[bbolman]

To throw in my two cents… I personally would lean towards “themes.” My reasoning: since one of the biggest parts of bbPress is the WordPress integration, I believe bbPress and WordPress oughta use the same lingo for that. If a template author wants to do matching templates for bb and WordPress he’ll have to have the “Blank Theme” for WordPress and the “Blank Template” for bbPress. To me this adds to the confusion, and since WordPress has been around and people are used to theme, why make them have to learn more lingo?

[chrishajer]

I think template is simple enough, it’s just different

I also personally feel “template” is more ‘correct’ than “theme”. Unlearning “template” when starting with WordPress was hard.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme

I think bbPress is correct, and WordPress is wrong.

Also, if you’ve ever used K2 with WordPress, you know that they have something called schemes which are pure CSS modifications to change the look. To confuse things even more, the “schemes” in K2 are in a folder called “styles.”

sorry for all the edits …

[Trent Adams]

Without stepping out too far on a limb, I think that each blog (or forum) has it’s own key to keep track of what is done with each user and require their own key. Since they are free, it isn’t too hard to get one, just go to this post and follow the directions.

I see what you mean about having a special bbPress key, but I doubt if it will ever happen in the near future.

Trent

[ukrob12]

I uploaded everything then went to install, just to be faced by “Cannot select DB.”

I had a look around these forums but can’t seem to find anything to get it working. WordPress is working fine from the same database.

Thanks in advance for any help

[chrishajer]

I personally don’t think this is a big issue. I had to change my brain to think of templates as themes in WordPress, so it doesn’t matter much to me. What they’re called is much less important than how they’re managed and modified.

[Null]

I agree with this all. This is also one of the reasons I’ve started the bbPortal project (bbportal.org) The idea is to use bbPress as the basic and build some nice stuff around it. It’s not much yet, I’ve just started it).

WordPress is great for BLOGGING and some people forget this. It’s designed for a personal blog not for a whole community. Sure you can extend it with plugins etc, but still.

bbPortal is/will be more for communities like clans/guilds that use the forum heavily. (so forum driven and not blog driven.)

You can also take a look at wordpressMU (multiuser), That can give every user a own wordpressblog that you can administrate. If I may be so bold I see it like this:

Personal/blog………….>>…………Community driven

..wordpress

……………………….wordpressMU

………………………………………………………. bbPortal

(ignore the dots, they where needed for outlining)

Joomla and Drupal are way bigger, but to my oppinion, needs some more understanding about php and coding aswell.

Though choise huh

[davidbessler]

An educated consumer is our best customer. Take a look at Drupal (www.drupal.org) and Joomla (www.joomla.org), as these may be more along the lines of what you are looking for. They are the equivalent of the all-inclusive resort of online community systems. They offer a lot of what you are looking for almost out of the box. The idea behind bbpress is that while WordPress is a great system for blooging and news (A few people write, lots of people read), it did not offer anything in the way of serious egalitarian discussion, like many conventional message boards. So, bbPress was born to fill that gap. But, it was just born. I think, the future lies in modular community bulding, where people pick and choose each module of their system, and they all work together. bbPress is along those lines, and that’s why I love it. However, if you want to plop a community down on the web with all sorts of gadgetry, chattery, and photo-uploadery, check out Drupal, Joomla, or some of the other CMS (Content Management Systems) … Check this out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_content_management_systems

Sorry, fellow bbPressers, I have to give an honest opinion.

So, again, bbPress and WordPress are like booking a vacation to the far east and choosing a great hotel your friends recommended, then reserving a spot on a cool mountain-climbing excursion you read about in a magazine, and then dining at that revolving restaurant you had always heard about etc … Drupal or any other CMS, is like calling 1-800-awesome-trips, plunking down your credit card, and relying on them to decide all those things for you. Truth is, you may have an AWESOME vacation EITHER way. It depends on the person. And THAT’S the truth.

[Trent Adams]

We do not have a special key hidden, It has to be added to your config.php! Example:

// Your Akismet Key.  You do not need a key to run bbPress, but if you want to take advantage

// of Akismet's powerful spam blocking, you'll need one.  You can get an Akismet key at

// http://wordpress.com/api-keys/

$bb->akismet_key = ''; // Example: '0123456789ab'

Still requires getting a key from wordpress.com to work!

With the recent re-works of the admin, this might be a great option to store in the database through a core plugin!

Trent

[linickx]

I’ve seen lots of posts requesting this functionality, but couldn’t find any plugins. Well I’ve had a go at porting Jeff Moore wordpress plugin, not all bbcode tags work as the markup isn’t allowed by default within bbpress, but it’s a start !

