[frooyo]

So it sounds like the next major release of bbPress will make bbPress a plugin of WordPress … merging bbPress into WordPress and no longer keeping bbPress as an independent/stand-alone product.

I have a few technical questions as such:

1. Since the future is that bbPress will be a plug-in of WordPress, does that still allow bbPress itself to have plugin capability? Because essentially then, any plugin of bbPress would be a plugin of plugin to WordPress.

2. How would other WordPress plugins effect bbPress? Meaning, if I were to use the SuperCache WordPress plugin – would that then cache my content for bbPress even though bbPress is a plugin itself of WordPress … or, if does it mean that if you use the bbPress WordPress plugin, you cannot use any other WordPress plugin?

3. How would the Admin interface look for bbPress within WordPress. Seems like the Admin interface could easily get messing in a hurry when you have essentially 2 admin consoles (WordPress’ itself and then bbPress’ admin interface within WordPress admin).

For what it’s worth, this is what scares me the most about merging bbPress into WordPress.

The original goal of bbPress was to:

– Open Source, always and forever

– Less (code) is more

– Simplicity is a feature

– Speed and security are the foundation of any good user experience

– Put the user first

Currently, bbPress is close (but not quite there) to meeting the original goals above.

My concern is that by making bbPress a plugin of WordPress, it’s DRASTICALLY moves bbPress away from the original goals because we already know that 1) bbPress would be *more* code, 2) much more complicated, 3) definitely slower given you have to load now WordPress and 4) fundamentally, this is not putting the user first.

Just my 2 cents … also, thanks in advance for answering my questions above

[hedegard]

I have a WordPress Blog with a fully integrated bbPress forum. In WordPress, my Blog Title (Settings->General->Blog Title) contains an apostrophe with no problems. In bbPress, I am trying to set my Site title (Settings->General->Site title) as the same as my Blog Title in Word Press with the apostrophe. bbPress puts a backslash in front of the apostrophe on first save. The second save has three backslashes. The third creates seven backslashes. And so on…

This issue also happens in my Tagline (Settings->General->Tagline) in bbPress, but it is not an issue in WordPress (Settings->General->Tagline).

I also have this issue in the Name and Description of Forums.

I do not have an apostrophe issue in Topics or Posts as has been reported and solved in older posts.

Can anyone provide a way to resolve this issue? I have searched for a solution with no success. I am a rookie. So, my apologies if this is a simple issue.

[Ben L.]

This is the bbPress forum, so I’m assuming you got your words mixed up – The bbPress function documentation I always use is at http://phpxref.ftwr.co.uk/bbpress/

(If you really meant WordPress, look at http://phpxref.ftwr.co.uk/wordpress/ )

[Dailytalker]

There are already some discussions in this forum about fb-connect. Some people say that there are already some wordpress-plugins which could easily be adapted for bbpress. Some other say that if bbpress is integrated in wordpress the wp-plugin could also work for bbpress…I tried some wp-fp-connect plugins out…but had some problem. But I am not a coder so I have often problems with such things.

On the other hand a coder could just have a look at the wp-plugin look how it works and than customize it for bbpress.

[Dailytalker]

For security reasons I don’t want integrate bbpress into wordpress. There is no need to use facebook connect for the blog. I just need facebook connect for bbpress. I have an own Facebook API and want to connect my fb-fanpage with bbpress. Unfortunately I have no idea how to do it.

[xarzu]

I have decided to write my own WordPress Plugin.

I would like to know if there is any sort of documentation somewhere that descibes in detail a list of hooks, filters and actions that I can use.

[Dailytalker]

What about bbpress 2.0?

http://bbpress.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/forum-front-page.png

I think that most of the common problems could be handled in 1 week.

Most recent problems I have with bbpress:

1st I need seo-optimized permalinks. (without “forums” and “topic”)

2nd I need a facebook connect option

3rd Ineed a cool template simliar to sam bauers bbpress 2.0 template.

Whit this I would be happy.

There where only some attemps to solve the problem with the permalinks. There is also a plugin for this but there are some small problems which an expert could solve within minutes. The same for fb-connect. An expert could solve the problem within minutes.

