http://bbpress.org/forums/ bbPress Support Forums Tag: community en Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:41:58 +0000 http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/ning-layout#post-17810 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:04:26 +0000 gio500000 17810@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I'm a newbie to the bbpress framework. Is there a function in bbpress that can call each forum and show the most recent topics for each one? Any help on how to getting started is appreciated. If you could provide some code to get started I feel confident to take it from there. I'm sure this layout isn't for everyone but its a refreshing social-like layout that others may like.</p> <p>Thanks,<br /> Gio </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/ning-layout#post-17787 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:05:02 +0000 _ck_ 17787@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>What you are asking for and what ning.com is doing are two different things. Ning.com is showing the last five TOPICS in a specific FORUM. </p> <p>Technically you could hack the front-page.php to do what Ning.com is doing. Loop through each forum, and show the most recent five topics for each one, and show the gravatar to the left of the topic starter. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/ning-layout#post-17750 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:00:14 +0000 chrishajer 17750@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I bet this could be adapted to work:<br /> <a href="http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/recent-posts-kinda-like-the-edit-comments-in-wp" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/recent-posts-kinda-like-the-edit-comments-in-wp</a></p> <p>There is also an RSS feed for Recent Posts in bbPress, so you could probably adapt some sort of RSS importer to display the 5 most recent (this seems like a hack though.) </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/ning-layout#post-17749 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:00:09 +0000 gio500000 17749@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Is there a way to post the 5 most recent posts for each forum topic. This is the layout I want to achieve <a href="http://socialauthority.ning.com/forum" rel="nofollow">http://socialauthority.ning.com/forum</a></p> <p>thanks,<br /> Gio </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/thanks-chrishajer-and-_ck_#post-14186 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:03:15 +0000 HowToGeek 14186@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I can personally attest to the helpfulness of _ck_</p> <p>Between the great plugins and the good advice, he's helped me grow a successful forum. (or she, whatever) </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/thanks-chrishajer-and-_ck_#post-14120 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:35:49 +0000 sambauers 14120@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I meant "guys" in it's androgynous sense of course. :) </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/thanks-chrishajer-and-_ck_#post-14082 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:09:51 +0000 _ck_ 14082@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Awh, thanks! Well not sure about "vigilant" as I wax and wane here as I have the time and energy but I try to help when I can. Hope it's helping someone! bbPress installs seem to have doubled since October 2007 so that's probably a good sign... appreciate the hugs, I needed that...</p> <p>ps. that would be guys and gals! ;-) </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/thanks-chrishajer-and-_ck_#post-14064 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:29:33 +0000 vilimaunula 14064@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>They certainly deserve the free hugs, and more.</p> <p>If it wasn't for the two (and of course many others who have helped here and there) I don't think I would have got as far with bbPress as I have on my website. I just keep wondering how they find the time to be so helpful!</p> <p>Thanks, guys! </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/thanks-chrishajer-and-_ck_#post-14060 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:05:37 +0000 sambauers 14060@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I just wanted to take a second to acknowledge a couple of people who have been doing some real heavy lifting around here to keep everyone up and running with bbPress.</p> <p>chrishajer and _ck_ have been super-vigilant helping all-comers on the forums in the past few months and I just wanted to publicly thank them for the time they have volunteered helping to grow the bbPress community.</p> <p>Thanks guys! </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/integrating-bbpress-into-my-own-community-website#post-4754 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:00:23 +0000 mvashistha 4754@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I am also looking for same thing. I would really appreciate any help in this regard.</p> <p>Can I use bbpress functions as library functions in my code to register user in bbpress, login in bbpress and logout from bbpress programmatically?</p> <p>If there are some direct functions available for these needs, please let me know.