[mzimmers]

Make a backup? I don’t believe I have one in the first place.

This file *does* go in my template directory, right? There’s no such file in there right now.

[mzimmers]

Hmm… an .htaccess file. Something else I’ve never understood what it was for. I just googled it, and it looks pretty straightforward; is there anything special I need to know about using it? I assume it would go in the same directory as the file to be redirected from.

[mzimmers]

Hmm…is this what you’re talking about?

bb_get_uri(‘register.php’, null, BB_URI_CONTEXT_A_HREF + BB_URI_CONTEXT_BB_USER_FORMS),

Replacing the third parameter with the URL of the WP registration page?

Sorry if this is a lame question, but the code in this page is rather obscure to me.

Edit: or is it the first parameter that gets replaced?

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Hey, circuit – where in the code did you make that change? There appears to be a variable called “register-page” but I can’t find its definition.

[mzimmers]

Oh, I’m sure it works just fine. The “yuk” was elicited by this:

5. search your bbpress templates and force all registrations/logins through wordpress from the several places they are buried on the forum (the WP login interfaces are far more developed) – unfortunately at least one bbPress login location is hard coded in the core which will require a direct hack everytime you upgrade.

I was hoping for something more one-time, but…I think I can live with this.

[mzimmers]

Yuk. OK…thanks for the information.

[mzimmers]

1. OK…thanks. I might point out that it would be nice if you could make it sticky when you create it, rather than creating it, then visiting it and making it sticky. But…it’s cool.

2. Done and thanks.

3. It seemed to start working after a few minutes. Maybe gravatar.com needed some time, or I had to flush some cache files. No matter.

Thanks for all the help…this is looking like a nice little piece of software.

mz

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Hi, Chris –

Thank you so much for the detailed reply. I think I’m cool on the cascading property of CSS; it’s just some of the more esoteric constructs that get me at times. I’ll keep your reply for reference. But in the meantime, I guess it’s good not to mess with prosperity.

You mention Web Developer, and I have that (and I use it a lot). I’ve recently also gotten Firebug. I’m by no means an expert on it, but you might want to take a look.

http://getfirebug.com/

mz

[mzimmers]

OK…I’m not sure what part of that thread pertains to my questions. Maybe I’m just extra-dense today.

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No, I’m happy with the result; I just wish I had a better understanding of exactly what I did!

Specifically, I’m not sure what this means:

#header div.search input.submit {

style stuff here;

}

I’ve never seen the “div” used like this, and I’m not sure what the “input.submit” is.

Also, it’s not clear to me how the “return” button code comes last in the php file, but the button displays above/before the login stuff.

Any enlightenment would be appreciated.

[mzimmers]

Thanks, Chris. I’ve taken a first pass, with partial results…I get some of the formatting, but not all. I suspect the problem is that I don’t fully understand the constructs being used in the css. Can you tell me what this means, for example?

#header div.search input.submit { etc… }

And how do I “invoke” this in my php file?

Oh: the website is http://www.scopedin.com/bbpress. I’m trying to add a “return” button in the header.

Thanks.

[mzimmers]

Great! All taken care of. Thanks…

[mzimmers]

Hmm…nobody wants to chime in on this. I suppose I should interpret that as a “don’t mess with prosperity” signal?

[mzimmers]

Wow…I sure hope that figure of 7893 seconds represents wall time and not CPU usage.

It sounds like both of these plugins are currently best suited for smaller-scale applications, which means they’ll be fine for me (for now at least). But yeah, that overhead is something to keep an eye on.

Thanks.

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Don’t bother answering…I just started over, and things seem to be working now. Thanks for the help.

[mzimmers]

OK…a final question about this: does this mean that I screwed up by manually adding the two salt definitions to my WP options file? I notice that the values I put in the file, and the values I see in the browser aren’t the same.

[mzimmers]

Fascinating – is that page navigable, or do you have to explicitly go there?

Yet another thing about WP I didn’t know…

[mzimmers]

OK…it *appears* that this is solved. I manually added the two salt definitions to both the WP and the BB config files. I can log in now, so I guess we can consider this resolved.

I would recommend that someone document this, at least as part of the installation process.

Thanks for the help.

[mzimmers]

Nope…it’s not there. The only reference in the entire WP structure to auth_salt is in a file called pluggable.php. But there is no definition of it that I can see anywhere.

[mzimmers]

Just took a look. You’re right; entire subdirectories are missing. I wonder what got into Filezilla this time.

I’ll try to correct this and report back. Thanks.

Update: I’m getting further in the install, but still having troubles. Since the title of this thread is misleading, we can consider this one solved. I’ll start another for my current issues.

Thanks for the help.

[mzimmers]

I just wiped out my old attempt at installation and started over.

I downloaded the bbpress directory structure, created a bb-config.php file and populated it with the stuff from my wp-config.php file. I then uploaded it, and tried to initiate the install, but I get error messages.

In short, I think I’ve taken a step backward.

Can anyone tell me what I’m doing wrong here?

http://www.scopedin.com/bbpress/

Thanks…

[mzimmers]

OK…thanks for that. I have the three keys in the bb-config.php file matching their equivalents in the wp-config.php file.

NOW: what do I put in during step 2 of the installation where it asks for “WordPress cookie secret key” and “WordPress database secret”? It tells me to look at fields in my wp-config.php file, but the fields it references don’t exist.

I’m wondering if maybe the directions on the install are out of step with the software, but…I still don’t know what do do here.

Thanks…

[mzimmers]

I’m running 2.6.3 of WordPress and attempting to install the current alpha release of bb.

And…the thread you cited doesn’t seem to address the issues I brought up. Before that thread, I’d never come across the term “salt” and I still don’t know what it is.

[mzimmers]

What notes are you referring to? The inline notes in step 2 for the “WordPress cookie secret key” say:

This value must match the value of the constant named “SECRET_KEY” in your WordPress wp-config.php file. This will replace the bbPress cookie secret key set in the first step.

The inline notes for the WordPress database secret say:

This must match the value of the WordPress setting named “secret” in your WordPress installation. Look for the option labeled “secret” in this WordPress admin page. If you leave this blank the installer will try to fetch the value based on your WordPress database integration settings.

Am I missing another source of notes? These don’t tell me what I need to know. Thanks…

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OK, that seemed to work. Now…when the new install asks me for the WordPress cookie secret key…what do I give it? There are three keys in my wp-config.php file.

Also, what is this WordPress database secret? I’m not aware of anything like that.

These are in step 2 of the bb install, BTW.

Thanks.