http://bbpress.org/forums/ bbPress support forums User Favorites: _ck_ en Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:04:15 +0000 http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/privacy-forum-is-it-really-private#post-18772 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:39:14 +0000 _ck_ 18772@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Cookies have nothing to do with reading the forum (unless there's a hidden/private forum). Cookies are about identifying yourself as a registered member and giving you the ability to post. But a secure login method and cookie means that no-one else can pretend to be you.</p> <p>The mini-plugin is to prevent Google from showing a "cache" link on your pages when people find results from your website. They'll have to visit your site directly, and if it's a hidden/private forum, they won't be able to just read it through Google's cache (which can't see it anyway, unless someone changes "Hidden Forums" behaviour). </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/privacy-forum-is-it-really-private#post-18764 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:00:49 +0000 chrishajer 18764@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I don't see how the cookie has anything to do with google indexing your pages. Forums hidden with the "Hidden Forums" plugin won't be indexed either. If you want to prevent anyone (including search engines) from seeing certain forums, protect them with the Hidden Forums plugin. If you want to prevent search engines from <strong>caching</strong> public forums, then use the mini-plugin that _ck_ posted.</p> <p>To use it as a plugin, just create a plugin file. The only difference between what _ck_ posted and a full blown plugin is the header.</p> <pre><code>&lt;?php /* Plugin Name: No Archive Description: Prevent some search engines from caching your forum */ function noarchive() { echo &quot;\n&quot;.&#39;&lt;meta NAME=&quot;robots&quot; CONTENT=&quot;noarchive&quot;&gt;&#39;.&quot;\n&quot;; } add_action(&#39;bb_head&#39;, &#39;noarchive&#39;); ?&gt;</code></pre> <p>&nbsp;<br /> Now, save that as a file, something like "noarchive.php" and save it in your my-plugins folder. Active the plugin in the admin and then load a forum page and check the headers to see if it worked.</p> <p>_ck_ likes to create one plugin called tweaks.php that contains all these little function tweaks. Then you just need one header and all the little functions can be dropped into the one file. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/privacy-forum-is-it-really-private#post-18759 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:21:04 +0000 kannued 18759@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>CK, if the password/cookie in 1.0 is the most secure, than that means I wouldn't need the miniplug for the private area to restrict from Google and other search engines like Alexa?</p> <p>I have installed Human Test. Now, to the task of deleting all those bozos.</p> <p>The miniplug, do I put that into my template header.php? Or does it go into the directory/folder that I want as strictly private? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/privacy-forum-is-it-really-private#post-18753 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:39:07 +0000 _ck_ 18753@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Oh and as far as the rest of bbPress security, the bbPress password/cookie method has never been more secure than the method used in 1.0 (and WP 2.6) It's based on a security researcher's design (first implimented incorrectly in WP 2.5 and bbPress 0.9) </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/privacy-forum-is-it-really-private#post-18752 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:26:30 +0000 _ck_ 18752@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>If you don't want Google to make a cached copy of any your forum pages, use this mini-plugin (Google will still scan and return results for your site, it just won't show the "cache" link)</p> <pre><code>function noarchive() {echo &quot;\n&quot;.&#39;&lt;meta NAME=&quot;robots&quot; CONTENT=&quot;noarchive&quot;&gt;&#39;.&quot;\n&quot;; } add_action(&#39;bb_head&#39;, &#39;noarchive&#39;);</code></pre> <p>Note that some search engines won't obey "noarchive" and give away a cached copy anyway. This includes Alexa and others. Also note that installing this plugin doesn't make existing "cache" links disappear instantly, Google has to re-scan your site (eventually) and <em>then</em> "cache" will disappear. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/privacy-forum-is-it-really-private#post-18750 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:19:11 +0000 _ck_ 18750@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>There's no hacking involved in that process.<br /> It's just a simple workaround.</p> <p>The foolish forum operators are allowing anyone with the user-agent of "GoogleBot" into their private forums. And/or they are allowing Google to cache their private forums. The reason why they do this is they want Google to send them traffic and the only way they can do that is to let google see the content of the hidden forums.</p> <p>bbPress doesn't do this by default and no known plugin does it either, certainly not my "hidden forums" plugin.</p> <p>My Mini-Track plugin can tell you the difference between real Google and people pretending to be Google. It's very easy, you just do a rDNS on the ip and see if it goes to a google owned ip block. rDNS is very slow (1-5 seconds) so people don't normally do it by default.