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bbPress Support Forums » Forum: Troubleshooting - Recent Topics http://bbpress.org/forums/forum/troubleshooting en-US Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:12:27 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://bbpress.org/forums/search.php jdrancor on "compare WordPress tags to BBpress tags. Relevant posts." http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/compare-wordpress-tags-to-bbpress-tags-relevant-posts#post-65995 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:12:41 +0000 jdrancor 65995@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Hi, I'm trying to list topics from the forum in a WP post. I'm wanting to just show the topics that have the same tags as the particular post that is being viewed. This is basically a display relevant posts. How can this be done? I've tried a bunch of PHP, but I'm not having luck navigating the codex between the two databases. I've mucked around alot, but I can't get beyond the basic display the last 10 posts functionality. Here's where I'm at: HELP? <?php global $wpdb; $query="SELECT * FROM bb_topics WHERE topic_status=0 ORDER BY topic_time DESC LIMIT 10"; $results=$wpdb->get_results($query); foreach ($results as $result) {echo " <li><a>topic_id."'>".$result->topic_title."</a></li> ";} ?> charissa on "Help! How to fix: ERROR: Could not establish a database connection" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/help-how-to-fix-error-could-not-establish-a-database-connection#post-66109 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:48:25 +0000 charissa 66109@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Help! I am a designer, NOT a programmer...I finished up a site for a client last week that included a forum and today we are getting this message: ERROR: Could not establish a database connection. I have a more tech savvy friend trying to help me but I can't figure it out. Any suggestions? Thank you so much! Update, the bb_admin folder cannot be reached... strange! it is on the server but the url says: Oops! This link appears to be broken. Arturo on "username function" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/username-function#post-65957 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:38:26 +0000 Arturo 65957@http://bbpress.org/forums/ hi, what's the function to have the username with bbpress? post_author() show the name and not the username. for example, my username is arturo84, but with the post i see Arturo, so i want the function for the username. thanks for the help. chengdu living on "Change the URL in registration e-mail" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/change-the-url-in-registration-e-mail#post-64529 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:25:32 +0000 chengdu living 64529@http://bbpress.org/forums/ When users register on my bbPress installation, they receive a URL to login. Except the URL to login is the bbPress install location, not the URL of the bbPress install as it sits inside my Wordpress site design. How can I change the URL in that e-mail? If that wasn't clear, here's what I mean. The registration e-mail is forwarding users to <a href="http://www.chengduliving.com/bbpress" rel="nofollow">http://www.chengduliving.com/bbpress</a> but where I want them to go is <a href="http://www.chengduliving.com/forum" rel="nofollow">http://www.chengduliving.com/forum</a> Thanks! dboze on "login>logout issues with both places" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/loginlogout-issues-with-both-places#post-66063 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:39:40 +0000 dboze 66063@http://bbpress.org/forums/ When I login on the site and then go to the forums sometimes I am still logged out on the forums. Is there a reason for this and a way to fix it and make the login and logout work perfectly for both of them? jonkemp on "changing database hosts" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/changing-database-hosts#post-66076 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:18:16 +0000 jonkemp 66076@http://bbpress.org/forums/ I recently changed the database host names across several sites. Nothing else changed except that. I changed the database host names for all my wordpress installs in the config files, and they all work now. However, simply changing the database host names in the config files for my bbpress installs did not work. I have 2 bbpress installs, and they both say "Error: Could not establish a database connection." I then tried to edit the host name where I found it in the database, and it still does not work. My question is what have I done wrong? Why would changing the database host name make it not work when every other database connection works? royho on "WP + BBpress Deep Integration Video Tutorial" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wp-bbpress-deep-integration-video-tutorial#post-66065 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:16:13 +0000 royho 66065@http://bbpress.org/forums/ In case this may help you guys. Here is a video tutorial of how it is done quick and easy. <a href="http://designintheraw.com/2010/tutorials/bbpress-wordpress-integration/" rel="nofollow">http://designintheraw.com/2010/tutorials/bbpress-wordpress-integration/</a> chengdu living on "Remove "Allowed markup" text on post page" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/remove-allowed-markup-text-on-post-page#post-66056 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:10:08 +0000 chengdu living 66056@http://bbpress.org/forums/ On the post page, it says <pre><code>Allowed markup: BBcode a blockquote code em strong ul ol li img font strike center u hr cite. You can also put code in between backtick characters.