[chrishajer]

bbPress is not a plugin for WordPress. There are forum plugins for WordPress if that’s what you’re looking for.

Here are a couple. I have no experience with them, I just know they exist.

http://www.stuff.yellowswordfish.com/simple-forum/

http://www.fahlstad.se/wp-plugins/wp-forum/

[lowrobb]

My problem is different. I moved all my WP & BBpress file into different directory in my server. Then all the links lead to 404 pages. I updated permalinks (by a single click) in wordpress and it solves the problem. Now i can’t update it in my BBpress site. Any help will be very appreciated.

Thanks.

[Craig]

ATTN: This post appears on both WordPress.org as well as bbPress.org forums so I can get the best response possible!

Alright, well some of you out there have been kind enough to help me via the forums or within the mIRC channel while we waiting on status of the new bbPress. First of all, thank you so much for all the help! After much research, I think I know what I need to do…

I laid out what I want my actual users to be able to do! A very basic overview would be this:

Primarily WordPress Accounts: Posting ability on the “main site” (AKA WordPress install), posting ability on the forums of the site, ability to post comments to WordPress posts and a robust profile.

Primarily bbPress Accounts: Posting ability within the forums, ability to post comments to WordPress posts and a robust profile.

What these two types of accounts need to share is a unified Registration page, unified login/password recovery/login form.

I think I know how to go about this… basically I want my header.php to be the same throughout the website AND forums. That way it is the same login form, same link to register, same password recovery. And to change the register form I just need to use the WordPress one and just have the WordPress Intergration plugin, display name plugin and name with spaces plguin for bbPress … I believe.

I’m still kinda new to all this so I could use any input possible.

Thanks in advance and sorry for the long read!

[Justin Tadlock]

Here’s the results I got from the debugging. One thing I’ve noticed is that once I click on Page 2 (the URL changed to click on Page 2 again).

Forum

http://justintadlock.com/forums/forum/options-wordpress-theme

REQUEST_URI:	string(37) "/forums/forum/options-wordpress-theme"

should be:	string(37) "/forums/forum/options-wordpress-theme"

full permalink:	string(61) "http://justintadlock.com/forums/forum/options-wordpress-theme"

PATH_INFO:	string(0) ""

Forum (page 2)

http://justintadlock.com/forums/forum/options-wordpress-theme/page/2

REQUEST_URI:	string(44) "/forums/forum/options-wordpress-theme/page/2"

should be:	string(37) "/forums/forum/options-wordpress-theme"

full permalink:	string(61) "http://justintadlock.com/forums/forum/options-wordpress-theme"

PATH_INFO:	string(0) ""

Forum (URL changed to add two of /page/2)

http://justintadlock.com/forums/forum/options-wordpress-theme/page/2/page/2

REQUEST_URI:	string(51) "/forums/forum/options-wordpress-theme/page/2/page/2"

should be:	string(37) "/forums/forum/options-wordpress-theme"

full permalink:	string(61) "http://justintadlock.com/forums/forum/options-wordpress-theme"

PATH_INFO:	string(0) ""

Topic (page 1)

REQUEST_URI:	string(55) "/forums/topic/bug-report-for-version-10-beta?replies=31"

should be:	string(55) "/forums/topic/bug-report-for-version-10-beta?replies=31"

full permalink:	string(79) "http://justintadlock.com/forums/topic/bug-report-for-version-10-beta?replies=31"

PATH_INFO:	string(0) ""

Topic (page 2)

REQUEST_URI:	string(62) "/forums/topic/bug-report-for-version-10-beta/page/2?replies=31"

should be:	string(55) "/forums/topic/bug-report-for-version-10-beta?replies=31"

full permalink:	string(79) "http://justintadlock.com/forums/topic/bug-report-for-version-10-beta?replies=31"

PATH_INFO:	string(0) ""

Topic (URL changed to add two /page/2)

REQUEST_URI:	string(69) "/forums/topic/bug-report-for-version-10-beta/page/2/page/2?replies=31"

should be:	string(55) "/forums/topic/bug-report-for-version-10-beta?replies=31"

full permalink:	string(79) "http://justintadlock.com/forums/topic/bug-report-for-version-10-beta?replies=31"

PATH_INFO:	string(0) ""

[Justin Tadlock]

I run a bbPress install at http://justintadlock.com/forums.

My problem is that when I click to go to the next page or page 2 of a forum or topic, I am taken to the first page. So, users can’t access everything.

I use these calls in my template files:

forum_pages();

topic_pages();

The links show properly, but nothing happens.

I’m also using slug-based URLs but have tried all three options with no success.

My .htaccess file looks like this:

AddHandler x-httpd-php5 .php

AddHandler x-httpd-php .php4



Options +MultiViews

However, I’ve tried several different versions with no pagination success.

I also have this integrated into a WordPress install.

I’m at a loss at the moment and was wondering if anyone had any ideas on what might be causing this.

[Edit] Here’s an example page 2:

/page/2

[_ck_]

This indeed is a very tricky problem because everything about a browser’s security is designed to prevent this from happening.

WordPress.com addresses it in one possible way (across multiple domain names) via I believe a hidden iframe (as Sam suggests).

I’ve noticed cookies are still sent with images loaded from another domain so that might be another way but you’ll still not be able to read them on the server since it’s not the local domain.

[Beau Lebens]

@McKrazie – I just removed the bbPress registration stuff and require my users to register through my WordPress (MU) installation, although I’m actually running its registration through a totally customized process as well.

http://mybabyourbaby.com/

If you set up your cookies in bbP and WPMU properly, then users should only have to log in once (as long as it’s all on the same domain/subdomain) – see here for how i did it https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wpmu-integrated-installation#post-14346

HTH

[Beau Lebens]

@talbina – Automattic just hired the developer of BuddyPress (www.buddtpress.com), which is basically what you’re asking for, minus bbPress. So they are thinking somewhere along the lines of what you’re saying

Needless to say it’s not much of a leap to take what comes of BuddyPress (a solid social networking core) and integrate that with bbPress to add the forums element (assuming BuddyPress doesn’t move in that direction itself, which is quite possible).

