[kevinjohngallagher]

Thankfully, i came up with a cunning solution.

It’s a new thing some of the kids are using, called Google. I know, it might never catch on, but it’s worth a shot…

New bbPress Theme: Black-Letterhead

http://ulyssesonline.com/blackletterhead/

BBPress Theme

Now it appears that the theme has been removed entirely, but i’d suggest contacting the Author via his website. It’s a 2 year old theme that really just changes a few colours, so they’ve probably just forgotten about it.

That said, the theme has been updated for WordPress so there is every chance that the code you need has just been rolled into one.

Either way, it’s a good place to start

Good Luck

[kevinjohngallagher]

Yes

Just remember that users set tags, and users are notoriously useless.

Especially if your forum / blog is not aimed at technical people (who have, to a certain degree, become used to the idea of tags for cross pollination).

[gerikg]

arpowers, great video but what about the wordpress integration setting in the bbpress?

Without steering into a different topic

Kevin Ryman, The theme look always depends on the WP theme. Sometimes the WP theme is too complex for it to work. Is there a specific theme you are looking for maybe I can help?

[vimcortez]

Thanks, I finally chaned an advanced option and was able to login. Yet the install did not go through properly and I don’t have any specifics as to what went wrong. I received an email saying my forum was up and running but when connecting get a 404 ‘not found’ error.

Here’s the log for the install (I replaced personal/sensitive data with “****”:

Referrer is OK, beginning installation…

>>> Setting up custom user table constants

Step 1 – Creating database tables

>>> Modifying database: *********wp (***************)

>>>>>> Table: bb_forums

>>>>>>>>> Creating table

>>>>>>>>>>>> Done

>>>>>> Table: bb_meta

>>>>>>>>> Creating table

>>>>>>>>>>>> Done

>>>>>> Table: bb_posts

>>>>>>>>> Creating table

>>>>>>>>>>>> Done

>>>>>> Table: bb_terms

>>>>>>>>> Creating table

>>>>>>>>>>>> Done

>>>>>> Table: bb_term_relationships

>>>>>>>>> Creating table

>>>>>>>>>>>> Done

>>>>>> Table: bb_term_taxonomy

>>>>>>>>> Creating table

>>>>>>>>>>>> Done

>>>>>> Table: bb_topics

>>>>>>>>> Creating table

>>>>>>>>>>>> Done

>>>>>> Table: wp_usermeta

>>>>>>>>> Changing column: umeta_id

>>>>>>>>>>>> Done

>>>>>>>>> Changing column: user_id

>>>>>>>>>>>> Done

Step 2 – WordPress integration (optional)

>>> WordPress address (URL): http://www.*********.com/

>>> Blog address (URL): http://www.*********.com/

>>> WordPress cookie keys set.

>>> WordPress “auth” cookie salt set from input.

>>> WordPress “logged in” cookie salt set from input.

>>> Fetching missing WordPress cookie salts.

>>>>>> WordPress “secure auth” cookie salt not set.

>>> User database table prefix: wp_

Step 3 – Site settings

>>> Site name: ********* Forum

>>> Site address (URL): http://www.*********.com/forum/

>>> From email address: *********@*********.com

>>> Key master role assigned to existing user

>>>>>> Username: *********

>>>>>> Email address: *********@*********.com

>>>>>> Password: *********

>>> Description: Just another bbPress community

>>> Forum could not be created!

>>> Making plugin directory at /homez.109/*********/www/bbpress/my-plugins/.

>>> Making theme directory at /homez.109/*********/www/bbpress/my-templates/.

>>> Key master email sent

There were some errors encountered during installation!

I don’t see what went wrong?

[royho]

You should install bb Press on a sub folder of the main domain and you could install it on the same database as your wordpress however your error seems more of a unable to connect to database error which means either the database name is not correct or your authentication did not go through. Double check those items.

Get rid of your host. Any host that charges to have an extra database created is just out to get your money.

