CyrixInstead, seems that your server doesn't allow outgoing connections, because I can connect to your server well. Check php settings and consult with your admin
annejan, what about enabling plugin on options page?
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WordPress-bbPress syncronization (0.8.0)
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Version: 0.8.0
Last Updated: 2009-9-20
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Compatible up to: 1.0.2
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Author: Ivan Babrou <ibobrik@gmail.com>
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Posted: 2 years ago #
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I've followed all the comments regarding this issue:
(Not allowed: [WordPress part] Cannot establish connection to bbPress part)
I have both plugins installed and activated. I have my bbPress installed in the my-plugins directory.
I have my bbPress URL set in WP as: http://hoosierhoopsreport.com/bbpress/
For that I'm getting the following message: URL is incorrect or connection error, please verify it (full variant):I have my WP URL set in bbPress as: http://hoosierhoopsreport.com
For that I'm getting that everything is OK.
My secret key matches.I'm using WP 2.8.3 and the latest bbPress as of a week ago. I'm using .8 version of this plugin.
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where did you installed bbPress plugin? can't acces my-plugins subdirectory, getting 404 for it
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It is installed in the my-plugins directory. I'm looking at the directory now, but I also got the 404 error.
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bobrik, thanks for the information that my server does not allow outgoing connections. I checked with my web host (heartinternet.co.uk) and the reason they block outbound port 80 http traffic is to prevent loopback connections (where the script goes out to the wider Internet only to come back to my server). This stops the server being able to get into an infinite loop if a php script is poorly written, and apparently also acts as a security measure.
I am sure there will be other people using hosts that do such a thing, so I am going to post my solution here to help.
In each of the synchronisation scripts a call is made using fsockopen (line 551 in the WP script and line 112 in the bbPress script - both version 0.8.0). In my case both WordPress and bbPress are both hosted on the same server so there is no need to go out to the wider Internet. Therefore by changing the following:
@fsockopen($matches[1], $port, $errno, $errstr, 10)
to
@fsockopen('localhost', $port, $errno, $errstr, 10)
you do not try and open an outbound connection and your server does not block the script.To be honest I am not sure if this creates any kind if security risk or anything, but certainly bobrik I would recommend you put this information into the FAQ or readme or something if it works successfully. Please le me know if this is a bad thing to do!
~Cyrix
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Cyrix, It's good to think about FAQ or something like it, but I really have no time for things that don't give me money :)
You may leave that lines by default and use http://localhost/blah in your plugin settings. That's work too :) Not so nice, btw. It isn't so nice to drop outbound connections from the server.
Jim, Check your permissions for my-plugins and its internal directory tree
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Not sure what that means. Where do I check permissions? Pretty much all my chmod settings are 755, if you meant that.
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Bump : )
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I"m getting this now:
Not allowed: [bbPress part] Invalid anonymous user id
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Again, my host does the trick. It's working now. Not sure of their solution though...sorry.
I would like to make a change. The plug-in provides a link back to the whole post on WordPress. I'd like to add something just before that link, something to the effect of, "Click here to read the whole article."
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so implement that :)
i've said that i don't have time to do anything for free now
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Where in the files are the links to the WP posts echo'd? I've searched for all the "<a" and "href", tried a few of them, but I haven't located where to make that change.
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Here is another issue, not sure if it's intended or not. Whenever I edit a post in WP, it creates a separate post in bbPress. How can I stop it from doing that?
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I am being asked for it on the wordpress side as I try to sync with bbpress.
On the bbpress side I see a lot of keys. Which one is the secret key?
Does it have to do with this?
WordPress bbPress
AUTH_KEY <=> BB_AUTH_KEY
SECURE_AUTH_KEY <=> BB_SECURE_AUTH_KEY
LOGGED_IN_KEY <=> BB_LOGGED_IN_KEYPosted: 2 years ago # -
I put in something for the Secret Key but it says "Error! Not equal secret keys in WordPress and bbPress".
Why and how do I fix this? I am on the WordPress side doing bbPress syncronization. Do I need to go to the bbPress side and put the same Secret Key somewhere?
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I just got the two plug ins enabled !!!
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I have managed to get BBPress and WordPress Sync installed on my web site. That is, the sync plug in (the latest one) is installed and "working" (albiet not as I want it to be). There were a lot of check boxes and input involved to make the plugins (both on the BBPress side and the WordPress) work and see each other. In some of the check boxes I just clicked on them because I was unclear about what they meant.
The way I would like my WordPress to work is like this. When the user makes his comments about the blog, he is making them in the Forum. So the whole input field where he posts his responses to blogs are not there. Instead there is a link that takes him to the forum where responses are mirrored as responses to the blog.
If a user goes directly to the forum (an option I will allow). And makes a brand new discussion thread, it is not automatically posted in the blog and the responses to that post are not reflected in the blog as well.
There are lots of options on the Dashboard for setting up the plugins. Which options should I check and how do I customize the plugins such that my blog and forum behave like I want them to?
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One of the features it says:
"Crossposting to specified forum according post category"I guess I'm not sure how to achieve that. Should I have matching "forums" for each category I have?
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i am also getting the error that secret keys are not equal when they are. the URLs are verified as being correct. i've tried changing the keys and saving both plugin pages again..
i am using MU if that makes any difference..
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First, to a few posters above me, "Secret key" doesn't mean any of the keys found in wp-config.php or bb-config.php! The secret key is any arbitrary thing; you just have to use the same one in both plugins. It could be "toadthewetsprocket" if you wanted.
Now, my question: is it possible to use this or modify it to work for pages?
Posted: 2 years ago #
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