[Gloria]

Hi.

I made integration BBpress and WordPress:

when I login in WordPress, automatically I logout in bbpress.

Why?

[rudy3107]

i enabled this plugin in MU blog(2.8.6) and bbpress 1.0.2

but i get this ERROR

<table border=’1′ cellpadding=’2′ bgcolor=’#FFFFDF’ bordercolor=’#E8B900′ align=’center’><tr><td><font face=’Arial’ size=’1′ color=’#000000′><b>PHP Error Message</b></font></td></tr></table>

<b>Warning</b>: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in <b>/home/xx11yy/public_html/forum/my-plugins/wordpress-bbpress-syncronization/bbwp-sync.php</b> on line <b>873</b>

[grassrootspa]

@yutt (or is it Skull Man?) & Dailytalker:

I agree 100% with your points. ‘Simplicity is a feature’ and ‘less is more’ are great slogans, but it’s impractical to require someone to find/research/download/upload/configure zillions of plugins to do extremely basic forum tasks that are taken for granted with other programs. I want a stable forum program that contains basic features that aren’t going to stop working if a plugin developer walks away or won’t update them to work with future bbPress builds. I love bbPress but find it just too stripped-down and feature-less out of the box. Would be great to see more optional features you can use or turn off like Gravatars. The default text input interface in-particular leaves much to be desired.

Plugins like Topic Views should be incorporated into the base feature-set of BBpress as well as things like Widgets and the ability to edit themes or plugins from within the admin.

I am not a professional programmer and really admire and appreciate those who develop plugins, such as NightGunner5, Paul Hawke, Michael Adams etc. Going out on a limb here, I would guess it would not be too difficult to incorporate SOME of the more popular plugin features into the Core (especially focusing on _ck_’s best stuff as she will likely not be back). Again, I’m not talking about building in Nintendo emulators or Weatherbug displays but why the heck should someone need a plugin to display how many times a topic has been viewed?!?

@all:

Something I think base minimalists and more-base-feature advocates like yutt & Dailytalker would all agree on is that that bbPress’s admin should display plugin update notifications like WordPress’s admin does. This would be extremely helpful for everyone, especially when security risks are discovered in plugins one has running.

Haha, I bet even kevinjohngallagher would agree with me on this one!

[grassrootspa]

1) Hmm, you can really install bbPress in any folder but here is a popular setup (buddypress like this one): Try this:

Let’s say your site is leftcoastmichael.com.

In your ‘wordpress’ leftcoastmichael.com directory you have 3 wordpress file directories (wp-admin, wp-content, wp-includes)

Just make a 4th file directory (forums) for all your bbPres stuff (bb-admin, bb-includes, etc).

Blam, that’s it.

2) If you want to integrate with WordPress use the same database info that you used in your WordPress config.

Hope this helps.

[LeftCoastMichael]

I read the documentations but, alas, it is not clear (to me).

(1) It does not explain which directory to upload/install to. I have uploaded to a folder in the root called “lclforum” however the wp files, templates and database are in a separate folder called “wordpress.” Should the bbPress files be in a sub-folder of the WP folder?

(2) Name of database. I am prompted for the database name, however there is no database (yet). There are no instructions for what to do at this point. Should I just input a name like “lclforumdb” ?

I’m sure I’ll have more questions, but these are the first two that are keeping me from getting up and running.

[thierryyyyyyy]

Thanks Michael.

Just a precision : ‘a canonical WordPress plugin’ means that it will be something like “akismet” ?

Could it be a standalone, then ?

Wordpress is a very heavy “small forum”, no ?

for citizenkeith :

this is more a philosophy than a features list, but I agree …

I think it also miss a point from which we are suffering now : a “viable future”. Every software need to be sure that the support will be continued for a long time. Specially when it is meant to build a community, which is much than needed for bbPress (just thinking about plugins)

[Michael]

thierryyyyyyy:

A lot of ideas are being thrown around at the moment, and things are going slowly. It’s like that for a reason. The next version of bbPress will be one that is clean, robust, and easy to use.

