[chrishajer]

> First question am I at a good starting place with

> bbpress.org to create an online community?

Yes, it’s fine software for an online community.

> Am I still in the right starting place if my community

> needs the capability to upload and manage/organize photos?

IMO, no. There is no provision for uploading, managing and organizing photos built into bbPress.

> I want the community to be very user controled. Meaning

> I would like the members to have allot of control over their

> profiles. Template, colour schemes etc…

Also, no. bbPress, IMO, is not set up to allow that level of control over the user’s profiles.

> I would also like this community to become very friendly

> for advertisers.

There’s nothing inherently good or bad about bbPress as far as advertising goes. There are a few themes with Google Adsense space built into them already. Other sorts of advertising would be equally easy.

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/304?replies=9#post-1494

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/434?replies=9#post-2418

There’s also an Adsense plugin:

http://boakes.org/talk/tags/bbpress-adsense

> My main focus is getting the community started. Does

> bbpress.org sound like a good starting place?

bbPress is great for community building and it’s lightweight and easy to use. It will not be the solution for you for photo sharing though. You might consider bbPress for your forum, and another package for managing and sharing photos, similar to the way that a lot of users here use WordPress for their site and bbPress for their forums.

I wish you luck.

[rootin]

hello,

i changed config.php, i sent all doc. for my server and start bb-admin/install.php but i didnt see any thing ,it doesn t start to install.what is the problem i don t understand.

*sorry for my bad english

config.php ;

// Tek veritabanına birden fazla veritabanı kuracaksanız tablo önekini değiştirin.

$bb_table_prefix = ‘bb_’; // Sadece sayı, harf!

// Eğer bbPress URL’niz http://bbpress.example.com/forums/ şeklindeyse, örnekler doğru olacak.

// Buradaki değerleri kendi alan adınıza ve bbPress dizininize göre ayarlayın.

// Sadece alan adı; dizin veya yol olmasın. Adresin sonunda ‘/’ olmamalı.

$bb->domain = ‘http://forum.webbilgisi.com’; // Örnek: ‘http://bbpress.example.com’

// Hem başta hem de sonda ‘/’ işareti olmalı. Forum alt dizinde değilse, kök dizindeyse ‘/’ olarak bırakın.

$bb->path = ‘/’; // Örnek: ‘/forum/’

// Forumun ismi ne olsun?

$bb->name = ‘Webbilgisi Forumları’;

// Kurulum yapmadan önce yönetici e-posta adresini ayarlamalısınız.

$bb->admin_email = ‘webbilgisi@webbilgisi.com’;

// Düzenli ve göze hoş gelen kalıcı bağlantıları kullanmak istiyorsanız bu değer true olmalı.

$bb->mod_rewrite = false;

// Her sayfada gösterilecek konu sayısı.

$bb->page_topics = 30;

// Kullanıcıların mesajlarını düzenlemeleri için izin verilen süre; dakika cinsinden.

$bb->edit_lock = 60;

// Zaman diliminiz. Örnek: Türkiye için +2 olarak ayarlı olabilir.

$bb->gmt_offset = +2;

// Bu değeri değiştirmenize gerek yok! Zaten Türkçe’ye ayarlı.

// bb-includes/languages dizini altında tr_TR.mo dosyasının bulunduğundan emin olun.

define(‘BBLANG’, ‘tr_TR’);

// Akismet Anahtarınız. bbPress’i çalıştırmak için bir anahtara ihtiyacınız yok.

// Fakat istenmeyen (spam) mesajların Akismet ile önlenmesini istiyorsanız bir anahtarınız olmalı.

// Akismet anahtarı almak için http://wordpress.com/api-keys/ adresine bakın.

$bb->akismet_key = ”; // Örnek: ‘0123456789ab’

// bbPress forumunuzu WordPress blogunuzla entegre edecekseniz aşağıdaki değerleri ayarlamalısınız.

// Entegre etmeyecekseniz, bundan sonra düzenleme yapmayın.

$bb->wp_table_prefix = ”; // WordPress tablo önekiniz. Örnek: ‘wp_’;

$bb->wp_home = ”; // WordPress – Tercihler->Genel: Blog adresi (URL) // Sonda ‘/’ olmasın. Örnek: ‘http://example.com’

$bb->wp_siteurl = ”; // WordPress – Tercihler->Genel: WordPress adresi (URL) // Sonda ‘/’ olmasın. Örnek: ‘http://example.com’

/* Düzenleme sonu */

if ( !defined(‘BBPATH’) )

define(‘BBPATH’, dirname(__FILE__) . ‘/’ );

require_once( BBPATH . ‘bb-settings.php’ );

?>

[wsokc]

After i install the bbpress i found problem with the post, where i cant see the first post its only display a blank page, kindly help me to analyze this problem.

