[targanought]

Under Settings->Forums I have checked “Allow BuddyPress Groups to have their own forums”.

I have successfully set up two groups, each with a forum, and a site-wide forum, using the normal admin pages. So it all seems to work fine.

I’m putting the above code into my own template file (originally based on Responsive, which doesn’t have any BP/bbP -specific code in it otherwise.

[modemlooper]

Do you have bbPress forums turned on for groups? What template are you placing code into?

[@mercime]

When I then activate my theme all works but the bbpress forum root – this again resolves as my blog archive, which is the same issue as reported in the thread link I posted earlier.

@antonyc it’s a theme issue then. Are you sure that you have the latest version of your Dynamix theme that’s supposed to be compatible with BP 1.8.1? If not, then you would have to update your theme. If you have an updated theme, then contact theme author or post in theme’s forums to resolve the issue.

[AntonyC]

Hi, Sorry to bombard you with posts here. Latest update…

On a different install of WP-2013 theme with bbpress and buddypress, everything works – blog, buddypress and forums!!

When I then activate my theme all works but the bbpress forum root – this again resolves as my blog archive, which is the same issue as reported in the thread link I posted earlier.

Not sure where to go from here.

Cheers, Antony

[AntonyC]

sry – the archive slug is the root forum slug isn’t it?

[AntonyC]

Also, I’ve found this thread regarding the same issue…

How do I use the [bbp-single-forum id=$forum_id] shortcode in a template file?

It’s a longstanding issue with bbpress (over a year now) which many folk are also having as well as me! Any suggestions regarding this?

[AntonyC]

Hi, I’m not sure what you mean by forum archive slug – I don’t see that in the settings page. Also, I can’t leave my site on twenty twelve – it’s live and uses a different theme. Whenever I make a change I have been refreshing permalinks.
Cheers,
Antony

[@mercime]

@antonyc Disable all plugins except BuddyPress and bbPress and keep it on Twenty Twelve/Thirteen. If you’re going to change forum archive slug and create a new Page with the same new forums archives slug, you would have to re-run Permalinks again.

[AntonyC]

PS: I also deleted my .htaccess to start afresh when doing the above.

[AntonyC]

Hi, I’ve done all you suggested.

OK, so with all plugins disabled…
–When I first switch to WP 2013 theme…
—-my blog functions fine
—-the root forum url works fine BUT…
—-clicking on any forum, topic etc returns a 404 Error.
–Then, when I refresh the permalinks…
—-my blog page 2 returns a 404 error.
—-all bbpress urls seem to be fine.

–When I switch back to my Theme…
—-my blog functions fine (using the ‘blog’ slug)
—-the root forum url works fine BUT…
—-clicking on any forum, topic etc returns a 404 Error.
–Then, when I refresh the permalinks…
—-my blog page 2 returns a 404 error.
—-the bbpress root forum now returns my blog Archive (which isn’t formatted correctly).
—-refreshing open pages for forums and topics etc now work fine.

You can view the pages at…
http://thechildrensfiremovement.com/discussion/
and http://thechildrensfiremovement.com/discussion/topic/test-topic-for-first-test-forum/

If I were to now change the slug of the root forum to ‘cfm-discussions’ (so it’s different to the forum index page slug) it would then function correctly until someone clicks on the breadcrumb taking them to the ‘cfm-discussion’ slug – this would return the blog Archive!) – hope you can follow this!

So, it’s nothing to do with my plugins, and, although it does return slightly different results depending on the theme it still doesn’t function correctly and does seem to be somthing more core with WP – what do you think?

Appreciating your support in this,

Antony.

[Hugo Ashmore]

@keiser-media As mentioned above please update the ticket then. The forum isn’t the place for this kind of thing, it won’t necessarily come to the attention of the core devs whereas tickets will do, also anyone is welcome to provide patches to help the project along.

[@mercime]

if its slug is different to the Forum Root Slug in the settings page

What exactly is your forum archive slug – Forums or Discussions? Not sure how could it have the same slug as archive page unless you named the forum root “Archive”.
– try creating a new page named Discussions and publish
– go to Settings > bbPress and set the forum archive slug to discussions
– now go edit Discussions page and add the bbPress shortcode
– open up the page e.g. example.com/discussions/

[AntonyC]

Hi @mercime thank you so much for your speedy reply.
I went through the steps in the link and have managed to get a sitewide forum working <<BUT>> with the same issue I outlined above (which I think is a core issue with my WP) in that I can get a forum index page working if its slug is different to the Forum Root Slug in the settings page. This works until the breadcrumb slug is clicked on (which is defined by the Root slug) and slips back to my blog archive page!! If, as in my initial post, the Root Slug is the same as my index page slug it, displays my blog archive!
Any thoughts on what seems to be a core post-type/permalink kind of issue?
Many thanks,
Antony

[Number_6]

Hi @henrywright-1
I had no idea that Buddypress relied on any 3rd-party support.

