Hi Fel, I didn't see your comment.
1. It would be great if I could select a forum to send a post to. It doesn't need to be a dropdown menu it could be a numbered list,etc just a menu would save space. It isn't essential, but it is more logical than making a list by hand of forum numbers in my bbpress admin then adding 1 to each number and then checking the list to select where it should go.
2. Really the option to disable the posting of a new thread would be great on a post by post basis. I doubt that PopShops is breaking bbsync, I think that bbsync is only pulling the code from the editor window. It doesn't take any of the stuff done by plugins after the fact. For example, There is a cool plugin which converts bible verse references by adding (a symbol used for code here in bbpress) before the reference, so when I load a post I see the text of the verse not the reference by its self. BBsync doesn't pull the text made by the plugin. It shows`verse reference.
I have another great plugin that pulls RSS feeds into posts which is great for marketing since the info is always up-to-date. bbsync makes a thread with the code that should call the plugin not the feed info.
The simplest 'fix' would be to just add an option in the edit post screen to "disable bbsync" or " Don't make forum thread"
Perhaps there is a way to pull the plugin-processed info into the thread instead of the code in the editor like it does now. I don't know if that would be easy or hard. A simple "disable for this post "option is good enough since I know your time is limited.
I'm glad to find out whether or not it should be in the same database or not. I'll have to re-integrate them, of course that means I won't be able to get into the admin (once I make a post) to Move posts into the correct categories.... so I have a dilemma.
Recap:
The comments sync when it is in the same database. They don't sync when bbpress is in a separate database.. I kept a separate database because I lost admin rights when posting.
It would be great to be able to select the forum by name when posting in Wordpress.
"lostdeviant, hi.
I thought I fixed that default forum posting bug. I'll look at it.
Is the forum dropdown really important? It could be done, I suppose, but the next few weeks are a little tricky for me.
Yeah, the databases need to be integrated.
Can you check out the bb_capabilities, wp_capabilities and capabilities entries in the usermeta table for me? I'm surprised you lost admin status in bb.
Disabling syncing is a good idea.
I don't know why PopShop breaks it, I'll try to look at how it works later tonight."
This is what I have in my bbpress database in the table you mentioned:
bb_cap a:2:{s:9:"keymaster";b:1;s:8:"throttle";b:1;}
a:1:{s:9:"keymaster";b:1;}
a:1:{s:6:"member";b:1;}
I had set up extra users, all of them were Keymaster, but after posting there was a change to member.