My url is:

http://itts.myraffaell.com

my config is:

// Change the prefix if you want to have multiple forums in a single database.

$bb_table_prefix = ‘bb_’; // Only letters, numbers and underscores please!

// If your bbPress URL is http://myraffaell.com/itts/ , the examples would be correct.

// Adjust the domain and path to suit your actual URL.

// Just the domain name; no directories or path. There should be no trailing slash here.

$bb->domain = ‘http://myraffaell.com’; // Example: ‘http://bbpress.example.com’

// There should be both a leading and trailing slash here. ‘/’ is fine if the site is in root.

$bb->path = ‘/itts/’; // Example: ‘/forums/’

// What are you going to call me?

$bb->name = ‘Ruang Diskusi IT TS’;

// This must be set before running the install script.

$bb->admin_email = ‘me@myraffaell.com’;

// Set to true if you want pretty permalinks.

$bb->mod_rewrite = false;

// The number of topics that show on each page.

$bb->page_topics = 30;

// A user can edit a post for this many minutes after submitting.

$bb->edit_lock = 60;

// Your timezone offset. Example: -7 for Pacific Daylight Time.

$bb->gmt_offset = +7;

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

// chosen language must be installed to bb-includes/languages.

// For example, install de.mo to bb-includes/languages and set BBLANG to ‘de’

// to enable German language support.

define(‘BBLANG’, ‘id’);

// Your Akismet Key. You do not need a key to run bbPress, but if you want to take advantage

// of Akismet’s powerful spam blocking, you’ll need one. You can get an Akismet key at

// http://wordpress.com/api-keys/

$bb->akismet_key = ‘aaf2972bcab9’; // Example: ‘aaf2972bcab9’

[soychuy]

perfect!!! thanks!!!

[chrishajer]

How about this?

http://www.atsutane.net/2006/11/bbpress-latest-discussion-for-wordpress/

[soychuy]

Hi. First of all, thanks for your help.

Well, I’ve installed bbPress and integrated it with WordPress and it works fine.

But I’d like to show the last post of a forum on my WordPress home… is there any plugin to do that or what code should I use?

Thanks again.

[Trent Adams]

I should have caught that the first time *SLAPS HIMSELF*. You are including your wp-config.php file for WordPress integration? For integration with wordpress, you need to define the other parts of wordpress, but I wouldn’t include that file as it has nothing to do with integration or with getting bbPress going. Take out this and it should work:

require_once( dirname(dirname(__FILE__)) . '/wp-config.php' );

If you want to integrate with WordPress, check out this integration documentation for bbPress and WP.

Trent

[paidera]

I am currently trying to install bbpress simply because zeroboard hates me. I have changed the info in my config.php file as I should have and see no problems, yet when I run install.php I get the following error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /mounted-storage/home24b/sub003/sc22569-MMPG/dongbang51.net/board/config.php on line 8

Any clue? I’ve added my config.php content below.

<?php

// ** MySQL settings ** //

define(‘BBDB_NAME’, ‘********’); //

The name of the database

define(‘BBDB_USER’, ‘********’); //

Your MySQL username

define(‘BBDB_PASSWORD’, ‘********’); //

…and password

define(‘BBDB_HOST’, ‘********’); //

99% chance you won’t need to change this value

//

Change the prefix if you want to have multiple forums in a single database.

$bb_table_prefix = ‘bb_’; //

Only letters, numbers and underscores please!

//

If your bbPress URL is http://bbpress.example.com/forums/ , the examples would be correct.

//

Adjust the domain and path to suit your actual URL.

//

Just the domain name; no directories or path. There should be no trailing slash here.

$bb->domain = ‘http://www.dongbang51.net&#8217;; //

Example: ‘http://bbpress.example.com&#8217;

//

There should be both a leading and trailing slash here. ‘/’ is fine if the site is in root.

$bb->path = ‘/board/’; //

Example: ‘/forums/’

//

What are you going to call me?

$bb->name = ‘New’;

//

This must be set before running the install script.

$bb->admin_email = ‘********@hotmail.com’;

//

Set to true if you want pretty permalinks.

$bb->mod_rewrite = false;

//

The number of topics that show on each page.

$bb->page_topics = 30;

//

A user can edit a post for this many minutes after submitting.

