1 – not easy, but potentially doable in a custom plugin… would be fair amount of work at best…

2 – we already give you that… see the template tags plugin, namely the add new topic link template function…  see:  http://codex.simple-press.com/codex/plugins/our-plugins/the-template-tags-plugin/

3 – going to point you to the template tags plugin again… though if you want just a list of forums, enter those once by hand in your wp theme template or widget…   you can list recent topics using one of those template functions…   you can also show a list of favorite topics with the favorites plugin for sp…

Thanks. Now working on the template tags plugin to see whats up there. Using the shortcode on this page

http://codex.simple-press.com/codex/plugins/our-plugins/the-template-tags-plugin/template-tag-newest-topics/

How do I call the newest topics by topics and not forum names with authors. This is what I posted:

on a page and its only showing the forum names that has a post, while I want to list topics.

Thanks once again, will be back for number 1.

You really need to use the highlighter button on the toolbar (far right) for code fragments as we filter out some code elements for security reasons. paste in the code, highlight carefully, and select the language from the list on the toolbar button.

I added this on a page and what i get is the image below

[sp_latest_posts]

What I want is to display the topics alone via shortcode. Also, where can i find the featured topics shortcode so I can display them in a wp page…

I don’t know what you are doing but that code block doesn’t even have a language selected…!

Ok – so is this from the recent Posts template tag? Is that it? Details on that are here: http://codex.simple-press.com/codex/plugins/our-plugins/the-template-tags-plugin/template-tag-recent-posts/ which explains how to control what is displayed and what isn’t. This is also available as a widget of course.

Featured topics/posts is an SP plugin you will need to install. Usage details are here: http://codex.simple-press.com/codex/plugins/our-plugins/available-plugins/plugin-featured-topics/

I got this error as I tried to implement the feautured topics shortcode

Warning: include_once(/problem-with-post-edit-buttonome/flashko1/public_html/wp-content/sp-resources/forum-plugins/featured/template-tags/sp-FeaturedTopics-tag.php) [function.include-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /problem-with-post-edit-buttonome/flashko1/public_html/wp-content/sp-resources/forum-plugins/featured/sp-featured-plugin.php on line 143

Warning: include_once() [function.include]: Failed opening ‘/problem-with-post-edit-buttonome/flashko1/public_html/wp-content/sp-resources/forum-plugins/featured/template-tags/sp-FeaturedTopics-tag.php’ for inclusion (include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /problem-with-post-edit-buttonome/flashko1/public_html/wp-content/sp-resources/forum-plugins/featured/sp-featured-plugin.php on line 143

Fatal error: Call to undefined function sp_do_FeaturedTopicsShortcode() in /problem-with-post-edit-buttonome/flashko1/public_html/wp-content/sp-resources/forum-plugins/featured/sp-featured-plugin.php on line 144

have you seen: http://codex.simple-press.com/codex/plugins/our-plugins/available-plugins/plugin-featured-topics/

you are not calling the write template function… thats an internal one not exposed…  you cant call a shortcode function… if you want a shortcode, use the shortcode…if you want to call a template function, call the template function…

so give the codex article on the featured plugin a read….

have you seen: http://codex.simple-press.com/codex/plugins/our-plugins/available-plugins/plugin-featured-topics/ you are not calling the write template function… thats an internal one not exposed…  you cant call a shortcode function… if you want a shortcode, use the shortcode…if you want to call a template function, call the template function… so give the codex article on the featured plugin a read….

All  i did was to insert the shortcode into the page. Nothing more. Why is it that Its difficult to understand what I am saying.  I have tried to add the shortcode i added here but its not showing.

I want to operate within the shortcode and not have to  create a template to apply to  pages.

I want to know how I can add the number of topics to  display and avoid dsplaying the forum category name where the post is pulled from. I gave an example of a website that I want to imitate,http://www.nairaland.com.

Thanks  for your help

[sp_featured_topics]

Why is it that Its difficult to understand what I am saying

Sorry, but I dont see anywhere in your original post where you indicated which shortcode you entered and that it was entered into a wp page…  that plugin has multiple shortcodes…  a little information goes a long way…

now I can see the issue… open up the main plugin file sp-featured-plugin.php… around line 146, find this line:

    include_once(SPFEATUREDTAGS.’sp-FeaturedTopics-tag.php’);

and change it to:

    include_once(SPFEATUREDTAGS.’sp-featured-topics-tag.php’);

should get you going (was a copy/paste error at some point)… will get it fixed up in the plugin and released shortly…

Thanks but

1. The wp page where the featured topics shortcode is place is now blank, with no content, meaning that all the topics that I have featured does not dsiplayed there. Any more ideas how to solve this?

2. The reply via email seems not to be working for me. When a new post is made on the forum i get notified as admin but when i reply to that topic from my email, it does not show on the forum, is there any kind of setting i need to do other than installing and activating the plugin

3. I cant find the post thanks button on the forum, where is it hiding please. I have the plugin installed and activated ok and configured the setting, but cant find it, on the forum.

4. I almost forgot this one…The auto subcribe function seems not to work. I set it to auto subscribe for threads user post in, but i find out they still have option to chose whether to subcribe or not.

Excuse my many questions and expect more, cos I am learning.

Thanks

1 – how did you enter the featured topics (not posts if using the topic tag)?  in the admin or on the front end?  how did you enter the shortcode?  in the wp editor text mode?  please show exactly what you entered…

2 – have you properly configured it per:  http://codex.simple-press.com/codex/plugins/our-plugins/available-plugins/plugin-post-by-email/ ?  that is created the email accounts, set up all the options and configuration and tested it? 

3 – Post thanks… which template functions did you use from:  http://codex.simple-press.com/codex/plugins/our-plugins/available-plugins/plugin-post-thanks/

4 – yes of course… users need a way to opt out of it… and when you set the option, it only works for new users – it cannot go back and change the setting for existing users…  if you really want to options from users and back em into a corner, you can use the ‘sph_ProfileUserSubsAutoStart’ filter to remove it from the profile form…  again, we dont make it an easy option because forcing users to not have an opportunity to opt out of something shouldnt be taken lightly…

1 – how did you enter the featured topics (not posts if using the topic tag)?  in the admin or on the front end?  how did you enter the shortcode?  in the wp editor text mode?  please show exactly what you entered…

On the codex page I saw this…

Using Shortcode to Display featured Topics

To display using the default arguments.

I Inserted the shortcode in the wp text editor.  This is what I added:

 What I want to achieve is to display featured topics on a wp page using the shortcode. I want to be able to have like 15 topics list on the feautred topics displayed and I dont want the forum category where the feautred topic is pulled from to show. Lets say I have topic like these below in different forums

How to Verify Paypal

How to Lie

How to Act

Those are examples. I want these topics as I feature them to just display on the wp page so that when a user clicks he is taken to the forum area to read.

I hope u understand. Just tell me how to call 15 featured topics onto a wp page using the shortcode. Thats all.

Thanks

you didnt answer my question #1 which is key…  how did you designate which topics were to be considered featured?  you have to create the list or pass a list via the shortcode attributes all per the codex page…

forum – components- featured topics admin panel is one way to designate featured topics…

or you can do it using the forum tools on the front end and marking which topics (will show up in admin panel then too)…

or you can pass a list of topic ids to the shortcode…

I am using the forum toolsets to mark feautured topics.