Regarding the bbpress 2.0 template I don’t now how long it could take to get it work. But with that bbpress would be excellent.

For most other things there are already some plugins…some just need to be updated to the current bbpress version. Thats all. (in my view.)

[Dailytalker]

The bbpress 2.0 template looks nice.

http://bbpress.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/forum-front-page.png

The new order with the forums on the left site and the recent discussions on the right site is excellent. Hope that it will be published soon.

[Sam Bauers]

I still have the files for this design, I don’t think anyone ever asked me for them when I left Automattic.

I think there are bigger plans for WordPress.org now that supersede this work, especially if bbPress becomes a canonical plugin.

[wp.rook]

– I put BBPress into a folder called /forum off of the root.

– WordPress is on the root.

I am trying to use the same database to install BBpress into as WordPress.

I’ve checked with host and my DB name, username, password are all correct. I’ve also copy pasted the DB Host into the advanced settings field.

I still get a msg back that there was a problem connecting to the database. Any suggestions? The only thing I can think of is I’ve installed in a folder that I shouldn’t have? Or I need to specify a path or something?

any help is much appreciated!

[adevigus]

how can you integrate the bbpress forum in your wordpress site ??

[Yps]

Hi,

I couldn’t login with my WordPress Name. There was also no chance to create a new account with my WP-Name (name already exists). I asked for a new password and got a link to change it. But there I got the message, that I am not allowed to change my password.

[johnhiler]

It looks like someone has built a *press module/plugin of some sort which allows users to vote on compatibility:

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/stats/

But nothing like that exists on the bbPress plugins side of things.

The bbPress Plugins install actually has a separate signin cookie from the forums – even if you’re signed in on the forum side of things, you won’t be signed in here:

https://bbpress.org/plugins/

Plus, the “stats” tab has been “Coming Soon” for at least two years:

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/delete-all-bozos/stats/

All these things exist on the WordPress side of things, so I’m guessing it’s a matter of lack of resources and/or a lack of prioritization.

[nexusone]

Hope someone can help

installed bbpress OK but chose to change the URL from nexus1forum (this was where I created the bbpress folder/files) to nexusoneforum when offered the option to do so.

I just keep getting a 404 every time I try to login with my usual wordpress admin/password combination

http://www.nexusoneblog.co.uk/nexusoneforum/

Do i need to uninstall and start again?

Thanks !

[chengdu-living]

BTW I tried what was advised in this thread: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-broke-when-i-changed-the-url but it just displayed the code on the actual live forum page

Here is my bb-config.php included the added part at the very bottom:

<?php

/**

* The base configurations of bbPress.

*

* This file has the following configurations: MySQL settings, Table Prefix,

* Secret Keys and bbPress Language. You can get the MySQL settings from your

* web host.

*

* This file is used by the installer during installation.

*

* @package bbPress

*/



// ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** //

/** The name of the database for bbPress */

define( 'BBDB_NAME', 'justchar_wrdp5' );



/** MySQL database username */

define( 'BBDB_USER', 'justchar_wrdp5' );



/** MySQL database password */

define( 'PASSWORDWASHERE' );



/** MySQL hostname */

define( 'BBDB_HOST', 'localhost' );



/** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */

define( 'BBDB_CHARSET', 'utf8' );



/** The Database Collate type. Don't change this if in doubt. */

define( 'BBDB_COLLATE', '' );



/**#@+

* Authentication Unique Keys.

*

* Change these to different unique phrases!

* You can generate these using the {@link https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/bbpress/ WordPress.org secret-key service}

*

* @since 1.0

*/

define( 'BB_AUTH_KEY', 'put your unique phrase here' );

define( 'BB_SECURE_AUTH_KEY', 'put your unique phrase here' );

define( 'BB_LOGGED_IN_KEY', 'put your unique phrase here' );

define( 'BB_NONCE_KEY', 'put your unique phrase here' );

/**#@-*/



/**

* bbPress Database Table prefix.

*

* You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique

* prefix. Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!