$bb->edit_lock = 60;

//

Your timezone offset. Example: -7 for Pacific Daylight Time.

$bb->gmt_offset = 0;

//

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

//

chosen language must be installed to bb-includes/languages.

//

For example, install de.mo to bb-includes/languages and set BBLANG to ‘de’

//

to enable German language support.

define(‘BBLANG’, ”);

//

Your Akismet Key. You do not need a key to run bbPress, but if you want to take advantage

//

of Akismet’s powerful spam blocking, you’ll need one. You can get an Akismet key at

//

http://wordpress.com/api-keys/

$bb->akismet_key = ”; //

Example: ‘0123456789ab’

//

The rest is only useful if you are integrating bbPress with WordPress.

//

If you’re not, just leave the rest as it is.

$bb->wp_table_prefix = ”; //

WordPress table prefix. Example: ‘wp_’;

$bb->wp_home = ”; //

WordPress – Options->General: Blog address (URL) //

No trailing slash. Example: ‘http://example.com&#8217;

$bb->wp_siteurl = ”; //

WordPress – Options->General: WordPress address (URL) //

No trailing slash. Example: ‘http://example.com&#8217;

/* Stop editing */

if ( !defined(‘BBPATH’) )

define(‘BBPATH’, dirname(__FILE__) . ‘/’ );

require_once( dirname(dirname(__FILE__)) . ‘/wp-config.php’ );

?>

[Jim S.]

Hm, I’ll see what I can work up. You think a sidebar like what the WordPress version sports would work better than what’s there now?

[Trent Adams]

Take a look at this thread:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/185?replies=6

Then, if that doesn’t help, maybe check out this thread:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/462?replies=4#post-2607

That first thread is about key masters getting downgraded to administrators and the second thread is about getting a user upgraded to key master through the database and the bb_usermeta or wp_usermeta depending on if you are integrated with WordPress or not.

Trent

[Sam Bauers]

I’ve just updated the previous patch file to address the WordPress integration/function naming issues.

Download from here – categories-build701.patch

You should read the relevant comment about the updated patch.

[mrpapasworld]

ooopsss… actually, you have to to the forums page to see all the forum stuff… http://test.158th.com/forums

though you did get a peek at my wordpress plugin to display latest forum stuff in wordpress…

[mrpapasworld]

okay Sam, some serious wordpress integration issues here… below are the clashes with wordpress and the offending files…

get_category()

get_categories()

root: forum.php, topic.php, index.php

admin: content-categories.php, content-forums.php, bb-category.php

bb-includes: functions.php, template-functions.php, cache.php

is_category()

bb-includes: functions.php, template-functions.php

get_category_link()

bb-includes: functions.php, template-functions.php

category_description()

template: category.php, front-page.php

bb-includes: template-functions.php

get_category_rss_link()

bb-includes: template-functions.php

whew… after adding bb_ to the front of all those items in bbpress, I finally got it to run the upgrade script, which worked…

now to see if it works as something looks a bit odd in the display of the category…

[jefgodesky]

This is now a full-fledged plugin. It could certainly use some expansion and improvement, but this satisfies my requirements, and I suspect it will satisfy many others’ requirements, as well.

I’ve decided that I’m OK with two separate logins against the same user table, as spencerp’s solution leaves us with. I’m further integrating them now with OpenID. The VerseLogic WordPress OpenID plugin works perfectly, but I have not yet installed the MediaWiki OpenID extension, which will remain necessary since logging in will still be handled by MediaWiki itself.

After that, we’ll get to a level of integration I’ve yet to really even think about: user preferences and profiles. My initial thoughts on that are to point the bbPress profiles to the MediaWiki User pages, and develop an extension to display forum user information. Editing preferences might be easier by learning how each program stores that information and writing a whole new script to handle it. I’m certainly open to alternative ideas.

[isza]

Hello!

My question is about embedding the bbPress into the WP.

I’d like my WP to work like this website.

I’ve installed the WP, bbP and the integrater plugin (activeted) you advised in an article.

Can you advise me what should I do?

Many thanks guys!

[Jim S.]

I’ve made my first attempt ever at theme-building by trying to port the Navigation theme for WordPress over to bbPress. You can see it in action on my test setup:

http://open-dialogue.com/bbpress

I’m not entirely happy with the way the forum tables display. It looks ok on a 1024×768 resolution, but they mass to the left a bit too much for my liking on higher resolutions (I use 1280×1024). I’m at a bit of a loss, though, to know how to stretch them out enough to fill out the extra white space to the right. I’d be open for suggestions on how to tweak the stylesheet further.

