[buddha-trance]

Take a look at this plugin, to synchronize WordPress and bbPress

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/wordpress-bbpress-syncronization/

This is the WordPress end of the plugin

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

Both have to be installed, one in bbPress and the other one in WP, to function

[Lethality]

I’m looking to actually tie a forum system to a blog (Preferably WordPress)

Preferably all of the comments associated with each article would be viewable on the page as normal, but the user could also link over to the forum to read/discuss there.

The ideal situation would be that when a new blog post is posted, a new thread is created at the same time in the forum with the same title as the blog article.

Is bbPress up to this task, or is anyone aware of something that is more or less “off the shelf” with similar functionality?

Thanks for any help!

[Olaf Lederer]

Best wordpress hosting I have ever seen: webfaction.com

must be good for bbpress too

[abcaa6]

Hmm.. I think I need to repeat my question again.

I got my Forums set up. Nice and running. But in the Admin page, if I try to integrate the users with WordPress, I am suddenly logged out of my account and my Admin account is vanished.

If I try to log-in, it says there’s no such account and I can’t access the Admin page any longer/

Why is this happening and what should I do?

[financialnudity]

i just added bbpress to my website and the admin pages aren’t working at all. in fact, nothing really works other than the main page comes up and clicking on any link just makes the page do a never-ending refresh. the install said there were some “minor” errors in the install, but i couldn’t figure out what they were. i did install it to connect to my wordpress site with a separate database, if that helps any.

[yaysloths]

Hey all –

Just started playing with bbpress last night & I am both totally hooked and somewhat frustrated, which seems to be my standard reaction to new software. I’m fluent in HTML, conversational in CSS and have worked with WordPress code before so I’m not completely in the dark, but there’s enough of a learning curve here that I have a few things I’d love some help with, if someone had a moment. Here’s the first two:

1. I would like my forum to be completely private – i.e., people would have to register or login on some sort of splash page before they reached the forum. In searching around these boards I found this plugin, but I just get a big ol’ 404 Not Found when I try to download it (and it looks like it’s a ways behind bbpress v1.0.2 anyway). Is this what I should be using instead? And if so, where exactly would it go, and on what page(s)?

2. I’m trying to add a “topic started by” field to the list of threads; I can get it to show up in the header row but I can’t get the fields in the actual table to show up. See what I mean? That’s no good. It’s probably some stupid PHP thing missing a thing (man, PHP is unforgiving) but I just can’t find it. Here’s the code I’m using:

<?php if ( $topics || $stickies ) : ?>



<table id="latest">

<tr>

<th><?php _e('topic'); ?> — <?php new_topic(); ?></th>

<th><?php _e('started by'); ?></th>

<th><?php _e('posts'); ?></th>

<th><?php _e('last poster'); ?></th>

<th><?php _e('last post'); ?></th>

</tr>



<?php if ( $stickies ) : foreach ( $stickies as $topic ) : ?>

<tr<?php topic_class(); ?>>

<td><?php bb_topic_labels(); ?><a href="<?php topic_link(); ?>"><?php topic_title(); ?></a></td>

<td class="num"><?php topic_author(); ?></td>

<td class="num"><?php topic_posts(); ?></td>

<td class="num"><?php topic_last_poster(); ?></td>

<td class="num"><a href="<?php topic_last_post_link(); ?>"><?php topic_time(); ?></a></td>

</tr>



<?php endforeach; endif; ?>

Lord knows I have more questions, but let’s start with those. Any help would be very much appreciated…thanks!!

[af3]

I have modified the original script to work with a bbpress integrated with wordpress. but the password is not working!

http://svn.adrianomelo.com/labs/Wenetus/phpbb3tobbpress.php

– uses the table wp_users instead bb_users

– the users in the wp_users are not lost!

– conficts resolved (user exists on wp database and phpbb database)

PROBLEM: the phpbb password is not working when imported to wp database

Same here — all worked out fine, except password. The _phpbb3p_pass.php file was autoloaded in bb-plugins folder; seems to be not working. Anyone has a workaround this (other than asking users to reset their passwords) ?

[quasiamodo]

Just similair problem as yours…. may be the same….

I installed the latest version of WordPress on one of our servers, and thought it would be a nice thing to get it cooperating with bbpress.

Accordingly you have to install bbpress and configured it to cooperate with wp.

Then on wp you have to install a plugin called WordPress-bbPress syncronization and configure that thing too.

