Forums should have a way to view a particular user's posts

[SergeyBiryukov]

On the new bbPress 2.x forums, there's no way to view all my (or someone else's) posts.

Previously, I could see them on ​https://ru.forums.wordpress.org/profile/sergeybiryukov, which now redirects to ​https://ru.wordpress.org/support/profile/sergeybiryukov and produces a "Page not found" error.

The correct URL appears to be ​https://ru.wordpress.org/support/users/sergeybiryukov/replies, but both the left navigation menu and pagination links are broken there.

All profile links in the forum templates just link to ​https://profiles.wordpress.org/sergeybiryukov, which is not helpful, because it does not include international forums activity (see #129).

[netweb]

Replying to SergeyBiryukov:

The correct URL appears to be ​https://ru.wordpress.org/support/user/sergeybiryukov/replies, and it used to work a few hours ago, but currently it produces the same error.

These work:

• ​https://ru.wordpress.org/support/users/sergeybiryukov/
• ​https://ru.wordpress.org/support/users/sergeybiryukov/replies
• ​https://ru.wordpress.org/support/users/sergeybiryukov/topics
• ​https://ru.wordpress.org/support/users/sergeybiryukov/favorites

If you are signed in this should also work:

• ​https://ru.wordpress.org/support/users/sergeybiryukov/subscriptions

[SergeyBiryukov]

@netweb: Thanks! We should add ​https://ru.wordpress.org/support/users/sergeybiryukov/ to the templates then instead of the WP.org profile.

On ​https://ru.wordpress.org/support/users/sergeybiryukov/replies, both the left navigation menu and pagination links are broken, they lead to the WP.org profile:

• ​https://profiles.wordpress.org/sergeybiryukov/replies/
• ​https://profiles.wordpress.org/sergeybiryukov/replies/page/2/
• etc.

[SergeyBiryukov]

Replying to SergeyBiryukov:

On ​https://ru.wordpress.org/support/users/sergeybiryukov/replies, both the left navigation menu and pagination links are broken

Created a separate ticket for that: #1871

[netweb]

Replying to SergeyBiryukov:

@netweb: Thanks! We should add ​https://ru.wordpress.org/support/users/sergeybiryukov/ to the templates then instead of the WP.org profile.

The end goal has always been to use the WP.org profiles, though the extra functionality to facilitate the previous URLs mentioned still need to be added to profiles.wordpress.org.

On ​https://ru.wordpress.org/support/users/sergeybiryukov/replies, both the left navigation menu and pagination links are broken, they lead to the WP.org profile:

• ​https://profiles.wordpress.org/sergeybiryukov/replies/
• ​https://profiles.wordpress.org/sergeybiryukov/replies/page/2/
• etc.

Because we're redirecting user profiles to profiles.wordpress.org via `wporg_support_profile_url`

[ocean90]

#1871 was marked as a duplicate.

[ocean90]

netweb:

The end goal has always been to use the WP.org profiles, though the extra functionality to facilitate the previous URLs mentioned still need to be added to profiles.wordpress.org.

That's exactly what we're aiming for.

[SergeyBiryukov]

I'm all for improving WP.org profiles, but it won't happen this year, will it? In the meantime, forum profiles should have this basic functionality.

[netweb]

This ticket can probable be closed as a duplicate of #129: Profile pages should include activity on local forums as well

The redirection and unified profiles discussion above should happen in ticket #518: unify profiles

[SergeyBiryukov]

#129 and #518 are enhancements for (still not open sourced) WP.org profiles.

This ticket is a regression on local forums.

[samuelsidler]

Replying to SergeyBiryukov:

#129 and #518 are enhancements for (still not open sourced) WP.org profiles.

This ticket is a regression on local forums.

Regardless, I think #129 is the right way to fix this ticket. Having two separate profiles isn't helpful long-term.

[netweb]

Thinking on this some more, by temporarily removing the redirect to profiles.wordpress.org:

• Give the international forum users said "basic functionality" now comment:7
• I've already listed workaround URLs for this in comment:1
• profiles.wordpress.org is yet to be open sourced
• It's a minor code change with significant UX imporovements

[netweb]

In 1868-redirect.diff​ should suffice until profile integration with profiles.wordpress.org progresses.

[SergeyBiryukov]

Replying to samuelsidler:

Regardless, I think #129 is the right way to fix this ticket. Having two separate profiles isn't helpful long-term.

