I was struggling with the pretty permalinks as many have before me, only I read everywhere that "Options -MultiViews" fixed it. Well.. for me it was the opposite, it gave me 500 internal server errors. My host is one.com, so this is a heads up for everyone that gets 500 internal server errors with permalinks. Try removing that line.

It was the WP-o-Matic plugin...

Anyone a solution for the "next page" problem?
Thanks in advance!!

You also shouldn't call the blog-header, it causes other problems you can read about around the forums. You should be calling wp-load.php and the following should be more than adequate for your bb-config;

define('WP_BB', TRUE);
if (! defined('DB_NAME'))
	require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . '/w/wp-load.php');

$bb->wp_table_prefix = 'wp_'; // your wordpress db prefix is
$bb->wp_home = 'http://domain.tld';
$bb->wp_siteurl = 'http://domain.tld';

I don't think this will solve your next page problem, as it looks like they're being sent wrong from bbPress for whatever reason, but it will avoid a plethora of other problems before they become apparent.

My .htaccess settings for WordPress:

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /w/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /w/index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress


My .htaccess settings for bbPress:

# BEGIN bbPress
Options -MultiViews
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^page/([0-9]+)/?$ /index.php?page= [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^forum/([^/]+)/page/([0-9]+)/?$ /forum.php?id=&page= [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^forum/([^/]+)/?$ /forum.php?id= [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^forum/?$ / [R=302,L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^topic/([^/]+)/page/([0-9]+)/?$ /topic.php?id=&page= [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^topic/([^/]+)/?$ /topic.php?id= [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^topic/?$ / [R=302,L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^tags/([^/]+)/page/([0-9]+)/?$ /tags.php?tag=&page= [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^tags/([^/]+)/?$ /tags.php?tag= [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^tags/?$ /tags.php [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^profile/([^/]+)/page/([0-9]+)/?$ /profile.php?id=&page= [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^profile/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?$ /profile.php?id=&tab= [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^profile/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/page/([0-9]+)/?$ /profile.php?id=&tab=&page= [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^profile/([^/]+)/?$ /profile.php?id= [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^profile/?$ /profile.php [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^view/([^/]+)/page/([0-9]+)/?$ /view.php?view=&page= [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^view/([^/]+)/?$ /view.php?view= [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^rss/?$ /rss.php [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^rss/topics/?$ /rss.php?topics=1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^rss/forum/([^/]+)/?$ /rss.php?forum= [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^rss/forum/([^/]+)/topics/?$ /rss.php?forum=&topics=1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^rss/topic/([^/]+)/?$ /rss.php?topic= [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^rss/tags/([^/]+)/?$ /rss.php?tag= [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^rss/tags/([^/]+)/topics/?$ /rss.php?tag=&topics=1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^rss/profile/([^/]+)/?$ /rss.php?profile= [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^rss/view/([^/]+)/?$ /rss.php?view= [L,QSA]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^.*$ /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END bbPress

I hope you can help me. Thanks!!

# BEGIN WordPress
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
	RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
# END WordPress

which seems to hand over nicely to the forums that are under /forums/ with their own .htaccess file

I think it is a conflict between the htaccess files of bbPress and WordPress.
If I switch Options -MultiViews to Options +MultiViews, the "next pages" work.
But from that moment the topic page redirects to /topic/17475/page/17475 (the latest number isn't correct).

Anyone a solution? Thanks in advance.

http://bbpress.org/forums/search.php?q=godaddy
http://bbpress.org/forums/tags/godaddy
http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/pretty-permalinks-not-working

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^forum/([^/]+)/page/([0-9]+)/?$ /forum.php?id=$1&page=$2 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^forum/([^/]+)/?$ /forum.php?id=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^forum/?$ / [R,L]
RewriteRule ^topic/([^/]+)/page/([0-9]+)/?$ /topic.php?id=$1&page=$2 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^topic/([^/]+)/?$ /topic.php?id=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^topic/?$ / [R,L]
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=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^rss/profile/([^/]+)/?$ /rss.php?profile=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^rss/view/([^/]+)/?$ /rss.php?view=$1 [L,QSA]
</IfModule>

and it doesnt work, im working with godaddy...

thanks!

