I’ve hit yet another snag.
Apparently, I have bbpress installed on my site and integrated with WordPress. NOW HOW THE HECK DO I MAKE A FREAKIN FORUM AND PUT IT ON MY SITE??!!!!!
I’m just really looking forward to the development and progression of bbPress, regardless of the direction it takes. I think one of the things I’m most keen to see is for the masses to take it under their wing in much the same way millions have with WordPress, so that we have a plethora of innovative developers providing additional functionality and solutions through these forums and their own personal websites.
Maybe it’s me, but I have no clue what I’m supposed to put for my database title in the very first step – as in what is hte database file usually called by default and where would I find it?
I’m running wordpress 1.9.
I’ve installed the bbpress folder renamed as “forums” in my root because if I put it under /blog/forums I get a 404 and the rss list of posts from wp
I have the database host set as the default “localhost” per suggestion
I assume ‘databse user’ and ‘database password’ are not pre-existing UN & PW but the same ones used to access the admin of WP, but if they are a way of setting new UN and PW then I’d be using the same for both BB and WP.
I’m using Yahoo as my web host
The thing is, I converted my Phpbb3 into bbpress sucssefuly and the I integrate it with wordpress. Shoul i try the other way? Integrate WP with BBpress, and the convert my phpbb3 to BBpress?
A few months ago I had problem with reCaptcha activated on both “software” try deactivating bbpress’ one then try it after chrishajer’s link.
What version of the softwares and how did you integrate it?
When I integrate bbpress with wordpress, all users in bbpress became anonimus. How can I fix this?
I have done a good few wordpress/bbpress cookie/log in integrations at this stage.
The easiest way I find to get it to work as expected is place the following in my bb-config.php
define('BB_AUTH_KEY', 'YOUR_AUTH_KEY');
define('BB_SECURE_AUTH_KEY', 'YOUR_SECURE_AUTH_KEY');
define('BB_LOGGED_IN_KEY', 'YOUR_LOGGED_IN_KEY');
define('BB_NONCE_KEY', 'YOUR_NONCE_KEY');
define('COOKIEHASH', md5('Domain Name'));
define('BB_COOKIEHASH', md5('Domain Name'));
$cookiehash = md5('Domain Name');
define('BB_HASH', md5('Domain Name'));
and the following in your wp-config.php
define('AUTH_KEY', 'YOUR_AUTH_KEY');
define('SECURE_AUTH_KEY', 'YOUR_SECURE_AUTH_KEY');
define('LOGGED_IN_KEY', 'YOUR_LOGGED_IN_KEY');
define('NONCE_KEY', 'YOUR_NONCE_KEY');
define('COOKIEHASH', md5('Domain Name'));
Replace the KEY values with those generated here: https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/
Also i’m not sure which of the bbPress cookie bits is needed, I presume it’s only one of them.
Hope this helps.
Hi,
So far from browsing the forums, there is a somewhat minor issue regarding WordPress and bbPress when it comes to shared cookies and logins. Here is what happens:
WordPress Login = WordPress Dashboard
bbPress Login = WordPress Dashboard
Wordpress Login != bbPress Dashboard <– Problem
bbPress Login = bbPress Dashboard
So basically whenever I login via WordPress (there is a main site login form in the header), I can access the forums and it even shows I am logged in however when I click “Admin”, I am redirected to the forum index.
Other forum posts which didn’t have a solution (in my case atleast):
http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/cant-access-admin-dashboard
http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/forumbb-admin-redirects-me-to-forum
http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/forumsbb-admin-just-redirects-me-to-forums
http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/admin-link-redirects-to-front-page
http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/admin-link-doesnt-take-me-to-dashboard
Things I’ve tried:
Going directly to the mysite.com/forums/bb-admin/index.php
Checked all hash keys and other wp/bb-config.php stuff
Updated to the latest WordPress and bbPress
Deactivated all plugins (I only had Akismet and reCAPTCHA bbPress anyway)
Clearing cache (Firefox)
Trying in another browser (Internet Explorer)
Does anyone have a clear cut solution? Most people are happy with just using bbPress to get to the admin panel but it would be nice if it worked.
Hi.
I made integration BBpress and WordPress:
when I login in WordPress, automatically I logout in bbpress.
Why?
i enabled this plugin in MU blog(2.8.6) and bbpress 1.0.2
but i get this ERROR
<table border=’1′ cellpadding=’2′ bgcolor=’#FFFFDF’ bordercolor=’#E8B900′ align=’center’><tr><td><font face=’Arial’ size=’1′ color=’#000000′><b>PHP Error Message</b></font></td></tr></table>
<b>Warning</b>: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in <b>/home/xx11yy/public_html/forum/my-plugins/wordpress-bbpress-syncronization/bbwp-sync.php</b> on line <b>873</b>
@yutt (or is it Skull Man?) & Dailytalker:
I agree 100% with your points. ‘Simplicity is a feature’ and ‘less is more’ are great slogans, but it’s impractical to require someone to find/research/download/upload/configure zillions of plugins to do extremely basic forum tasks that are taken for granted with other programs. I want a stable forum program that contains basic features that aren’t going to stop working if a plugin developer walks away or won’t update them to work with future bbPress builds. I love bbPress but find it just too stripped-down and feature-less out of the box. Would be great to see more optional features you can use or turn off like Gravatars. The default text input interface in-particular leaves much to be desired.