</p> <p>Thanks in advance. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/integrating-bbpress-into-my-own-community-website#post-4750 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:59:25 +0000 brakai295 4750@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>hi there,</p> <p>thanks for the quick reply. No, I'm not using Wordpress. It's a self-made community system. Actually I'm not the one who programmed it, I've just designed and produced all the templates. But I'm also the one who decides what way to go with the forum. </p> <p>Has anyone here successfully integrated bbpress into their own website with 3rd party member database etc.? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/integrating-bbpress-into-my-own-community-website#post-4749 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:17:48 +0000 bbolman 4749@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Are you using Wordpress or Wordpress MU for your blogging system? If so then the integration is really easy and simple. I would suggest taking a look at these tutorials:<br /> <a href="http://bbpress.org/documentation/integration-with-wordpress/" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/documentation/integration-with-wordpress/</a></p> <p><a href="http://bbpress.org/documentation/themes/" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/documentation/themes/</a> </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/integrating-bbpress-into-my-own-community-website#post-4748 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:14:29 +0000 brakai295 4748@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Hi folks,</p> <p>I like the simplicity of the bbpress forum very much. Since I'm currentlu developing my own travel community (which is a pretty huge project with a blogging system, member profile pages etc) I'm looking at the question which forum I should use.</p> <p>How hard is it to connect bbpress to an existing member database? I also want to customise the forum heavily so that it fits exactly into my design.</p> <p>Are there any tutorials or good posts that cover this issue extensively? Or do you recommend using an entirely different forum script for this matter? If so, I need a very very simplistic one.</p> <p>Thanks very much for your help.<br /> Kai </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/creating-a-community#post-4628 Sun, 18 Feb 2007 17:50:40 +0000 Carpediem 4628@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Wow!. Thanks to everyone who responded. Very kind and helpful.</p> <p>Take Care,</p> <p>Kevin </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/creating-a-community#post-4618 Sun, 18 Feb 2007 10:15:15 +0000 Null 4618@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I agree with this all. This is also one of the reasons I've started the bbPortal project (bbportal.org) The idea is to use bbPress as the basic and build some nice stuff around it. It's not much yet, I've just started it).</p> <p> Wordpress is great for BLOGGING and some people forget this. It's designed for a personal blog not for a whole community. Sure you can extend it with plugins etc, but still.</p> <p>bbPortal is/will be more for communities like clans/guilds that use the forum heavily. (so forum driven and not blog driven.)</p> <p>You can also take a look at wordpressMU (multiuser), That can give every user a own wordpressblog that you can administrate. If I may be so bold I see it like this:</p> <p>Personal/blog.............&gt;&gt;............Community driven<br /> ..wordpress<br /> ............................wordpressMU<br /> ................................................................ bbPortal</p> <p>(ignore the dots, they where needed for outlining)</p> <p>Joomla and Drupal are way bigger, but to my oppinion, needs some more understanding about php and coding aswell.</p> <p>Though choise huh :) </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/creating-a-community#post-4611 Sun, 18 Feb 2007 02:21:28 +0000 chrishajer 4611@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>DavidBessler, thoughtful comments. That Wikipedia page is very daunting. The last link on the page though is the resource I use for testing the various CMSs:</p> <p><a href="http://opensourcecms.com/" rel="nofollow">http://opensourcecms.com/</a></p> <p>You can test and try all the Open Source packages right there, admin and front end. It's a good resource. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/creating-a-community#post-4609 Sun, 18 Feb 2007 02:00:50 +0000 davidbessler 4609@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>An educated consumer is our best customer. Take a look at Drupal (www.drupal.org) and Joomla (www.joomla.org), as these may be more along the lines of what you are looking for. They are the equivalent of the all-inclusive resort of online community systems. They offer a lot of what you are looking for almost out of the box. The idea behind bbpress is that while Wordpress is a great system for blooging and news (A few people write, lots of people read), it did not offer anything in the way of serious egalitarian discussion, like many conventional message boards. So, bbPress was born to fill that gap. But, it was just born. I think, the future lies in modular community bulding, where people pick and choose each module of their system, and they all work together. bbPress is along those lines, and that's why I love it. However, if you want to plop a community down on the web with all sorts of gadgetry, chattery, and photo-uploadery, check out Drupal, Joomla, or some of the other CMS (Content Management Systems) ... Check this out <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_content_management_systems" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_content_management_systems</a></p> <p>Sorry, fellow bbPressers, I have to give an honest opinion.