[grassrootspa]

@michayu & nerieru:

bbPress can top vBulletin but downgrading it from a standalone product to a more-complicated-to-install WordPress plugin is not the way to go.

[michayu]

“It’s time for Drupal to take on vB4”

(Some interesting thoughts from Drupal community)

“vbulletin 4 was released late last year and there seems to be a consensus that it’s a disappointment. Jelsoft (the company that brought us the original software) was bought out and the current developers are, imo, more concerned with quick turnover than delivering a solid project. This thread is not to bash the current programmers, as I’m sure they work very hard. But since vb4 comes with a CMS (a buggy, feature-anemic one at that), now seems like the perfect time for Drupal to take the charge.

There has never been a fully functional integration between vbulletin and a robust CMS. If a webmaster wants a great CMS and a great forum, we have to settle for a buggy bridge/plugin/module (Drupal/Wordpress to vbulletin). If a webmaster wants true user and content integration with no bugs, we have to settle for the inferior forum (Drupal). A complete solution has been in high demand for years, but I suspect it’s never come to fruition because it would require months of hardcore coding to duplicate the functionality of vbulletin. Maybe programmers feel their time is better spent developing paid services, or contributing to an open source forum like phpBB.”

Full post:

http://drupal.org/node/682094

[Raize]

vBulletin comes with this functionality built in, and I find it very useful. I used it for the “School News” category on my forum, where it pulls in headlines from the school newspaper. In this case, they have chosen not to include full text in the RSS Feed, but for feeds that do, it can be readily displayed in the thread that is created. I’m looking for a similar application here, to allow me to pull feeds from other sites in my network and drive traffic to them from my forum community.

Hope this works out, I’m looking forward to applying it.

[chrishajer]

You can edit header.php in your theme file, and just put the link wherever you want in there.

More reading:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/link-header-image-to-wordpress

http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Abbpress.org%2Fforums+link+home

[grassrootspa]

@Maurice: I’m with you. Very disappointed to hear bbPress will become a WordPress plugin. Grrr, I do not want to have to install WordPress every single time I want to install bbPress!

[nerieru]

@chris, I think that’s still faaaaaaaaaar off tbh, and I do hope he reconsiders as well. As a plugin would be bloody slow compared to dedicated software. My honest opinion is it should be 2, standalone and there should be a plugin to make that standalone integrated with wordpress! So people will have a choice. Personally I think this is one of the fastest/most secure forum software out there. It would be as silly as making a wp plugin for bbpress. They should be separate and linkable through plugins. (1 at the wp side, 1 at the bbpress side)

@HSeatSleeper, I hope you will still continue this, because even if it’s gonna happen it’ll still take a long time till it reaches the stage of WP plugin. Your theme could still be used for the standalone version, even if it becomes obsolete.

[Maurice]

You can always check all the logs here before they’re posted on the blog:

https://irclogs.wordpress.org/chanlog.php?channel=bbpress

Cool I din’t know that. It seems bbPress will NOT stay standalone and will be a plugin after 1.2, shame.

[ipunkbali]

@Kamil_D, can u tell me how did you do that? i wanna talk to you, please add me on yahoo or msn messenger ipunkbali [at] yahoo.com thx

[Michael]

I see. There is a thread somewhere here about that. They tried to get this result:

your.domain.com/<forum-name>/<topic-name>

I’m sure this will surface one day – it would be nice if it were a plugin that adds to the list of permalink types in the admin panel. I too will be implementing something like this. Nice thing about it is that Google will filter your result into a hierarchical display (breadcrumbs).

That type of thing will also increase crawling speeds.

[Kamil_D]

Yes, I know about it.

What I mean is that this kind of link: _http://www.example.com/forum/forum_name/topic_name/ is a little bit better for seo en much more beautiful than this one: _http://www.example.com/forum/topic/topic_name

And therefore this: _http://www.example.com/forum/forum_name/ instead of that: _http://www.example.com/forum/forum/forum_name

But my priority is to get faster indexed in Google so I do not worry much about it.

[Kamil_D]

I am happy too that from now on you know i’m not a spammer

In “User photo” plugin for wordpress you can adjust the settings so that if there is no uploaded avatar on the server, then it shows a gravater. So my example is a better alternative then to just use a (standard) gravater.