</code></pre> How can I remove this text? I checked bb-post.php but couldn't figure it out. Thanks in advance! Farhad on "Javascript menu" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/javascript-menu#post-66038 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:37:40 +0000 Farhad 66038@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Hello I want add a javascript menu in top of my forum I edit header.php file in template folder and add javascript code into this file, but nothing appear in forum Please help me how can add javascript menu in forum Thanks jurasiks on "Name based permalinks without page/ and forums/" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/name-based-permalinks-without-page-and-forums#post-65662 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:32:30 +0000 jurasiks 65662@http://bbpress.org/forums/ It's possible to remove forums & page in name based permalinks? bbpress 1.0.2 htaccess: # BEGIN bbPress Options -MultiViews <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^page/([0-9]+)/?$ /index.php?page=$1 [L,QSA] RewriteRule ^forum/([^/]+)/page/([0-9]+)/?$ /forum.php?id=$1&page=$2 [L,QSA] RewriteRule ^forum/([^/]+)/?$ /forum.php?id=$1 [L,QSA] RewriteRule ^forum/?$ / [R=302,L,QSA] RewriteRule ^topic/([^/]+)/page/([0-9]+)/?$ /topic.php?id=$1&page=$2 [L,QSA] RewriteRule ^topic/([^/]+)/?$ /topic.php?id=$1 [L,QSA] RewriteRule ^topic/?$ / [R=302,L,QSA] RewriteRule ^tags/([^/]+)/page/([0-9]+)/?$ /tags.php?tag=$1&page=$2 [L,QSA] RewriteRule ^tags/([^/]+)/?$ /tags.php?tag=$1 [L,QSA] RewriteRule ^tags/?$ /tags.php [L,QSA] RewriteRule ^profile/([^/]+)/page/([0-9]+)/?$ /profile.php?id=$1&page=$2 [L,QSA] RewriteRule ^profile/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?$ /profile.php?id=$1&tab=$2 [L,QSA] RewriteRule ^profile/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/page/([0-9]+)/?$ /profile.php?id=$1&tab=$2&page=$3 [L,QSA] RewriteRule ^profile/([^/]+)/?$ /profile.php?id=$1 [L,QSA] RewriteRule ^profile/?$ /profile.php [L,QSA] RewriteRule ^view/([^/]+)/page/([0-9]+)/?$ /view.php?view=$1&page=$2 [L,QSA] RewriteRule ^view/([^/]+)/?$ /view.php?view=$1 [L,QSA] RewriteRule ^rss/?$ /rss.php [L,QSA] RewriteRule ^rss/topics/?$ /rss.php?topics=1 [L,QSA] RewriteRule ^rss/forum/([^/]+)/?$ /rss.php?forum=$1 [L,QSA] RewriteRule ^rss/forum/([^/]+)/topics/?$ /rss.php?forum=$1&topics=1 [L,QSA] RewriteRule ^rss/topic/([^/]+)/?$ /rss.php?topic=$1 [L,QSA] RewriteRule ^rss/tags/([^/]+)/?$ /rss.php?tag=$1 [L,QSA] RewriteRule ^rss/tags/([^/]+)/topics/?$ /rss.php?tag=$1&topics=1 [L,QSA] RewriteRule ^rss/profile/([^/]+)/?$ /rss.php?profile=$1 [L,QSA] RewriteRule ^rss/view/([^/]+)/?$ /rss.php?view=$1 [L,QSA] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^.*$ /index.php [L] </IfModule> # END bbPress spencerp on "MediaWiki, bbPress, and WordPress integration.." http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/mediawiki-bbpress-and-wordpress-integration#post-2710 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 02:22:14 +0000 spencerp 2710@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Ok people, here's the deal.. I've installed MediaWiki 1.8.2 on my domain: <a href="http://codex.spencerp.net/" rel="nofollow">http://codex.spencerp.net/</a> and customized the links for it and so forth.. no big deal right... ? What I have done so far is (in this order).. 1) Integrated bbPress to my WordPress blog.. So anyone that registers on my bbPress forums, is automatically registered into my WP blog. Usernames and Passwords work for BOTH.. 2) Applied the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/User:RobLa/bbPress_Auth_for_MediaWiki">bbPress_Auth_for_MediaWiki</a> extension to my MediaWiki.. However, I had to use some of the modifications listed <a href="http://comox.textdrive.com/pipermail/wiki-tech/2005-August/000028.html">here</a>. Now, people can login to my MediaWiki with the usernames and passwords from either the WP blog, or the forums.. ;):) The ONLY problem I'm having now, is.. having users register for a new account on my MediaWiki "Create New Account" page.. sigh.. I'm getting the following error.. <a href="http://codex.spencerp.net/Special:Userlogin?type=signup&returnto=Main_Page" rel="nofollow">http://codex.spencerp.net/Special:Userlogin?type=signup&returnto=Main_Page</a> "Login error: There was either an external authentication database error or you are not allowed to update your external account." Which is obviously saying, it's trying to create a new account in the MediaWiki database.. but, where really it should be trying to make a new account in my WP database.. right? Or, that might be meaning the other way around.. I'm not sure. My questions are: 1) Is there a way to modify the "Create New Account" page, with the WP register page codes? So, when someone tries to create a new account on my MediaWiki itself.. it calls the WP database for it? Or.. 