[chrishajer]

@PubDirLtd – there’s no need to say anyone here is unconcerned or has forgotten anything. Everyone knows what a pain in the butt it is to integrate WordPress and bbPress for logins, functions or theme integration.

Since you’re new here you might want to read up a bit on the discussion of making bbPress a WordPress plugin. With custom post types in WordPress 3.0, it looks like it will be even easier to make bbPress into a WordPress plugin. I’m all for that.

The discussion started here with making bbPress a WordPress plugin:

https://bbpress.org/blog/2009/12/2009-12-09-meetup/

There was relevant discussion about it in the forums too:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/future-of-bbpress

> if the developers of BBPress can’t make it that simple

Right now, there are no developers.

The man in charge of the project is Matt Mullenweg and you might be better served addressing him directly with your concerns, to ensure they’re heard: http://ma.tt/contact/

[gerikg]

http://wpbbpthemes.org/integration/ these are the steps I’ve taken, works good so far.

[dangerbronco]

Hi. I have read the posts saying that deep integration has issues with cookies and authentication when logging in through the wordpress login, on wp versions 2.7 and higher (I am using 2.9). I am wondering if anyone has been able to do this, and what steps were taken. I can’t just “login through the bbpress side” because the wp-authenticate hook in my auth plugin won’t run. I’ve been racking my brain on this one and any help would be appreciated.

[dangerbronco]

Does anyone know a workaround for this? I have a wordpress plugin that syncs user data from an external user database when on the wp-authenticate hook. Unfortunately, this hook isn’t called when I login through the bbpress side.

[zaerl]

I am new to BBPress, and I have to say that compared with BuddyPress installation/integration, which is that simple WordPress plugin, BBPress has a long way to go.

Whereas, it might surprise you to know, most people (WAY more people) in the world just want WordPress to load a plugin right into their existing theme and off they go.

bbPress isn’t a WordPress plugin. It uses the WordPress core functions but it’s a separate project. You can’t compare the installation of a WordPress plugin with the installation of bbPress. Also you can’t compare the communities cause the two software are completely different. One is a blog engine. One is a BBS engine.

[Terence Milbourn]

@chrishajer – I thought some more about what you wrote regarding the WordPress plugin idea.

I imagine, having worked with BBPress for so long, you guys are no longer concerned or have forgotten just what a royal pain in the butt it is to set up. Most of the pain could be avoided if it had been scripted and become a simple CPanel/Softaculous install, for example, but it hasn’t.

I am new to BBPress, and I have to say that my first impression is, compared with BuddyPress installation/integration (which is already that simple WordPress plugin), BBPress has a looooong way to go.

And I suspect, one of the reasons why there is such a big difference in the size of the respective communities, is that most of you guys don’t mind/quite like to fiddle with the technical stuff.

Haven’t you got the engine room steering the ship? Where are the ‘marketing guys’ out there finding out what the people really want, and steering the development, rather than what interests the coders?

It might surprise you to know (well I know it would surprise the coders), most people (WAY more people in the world), just want THEIR WordPress to load a plugin right into THEIR existing theme, and off they go.

Badabing badaboom!

I can’t see how, if the developers of BBPress can’t make it that simple, and also a darn site more compatible with WordPress itself, how its ever going to survive. Really.

And with the release of the merged v3.0 not far away, is that opportunity going to be grabbed or lost?

[psycheangels]

you can start by reading this topic i guess

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/seemless-wordpress-integration

[Terence Milbourn]

A “Thesis page” is just like any other html/php/css WP page except that it uses Thesis Hooks, which is the framework Chris Pearson created to sit on top of WP and is far more efficient than the underlying WP code. It looks like this…

<?php



// Using hooks is absolutely the smartest, most bulletproof way to implement things like plugins,

// custom design elements, and ads. You can add your hook calls below, and they should take the

// following form:

// add_action('thesis_hook_name', 'function_name');

// The function you name above will run at the location of the specified hook. The example

// hook below demonstrates how you can insert Thesis' default recent posts widget above

// the content in Sidebar 1:

// add_action('thesis_hook_before_sidebar_1', 'thesis_widget_recent_posts');



/**

* function custom_bookmark_links() - outputs an HTML list of bookmarking links

* NOTE: This only works when called from inside the WordPress loop!

* SECOND NOTE: This is really just a sample function to show you how to use custom functions!

*

* @since 1.0

* @global object $post

*/



function custom_bookmark_links() {

global $post;

?>

<ul class="bookmark_links">



<li><a rel="nofollow">&title=<?php urlencode(the_title()); ?>" onclick="window.open('http://delicious.com/save?v=5&noui&jump=close&url=<?php urlencode(the_permalink()); ?>&title=<?php urlencode(the_title()); ?>', 'delicious', 'toolbar=no,width=550,height=550'); return false;" title="Bookmark this post on del.icio.us">Bookmark this article on Delicious</a></li>

<?php

}

Thesis is on one level, just an additional library of high level functions, and at another, its an incredibly easy way to design and manipulate your theme/template. The structure of the framework and the finished theme it provides also happen to be presented in a very SEO conscious way, which is obviously a big selling point.

What I would really like to see is a BBPress Template written for Thesis. Hmmm. I wonder. How hard can that be?

[chrishajer]

A thesis page would just be a WordPress page in the Thesis Theme by Chris Pearson, I think.

What you’re asking for, PubDirLtd is the reason that they are considering making bbPress a WordPress plugin, to do exactly that. Right now, it does not. It’s not a plugin for WordPress.

Some people have had success with putting their forum inside an iframe in a WordPress page, but that’s just an ugly hack and has its own problems.

