[Ryan Hellyer]

The theme integrator plugin which I mentioned on here a while ago as being “alpha” is now available as a stable release in the WordPress plugins repository. Hopefully some of you find it useful

http://pixopoint.com/products/pixopoint-theme-integrator/

The system DOES NOT require deep integration and does not suffer the performance hits that deep integration normally applies. This simply copies your HTML markup over after you set a bunch of things in each theme. If you don’t know how to do a 100% perfect integration of your theme already the old fashioned way (copying HTML and CSS across), this new system will not help you at all as you need to set that up already. Once it is setup however, the changes you make in your WordPress theme will be automagically applied to your bbPress site, along with changes such as plugins, widgets etc.

…

The system works across a range of different softwares, not just bbPress. You can see a demo of it in my own support forum which uses SMF … http://pixopoint.com/forum/index.php?topic=1385.0

[Ryan Hellyer]

Yes, I’m still using SMF myself. If bbPress changes to being a WordPress plugin I might switch, but at the moment I’ll be sticking with SMF. If it aint broke don’t fix it is my motto as far as forum softwares go.

[kevinjohngallagher]

Righty ho, so while I can’t test my code (on iPhone sorry), I can help shed some more light on this.

First Off: there is not (that I can see) a table called wp_capabilities. There is just a meta_key called “wp_capabilities” in the wp_usermata table. That actually makes some sense

The good news here is, that it’s a 1 to 1 relationship so easy to copy over.

// Show Database Errors

// Comment this line out when going live

$wpdb->show_errors();

// 99 times out of 100 this is overkill

// I’m just being on the safe side

//

// It checks what the current user ID is

if ( !$user_id ) {

$current_user = wp_get_current_user();

$user_id = $current_user->ID;

} else {

$user_id = (int) $user_id;

}

// Connects to the database

// Retrieves the value for this user for wp_capabilities

$user_cap = $wpdb->get_row( “SELECT meta_value FROM wp_usermeta WHERE user_id=$user_id AND meta_key=’wp_capabilities’ LIMIT 1” );

// Checks to see if the user already has a bb_capabilities

// If it does we’ll overwrite it

// If it doesn’t we’ll add a new one.

$user_cap_in_bb_meta = $wpdb->get_row( “SELECT meta_value FROM bb_usermeta WHERE user_id=$user_id AND meta_key=’bb_capabilities’ LIMIT 1” );

if ($user_cap_in_bb_meta)

{

// update bbPress database

$wpdb->query(“UPDATE bb_usermeta SET meta_value='”. $user_cap->meta_value .”‘ WHERE user_id=”. $user_id .” AND meta_key= ‘bb_capabilities’ “);

} else {

// Add a new row to the bbPress database

$wpdb->query(“INSERT INTO bb_usermeta (user_id, meta_key, meta_value) VALUES (“. $user_id .”, bb_capabilities, ‘”. $user_cap->meta_value .”‘) “);

}

// Print all Database errors

// Comment this line out when going live

$wpdb->print_error();

// Hide Database Errors

// Comment this line out when going live

$wpdb->hide_errors();

Now, the disclaimer. This rather unsurprisingly hasn’t been tested by me, and my contain (will contain) a crazy amount of typos.

What it does is relaly simple. It copies the wp_capabilities and pastes them as bb_capabilities in the bbpress table. In terms of your initial goal, firing this code once the s2M stuff is finished will achieve that goal (basically, copy and paste it on the landing/finished/thanks/congrats page).

A quick word of warning. If you’ve been using Zaerl’s plugin or anything else that utilises the “bb_capabilities” meta_key then this will overwrite it. Now as it’s overwriting it with whats in the WordPress database, it’s very unlikely to cause issues.

But if you’ve set up something funny with a bbPress Plugin then you might end up overwriting it. In theory, this shouldn’t happen because the user is registered via s2M, so that’ll be it’s first time in the bbPress database – but I’m just giving you a heads up.

I may write this, with all the failsafe functionality, into a WP/bbPress plugin if I get time in a few weeks. But I’m also a tad wary of encroaching onto ground Zaerl’s been excelling in. Good code doesn’t need my size 13s stomping all over it.

