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bbPress support forums Tag: Installation Problem http://bbpress.org/forums/ bbPress support forums Tag: Installation Problem en Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:36:42 +0000 chrishajer on "Installation procedure, can't understand clearly..." http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/installation-procedure-cant-understand-clearly#post-20589 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:56:51 +0000 chrishajer 20589@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Step 3: Do you need to install a language other than English? If so, you can find a list of language files here: <a href="http://bbshowcase.org/forums/topic/bbpress-translation-internationalization-into-local-languages" rel="nofollow">http://bbshowcase.org/forums/topic/bbpress-translation-internationalization-into-local-languages</a> If you need to use a language other than English, you need to navigate to the folder bb-includes and create a folder inside that folder, called <code>languages</code>, then put the language files in there. Step 4: If your website is <a href="http://www.example.com," rel="nofollow">www.example.com,</a> and you put your forum in a directory called <code>forum</code>, you would open a browser and go to <a href="http://www.example.com/forum/" rel="nofollow">http://www.example.com/forum/</a> and the installer will start for you. Dave_River on "Installation procedure, can't understand clearly..." http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/installation-procedure-cant-understand-clearly#post-20586 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:06:12 +0000 Dave_River 20586@http://bbpress.org/forums/ This is the installation procedure right? Quick Instructions 1. Download bbPress from the download page 2. Upload the uncompressed files your server 3. Optionally upload language files to bb-includes/languages/ - You will have to create this directory 4. Visit the intended URL of the bbPress site 5. You will be greeted with the bbPress installer 6. Follow the instructions in the installer 7. Visit “Settings” in the admin area to customise your installation 8. If you have any questions, ask in the forums In procedure number 3, i cant understand this step. I don't know where i would got to, to initialize this step. And where is the language files? And where I can find the URL you talking about in Step no. 4? Sorry for too many questions, I'm a newbie here in wordpress. Waiting for a immediate reply. wystan1000 on "Installation problem - database name" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/installation-problem-database-name#post-16950 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:20:31 +0000 wystan1000 16950@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Yes, yes, newbie, here. Sorry about that before anyone bumps me or deletes me for duping or just raises their eyebrows and walks swiftly on. I have used google and other searches frequently. But I still can't work out this database name, database user and password issue. I have copied the unzipped files into website.com/htdocs/blog1 where NetworkSolutions put Wordpress for me. So now BBpress sits at the same level as Wordpress. Is that right? Now I have copied the values from the WP_config file (did it make those up on install?) but I still get "There was a problem connecting to the database you specified. Please check the settings, then try again." I'm surprised these bear no relation to my actual Wordpress password and user name. I haven't changed any settings from Wordpress since I installed it. Is there a permissions issue? Thanks (please) Michael chrishajer on "Installing bbPress" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/installing-bbpress#post-11990 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:19:37 +0000 chrishajer 11990@http://bbpress.org/forums/ In WordPress, just publish a page with no content in it. That gives you a blank page. That is not going to help accomplish what you want though. You can put an iframe in a WordPress page, but I don't think the bbPress software will work there. All the links will be "out" of the WordPress page and iframe. It was discussed here about a month ago: <a href="http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/unable-to-log-in-in-iframes?replies=9#post-11042" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/unable-to-log-in-in-iframes?replies=9#post-11042</a> Getting your bbPress install to look like your WordPress install takes a bit of work. It's not as simple as putting it in an iframe. jim12345 on "Installing bbPress" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/installing-bbpress#post-11988 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:12:42 +0000 jim12345 11988@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Hello again everyone, Thanks again for helping to get my forum up. My question now is, how can I add a new page to my wordpress site that doesn't have my blog entries on it? You know, like it would still have the site logo at the top, and the sidebar on the right, but then the main part of the page would be blank. The idea is that I would then put my forum on that page, inside an inframe. But I just want to know how