[chrishajer]

Null, the log from the December 30 and January 6 logs are up now:

https://bbpress.org/blog/2010/01/2010-01-06-meetup/

https://bbpress.org/blog/2010/01/2009-12-30-meetup/

You can always check all the logs here before they’re posted on the blog:

https://irclogs.wordpress.org/chanlog.php?channel=bbpress

[derek7]

Well I don’t have this plugin installed!? is it normal!?

6 Login to your wordpress dashboard. Go to Plugins->Add New-> search for “bbPress Integration” it should be the first one. Install it and activate.

[grassrootspa]

@MrTrip:

I’m with you re: keeping bbPress standalone.

I do not want to have to install WordPress every single time I install bbPress.

[grassrootspa]

The Sandbox theme is awesome…great to see you working on this HSeatSleeper.

There was talk a while back about bundling Sandbox as a default WordPress theme. It would be great to see this happen and bbPress include a variation as well!

[tides]

Well, I’m totally confused. I followed all the steps in gerikgs explaination. The links from my WP lead through to my forum…..but

bbpress doesn’t seem to bring the user logon details from the main site.

The bbpress is not inside the wordpress folder because wordpress is the main site.

any Ideas would be greatly appreciated.

BB Press would work better as a plugin for wordpress.just my opinion.

[Kamil_D]

Or u can use 2 plugins:

1) https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/user-photo-for-bbpress

2) https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/user-photo/

It works very well, i use it on my site http://www.jeansbox.nl/ you can check it.

WordPress 2.8.4 and bbPress 1.0.2

[tonicarr]

Hi Fernando,

I will check out your list, thanks so much. I looked at your site, since I don’t know Spanish I can only go by what I see. You have done a nice job. When I clicked the link >> Añadir Nuevo » to create a topic and I am not registered you are getting the same error at the top of the page I am getting. The error message is :

Warning: parse_url(/foro/bb-login.php?re=http://ayudawordpress.com/foro/?new=1) [function.parse-url]: Unable to parse URL in /usr/home/ayudawordpress.com/web/foro/bb-includes/functions.bb-core.php on line 596

For me it is from the Post Notification Plugin, which is no longer supported.

Toni

[Fernando Tellado]

It could be a huge list, but here you have my own … I use in my forums: http://ayudawordpress.com/foro/

– Adsense for bbpress

– Allow images

– bbPress notifications http://www.la-school.com/2006/bbpress-notification/

– bbcode buttons toolbar

– bbPM

– bbpress seo tools (recomended v1.0.1 not last that have some errors

– bbVideo

– bbPolls

– support forums

– hidden forums

– members online (the widget in the sidebar that shows … that thing)

– unread posts

– karma for bbpress

– simple onlinelist

– social it

– subscribe to topic (awesome)

– human test

– topic views

All working in bbPress 1.0.2

[agl666]

I’ve done like you explained.

First, I’ve exported all IDs into Excel, then fill out new IDs (exactly bigger than can be in WPMU base – starting from 10000), then I searched for duplicate emails in wp_users and bb_users, exported to Excel and changed new_IDs of duplicated users to IDs_from_WPMU (something like that .