2) Just modify the MediaWiki file, that contains the "Create Account" link, and use the link to the registration page for the WP blog itself? And if so, which MediaWiki file does this reside in? I guess I'd rather have it simple.. and just implement the WP registration codes, into the MediaWiki file.. so there is no redirecting of the "Create Account" link in my MediaWiki.. Or, does someone know of an "extension" for MediaWiki.. that synchronizes the MediaWiki & WordPress registrations? Thanks in advanced.. ;) :) spencerp /It's ALMOST totally there now.. the way I want her.. just that dang Registration problem on the MediaWiki sigh. By the way, you have to be registered and signed-in, to edit my Wiki.. whee! Which means, you'll have to register on my blog, or forums first! This is why I'd like to get this MediaWiki registration figured out soon sigh.. inerxia on "Problem upgrading from 0.904 to 1.0" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/problem-upgrading-from-0904-to-10#post-65989 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:14:34 +0000 inerxia 65989@http://bbpress.org/forums/ I follow all the instructions from here: <a href="http://bbpress.org/documentation/upgrading/" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/documentation/upgrading/</a> And get this mesage: "An invalid configuration file was found at bb-config.php The installation cannot continue. Usually this is caused by one of the database connection settings being incorrect. Make sure that the specified user has appropriate permission to access the database." I tried with the old bb-config.php and entering the data base info ito the new one and nothing. Thanks alpacino85 on "wp integration cookie does not work" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wp-integration-coockie-does-not-work#post-61659 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:46:28 +0000 alpacino85 61659@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Hello, I integrated wordpress Version 2.8.6 with bbpress Version 1.0.2 My user table is correctly shared, couse i can login on both. When I switch from wordpress to bbpress, I am nog logged in, if i log in on bbpress i get logged out on wordpress. Does any one know what i did wrong ? brucini on "custom header file locations" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/custom-header-file-locations#post-65946 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:48:23 +0000 brucini 65946@http://bbpress.org/forums/ hi i'm using mysty theme I need to change the upload dimensions for the new header image under the custom header function in Appearance presently images are cropped to 760 x 200 px when i upload the custom header i've recently widened the template to reflect 880 x 200 for the header image as you can see here <a href="http://theblackkeysfanlounge.com" rel="nofollow">http://theblackkeysfanlounge.com</a>, i need to upload the header image as 880 x 200 px to fill the available space So, I can't find where in the files I can alter theme to change the upload dimensions. Does anyone know where and how to make this change? thanks in advance cheers ajithkpunnoose on "Default user permissions" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/default-user-permissions#post-65884 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:05:58 +0000 ajithkpunnoose 65884@http://bbpress.org/forums/ I need to know what the different types of users : Key-Master, Administrator, Member etc can do on the bbpress forums and topics. I searched for about an hour and can't find a suitable answer. Any post or link will help. Pdodo on "Login/Register bridge" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/loginregister-bridge#post-65773 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:36:57 +0000 Pdodo 65773@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Hello, I really need to login to my bbPress forum with my seperate web application, but for that I need to know how the password in the database is encrypted. I already tried to include the functions from "functions.bb-pluggable.php" etc. but that's a mess and don't work. So I need wheter a API/Bridge or how the password is encrypted. Michael3185 on "User profile link in post - replacement link" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/user-profile-link-in-post-replacement-link#post-37622 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:21:49 +0000 Michael3185 37622@http://bbpress.org/forums/ I'm trying to change the post author link which is displayed as 'Key Master' (for example) to 'User profile'. Tried lots of variations having looked through the bbPress template functions file, but can't get it to work. The top part of my post.php code is this at present; <pre><code><div class="threadauthor"> <?php avatarupload_display(get_post_author_id()); ?> <?php post_author_link(); ?> <?php post_author_title(); ?