What I do know is that someone was nice enough on WP forums to write me up a plugin that adds wmode=”opaque” to the resulting Youtube embed codes – so I’d imagine there wouldn’t be much of a problem with BP’s oEmbed files from adding something on both ends of the resulting HTML.

[hughshields]

Thanks for the reply. I did this already last night and tested Buddypress with the theme and none of the controls for Suffusion are working; formatting, layout, widgets…none of it works.
I also tested this out on another test site where the same thing happened. So it appears that Suffusion is not compatible with Buddypress.
I thought that with WordPress 3.6.1 template packs were going to be made obsolete. Does this not apply to Buddypress?
The solution is to install the Suffusion Buddypress Pack but this pack is outdated and doesnt appear to be getting any support. When I asked about missing template files they told me on the support forum that template packs were not needed. So I’m going in a circle 🙂
Any solutions or ideas welcome. Or maybe a recommendation for a better theme that works with Buddypress.

[@mercime]

Unfortunately I couldn’t migrate bbpress to buddypress and so deleted bbpress (and my buddypress forums) to go for a fresh install.

No migration needed, both plugins work together https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/

My issue is that when I navigate to the root forum directory it returns my WP archives page!

If you followed instructions from link above, what slug do you have for your forum archive? Did you create a page specifically with that slug for your forum index and added shortcodes to show all forums and/or topics

[@mercime]

@hughshields first thing, back up the theme folder in your server to your hard drive.
– Deactivate the Suffusion Template Pack plugin
– Delete the following folders, if any, from your Suffusion theme folder in server: /activity, /blogs, /forums, /groups, /members, and /registration
https://codex.buddypress.org/themes/theme-compatibility-1-7/bp-17-upgrading-template-packed-themes/

[danbp]

hi @o0s0o,

deTube is a premium theme, so do’t expect help about here here. You have to ask on the ThemeForest forum.

> i’m using BP 1.8 and don’t see any calls to the sidebar in any of the BP templates.
BP 1.8+ fits to any WP theme, so what you want to do depends of your theme, not of BP.

That said, all BP templates have calls to the sidebar.
If you open index.php for exemple, in the bp-default theme, you will see at the end of the file
get_sidebar();
The sidebar code is in sidebar.php

To apply a condition for a sidebar to be shown you can use

if is_page():
get_sidebar;
endif;

WP Codex:
is_page
get_sidebar

deTube has many option and also a sidebar.

deTube is working with BP
deTube tutorial

[ladydekade]

Heya!

Im open to paying for one, but I’m not sure if WebPurify will block swearwordzzz on the ACTIVYT (buddypress) as well as BBpress forums – do you know if it does?

Z

[danbp]

hi @trinzia,

don’t ask here about YOUR security settings ! We are not reading in chicken guts or in cristal bowls. 😉

Also, if you use BP 1.8+, a solution given over a year back cannot work (most of time)

See here an old discussion with a recent answer (2 mounth) – has patch.

But before to do something, check your WP settings if comments are allowed and/or if comments are allowed for your test post (sorry for this, but… nobody’s perfect ! 😀 )

Also, if you cheched site indexing by robots (settings > reading) it may be possible that the comments won’t show up on the activity wall.
Encountered this a few mounth back with bbPress forum answers on a bp 1.7/bbp 2.3 install

[Hugo Ashmore]

42 minutes?? Please do not bump posts until at least ~24 hours has passed 42 minutes is definitely far far too soon to be bumping your thread seeking help. please remember this forum is not a service nor is it a paid for service, threads are entirely answered by a volunteer community. The forums purpose is to attempt to lend some support for BP issues, however third party themes do not necessarily fall under that category, styling of themes is something users are expected to handle or the themes authors, also note that not all themes behave correctly with BP due to the way they have been constructed.

If you have a little patience someone may be able to take a look and offer some advice to help your out.

[bp-help]

@shaungreen
I am not sure I am following you but if you deactivated that plugin and a new user can register and activate an account and login successfully then this is not a BP or bbPress issue. It needs to be taken up on that plugins support forum if you insist on using this plugin. Otherwise you may want to look into alternatives! I have used:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-force-profile/
It forces a user to complete the required xprofile fields before they can interact with the site and seem like a good deterrent against spam registrations.

[bp-help]

@shaungreen
Deactivate it and test registration/activation then report back your findings. You may want to take this up on that plugins support forum if after deactivating it your registration/activation is successful.

[Shaun]

Hi @bphelp

Its looks like its the following plugin;

At the moment I want to moderate membership signup which the plugin provides to cut down on spam members. Would I be best speaking to the plugins forum?

[ProfC]

I did it, but the problem is still there! 🙁
I still use odl bp forum, maybe the problem is there?

I tried to move to new bbpress, but I did not manage to import old forum.