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Ah ok.
1) Your first step is going to be to get all of the installs to use the same users table. Technically, you’ll want to follow steps similar to the ones described here:
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/successful-reverse-integration-steps
However, your job will be greatly complicated by the fact that each install will have overlaps in terms of userid and usernames. For example, userid #5 on bbPress install #1 is going to refer to a different user than userid#5 on bbPress install#2. You’re going to have to address that – this link will help greatly:
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/integration-of-established-wp-and-bbpress-installations
2) Phew, it’s good that they’re all in the same database… hopefully your WordPress install is also in the same database. This will simplify things a bit.
3) Ok, good to know.
I can’t offer custom help – I’m just a volunteer! But I’m glad to try and help you here, so others can learn from the discussion…
Here’s what I would recommend:
1) Your first step would be to backup all of your data.
2) Then, I’d setup a test environment exactly like your current environment and put your data there. That way, you can work on the integration with much less stress.
3) Then I would figure out how to deal with the userid and username overlap described above. This will probably be the hardest part!
4 ) Once you’ve figured that out, you’re all set to integrate all the installs to use the same usertable.
5) Finally once that’s done, you can also integrate the cookies so users only have to signin once!
If this sounds waaay too hard, you may want to hire a consultant or expert to help ya out! Here’s a list of people who are available:
http://bbshowcase.org/forums/topic/bbpress-professionals-advertise-in-this-topic
I’m sorry to say this, but integrating your 25 installs is probably going to require more work than filling in a setting page.
A few questions for you:
1) You have 25 bbPress installs, and they are currently not sharing a user table… is that right? As in, if I sign up as “john” on one install… can I sign in with that username and password on another one of your bbPress installs?
2) If your bbPress installs are not sharing a user table… do you know if all of the user tables are in the same database?
3) Finally, what versions of WordPress and bbPress are you using?
You should be able to access your Akismet spam queue at this URL:
htttp://yourdomain.com/bb-admin/admin-base.php?plugin=bb_ksd_admin_page
It should be linked under the Manage sub-tab, I think?
You can clear spam from there! I definitely check my spam queue a few times a day…
This is absolutely possible. I wrote a bit about it here:
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/create-multiple-forums
I now have about 10 bbPress installs all working, and they’re both integrated with two separate WordPress installs. So this is definitely possible.
You just need to make sure that all the installs are using the same users table.The bigger issue is: do any of your installs share usernames? For example, a “John” registered on one site and on another one? That will be tricky to manage – a path is described nicely here… look for the section on “user_id” conflicts:
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/integration-of-established-wp-and-bbpress-installations#post-28701
Good luck!
@grassrootspa – BuddyPress uses bbPress to power forums, so as long as BuddyPress is important for Automattic then that’s good for us.
We definitely need clear guidance around the future of bbPress. If it’s not going to be supported, then we will have to work together as a community to fork it…