to add that blank page. Thanks very much. jim12345 on "Installing bbPress" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/installing-bbpress#post-11861 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:07:52 +0000 jim12345 11861@http://bbpress.org/forums/ "what I thought was my database password was incorrect. The correct password will be the same as in wp-config.php" Wow, that worked!! I changed the password in config.php to the match the one in wp-config.php, and now my forum is up and running! Many thanks. :) afdenahy on "Installing bbPress" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/installing-bbpress#post-11852 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:01:25 +0000 afdenahy 11852@http://bbpress.org/forums/ My apologies - I looked through the forum again and found the solution - what I thought was my database password was incorrect. The correct password will be the same as in wp-config.php. Then I just had to overwrite db-mysqli.php with db.php. After installation I had issues due to pretty URLs - I set this back to false in config.php and everything was fine then. I'll investigate the required .htaccess settings later to get the pretty URLs working again. afdenahy on "Installing bbPress" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/installing-bbpress#post-11850 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:39:54 +0000 afdenahy 11850@http://bbpress.org/forums/ I have tried all fixes posted here and everywhere else in the forum (yes, everything), but still get error messages - no installation past Go. edited ... see below jim12345 on "Installing bbPress" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/installing-bbpress#post-11811 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 03:10:40 +0000 jim12345 11811@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Thanks again, I just overwrote /bb-includes/db-mysqli.php with /bb-includes/db.php and then tried it again it got this message Warning: mysql_get_server_info() [function.mysql-get-server-info]: Access denied for user 'jim1234'@'localhost' (using password: NO) in /home/jim1234/public_html/forum/bb-includes/db.php on line 73 Warning: mysql_get_server_info() [function.mysql-get-server-info]: A link to the server could not be established in /home/jim1234/public_html/forum/bb-includes/db.php on line 73 Cannot select DB. Do you know of another good forum software that is much easier to install? Thanks chrishajer on "Installing bbPress" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/installing-bbpress#post-11808 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 13:06:33 +0000 chrishajer 11808@http://bbpress.org/forums/ The "Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by" error comes from having whitespace before the opening <?php or after the closing ?> in a php file. I would check any modified files for an extra blank line at the beginning or end and see if deleting the line takes care of the problem. EricBobrow on "Installing bbPress" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/installing-bbpress#post-11799 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 05:32:13 +0000 EricBobrow 11799@http://bbpress.org/forums/ I installed wordpress without problem for two different blogs, but cannot get bbpress to install. I've spent a few hours trying out things this past week with no success. The patch by mdawaffe fixes my error messages related to mysql_get_server_info, however I still get some other strange messages: Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /homepages/10/d171407036/htdocs/bcg/mastertemplate/blog/bbpress/bb-includes/db-mysqli.php:473) in /homepages/10/d171407036/htdocs/bcg/mastertemplate/blog/bbpress/bb-admin/install.php on line 10 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /homepages/10/d171407036/htdocs/bcg/mastertemplate/blog/bbpress/bb-includes/db-mysqli.php:473) in /homepages/10/d171407036/htdocs/bcg/mastertemplate/blog/bbpress/bb-includes/functions.php on line 1898 Can anyone help me with this? I just set up a Wordpress blog for a new product we're distributing, and would like a forum in conjunction with it, so bbPress would be perfect. If I can't set up bbPress right now because the code is buggy, does anyone have suggestions for other forum software? I would even be ok with temporarily using a different forum setup, then porting it over to bbPress later (if that's straightforward???). Thanks in advance for any help or advice. I'm a knowledgeable computer consultant, but pretty inexperienced in blogs/forums. I can follow the conversation about patching the php files, and did so using standard web authoring tools. However, I'm not interested in becoming an expert on code versions or using diff tools. I just want a forum software that works well with my new blog for the benefit of our clients, with a minimum of fuss. chrishajer on "Installing bbPress" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/installing-bbpress#post-11787 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:58:49 +0000 chrishajer 11787@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Normally, bbPress is not this bad. A couple bugs were introduced which create problems on some systems. My install from a year ago was no where near