function page_link( $page_number ) {
	echo apply_filters('page_link', get_page_link( $page_number ) );
}

function get_page_link( $page_number ) {
	$rewrite = bb_get_option( 'mod_rewrite' );
	if ( $rewrite ) {
		global $bbdb, $bb, $page;
		$page = $page_number;

		if ( $rewrite === 'slugs' ) {
			$table_name = $bbdb->prefix . "pages";
			$query = $bbdb->get_results("SELECT page_slug FROM $table_name WHERE page_id=".$page."");

			foreach ($query as $rk) {
				$column = $rk->page_slug;
			}
		} else {
			$table_name = $bbdb->prefix . "pages";
			$query = $bbdb->get_results("SELECT page_id FROM $table_name WHERE page_id=".$page."");

			foreach ($query as $rk) {
				$column = $rk->page_id;
			}
		}
		$link = bb_get_option( 'uri' ) . "page/" . $column;
	} else {
		$args = array();
		$link = bb_get_option( 'uri' ) . 'page.php';
		$args['page_id+\id'] = $page;
		$args['part'] = 1 < $part ? $part : false;
		$link = add_query_arg( $args, $link );
	}

	return apply_filters( 'get_page_link', $link, $page_number );
}

Trust me, I don't know what this is either ;). I'm working on this for a couple of hours (in total) and I've messed up. Could someone help me in this by explaining how this thing should look like?

I mean - the above code is allowing me to type

<?php echo page_link("1"); ?>

and this will display url to static page with id=1, creating something like domain.com/page/1 or domain.com/page/about - so links are working. But now I want to send page ID to other functions that are selecting and displaying date from database - and I have no idea how to send this id in 'rewrited' version. Can anyone help?

But - I have no idea where to look for any functions, options or anything that might help me in discovering "how the heck to make this?" Any advices?

Glad it worked for you.

Options -MultiViews

At the top of the htaccess file.

Now permalinks work just fine.

Thanks again !

Your setup is just fine with the directory structure you have setup (WordPress as the root for the domain, bbPress in a subfolder.)

I cannot get pretty permalinks to run, even after following directions.

I wrote to them

I am running wordpress and bbpress in the same root directory
http://mysite.com is wordpress install and
http://mysite.com/bbpress/ is bbpress install each install has
it's own .htaccess for using permalinks. WordPress permalinks work fine
but I cannot get bbpress pretty permalinks to work at all. I have tried
different variations of htaccess codes for both files without any
success. It seems to me that the main root htaccess is overriding the
/bbpress/ htaccess.

Any suggestions ?

This was their reply to me.

"Dear Cliffmaster, (Customer ID: 6XXXXXXXX)

Thank you for contacting us.

With regards to your query,
we would highly suggest that you install BBpress on a different folder
and not on folder where you have installed a different CMS (WordPress).

Please separate the two CMS's by installing them on different folders
under the root directory (/.)

If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact us.

--
Sincerely,
Technical Support
1&1 Internet "

You've identified another reason that I had forgotten about. URL customisation that you are talking about is close to impossible under MultiViews.

Based on all these comments I think we will be dropping it. Thanks for the input everyone.

Here is one aspect I'd like to through in: URL Customization/Localization.

When localizing URLs, it's very easy to do this via editing of mod_rewrite rules. All my bbPress installations are in german language, thus I want german URLs.

When changing the wording in URLs, e.g. from "forum" to "board" or "topic" to "idea" etc., same thing - just edit the rewrite rules.

How easy would it be to customize URLs with MultiViews in effect? Without having looked into the implementation, I would guess that it requires code changes.

If URL customization is easier in mod_rewrite, please drop MultiViews. Otherwise, please document how URL customization can be done using MultiViews.

Options -MultiViews

to the top of the .htaccess file, and append the mod_rewrite stuff after it. I guess with their shared serving packages, the MultiViews just goes nutty (apparently it's enabled, though), and needs to be turned off before using mod_rewrite. They actually document this behavior at http://faq.1and1.com/dedicated_servers/managed_server/3.html

I guess this means I'm in favor of dropping MultiViews, though not fervently.

That's the best reason right there. Convert to a front controller, mod_rewrite and create the rewrite rules automagically, like WordPress, and 1/3 of the posts on this forum would never have happened.

MultiViews could still be enabled on the server, it's just a question of whether bbPress uses it or not.

Mod_Rewrite is better for a couple of reasons. For a start it is better supported, and it is also a lot more flexible. We are thinking about running all requests through a single page (index.php) just like WordPress. This is called a front controller, and is not as easily achieved with MultiViews.

There is also the desire to reduce the amount of support traffic around this topic and standardising on one approach may help that.

I like to mix WordPress, bbPress, and plain content for some images, PDF manual downloads, etc., and really need content negotiation/MultiViews supported in directories outside of WP/bbPress.

And why is Mod_Rewrite better than MultiViews for bbPress?

timskii: I could have sworn they had it turned off at some point, but maybe I am misremembering. The point is that hosters tend to do stuff like that (often without warning), so as robust a solution as possible would be ideal, naturally.

*I'm a designer, not a coder, so I'm mostly talking out of my ass.

However. I remember having terrible trouble trying to configure BBPress to use Multiviews, because it appeared to work, but didn't on certain pages. I ended up manually adding mod_rewrite.

As an aside, in automating anything like this, keep in mind that people like to do strange things with their directories. One of the annoyances of WordPress is that it assumes almost complete control of the layout of all directories below where it is installed.