> </div></code></pre> The post_author_link() line becomes; <code><a href="http://mbforum.letsdoo.org/profile/michael">Key Master</a></code> I realise I'm just not grasping how the PHP code/functions work, so if anyone thinks, "Oh yeah, all you do is..." I'd be very grateful for an answer. kernowkid on "shift bbpress to sessions" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/shift-bbpress-to-sessions#post-65800 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:09:43 +0000 kernowkid 65800@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Hi, Is there a way to to shift bbpress to sessions (temporary cookies) instead of true cookies? I need the forum to allow people to login on public computers where there are restrictions on cookies and I've been told that moving over to sessions will allow this. Thanks for any advise Niteblade on "Apostrophe and or quotation marks cause backslash to appear." http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/apostrophe-and-or-quotation-marks-cause-backslash-to-appear#post-55333 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:42:24 +0000 Niteblade 55333@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Hello. I notice on my fresh and clean installation that when I use "quotation marks" or when I use an apostrophe in contractions (can't, shouldn't, etc.), a backslash appears. "quotation marks" --> \"quotation marks\" can't --> can\'t I don't know what's causing this. I have my own dedicated server, so I'm in complete control of everything. chandersbs on "bbPress mobile version" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-mobile-version#post-64043 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:34:29 +0000 chandersbs 64043@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Okay, I have this plugin found on this uri activated: <a href="http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bbpress-mobile/" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bbpress-mobile/</a> I'm using bbPress 1.0.1 Not working. I've added in the file bb-mobile.php the user-agent for iPhones <code>Safari 4.0 mobile</code> also i added a user-agent switcher addon (<a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59" rel="nofollow">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59</a>) on my firefox, but even if the user-agent is recognized as safari 4.0 mobile -- tracked by getclicky, the website is not being shown in a mobile friendly version. Suggestions? bforeste on "Upgrade Errors: It looks like your database is out-of-date." http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/upgrade-errors-it-looks-like-your-database-is-out-of-date#post-65643 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:14:10 +0000 bforeste 65643@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Upgrading bbpress from 0.9.0.2 to 1.0.2 I also have WP installed, same DB & standard table prefixes (bb_ and wp_) This is my test site, so I don't have 'active' WP / BB integration I'm on Media Temple Grid Server DB Server is version 5.1.26-rc-5.1.26rc MySQL Client is 4.1.11 When I followed the instructions on Upgrading, I mistakenly went to 'install.php' instead of 'upgrade.php'. I don't think this was a big deal though, because I wiped out the install directory and tried a 'clean' upgrade - with the same results. I get all the way through to step 3, and I receive a 'minor' error that my Database is out of date & needs upgraded. I click 'okay' to upgrade...and I receive this error: ERROR: Could not establish a database connection I have gone through my wp-config and my new (and backed up versions of) the bb-config docs, and all are pointing to the correct db server, host, username, password, etc. When I did the first install - it actually presented me with my main 'forums' page (I knew it was upgraded, because of the new theme). My posts were there. When I tried logging into the 'admin' area of bbPress, I got the ERROR: Could not establish a database connection reply again. What am I missing? Is the 'initial' mistake of running the 'install' versus 'upgrade' script my downfall? How can I recover? many thanks bforeste citizenkeith on "Database Upgrade Issues" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/database-upgrade-issues#post-37376 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:12:31 +0000 citizenkeith 37376@http://bbpress.org/forums/ When I moved to a new host (Media Temple), I also upgraded to RC1. I skipped RC2 and I'm currently running RC3. Ever since I switched, I have had three occasions in which bbPress informed me that I needed to upgrade the database. I get this message when I go to the admin panel. Fist I notice that certain plugins aren't activated (which were activated previously), and so I go to the admin panel and get the upgrade massage. Here are the upgrade messages: Beginning upgrade… Tags copied to taxonomy tables: bb_upgrade_1080 Display names populated: bb_upgrade_1090 Index forum_stickies dropped: bb_upgrade_1100 >>> Done Is this a problem with my host? A bbPress bug? Hacking? Could it be related to my recount problem (see my previous post for info)? Thanks in advance... dchase on "Upgrading users to admins" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/upgrading-users-to-admins#post-21272 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:29:15 +0000 dchase 21272@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Ok, so I have wordpress 2.51 fully integrated with bbpress 0.9.0.2. I had a friend who I wanted to show the backend so I had him register and I figured I would then change his membership level to admin. So he registered via Wordpress (which is using the register plus plugin) and it worked fine. He had subscriber status on WP and member status on BB. However, when