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Sometimes Less Is Just Less

    • Posted 2 years ago #

    I really love bbPress, but still wished some features existed by default. I know it’s doable via plugins, but default features are more cool, you can always turn it off. I really dislike the fact that some of the solutions I have seen on this forum, are related to “integrate your forum with WordPress, and use this plugin and it will work”, no, I don’t like that. bbPress should be able to do stuff on its own, without WordPress.

    I don’t want to install WordPress for the sake of making some things work. I have been a WordPress user for so many years already, but still I refuse to do that. I have managed to convert my forum, which was originally SMF into bbPress (SMF > phpBB > bbPress), that was a lot of work, but I’m really happy I did that.

    bbPress is by default very EMPTY, very very very empty. I was not used to a forum, with so less features and options. My users didn’t like it. I managed to add a lot of features via plugins. Now my users are a bit happy, I’m also very happy.

    The best part I love so far is, that making changes not always is so difficult compared to SMF or phpBB. phpBB is the last forum software on this planet I’d want to use, OMG so difficult to make changes. SMF is one of the best out there, but has some limits due to their copyright system.

    Some things I’d really love to see happening anytime very soon:
    1. A codex page, with detailed instruction about the codes, just like its big brother WordPress has, at least a start, so we, the webmasters, can do more cool stuff
    2. More features by default, such as:
    a. Private message
    b. Avatar upload
    c. Memberlist
    d. Quote option in topics
    e. Smilies

    These are some very basic options.

    I’m sure bbPress will be one of the most professional forum software out there one day, it’s not so far yet, but I see it happen.

    That’s why I’m a proud user of this software.

    • Posted 2 years ago #

    @sambauers Could you post that "trivial" code that allows for a BB login box in WP that will redirect back to the page after login?

    BTW: I have deep integration.

    • Posted 2 years ago #

    a. Private message
    b. Avatar upload
    c. Memberlist
    d. Quote option in topics
    e. Smilies

    I prefer them to be as plugins, not integrated within bbPress. If we need to update some part of code of those features, we could just update the plugin not the full forum board. The plugins can also be managed by individuals, not by the creators of bbPress.

    You rarely have to do any template edits to use the plugins, all possible of add_action and add_filter

    • Posted 2 years ago #

    @sambauers Could you post that "trivial" code that allows for a BB login box in WP that will redirect back to the page after login?

    This is where I think Shallow Integration has the upper hand. I have the bb login on the bb side, and the WP in-line login on the WP side, and no matter where my peeps log in from, there they are. All I do is redirect registration to the WP side, which kicks them back to the main WP page. And that's okay, since 92% (I love stats) of visitors start there anyway.

    As for includes on bbpress ... Actually smilies, which are built into WP, would be nice, but they'd have to be easy to customize and expand. Some people like a million, some people like 10. Avatar upload isn't going to happen unless Automattic dumps Gravatar. Quote 'options' would be a nice plugin.

    • Posted 2 years ago #

    @DennisH

    I didn't say "trivial" to be snarky. It is actually a trivial amount of code. Probably no more than a few lines.

    I'm working on a plugin that will do it comprehensively. Just waiting for the plugin repository to catch up with requests.

    • Posted 2 years ago #

    In the meantime I have found someone who is going unwillingly to serve as a guinea pig for the idea...

    • Posted 2 years ago #

    I would welcome any form of integration, since I am very new to this and have a buddypress site that groups can now post discussions (forum entries) but my main menus are not integrated and there is no widget to show recent activity on the bbPress site from within buddypress.

    • Posted 2 years ago #

    SMF + Tinyportal just works for many, many bloggers wanting a forum and website portal all rolled into one.

    Sadly, it seems that although wordpress aims high, its forum capabilities and integration are lagging far, far behind.

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