
I’m using the BP Default theme for testing.
I deleted all my old pages so I had the bare bones pages to work with.
I deleted all old groups to make sure I also had a clean slate there.

I’ve followed the codex to the letter here:
https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/

I attempted to create JUST group forums and NOTHING else, using an existing bbPress Installation. I confirmed that the following were created:
wp_bb_forums
wp_bb_meta
wp_bb_posts
wp_bb_terms
wp_bb_term_relationships
wp_bb_term_taxonomy
wp_bb_topics

Group forums failed. All I get is “Sorry, there were no forum topics found.” whenever I attempt to access forums from the (newly created, with forums enabled) groups page.

Then I went back to older postings about tricks other users have tried as noted here:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/this-group-does-not-have-a-forum-setup-yet-1/?topic_page=1&num=15

Post #7 was hailed as a the silver bullet by some users. Didn’t work for me. I went into my test group, edited it, removed forums, saved it. Renamed bb-config.php, reinstalled group forums. Went back in, re-enabled forums, saved again. Nothing.

I’ve performed about 4-5 different iterations and combinations of everything referenced in the above posts over the past several days now. Nothing. Groups forums is STILL not working. Can I offer money to someone to possibly help with this? Please? Anybody?

[frostdawn]

First off, the formalities
WP v3.3.1
BP v1.5.4

I attempted to use the instructions in the codex here:
http://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/3/

Here’s the problem. I followed the instructions to the letter. I get to step e. – ‘Now go back to admin Dashboard > BuddyPress > Forums and click on “Install Sitewide Forums”

I get the following error: “An Unexpected HTTP Error occurred during the API request.”

Of interest, the sitewide forums at this point work flawlessly. The group forums are NOT. I get the “Sorry, there were no forum topics found.” which also generates an error entry in the server log.

Any ideas what might be wrong?
Thanks

[tagtomat]

I am up and running on the Buddypress, but none of my users are able to post topics nor am I as the admin. http://www.tagtomat.dk/groups/

I get this error when pressing the “new topic” button in a Group.
“Sorry, there were no new topics found”

The same message appears if I go to the Forum page, where alle post should be collected. Right?

In the browser it appears “http://www.tagtomat.dk/groups/arrangementer/forum/#post-new” so somehow the Buddypress makes a “#post-new” command, but nothing happens.

Hope someone has the solution, or where to look for trouble shooting.

Best regards
Mads Boserup Lauritsen
Copenhagen, Denmark

[rcavezza]

Everything is working fine in Buddypress except for forums. It doesn’t seem to find topics. All of our data appears in activities, but forums displays “Sorry, there were no forum topics found.”.

I reinstalled bp-default theme. I added another child theme and activated it. I get the “Sorry, there were no forum topics found.” in all instances. Any help would be appreciated.

I have reason to believe our mysql password was changed – we changed the password in theme/wp-config when we had the “no connection to database” error, and everything was working fine except for buddypress forums.

[vsantoso]

same problem as tdoubleu here.

Also on “hidden” group, i received the same message “Sorry, there were no forum topics found.”
And there’s only ‘All Topics’ tab on top, while as Admin, I can see additional ‘My Topics’ tab next to it.
This occur only if i login as Member.

Furthermore, when I click on ‘New Topic’,
the topic will be created, but there was error returned message: “There was an error when creating the topic”

I think something wrong here.

i am using wp 3.3.1 + bp 1.5.5 and bbpress 2.0.2

[xcentriq]

Hey Hugo,

I’ve got the bb-config next to wp-config in the root dir. Checked all DB settings and they are matching. Still getting the issue though.

[Hugo Ashmore]

it’s something I’ve mentioned a few times on threads of this nature, you need bb-config in your root next to wp-config if the BP group forum install doesn’t move it then copy it over and ensure it has same DB details as wp-config

[xcentriq]

I think I didn’t have the bb-config in my root cause I had previously installed bbpress and I clicked on use existing installation. I uninstalled it and reinstalled it via buddypress and now I’ve got one. I’m yet to check the details against wp-config. Will update here!

[xcentriq]

Ok I see my problem here. I don’t have a bb-config.php in my root directory. When I find the bb-config, it’s in “wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/” AND “wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums” and the file says:

***
* *** IMPORTANT ****
* This file will stop people from accessing your bbPress installation directly.
* It is very important from a security standpoint that this file is not moved.
* Your actual bb-config.php file will be installed in the root of your WordPress
* installation once you have set up the forums component in BuddyPress.
*/

//header(“HTTP/1.0 403 Forbidden”);

So in there it says that my actual bb-config is located in my root dir, but I actually don’t have one there. Can I just copy that file over to my root or can I duplicate wp-config and rename to bb-config? Or is there more to it?

[Hugo Ashmore]

There are now four different poster to this thread! Please observe basic and essential forum nettiquette by not posting in others threads as your issues while similar may not be a mirror of the original posters question/issue and multiple responses can’t be maintained within one thread as it’s too confusing.

[mrlobaloba]

i don’t see the tab forum in my profile buddypress!!! O_o

[Hugo Ashmore]

Check that you have a bb-config file in your root directory and that it has the same details as wp-config for accessing the DB, if you haven’t got one perhaps you actually didn’t set up forums in the BP setup? in which do so if you did then you may need to manually copy over bb-config to your doc root and then go back to a group select ‘admin > settings’ and ensure ‘enable discussion forum’ is checked and save the page.

[tdoubleu]

i am facing the same issue.
Post: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/there-were-no-forum-topics-found-in-forums-directory/

[relachola]

I think this is a bug. I have been facing this issue for a very long time and raised it on this forum and reported to buddypress as well but with no solution as yet. If you try creating a topic under the forum as an non admin user, you might get an error as well.