I agree about long term, but I think English support team wouldn't be happy either if /support/profile/{username} pages were gone right now, and there was no forum activity whatsoever on WP.org profiles, which is the case for us.

To summarize, three things I'd like to see here:

• In content-single-topic-lead.php, link either username or role to /support/users/{username}/.
• Fix navigation on that page using 1868-redirect.diff​.
• Redirect https://ru.forums.wordpress.org/profile/{username} to /support/users/{username}/.

(Some of our active contributors used to link to their forum profile from other sites, I don't see a reason to break that URL if we can redirect it to the correct place.)

[SergeyBiryukov]

Admins and moderators can figure out the workaround URLs, but regular users are pretty confused when they can't find their own topics.

[W.P. Ginfo]

Replying to SergeyBiryukov:

Admins and moderators can figure out the workaround URLs, but regular users are pretty confused when they can't find their own topics.

You are quite right!!
I'm a contributor to both the international and the dutch forum.
Unfortunately I can see only the international topics and not the ones in the dutch forum.
Although it's suggested that the solution is somewhere in this ticket, I have not a clue what to do to get things working again...

This used to work: https:

[gblsm]

Replying to W.P. Ginfo:

I'm a contributor to both the international and the dutch forum.
Unfortunately I can see only the international topics and not the ones in the dutch forum.
Although it's suggested that the solution is somewhere in this ticket, I have not a clue what to do to get things working again...

It’s same for me, a contributer to the Japanese forum.
I am looking forward to seeing the list of my previous posts/comments again soon.

[netweb]

FYI: The Dutch forums user profile slug appears to have changed from users to user

bbPress' default user slug is users:

• Works: https://nl.wordpress.org/support/user/wp-ginfo/topics
• Broken: https://nl.wordpress.org/support/users/wp-ginfo/topics

Via ​https://nl.wordpress.org/support/topic/veranderd-forum-mooi-maar-verdwaald/#post-99158

[tenpura]

Replying to netweb:

FYI: The Dutch forums user profile slug appears to have changed from users to user

bbPress' default user slug is users:

• Works: https://nl.wordpress.org/support/user/wp-ginfo/topics
• Broken: https://nl.wordpress.org/support/users/wp-ginfo/topics

Via ​https://nl.wordpress.org/support/topic/veranderd-forum-mooi-maar-verdwaald/#post-99158

You are right. Now all of these links are working.

​https://ja.wordpress.org/support/user/tenpura/
​https://ja.wordpress.org/support/user/tenpura/topics/
​https://ja.wordpress.org/support/user/tenpura/replies/
​https://ja.wordpress.org/support/user/tenpura/favorites/
​https://ja.wordpress.org/support/user/tenpura/subscriptions/
​https://ja.wordpress.org/support/user/tenpura/edit/

Questions:

1. How do I reflect these to the actual links in the sidebar?
2. Which is the desirable user profile slug: "user" or "users"?

[ocean90]

Not sure why this happens but that's what I've found out:

• The settings page still shows 'users'
• wp --url=ja.wordpress.org/support/ option get _bbp_user_favs_slug returns an empty value
• wp --url=ja.wordpress.org/support/ eval 'echo bbp_get_user_slug();' returns 'user' because the default value of bbp_get_user_slug() is 'user', see ​https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/src/includes/core/options.php?rev=5951&marks=621#L615
• There is a bbp_get_default_options() function which uses 'users', see ​https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/src/includes/core/options.php?rev=5951&marks=82#L82

[netweb]

Replying to ocean90:

Not sure why this happens but that's what I've found out:

• The settings page still shows 'users'
• wp --url=ja.wordpress.org/support/ option get _bbp_user_favs_slug returns an empty value
• wp --url=ja.wordpress.org/support/ eval 'echo bbp_get_user_slug();' returns 'user' because the default value of bbp_get_user_slug() is 'user', see ​https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/src/includes/core/options.php?rev=5951&marks=621#L615
• There is a bbp_get_default_options() function which uses 'users', see ​https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/src/includes/core/options.php?rev=5951&marks=82#L82

Great catch on the user/users slug, thanks, will investigate further and write some tests and fix bbPress side

It looks like maybe none of bbPress options are in the wp_options table for the Dutch and Japanese sites

I expect the correct option values will be there for the Russian site, but empty for Dutch and Japanese:

