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HEEEELLLLLLLPPPP!!!! I've totally messed it up!!!

    • Posted 2 years ago #

    Hello.

    I just installed the bbpress to my wordpress site. I was just setting it up, and int he settings it had a line where you could set the url of the install. I mistakenly thought I could use this to change it to a shorter version.

    I was on: http://www.mydomain.com/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bb-admin/ (I think)
    and I changed to http://www.mydomain.com/forum

    Now its broken. All I get is a 404 page from my wordpress site.

    I tried deleting and reinstalling but it won't work!
    Any idea how I can fix this?
    Please help!!!
    Thanks

    • Posted 2 years ago #

    Phew! Fixed it (found it in an old topic):

    Find: "bb-config.php" and add the following:

    // The full URL of your bbPress install
    $bb->uri = 'http://www.mydomain.com/wp-content/plugins/bbpress';

    Ok so if I do actually want to change the url to mydomain.com/forum - how do I do this, can anyone tell me please?

    Thanks in advance!

    • Posted 2 years ago #

    Are you installing bbPress as a plugin under your WordPress?

    • Posted 2 years ago #

    Yes, from within WordPress 2.8.4 I found the plugin and did the automatic install.

    Is this not how I should do it? Should I just upload the files to a /forum directory and install from there?

    How can i then link it to my main menu on my wordpress blog?
    Thanks!

    • Posted 2 years ago #

    bbPress isn't a plugin. It should have been installed in the http://www.mydomain.com/forum directory. You should move it there and then remove that bb->uri setting.

    Any integration from WP to BB may need to be re-set at this point (just changing the locations etc).

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