On top of this module you will find a box asking you for the directory of the bbpress installation.

Now given the right address of the bbpress installation, it will build up a link between both by using the

/bbpress/my-plugins/wordpress-bbpress-syncronization/bbwp-sync.php program, as there is obviously needed some code to execute syncronization.

In my case this file and directory is completely missing, so even with everything coded the right way, missing the program nothing can happen.

I have even set permissions to up to 777, meaning readable, executable, writable for whoever, but the file is neither generated nor downloaded nor extracted.

Accordingly I guess it is missing in the installation package, or the routine to write that thing hangs somewhere…

Hope it was clearer…

In any case as soon we get an answer here ,and if you need assistance , it will be a pleasure to help…

Regards

Quasiamodo

[Taeo]

I have a WordPress site with a bbPress install on the side. Design has been integrated.

http://www.taeoui.com

[syborgod]

So i should add: require_once(‘path/to/wp-load.php’); in bbPress’ bb-config.php?

Now would I need to add this to the WordPress’ wp-config.php file as well?

[syborgod]

I have already installed and integrated bbPress to WordPress MU on my site, and I need to know if i can add the following:

require_once(‘path/to/wp-blog-header.php’); in bbPress’ bb-config.php (wp-blog-header is in the same

directory as WordPress’ wp-config.php file).

without messing anything up or do I need to reinstall bbPress again and do this process at the beginning?

[abcaa6]

Sorry Quasiamodo, but I didn’t get what you tried to say.

Thanks for great reply, but please note that I’m still a beginner in bbPress.

Thank you.

[quasiamodo]

Same Problem … but not a question of databases

just missing the file :

/bbpress/my-plugins/wordpress-bbpress-syncronization/bbwp-sync.php

in your distribution, or not build

Suse Linux 11.1 userid etc ok 777 (even exagerated)

both config.php updated

WordPress “auth” cookie salt

and

WordPress “secure auth” cookie salt

and

WordPress “logged in” cookie salt

some problems on the relative WordPress page you can find just :

wpbb_secret_key

last version of wordpress installed

Please advice when you update your installation script

Best regards

Quasiamodo

[chrishajer]

Do you have access to the server logs? That 500 error should be logged.

[abcaa6]

Hello All.

I am trying to install bbPress to my WordPress MU installation for 4th time now.

During the installation process, in the Step 2 where we have the option to integrate the Forums with WordPress, I type all the AUTH keys and all other keys and user database settings correctly, but it ends up showing the following error.

“There was a problem connecting to the WordPress user database you specified. Please check the settings, then try again.”

I’m 100% sure I’ve typed the correct data. Okay. So I skipped the User integration part and proceed to finish the installation. Then, I get my Forums set up. Nice and running. Good. But in the Admin page, if I try to integrate the users with WordPress, I am suddenly logged out of my account and my Admin account is vanished.

If I try to log-in, it says there’s no such account and I can’t access the Admin page any longer/

Why is this happening and what should I do?

[TrishaM]

I am also having trouble deep integrating my WP & bbPress installs so that I can call WP functions from within bbPress

When I add the line to the top of my bb-config.php file

require_once(‘/absolutepathto/wp-load.php’);

I get 500 server errors and cannot access any page of the bbPress install at all. This happens even when plugins (I have only 2) are deactivated, so I’m pretty sure it’s not a plugin conflict.

I’m also using WP 2.8.6 and bbPress 1.0.2.

[daudev]

Hi,

i tried to integrate my wordpress 2.8.6 and bbpress 1.0.2. I think I made everything as the description. Bbpress now uses wordpress database, I fixed also the keymaster role from the db directly. But i still have one problem. When i log in from wordpress, I’m not logged in bbpress. I think it worked one or two times, but now it’s not working.

Freshly Baked Cookies plugin is not working, is that the problem and if the plugin is working will be the integration ok?

[zeaks]

I integrated wordpress with BBpress, using the bbPress-WordPress syncronization plugin, it works fine, but I want to link the comments button under the post to direct to the proper forum topic. Is there a way to do this? Or a plugin for this?

EDIT: Actually, nevermind. After making a few posts and reading the hundreds of comments, it’s clear that this plugin is still buggy and not complete, and every other sync plugin is out of date. Off to try something else, BBpress has nothing yet to offer that any other forum doesn’t already have if it can’t integrate completely with wordpress..