Then i’ve created array $old=>$new

$change=array(

1=>10001,2=>10002,3=>10003,5=>10004,7=>10005,8=>10006,10=>10007,11=>10008,12=>10009,13=>10010,14=>10011,15=>10012,16=>10013,17=>10014,18=>10015,19=>10016,20=>10017,21=>10018,22=>10019,23=>10020,24=>10021,25=>10022,26=>10023,27=>10024,28=>10025,29=>10026,30=>10027,31=>10028,32=>10029,33=>10030,34=>10031,35=>10032,36=>10033,37=>10034,38=>10035,39=>10036,40=>10037,41=>10038,43=>10039,44=>10040,46=>10041,47=>10042,48=>10043,49=>10044,50=>10045,51=>10046,52=>10047,53=>10048,54=>10049,55=>10050,56=>10051,57=>10052,58=>10053,59=>10054,60=>10055,61=>10056,62=>10057,63=>10058,64=>10059,65=>10060,66=>10061,67=>10062,68=>10063,69=>10064,70=>10065,71=>10066,72=>10067,73=>10068,74=>10069,75=>10070,76=>10071,77=>10072,78=>10073,82=>10074,83=>10075,86=>10076,89=>10077,92=>10078,94=>10079,95=>10080,97=>10081,99=>10082,100=>10083,101=>10084,102=>10085,103=>10086,105=>10087,106=>10088,107=>10089,109=>10090,110=>10091,111=>10092,113=>10093,114=>10094,115=>10095,116=>10096,117=>10097,118=>10098,119=>10099,121=>10100,122=>10101,123=>10102,124=>10103,125=>10104,126=>10105,667=>10106,669=>10107,670=>10108,671=>10109,672=>10110,673=>10111,675=>10112,676=>10113,678=>10114,679=>10115,680=>10116,681=>10117,682=>10118,683=>10119,684=>10120,685=>10121,686=>10122,687=>10123,688=>10124,689=>10125,690=>10126,691=>10127,692=>10128,693=>10129,695=>10130,696=>10131,697=>10132,698=>10133,699=>10134,700=>10135,701=>10136,702=>10137,703=>10138,704=>10139,705=>10140,706=>10141,707=>10142,708=>10143,710=>10144,711=>10145,712=>10146,713=>10147,715=>10148,716=>10149,717=>10150,718=>10151,719=>10152,720=>10153,721=>10154,722=>10155,723=>10156,724=>10157,726=>10158,727=>10159,728=>10160,729=>10161,730=>10162,731=>10163,732=>10164,733=>10165,734=>10166,735=>10167,736=>10168,739=>10169,740=>10170,741=>10171,742=>10172,743=>10173,744=>10174,745=>10175,746=>10176,747=>10177,748=>10178,750=>10179,751=>10180,752=>10181,753=>10182,755=>10183,756=>10184,759=>10185,761=>10186,762=>10187,763=>10188,767=>10189,769=>10190,771=>10191,772=>10192,773=>10193,774=>10194,775=>10195,776=>10196,777=>10197,779=>10198,780=>10199,794=>10200,795=>10201,796=>10202,797=>10203,798=>10204,799=>10205,801=>10206,803=>10207,810=>10208,811=>10209,815=>10210,837=>10211,842=>10212,847=>10213,848=>10214,857=>10215,861=>10216,871=>10217,872=>10218,880=>10219,905=>10220,926=>10221,936=>10222,937=>10223,943=>10224,944=>10225,955=>10226,961=>10227,962=>10228,964=>10229,965=>10230,967=>10231,968=>10232,969=>10233,972=>10234,973=>10235,974=>10236,976=>10237,977=>10238,978=>10239,979=>10240,980=>10241,981=>10242,982=>10243,983=>10244,985=>10245,987=>10246,988=>10247,993=>10248,994=>10249,996=>10250,997=>10251,998=>10252,999=>10253,1000=>10254,1001=>10255,1002=>10256,1003=>10257,1008=>10258,1011=>10259,1018=>10260,1019=>10261,1021=>10262,1024=>10263,1061=>10264,1062=>10265,1063=>10266,1064=>10267,1065=>10268,1073=>10269,1074=>10270,1076=>10271,1077=>10272,1078=>10273,1090=>10274,1091=>10275,1092=>10276,1093=>10277,1094=>10278,1096=>10279,1097=>10280,1098=>10281,1099=>10282,1101=>10283,1102=>10284,1103=>10285,1104=>10286,1128=>10287,1129=>10288,1130=>10289,1131=>10290,1132=>10291,1133=>10292,1135=>10293,1136=>10294,1137=>10295,1138=>10296,1139=>10297,1140=>10298,1143=>10299,1144=>10300,1145=>10301,1212=>10302,1408=>10303,1410=>10304,1412=>10305,1413=>10306,1415=>10307,1416=>10308,1417=>10309,1418=>10310,1419=>10311,1420=>10312,1421=>10313,1422=>10314,1423=>10315,1424=>10316,1425=>10317,1426=>10318,1427=>10319,1428=>10320,1429=>10321,1430=>10322,1431=>10323,1432=>10324,1433=>10325,1434=>10326,1435=>10327,1436=>10328,1437=>10329,1438=>10330,1439=>10331,1440=>10332,1441=>10333,1442=>10334,1443=>10335,1444=>10336,1445=>10337,1446=>10338,1447=>10339,1448=>10340,1449=>10341,1450=>10342,