I upgraded him via WP and it gave him admin status in WP but it didn't change his status in BB, he is still just a member. Do I have to manually change this or is there a way to have it automatically change? thelobbyist on "RSS Feeds" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/rss-feeds-1#post-65375 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:15:32 +0000 thelobbyist 65375@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Just doing some searching and see that RSS feeds for forums were broken. I discovered this myself when I tried to load my forum feeds for my new site into Google Reader today and it couldn't find the feed. I have updated my code with the patch update and feed validator says my feed is fine, but it still won't load in Google Reader. From what I've read on the forums there was a wide spread problem, but I can't seem to locate if there was ever a definite solution. I am running the latest WP with BBpress 1.0.2 with deep integration. Anything I can do to fix this? RSS feeds for my forums are pretty vital because this particular site won't have posts, just pages for research content, and forums for feedback and discussion. Thanks lifestrikes on "Sub- Forums Topics Count Not Displayed" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/sub-forums-topics-count-not-displayed#post-65637 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:49:30 +0000 lifestrikes 65637@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Forum URL - <a href="http://bit.ly/aDl62k" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/aDl62k</a> bbPress Version - 1.0.2 Issue - Check out the Forums (Letter of Recommendation and F1 Student Visa). On home page, it doesn't display the Topic and Post Counts ( Grayed Out). When you click on the them, it has Topics within the forums. kineda on "Add nofollow to links" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/add-nofollow-to-links#post-4291 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:13:01 +0000 kineda 4291@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Is there anyway to add the nofollow tag to links? Arturo on "deep integration = blank screen" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/deep-integration-blank-screen#post-65512 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:21:08 +0000 Arturo 65512@http://bbpress.org/forums/ hi, i've added the code require_once('/path/to/wp-load.php'); on my bb-config.php in a subdomain of my site but when i try to visit the site i see only a blank page... any idea to resolve this issue? my installation is: wp 2.9.2 and bbpress 1.0.2 thanks! moominmama on "Posting not working w/BuddyPress" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/posting-not-working-wbuddypress#post-65634 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:59:58 +0000 moominmama 65634@http://bbpress.org/forums/ I am running WPMU 2.9.2 with BuddyPress 1.2.1 When I post to a group forum I get a 404. If I hit the back arrow on my browser and then hit refresh, then the post is listed there. If I click the title of the post, I get "There are no posts for this topic." <a href="http://supportforspecialneeds.com/groups/arizona/forum/topic/testing-yet-again/" rel="nofollow">http://supportforspecialneeds.com/groups/arizona/forum/topic/testing-yet-again/</a> (You can see even by that url that there IS a post.) I didn't install this BuddyPress install but I did upgrade it from the BP version just before this one and I'm thinking maybe something got lost in the translation? I've asked on the BuddyPress site and haven't heard back yet so I'm checking here to see if it's exclusively a BBPress issue. Thank you!! Dawn flyonthenet.com on "Simultaneous posts = wrong pages and posts count" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/simultaneous-posts-wrong-pages-and-posts-count#post-65603 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:43:07 +0000 flyonthenet.com 65603@http://bbpress.org/forums/ I recently setup a bbpress-based forum. There's a hot topic with 1500 posts and about 100 new daily posts. If two users will post simultaneously (same post_time and post_position in bb_posts table), the posts count is 1 less the real. When a new page is required, the pages number is one less (and new post unreachable) until a second new post is added. The post recount tool in Administration will not fix the problem: I have to manually edit the bb_topics table Thanks in advance Zatoozy on "All users deleted after wordpress integration try" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/all-users-deleted-after-wordpress-integration-try#post-65599 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:59:54 +0000 Zatoozy 65599@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Hey all there, I tried to integrate wordpress with my bbpress installation but it failed.. I edited a setting in the menue, I forgot which.. I typed "wp_" in a box where it needed to be, that's what I understood after reading the description below the box. Now the forum has no users! My users.php file looks like after the first installation.. I can't login into the forum and so I can't change it back to default.. Please help me. { The searchbar didn't } Zatoozy. Link to my forum: <a href="http://zap.bplaced.net/forum/" rel="nofollow">http://zap.bplaced.net/forum/</a>