Simplepress Forum issue

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Simplepress Forum issue

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Started 3 years ago by marmot
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marmot
Member

Hi !

I've discovered a compatibility issue with the simplepress forum plugin.

Everything works fine except the topic creation. Well I can basically start a new topic but the form doesn't display the validation button (neither the smileys) which prevent me from creating a new thread.
It works fine though when I'm in "Reply" mode.

I've tested this with a clean install of the theme and a clean install of the forum plugin (on a local mode and online). No other modifications and no other plugins installed.

Happy holiday season :)

Posted 3 years ago #
vfxdude
admin
a bit slow reply, but looked into this now since I'm also adjusting bbPress for the theme. The solution for this is quite easy. Add this to style.css:
```
#sforum .inside { width: auto; }

.searchform .searchfield {
	background: #fff !important;
	border: none !important;
}
```
Posted 3 years ago #
Barandum
Member

I know this is probably asking for to mutch... would a special theme for simplepress i.e. an adjusted embedded theme whithin simplepress for bigfeature would be awsome.

Have a look at simplepress. It is one of the best forum solutions out there.

Posted 3 years ago #
vfxdude
admin

I have looked at simplepress, and it works fine now with the fixes above (and with the no sidebar template). There is no plan to create a custom theme for it, as it works fine like it is.

Posted 3 years ago #
vfxdude
admin

since I think simplepress is a better forum option for this theme than bbPress, I will not integrate bbPress with the theme, but I have added the template (used here) to the download section.

To Install simplepress:
1. Add the styles listed above to the bottom of style.css.

2. Download the complete versions (more skins) here and follow these installation instructions.

3. A page called forum is automatically created. Edit it to use the "no sidebar" template.

4. Add the page forum to the navigation.

Posted 3 years ago #
marmot
Member

Thank you for the fix !

Posted 3 years ago #
marmot
Member

The last update of simplepress (v4.2.2) has some issues with your theme (v1.3.4.3), like Cufon not working anymore.
Switching back to v4.2.1 fixes the issues.

Posted 3 years ago #
vfxdude
admin

sounds like a jquery conflict. will look into it.

Posted 3 years ago #
Barandum
Member

same problem here. It kills the container width.

Posted 3 years ago #
Barandum
Member

the problem looks like to be in the optionstyles.php according to the developer of simplepress. I opened a thread here:
http://simple-press.com/support-forum/simplepress-version-4-2/css-problem-when-updating-to-4-2-2/page-2/#p53925

Posted 3 years ago #
Barandum
Member

just got confirmation of the developer of simplepress. the problem seems to be in the optionstlyes.php.

would be great if you could have a look into that!

thx!

Posted 3 years ago #
vfxdude
admin

I installed the new simple:press version on my localhost, and it crashes my webserver. The previous version worked fine on localhost (xamp), so I guess they have done some big changes with this release.

On my server it works. It's running php5, and that might be the reason, but I'm getting mysql errors. Seems like the mysql is not new enough. Everything else works, just getting 2 mysql error messages on the top. see here: http://www.vfxdude.com/testblog/forum/

I would not use this new version if simple:press, seems like there are a lot of problems with it.

Don't understand how optionstyles.php can have something to do with anything. You can cache it instead of using that script though, by enabling the "Cache the settings stylesheet (use css file instead of php)" in the theme settings.

It might be your custom page template for the forum though. Set the Forum page to use the "no sidebar" template instead to test this.

and cufon is working fine for me. Seems like we all get different problems with this new version.

Posted 3 years ago #
Barandum
Member

ok I get back to the developers of simplepress. See also the post here:
http://simple-press.com/support-forum/simplepress-version-4-2/css-problem-when-updating-to-4-2-2/page-2/#p54039

Posted 3 years ago #
Barandum
Member

I just saw, that I have still the following CSS in my childtheme. May that cause the error?

#forum {
float:left;
width:730px;
margin-right: 10px;
}

I have made a special forum page template with only one sidebar instead of two.

Posted 3 years ago #
Barandum
Member

here the latest feedback from the developer. Honestly I have no clue how to solve the problem with the optionstyles.php.

@Barandum As I said earlier in the thread, the CSS information that sets the theme to the correct width seems to be defined in a file called optionstyles.php. So there is theme information stored inline somewhere and not in a stylesheet. With the forum enabled that file is never loaded for some reason. I don't know if it's the template you are using or some other reason?

We need to identify why that happens and what the file is for. Why is the CSS not in the themes style.css file? Why don't you make the width of your theme wider than 800px in your child theme and see if that fixes the issue?

Posted 3 years ago #
vfxdude
admin

test with the no sidebar template then to see if it's your custom template that's the problem. could be that simplepress use the #forum id.

Posted 3 years ago #
Barandum
Member

Changed to no-sidebar template. The problem remains.

Posted 3 years ago #
Barandum
Member

I use the following custom page template
<?php /* Template Name: Forum */
get_header(); if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); if (!get_image('feature')) $imagesize = 'normal'; ?>  <div id="forum"> <?php if ($imagesize == "normal") get_image('normal'); ?> <?php if (in_array('pageHeading', $bf_misc)) { ?> <h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1> <?php } ?> <?php the_content(__('Read more'));?> <?php endwhile; else: ?> <p><?php _e('Not Found','BigFeature'); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?> </div>  <?php get_sidebar('custom'); ?> <?php get_footer(); ?>

and this css:

#forum {
float:left;
width:730px;
margin-right: 10px;
}

I am really desperate... no clue what is wrong.

Posted 3 years ago #
vfxdude
admin

email me the url, I can take a look at it.

Posted 3 years ago #
bellwether
Member

I stumbled upon this thread when i am seraching for a resolution for the same probelm. Any solutions yet. Thanks!

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Posted 1 year ago #
vfxdude
admin

the theme was modified to work with simplepress. it has been a while since I have tested this though (new versions of simplepress).

Posted 1 year ago #

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