I have a valid dbname, dbusername, dbpassword, and dblocation in the bb-config.php file in the directory of the bbPress install. That seems to be correct, as bbpress now displays all of the posts from that database. Go to http://www.mh900e.org/parlare to see for yourself what I mean.
However, there is another database, used by WordPress, that I believe has all of the user info in it that is shared by both bbPress and WordPress. Does bbPress store information on the WordPress database somewhere so that it can retrieve user information and credentials? If not, how does it go to that database to get the user info? I think the “link” between bbPress and the user information in the WordPress database is what’s damaged or missing.
Any thoughts?
I’ve changed both keys to a much simpler phrase and things still don’t work.
Anyone know where bbPress gets it’s keys to query the WordPress database?
Moving along with my understanding of this system, I hope.
If I understand this correctly, somewhere in bbPress there is an area where the information for the WordPress database is stored so that bbPress can get the user table from it. Where is it stored?
I believe the password for the WordPress database changed and I need to change it where ever it is. I thought maybe it was in bb-config or bb-settings, but I don’t see the correct db name and username there anywhere.
Does anyone know where bbPress stores WordPress database info?
Make the keys the same, whatever you have to do to make it work. Remove any “special” characters because bbPress did not handle those correctly for a while, while WordPress did. So, I would remove single and double quotes and slashes and make them both identical. The actual key does not matter too much, and changing keys just invalidates existing login cookies. It’s more important to make sure they’re identical.
OK…..in bb-config.php, there is a line that reads:
// of the “SECRET_KEY” in the WordPress file wp-config.php
define(‘BB_SECRET_KEY’, ‘6koHWRD9d{XOEQ-S5+T[Or|TK[at.G8Qo~s,Z$]n:Yt:Ts%+uVpO.]MI3$’); // Change this to a unique phrase.
Then, in wp-config.php, there’s a line that reads:
define(‘LOGGED_IN_KEY’, ‘6koHWRD9d{XOEQ-S5+T[Or|TK[at.G8Qo~s,Z$]n:Yt:Ts%+uVpO.]MI3$’|P]tL’);
Notice the line in bbpress is missing the characters: ‘|P]tL’
I don’t know if the ‘ between and | is the end of the phrase and the P[tl is code, or if the whole ‘|P]tL should be added, but it seems odd that they don’t match EXACTLY.
Reckon this is an issue? I don’t know why it would have changed, but something’s askew.
John,
I’m having trouble connecting to the databases at all. The previous admin says he’s checked the db and it’s intact.
I’m trying to get “back to stable” by reinstalling the site as I originally inhereted it. I deleted everything via ftp, then put back everything exactly as I inhereted it. No joy. I deleted wp-config.php to initiate the install program so that I could see whether or not the program is even trying to connect to the database. When I run install, I type in the original database metrics (database name, username, password, location) and after it generates a new wp-config.php (that looks exactly like the old wp-config.php) I get:
Error establishing a database connection
This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can’t contact the database server at db1573.perfora.net. This could mean your host’s database server is down.
Are you sure you have the correct username and password?
Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname?
Are you sure that the database server is running?
If you’re unsure what these terms mean you should probably contact your host. If you still need help you can always visit the WordPress Support Forums.
Is there anything that might have changed on either end that would change db user info (name, pw, etc.)? Why won’t this thing “hook up”? I’m REALLY lost. Has upgrading the database to a later WP made it unreadable to this older version?
John,
It’s rather an odd situation, as I just took over administration of this board, so I’m not really familiar with the interactions of bbPress and WordPress. The WordPress installation had only one user (the original admin), and as part of the transition we intended to upgrade both utilities to their latest, greatest versions to leave me with a “clean slate” to work from. Our intended first step was to upgrade WordPress, which the original admin hadn’t updated in some time. I had, and still have, no credentials in WordPress.
Our intent was to simply delete the original install of WordPress and install the latest version. I took care of the file end, but upon install the program told me that there was already an installation in place that had to be deleted first. The previous admin then wiped the WP database. I believe this began our problem. Upon installing the latest verison of bbP, I discovered that bbP stores it’s user info in the WP database, so I think that killed us. I think that if the orignial admin restores that db we should be able to salvage our installs.
I don’t know the release of the original WP install, but if you’ll tell me where to look I have a local backup of the original site on my harddrive. Ditto bbP, though I think it was 0.8.3.
Yes, http://www.mh900e.org
The discussion forums (the only really relevant part of the site, to my way of thinking) is at http://www.mh900e.org/parlare. I’ve installed 1.1.11 at the root (I was thinking about removing WP, anyway) and put up a single message telling users that we’re working on resolving other issues.
Update: I seem to have gotten it working, by inserting the following code directly to function bb_safe_redirect within functions.bb-pluggable.php, right before the line checking against $allowed_hosts:
$allowed_redirects = array();
$allowed_redirects[] = 'offsite-feedback-forum.com';
$allowed_redirects[] = 'base-blog-url.com';
$allowed_redirects[] = 'base-blog-url.com/wordpress-installed-directory';
add_filter('allowed_redirect_hosts', 'add_allowed_redirect_hosts');
I originally tried to do this from a plugin, as the code above is copied from a handy WordPress plugin, but I was not able to get it to work without sticking it right within the pluggable.php file. If anybody has a better suggestion, I’d love to avoid editing the core files if possible!
Three quick questions to help scope out the situation. 
1) Which versions of bbPress and WordPress did you have working together?
2) What version of WordPress did you upgrade to?