this hard, but I checked out the new code and if I installed it I would have had this same trouble. I think the line 80 being referenced is line 80 of /bb-includes/db-mysqli.php <a href="http://trac.bbpress.org/browser/trunk/bb-includes/db-mysqli.php#L80" rel="nofollow">http://trac.bbpress.org/browser/trunk/bb-includes/db-mysqli.php#L80</a> I think there are 3 possible workarounds: 1. <a href="http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/intergration-will-not-let-me-logon-using-my-wordpress-login?replies=18#post-11183">You can try overwriting /bb-includes/db-mysqli.php with /bb-includes/db.php</a> 2. <a href="http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/db-access-problem-in-the-first-installation-step?replies=19#post-11209">You can manually modify line 80 of /bb-includes/db-mysqli.php</a> 3. You can apply the 745c.diff patch attached to <a href="http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/745">trac ticket 745</a> 4. Wait for mdawaffe to fix it permanently. I guess a 5th option is to move on to other forum software. I hope you don't do that. bbPress is nice when it works (which is 99.9% of the time.) jim12345 on "Installing bbPress" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/installing-bbpress#post-11784 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:26:35 +0000 jim12345 11784@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Thanks again chrishajer, Yeah I'm running windows so I have no idea what the equivalent would be. mdawaffe keeps talking about "line 80", changing "line 80". But I don't know, line 80 of what? lol. Man I had no idea that installing bbpress was going to be so difficult, installing wordpress itself was not bad at all. chrishajer on "Installing bbPress" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/installing-bbpress#post-11770 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:14:49 +0000 chrishajer 11770@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Looks like mdawaffe is working on a different solution as well (read to the bottom): <a href="http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/745" rel="nofollow">http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/745</a> Did you already try applying that patch with the patch command on linux (there are probably equivalents on Windows and Mac, but I don't know what they are)? jim12345 on "Installing bbPress" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/installing-bbpress#post-11767 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:59:39 +0000 jim12345 11767@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Hello chrishajer, thanks for your reply. I'm having a heck of a time trying to make sense of what I should do now lol. This is VERY confusing to me. I looked for a "db-mysqli.php" file in the bbpress files that I uploaded and did not see anything similar to that. And I don't see that line 80 "mysql_get_server_info", which it says should be changed to "mysqli_get_server_info" anywhere in the config.php file. I'm real lost here lol, so if anyone can just point in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it. jaysays on "Parse error, unexpected T_VARIABLE - config.php" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/parse-error-unexpected-t_variable-configphp#post-11722 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:52:22 +0000 jaysays 11722@http://bbpress.org/forums/ I found the error and it was a rather silly mistake (as is typical). I appreciate your response and apologize for taking so long to get back to you. Very best, J chrishajer on "Installing bbPress" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/installing-bbpress#post-11608 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 01:06:18 +0000 chrishajer 11608@http://bbpress.org/forums/ I think this is related to this trac ticket: <a href="http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/745" rel="nofollow">http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/745</a> There is a patch attached there: <a href="http://trac.bbpress.org/attachment/ticket/745/745c.diff" rel="nofollow">http://trac.bbpress.org/attachment/ticket/745/745c.diff</a> But, read the bug report first to see if this is your problem. I think it is. jim12345 on "Installing bbPress" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/installing-bbpress#post-11598 Sun, 21 Oct 2007 02:49:43 +0000 jim12345 11598@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Hello Trent, thanks for your reply. Yeah, I'm not completely sure if the information that I put in that file is correct. Is there a specific place where I can find that MySQL information to plug in there? Thanks again. Trent on "Installing bbPress" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/installing-bbpress#post-11597 Sun, 21 Oct 2007 02:22:41 +0000 Trent 11597@http://bbpress.org/forums/ For whatever reason, it doesn't like the information that you put in config.php for your database. You better make sure that is 100% correct and running. Also search this forum for some localhost installs for ideas! Trent jim12345 on "Installing bbPress" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/installing-bbpress#post-11596 Sun, 21 Oct 2007 01:29:21 +0000 jim12345 