[Ricardo]

Hi everyone!

I don´t know wether to post this here or start a new thread, if the mods find it unsuitable i will open a new one.

I just installed the bbpress pluggin on a test site, just trying to figure things out and start learning while its being developed, one of the first things i wanted to do was adding a icon to the each forum in the forum list and since the new bbpress uses “wordpress” i went and added a thumbnail to each forum at:

Admin panel>>>Forums>>> and edited/added a thumbail to each forum using the post thumbnail function

but it wasnt showing up so as newbie i used firebug to find where i could add that in and i found;

bbp-themesbbp-twentytenloop-bbp_forums.php

and modified:

<td class=”bbp-forum-info”>

” title=”<?php bbp_forum_title(); ?>”><?php bbp_forum_title(); ?>

to

<td class=”bbp-forum-info”>

<?php the_post_thumbnail(array( 25,25 ), array( ‘class’ => ‘alignleft’ )); ?>” title=”<?php bbp_forum_title(); ?>”><?php bbp_forum_title(); ?>

here’s a link to the code on pastebin:

http://pastebin.com/bNLPQj2R

it worked but because i uploaded the images at 150×150 the thumbs were being displayed at 150×150 eventough i specified that it should be 25×25 in the code.

Am i doing something wrong? to quicly fix it i reuploaded the images at 25×25 and they’re showing ok now.

sorry if i’m “sounding” complicated but i cant explain it better

here’s the live bbpress instalattion:

http://www.ricardouk.com/bbpress/forum/

[Ricardo]

i’ve been following the chat on the bbpress plugin thread and altough JJJ said somewhere that it will be possible it reallly doesnt seem (to me) that the plugin is going that way.

wordpress will use one theme and bbpress as a plugin will need its own theme.

@devs

dont read my comments as destructive but i feel as a user the need to voice my opinion, as a user i dont have the “god like” ability to master css/php or port my wordpress theme to a bbpress theme, its like you’re creating a forum plugin and making it difficult to use or integrate visually with wordpress…a forum plugin only for the “code masters”. try and go the simple:press or mingle forum way or have that possibility.

[Ricardo]

i’ve been following the chat on the bbpress plugin thread and altough JJJ said somewhere that it will be possible it reallly doesnt seem (to me) that the plugin is going that way.

wordpress will use one theme and bbpress as a plugin will need its own theme.

@devs

dont read my comments as destructive but i feel as a user the need to voice my opinion, as a user i dont have the “god like” ability to master css/php or port my wordpress theme to a bbpress theme, its like you’re creating a forum plugin and making it difficult to use or integrate visually with wordpress…a forum plugin only for the “code masters”. try and go the simple:press or mingle forum way or have that possibility.

[Ricardo]

the vulnerabilities were on previos versions

Packages/Versions Affected: Confirmed on 1.0.24 and 1.0.26

the plugin is at version 1.0.28 see changelog here

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mingle-forum/changelog/

why did you give a link saying the vulnerabilities were fixed when you were implying the opposite?

01/07/2011 Plugin maintainer releases update that addresses these

vulnerabilities.

whoever uses older bbpress versions also have that problem

[Ricardo]

the vulnerabilities were on previos versions

Packages/Versions Affected: Confirmed on 1.0.24 and 1.0.26

the plugin is at version 1.0.28 see changelog here

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mingle-forum/changelog/

why did you give a link saying the vulnerabilities were fixed when you were implying the opposite?

01/07/2011 Plugin maintainer releases update that addresses these

vulnerabilities.

whoever uses older bbpress versions also have that problem

[Ricardo]

help page for creating databases with godaddy

http://help.godaddy.com/article/36

how to locate your database host name with godaddy(you can’t use localhost with godaddy i think):

http://help.godaddy.com/topic/67/article/39

[Ricardo]

help page for creating databases with godaddy

http://help.godaddy.com/article/36

how to locate your database host name with godaddy(you can’t use localhost with godaddy i think):

http://help.godaddy.com/topic/67/article/39

[Ricardo]

…I think JJJ has said that other method of integration may be possible, but by going the theme route it does allow for better templating of the forum.

…

i’ll still use it and recommend it but isnt it a bit “strange”? from standalone to pluggin so that all the integration problems disappear…so why not integrate with wordpress theme and leave all those theme integration problems in the past? Why insisting on a thing that has plagued these forums for so long.

Really hope we can “display” the forum in a wordpress page, from what i read when searching these forums a large majority wanted bbpress to have same theme as wordpress.

Im not a coder so i can´t contribute to bbpress but i’m hoping as a user that this “point” can be taken in consideration by the dev team.

[Ricardo]

There won’t be loads, but I’m confident there will be a few. But more importantly there will be documentation on how to adapt existing themes. This is where child themes come in really handy.

WordPress has themes, and bbpress as a pluggin will have themes aswell?

Why not “copy” simple:press “aproach” to this… the forum is displayed on a wordpress page, no fidling with themes, if bbpress was a standalone software like it was untill now its logical to have themes, but in my opinion having themes for a pluggin its to much… my 3 cents anyway…

[Ricardo]

Rich Pedley wrote:

“in time you’ll see a few themes that are bbPress ready. “

Is this true? the new version will use is own themes? if the next version is a wordpress pluggin, having its own themes its kind of odd.

[Ricardo]

google bought it, use your gmail account details.

[Ricardo]

google bought it, use your gmail account details.

[Ricardo]

I would pick reCAPTCHA as you can use your google account with it.

[Ricardo]

I would pick reCAPTCHA as you can use your google account with it.