[vimcortez]

Hi

I’m trying to install bbpress on my website and getting no joy. I put the uncompressed bbpress folder at the root (www) folder of my website. Problem is, the bbpress installer won’t accept the database login info I enter.

Maybe I’m doing it wrong? I’m using the same database as for wordpress, as creating an additional databse cost money with my provider (ovh).

I’d appreciate any help.

VC

[gerikg]

I’m working on it but I can’t get the admin bar to show in bbpress.

I keep getting:

Warning: call_user_func_array() [function.call-user-func-array]: First argument is expected to be a valid callback, 'bp_core_admin_bar_css' was given in /homepages/0/00/htdocs/wpbpbbp/wordpress/wp-includes/plugin.php  on line 339



Warning: call_user_func_array() [function.call-user-func-array]: First argument is expected to be a valid callback, 'bp_core_add_js' was given in /homepages/0/00/htdocs/wpbpbbp/wordpress/wp-includes/plugin.php on line 339

[56alifar]

I want the same as the relevant posts plugin does but also for the forum.

If the blogpost in WP has the same tags as a forum topic i want to show the links on the blogpost with relevant forum posts.

Can this be done?

[kevinjohngallagher]

This is fairly simple to do, but you have to define exactly what you want it to do.

i.e. Are you looking for forum topics that include any of the Tags in the blog post? This means that there will be no ordering or weighting on relavancy.

This line of WP code will help you on your way too:

$tags = wp_get_post_tags($post->ID);

[56alifar]

anyone?

[royho]

Although this is the code for WordPress it might be universal to BB Press as well. Open up your bb-config.php and add this line:

define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', true);

[Alex Luft]

Duane,

I think you’re better off using an installation of WordPress with the awesome P2 theme. It may suit your needs better.

http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/p2-the-new-prologue/

[absolutex]

I have changed server

ERROR: Could not establish a database connection

problem with

define( ‘BBDB_USER’, ‘user_bbpress’ ); ?

i have underscore in BBDB_USER and i get this error

ERROR: Could not establish a database connection

my old server is

define( ‘BBDB_USER’, ‘bbpress’ ); is work!

….

BBpress Latest Discussions (1.7.2) in wordpress could connect this database with Bbpress DB User: user_bbpress

[gerikg]

P.S. not all wordpress plugins work on the bbpress side, especially ones that involve user input. example (sidebar login ones)

[gerikg]

“manage the bbpress forum via the same admin login as the primary WP install.”

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-admin/

“…main wp widgetized sidebar”

If you did the deep integration you just have to stick <?php getsidebar() ?;> somewhere in you bbpress theme file then mess with you bbpress css to make it fit.

“..same sort of functionality with editing php and css templates, etc. in bbpress as with WP”

no such thing

[Process of Illumination]

Hello,

wp/bb sync used to work very well for me but all of a sudden i’ve got this problem:

the comment from bbpress to wordpress appears blank, no words in it. There is the name of the author, comment isnt in approval but is published on the site, counted in bbpress… just EMPTY, lol.

Plugin works perfectly the other way round, from wp to bb.

I am using WP version 2.9.2. and BBpress Version 1.0.2.

Does anyone has any advice, please? I really dont know how to get it back to work, i have tried and failed so many times, already.

Thank you very much.

[rdalton]

I have a fresh install of wordpress on a secured site. The default is https so cant use http when accessing. I’ve installed bb press on a subdirectory of the main site, hoping to integrate so members of the wordpress site could access the forum and vice versa, but after installing the bb press, I can’t log into admin to do anything in bb press. It doesnt give an error message, it just recycles to the login page. The server tech support guys havent a clue. I’ve seen that bb press works on https but what the heck? any clues? I would pay someone to get this up and integrated as needed.

[Dailytalker]

I looked a bit around and found a peace of code with which I was able to create a plugin.