I’m also not real crazy about the login form location, but I’m not sure of a better place to put it.

Everything else seems to look and operate alright. Any suggestions and tips would be greatly appreciated. I’m still figuring out some the latest nuances in stylesheeting (it’s been a few years since I’ve done much site design).

[ear1grey]

It looks nice and clean, although, I notice in your own forum it doesn’t currently validate. Once you get that all happy, don’t forget to validate the css too.

[mrpapasworld]

having problems getting this to worked… because of mods, applying the patch by hand… so its probably me but really stumped…

after doing the changes, had an error, so double checked everything… still no dice… so I decided to bite the bullet and do it the patch way… as luck would have it my host doesnt seem to allow patch to work – diff issue I will take up with him…

anyways, started from a clean 0.8 install and applied the patch by hand again… end up getting the same error again… double checked and everything looks good…

Here’s the error:

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_categories() (previously declared in /xxxxxx/wp-includes/category.php:14) in /xxxxxx/forums/bb-includes/functions.php on line 3

oh man… AAARGGH… as I sit here typing this in, it just hit me what is wrong and why I wasted time into the wee hours trying to solve it…

has anyone tried this category patch in a bbpress integrated with wordpress?? it seems the category functions are clashing between the two…

geez… I dont know how many times I read that last night and never noticed that… another reason why you do work real late at night 😉 helps if you can read too 😛

any thoughts on this working with a bbpress/wordpress integrated situation?

[intellivision]

…like in WordPress? The additional use of “template” will tend to divide and confuse, no?

Like how, across software, plugins are either “mods”, “modules”, “extensions” or “addons”.

Now’s the time! We can still consolidate the concept into one term.

I’m splitting hairs, I know . bbPress is wonderful. Thanks so much to the developers. I’m a phpBB veteran (admin), and bbPress is so nice I want to cry.

[chrishajer]

My guess is that the email in the config.php is used for setup only. Afterward, I changed mine in my profile and it gets updated in my WordPress user table. I changed the email address in my WordPress user table, and it’s changed in the profile in bbPress. None of those changes affected the setting in config.php. I requested a new password with the forgotten password link, for admin, and it went to the email address in the user profile, not the one in config.php.

I am pretty sure the email that is used on an ongoing basis is the one in the profile, and the one in config.php is used for setup only.

That’s my best guess. For consistency, I think I would update both, even if only so that when you do an upgrade in the future, the one in config.php is still accurate.

[Trent Adams]

No problem! Good to here!

Trent

[jenz]

I believe I defined the WP information post installation, so I deleted the bbPress DB, created a new one, went through the 1 step install and still no go. None of the WP users show up in the bbPress user list and I still cannot log in with to WP with the bbPress users nor log into bbPress with the WP users. When I look at my bbPress DB, I have the following tables:

bb_forums

bb_posts

bb_tagged

bb_tags

bb_topicmeta

bb_topics

wp_usermeta

wp_users

As soon as I saw the DB structure, I realized that I needed to specify my WP database, and not create a new one for bbPress for this to work. Once I put in my WP DB information at the top of the config.php file, all worked! Thanks for your prompt response.

[drhallows]

This theme work perfect in bbPress 0.80. Is based in Refresh of Aydos.

http://www.soporte-wordpress.org/2007/02/11/redox-theme-para-bbpress-080/

[Trent Adams]

Did you install bbPress before or after having that information in your config.php? Did you see the WP users in the install process when you installed?

Trent

[jenz]

Hello. I have a WordPress installation (2.1) at / and then the bbPress installation (0. at /forums/. I have followed the instructions: https://bbpress.org/documentation/integration-with-wordpress/ and still no go. The WordPress integration plugin is installed and activated in my WP install and I have defined the bbPress tables (bb_) prefix correctly in the plugin options.

I have defined the options:

$bb->wp_table_prefix = ‘wp_’; // WordPress table prefix. Example: ‘wp_’;

$bb->wp_home = ‘http://test.com&#8217;; // WordPress – Options->General: Blog address (URL) // No trailing slash. Example: ‘http://example.com&#8217;

$bb->wp_siteurl = ‘http://test.com&#8217;; // WordPress – Options->General: WordPress address (URL) // No trailing slash. Example: ‘http://example.com&#8217;

in my config.php file, but do I need to add anything else? Right now, my WordPress users cannot log into the bbPress install, and the bbPress users cannot log into the WordPress install. Any help would be creatly appreciated.