</p> <p>You wouldn't have to delete the spammer profiles if you didn't let them on in the first place. Install my "Human Test" plugin and 99.9% of them will never register. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/privacy-forum-is-it-really-private#post-18747 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:50:58 +0000 kannued 18747@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I came across these articles that says usernames and passwords do not necessarily mean privacy thanks to Google's cache system. If you have the knowledge, these private areas are easy to hack. I'm wondering how bbpress's privacy plugin stacks up against this hacking. </p> <p><a href="http://hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=25040" rel="nofollow">http://hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=25040</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/22/accessing_restricted_sites/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/22/accessing_restricted_sites/</a></p> <p>On a slightly related issue:<br /> I have noticed that ALL profiles in any forum are public. If you keep sequencing then, you can see each person's profile, which means even the spammers that are blocked can still be viewed with their websites, emails, and interests. This unintended promotion bothers me. If I start deleting the spammers profiles, I will just have a lot of work to do. The perfect world is that profiles that are approved should be the only ones available by sequencing.<br /> ie.<br /> <a href="http://www.example.com/forums/profile/1042" rel="nofollow">http://www.example.com/forums/profile/1042</a> </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-and-bbpress-integration-101/page/3#post-18676 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:59:50 +0000 karlo 18676@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I've been trying to install and integrate wp 2.5.1 and bbPress 0.9 a couple of times to have both cookie- and userdata integrated, but after removing all databases and configfiles two times in a row and reinstalling I still get this error in my bbPress-installation:</p> <p>Duplicate key name 'user_nicename'<br /> &gt;&gt;&gt; User tables will already exist when performing a database integrated installation.</p> <p>What causes this error? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-and-bbpress-integration-101/page/3#post-18623 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:21:02 +0000 karlo 18623@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>*couldn't edit my previous post anymore - hence the double*</p> <p>Hehe, I'm mighty proud now! I figured I'd check the config-files for both installation and see whether the information was matched or not (not having any idea what so ever if that could be the problem) and I found the different security-keys wasn't identical - so I fixed that.</p> <p>Now I have commenced mapping the role-maps and everything seems to be on track again. Thanks a lot for this guide and for making the systems compatible, saved me (well probably) an immense amount of time! </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-and-bbpress-integration-101/page/3#post-18620 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:14:25 +0000 karlo 18620@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Well, the installation (with full wp-integration) went as smooth as it could have, but the index.php doesn't want to load. Not even when fully referred to in the URL (/forums/index.php).</p> <p>My ftp-client sees the full installation and the content of the file seems to be ok. What settings could cause this error other than the URL actually not being valid, though I can't figure out why that should be? :P</p> <p>EDIT: I found that Firefox can open and read the readme.txt and licence.txt just fine, but it wont execute the php-files properly... this is just wierd?? What the heck did I miss here? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-and-bbpress-integration-101/page/3#post-18618 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:17:29 +0000 chrishajer 18618@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>If beta is the new stable (thanks Google) then alpha is the new beta?</p> <p>In a test installation (just copy all your WordPress files and database) you can't really hurt anything. Just use it and see if it works enough for you. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-and-bbpress-integration-101/page/3#post-18617 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:15:59 +0000 karlo 18617@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I guess I'll try then, "beta" is the new "stable" nowdays anyway, how bad could it get ^^</p> <p>EDIT: wp is installed in /blog, what is the recommended path for the bbPress in that case, if any? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-and-bbpress-integration-101/page/3#post-18615 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:13:52 +0000 chrishajer 18615@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>My advice would be to install it in a test instance and use it. See how unstable it is for yourself. Only you can make the determination if it's ready enough for you or not. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-and-bbpress-integration-101/page/3#post-18613 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:07:26 +0000 karlo 18613@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I have a fresh installation of the latest release of Wordpress and integrating it with an installation of bbPress seems to be easy enough for a non-hacker like myself.