[Trent Adams]

If you search in https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ there is actually a plugin to do this for wordpress if I am not mistaken as well, but I use the way that chrishajer suggests myself as RSS feeds are easy to change and doesn’t require bbPress be in the same database

Trent

[Göran]

I seems to have the same problem. I get

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class streamreader in /mnt/home/_g/goranlin/www.goranlin.se/blogg/wordpress/bbpress/bb-includes/streams.php on line 26

I want both wp and bbpress to be translate so maybe I can put your code into ‘bb-settings.php’. Would that work?

[chrishajer]

How about using a WordPress plugin to display items from the Latest Discussion RSS feed from your forum?

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/syndication

or

http://wp-plugins.net/category/Feed_Syndication/

[Göran]

Thanks for help. I am moving forward. I deleted both WP and bbPress and started again and made progress. The blog and the forum are integrated but I cannot get bbSync to work. Both work by temselves and I can log in with same id and password but cannot get posts into forum.

Installation:

Blog at http://www.goranlin.se/blogg/wordpress/

Forum at http://www.goranlin.se/blogg/wordpress/bbpress/

WordPress 2.3.2 installed 22 january 2008

theme WordPress Default 1.6 changed colors in head with panel

bbPress 0.8.3.1 installed 22 january 2008

sv_SE.mo for WP installed 22 january 2008

sv_SE.mo for bbPress installed 22 january 2008

bbSync version 0.94 installed 22 january 2008

bbSync gave message “It needs your config!“

I did that! succesfully I thought.

But when trying to write new post in blog:

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class streamreader in /mnt/home/_g/goranlin/www.goranlin.se/blogg/wordpress/bbpress/bb-includes/streams.php on line 26

but going back to blog the new post is there but still not in Forum

line 24-26 in streams.php is:

// Simple class to wrap file streams, string streams, etc.

// seek is essential, and it should be byte stream

class StreamReader {

// should return a string [FIXME: perhaps return array of bytes?]

function read($bytes) {

return false;

I have no clue how to do anything about this! All help is welcome!

[Olaf Lederer]

I have more than 1000 registrations now, I’m not sure what happens if some but will start to register fake accounts. If this becomes a problem you need to something else.

bbpress works with akismet and this works fine on wordpress

[fel64]

You do need a localisation file, but if one doesn’t come with the topic it’s typically the sort of thing you can do for yourself.

Some wp themes let you set the colour scheme in the admin panel (Mandigo for one), but it’s a fairly simple task to open the style.css file and change the hex colour-codes (once you understand what they are).

Having bb as a subdirectory of wp is a good start but it’s not necessary as far as I know. My wp install is in a folder /wordpress/, while bb is in the forums subdomain. This should be everything you need to know on integration: https://bbpress.org/documentation/integration-with-wordpress/

[Göran]

Thank you for your answer. Localization demands that there is a translated .mo-file for the theme to work, does it not?

I like the WP-K2beta2 theme but I am unsure how to change color scheme. Some wp-themes are easier to change color for than others I think, is that correct?

I think what I want to achieve can be done with the wp plugin bbsync but wp and bbpress are supposed to be integrated for that and I do not know how to do that. Is it a good start to first create a folder called blog and place wp in there and them create a new folder within that called bbpress and place bbpress in there?

All suggestion and advice are most welcome, this is my first attempts with WordPress and bbPress.

[fel64]

It doesn’t matter what theme you use, you can localise your installs of bbpress and wordpress to translate everything to Swedish. Sandbox is a commonly used theme starting point but I’d just start with whatever looks most similar to the end-effect you want to achieve.

Do you have any questions about what you’re trying to do?

[bssncn]

I’m using bbpress & WordPress together, I cannot log in my froum with the correct user name and pass after I install the forum, and it does not show I logged fail also.

why?

[Göran]

I want to create a WordPress blog and integrate it with a discussion forum in bbPress, They are said to work well together. Every new post in the blog should generate a new discussion thread in the forum. If possible I would also like to have a more static first page in the blog where new posts occupy perhaps half of the area. I would also like to have some space for short forms of RSS-feeds from other websites and blogs.

I like to do all of it in Swedish and want to do it as easily as possible. It is then practical to use a theme that is already translated into Swedish, right? I think K2 looks clean and is translated and ready for many plugins. It is supposed to be easy to customize so changing the color scheme into someting like I have in my present blog is hopefully easy? (Görans digitaltips http://gorandig.blogspot.com)

I post this in both WP and bbPress forum since it concerns both.

All advice is gratefully recieved! Address to blogs and forums doing similar things are most welcome!

[sayremedia]

…one thing that bugs me in particular is that there are two signups on the site: one for bbPress and another for the blog post notification. I would love to integrate these two things. Any pointers on how to do so would be appreciated.

The one aspect I found a little confusing was the links to the blog and forum. Perhaps if you make the point size larger, or add text coloring, those words would pop out. The tabbed color coding is fine, it’s just that the point size does not stand out from the rest of the text on the page. Overall, though, I like the look and feel of your site. Well done!

In regards to your question, have you read this page on the bbPress site?

https://bbpress.org/documentation/integration-with-wordpress/

Scroll down to where it says “Registration”. I hope that helps.