11596@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Hello, I uploaded the bbpress folders and files to my server and put the MySQL information into the config file. So now the directions say to "Load bb-admin/install.php in your web browser and do what it tells you". So I clicked on the "bb-admin" folder, then clicked on the "index.php" file, then clicked on the url link, and my browser opened up a page that said this... Warning: mysql_get_server_info() [function.mysql-get-server-info]: Access denied for user 'jim1234'@'localhost' (using password: NO) in /home/jim1234/public_html/forum/bb-includes/db.php on line 73 Warning: mysql_get_server_info() [function.mysql-get-server-info]: A link to the server could not be established in /home/jim1234/public_html/forum/bb-includes/db.php on line 73 Cannot select DB. What am doing wrong?? Any help greatly appreciated. chrishajer on "Parse error, unexpected T_VARIABLE - config.php" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/parse-error-unexpected-t_variable-configphp#post-11395 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:25:45 +0000 chrishajer 11395@http://bbpress.org/forums/ The error might not be on line 18, it might be before that, and 18 is just where it shows up when PHP parses it. Can you post the prior lines as well? Maybe there's a problem with the <code>$bb_table_prefix =</code> line if you happened to edit that. Thanks. jaysays on "Parse error, unexpected T_VARIABLE - config.php" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/parse-error-unexpected-t_variable-configphp#post-11391 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:22:14 +0000 jaysays 11391@http://bbpress.org/forums/ I receive the following error after install: Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in .../forum/config.php on line 18 The code relevant to line 18 is: // The full URL of your bbPress install $bb->uri = 'http://thebigo.ejoculation.com/forum/'; I've tried editing this to: // The full URL of your bbPress install $bb->uri = "http://thebigo.ejoculation.com/forum/"; ... as suggested in similar instances, but receive the same error. It's official, I don't know the answer and I'm forced to admit there are smarter people out there than me. Can someone please help? Trent on "Installation Problem" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/installation-problem-1#post-10963 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 22:39:01 +0000 Trent 10963@http://bbpress.org/forums/ If you were integrated with your Wordpress install, wouldn't you just login originally with the same username and password as wordpress? Regardless, what is the URL of your forum so we can try and relate what you are seeing for errors and problems. Trent DVDiveGuy on "Installation Problem" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/installation-problem-1#post-10949 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 05:02:28 +0000 DVDiveGuy 10949@http://bbpress.org/forums/ During installation when I go to step 2 I get the following access violation message PHP has encountered an Access Violation at 0AF7B927 bbPress Second Step Now we’re going to create the database tables and fill them with some default data. 1. Created table dvdgbb_forums 2. Created table dvdgbb_posts 3. Created table dvdgbb_topics 4. Created table dvdgbb_topicmeta 5. Created table dvdgbb_users 6. Created table dvdgbb_usermeta 7. Created table dvdgbb_tags 8. Created table dvdgbb_tagged At this point the tables have actually been created in the database but I can't go forward with the installation. So if I start again I get the following. First Step We found Steve who is already a "Key Master" on these forums. You may make others later. First Forum Forum Name:* Description: Double-check that username before continuing. From here everything goes fine and I get this Finished! Now you can log in with the username "Steve" and password "*Your WordPress password*". Username Steve Password *Your WordPress password* Login address Diver Forums Were you expecting more steps? Sorry to disappoint. All done! :) Unfortunately, I never got a valid password in the process so I can't login. So I tried the password reset and the send me the password features but to be able to email from my server I need to put 2 ini_set statements before the mail statement so it knows which smtp account to use (this is for server security). the problem is that I will have to search all the files looking for the mail function. Can you help me out here. Here is my System Info PHP Version 5.0.4 mySQL Versions: Server: 4.1.12 Client: 4.1.7 Steve I'm adding to this because I have since found and edited the registriation_functions.php file so it would send emails. I used the reset password functions to get a new password via email. The first step had me go to a url with a key at the end. Once I got the password I tired to login and got a Key Not Found error. So I took the key part of the url from the first email and forced it into the user meta table in the database. After that, I could login successfully. However, now when I create a topic and post it and then try to view it or any other things like edit users or forums it always returns an unable to locate page error. Well that's where I'm at now. Its 2am so I going to bed.