• Returns empty: wp --url=ja.wordpress.org/support/ option get _bbp_user_favs_slug
• Returns empty: wp --url=nl.wordpress.org/support/ option get _bbp_user_favs_slug
• Returns favorites: wp --url=ru.wordpress.org/support/ option get _bbp_user_favs_slug

Similar for _bbp_user_slug, though Dutch and Japanese will pickup that default user value

• Returns user: wp --url=ja.wordpress.org/support/ option get _bbp_user_slug
• Returns user: wp --url=nl.wordpress.org/support/ option get _bbp_user_slug
• Returns users: wp --url=ru.wordpress.org/support/ option get _bbp_user_slug

Are there any bbPress options at all in wp_options for Dutch and Japanese forum sites? (bbPress uses _bbp prefix)

[jmdodd]

Replying to netweb:

Are there any bbPress options at all in wp_options for Dutch and Japanese forum sites? (bbPress uses _bbp prefix)

I've resaved the bbPress options for all Rosetta sites to force an update; some of the sites did not get the options updated to their default values during the installation. This should resolve the user/users issue on the forums.

[cristiano.zanca]

In our Italian forum this is the url working

​https://it.wordpress.org/forums/users/cristianozanca/replies

there must be a redirect from /forums ->> to /support and it has to be fixed with the other links but works!

Jennifer already knows about it, only to share the working url with you

[netweb]

Replying to jmdodd:

I've resaved the bbPress options for all Rosetta sites to force an update; some of the sites did not get the options updated to their default values during the installation. This should resolve the user/users issue on the forums.

Any idea why this happened? It's not a good experience if bbPress has a bug that prevents its options being saved when activated, I'd like to get to the bottom of this and get it fixed if it's a bbPress problem.

@jmdodd To that end, are the wp-cli script or scripts that have been being used available to me so I can test these please?

[jmdodd]

Replying to netweb:

@jmdodd To that end, are the wp-cli script or scripts that have been being used available to me so I can test these please?

I ran activate_plugin( 'bbpress/bbpress.php' ); on the wpmu_new_blog action.

[netweb]

Replying to jmdodd:

Replying to netweb:

@jmdodd To that end, are the wp-cli script or scripts that have been being used available to me so I can test these please?

I ran activate_plugin( 'bbpress/bbpress.php' ); on the wpmu_new_blog action.

That sounds fine, but still doesn't help debug the issue, the creation script you mention ​here, does that have anything else in it that might cause the options to be wiped after activation? Can that script and any others used be made available to the bbPress team or open sourced?

[netweb]

Replying to ocean90:

Not sure why this happens but that's what I've found out:

• The settings page still shows 'users'
• wp --url=ja.wordpress.org/support/ option get _bbp_user_favs_slug returns an empty value
• wp --url=ja.wordpress.org/support/ eval 'echo bbp_get_user_slug();' returns 'user' because the default value of bbp_get_user_slug() is 'user', see ​https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/src/includes/core/options.php?rev=5951&marks=621#L615
• There is a bbp_get_default_options() function which uses 'users', see ​https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/src/includes/core/options.php?rev=5951&marks=82#L82

Fixed in ​bbPress:changeset:6078 / ​#bbPress2983

[SergeyBiryukov]

Replying to samuelsidler:

Regardless, I think #129 is the right way to fix this ticket. Having two separate profiles isn't helpful long-term.

#129 is now fixed (see #1953 though), but it's still not a viable solution:

• The Activity page only displays the latest replies, there's no access to all topics and replies.
• Forum profiles should have UI in the forum language, whereas WP.org profiles are intentionally English-only. Merging them would require some kind of i18n roadmap for WP.org profiles.

[keesiemeijer]

If we're not redirecting we should get the pagination and left sidebar links updated to go to right pages.

[SergeyBiryukov]

Marking 1868-redirect.diff​ for commit.

[SergeyBiryukov]

Replying to SergeyBiryukov:

On ​https://ru.wordpress.org/support/users/sergeybiryukov/replies, both the left navigation menu and pagination links are broken, they lead to the WP.org profile

Just noticed that Unsubscribe links on ​https://ru.wordpress.org/support/users/sergeybiryukov/subscriptions/ are broken as well, for the same reason.

[jmdodd]

In 3973:

Forums Theme: Use bbPress 2 user profiles on the forums.

Users on Rosetta and support forums need to be able to manage their subscriptions/favorites/etc.

Until there is a unified user profile that covers these needs, we should use the forum-specific profiles.

Props SergeyBiryukov, netweb.

Fixes #1868.