10001=>5,10002=>31,10050=>1095,10205=>22,10267=>23,10055=>2,10274=>40,10280=>32,10306=>15,10303=>1096,10314=>29,10322=>11,10327=>9,10325=>35,10341=>1092);



echo "

<pre>";

foreach($change as $old=>$new){

echo"

UPDATE bb_users SET ID=$new WHERE ID=$old;

UPDATE bb_usermeta SET user_id=$new WHERE user_id=$old;

UPDATE bb_topics SET topic_poster=$new WHERE topic_poster=$old;

UPDATE bb_topics SET topic_last_poster=$new WHERE topic_last_poster=$old;

UPDATE bb_term_relationships SET user_id=$new WHERE user_id=$old;

UPDATE bb_posts SET poster_id=$new WHERE poster_id =$old;

";



}

echo"</pre>

";

This script returns SQL code changing old_IDs to new_IDs everywhere (or everywhere I could find) in bb_* tables.

And, finally, export bb_users and import it to wp_users.

Note!

Use “Complete inserts” and REPLACE or UPDATE instead of INSERT, otherwise you will get 1) incomplete query (cause wp_users have 2-3 additional columns) 2)”duplicatу key” error

[tonicarr]

Hi All,

I am back on to bbPress and have decided to work at configuring my forum. I have read through the bbPress forum and blog but have not found a post regarding the best plugins. What are the top 5-10 plugins you would recommend to make the forum work efficiently. I know it depends on what you are trying to do, but there has to be a list with the best add on’s.

So far I have added the following:

• Bozo Users – Allows moderators to mark certain users as a “bozo”. Bozo users can post, but their content is only visible to themselves.
• Post Notification – Sends an Notification email if there’s a new post to an favorite topic.

  This plugin has some bugs.

• Simple Google Adsense
• Akismet

Also, is there a plugin / widget for WordPress that shows the activity on the forum?

Thanks for helping. I am looking forward to making bbPress a workable tool on my blog.

[Hard Seat Sleeper]

What bbpress really needs is it’s “SANDBOX” theme. This was the groundbreaking wordpress theme that really took the platform to another level by giving themers a “clean slate” on which to work.

I recently updated Sandbox for wp 2.9 (http://selfevidenthotdogs.com/sandbox/) and have a mind to create something similar for bbpress. This will take some time, I’m no genius.

If someone else is working on this already, please let me know, we can work together on it.

[Hard Seat Sleeper]

Yes sorry, I should have explained more.

I just did something similar with a single install of wp.

Keep in mind that when you use wp for user data, it will use all the ids in the wp_users table. When you click the option to use that db for user data, it doesn’t merge anything at all! So for example, if one user has an id of 5 in bbpress, when you use the wp db for user data whoever is 5 in that db suddenly gets the bbpress guy’s data.

So! To get your data into shape, what you need to do is map the bbpress guys to the wp guys. So 5 in wp should be the same guy in bbpress. You might need to change the id of that user in the bbpress db.

Also! there is a bbpress user metadata table, so be sure to change the id there, too.

This is how I tackled it. There might be an easier way, or some tool, but if there is, I couldn’t find it. I just did some SQL on the db directly to get it structured as I needed it, then turned on integration.

[Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)]

Per https://wordpress.org/support/topic/350806 he wants a plugin that uploads for both bbPress and WordPress.

[citizenkeith]

Update: It does seem to be my theme. When I switch to Kakumei, I don’t have the problem.

I’m using a modified version of Misty for bbPress. I’ve been using pretty much the “stock” theme, aside from some CSS tweaks. Yesterday, I removed the javascript in header.php but it didn’t change anything (I thought it might be causing a conflict somewhere).

http://mundoarroba.wordpress.com/2007/05/24/theme-misty-para-bbpress/