Download Here.

Blog Post.

[Trent Adams]

The great thing about bbPress is that it can handle a great deal of things that you want and integrates really well (perfect user integration) with WordPress that can handle all the things that bbPress cannot do. There are also many plugins for galleries and chat with WordPress as well. bbPress has plugins for private messenging and other great things! I would think, between the 2, you could have a great online community!

Trent

[chrishajer]

> First question am I at a good starting place with

> bbpress.org to create an online community?

Yes, it’s fine software for an online community.

> Am I still in the right starting place if my community

> needs the capability to upload and manage/organize photos?

IMO, no. There is no provision for uploading, managing and organizing photos built into bbPress.

> I want the community to be very user controled. Meaning

> I would like the members to have allot of control over their

> profiles. Template, colour schemes etc…

Also, no. bbPress, IMO, is not set up to allow that level of control over the user’s profiles.

> I would also like this community to become very friendly

> for advertisers.

There’s nothing inherently good or bad about bbPress as far as advertising goes. There are a few themes with Google Adsense space built into them already. Other sorts of advertising would be equally easy.

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/304?replies=9#post-1494

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/434?replies=9#post-2418

There’s also an Adsense plugin:

http://boakes.org/talk/tags/bbpress-adsense

> My main focus is getting the community started. Does

> bbpress.org sound like a good starting place?

bbPress is great for community building and it’s lightweight and easy to use. It will not be the solution for you for photo sharing though. You might consider bbPress for your forum, and another package for managing and sharing photos, similar to the way that a lot of users here use WordPress for their site and bbPress for their forums.

I wish you luck.

[rootin]

hello,

i changed config.php, i sent all doc. for my server and start bb-admin/install.php but i didnt see any thing ,it doesn t start to install.what is the problem i don t understand.

*sorry for my bad english

config.php ;

// Tek veritabanına birden fazla veritabanı kuracaksanız tablo önekini değiştirin.

$bb_table_prefix = ‘bb_’; // Sadece sayı, harf!

// Eğer bbPress URL’niz http://bbpress.example.com/forums/ şeklindeyse, örnekler doğru olacak.

// Buradaki değerleri kendi alan adınıza ve bbPress dizininize göre ayarlayın.

// Sadece alan adı; dizin veya yol olmasın. Adresin sonunda ‘/’ olmamalı.

$bb->domain = ‘http://forum.webbilgisi.com’; // Örnek: ‘http://bbpress.example.com’

// Hem başta hem de sonda ‘/’ işareti olmalı. Forum alt dizinde değilse, kök dizindeyse ‘/’ olarak bırakın.

$bb->path = ‘/’; // Örnek: ‘/forum/’

// Forumun ismi ne olsun?

$bb->name = ‘Webbilgisi Forumları’;

// Kurulum yapmadan önce yönetici e-posta adresini ayarlamalısınız.

$bb->admin_email = ‘webbilgisi@webbilgisi.com’;

// Düzenli ve göze hoş gelen kalıcı bağlantıları kullanmak istiyorsanız bu değer true olmalı.

$bb->mod_rewrite = false;

// Her sayfada gösterilecek konu sayısı.

$bb->page_topics = 30;

// Kullanıcıların mesajlarını düzenlemeleri için izin verilen süre; dakika cinsinden.

$bb->edit_lock = 60;

// Zaman diliminiz. Örnek: Türkiye için +2 olarak ayarlı olabilir.

$bb->gmt_offset = +2;

// Bu değeri değiştirmenize gerek yok! Zaten Türkçe’ye ayarlı.

// bb-includes/languages dizini altında tr_TR.mo dosyasının bulunduğundan emin olun.

define(‘BBLANG’, ‘tr_TR’);

// Akismet Anahtarınız. bbPress’i çalıştırmak için bir anahtara ihtiyacınız yok.

// Fakat istenmeyen (spam) mesajların Akismet ile önlenmesini istiyorsanız bir anahtarınız olmalı.

// Akismet anahtarı almak için http://wordpress.com/api-keys/ adresine bakın.

$bb->akismet_key = ”; // Örnek: ‘0123456789ab’

// bbPress forumunuzu WordPress blogunuzla entegre edecekseniz aşağıdaki değerleri ayarlamalısınız.

// Entegre etmeyecekseniz, bundan sonra düzenleme yapmayın.