Ok mate, try this and throw me back any errors.

[gerikg]

bbPress is not a WP plugin. It’s a standalone program like WP.

Most people put the bbPress folder in the WordPress folder and copy the theme.

so it will be

wordpress

|-bbpress (they rename this folder to forum/forums)

|-wp-admin

|-wp-content

|-wp-includes

example: This site all the tabs except for Forums is WordPress and the forum is bbPress. The themes are similar so the user does not see a difference.

then you can read this post that was just recently brought up: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-header-on-bbpress

[gerikg]

The best way is to mimic your WP in the bbP header.

The issue with loading WP header is that you don’t load a very important line for most plugins “bb_head()”

example would be zaerl Editor (0.3) plugin. That plugin needs bb_head()

You can use

Pixopoint Theme Integrator

http://pixopoint.com/products/pixopoint-theme-integrator/

(advantage is it doesn’t slow down your forum. Disavantage anything highlighted when your at that page doesn’t work. Which will not be a problem for you because you’re using Arthemia theme)

or

Deep Integration

Where you can copy and paste stuff from the header that you need

(advantage you can load any WP functions in bbP. Disavantage it will slow down your forum because you’re loading WP & bbP at the same time constantly)

or

Get someone else to do it

Me go to this site http://wpbbpthemes.org/

or other people on this site by posting a new post with a request to hire someone.

[mr_pelle]

But then, the code in this post is fine:

WordPress Header on bbpress

Maybe the previous one was edited and that’s where the trouble started?

My post had GT LT replacement too, I had to edit it and remove the php tags… but this is not a solution, because there are post in which you cannot remove the tags, as https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/internet-explorer-problem-1?replies=8#post-69386

[kevinjohngallagher]

<br />

<pre><code>// Line 358								if ($ccaps) /* Add custom capabilities. */

foreach (preg_split ("/[rnts;,]+/", $ccaps) as $ccap)

if (strlen ($ccap)) /* Don't add empty capabilities. */

$user->add_cap ("access_s2member_ccap_" . trim (strtolower ($ccap)));

It’s the ” $user->add_cap ” That adds the capabilities to wordpress.

That said, I think the best thing to do would be to follow this:

1) Select * from wp_capabilities where User_id = User_id

2) for each ($row) insert into bb_capabilites blah blah blah

that way you don’t need to know what the s2M is doing, you just need to copy the data from wp_cap to bb_cap when you’re done

[kikko088]

excuse me, bbpress 1.0.2, integrate with WordPress (cookie + user + template), this is the url http://www.endurodoc.net/forum/

I’m not use buddypress or wpmu.

thank you very much

kikko088

[chrishajer]

But then, the code in this post is fine:

WordPress Header on bbpress

Maybe the previous one was edited and that’s where the trouble started?

[kevinjohngallagher]

Hi Guys, thanks for the info. It’s always good to rule things out

Basically, I’d attempt the following:

1) Log out of wordPress and clear your cookies and cache.

2) Upload and overwrite your existing files with a newly dowloaded version of bbPress

3) If that doesn’t work, set all permissions to 777 and see if it makes a difference.

4) If that doesn’t work. start again with the new files.

I know it sounds annoying, and sorry, but at this stage we’re just covering the bases.

Oh, could you also tell us what server host you’re using?

Thanks !

[mr_pelle]

I use this in my template:

global $is_bb;

$is_bb = true;



get_header(); // call WP's header

$is_bb = true; tells WP that current page is a bbPress page. If you need to load different content depending on that, just use:

if ( $is_bb ) {

// bbPress-related code

} else {

// WP-only code

}

[snieves]

They are deep integrated.

How do I load header.php into bbpress header?

[Xevo]

Deep intergrate and then just load header.php into your header file of your bbpress theme.

[snieves]

I have looked all through the internet and this forum and for the life of me, I can’t find how to call the wordpress header to bbpress.

I don’t care for the styling of the forum or anything, since I will customize that, I simply want my wordpress header to sit above my bbpress forum?

They are database and user integrated, I am stuck on the visual part.

Can someone please direct me to where it explains it (and it works!)

Thanks in advanced.

[chrishajer]

Looks like you’re using the default template. Did you modify it at all?