[johnhiler]

WordPress and bbPress don’t have “theme integration” – so that sort of seamless integration isn’t going to be easy, as far as I’m aware.

If you can make a “Thesis compatible” HTML template that’s supported in bbPress, you could then use the WordPress Thesis plugin to generate a CSS file… then drop that into the bbPress style.css file. That should do the trick.

[johnhiler]

bbPress is still a small community… we’re not as big as say, the WordPress community, and we don’t get the sort of corporate commitment and support that they do. So what you’re left with is mostly us volunteers, trying to help each other get the most out of free software that we all use and enjoy.

There are a couple 1.0 compatible themes on the forums… try some of these links maybe?

http://www.google.com/search?q=theme+site:bbpress.org/forums

Here are a few of the ones that support 1.0+:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/new-vanilla-2-inspired-theme

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/new-theme-carrington-blog-for-bbpress

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/new-theme-superbold-revisited-for-bbpress

[zaerl]

All values under the cookie section of /bb-admin/options-wordpress.php must be changed according to the WordPress values.

WordPress URL

Blog URL

Cookie salt “auth”

Cookie salt “secure auth”

Cookie salt “logged in”

also make sure to:

1) delete the old cookie before making your tests.

2) check values of bbPress Integration plugin (/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bbpress-integration-admin)

3) change COOKIEPATH according to what the bbPress Integration plugin reports

[chrishajer]

So, it needs to be a subforum so it shows up in your list of forums, but when they click it, they don’t get a forum, they get redirected to a WordPress page?

You could do it with a 301 (permanent) redirection your .htaccess. You would just redirect the old (subforum) URL to the new (WordPress) URL.

The format would look something like this (assuming pretty permalinks):

Redirect 301 /forums/forum/subforum-name/ http://www.example.com/your-wordpress-page-slug/

The first part is relative (just the stuff after the domain name) , and the second part is a full URL. If you get a white screen after adding that to your .htaccess, it means the syntax is wrong and you have to redo it.

[gerikg]

I found this post https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/functions-for-generating-a-menu-of-wordpress-pages

This doesn’t work for me, it makes my forum blank before even asking for the script. When I create a function.php file and put everything in it. I hope this can help steer you into the right direction.

[miruru]

I’m not sure if this is even possible but here goes.

I have created a subforum and I want this subforum to be linked directly to a wordpress page. So that when users clicks onto this link, it will take them directly to a page which i have already set up.

Is this even possible? Any ideas will be grateful.

[zaerl]

Are the settings:

define( 'BBDB_NAME', 'bbpress' );

define( 'BBDB_USER', 'username' );

define( 'BBDB_PASSWORD', 'password' );

define( 'BBDB_HOST', 'localhost' );

equal to WordPress counterparts?

[januzi2]

Someone integrated wordpress with bbpress. Now admin panel for the bbpress shows only users, topics and posts. Is it possible to fix it ? Is there a way to manually (by the phpmyadmin) activate new plugins ?

[chrishajer]

bbPress and WordPress just add a digit to the end of the permalink to ensure the new one is unique.

[Damien]

Hi, I’m making a navigation and was looking for help with highlighting the links, depending what page/forum you are on.

I have a homepage nav link like:

<a href="/forum">Mainpage</a>

how can I add class=”current” and highlight the link when on the mainpage?

I also run a list of the forums in a similar style

<?php foreach ( $forums as $forum ) : ?>

<a class="forum-link" href="<?php forum_link( $forum->forum_id ); ?>"><?php forum_name( $forum->forum_id ); ?></a>

<?php endforeach; ?>

Is there a way to add class=”current” depending on what forum the user is browsing?

I know this can be done on wordpress, but I dont know the functions for bbpress yet, and good info is far and wide.

[Alex Luft]

Awesome, thanks!!!

Go bbPress!

[psycheangels]

in bbcode-button.js

var CSS=’#bbcode_buttons div {float:left; background:#999; border:1px solid #666; border-radius:2px; -moz-border-radius:2px; -webkit-border-radius:2px; color:#fff; padding: 0px 6px 1px 6px; margin: 1px 7px 2px 0;’

+’font: 1.2em times, serif; word-spacing: -1px; height: 16px; vertical-align:middle; line-height:16px;’

+’text-align:center; position:relative; cursor: pointer; cursor: hand;}’;

[Alex Luft]

@psycheangles

Thanks for your super fast reply! I installed it but am now wondering how/where I can style the buttons.

[psycheangels]

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bbcode-buttons/

[Alex Luft]

So I was just browsing around WordPress.org support forums and noticed the way they have their text entry box set up.

It contains the standard markup as we have on bbPress (installable) but it’s clickable by the user, with the resulting clicks being reflected in the text entry box. Here’s what I mean http://wordpress.org/support/topic/384052?replies=5

I’m talking about the b i link buttons at the top of the text entry box.

My question is whether we have and/or can do something similar with our own bbPress installs. I know we have TinyMCE and – most recently – WYSIWYG editor, but this is a bit different as it outputs the markup for you.

[Snat]

Hey all.

A friend of mine finally agreed on using WordPress and finally convert away from e107. So for the last few days, I have converted his website over from e107 to WordPress & bbPress and done quite abit on it. Firstly, I converted all the e107 pages and users to WordPress and then converted the forums to bbPress via my own converter script.

Now bearing in mind that it is still in development, I then integrated bbPress into the WordPress theme and then integrated his login into IP.Converge so that it can hook up with my website.

While it is still work in progress, what do you lot think of bbPress so far ?

http://wrightsproductions.co.uk/community/