$bb->wp_table_prefix = ”; // WordPress tablo önekiniz. Örnek: ‘wp_’;

$bb->wp_home = ”; // WordPress – Tercihler->Genel: Blog adresi (URL) // Sonda ‘/’ olmasın. Örnek: ‘http://example.com’

$bb->wp_siteurl = ”; // WordPress – Tercihler->Genel: WordPress adresi (URL) // Sonda ‘/’ olmasın. Örnek: ‘http://example.com’

/* Düzenleme sonu */

if ( !defined(‘BBPATH’) )

define(‘BBPATH’, dirname(__FILE__) . ‘/’ );

require_once( BBPATH . ‘bb-settings.php’ );

?>

[wsokc]

After i install the bbpress i found problem with the post, where i cant see the first post its only display a blank page, kindly help me to analyze this problem.

My url is:

http://itts.myraffaell.com

my config is:

// Change the prefix if you want to have multiple forums in a single database.

$bb_table_prefix = ‘bb_’; // Only letters, numbers and underscores please!

// If your bbPress URL is http://myraffaell.com/itts/ , the examples would be correct.

// Adjust the domain and path to suit your actual URL.

// Just the domain name; no directories or path. There should be no trailing slash here.

$bb->domain = ‘http://myraffaell.com’; // Example: ‘http://bbpress.example.com’

// There should be both a leading and trailing slash here. ‘/’ is fine if the site is in root.

$bb->path = ‘/itts/’; // Example: ‘/forums/’

// What are you going to call me?

$bb->name = ‘Ruang Diskusi IT TS’;

// This must be set before running the install script.

$bb->admin_email = ‘me@myraffaell.com’;

// Set to true if you want pretty permalinks.

$bb->mod_rewrite = false;

// The number of topics that show on each page.

$bb->page_topics = 30;

// A user can edit a post for this many minutes after submitting.

$bb->edit_lock = 60;

// Your timezone offset. Example: -7 for Pacific Daylight Time.

$bb->gmt_offset = +7;

// Change this to localize bbPress. A corresponding MO file for the

// chosen language must be installed to bb-includes/languages.

// For example, install de.mo to bb-includes/languages and set BBLANG to ‘de’

// to enable German language support.

define(‘BBLANG’, ‘id’);

// Your Akismet Key. You do not need a key to run bbPress, but if you want to take advantage

// of Akismet’s powerful spam blocking, you’ll need one. You can get an Akismet key at

// http://wordpress.com/api-keys/

$bb->akismet_key = ‘aaf2972bcab9’; // Example: ‘aaf2972bcab9’

[soychuy]

perfect!!! thanks!!!

[chrishajer]

How about this?

http://www.atsutane.net/2006/11/bbpress-latest-discussion-for-wordpress/

[soychuy]

Hi. First of all, thanks for your help.

Well, I’ve installed bbPress and integrated it with WordPress and it works fine.

But I’d like to show the last post of a forum on my WordPress home… is there any plugin to do that or what code should I use?

Thanks again.

[Trent Adams]

I should have caught that the first time *SLAPS HIMSELF*. You are including your wp-config.php file for WordPress integration? For integration with wordpress, you need to define the other parts of wordpress, but I wouldn’t include that file as it has nothing to do with integration or with getting bbPress going. Take out this and it should work:

require_once( dirname(dirname(__FILE__)) . '/wp-config.php' );

If you want to integrate with WordPress, check out this integration documentation for bbPress and WP.

Trent

[paidera]

I am currently trying to install bbpress simply because zeroboard hates me. I have changed the info in my config.php file as I should have and see no problems, yet when I run install.php I get the following error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /mounted-storage/home24b/sub003/sc22569-MMPG/dongbang51.net/board/config.php on line 8

Any clue? I’ve added my config.php content below.

<?php

// ** MySQL settings ** //

define(‘BBDB_NAME’, ‘********’); //

The name of the database

define(‘BBDB_USER’, ‘********’); //

Your MySQL username

define(‘BBDB_PASSWORD’, ‘********’); //

…and password

define(‘BBDB_HOST’, ‘********’); //

99% chance you won’t need to change this value

//

Change the prefix if you want to have multiple forums in a single database.

$bb_table_prefix = ‘bb_’; //

Only letters, numbers and underscores please!

//

If your bbPress URL is http://bbpress.example.com/forums/ , the examples would be correct.

//

Adjust the domain and path to suit your actual URL.

//

Just the domain name; no directories or path. There should be no trailing slash here.

$bb->domain = ‘http://www.dongbang51.net&#8217;; //

Example: ‘http://bbpress.example.com&#8217;

//

There should be both a leading and trailing slash here. ‘/’ is fine if the site is in root.

