[_ck_]

No, if you have bbpress and wordpress integrated, and you are with bbPress 0.9, you should stick with WordPress 2.5 because that’s the only version that works with bbPress 0.9

There is nothing wrong with WP 2.5 and no need to upgrade to 2.6, because if you do, you’ll need bbPress 1.0 alpha which is unstable and has bugs.

[clementine]

Done!!!! Let’s wait!!! Thanks so much _ck_ !! (I’m still making the cache things!!)

I’ll tell you in a couple of hours how it looks.

Should I update wordpress version to the last one? Or it’s slower?

Thanks again.

[_ck_]

For now you should be okay with cpanel and whm – they do make life much easier running a server. There are things we can fine tune eventually.

However you have one HUGE problem.

You have no mysql cache enabled, at all!

When we get it fixed you will see a big difference in bbpress (and wordpress) performance.

[_ck_]

The cookies in bbPress 1.0 and WordPress 2.6 are based on recommendations from a security whitepaper by a top researcher.

Half of the key used in the cookie is kept in the database and the other half of the key is kept in the configuration file (bb-config.php / wp-config.php)

The idea is to make it harder for an attacker to compromise the system. They may gain file access but not db access or visa versa – therefore the other half is safe.

When I say “half” it’s not literal – but essentially the secret keys are “salted” with the secret salt. “Salting” is a much more complex operation than needs to be explained here (see wikipedia).

[Detective]

Probably your installation is not loading the javascript libraries. Are you using WordPress’ header instead of the bbPress one?

[cartmanffc]

necessary for WP 2.6 -> BBP 1alpha:

WordPress “auth” cookie key

WordPress “secure auth” cookie key

WordPress “logged in” cookie key

[_ck_]

Nice list but I’ve always found function lists fairly useless, though I guess if you have zero experience with how bbPress or WordPress works, they can give you a starting point with something to browse through.

What really helps is a trace of how functions flow when a page is loaded and what files they are located in.

I have an experimental version of bb-benchmark that does something like this using a trace feature from WordPress 2.6 but it’s not available for public use yet.

[_ck_]

No, you cannot use bbPress 0.9 with WordPress 2.6

[leoleoleo]

Hi _CK_,

I just installed 1.0 alpha.Can WordPress 2.6.1 integration bbPress 0.9? If can, I’ll uninstall 1.0 Alpha and install 0.9? Is good?

[_ck_]

Running bbPress on a server with 128mb of ram would be very difficult unless it’s a very light setup with low use.

256mb should be doable if that is real, permanent memory and not burst memory. It’s also important if you don’t have alot of overhead like cpanel running.

#1 problem on most small VPS is you either don’t have the mysql cache turned on or it’s too small of a cache

#2 problem is you almost certainly don’t have a PHP opcode cache like eAccelerator installed

#3 problem on almost all VPS is bad neighbors.

On a shared host, you can easily tell when you have bad neighbors who are overloading the server (node). On a VPS they are hidden. If you have an inexperienced host, they may have a hard time tracking down the offender, or may not even care. If they tell you that your neighbors can’t affect you, that’s an outright lie or plain ignorance.

If you are running bbPress 1.0 alpha it has several problems generating far too many mysql queries and that could be causing you some headaches. If you are using bbPress 0.9, definitely stick with that, but you need to fine tune your settings.

WordPress has some nice caching plugins like wp-super-cache. No such creature exists yet for bbPress, so all pages must be rendered each time by the engine, making it use more overhead than WordPress.

[mjsmith]

Never mind. I fixed it myself. I checked my comments.php (on your themes wp-content/themes/your selected theme/ folder) and to my surprise it was empty!.. So what i did is open the original comments.php from my back-ups. And copy all the contents and paste it to the empty comment.php. That’s it, all comments are there now.

[mjsmith]

Hi,

I installed bbpress yesterday. I followed the installation guide and the forum was successfully installed. I have a seperate database for my bbpress.

I have not integrated our wordpress blog to the bbpress forum. I also did not changed our wordpress settings like “users must be registered to login or comment”.

Today, I just noticed that the comments on our wordpress blog are gone. You can see them in the wordpress dashboard but when you visit the post for example here:

http://www.rewardcreditcardsite.com/how-to-spot-a-non-rewarding-credit-card/

It says it has “3 comments” but you can’t see the comments or comment box.

I removed the bbpress, but it didnt bring my comments back. Can anyone help? Thanks

[clementine]

Hi. I’ve just moved into a Virtual Dedicated Server, i have 4 wordpress instalations with very few users and visits (like 200 per day) and 2 bbpress instalations with 200 users and 800 visits/day each one… They are in different accounts in the server, sharing DDBB.

The server its supposed to have 126mb ram but they’ve double increased my memory so, 256…

The server gets overloaded all the time, and I guess it’s BBpress… I don’t have any plugin or anything weird, just a smileys plugin. Does anybody knows what might be happening? I have ssh access and all that stuff…

[chrishajer]

Option 1 is valid. When bbPress comes out later though, WordPress might be higher than 2.6. There might always be a little bit of lag between versions for compatibility, but the idea is sane: upgrade now, then wait for a new version and upgrade again later.

Option 2 is also valid.

Question 1: yes, you can grab any old release from WordPress.org:

https://wordpress.org/download/release-archive/

Also, you need only worry about compatibility if you are looking for integration. Other than that, the versions don’t need to be sync’d up.

