Hello,i have a site called azcs.co.uk, im using wordpress and bbpress and im trying to make the forum like my word press with no joy yet, i also whant to know how can i the Latest Discussions show only latest 5 posts only and on the forums i have forums saying modding, software and gaming i want to make these in bold and the background a different colour so that they stand out i also would like to know how to put a background image on the bbpress.
i hope this is not too much to ask
the forum can be found at forum.azcs.co.uk
I hope this is the right place to ask but I don’t know where else to go about it.
I’ve recently added bbpress to my site, and I’ve been trying to carry over the theme I use for WordPress. I’m not all that great with CSS, and there’s some weird problem with the positioning of the forum. I’m not quite sure I got all the div tags, as I’m still not 100% sure of the internal structure.
Here’s the forum link: http://www.nyahalcyon.net/forum
And here’s the website, as a reference: http://www.nyahalcyon.net
As you can see: the whole of the forum should be in the center, aligned with the background, and right now it’s very much on the left side no matter what I try. I’m obviously missing something somewhere, or I didn’t get the CSS right…
I’d really appreciate any hints or advice about this.
(I’m going to have to sort out the other pages, like the topic, forums, etc…. but for now I’d just like to get the front page working 100%.)
I suspect the akismet plugin will eventually have a permanently delete feature like it does for WordPress.
If you have that much spam on your forums you have a bigger problem in that so many spammers are able to register so easily.
I can probably put a real delete button into Mass Edit
@marcomail
Nope! I have installed bbPress into a sub-directory. I will look forward to install it in a sub-domain also.
I was able to resolve the problem and get it working thanks to my sloppiness.
The problem was created when I generated the four keys. I simply copied and pasted them to the wp-config file and the bb-config file. However, the defined keys are different in each file. For the wp-config file the auth key is defined as AUTH_KEY. Whereas, in the bb-config file it is defined as BB_AUTH_KEY. Once I put the BB_ prefix in for the four keys in the bb-config file it worked.
I do have the two programs working without the bbpress plugin.
I still have it setup as separate databases. The users are shared by defining it in the bbPress WordPress integration page by checking the “Show advanced database settings” and input your database information.
Thanks for your help.
On to the next step — Theme Integration!
@grassrootspa – I’m not sure why they did it that way… I guess so that you could restore the post if you wanted. WordPress doesn’t have a comments trash – if you delete a comment, the comment is gone. I think blog posts work the same way too.
So I guess the two systems work somewhat differently? That’s not the only difference either – WordPress also has a “moderated comments” layer in addition to the Akismet Spam layer, but bbPress only has the Akismet Spam layer. Dunno why bbPress doesn’t have a moderated layer either… maybe because bbPress doesn’t (yet) easily enable anonymous comments, so spam isn’t as huge a problem as it is in WordPress.
Just curious, why aren’t deleted posts permanently removed from the database?
Does WordPress permanently remove posts one deletes from the database?
but you use bbpress in a subdomain ?
thanks, yes, load the environment it’s simple, but i’d bbpress quickly
You probably need to look into this wordpress file wp-includescapabilities.php and mimic that function in bbPress or alternatively load WP environment and use it. I would recommend avoiding the latter option due to performance issues.
Hope that helps! 
ohk! I got it now. Its called as user role.
So you want to check the user role of WP and then show content based on it or something similar. right?
@Marcomail
I have successfully integrated them without a plugin as per my tutorial in the 2nd post.
i have wp 2.8 and bbP 1.0 and without cookie integration plugin on wordpress i couldn’t access to bb-admin after the login in wordpress…if you use only the bb press login it’s not necessary, but if you use login on wordpress, like me, it’s necessary
user category, for example contributor, administrator, author….bbpress have the corrispective, but i’d create a new user category in wordpress
Now bbPress 1.0.1 is available for download in Italian at: http://www.wordpressmu-it.it/downloads/
There are 2 package, the only localization files and the full package with the bbPress files and the localization files.
Ora bbPress 1.0.1 e’ disponibile al download in Italiano su: http://www.wordpressmu-it.it/downloads/
Ci sono 2 pacchetti, solo i file di localizzazione e il pacchetto completo con i files di bbPress ed i files per la traduzione.
Then what do ya mean by checking if the user is in a particular WP category? An example would be great!
No plugin is needed for integrating WP2.8 with bbP1.0 and no need of playing with COOKIES setting too if you have bbP in a sub-directory.
no, i’m not loading bbpress on a wordpress page…i’ve created an identical theme for bbpress
have you intasllaed the plugin in wordpress for cookie integration ? And after this, have you modify the wp-config.php in the wordpress root folder with the COOKIE_DOMAIN and COOKIEPATH ?
I didn’t get it. Are you loading bbPress on a WordPress page? In any case, WP functions can be accessed on WP pages. Please elaborate.
I didn’t get it. If you are not using the same databases, then how come the users are being shared? Are you sure on this?
Ashfame,
Thanks for replying. Here’s some more details that might resolve the problem after reading your tutorial.
I have WordPress and bbPress installed on separate databases. I know bbPress is connecting to the WP user tables because when I add a user I see it added on the bbPress side.
I did not change the default table prefixs for WordPress or bbPress per your tutorial.
On the bbPress WordPress Integration page I have all the fields filled out except the following:
– secure auth cookie salt
– WP MU Primary blog ID
– User database “user” table
– User database “user meta” table
Let me know if think the above items maybe the cause. Thanks.
yes, but i’m not using wp-blog-header…i have integrated bbpress in the layout without using the WP environment loaded
sorry but my english is very bad
If you have the WP environment loaded, then you can use the regular WP functions. You need to put some more light on the subject so that we can brainstorm. 
Do you know i could check in bbpress if a user is in a specific wordpress user category ? I must create a new user category in wordpress, and i’d use this in bbpress.
for example
if user_id in category=example_category
make this…
else
