[mbeckner]

Please pardon the stupid noob post. I am completely new to this area of technology. I am looking for a solution which will function as a corporate portal/intranet.

I like the horizontal tabs as featured on this site. My site would have tabs with company news, policies and procedures, links, blog(s), and of course discussion forums. I am also expecting to have flexible layout capabilities…multiple columns, etc.

With that in mind, I have two questions:

1. Is the entire bbpress.org site strictly bbpress, or does it also utilize WordPress?

2. Does bbPress allow for multiple moderators? Our discussion forums will be devoted to various topics, with subject matter experts within the company moderating.

2. W

[Ganzuelo]

Is there a way to deactivate new users but still allow them to sign up through wordpress side? I found that If I create a user on bbpress it doesnt show in wordpress but it will show if a wordpress user is coming to the forums?

[winmutt]

2.7 and 0.9.0.3

I had a heck of a time getting the logins to work properly, the issue was that I would get a wordpress_logged_in_* cookie for /forums but never a wordpress_* for /forums

In the bb-admin wordpress integration I set the forum URL to the wordpress URL http://superturbodiesel.com/ and the same in the wp-admin for bbPress integration plugin and it worked.

Some other changes, I fixed the bb_mail function to use a from envelope for sendmail as the fifth parameter to mail. It should certainly be an install option

bbPress is light and simple but IMO still has a long way to go. Can’t wait to get my hands dirty with some patches. I will probably do a wp integration template and usernames in quoted text (from the QUOTE extension).

I migrated from phpBB out of pure spite. Every upgrade on my stock install would break and the fact that it had to be manually patched was ludicrous. As a professional PHP programmer bbPress is much easier to work with and the coding practices are straightforward.

[winmutt]

No, I did not want that functionality at all. My post was simply an easy way to integrate an existing wp theme.

RE PHP4 post earlier, php4 is all but deprecated, its EOL has already passed, tell your host to upgrade!!!!

[lorenzocoffee]

hi winmutt

did you also implementes the cross posting ?

I mean post an article in the blog and automatically doubbing it on the forum?

thanks

[winmutt]

To include the wordpress theme I simply included the header and footer files into the bbpress themes (deleting the rest of content in there) and then added the login to the header in the wordpress theme using <? if (function_exists(‘bb_login’)) ?>

You can see this at http://superturbodiesel.com/. The only problem I found was that you can’t login from the wp home page. In my case this is perfect as forum administrators are the only ones who can post in WP.

[hotforwords]

I started out with my bbpress database being different from the wordpress database, but sharing the same wp_users.

But I seem to be having problems where new users on WordPress have no role in BBpress… and I get an error when trying to change their role: function.array-key-exists (same error as here.)

Is there an easy way to merge the bbpress database with wordpress since they use the same user list anyway? That way I can have the same setup you suggest in this video?

[hotforwords]

I have the same setup, running 2.7 and bbpress alpha 4. About half of my users got roles, half didn’t. And we’re talking about 15,000 plus users with no roles!

When I create a user in WordPress, the user has no role in bbpress and I get the errors above when trying to edit the user with no role. Even after logging in, there is still no role.

Hmmm…

Is there a way I can add the updated files from the latest trunk that you are talking about? I am not technical enough to understand svn.

Thanks!

[winmutt]

The easiest way I found to integrate the themes is to include the header and footer in the respective files from the wordpress theme folder. This can be seen @ http://superturbodiesel.com.

The only real issue I have is that the bbPress login is not available on the front page without adding static HTML. I decided to leave it as is, in my case I only want registered users posting in the forum.

[walkerevans]

WordPress 2.5.1

bbpress 0.9.0.3

[feastoffools]

Hi there everyone, right now we’re trying to restructure our wordpress blog and bbpress forums to allow blog entries to appear in the forums via Bbsync.

http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bbsync/

Because of this need to have our blog entries appear in the forums, we’re restructuring our forums to tie into the blog entries.