[SolidarityX]

http://i714.photobucket.com/albums/ww145/GrrAnimalCrackers/Bleh/Screenshot-52.png

MySQL Database Information

Status: Setup

Host Name: can0932412570712.db.5237484.hostedresource.com

Database Name: can0932412570712

Database Version: 5.0

Description: WordPress

User Name: can0932412570712

What am I doing wrong, why can’t I get past this part? Do I have to edit a certain file? Just today I installed phpbb3 with these setting, why isn’t it working with bbpress?

[seanduran]

Glad to see this is still being developed. I REALLY want to see bbPress incorporated into WordPress better!

[chrishajer]

did you quote the filename?

require_once('/absolute/path/to/wp-load.php');

[kirkpatrick]

The following will work to give the registration you want, and to hide the forums from unregistered eyes.

1. Integrate WordPress and bbPress (install the WordPress plugin bbPress integrate), so users are the same. This includes setting up a page in WordPress (title “Forums”) whose permalink is the path to the forums (so the bbpress folder, whatever you call it, should be inside WordPress, parallel with wp-admin).

2. Do surgery on your bbPress theme so there’s no registration prompt on the sidebar; do all registrations from WordPress.

3. Install a WordPress plugin (like Register Plus) that provides email verification of registration.

4. Install a bbPress plugin (like hidden-forums) that allows you to hide forums. Set it up to hide the school forum.

4a. If you are going to hide all your forums, be sure to fix the bug in bb-includes/functions.bb-forums.php, line 83: put “(array)” into that line the same way it’s in line 82.

5. Install WordPress RoleScoper plugin. Edit the page “Forums” that you created, scroll down to RoleScoper fields “Readers”, click Restrict for Page, and check all the groups under “eleigible groups”. (This makes the page invisible, then makes it visible to all registered users.)

This works — I did it just this evening. I’m really thankful you asked, because it forces me to document what I went through. Many things can go wrong (some people have trouble with integration, though I’ve done it a number of times without difficulty).

To get it to work for several forums, each with a separate set of parents, is a second stage of development. My approach would be:

Use RoleScoper to set up a new role/group for each school’s parents. Then hack hidden-forums.php to get it to handle RoleScoper roles. (That little sentence carries great possibilities of frustration and trouble. But that would do it for your problem.)

An alternate approach, which would be less technically difficult, but perhaps much more trouble in the long run, would be to set up a separate WP-BBP site for each school, perhaps as subdomains of your main WordPress site. Parents of a school would register at one of the sub-sites, which would have only one forum. Then district-wide material would belong to the main site, and each school would have its own website and private forum.

The third approach, the easiest: Trust all parents equally — allow any parent to visit any forum. No secrets among schools.

I hope this is of help to you.

Kim Kirkpatrick

[johnhiler]

Yup, you can use the same database as your current wordpress install – in fact, you have to in order to integrate the user data:

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

“bbPress can share user data with an existing WordPress installation. All you need to do is specify the location of that database on installation or afterwards in the “WordPress Integration” section of the “Settings” area in your bbPress admin.”

[Abhinav Sood]

Hi all,

I am Abhinav. I am facing a slight problem deep integrating the latest stable versions of WordPress ( 2.8.6 ) with bbPress ( 1.0.2 ) on a website – I have completed the user and cookie integration and it works perfectly. All the settings are configured and saved properly. However after I add the line :

require_once(/absolute/path/to/wp-load.php);

to the top of bb-config.php .. Forums page goes blank! No errors, no warning messages.. Just a blank page with no code at all..

Before installing the bbPress live on the server, I developed the theme on my system locally and tested deep integration thoroughly a few times – everything works just fine locally but it’s creating trouble live on the server.

I have checked echoing values from the WordPress files that are loaded into bbPress.. that confirms that WordPress is being loaded properly.. But why isn’t bbPress loading after that !

I suspect that having WordPress installed and running since a long time already is causing the problem!

I have deep integrated various websites where WordPress was already installed and running for quite sometime without any issues..

Can it be a plugin conflict? The website is using 37 ( ) plugins at the moment..

( Should I post a list of plugins being used? )

Can anyone help me out, please?

I’d be very grateful..

Regards..

[robie]

Hi,

I have a wordpress site running now but need to know if I want to add the forum, do I need to create a new mysql database on my server or can I just use the existing database my current wordpress installation is using? I was not sure if I could fill out the same data in bb-config.php as I did in the wp-config.php file from wordpress.