3) Where did your users disappear – just in bbPress, or also in WordPress?
Also – is this your forum?
http://www.mh900e.org/
My forum has lost all user info.
I don’t know where to begin fixing it. The users are still intact in the database.
I just “upgraded” WordPress, and that’s when the shenanigans started. All posts are still present, but the poster for each is listed as “anonymous” and “unregistered”.
I’m an engineer, not a programmer, and I have very limited experience with .php programming. What can I do to fix this?
I’ve gotten BBPress/Wordpress integration working, and now I want to use BBPress to handle all login duties—I would like to make it so that when a user accesses the login link from WordPress, it redirects them back to the page they came from after they log in to BBPress. So, the user will ideally travel:
A page [not logged in] -> BBPress bb_login.php -> Originating Page [logged in]
This is another thread relating to redirection but it seems very outdated, I can’t find the code they reference. Redirection works splendidly whenever you are internal to BBPress, is there any way to have it work when you’re coming from an external wordpress page?
This is kind of a re-post, my first post attempt is being held with an “Array: Voices” status, whatever that means…
I would like to move my forums from ikonboard to bbpress. I am using wordpress so you can understand the reasons, that and ikonboard is no longer supported.
I did a search in google and it said it could be done. what do i need to do to this?
Excellent! This is exactly what I want. I will try this out as we speak…
anyone can find me at chrishajer [at]/ gmail [dot]/ com
Hi, I’m building a community website and planning to export the topic list, including the “number of post, last post user, time” column into my WordPress main page.
An example screenshot will look like this :
http://i43.tinypic.com/286tr7m.jpg
Please let me know if you know how to do it, or is there any documents that I can refer to. Many thanks
Okay, so I installed bbPress fine, but then I was trying to get my WordPress page to link to my forums. So then long story short, I changed the url settings in bbPress, and now, every time I try to log in, it goes to a page on my wordpress, saying page not found. I can go to my forums, just not the admin page. So I deleted everything and tried to reinstall, and when I hit step 2, it says the “Already installed, Upgrade Script thing,” so i click the link, and it send me back to my page on my wordpress. Is there a file that contains what that url thing should be? Because I haven’t been able to find it. Thanks for any help.
1) Yes, you’ve heard correct that project is almost dead as no development is taking place for weeks. Also, more chances are that it will be converted into a WordPress plugin (but some methods might be made available to transfer your data from the bbPress install to the plugin).
2) bbPress 1.0 was almost a rewrite of 0.9, so a lot of code changed and the plugins became incompatible. _ck_, a major plugin developer and contributor to the project left because the project was not getting attention from months. You can check her website – http://bbshowcase.com
3) Can’t say anything about the timings….
4) That has been reported in #1181
Hi all,
I am in the process of developing a new site (which is currently in beta and not meant for the public yet…) but I have a few concerns…
Website: http://www.diyextra.com
1) Have I chosen the right forum for the project, I keep hearing bbpress is dead or it will not be developed as much when/if it becomes a plugin… Should I be using a larger scale forum package like vbulletin or phpbb ? … My thoughts on the subject originally was to go bbpress as it may tie in well with the CMS side of the site which is controlled by wordpress, I did look in to buddypress but the whole group forum thing is off putting and the fact it is not SEO friendly and the slugs (urls) are way to long… Anyone have any comments or thoughts on this would be great….
2) Plugins – Ok so I understand the forum is very basic in its core state and you add plugins to achieve options you require, but quite a number of plugins I have tried to use seem not to work, Also I have a concern that there will be a limited number of plugins developed for bbpress when/if it becomes a plugin.
3) Here is a bug I have found – maybe its just on my forum… The freshness (time/date) is incorrect a lot of the test posts I have posted on the forum are from weeks and months ago, but yet they are show up as 3 weeks… yes I have heavily modified the templet files but only the html and header/footer locations… any ideas ?
4) RSS – Also I am getting RSS error – “This page contains the following errors: error on line 10 at column 33: Entity ‘raquo’ not defined
Below is a rendering of the page up to the first error.” Anyone else have this problem or any suggestions…
Many Thanks Guys,
Chris
Chrishajer, how can I contact you?
Last I checked it seemed like Matt (the only developer I’ve seen around here) had his hat full with suggestions and left with that, quite some time ago now. I reckon if there is a future for bbPress it’s already set into motion some way or another. If that future is as a plug-in, I don’t worry at all.
WordPress is becoming a whole lot more than a blog these days; in some ways, a whole lot less. Way I see it, I wouldn’t be surprised if by WordPress 3.5 or 4.0, WordPress isn’t really a blog, but a plain extensible web development platform, making the blog functionality yet another ‘plug-in’ (that hovers).
>> Why not just start out with wp? I only ask then because your question gives me the impression that you will only be using one or the other. But on the flip side if you are going to be using both back up and save all your data and down load wp on the your site.
That is the problem that i am not starting right now. I have already built my forums and they are working with my previous website i.e. like a link is given on the previous website. I want to extend the functionality of my website by allowing users to comment on articles etc. and for that I need wordpress kind of thing. If I install wordpress right now, it will require users to register again. All I want is if I install wordpress right now, all the users from the forums be transferred in wordpress as well. With your reply it was not clear that if I just download the wordpress to my site, will it work right away i.e. it will have the similar ‘integration’ page like we observe when we install bbpress on wordpress. Or let’s say if I give the same sql data base name that I am using for bbpress, will it import the users from bbpress?
Thanks