*/

$bb_table_prefix = 'bb_';



/**

* bbPress Localized Language, defaults to English.

*

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

* language must be installed to a directory called "my-languages" in the root

* directory of bbPress. For example, install de.mo to "my-languages" and set

* BB_LANG to 'de' to enable German language support.

*/

define( 'BB_LANG', '' );

?>



$bb->uri = 'http://www.chengduliving.com/bbpress/';

[Thomaschaaf]

The main reason I consider switching ist that I would like to use WordPress in the future for our website and would love a close integration of both.. that is the only real reason.

Thomas

[kevinjohngallagher]

I have a function for WordPress that outputs some code into the class section of an item:

e.g. <li class="<?php my_custom_class_ouput_function(); ?>"> comment/thread </li>

It outputs the user’s level after a specific string (e.g. user_level_5), the author’s name after a string (e.g. author_username_bob ), is the user an author (e.g. user_is_an_author) and if the user is the author of the original thread/blog post (e.g initial_author).

You can then set up the styles as you want to display them in CSS.

I’ll have a look at porting this to BBpress later on.

[Trisha Cupra]

Hi,

I’ve tried searching the forums but haven’t found what I’m looking for.

In WordPress, it’s possible to style the post author’s comments to look different from other comments.

In bbPress, is it possible to style the Key Master’s replies and the Administrators/Moderators replies to look different from all the other members’ replies?

[Paul Whitener Jr.]

I installed builds of both WordPress MU and bbpress and had them both running independently. After setting the integration settings (in the bbpress admin and via the WP integration plugin settings) bbpress is no longer working.

The main forums page appears, but I am unable to login to access the admin. It will not accept either my “keymaster” account or my WordPress admin. Attempting to have my keymaster password sent throws the error that the user cannot be found.

I’m assuming I have an issue with my intergration, is there a way to verify where it’s breaking and fix it?

Thanks in advance.

[JT]

First, I apologize if this is duplicate information, or the wrong forum to ask. I have searched and searched and can’t find an answer.

So we are building a site using WordPress Mu, BuddyPress, and BBPress. BBPress was integrated into BuddyPress, and it works just fine.

The problem is I installed the Moderation Hold, and Moderation Suite Plugins for BBPress and put them in the /wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bb-forums/bbpress/bb-plugins. I can activate them in the BBPress admin just fine (using the bb-config.php in the bbpress folder you can access it.) But neither work. Is there a different folder these should go into? If I have a group forum, anyone can still post a topic or reply without it being held for moderation.

Is there a better way to do this? Is my config wrong?

Thank you for your time, again, I am sorry if this is the wrong place for this.

[kevinjohngallagher]

I’d wager Matt has a calming affect when he writes more than 5 words

I am also in agreement that “it will turn out fine”, the problem with that is there is no time limit. It probably will turn out fine in the end, or eventually, but how do we, the community (sic) attempt to speed up that process?

My concern is that we’ve been through this all before Chris. Remember the “its all fine so I made a BBpress Fan Page on Facebook”? Remember the definitive instructions on how to get BBpress and WordPress to play nice together, that instead of being in the documentation was a 7 page thread with the answers on how to actually do it on page 4?

I’m not meaning to bring up the past and use it as a stick to beat the BBpress people with, I just feel we go over the same things time and time again, don’t you? And so far, we appear to be repeating the exact same mistakes.

I dunno, i’ll try and come up with something, because I’m confident that we wont have a BBpress version that integrates with wordpress out of the box this year.

[Alexandru Vornicescu]

It seems that latest version is not working for me because I want to integrate it with old version of WordPress.

Can I get a old version of BBPress? like in wordpress.org

[chrishajer]

This is because integration was not done properly. The cookies are not compatible between WordPress and bbPress.

Read and try this:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wp-integration-coockie-does-not-work#post-61969

[RCHR]

Raize,

Is there a plugin for vBulletin that allows it to share a login with our wordpress site?

[Ixchel Lunar]

I also have this issue. I cannot access admin settings when logged into the WordPress admin. Once I log out of WP and log out of BB then log back in I can click Admin and get to the settings.