[chrishajer]

> – adding a banner to bbpress like that of my WP

Not sure what you mean there. If it’s navigation you need, you probably want integration with WordPress so you can use the WordPress functions like get_header and get_sidebar. If you mean just a banner ad of some sort, you can just add that to the template file header.php

> – changing the logo (I know, this should be simple)

It is. Just look in header.php for the header div, and style.css for the corresponding css.

> – containing bb within the main area of my WP pages

Not so easy. It doesn’t work well (or at all) in a WordPress page. It’s not a plugin for WordPress, it’s a standalone forum. If you want it to look like a WordPress page, you probably want integration as explained in item one above, or here.

> – adding a navigation button to return to my WP pages

> from bb

Also easy, like changing the logo. You can do it in header.php if you want the link up top. Or you can edit another template file if you want the link somewhere else.

[johnhiler]

@_ck_: Yah I couldn’t agree more that this would ideally be done with a cron.

@chrishajer: The Google XML Sitemap isn’t done in realtime (unless you set it to do that), but it sure can take a long time! I have 14,804 pages in our WordPress blog and according to the admin logs, the last SiteMap “building process took about 7893.94 seconds to complete and used 44.5 MB of memory.” That’s 13+ minutes!

[chrishajer]

You probably have the path to the wp-blog-header.php wrong. You can try the full path there in the bb-config.php or you can verify that the relative path is actually correct. You may need to do something like ../wordpress/wp-blog-header.php if your WordPress installation is in a folder on the same level as bbpress. It’s easy to figure out if you have a command line. If not, if you can describe your directory structure, someone can help you with the path to wp-blog-header.php.

[chrishajer]

I turned that plugin off long ago as well (but sometimes run it manually), because as the forum grew, it was taking longer and longer to regenerate the sitemap, as the visitor waited, as _ck_ said. The Google XML Sitemap plugin for WordPress doesn’t have that problem, but I have no idea what makes it different.

[_ck_]

bbPress attempted to correct where it could some of the naming and placement issues for files and functions that persisted in WordPress because of legacy reasons. In that way and a few others it’s design is subtly superior to WordPress.

[raffaeleposticchiasabellicom]

“Fatal error: Call to undefined function get_forums() in public_html/bbpress/index.php on line 11”

I am new to bbPress and new to WP as well…was trying to integrate WP and bbPress. After integration everything seemed to work perfectly, than I tried to follow this…

“Functions

bbPress will not have access to WordPress’ functions unless you manually tell bbPress to load WordPress first. In order to do that, you need to put 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).

Doing this will add quite a lot of weight to your bbPress installation as it will cause WordPress to load in it’s entirety. Your best option is to try to emulate the functionality you require inside a bbPress plugin.”

Putting:

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

but the Fatal Error occurred.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

[johnhiler]

It may be a little thing, but I don’t understand why the themes and plugin folders have different names (and are stored in different places) from the similar folders in WordPress.

[787consulting]

I reformatted the code so it looks pretty:

<object width="120" height="240">

<param name="movie" value="http://widget.chipin.com/widget/id/c7cf54857a3ba44d" />

</param>

<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" />

</param>

<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />

</param>

<param name="event_title" value="Help%20bbPress" />

</param>

<param name="event_desc" value="bbPress.org%20is%20powered%20by%20the%20same%20poeple%20that%20power%20WordPress.%20The%20forum%20you%20see%20here%20is%20powered%20by%20bbPress.%20They%20need%20your%20help%2C%20please%20give%21" />

</param>

<embed src="http://widget.chipin.com/widget/id/c7cf54857a3ba44d" flashVars="event_title=Help%20bbPress&event_desc=bbPress.org%20is%20powered%20by%20the%20same%20poeple%20that%20power%20WordPress.%20The%20forum%20you%20see%20here%20is%20powered%20by%20bbPress.%20They%20need%20your%20help%2C%20please%20give%21" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" width="120" height="240"></embed>

</object>

[_ck_]

There is someone now doing bbPress themes on a professional level to match WordPress themes so maybe ask them too:

Front

(per bbpress.org “rules” I am now closing this thread)

[787consulting]

I am a budding new Internet Marketer and I have no money.

But that doesn’t mean I can’t help… My forum is just in it’s infancy but you can see how I am helping bbPress.org round up some money to continue it’s work.

http://forums.seocoalition.com

I have included in the left hand side a ChipIn.com widget. I will try to raise $500 dollars for bbPress.org and see if we can get _ck_ some extra cash to keep the process going.

I don’t know if this is going to work but I am willing to try. I think that anyone using this free product should give something back.

I am putting the code for the widget below and you can use it on your sites or what have you to help out. If you need different sizes, let me know and I will see what I can do.

<object width="120" height="240"><param name="movie" value="http://widget.chipin.com/widget/id/c7cf54857a3ba44d"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="event_title" value="Help%20bbPress"></param><param name="event_desc" value="bbPress.org%20is%20powered%20by%20the%20same%20poeple%20that%20power%20WordPress.%20The%20forum%20you%20see%20here%20is%20powered%20by%20bbPress.%20They%20need%20your%20help%2C%20please%20give%21"></param><embed src="http://widget.chipin.com/widget/id/c7cf54857a3ba44d" flashVars="event_title=Help%20bbPress&event_desc=bbPress.org%20is%20powered%20by%20the%20same%20poeple%20that%20power%20WordPress.%20The%20forum%20you%20see%20here%20is%20powered%20by%20bbPress.%20They%20need%20your%20help%2C%20please%20give%21" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent" width="120" height="240"></embed></object>

Alternatively if you don’t trust me, go to ChipIn.com and create your own widget to help out the cause!

[Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)]

mzimmers, point your BROWSER (not an FTP) to yourdomain.com/wp-admin/options.php

Like mine is http://jorjafox.net/blog/wp-admin/options.php

And it is documented where these are on the WordPress Side, which is how I knew

[mzimmers]

Hi –

I’m trying to install the current alpha version of bbpress. In step 2, I’ve selection the option to add cookie integration settings (since I’d like shared login with my WordPress site (version 2.6.3 of WP).

The installer is asking for “salts”; the explanation is:

<i>This must match the value of the WordPress setting named “auth_salt” in your WordPress installation. Look for the option labeled “auth_salt” in this WordPress admin page. If you leave this blank the installer will try to fetch the value based on your WordPress database integration settings.</i>

I have no idea what this auth_salt is. A text search of my WP directory reveals a reference to it, but no definition. And, I’m not sure what the directions mean by “WordPress admin page,” but I can’t find anything in there about this either.

Any idea what’s going on? Thanks.

[chrishajer]

There is no plugin to do that with bbPress that I know of. You didn’t actually ask about that initially either. To put bbPress info in your WordPress sidebar, with 1.0-alpha, bbPress Live is great.

The closest thing for you with version 0.9.0.2 is bbSync. bbPress live is for the 1.0 versions.

https://bbpress.org/forums/tags/bbsync

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

[mzimmers]

OK…thanks for that. I have the three keys in the bb-config.php file matching their equivalents in the wp-config.php file.

NOW: what do I put in during step 2 of the installation where it asks for “WordPress cookie secret key” and “WordPress database secret”? It tells me to look at fields in my wp-config.php file, but the fields it references don’t exist.

I’m wondering if maybe the directions on the install are out of step with the software, but…I still don’t know what do do here.

Thanks…

[Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)]

HOWTO: Set up secret keys in WordPress 2.6+

[mzimmers]

I’m running 2.6.3 of WordPress and attempting to install the current alpha release of bb.

And…the thread you cited doesn’t seem to address the issues I brought up. Before that thread, I’d never come across the term “salt” and I still don’t know what it is.

[chrishajer]

If this is about WordPress, you might want to post over at WordPress.org support. If this is about bbPress, please explain more and post contact information for yourself. Then we will close this topic.

Support Forums

You can also access a WordPress professionals list if you’re looking to hire someone.

http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-pro

[Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)]

Okay, I did some testing of

$bb->wp_home = 'http://ipstenu.org'; and $bb->wp_home = 'http://ipstenu.org/bblog'; and ffft.

So. This doesn’t really bother me much, since I don’t mind people double-logging in. It’s only annoying in the realm of I hate when code doesn’t work right!

WP 2.6.3, BP 1.0-alpha-2

bb-config

// WordPress cookie integration speedup

$bb->wp_siteurl = 'http://jorjafox.net/blog';

$bb->wp_home = 'http://jorjafox.net';

$bb->cookiedomain = '.jorjafox.net';

$bb->cookiepath = '/';

$bb->authcookie = 'wordpress_DELETED';

$bb->secure_auth_cookie = 'wordpress_sec_DELETED';

$bb->logged_in_cookie = 'wordpress_logged_in_';

$bb->admin_cookie_path = '/forums/bb-admin';

$bb->core_plugins_cookie_path = '/forums/bb-plugins';

$bb->user_plugins_cookie_path = '/forums/my-plugins';

$bb->sitecookiepath = '/';

$bb->wp_admin_cookie_path = '/blog/wp-admin';

$bb->wp_plugins_cookie_path = '/blog/wp-content/plugins';

// End integration speedups

WP-config

// Cookies

define('COOKIE_DOMAIN', '.jorjafox.net');

define('COOKIEPATH', '/' );

I’ve also tried with no cookie settings in my wp-config. Right now it’s commented out. It’s sharing the admin cookie, since I can get into WP-admin if I log in with BBpress, but I don’t show up as a user (if I go to make a comment, it gives me the screen anon users see). If I log in via WP, I’m only logged into WP.

[chrishajer]

Which versions of WordPress and bbPress are you installing?

Does this thread help at all?

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-10-alpha-2-released/page/2

[mzimmers]

What notes are you referring to? The inline notes in step 2 for the “WordPress cookie secret key” say:

This value must match the value of the constant named “SECRET_KEY” in your WordPress wp-config.php file. This will replace the bbPress cookie secret key set in the first step.

The inline notes for the WordPress database secret say:

This must match the value of the WordPress setting named “secret” in your WordPress installation. Look for the option labeled “secret” in this WordPress admin page. If you leave this blank the installer will try to fetch the value based on your WordPress database integration settings.

Am I missing another source of notes? These don’t tell me what I need to know. Thanks…

[chrishajer]

To get the database connection details, either look in wp-config.php in your WordPress installation, or get them from your cPanel.

[chrishajer]

You can install bbPress in the same database as WordPress, it will use a table prefix of bb_ by default. It’s actually recommended to use the same database if you’re going to try integration at some point. So, there’s no need to create a new database, just use the connection details for the database you use for WordPress and ensure the table prefixes are different. By default, WordPress uses wp_ and bbPress uses bb_.

[chrishajer]

I think the bbPress Live WordPress plugin will do what you want.

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

“bbPress Live allows the display of information from

a bbPress 1.0 forum from inside a WordPress blog.”

[mzimmers]

OK, that seemed to work. Now…when the new install asks me for the WordPress cookie secret key…what do I give it? There are three keys in my wp-config.php file.

Also, what is this WordPress database secret? I’m not aware of anything like that.

These are in step 2 of the bb install, BTW.

Thanks.

[Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)]

BBsync and BBpressLive is as close as I know how to get, lorenzo

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

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