At the moment, it looks like bbPress will become a canonical plugin for WordPress. As with most Automattic products, I think this was the idea in the first place.

Closer to the time, Matt will share updates as to a more narrowed path for bbPress.

[thierryyyyyyy]

I’m a long time bbPress user, and invested quite a big time to update from 0.9 to 1.0 some months ago.

I really, really don’t want that bbPress dies.

I need a standalone version of bbPress, even if I somehow integrated it into my wordpress but just for user.

I really don’t ask for another new complete bbPress version. For me, that means a very long time for re-adapting (some customs plugins and hacks and integration with a custom website-script)

Like Chrishajer, the basic features of bbPress are my ground requirements. Specially since the old plugins usually works with small adaptation.

I participated some times in the forum for such adaptations.

The best part of bbPress features, is “Fast and light”. Which is not anymore the main characteristic of Worpress.

enougth said about what’s my point of view, I would like to ask one more time

“What’s happening with bbPress?” (topic title)

The bbPress blog is not that clear, and the “meetup”s are not really easy to read.

[gerikg]

thindery is no longer using bbpress.

Casemon, it depends how you integrated the theme. Are you using BBpress’ header.php or WordPress’ header.php?

[chrishajer]

>Wordpress became popular, and maintains its popularity, because it provides features users want.

I agree. As plugins, in most cases.

And for the record, I don’t want bbPress to stick with 0.9. I think some people want that because 0.9:

• has more plugins that work with it
• uses less resources

I just want bbPress to live up to the promises it makes:

https://bbpress.org/about/features/

https://bbpress.org/about/

https://bbpress.org/documentation/integration-with-wordpress/

That’s all.

[Mikado]

I have WordPress 2.9 and bbPress 1.0.2

Everything works well on the host’s server. It’s in localhost that the activation of the extensions is impossible.

I have determined that this worked if I put the file of the plugin(ie unread-posts.php) directly in the “my-plugins” directory.

If I put unread-posts.php in the “unread-posts” directory, this does not work.

/forum/my-plugins/unread-posts.php work fine

/forum/my-plugins/unread-posts/unread-posts.php does not work.

[Mikado]

No, i have installed WordPress then bbpress in a directory /forum. When I want to active a plugin of bbpress i have this message.

[yutt]

>WordPress didn’t become great by cramming a bunch of features in.

WordPress became popular, and maintains its popularity, because it provides features users want. If you want Vanilla, go download Vanilla. When people get BBpress they expect comparable functionality to WordPress. Not some stripped down prototype of a forum framework.

This community is hijacked by people who want BBpress forever to be 0.9. It is extremely frustrating to see people continually rail against increasing the base featureset of BBpress. Especially when _ck_ abandoning plugins that were crucial to the very existence of the BBpress community show the need for these features to be officially maintained and not exist on the emotional whims of a single person.

[hpguru]

Hi

I start WordPress and bbPress community in Finnish. There support forum in finnish and support blog in Finnish. In support blog helpful article how enjoy bbPress and WordPress better. In Support forum everyone can make a question with bbPress or WordPress. Hope this help Finnsih starters with bbPress and WordPress.

http://tukifoorumi.hpguru.net/

http://tukiblogi.hpguru.net/

[chrishajer]

bbPress is not a plugin for WordPress. Is that where you installed it, as a WordPress plugin? It won’t work like that.

[gerikg]

# 1

WordPressMU user integration with bbPress

1 When installing wordpressmu/bbpress do NOT use “www.” Example: use http://bbpress.org not http://www.bbpress.org and use the same database. You do not need to change the prefix, I prefer you don’t because you’ll run into problem later.

2 Make sure bbpress is in a folder in wordpress. example: wordpress/bbpress/ not on the same level.

3 The folder does not have to be named bbpress, most people make it “forum” or “forums”.

*After successfully installing both programs open wp-config.php file (in the wordpress folder). Around line # 45-# 48 you’ll see define(‘AUTH_KEY’…. go to this URL (https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt) and get the EIGHT keys and REPLACE the FOUR keys that are there. Save and upload. Keep the file open for now.

