Ah. Yes, I use “require_once(‘path/to/wp-blog-header.php’);” in my bbPress config.php.
Has anyone tried to do a WordPress / BBPress integration using 2 separate databases?
Is it possible? Any caveats?
Doug
The TRAC version already uses jQuery.
Yup. I think it is, I heard about it in the context of bb a while back. No news, no secrets, although there seems to be some code for view management in the bb-includes which may mean that a proper views system will be introduced (… sometime).
WordPress 2.2 is out.
The team worked hard so they finally moved to jQuery wich I think is one of the major feature in 2.2 version. I wonder if bbPress will follow his cousin? By the way, is there any news about bbPress… Any secrets revealing?
Vili, sorry for the confusion caused, what I am asking is how you are including the headers. You cannot use WordPress functions without WordPress running. Some where along the line you are including something that loads the WordPress system. Are you using the wp-blog-header.php in the bbPress config.php method from https://bbpress.org/documentation/integration-with-wordpress/ or something different?
Why don’t you open the file, go to line 193, and systematically take out one $ at a time until it works?
WordPress. I have deleted Dan’s. When I try to activate it or on every single page when it is activated. Can you e-mail me the code so that I have the exact version or post it in the plugins bit. Awgandrews ATHIS gmail.com .
Same again through:
Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /homepages/27/d120217802/htdocs/wp-content/plugins/cmdavatar.php on line 193
I haven’t intergrated it with bbpress yet, but since I can’t get it to activate, this doesn’t seem to be the problem.
Thanks!
Thank you!
First time I’m using BBpress but I’m REALLY fond of WordPress so I hope that this can be a good relationship with the too.
This type of feature is one that you see everyday users ask for all the time, but folks developing web forums tend to dislike because it can significantly complicate the administrator’s life with mailserver issues.
Sending out e-mail digests or alerts about new posts one-way is usually quite standard.
However, if someone really wants something open source that works two-way (instead of being locked into Google/YahooGroups or lacking a true web forum look like Mailman or Sympa), try GroupServer: http://groupserver.org (Note that it is Zope-based)
We use it here: http://forums.e-democracy.org
Steven Clift
E-Democracy.Org
http://e-democracy.org/blog – Happy WordPress users.
I thought this pretty much explained it?
Basically, I use WordPress headers and footers throughout both WordPress and bbPress, with my headers and footers containing all the layout design, and whatever is in between only being the actual content to be shown (in the case of a post the post loop, in the case of a page the page loop, in the case of a forum page the forum loop, etc.).
Okay, more info:
• In Firefox, when I log into bbPress, I am logged in, but the log in form does not auto refresh to “Welcome, username! View your profile…” Same problem when I log out, it does not refresh to “Register or login…”
• In Safari and IE 7, it does refresh when logging into bbPress, but not when logging out.
• In any browser, it does not refresh when logging into WordPress, but does when logging out.
• In all instances if I hit refresh/reload, it displays the correct message.
• Cookie integration between WordPress and bbPress is otherwise successful, once I’m logged into one, I’m logged into both, and vice-versa.
• Identical problems on multiple computers/ users.
I’m starting to wonder if my problem is different, as it is also occurring with a WordPress install on the same server. WordPress was fine until I did a clean install with WP/BB in the same database. I’m guessing it’s a cookie issue? An identical bbPress install on a different server works fine, reset FF, etc.
very sleek. I’m a big fan.
Vili what are you including where to get both systems to run? I did not see that in your post.
Manually query the category database and output it? Not that it matters. 
atomAstro — could you elaborate on where POST and GET becomes a problem with this integration? I haven’t yet met with any (that I know), but it would be of great help if you could give a few examples so that I know what to keep an eye on!
Is this on a WordPress or a bbPress page, dyaddydad? Have you done a full bbPress integration, including the “functions” section? Do you use the $forumpage variable as suggested in my post with the code? Did you uninstall Dan’s plugin before uploading mine?
I’m just working on a new site and going to use WordPress and bbpress running alone side each other. I have started the coding on the WordPress and I’ll start the BB soon too. I just thought I’d give a small (unfinished) preview to get some feedback. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sulcalibur/tags/ipwd/show/ many thanks
Biggest deal breaker was that parts of the sidebar are generated WP category list. There’s no way to fake that.
I would’ve thought the duplicated code wouldn’t be more than some basic HTML; CSS can easily be linked to and you have a different API anyway. I can’t say I really know, I haven’t done it. Your function to create the links could easily check if it was called from bb or WP automatically and respond appropriately, but I understand needing the WP API.
bbolman: https://trac.bbpress.org/timeline
btw, the flashy menus etc were created with the aid of mootools. This is an awesome javascript framework, with a great community standing behind it.
Few things regarding the wordpress header. The main reason for this is that I want access to the wordpress functions. This is because the sidebar has bbPress user account functions, such as view / edit profile. I need to know what the user’s wordpress id is in order to create these links when bbPress isn’t running. Granted, I could just send them to the wordpress profile, however I don’t care for the wordpress user profile page. It takes them completely out of the site. In addition to this, I dont really want them on the dashboard, for any reason. I eventually plan to extend the profile pages to include user comment activity in addition to forum activity, etc. I couldn’t do that without both systems running. As for the rest of the general integration, faking this functionality by copying and pasting code and duplicating everything seems lazy and sloppy.
I’m just throwing this in, but is it just me, or did I miss something, but I feel like work on bbPress has stalled? We haven’t had a new version in a while.