$bb->path = ‘/board/’; //

Example: ‘/forums/’

//

What are you going to call me?

$bb->name = ‘New’;

//

This must be set before running the install script.

$bb->admin_email = ‘********@hotmail.com’;

//

Set to true if you want pretty permalinks.

$bb->mod_rewrite = false;

//

The number of topics that show on each page.

$bb->page_topics = 30;

//

A user can edit a post for this many minutes after submitting.

$bb->edit_lock = 60;

//

Your timezone offset. Example: -7 for Pacific Daylight Time.

$bb->gmt_offset = 0;

//

Change this to localize bbPress. A corresponding MO file for the

//

chosen language must be installed to bb-includes/languages.

//

For example, install de.mo to bb-includes/languages and set BBLANG to ‘de’

//

to enable German language support.

define(‘BBLANG’, ”);

//

Your Akismet Key. You do not need a key to run bbPress, but if you want to take advantage

//

of Akismet’s powerful spam blocking, you’ll need one. You can get an Akismet key at

//

http://wordpress.com/api-keys/

$bb->akismet_key = ”; //

Example: ‘0123456789ab’

//

The rest is only useful if you are integrating bbPress with WordPress.

//

If you’re not, just leave the rest as it is.

$bb->wp_table_prefix = ”; //

WordPress table prefix. Example: ‘wp_’;

$bb->wp_home = ”; //

WordPress – Options->General: Blog address (URL) //

No trailing slash. Example: ‘http://example.com&#8217;

$bb->wp_siteurl = ”; //

WordPress – Options->General: WordPress address (URL) //

No trailing slash. Example: ‘http://example.com&#8217;

/* Stop editing */

if ( !defined(‘BBPATH’) )

define(‘BBPATH’, dirname(__FILE__) . ‘/’ );

require_once( dirname(dirname(__FILE__)) . ‘/wp-config.php’ );

?>

[stitzelj]

Hm, I’ll see what I can work up. You think a sidebar like what the WordPress version sports would work better than what’s there now?

[Trent Adams]

Take a look at this thread:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/185?replies=6

Then, if that doesn’t help, maybe check out this thread:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/462?replies=4#post-2607

That first thread is about key masters getting downgraded to administrators and the second thread is about getting a user upgraded to key master through the database and the bb_usermeta or wp_usermeta depending on if you are integrated with WordPress or not.

Trent

[Sam Bauers]

I’ve just updated the previous patch file to address the WordPress integration/function naming issues.

Download from here – categories-build701.patch

You should read the relevant comment about the updated patch.

[mrpapasworld]

ooopsss… actually, you have to to the forums page to see all the forum stuff… http://test.158th.com/forums

though you did get a peek at my wordpress plugin to display latest forum stuff in wordpress…

[mrpapasworld]

okay Sam, some serious wordpress integration issues here… below are the clashes with wordpress and the offending files…

get_category()

get_categories()

root: forum.php, topic.php, index.php

admin: content-categories.php, content-forums.php, bb-category.php

bb-includes: functions.php, template-functions.php, cache.php

is_category()

bb-includes: functions.php, template-functions.php

get_category_link()

bb-includes: functions.php, template-functions.php

category_description()

template: category.php, front-page.php

bb-includes: template-functions.php

get_category_rss_link()

bb-includes: template-functions.php

whew… after adding bb_ to the front of all those items in bbpress, I finally got it to run the upgrade script, which worked…

now to see if it works as something looks a bit odd in the display of the category…

[jefgodesky]

This is now a full-fledged plugin. It could certainly use some expansion and improvement, but this satisfies my requirements, and I suspect it will satisfy many others’ requirements, as well.

I’ve decided that I’m OK with two separate logins against the same user table, as spencerp’s solution leaves us with. I’m further integrating them now with OpenID. The VerseLogic WordPress OpenID plugin works perfectly, but I have not yet installed the MediaWiki OpenID extension, which will remain necessary since logging in will still be handled by MediaWiki itself.

After that, we’ll get to a level of integration I’ve yet to really even think about: user preferences and profiles. My initial thoughts on that are to point the bbPress profiles to the MediaWiki User pages, and develop an extension to display forum user information. Editing preferences might be easier by learning how each program stores that information and writing a whole new script to handle it. I’m certainly open to alternative ideas.

[isza]

Hello!

My question is about embedding the bbPress into the WP.

I’d like my WP to work like this website.

I’ve installed the WP, bbP and the integrater plugin (activeted) you advised in an article.

Can you advise me what should I do?

Many thanks guys!