http://bbpress.org/forums/ bbPress support forums Tag: WP en Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:21:58 +0000 http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/messed-up-wp-and-bb-integration#post-21189 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:27:54 +0000 chrishajer 21189@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>From the first error, it sound like the database connection details are incorrect. Are you using a socket connection to MySQL? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/messed-up-wp-and-bb-integration#post-21188 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:51:25 +0000 mithrandir321 21188@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Hello, I've just messed up my work. I had WP in root and BB under /bbpress directory but I've decided to use BB in root and WP under /blog directory because BB suits my needs better. So I moved it around / changed the setting of both to reflect the new URL... but I can't log in BB, it says user "admin" doesn't exist (admin was originally created for WP which I installed first).</p> <p>My BB homepage says:</p> <p>Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) in /home/home1/novapojistovna_cz/public_html/www/bb-includes/backpress/class.bpdb.php on line 123</p> <p>Warning: mysql_error(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in /home/home1/novapojistovna_cz/public_html/www/bb-includes/backpress/class.bpdb.php on line 377</p> <p>Now where do I start to fix it? Please help, thank you. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/topics-per-post-bbp-topics-per-wp-post#post-20481 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:34:18 +0000 rowoot 20481@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>there is a problem with bbsync. It doesn`t work well with wp2.6.3 + bbp 1.0a2 </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/topics-per-post-bbp-topics-per-wp-post#post-20480 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:09:01 +0000 xevo 20480@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Something like this?</p> <p><a href="http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bbsync/">BBsync</a> </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/topics-per-post-bbp-topics-per-wp-post#post-20479 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:04:47 +0000 DPI 20479@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Hi,<br /> I was wondering whether there's a plug in which creates a new forum topic in bbPress and links to it everytime I post a new WordPress post?</p> <p>This has three plus points:<br /> -Forums are a more organized/structured system than a blog comments system<br /> -In addition to being a comments system, users can also start their own threads<br /> -Topics per post encourages users to join the forums/register at your site</p> <p>Here's an example of how it's done (WP + PHPBB topics per post plugin)<br /> <a href="http://www.alfredodehoces.com/wp2bb/" rel="nofollow">http://www.alfredodehoces.com/wp2bb/</a></p> <p>I hope there's a WP + BBP version of that plugin. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/fail-to-make-bbpress-live-working#post-20363 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:53:18 +0000 Ipstenu 20363@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Oh THAT'S what we're playing! ;) I thought it was mine's bigger!</p> <p>Plugins</p> <ul> <li>Akismet </li> <li>Allow Images </li> <li>Bad Behavior</li> <li>bbPress Smilies</li> <li>Comment Quicktags for bbPress</li> <li>Mass Edit - Moderate Posts </li> <li>Spoiler Tags </li> <li>Unread Posts</li> </ul> <p>And yes, I tried it with them ALL turned off and with 'em turned on. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/fail-to-make-bbpress-live-working#post-20362 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:43:27 +0000 musnake 20362@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <pre><code>WP: <a href="http://mydomain.org/" rel="nofollow">http://mydomain.org/</a> bbPress: <a href="http://mydomain.org/forum/" rel="nofollow">http://mydomain.org/forum/</a> Apache version 1.3.41 (Unix) PHP version 5.2.5 MySQL version 5.0.51a-community Architecture i686 Operating system Linux</code></pre> <p>Mine's longer ;) </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/fail-to-make-bbpress-live-working#post-20341 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:00:34 +0000 Ipstenu 20341@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Oh, possibly.</p> <pre><code>Operating system Linux Kernel Version 2.6.9-67.0.4.ELsmp Apache version 1.3.37 (Unix) PERL version 5.8.8 PHP version 5.2.1 MySQL version 5.0.51a-community</code></pre> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/fail-to-make-bbpress-live-working#post-20339 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:00:21 +0000 musnake 20339@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>@sam: The function 'display' in the bbpress-live.php class 'bbPress_Live_Widget_Forums' appears to echo out the fora lists etc. Look who I'm preaching too ;) I must have missed something!</p> <p>Curious Ipstenu that the rest of your wp blog functions with this plugin enabled and in this state. <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/topic/210549?replies=2">Not my current experience</a>. Server differences? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/fail-to-make-bbpress-live-working#post-20338 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:40:27 +0000 Ipstenu 20338@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Viewing source was the first thing I tried. Old habits die hard ;) But really, there was nothing.</p> <p>I did not check the error logs, so I did that right now.</p> <p>On Server:<br /> Make sure error-log is set to verbose for now.</p> <p>On bbPress:<br /> Enable XML-RPC - YES</p> <p>On WordPress:<br /> Install plugin - Done<br /> Activate Plugin - Done (no errors)<br /> Configure Plugin -<br /> <pre><code>URL (http://jorjafox.net/forums/) ID/Password (Ipstenu / 555Nope!) Caching Enabled - NO Enable forums widget - YES Enable Topics widget - YES Copy new WordPress posts to bbPress (not implemented)</code></pre> <p>Then I went into widgets and picked 'bbPress latest topics', put it at the bottom of my sidebar. I gave it the title of 'Latest Topics' and saved my changes.