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  • January 9, 2014 at 12:47 am #207166
    Gewora

    Hello,

    how can i add a sidebar with the login widget to the bbPress forums, like you have it here?

    I played around with it but can’t find the solution.

    Thanks

    January 9, 2014 at 12:54 am #207171
    Gewora

    Okay just found it. I had to create a page with this shortcode:

    [bbp-forum-index]

    And then select the sidebar.

    Is this the correct way?

    Edit 1: Okay yeah this is the correct way. I just wonder if the login widget that is used here, is included in the enfold theme? Seems like it’s called “avia_login_widget-2” but i can’t find something like this.

    Edit 2: Well maybe not the correct way cause if i click on a forum or thread, i get redirected to the /forums page which does not have that sidebar. When i set the forum root to “support-forums” which is the name of the page i created with the bbPress shortcode, it just overwrites the page and therefore the sidebar is gone again.

    Thanks

    January 9, 2014 at 4:30 am #207201
    Devin

    Hey!

    This is a good getting started guide for setting up bbPress: http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-add-a-forum-in-wordpress-with-bbpress/

    The theme really only styles bbPress and doesn’t actually modify its usage. The login widget is just a plugin that Kriesi added a bit of custom style to. I believe its this one: http://wordpress.org/plugins/sidebar-login/

    Best regards,
    Devin

    January 9, 2014 at 6:42 pm #207563
    Gewora

    Thanks but that does not help me at all.

    I know how to install bbPress.

    As i said i created a own page and added the bbPress shortcode to it.

    The problem is with the forum slug. If i set it up to the page with the shortcode then it will just overwrite the page and the sidebar is gone.

    If i give it another slug then it will redirect to that if you click on a topic or forum and therefore the sidebar is gone aswell.

    Thanks

    January 9, 2014 at 7:10 pm #207575
    LiamKenyon

    In Apperance> Widgets

    Add the login widget to the forum sidebar option?

    http://i.imgur.com/kms0lCC.png

    Should do the trick (its what i’ve done).

    January 9, 2014 at 7:20 pm #207581
    Gewora

    Yes as i said:

    The problem is with the forum slug. If i set it up to the page with the shortcode then it will just overwrite the page and the sidebar is gone.

    If i give it another slug then it will redirect to that if you click on a topic or forum and therefore the sidebar is gone aswell.

    What have you defined as forum slug and what is the name (path) of your page?

    January 9, 2014 at 7:32 pm #207585
    LiamKenyon

    Do you have a link as an example?

    January 9, 2014 at 7:56 pm #207600
    Gewora

    If you go here:

    http://gewora.net/support-forums1/

    Yuou will see it fine with the sidebar.

    If you now click on a forum, the sidebar will disappear because it redirects to

    http://gewora.net/support-forums/XX (cause the forum slug is set to “support-forums” in the bbPress settings)

    If i change the slug from the page to the slug which is sett in the bbPress settings (support-forums) it will overwrite the page and the sidebar is not here anymore.

    January 10, 2014 at 12:39 am #207707
    Gewora

    I just looked at the forum.php.

    There is this function call at the bottom get_sidebar()
    Should that function return something? Cause if i do a
    var_dump(get_sidebar());

    i get a NULL as return.

    # Edit: Okay as far as i understand it (not experienced with wordpress development) it just calls the sidebar.php which finally should load the desired sidebar.

    I really need help there. No idea why it does not work.

    January 10, 2014 at 7:26 am #207840
    Ismael

    Hey!

    Please refer to this link: https://kriesi.at/support/topic/bbpres-no-sidebar-in-topics/

    Cheers!
    Ismael

    January 10, 2014 at 5:27 pm #208077
    Gewora

    Thank you very much.

    Finally :D

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