Check it out here: http://www.feastoffools.net/community

Wondering if there is a way for parent forums to show all the entries in their subforums instead of showing entries specifically intended for the top parent category. Am I making sense?

Or is there a way to lock out people from making an entry on a top level forum (allow only subforum

Is there a way to have the top level forums count the entries in the subforums? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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Right now this is the structure we’re looking at:

Feast of Fools

– Podcast (Gay Fun Show) PODCAST

– Video (Our original videos) VIDEO

– Photos (Our original Photos) PHOTOS

– Mini Bites (Audio clips and songs from the podcast) MINI BITES

– One on One (Video Blogs) VIDEO BLOGS

Topics

– About Us (Press, Appearances, Announcements)

– Animals (Our furry and not so furry friends)

– News & Rumors (What’s the Buzz)

– Trends & Tech (How we are changing, technology & the environment)

– Culture & Style (Media, Ideas, Recipies, Looks & Things that are hot)

– Gender & Sexuality (Gay, Lesbian, Straight, Trans, Male, Female, Bi, Trans & Everything Else)

– Health & Wellness (AIDS/HIV, Fitness, STDs, Diet, Nutrition, Mental Health)

– People (Celebrities, Guests, Hotties & You)

– Politics & Activism (Creating Change and the people and ideas behind it)

– Travel & Tourism (where to go, what to see)

Fans & Friends

– Ask for Advice (questions)

– Promote Your Work (links and samples of: Photos, Video, Blog, Podcasts, Designs)

– Your Thoughts (statements)

Support

– Site News (Changes, Upgrades & News About the Site)

– Listening to Shows

– How to Post (Tips and tricks on posting in the forums)

– New Listeners

– Questions

Feedback

– Bugs (Report problems for the site)

– Show Ideas

– Favorite Moment (Time and Episode in a podcast you found fabulous)

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[John James Jacoby]

http://www.delsolownersclub.com/forums/

It’s live with quite a few plug-ins installed. Fully integrated with WordPress. Still some kinks to work out, but otherwise live and functional.

[apocalyptictomorrow]

I started playing with WordPress on December 25th. ApocalypticTomorrow was born on the next day. On that same day, I discovered bbPress and it was then integrated with WP. At the mement it has the included default “blue” theme and not many plugins but as the days go by, I will be modifying it and adding plugins as well as changing the look and feel.

Check it out at http://apocalyptictomorrow.com/bbpress (feel free to join and be one of the first ones in the newly-made community!)

By the way, you can shameless self-promote your personal website at:

http://apocalyptictomorrow.com/bbpress/forum/website-promotion

[John James Jacoby]

I think that site naviation really depends on how much traffic your forum has, how much you want it to have, and in what route you want your traffic to reach its destination.

The typical forum layout comes from catering to new visitors that want descriptions of each category, and from repeat visitors wanting to check if there are updates to that category without having to click into that category.

Tags don’t offer either of these options inherently.

If tags could visually signify if there are new posts for the visitor inside of them, maybe with emphasis or italics or reordering them to the front of the cloud, that would be a neat idea.

bbPress tends to take a different approach on forum/topic importance, by emphasising on the most recently replied to topics right on the front page. I consider this more of a feature of a slow moving bulletin board more than for a large one. I know some large technical forums that would show 20 different posts on every page refresh with this type of last reply based concept.

Tags are interesting because they are user editable and provide a wiki-esque style of topic organization. 99% of users will obey this, but it still requires a bit of moderation and attention. Using categories that users cannot edit allows for you to legitimately categorize your data, rather than have it free flowing any and everywhere. Also, how do you compensate for the “New Topic” screen where there is a category drop-down? If your authors aren’t familiar with the concept and meaning of your forums categories, yet they are forced to choose one, this will result in topics being put into the database almost at random, making it difficult for you to moderate them.