[leeppp222]

I managed to get a response and solution from http://bui4ever.com/web-itecture/how_to_integrate_wordpress_and_bbpress#comments

[jel3]

I guess I’ll have to set up the wordpress login to redirect to the bbpress login page sending over the user info and then loging them into bbpress and redirecting them back to where they started.

But that seems like a lot of goings ons for a simple login. Any ideas on how I could simplify that at all?

Another thought would be to create a plugin to check for the wordpress cookie and then if present set the bbpress cookies.

[howtogeek]

The problem is that WordPress and BBpress both use cookies for login.

Since your browser will only send the cookie for the domain that it was set on, it’s not going to work automatically.

You could use the same login database, of course. It’s just not going to be transparent.

[jethrokapinksy]

you meant the “anti-corporate image”? that’s what i really like.

[Michael Adams (mdawaffe)]

I’ve heard several people telling that bbPress wouldn’t be updated anymore, because of a new system that is coming soon.

Those people are grossly misinformed.

By the way, WordPress 2.5 has been delayed a bit due to illness. We’ll release bbPress when WordPress 2.5 comes out (I’m trying to find out a more exact time now).

[t3ch33]

Please see the WordPress MU forum ( http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic.php?id=7778&page&replies=6#post-46043) and look for my first post where it says “feature and strip” …

The font changes at that point. It looks like the rest of the thread is formatted like code. I don’t know why there’s a backtick near the word feature, but even if I did put it there and forgot to close it, is that the reason the entire thread appears formatted like code? If not, please explain.

[Craig]

Hello,

I am trying to install the newest editions of both WordPress and bbPress onto the same site as of March 10, 2008. The desired URLs for both are:

WordPress: http://www.hooligans-gaming.net

bbPress: http://www.hooligans-gaming.net/forums

I have both running from the same database and thats all setup good. However, I have a few questions:

1) I want a single registration page. Meaning that I want a visitor to the site to click on either the forums Register link or even the front page Register link and be brought to the same page and have both WordPress and bbPress share the same user table … how can this be done?

2)Secondly, I want my registered users to be able to sign in at the front page OR on the forums and be logged in until they timeout or logout… how can this be done?

3)With those two steps, my final request is how can I fully integrate my WordPress and bbPress? I plan to use the WordPress install for front page news and website content and my bbPress to be (you guessed it) my forums. As far as features is concerned, I would just want to display the top 10 most recent threads on the front page as well as another widget I have planned for a different feature that wouldn’t affect the forums so I’ll leave that one along for now.

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I have no problem editting files if I need to. I’m no pro but I have enough knowledge to get me by.

Thank you in advance!

[jel3]

How would one integrate them if they were on different domains?

Like say wordpress is at http://www.mydomain.com and bbpress is at forum.seconddomain.com

it seems that all the integration instructions out there only work if bbpress is within the same root domain as wordpress.

[harryworld]

I am with you horrorshow.

I use WPMU a lot, but the support on plugins and documentation is far from enough. There seems no official support except the core of WPMU.

In the past few releases, donncha would merge the equivalent WPMU version after the single version was out for several days.

[horrorshow]

sambauers,

Will there be a new release of WordPress MU as well?

I am not complaining, but I sometimes feel like WPMU is the ugly stepchild in that there is always extra hurdles to get things working with other software.

Don’t get me wrong, I love WPMU since it allows me to create a blog community and do some really cool things. keep up the good work!

[Sam Bauers]

If you can wait a couple of days, WordPress/bbPress integration is a lot easier with a combination of WordPress version 2.5 and bbPress version 0.9

[harryworld]

By the way, I didn’t install any plugin for integration on either side

[harryworld]

horrorshow,

Thanks for the detailed instructions. After,

1. modifying the config.php as you stated above

2. modifying bb_cookie() by not sending the time to setcookie()

I am able to login and logout on either side, in any sequence.

One more thing that I have notified (even not serious, but worth mentioning), is that if

1. login on either side

2. logout on WPMU

3. visit bbPress, the first time will show up the user is still logged in

4. refresh the page, or visit any page, it shows the user NO LONGER logged in

I guess there may be some logic missing in bbPress for checking the existence of cookie and clear the session, on the first attempt.

[harryworld]

Sorry for misleading.

I mean I got a similar case as you do, thus case 2

and thanks for the link.

[chrishajer]

I know next to nothing about integration, but if you check the source for a forum page, you’ll see that all the header stuff is from WordPress not bbPress. I would guess it has something to do with the way the header is being included. Hopefully someone who knows how to do this will come along soon. But I think it’s safe to say the header is your WordPress header not your bbPress header.

[chrishajer]

Looks like you’re using the WordPress header (blogheader) and WordPress would be looking for bloginfo(‘name’) and wp_title() where bbPress looks for bb_get_title() and uses whatever forum or topic you’re viewing. So, the bbPress data is not available to WordPress.

Just a guess. Not sure of the best way to fix it, but I would guess that’s what’s going on. The header is supplied by WordPress but the titles need to be supplied by bbPress functions.

[chrishajer]

1. Good. The easiest way is if the installations are like this:

http://chickspeak.com/ (which is actually WordPress)

http://chickspeak.com/bbpress/

(the bbPress installation is in a subfolder of your WordPress folder.)

2. Search this forum for integration or view topics tagged integration. Here’s a good one:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/seemless-wordpress-integration

3. Maybe bbSync https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bbsync/