<?php

/*

Plugin Name: UTF-8 usernames

Description: This plugin enables utf-8 characters in usernames. Mbstring must be enabled in the php.ini.

*/

function sanitize_user_mbstring( $raw_username, $username, $strict = false ) {

$raw_username = $username;

$username = strip_tags($username);

// Kill octets

$username = preg_replace(‘|%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])|’, ”, $username);

$username = preg_replace(‘/&.+?;/’, ”, $username); // Kill entities

// Usage of ‘mb_ereg_replace’ instead of ‘preg_replace’ to preserve accents.

if ( $strict )

$username = mb_ereg_replace(‘|[^a-z0-9 _.-@]|i’, ”, $username);

return apply_filters(‘sanitize_user_mbstring’, $username, $raw_username, $strict);

}

add_action(‘sanitize_user’, ‘sanitize_user_mbstring’, 0, 3);

?>

Unfortunately it doesn’t work properly. When it displays correctly in bbpress it doesn’t in wordpress and reverse. I don’t have access to the php.ini. Could it be, that the thing with “mbstring” is the problem?

[cloner]

chrishajer,

I don’t know how to thank you enough for your patience and your help. I’ve just learned more than I EVER wanted to know about the interaction between bbPress and WordPress. I’ve changed the status of this thread to “resolved”, as all that was required to make this problem go away was to change the user_bbdb_password to the new WordPress database password. Voila.

Now I just need to figure out how to develop exactly the theme I want and I’ll be in tall cotton.

Cheers,

Cloner

ABQ, NM

[Dailytalker]

Strange is that this problem occurs only with member names. In the forum posts the umlauts are displayed correctly.

I use wordpress integration…in wordpress the member names are displayed correctly. Only in bbpress the umlauts are not displayed correctly in the member names.

[cloner]

Chris,

The forum was set up and functoned for years with the split databases. Posts are saved in the bbPress db, whilst users are saved in the WordPress db. Now, for some reason, bbPress cannot read the user info from the WordPress db. I’ve tried to reinstall, but once I’ve completed “Step 1” and click the button to move to “Step 2”, the page is redirected to the forum homepage and I never get an opportunity to get to “Step 2”. I assume the installation script realized that there is already an installation of bbPress present and refuses to go further.

My questions is, how (in the code) are bbPress and WordPress tied together? What could be fouled up that makes it impossible for bbPress to read the existing user data from WordPress?

[Macmenddotcom]

So a while ago now I moved my SMF site to bbpress and very successful it has been however I have only recently properly integrated my WP blog and bbpress. This now leaves me 15 WP members and the 3 or 400 forum members are gone. How do I import these BB press members and their meta data into WP. There is some talk o fthis on the forums but it is incoherent (for me). Is there a simple way to import them. Or to make the bbpress user table the default on instead of the WP user table.

[johnhiler]

What do you mean about the bbPress querying the WordPress database for user data? I thought most posts are showing up as Anonymous?

If they are different database, then that explains the problem. You want to install both WordPress and bbPress inside of a single database, if they are going to share users. This guide to integration might be useful.

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-and-bbpress-integration-101

It’s a bit outdated, but I’m guessing it will give you a nice lay of the land.

[cloner]

They do not have the same dbname or dbusername. They are different databases, but somehow all of the user data is stored in the WordPress database and was (but isn’t now) accessed by the bbPress database.

In all this mess, the dbpassword for the WordPress database changed, and I was wondering if the bbPress install has a refugee outdated password for the WordPress database stored somewhere within its directory. Either this is true, or there is some other method by which bbPress queries the WordPress database for user data.

How do they link to share the user info in WordPress? I have a SQLdump of both databases, and only the WordPress one has user info in it.

[johnhiler]

When I integrate a WordPress and a bbPress install, I use a single database to hold both installs… that way, they can share the same users table.

Is your WordPress and bbPress data stored within the same database? One quick way to check that is to compare the config files for both: do they refer to the same database name/username/pw?