I see how this idea can be appealing, and I see how it could work in some instances, but I think this type of idea is more suitable for a WordPress type blog/CMS than for a forum.

[Fernando Tellado]

I’m finishing my new forum (latest was made with SMF). I’m using bbPress 1.0 alpha 4 with the default theme (in blue and customized) and several plugins (a lot):

– Akismet

– Attachments

– Favourites notification

– Registration notification

– Temporal Ban

– bbcode buttons

– smileys buttons

– Related topics

– Signatures

– bbcode lite

– bbvideo

– post count plus

– support forum

– mass edit

– hidden forums

– active users

– bbpress karma

– terms of service

– human test

– report post

I’ve made the translation of bbPress 1.0 to spanish ( http://ayudawordpress.com/bbpress-espanol-alpha-104/ ) and the forum URL is …

htp://foro.ayudawordpress.com

[uv777bk]

I’m using the popular iNove theme for both bbPress and WordPress here…

Barack Obama UFO

http://www.barackobamaufo.com/bbpress/

Plugins:

bbPress Smilies

BBcode Lite

Cheers!

[wmnasef]

i wrote it assuming the conversion is done on a new empty bbpress installation. then integrating it later with WP. they call it reverse integration on this post https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-and-bbpress-integration-101#post-17411

[Fernando Tellado]

Buenas

Acabo de traducir bbPress 1.0.4 Alpha al Español. Si queréis descargar tanto el .MO como el .PO los tenéis en mi blog.

¡Feliz Navidad!

[Fernando Tellado]

Buenas

Acabo de traducir bbPress 1.0.4 Alpha al Español. Si queréis descargar tanto el .MO como el .PO los tenéis en mi blog.

¡Feliz Navidad!

[chrishajer]

What versions of bbPress and WordPress are installed?

[displayname]

did you check to see if your wordpress is integrated properly? (the secure auth keys, logged in keys, etc… in bb_config should match the ones in wp_config)

[walkerevans]

I’ve been installing a copy of bbpress for a new site launch for a few weeks now. Mostly it’s been going pretty smooth, but tonight I realized I’m not able to change any of my member profile settings as an admin.

My install is tied into WordPress, and I can change user settings from the admin panel there, but from bbpress I cannot edit any settings for any users but myself. It almost looks as if some required field isn’t being entered when I attempt to change anything. I get no error messages.

I’ve been wracking my brain for an hour on this and am totally stumped. I disabled all of my plugins but the problem persisted.

I need to be able to edit users! Halp!

[John James Jacoby]

@bryan

It appears to me like you didn’t integrate your user registrations or user accounts. I can login to the forums, but cannot login to WordPress. Can you check out your database and make sure you only have wp_user and wp_usermeta user tables, and do not have any that start with bb_?

[Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)]

So I’m reading this blog post, all about bbPress and WordPress and I realize something. You can link on the WP forums to their wiki.

3. Link to Codex article by using the wiki code of two beginning and ending brackets. Template Hierarchy will create a link to that article in Codex.

I have bbPress. I have a MediaWiki. How did they do that!? I’d like to implement that!

[Malice]

Hi all,

I recently installed the bbpress forum (http://www.holysh1t.net/forum) on the one month old gaming blog http://www.holysh1t.net. The integration with wordpress went nearly flawless, the speed is amazing even on shared hosting and I find many joy in all the plugins! I am definitely amazed at all the work _ck_ has put in to them… he seems to have created atleast half of all the plugins available… kudos

What this post is about is a request to have a custom field in registration, which could be edited in the profile and published as a seperate field in the user info, next to each post. I’ve been looking if such a plugin exists, but could not immediately find it!

Would be great if it could be a feature to be considered, or if someone could show how it could be done (if it’s not too much time of course).

Either way, I love bbpress! Thank you for this great piece of software!

Happy holidays,

Greetings,

Nico

http://www.holysh1t.net/forum