Plugins like Topic Views should be incorporated into the base feature-set of BBpress as well as things like Widgets and the ability to edit themes or plugins from within the admin.
I am not a professional programmer and really admire and appreciate those who develop plugins, such as NightGunner5, Paul Hawke, Michael Adams etc. Going out on a limb here, I would guess it would not be too difficult to incorporate SOME of the more popular plugin features into the Core (especially focusing on _ck_’s best stuff as she will likely not be back). Again, I’m not talking about building in Nintendo emulators or Weatherbug displays but why the heck should someone need a plugin to display how many times a topic has been viewed?!?
@all:
Something I think base minimalists and more-base-feature advocates like yutt & Dailytalker would all agree on is that that bbPress’s admin should display plugin update notifications like WordPress’s admin does. This would be extremely helpful for everyone, especially when security risks are discovered in plugins one has running.
Haha, I bet even kevinjohngallagher would agree with me on this one!
1) Hmm, you can really install bbPress in any folder but here is a popular setup (buddypress like this one): Try this:
Let’s say your site is leftcoastmichael.com.
In your ‘wordpress’ leftcoastmichael.com directory you have 3 wordpress file directories (wp-admin, wp-content, wp-includes)
Just make a 4th file directory (forums) for all your bbPres stuff (bb-admin, bb-includes, etc).
Blam, that’s it.
2) If you want to integrate with WordPress use the same database info that you used in your WordPress config.
Hope this helps.
I read the documentations but, alas, it is not clear (to me).
(1) It does not explain which directory to upload/install to. I have uploaded to a folder in the root called “lclforum” however the wp files, templates and database are in a separate folder called “wordpress.” Should the bbPress files be in a sub-folder of the WP folder?
(2) Name of database. I am prompted for the database name, however there is no database (yet). There are no instructions for what to do at this point. Should I just input a name like “lclforumdb” ?
I’m sure I’ll have more questions, but these are the first two that are keeping me from getting up and running.
Thanks Michael.
Just a precision : ‘a canonical WordPress plugin’ means that it will be something like “akismet” ?
Could it be a standalone, then ?
Wordpress is a very heavy “small forum”, no ?
for citizenkeith :
this is more a philosophy than a features list, but I agree …
I think it also miss a point from which we are suffering now : a “viable future”. Every software need to be sure that the support will be continued for a long time. Specially when it is meant to build a community, which is much than needed for bbPress (just thinking about plugins)
thierryyyyyyy:
A lot of ideas are being thrown around at the moment, and things are going slowly. It’s like that for a reason. The next version of bbPress will be one that is clean, robust, and easy to use.
At the moment, it looks like bbPress will become a canonical plugin for WordPress. As with most Automattic products, I think this was the idea in the first place.
Closer to the time, Matt will share updates as to a more narrowed path for bbPress.
I’m a long time bbPress user, and invested quite a big time to update from 0.9 to 1.0 some months ago.
I really, really don’t want that bbPress dies.
I need a standalone version of bbPress, even if I somehow integrated it into my wordpress but just for user.
I really don’t ask for another new complete bbPress version. For me, that means a very long time for re-adapting (some customs plugins and hacks and integration with a custom website-script)
Like Chrishajer, the basic features of bbPress are my ground requirements. Specially since the old plugins usually works with small adaptation.
I participated some times in the forum for such adaptations.
The best part of bbPress features, is “Fast and light”. Which is not anymore the main characteristic of Worpress.
enougth said about what’s my point of view, I would like to ask one more time
“What’s happening with bbPress?” (topic title)
The bbPress blog is not that clear, and the “meetup”s are not really easy to read.
thindery is no longer using bbpress.
Casemon, it depends how you integrated the theme. Are you using BBpress’ header.php or WordPress’ header.php?
>Wordpress became popular, and maintains its popularity, because it provides features users want.
I agree. As plugins, in most cases.
And for the record, I don’t want bbPress to stick with 0.9. I think some people want that because 0.9:
- has more plugins that work with it
- uses less resources
I just want bbPress to live up to the promises it makes:
https://bbpress.org/about/features/
https://bbpress.org/about/
https://bbpress.org/documentation/integration-with-wordpress/
That’s all.
I have WordPress 2.9 and bbPress 1.0.2
Everything works well on the host’s server. It’s in localhost that the activation of the extensions is impossible.
I have determined that this worked if I put the file of the plugin(ie unread-posts.php) directly in the “my-plugins” directory.
If I put unread-posts.php in the “unread-posts” directory, this does not work.
/forum/my-plugins/unread-posts.php work fine
/forum/my-plugins/unread-posts/unread-posts.php does not work.
No, i have installed WordPress then bbpress in a directory /forum. When I want to active a plugin of bbpress i have this message.
>WordPress didn’t become great by cramming a bunch of features in.
WordPress became popular, and maintains its popularity, because it provides features users want. If you want Vanilla, go download Vanilla. When people get BBpress they expect comparable functionality to WordPress. Not some stripped down prototype of a forum framework.
This community is hijacked by people who want BBpress forever to be 0.9. It is extremely frustrating to see people continually rail against increasing the base featureset of BBpress. Especially when _ck_ abandoning plugins that were crucial to the very existence of the BBpress community show the need for these features to be officially maintained and not exist on the emotional whims of a single person.
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