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• Started 5 years ago by ProSam
• Latest reply from wmarcy
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• Installing
• plugins

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Installing Plugins

1. • 
   • ProSam
   • Member

   • Posted 5 years ago #

   I'm new at bbpress so please bare with me.

   I've searched and read the plugin instructions and I can't figure out how to get the plugins workin.

   I created the my-plugins directory and added the plugins inside and yet nothing. Is there supposed to be a plugins management area in the admin? How are they activated? I'm confused.

   I'm trying to add the following plugins (instructions included):
   allow images = Add the allow-images.php file to bbPress' my-plugins/ directory.
   post notifications = Add notification.php to your /my-plugins/ directory.
   bb-ratings = Add bb-ratings.php, bb-ratings.css, bb-ratings.js, and star.gif to your /my-plugins/ directory.

   None of them seem to be available
2. • 
   • wmarcy
   • Member

   • Posted 5 years ago #

   Some of the plugins require you to edit files for them to show up.

   You need to read the entire instruction/installation materials. (It gets really easy with a bit of experience).
3. • 
   • ProSam
   • Member

   • Posted 5 years ago #

   Yeah I read the whole readme on each of those plugins, none of which needed additional configuration.
4. • 
   • fel64
   • Member

   • Posted 5 years ago #

   Make sure you use the image plugin correctly. Images need the following syntax:

   <img src="linktoimage" alt="image description" />
5. • 
   • ProSam
   • Member

   • Posted 5 years ago #

   Well allow images seems to be working but post notifications and bb-ratings are no where to be seen.

   Could someone answer one questions? Do plugin just work? In WP they have to be activated.
6. • 
   • chrishajer
   • Moderator

   • Posted 5 years ago #

   What version bbPress are you running? The trac version has a plugin activation like WP, but the .81 version does not. You just install them into my-plugins and they start working.
7. • 
   • ProSam
   • Member

   • Posted 5 years ago #

   I'm running .81 but its weird cuz 4 out of the 6 plugins I've installed are working.

   allow-images = working
   quicktags = working
   fix-bbpress = working
   simple-onlinelist = working
   bb-ratings = not working
   post-notification = not working
8. • 
   • ProSam
   • Member

   • Posted 5 years ago #

   Scratch that, post notification is also working. So bb-rating is the one that is giving me a head ache.

   Has anyone else installed this plugin? Is it working for you? How did you install it? The instructions say to

   Add bb-ratings.php, bb-ratings.css, bb-ratings.js, and star.gif to your /my-plugins/ directory.

   But it doesn't seem to show up on the site. Is there anything else I need to do to activate it.
9. • 
   • wmarcy
   • Member

   • Posted 5 years ago #

   ProSam,

   bbRatings needs you to edit system files to include the tag code into them. Once you add these tags, it will work. I also am struggling with bbRatings, and would love to get a snippet of code that made us of the bb_top_topics() function. Anyone?
10. • 
    • wmarcy
    • Member

    • Posted 5 years ago #

    This is the code running on http://www.wetworx.com/forums/topic/28?replies=1

    I edited the topic.php file and added:

    <table align="left">

    <tr>
    <td>

    Overall Post Rating:

    </td>
    		<td><?php bb_rating();?></td>
    	</tr>
    	<tr>
    		<td>

    How do you rate this post?   

    </td>
    <td><?php bb_rating_dingus(); ?></td>
    </tr>
    </table>

    Hope that helps.
11. • 
    • wmarcy
    • Member

    • Posted 5 years ago #

    Wow, my code doesn't really look as bad as that <s>.

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