</p> <p>The header shows up on the bottom of the side bar, no content.</p> <p>Error log is empty. Frustration resumed :(</p> <p>By the way, if the standalone function is called to be echoed like <code>print_r($myarray);</code>, shouldn't that output <em>something</em>? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/fail-to-make-bbpress-live-working#post-20336 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:37:18 +0000 chrishajer 20336@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Ipstenu - do you have access to error logs? If you look at the source of the page, is there anything there to indicate that the plugin sent anything at all, maybe even just an error message? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/fail-to-make-bbpress-live-working#post-20331 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:00:42 +0000 Ipstenu 20331@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>As I mentioned before, I <strong>have</strong> xml turned on.</p> <p>And even using the widget supplied by the plugin, I see nothing. Zip. Nada.</p> <p>sambauers, thank you for the example. I may try it again later. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/fail-to-make-bbpress-live-working#post-20330 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:13:41 +0000 sambauers 20330@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>The standalone functions in bbPress Live don't print anything to the screen, they return an array. You need to do something like this:</p> <pre><code>&lt;?php $bbl_topics = bbpress_live_get_topics(); foreach ($bbl_topics as $bbl_topic) { echo &#39;&lt;a href=&quot;&#39; . $bbl_topic[&#39;topic_uri&#39;] . &#39;&quot;&gt;&#39; . $bbl_topic[&#39;topic_title&#39;] . &#39;&lt;/a&gt;&#39;; } ?&gt;</code></pre> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/fail-to-make-bbpress-live-working#post-20309 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:50:07 +0000 rensenieuwenhuis 20309@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>@ Ipstenu,</p> <p>yes, now I remember. I did have the same problem, which I solved (eventually) by going to the admin of the BBpress forum, then settings, and then click the checkbox: Enable XML-RPC</p> <p>That should do the trick (sorry, I forgot to mention it in my previous post).</p> <p>Good luck </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/fail-to-make-bbpress-live-working#post-20307 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:01:02 +0000 Ipstenu 20307@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Yeah. I did all that, <strong>rensenieuwenhuis</strong> and got nothing. Zip.</p> <p>I even activated both widgets, even though I only wanted one. It's not that they vanished, it's that they were blank. I'd get my custom header, but then nothing. No data. No commented out data in view source. It simply did nothing. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/fail-to-make-bbpress-live-working#post-20305 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:15:57 +0000 rensenieuwenhuis 20305@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>I recently installed BBpress live on my blog (<a href="http://www.rensenieuwenhuis.nl/">www.rensenieuwenhuis.nl</a>), and it worked like a breeze. I'm using WP 2.6.1 and bbPress version 1.0-alpha-2.</p> <p>I downloaded the WP-plugin from wordpress.org/extend, installed it, then activated it in the plugins-screen, then to the settings-screen in the WP-plugin section, then activated both the widgets (it's a check-box), and then added the widgets to my sidebar. </p> <p>I did encounter minor problem though, which I described here: <a href="http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-live-widgets-fail-when-changing-other-widgets" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-live-widgets-fail-when-changing-other-widgets</a> </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/fail-to-make-bbpress-live-working#post-20296 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:20:07 +0000 musnake 20296@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Thanks for the tip. I've been trying to get this work too. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/fail-to-make-bbpress-live-working#post-20291 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:50:25 +0000 Ipstenu 20291@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I ended up using <a href="http://www.i-jeriko.de/2006/04/04/import-rss-feeds-into-your-wordpress-blog/">Jeriko's Import RSS feeds into your WordPress blog</a> hack instead. A bit of PHP fiddling and it gets me where I'm going. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/fail-to-make-bbpress-live-working#post-20198 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:11:06 +0000 Ipstenu 20198@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I have the use XML turned on in my admin settings. I have no security issues with any part of wordpress or bbpress as it stands, and SecFilter's turned off on the server. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/fail-to-make-bbpress-live-working#post-20182 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:01:54 +0000 musnake 20182@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Minor gotcha'? <code>The bbPress blog must have XML-RPC enabled in it&#39;s settings</code> I was going to install this to take a peek but I see <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/topic/210549">someone suggested</a> that their site hung. I'm on this ice with my host (WPMu :D )and can't risk it just now...</p> <p>I remember that there was much drama trying to authenticate with Flikr API via XML-RPC... It required a .htaccess file at the domain root with: `&lt;Files xmlrpc.php&gt;<br /> SecFilterInheritance Off<br /> &lt;\Files&gt;`</p> <p>Of course, the 'Use XML'-thingy setting in the WP Admin/settings needs to be enabled too...