Thanks for the additional feedback, Syelle.

I tried creating a new topic and then editing the topic twice with a normal user account and I did not experience any issues.

The “you already said that” message appears when bbPress detects a duplicate post. This message only appears when creating a new post and not when editing. Since your initial…[Read more]

Hi Syelle,

Akismet, our anti-spam plugin, mistakenly caught one of your new topics as spam. The topic isn’t lost, but it’s hidden from view.

We can reinstate the topic, but I see you’ve already created the same one here: https://commonsinabox.org/groups/openlab-help-support/forum/topic/bugs-in-template/

In the future, when you get the spam…[Read more]

Hi Syelle,

We’re going to be including a fix for this in the next maintenance release for CBOX. We’re aiming for early August for the next release.

See https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/commons-in-a-box/issues/358 for all the forum fixes that will be included.

Hi Syelle,

This is not a problem with CBOX. It’s a problem with the Co-Authors Plus plugin and the Customizr theme. We have some specialized fixes on the Commons as outlined here.

It sounds like the problems in that ticket are the same as the ones you outlined. I can share those fixes with you in a code snippet if your developer is able to apply…[Read more]

I’ve posted the bug report to bbPress here: https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3430

Syelle, if you have access to your server, you can add the following snippet to wp-content/mu-plugins/ or wherever else you might store custom code as a temporary workaround:

// Allow pending group topics to be viewed.
add_action(…[Read more]

You would have to use a code snippet to restrict the sitewide wiki page to logged-in members only.

The following would work in your theme’s functions.php or in wp-content/plugins/bp-custom.php:

add_action( 'template_redirect', function() {
if ( ! is_user_logged_in() && function_exists( 'bpdw_is_wiki_home' ) && bpdw_is_wiki_home() )…[Read more]

I can confirm this bug. It’s a problem with the BuddyPress integration with the bbPress forums plugin.

For now, I would recommend that you do not use the “Pending” status option.

I’ll see if I can code a workaround, but I’ll be posting a bug report to bbPress Trac. Will update this thread once I find out more.

Hi Scott,

Are you sure the MLA requires such an older version of BuddyPress? BP 4.2 was released in December 2018.

If that is the case, CBOX 1.1.1 is the release where we bumped compatibility to BuddyPress 4.2. The plugin versions for CBOX 1.1.1 can be found in the plugin manifest…[Read more]

Hi Troy,

This is a bbPress issue when people copy and paste from other pieces of content into the Visual Editor.

You’ll have to open up the restrictions bbPress places on other HTML tags like , etc. The alternative is stripping those elements during pasting.

See:
– https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/strip-html-tabs-from-forum/
-…[Read more]

Hi Ryan,

You could give this plugin a shot:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-add-mime-types/

I haven’t tested it though, but looks like it should work.

Hi Syelle and Ryan,

Besides adding the latex and ltx file extensions to the uploaded file types, you also need to register the mime type for the file type with WordPress.

You can do this with the following snippet in /wp-content/mu-plugins/:

/**
* Add custom items to mime type array for uploads
*/
function my_mime_types( $types )…[Read more]

Hi Troy,

If you’re talking about adding an “Activity” tab to a group’s (course) sidebar nav next to the existing “Course Home” and “Discussion” items, it’s possible. However, it looks like OpenLab wasn’t designed to have an activity stream for a course.

If you want to enable the Activity page for a group (course), you’ll need to do the following…[Read more]

Hi Syelle, I trashed the other comment in that thread because I thought it was a duplicate.

I’ve just reinstated it. Let me know if that is the right one.

Hi Syelle, CBOX actually bypasses the link limit when posting in forums, so that’s not the issue.

The Akismet plugin actually marked your forum post as spam. They use an automated process that sometimes marks legitimate posts as spam. If you do not see your forum post, just keep letting us know so one of the team can approve your post.

I just…[Read more]

I haven’t tried Beyond Multisite, but there are a few plugins out there that are similar like Multisite Plugin Manager (https://wordpress.org/plugins/multisite-plugin-manager/).

Try that one and see if it works for your site.

Hi Syelle,

Akismet incorrectly marked your post as spam. I’ve just manually approved your last couple of replies.

Hi Syelle,

There are two ways:

1. Write a script that will run across all your sites to search each post for the code containing the PDF and Google Doc Embedder. If you have an in-house developer, that person could write a WP-CLI script to do this.

2. If you do not have access to a developer, the alternative is doing a manual search on each…[Read more]

Hi Greg,

I can confirm your report about the empty category pages. I’ve created an issue here: https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/commons-in-a-box/issues/314.

I’ll update this topic when we’ve addressed this. Don’t have an ETA at the moment though.

Create a file at /wp-content/plugins/bp-custom.php.

Follow these instructions:
https://codex.buddypress.org/themes/bp-custom-php/

Then copy the code snippet from the previous link I mentioned for showing empty categories.

Your completed file should look like this: https://pastebin.com/W1AE4FAF