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Can not get past install step 2

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   • cTubes
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   • Posted 2 years ago #

   Using version 1.0x
   I have install step 1 successfully completed. When I hit 'goto Step 2' it tells me "Oh dear! bbPress is already installed."
   and I have no way going to install Step 3 - site settings. That's where my problem starts.

   When I browse the install directory: ctubeslabs.com/bp/ I get a rudimentary login screen where it tells me that http://ctubeslabs.com/forum/ can not be found. No wonder, this should be .../bp/
   but where can I configure the forum path? I searched through all PHP files but did not find this config value.
   I am stuck, thanks for any help,
   cTubes
2. • 
   • johnhiler
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   • Posted 2 years ago #

   Try this?
   http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/step-two-questions#post-38871
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   • cTubes
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   • Posted 2 years ago #

   Thank you! Install worked now, but there is still a directory problem (I did some browsing in this forum but did not find a specific answer)

   I have WP and BB installed in separate directories (WP and BP) under htdocs.
   The WordPress blog address is ctubeslabs.com

   At bb install I chose ctubeslabs.com/forum as the forums address

   Now, when I go to ctubeslabs.com/forum WP handles it and responds with 'not found'.
   At http://ctubeslabs.com/bp/ I get the (unstyled) forum homepage without content.
   When I manually type in ctubeslabs.com/bp/bb-admin it redirects to ctubeslabs.com/forum

   So missing a clear concept how it should work I am a bit stuck again. For example what is the intended mechanism to make WP ignore the bb url and let bb handle it?
   Thanks again for any help!
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   • Rohan Kapoor
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   • Posted 2 years ago #

   You need to make a page in wordpress called forums that will allow you to access the /forums directory.
5. • 
   • cTubes
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   • Posted 2 years ago #

   you mean a redirect page? from ./forum/... to ./bp/.... ? looks as if this would require a WP plugin
   Sorry, perhaps its trivial but I do not see it yet!
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   • Ipstenu
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   • Posted 2 years ago #

   Try renaming the bp folder to forum?
7. • 
   • Rohan Kapoor
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   • Posted 2 years ago #

   rename your bp folder to forum and then create a PAGE in wordpress that says forum. If you have a folder named forum wordpress will transfer the page control over to it and when you click the link to that page it will go to the forum.
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   • cTubes
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   • Posted 2 years ago #

   This solved it, thanks a lot!
   I created the ./forum page, plus a subpage ./forum/bb-admin in wordpress, for some reason admin did not work immediately. After taking a snapshot of the VM the bb admin function works now, strange. I assume some caching issue.
   Thanks for the great product, I can already say this is the forum I have been looking for!

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