Did you integrate with WordPress?

What plugins are you using?

Does the browser in use make a difference?

[chrishajer]

1. Did you integrate with WordPress?
2. What versions of bbPress and WordPress did you install?
3. Are you using BuddyPress or WPMU?
4. How about a URL?

[sajp]

Hello,

I have just installed bbPress at this URL http://www.childfriendlybrighton.co.uk/1/bbpress and the installation all seemed to complete without a problem.

However, I have created a couple of test topics, but I seem to be unable to reply to any posts. I can create a new post, but if I click on the link that says ‘Reply >>’ beneath a post, nothing happens. ‘#postform’ gets added to the URL in the address bar, but there is no area for me to enter a reply.

Can anyone help me? I haven’t integrated bbPress with my WordPress installation (I don’t think I want to for this site), and I have activated Askimet.

If anyone can give me some advice I’d be really grateful!

Many thanks,

Simon

[Gautam Gupta]

Zaerl, I had experienced the same issue before – http://wpdevel.wordpress.com/2010/03/27/i-just-moved-wp-org-plugins-svn-and-trac/comment-page-1/#comment-5633

[lukepuuk]

Our 40000+ member community: http://www.onemorething.nl/community/

Here’s the dev version, soon to be released: http://dev.onemorething.nl/community/forum

All users are in WordPress, which is used for news: http://www.onemorething.nl

Neatly integrated.

[kevinjohngallagher]

bbPress has no way of setting up roles to forums like every other forum out there has.

So if you’re hoping to say set “contributors” to see everything and then set your s2M to move people from members to contributors on the WordPress side I’m afraid you can’t – bbPress doesn’t come with that basic forum functionality.

In that regard, and with all due respect (you’d be amazed how very few people are as polite as you are), doing anything out-with the “plug and play” variety with bbPress unless you really know your way around PHP/WP-theming and functions is not going to happen.

Now you may be able to take one of Zaerl’s plugins which allows the setting of show/hide/moderate certain forums and adapt it. Or you could contact Zaerl for some custom work (i’ve no idea if they do this btw – its just where I’d start).

If you’re going on your own, keep posting back, we’ll help when and where we can

[kevinjohngallagher]

In theory, you’d need either:

1) Deep Integration with WordPress, so you could query the WP DB on forum load

or

2) Write some custom code for the s2Member callback API (which it supports) to add a field to the bbPress database.

Shouldn’t be horribly difficult; but so far, no-ones asked about it here so I can’t point you towards any examples.

[wood2695]

Has anyone had success in integrating the s2Member plugin into a WordPress site with a bbPress forum?

There has got to be a way to map the custom 2sM roles (ie. s2Member Level 4) to the standard WP “Subscriber” role for purposes of the bbPress platform, but I certainly haven’t figured it out yet.

[kevinjohngallagher]

I’m going to do something strange here AmplifiedShock, I’m going to ask you NOT to do that.

The “bbPress” that BuddyPress uses is not the same as this “bbPress”. It is heavily heavily modified. Basically the whole of BackPress is removed and replaced by custom functions, and then some of the middle tiering has been rewritten, and a little bit of the front end output and default theme.

A large chunk of the support requests we deal with each day/week is people coming here because BuddyPress calls their forums “bbPress”. We need to be able to tell people honestly and without looking like we’re being difficult, that if they use BuddyPress we can’t help them.

I’m sure it’s technically possible to do anything. I’m sure once it’s technically possible, it’s easier to write a guide for people to follow. You seem to be good enough to do that But with bbPress being turned into a WP plugin and Matt publicly telling people not to use this software; inviting more support queries that end in “we simply can’t help you” isn’t going to help us at all.

Now if you felt like writing more tutorials on converting from other forums to bbPress, I’m sure there would be a good market in that for you!

And, as always, thanks for your time

[amplifiedshock]

Thanks guys!

I’m currently working on integrating WordPress 3 (WMPU), bbPress, and BuddyPress so that they all use the same database. I’ll post the results and a guide when I get it to work!

[r-a-y]

Thanks for the writeup!

To those reading, the “limitations of converting” section is key. Read that section before starting with the guide.