</p> <p>Fingers crossed...</p> <p>I must say that I'm afraid of my shadow when it comes to turning off security filters to get something to work, especially since there was a recent thread on these forums about deleting that file altogether! </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/fail-to-make-bbpress-live-working#post-20168 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:41:32 +0000 Ipstenu 20168@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>FWIW, </p> <p>- WP 2.6.2<br /> - BBPress 1.0 alpha 2 </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/fail-to-make-bbpress-live-working#post-20167 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:38:17 +0000 Ipstenu 20167@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I am passably decent at arrays, but when I toss in <code>&lt;?php bbpress_live_get_topics(); ?&gt;</code> or anything, I get no data at all. Not even a splorg of unsorted data (which at least would give me an idea of what I need to do). Frustrated me enough that I just gave up. I tried every method I know of to print an array, and I don't even get an error message.</p> <p>An example of 'Make a bullet list of the recent posts' would be nice to help people get started. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-27-and-bbpress#post-20103 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:52:40 +0000 Ipstenu 20103@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I'm about <em>this</em> close to making my new forums live. I've got WP 2.6 and bbPress alpha tied in together pretty well, but they recently announced the lockdown on 2.7, which means that may come out by years end.</p> <p>Has anyone started testing with 2.7 yet? I'm not asking if I should not go forward and get my forums started, just wanted to know what kettle of worms I was opening ;) </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/fail-to-make-bbpress-live-working#post-19833 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:02:52 +0000 chrishajer 19833@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Right, it <strong>is</strong> more complex than that. Since the function returns an array it's up to you do figure out how to display it. Also, looking at the widget code is a pretty good start of how to go about getting the data out of that array. And the readme file is also good. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/fail-to-make-bbpress-live-working#post-19832 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:18:41 +0000 patung 19832@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Fair enough I don't know php from my elbow, it's just with other plugins, including some you can use as a widget, if you don't use the widget they tell you what code to stick in the sidebar and it's usually just like <code>&lt;?php call_to_some_function(); ?&gt;</code> but if this is more complex than that then ok.</p> <p>Btw ignore what I said about cpu usage, I can't re-create it so must have been something else. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/fail-to-make-bbpress-live-working#post-19827 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:27:15 +0000 chrishajer 19827@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>It's not a secret, it's just not bbPress specific, it's PHP. You need to <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=PHP+loop+through+array">loop through the array</a> that is returned by that function. If you're not comfortable learning enough PHP to accomplish that with the function, maybe you'd be better off the the widget. That's why WordPress created widgets in the first place. It's for people who don't want to mess with PHP code. It's drag and drop. Maybe enabling widgets in your theme would be easier than learning the proper way to loop through this array. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/fail-to-make-bbpress-live-working#post-19825 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:58:20 +0000 patung 19825@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Ok, so it's a secret... ;)</p> <p>This is what I tried <code>&lt;?php bbpress_live_get_topics(); ?&gt;</code></p> <p>and also <code>&lt;?php bbpress_live_get_topics(&quot;1&quot;); ?&gt;</code></p> <p>Don't know if they are right, but anyway I just noticed it says it needs 2.6.2 and I just use 2.6.</p> <p>Also, would this plugin make any special claims on cpu and load average, because I suspect it might, just by activating, not even using it on a page? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/fail-to-make-bbpress-live-working#post-19803 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:33:57 +0000 sambauers 19803@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Read the faq I pointed to, it contains the arguments you can use with the functions.</p> <p>The functions return arrays, so you need to loop through those to get the data out. If you don't know how to do that, then you need to learn some rudimentary PHP first : )</p> <p>The sidebar widgets were created for people without PHP knowledge. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/fail-to-make-bbpress-live-working#post-19796 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:34:16 +0000 patung 19796@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>"It's in the readme.txt file too...."</p> <p>What is in there is this:</p> <p> * bbpress_live_get_forums() - Provides an array of forums<br /> * bbpress_live_get_topics() - Provides an array of the latest topics</p> <p>But I mean what do I actually put in the theme template file, like sidebar.php. I mean bbpress_live_get_forums() has to be wrapped in some kind of php doesn't it? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/fail-to-make-bbpress-live-working#post-19775 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:50:20 +0000 sambauers 19775@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>@patung</p> <p>It's in the readme.txt file too....</p> <p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-live/faq/" rel="nofollow">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-live/faq/</a> </p>