4 Open bb-config.php (in the bbpress folder) do the same thing here. With the SAME keys you put in the wordpress file put in the bb-config file around line # 41-45. You have to add BB_ to the front of the names. Example: BB_AUTH_KEY to all eight. Save and upload. Keep the file open for now.

5 Clear your cache on your browser. Log into your bbpress dashboard and go to Settings->Wordpress Integration-> WordPress Administrator should be keymaster. Every other option should be member for now. WordPress address (URL) should be the URL again NO www. Blog address (URL) the same as before. The last 3 should be LOCKED if not repeat the steps 3&4.

6 Login to your wordpress dashboard. Go to Plugins->Add New-> search for “bbPress Integration” it should be the first one. Install it and activate.

7 Go to Settings-> bbPress Integration. Enter the bbPress URL without the www. Your plugins URL leave blank. Check WordPressMU. Click on Save Changes. On the bottom box you’ll see some text copy it. Most likely it will say

define( 'COOKIEHASH', 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' );

define( 'COOKIE_DOMAIN', '.xxxxxxxxx.com' );

define( 'SITECOOKIEPATH', '/' );

define( 'COOKIEPATH', '/' );

8 Paste the all FOUR lines in wp-config.php file around line # 16 (MUST be on top. Don’t know why) and paste the LAST THREE (leave out cookiehash line) in bb-config.php in line # 13 (Must be on top). Save. You can delete the plugin, it’s no longer needed.

9 Clear your cache on your browser and you’re done.

Known Problems

*Two different database, one for WP and one for BBP, does not always work.

*Changing the database prefix. There are tutorials out there that tell you to do it, just don’t.

*Hosting companies that offer free databases, have buggy databases.

*BBpress not being in WordPress folder. I don’t think the plugin takes that into account.

*When you upgrade from an older version (wordpressmu/bbpress) the XX-config.php files are different than what you already have. Check wp-config.php against wp-config-sample.php & bb-config.php against bb-config-sample.php should be fairly simple.

[chucklehead]

I have the same issue, and clearly many others from the looks of a google search.. the TRAC ticket here (https://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1187) just dies. Is there an update?

Also, and this surprises me, I have put the following in my bb-settings.php file: ‘error_reporting(0);’ and yet I *still* get one remaining error: ‘Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in C:xampphtdocslamplightercommunitybb-settings.php on line 186’ and I cannot Admin the bbpress installation (it also returns the same error). At this point I have no choice but to abandon bbpress.

Any help is appreciated. I am running bbpress 1.0 and wordpress 2.9. Let me know if there is anything else needed to diagnose

[eyashwant]

Oh that is fine, just want a solution quick. Waiting for some good soul to help me

[chrishajer]

Rescued from akismet today. Sorry about that

[godhelpmeout]

hi

im using wordpress 2.9 and i have integrated with bb-press evertthing worked fine but when any of new user get register .if tht user what post a new topic he cannot post and also he reply to post…

tht means user cannot click reply button

pleas help me it will greatfullyyyyyyyyy

please

if u register u cannot reply for post please help me out

[chrishajer]

What do you mean “nothing” appears? Blank screen or 404 from your WordPress site? Or something else? How about the URL where you are trying to install?

You can use a subdomain if you like, but it’s not necessary. You have a more basic problem.

[Anonymous User]

Why isn’t bbpress just WordPress with a slightly different ‘loop’ ?

The only differences between a ‘blog’ and a ‘forum’ I can see are:

• Posts are ordered by last comment, not by original posting date
• Database remembers the last comment you have seen for each post

Otherwise, are there any basic code differences? (“Forums” just become “Categories” so that should just be window-dressing, not code.) Why can’t we build bbpress right into WordPress as-is?

[eyashwant]

I installed wordpress mu and bbpress in single database and installed integration plugins of respective ones on both. And configured it.