And finally, you need to be careful running old versions to be certain there were no security fixes. The move from 2.6 to 2.6.1 had nothing to do with security, but the move from 2.5 to 2.6 did. So I guess 2.5 had some security issues. [citation needed]

[Andrew]

I am currently running the following:

WP 2.3x (using due to theme limitations)

BBPress 0.8.3.1

I am planning to upgrade the theme to be compatible with the latest version of WordPress. Once I do this I need to upgrade BBpress. Given the availabiltiy of the Alpha and the 2.5 restriction of BBpress 0.9 I was looking for suggestions on how to go about things.

Option 1 – Is this a valid path?

1. Upgrade to WP2.5 & BBpress 0.9

2. Wait for stable 1.0 Beta of BBpress

3. Upgrade to WP 2.6x and BBpress 1.0

Option 2

1. Upgrade to WP2.6 & BBpress Alpha

Questions:

1. Is a 2.5 version of WP still being distributed?

I hope this was clear. Thanks.

[chrishajer]

The wp-config-sample.php for WordPress 2.5.1 most DEFINITELY has that constant (line 13). Maybe you upgraded and used an old wp-config.php. You would never see the new constants unless you updated a wp-config-sample.php with your old database details.

// Change SECRET_KEY to a unique phrase.  You won't have to remember it later,

// so make it long and complicated.  You can visit https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.0/

// to get a secret key generated for you, or just make something up.

define('SECRET_KEY', 'put your unique phrase here'); // Change this to a unique phrase.

[Mark Thomas Gazel]

When I post in the my forum I get this page up:

http://wordpress.dk/forum/bb-post.php

It’s stuck. When it should return me to the forum index. The same kind of error happened when I logget into the bbPress-forum. Is there a fix for this?

I didn’t know what to search for in the forum.

[bmc_webdev]

I have an installation of bbpress 0.9 (installed independent from WordPress).

When I pull the rss feed, I get code that looks like this:

<item>

<title>Anonymous on "Hello"</title>

<link>http://forums.brynmawr.edu/topic.php?id=2#post-8</link>

<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:45:22 +0000</pubDate>

<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>

<guid isPermaLink="false">8@http://forums.brynmawr.edu/</guid>

<description><p>test

</p></description>

</item>

The <p> is a <p> tag that is entity-encoded (I presume so that <p> won’t be parsed as an XML tag by an XML parser).

This is causing an issue with the feed parser that I am using (lastRSS): the parser is passing the <description> contents through unchanged, and so I’m getting literal “<p>” and “<p/>” on the pages that use lastRSS.

I believe that the standard method of embedding HTML into an XML feed (or any XML document) is to use CDATA blocks:

<description><![CDATA[<p>test

</p>]]></description>

and this is the way feeds from wordpress, blogger, etc are formatted. bbpress should really do the same thing so that feed parsers like lastRSS will pass through correct HTML (in this example, text wrapped by a paragraph tag, rather than text with character entities that cause the browser to display the literal characters)

Can the feed generator code be changed to use CDATA blocks?

Thank you.

[goodwyne]

I’m trying to integrate with a WP 2.5.1 install and my wp-config.php does not include a constant named “SECRET_KEY”. The install routine will not let me complete without that. I’m stuck.

[Tom Lynch]

I reinstalled and its still not working im not saying i cant login with users from both what the problem is, that the users from wordpress dont have any permissions but they can login.

[kscurloc]

Thanks Chris!

So I guess I’m having an issue then. Using WP 2.6.1 and BB 1.0 Alpha. The integration seems to be working quite well. It’s creating users that’s the problem.

I have two Roles setup in bbPress:

WordPress Administrator = bbPress Key Master

Wordpress Subscriber = bbPress Member

However, whenever I create a user in WP (doesn’t matter if I set it up as a subscriber or admin) it always shows up in bbPress as a “user with no role in these forums”.

I’m sure it’s something I’ve misconfigured… Just not sure what.

[leoleoleo]

Thanks for help _CK_, In 1.0 Alpha bb-config.php not “stop editing” I already add the “$bb->load_options = true;” under define(‘BB_LANG’, ”);”.

I like bbpress best for wordpress.And how to reduce database queries in 1.0 Alpha?

[chrishajer]

Yes, there is an option to change the password. Once you’re logged in, just go to your profile, then Edit, and at the bottom of that page you can enter your new password twice to reset it.

I don’t think you need to reinstall anything. Just log in and access the admin and go to Manage > Forums > Edit (one of your forums) and make sure the forums are not all marked “Category.”

Although it’s easy to just reinstall, if you do things the same way, you’re going to get the same result. You can fix what’s already installed unless something catastrophic happened during installation.

You should still supply your forum address, and the version of bbPress you installed, and if you integrated with WordPress, then that version as well. These things will help someone help you solve your problem.

[chrishajer]

There is normally a way to add new topics. If that is not present in your installation something is certainly wrong. Can you post the URL to your forum?

Is it possible you have all your forums set as categories? If that’s the case, categories can only hold other forums (subforums) not individual topics. Someone posted about that before.

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/forum-is-category-bbpress-10-alpha

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/cant-add-topic

What version bbPress are you using, and is it integrated with WordPress (and if so, what version WordPress?)

[Sam Bauers]

This is a deeper problem than the role map. If you have users spread across two tables you will never get them to both be able to login.

You need to just use the WordPress user table and migrate any users from the bbPress user table across to it (don’t forget the meta as well.

First just try to get using one set of user data happening. Then try to tackle single login.