</p> <p>But, how unstable is the 1.0 alpha of bbPress really? The site I'm working on is to be a soon-to-be-released homepage for a choir that will use it mainly for news, recruiting and general talk. Would you rather advice me to go for the wp 2.5.1 + bbPress 0.9 version? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/en-espanol/page/2#post-18607 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:46:02 +0000 cesarvirtual 18607@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>tengo un problema, y es que no se me permite el registro de usuarios, me arroja el siguiente mensaje:</p> <p>Registration is closed for a while... sorry!</p> <p>Cómo habilito la opción?</p> <p>aquí la dirección para que vean: <a href="http://alumnosutalca.syslive.com.ar/register.php" rel="nofollow">http://alumnosutalca.syslive.com.ar/register.php</a></p> <p>Agradecería respuesta por este medio y a <a href="mailto:cesar.rivera.martinez@gmail.com">cesar.rivera.martinez@gmail.com</a></p> <p>Saludos.<br /> Nos estamos topando por aquí. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/how-to-detect-plugins-incompatible-with-bbpress-10#post-18498 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:02:55 +0000 _ck_ 18498@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I've found another incompatibility<br /> in how "tags" are now "terms".</p> <p>Any plugin that accesses tags directly will fail.</p> <p>Old plugins can be found by searching for "-&gt;tags"<br /> (without the quotes)</p> <p>So essentially there are two "dead" tables after upgrading from 0.9 to 1.0 "bb_topicmeta" and "bb_tags". But I wouldn't delete them until 1.0 is final/gold. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-and-bbpress-integration-101/page/3#post-18497 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:40:14 +0000 matthijs 18497@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I've integrated the 1.0 alpha release of BBpress together with WP2.61 successfully in 2 places now. Works great so far. </p> <p>What I did: install wp in root the normal way. Then put bb files in subdirectory /forums/. Install bb. Follow instructions carefully. I also made my bb-config file writable, that prevented some errors as well. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-and-bbpress-integration-101/page/3#post-18491 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:46:31 +0000 brianbrey 18491@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I can not figure out where i went wrong.. I'm using the latest 1.0 alpha release at 2.6. Everything apperas to work as expected (users exist in both systems, etc). However, the auto login is not working. I believe i followed the instructions to the "T". Heres the stored cookie for both systems.</p> <p>Wordpress cookie after login:</p> <p>/r30ab08c19a56be384114b23c09751029b7cf0de2e632d894d28d72e65f7f9f4=paul%7C1219369085%7Cc34a82349db07b4910c7910f399a9524<br /> wordpress_=brian%7C1219369051%7Cf203245956a5b6a1e75d245128f85ced<br /> wordpress_test_cookie=WP+Cookie+check<br /> wordpress_logged_in_=brian%7C1219369051%7C3738545f5bdb765f9ba4f5696e435ff9<br /> wordpress_logged_in_57ff593b3dd6a2c72983ec37fa6fbe1a=paul%7C1219369085%7C6abf020fe1dc18102166be4e3a709ab1</p> <p>BBpress immediatly after logging into wordpress:</p> <p>/rwordpress_test_cookie=WP+Cookie+check<br /> wordpress_logged_in_=brian%7C1219369051%7C3738545f5bdb765f9ba4f5696e435ff9<br /> wordpress_logged_in_57ff593b3dd6a2c72983ec37fa6fbe1a=paul%7C1219369085%7C6abf020fe1dc18102166be4e3a709ab1</p> <p>BBpress (already logged into wordpress, now manually logging into BBPress:</p> <p>/rwordpress_test_cookie=WP+Cookie+check<br /> wordpress_logged_in_=brian%7C1219369051%7C3738545f5bdb765f9ba4f5696e435ff9<br /> wordpress_logged_in_57ff593b3dd6a2c72983ec37fa6fbe1a=brian%7C1219369533%7C9bc6a13aa1062a28d82bf0c30680253d</p> <p>any ideas?</p> <p>Cheers!</p> <p>Brian </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-and-bbpress-integration-101/page/3#post-18428 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:17:51 +0000 chrishajer 18428@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Good point. If I could clarify the instructions, I would. We'll leave the information here 1) for others to see and 2) so the chiefs can see the difficulty some are having and clarify the instructions for all.</p> <p>Thanks. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-and-bbpress-integration-101/page/3#post-18427 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:14:51 +0000 keress 18427@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Chris wrote: "Using the same database is how the bbPress directions are written now; I think it's assumed. "</p> <p>I thought the installation instructions were vague on this point. It wasn't at all apparent to me which way I should go, and how o safely proceed with installing it into the wordpress database. A little editing could be very helpful to others in the future. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-and-bbpress-integration-101/page/3#post-18426 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:57:25 +0000 chrishajer 18426@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>This is what it is supposed to mean:</p> <p><strong><br /> *one users table in the DB and one login (you write<br /> name and password once, and you are logged in the places)<br /> </strong></p> <p>Seems lots of people lately are having trouble with that. They idea behind integration is that you can log into either bbPress or WordPress, and you'll be logged in on the other side. The two installations appear "integrated", at least from a user login perspective. