bbPress Support Forums » Topic: Yet another integration question http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/yet-another-integration-question bbPress Support Forums » Topic: Yet another integration question en-US Fri, 25 May 2012 16:28:32 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1 Trent Adams on "Yet another integration question" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/yet-another-integration-question#post-22053 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:21:20 +0000 Trent Adams 22053@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Wow! That rocks Sam!

]]> Sam Bauers on "Yet another integration question" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/yet-another-integration-question#post-22051 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:19:08 +0000 Sam Bauers 22051@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Check the screencast on this post...

http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/basic-integration-screencast

]]> adam613 on "Yet another integration question" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/yet-another-integration-question#post-22038 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:58:08 +0000 adam613 22038@http://bbpress.org/forums/ A little about me: I'm working on a hobby web site. It was going to have a forum, a few database-based applications I've written the back-end for, and in the process of deciding what should go on the front page, I figured I should start a blog too. I have a version of the site sort of written using phpBB as the the forum and the templating engine for the web apps, but it's very frustrating getting phpBB to do what I want it to do...you really can't do much without editing the core code. On the recommendation of a co-worker, I decided to check out WordPress/bbPress. I'm not sure WP/bbPress is the right solution, but I haven't found anything I like better....it seems like it's pretty easy to rearrange things on the page and add new elements as needed.

What I want: My forum should appear on the site similar to a Page. I don't think I need "deep integration"...I'm not terribly concerned about data integration, other than the fact that signing into WP should sign you into the forums and vice versa. I don't need the forum to be able to interact with other pages on the site...if I need data from my other apps in the forum, I'll just grab it from the database using a forum plugin. But I am concerned about appearance integration...I want the WP header and footer, including my logo and nav bar, to show up at the top of the forum page, and I want the forum theme to be similar to (if not identical to) the WP theme.

What's the safest way to make this happen? I'm very new to WP/bbPress, but I'm not afraid to write code...a certain major website pays me a good bit of money do so during the week :)

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