[Ricardo]

downgrade php version in wamp, problem already solved here:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/problem-with-installation

[Ricardo]

downgrade php version in wamp, problem already solved here:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/problem-with-installation

[Ricardo]

just tested it online…no problems so far… created a few forums, topics etc to test it out… will test this later after i get off work, forum display needs a bit of teaking but it would be great if the simple:press integration method could be done withh bbpress.

[Ricardo]

when trying the new bbpress pluggin i get the following error message:

Warning: require_once(C:wampwww/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-filters.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:wampwwwwp-contentpluginspluginbbp-loader.php on line 144

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘C:wampwww/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-filters.php’ (include_path=’.;C:php5pear’) in C:wampwwwwp-contentpluginspluginbbp-loader.php on line 144

with notepad ++ i opened the bbp-loader.php file and on line 144 i found the following:

require_once ( BBP_DIR . ‘/bbp-filters.php’ );

i checked if i had that file in the pluggin folder and its there

trying to activate the pluggin brought the wordpress installation off, all i can see is the error about line 144.

Can anyone help?

[Ricardo]

what is your sitemap.xml url?

Are the url’s in the xml correct?

Do you have a google webmaster tools account?

Have you submitted the sitemap into google webmaster account?

[Ricardo]

Altough i’m waiting for the next bbpress version i can recommend one forum script that has a importer for phpbb2 and others, its MYBB, they’ve got a great comunity forum with international support.

http://www.mybb.com/downloads/merge-system

i like mybb but it has too many options etc, nothing wrong with it, if you use phpbb i think you’ll find it simpler but i prefer it even simpler like bbpress.

ps: i tested the importer a few weeks ago, imported from phpbb and smf and the importer worked perfectly (tried it on wampserver with dummy forums)

[Ricardo]

Altough i’m waiting for the next bbpress version i can recommend one forum script that has a importer for phpbb2 and others, its MYBB, they’ve got a great comunity forum with international support.

http://www.mybb.com/downloads/merge-system

i like mybb but it has too many options etc, nothing wrong with it, if you use phpbb i think you’ll find it simpler but i prefer it even simpler like bbpress.

ps: i tested the importer a few weeks ago, imported from phpbb and smf and the importer worked perfectly (tried it on wampserver with dummy forums)

[Ricardo]

Thanks for the update John!

[Ricardo]

you can use rss widgets on the homepage… if you mean “hardcoding it” to the template use the following code:

<?php if(function_exists(‘fetch_feed’)) {

include_once(ABSPATH.WPINC.’/feed.php’);

$feed = fetch_feed(‘http://www.domain.com/bbpress/rss&#8217;);

$limit = $feed->get_item_quantity(7); // specify number of items

$items = $feed->get_items(0, $limit); // create an array of items

}

if ($limit == 0) echo ‘<div>The feed is either empty or unavailable.</div>’;

else foreach ($items as $item) : ?>

<div>

get_permalink(); ?>”

title=”<?php echo $item->get_date(‘j F Y @ g:i a’); ?>”>

<?php echo $item->get_title(); ?>

</div>

<div>

<?php echo substr($item->get_description(), 0, 200); ?>

<span>[…]</span>

</div>

<?php endforeach; ?>

and edit the following:

$feed = fetch_feed(‘http://www.domain.com/bbpress/rss&#8217;);

$limit = $feed->get_item_quantity(7); // specify number of items

<?php echo substr($item->get_description(), 0, 200); ?>

[Ricardo]

get the rss feed from bbpress by adding “rss” to the forum url

http://www.domain.com/bbpress/rss

copy the rss feed url and paste it on the rss/feed widget in wordpress

[Ricardo]

Hi

Personally i prefer the 1.0.2 version, both of them are fast and light, some say 0.9.2 is faster but even if it is faster i can´t really notice it.

with version 1.0.2 i can switch the pretty permalink function on very easily, i was unable to do that with version 0.9.2, in fact i was unable to turm it on and spent a good amount of time in the support forums trying what everyone said (multiviews, htacess etc etc etc), the permalink structure is a bonus point for me in any forum script (i dont like all those cripthgraphic urls).

visually (user side) there aren’t many differences, from the admin prespective version 0.9.2 has a “wordpress retro look” version 1.0.2 looks like wordpress 3.0 .

version 1.0.2 added a few functions/pluggins to the core that were missing or needed a pluggin in 0.9.2.

if you use wordpress, version 1.0.2 can be integrated a lot easier than 0.9.2.

There’s been some talk about forking it but in my opinion the next version (pluggin) will be what everyone wanted, better integration at several levels, no backpress dependency, bbpress admin area inside wordpress etc etc)

i tried several forum scripts and i think nobody will be angry if i write a few lines about them:

1- phpbb3 – fairly simple to setup but way too much options in the admin area, nothing difficult as it is understandable but no “pretty permalink structure”, there was a pluggin but you need to reinstall it with every new version and its a pain to even set it up.

2- SMF – simple to setup but its kind of complicated to get around all those options, to much stuff.

3- PunBB/FluxBB – Original forum script and fork – both were a breeze to install, PunBB had native permalink structure and FluxBB had a pluggin but in my opinion the community has lost his “power” forking PunBB split the community but i could be wrong.

4- Simple press – the best forum pluggin for wordpress, had most stuff i wanted (clean urls, integration with wordpress at all levels, theme, users etc) nice community forum, international language support but it was sluggish, there were a few tips on how to optimize its speed but never managed to optimize it, otherwise a great forum script for wordpress.

5- MyBB – easy to instal with a easy to understand administration area, great community, lots of pluggins, themes, international support, fast forum system, clean urls (through pluggin) etc, if the bbpress project doesnt take off in next version it willprobably be my choice.

Hope this helps you.