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-and-bbpress-integration-101/page/3#post-18423 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:11:21 +0000 wiseacre 18423@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>What exactly means "WordPress + bbPress Integration"?<br /> * one users table in the DB<br /> *one users table in the DB and one login (you write user name and password once, and you are logged in the places)<br /> * or something else? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-and-bbpress-integration-101/page/2#post-18415 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:20:55 +0000 chrishajer 18415@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>To install in the same database, you just specify that database's connection details in bb-config.php. The important thing is to be sure you use a different table prefix for the bbPress installation. By default, it's bb_ for bbPress and for wp_ for WordPress. Use different table prefixes and you can install as many applications into one database as you want. Just keep the table prefixes unique.</p> <p>To uninstall, yes, just delete the directory with bbPress in it, then <strong>drop the bbPress tables</strong> from the database. DO NOT delete the database since you have WordPress in that database as well, right?</p> <p>You're probably overthinking it. Using the same database is how the bbPress directions are written now; I think it's assumed. The key is to just keep the table prefixes unique and you can put as much stuff in one database as you want. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-and-bbpress-integration-101/page/2#post-18410 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:28:30 +0000 keress 18410@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>_ck_ said: "I recommend against separate databases unless you have some kind of weird configuration that demands it."</p> <p>Could you, or someone else, please outline any special instructions on how to go about installing bbpress to the same database that wordpress is already living on? Or is it just that simple as designating the wp database in the installation? What can go wrong? I have visions of destroying our wp installation and losing all our posts and pages. </p> <p>Also, to uninstall bbpress, do I just delete its folder and database? </p> <p>I would suggest adding a paragraph in the installation instructions recommending the single database installation and whatever instructions are necessary on how to properly do this. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-and-bbpress-integration-101/page/2#post-18368 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:12:13 +0000 imam.azhari 18368@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I can log in only through WP for both BB and WP, and also log out: only through WP. I need help how to log in either in WP or BB for both BB and WP, and log out too? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-and-bbpress-integration-101/page/2#post-18365 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:18:07 +0000 amnion 18365@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Is there any way to "undo" an integration? I integrated WP 2.6 with version 9 before I found this thread and now I can't log into BB press at all. Just wondering if I can hack in and do something to revert it back. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-and-bbpress-integration-101/page/2#post-18356 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 07:51:11 +0000 jbbrwcky 18356@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Just a quick question here, not sure if this is the right thread though.</p> <p>I have WP 2.6.1, and last night installed bbpress 1.0 alpha.</p> <p>Now when I log in this morning I click the button to 'Log in' and it redirects me back to the login page. The bbpress installation however, I can login to as normal. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-and-bbpress-integration-101/page/2#post-18320 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:12:40 +0000 _ck_ 18320@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Sorry I posted some incorrect/incomplete info. Until recently, it was only possible to have one database with both the wordpress tables and bbpress tables shared inside.</p> <p>It's now possible to force separate databases since 0.9</p> <p>However I recommend against separate databases unless you have some kind of weird configuration that demands it. It's just more overhead, more configuration, more to backup and worry about. Some hosts even limit the number of databases you can have (though tables inside are not restricted). </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-and-bbpress-integration-101/page/2#post-18317 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:12:43 +0000 keress 18317@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I was confused on this issue, reading the installation instructions. It may be helpful to others to add an explanation there on whether it's preferred to use separate databases and why. Thanks much. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-and-bbpress-integration-101/page/2#post-18310 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:59:49 +0000 _ck_ 18310@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>In all methods of integration, they both have their own [databases] (correction, <strong>tables</strong>) and simply share the user table (and usermeta). </p>