As of today mine is the latest wordpress mu version and bbpress version. The problem I am facing is :

1) Login integration

2) User roles integration

3) Theme integration

In detail :

1) Login integration :

When I login in to wordpress and then move to forum, I am logged in. Also when I logout of wordpress and then go to forum I am logged out. This works perfectly. The problem is when I login in to forum and then move to wordpress, it does not work. Also when I logout at forum and then move to wordpress I am still logged in. I can access wp-admin. When I access wp-login it seems like I am logged out. But if I access wp-admin I am logged in. If I press log out I get error :

You are attempting to log out of Test 1

Please try again.

URL of where I am getting is http://test1.soulblog.net/wp-login.php?action=logout_wpnonce=f3ec0d7e0f

2) User roles, in wordpress I installed Role manager. In bbpress I see the registered users as “Inactive (no role)”

3)I want to integrate wordpress theme in the forum. I followed the steps below :

____________________________________________

styling your forum

1. Open bb-config.php and add the following line (replacing PATHTOYOUR with the

relative path to your blog):

require_once(‘/PATHTOYOUR/wp-blog-header.php’);

2. Navigate to the folder for the theme you are using on the forum (the default is

Kakumei, which is in /bb-templates/kakumei) and open the header.php

file. Replace the contents with <?php get_header(); ?>.

3. After the <?php get_header(); ?>, ����������������������������������insert the following line of code:

<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”<?php bb_stylesheet_uri(); ?>”

type=”text/css” />.

4. You can do the same with the footer, replacing it with <?php get_footer(); ?>

if you wish.

5. Open the style.css file for the bbPress theme you are using. Search for the

following line in the header: class.

background: url(‘images/page_header_bblogo.png’) no-repeat

Remove that line and save the file.

6. View the forum. It should now be very similar in look and feel to the rest of the

blog network.

__________________________________________

This replaced the header and footer, but did not integrate well.

So some one please guide me with these 3 issues and get me solved asap.

[chrishajer]

> Why not just include the majority of them

Finite resources. WordPress didn’t become great by cramming a bunch of features in. WordPress is great because of the ability to add plugins and themes. Any feature you want, and any look you want, is available in WordPress using a plugin or a theme. If there needs to be a new hook added to WordPress to allow a plugin to accomplish something, they generally do it.

It’s taken WordPress a long time to incorporate into the core a lot of things that used to be plugins, and maybe should still be plugins. bbPress is nowhere near that stage yet.

[Dailytalker]

Kevin, before I changed from SMF to bbpress I checked the extensions. I use the following plugins:

Activated:

allow images

image rezizer

bbvideo

Bavatars

BBcode Buttons Toolbar

BBcode Lite

bbPM

bbpress signatures

bbpress smilies

bbpress user directory

bozo users

members online

Not activated:

Askimet (do not like it)

Remove topic forum (unfortunately there is no updated version, it would be a cool thing for users who like SEO-friendly pretty urls)

open-ID (no facebook login and does cause problems with the current bbpress version; wait until its updated)

bbpress polls (causes some problems with my template)

bb topic views (did not find out how to change the language; does not work with poedit and in the files I did not fiend the word “views” so I cannot translate it in german)

ignore user (needs to be updated for the current bbpress version)

All this plugins are nice but with all this bbpress is ways apart from SMF. Thats why former members complaint about the change from SMF to bbpress. SMF allowed to write drafts before posting and other things not mentioned yet…

Regarding the spam problem: SMF and wordpress did solve that problem (wordpress has a lot of good spam protection plugins as well..no need for askimet). I have a pr 5 page and no problems with spam. Register option 3 usually is secure enough. Email-address needs to be proved and there is a captcha-code. If this is not enough you can use register option 4 (member approval) With member approval the admin has to activate new members. With this spam can be avoided. Further SMF had a sophisticated bozo-user ban protection. You could ban by member-name, ban by IP-Number, ban by email address etc.

Regarding the design of the new forum:

The new forum design is better than the design of the old forum. I am not a designer, therefore I don’t think like a designer. I am somebody who likes to have the overview. The new theme is better to keep the overview. On the top you have the latest posts. Beneath you have the different categories and subcategories. This structure is easy to understand. Further the new design allows me to place more ads. Also I work with a drop down menu. Did you use it? It helps too to keep the overview.