</p> <p>So, again, bbPress and Wordpress are like booking a vacation to the far east and choosing a great hotel your friends recommended, then reserving a spot on a cool mountain-climbing excursion you read about in a magazine, and then dining at that revolving restaurant you had always heard about etc ... Drupal or any other CMS, is like calling 1-800-awesome-trips, plunking down your credit card, and relying on them to decide all those things for you. Truth is, you may have an AWESOME vacation EITHER way. It depends on the person. And THAT'S the truth. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/creating-a-community#post-4587 Sat, 17 Feb 2007 07:23:15 +0000 Trent 4587@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>The great thing about bbPress is that it can handle a great deal of things that you want and integrates really well (perfect user integration) with Wordpress that can handle all the things that bbPress cannot do. There are also many plugins for galleries and chat with Wordpress as well. bbPress has plugins for private messenging and other great things! I would think, between the 2, you could have a great online community! </p> <p>Trent </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/creating-a-community#post-4583 Sat, 17 Feb 2007 04:55:05 +0000 chrishajer 4583@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>&gt; First question am I at a good starting place with<br /> &gt; bbpress.org to create an online community? </p> <p>Yes, it's fine software for an online community.</p> <p>&gt; Am I still in the right starting place if my community<br /> &gt; needs the capability to upload and manage/organize photos? </p> <p>IMO, no. There is no provision for uploading, managing and organizing photos built into bbPress.</p> <p>&gt; I want the community to be very user controled. Meaning<br /> &gt; I would like the members to have allot of control over their<br /> &gt; profiles. Template, colour schemes etc...</p> <p>Also, no. bbPress, IMO, is not set up to allow that level of control over the user's profiles.</p> <p>&gt; I would also like this community to become very friendly<br /> &gt; for advertisers. </p> <p>There's nothing inherently good or bad about bbPress as far as advertising goes. There are a few themes with Google Adsense space built into them already. Other sorts of advertising would be equally easy.</p> <p><a href="http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/304?replies=9#post-1494" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/304?replies=9#post-1494</a><br /> <a href="http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/434?replies=9#post-2418" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/434?replies=9#post-2418</a></p> <p>There's also an Adsense plugin:<br /> <a href="http://boakes.org/talk/tags/bbpress-adsense" rel="nofollow">http://boakes.org/talk/tags/bbpress-adsense</a></p> <p>&gt; My main focus is getting the community started. Does<br /> &gt; bbpress.org sound like a good starting place?</p> <p>bbPress is great for community building and it's lightweight and easy to use. It will not be the solution for you for photo sharing though. You might consider bbPress for your forum, and another package for managing and sharing photos, similar to the way that a lot of users here use Wordpress for their site and bbPress for their forums.</p> <p>I wish you luck. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/creating-a-community#post-4578 Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:39:09 +0000 Carpediem 4578@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Hello everyone,</p> <p>Sorry for being so clueless about community buildling. But have some very simple basic questions, which will give you the idea of just how much I don't know. and how new I am to this. :-)</p> <p>I want to create a unique online community. One that I have not found online yet. Although it sounds very familiar like all the others. It has several unique ideas that I feel will give it some strength to create a momentum and grow into a very popular community. </p> <p>First question am I at a good starting place with bbpress.org to create an online community? Am I still in the right starting place if my community needs the capability to upload and manage/organize photos? I want the community to be very user controled. Meaning I would like the members to have allot of control over their profiles. Template, colour schemes etc...</p> <p>I would also like this community to become very friendly for advertisers. Not that I will be seeking any company that wants to advertise, as the advertising will have to remain true to the mission of the website. And advertising I don't expect to worry about anytime soon. My main focus is getting the community started. Does bbpress.org sound like a good starting place?</p> <p>Thanks for your time.</p> <p>Kevin </p>