[tibberous]

I am integrating bbPress and WordPress, and have them both in the root folder. I renamed the index.php that comes with press to board.php, but the message board keeps trying to go to the main site URL, thinking it is board.php.

Is there any easy fix for this?

[RoseCitySister]

Oops, take that back. Thanks anyway!

[RoseCitySister]

Just what I was looking for, thanks!

[Erica Kapoor]

Thank you!

[chrishajer]

Oh.

I think what you want then is something that can display an RSS feed in your bbPress sidebar. I can’t recall if there is something like that now, for bbPress, but if there is, it would be a plugin.

WordPress has lots of plugins like that, to display RSS content in your WordPress sidebar, maybe something like that could be adapted to bbPress.

There was an old discussion of a bbPress plugin here but I don’t know if that plugin will work any more. Maybe it could be modified, if necessary, to use the latest bbPress.

Good luck.

[Erica Kapoor]

I just want to show the list on the sidebar, not making a new post automatically. Thank you.

[lookfab]

Just fired up our new forum: http://www.youlookfab.com/welookfab

Love to know what people think. I’ve stripped out a lot of the great features that work for a techie crown, but might confuse newer users (e.g. tags, favorites, etc.). We might bring those back in over time.

Everything is achieved in the template/theme, except for a minor hack to create an alternative post form.

The experience is integrated with a WordPress blog, but this is no deeper than sharing the same header. Databases are separate and users only sign up to bbPress.

There are many potential improvements, but one thing that bugs me in particular is that there are two signups on the site: one for bbPress and another for the blog post notification. I would love to integrate these two things. Any pointers on how to do so would be appreciated.

Thanks to the bbPress team for a fun and flexible forum system!

[chrishajer]

I think you want bbSync, a WordPress plugin:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbsync?replies=214#post-7922

[Erica Kapoor]

I want to show wordpress recent posts list on BBpress forums.

Can anyone help me?

[chinkerfly]

It’s been two days since I started trying to install bbpress and I’ve scoured the forums and the internet to try to find an answer without much luck (isn’t there a FAQ somewhere for people like me?)

Here’s the details on what I did.

1. Created a new database called “bbpress” in cpanel, the database name it gives me is thechonx_bbpress

2. Added user from my wordpress database, thechonx_chinker

3. downloaded, unzipped bbpress, edited config-sample.php and renamed it to config.php (how I edited it is shown below–I think I should change BBDB Host, but don’t know what to change it to)

4. Created a folder in my public_html root (where all my wp files are uploaded) called “forum”

5. Uploaded all the files (minus original “bbpress” folder) to “forum”

6. Opened this address in my Firefox browser (I am running Mac OS Leopard 10.5.1): http://www.thechonx.com/forum/bb-admin/install.php

–attempted other URLs like localhost led to blank pages or 404 pages

7. Received “Cannot Select DB” error

I’ve tried a dozen other variations of the above, mostly changing config file info but no dice. Help please!

<?php

// ** MySQL settings ** //

define(‘BBDB_NAME’, ‘thechonx_wordpress’); // The name of the database

define(‘BBDB_USER’, ‘thechonx_chinker’); // Your MySQL username

define(‘BBDB_PASSWORD’, ‘xxxxxxxxxxx’); // …and password

define(‘BBDB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); // 99% chance you won’t need to change these last few

define(‘BBDB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’); // If you are *upgrading*, and your old config.php does

define(‘BBDB_COLLATE’, ”); // not have these two contstants in them, DO NOT define them

// If you are installing for the first time, leave them here

// Change the prefix if you want to have multiple forums in a single database.

$bb_table_prefix = ‘bb_’; // Only letters, numbers and underscores please!

// The full URL of your bbPress install

$bb->uri = ‘http://www.thechonx.com/forum/&#8217;;

// What are you going to call me?

$bb->name = ‘Rumble in The Chonx’;

// This must be set before you run the install script.

$bb->admin_email = ‘thalia.kwok@XXXXX’;

// Set to true if you want pretty permalinks, set to ‘slugs’ if you want to use slug based pretty permalinks.

$bb->mod_rewrite = ‘slugs’;

// The number of topics that show on each page.

$bb->page_topics = 30;

// A user can edit a post for this many minutes after submitting.

$bb->edit_lock = 60;

// Your timezone offset. Example: -7 for Pacific Daylight Time.

$bb->gmt_offset = 8;

// Change this to localize bbPress. A corresponding MO file for the

// chosen language must be installed to bb-includes/languages.

// For example, install de.mo to bb-includes/languages and set BBLANG to ‘de’

// to enable German language support.

define(‘BBLANG’, ”);

// Your Akismet Key. You do not need a key to run bbPress, but if you want to take advantage

// of Akismet’s powerful spam blocking, you’ll need one. You can get an Akismet key at

// http://wordpress.com/api-keys/

$bb->akismet_key = ”; // Example: ‘0123456789ab’

// The rest is only useful if you are integrating bbPress with WordPress.

// If you’re not, just leave it as it is.

$bb->wp_table_prefix = ‘wp_’; // WordPress table prefix. Example: ‘wp_’;

$bb->wp_home = ‘http://www.thechonx.com&#8217;; // WordPress – Options->General: Blog address (URL) // Example: ‘http://example.com&#8217;

$bb->wp_siteurl = ‘http://www.thechonx.com&#8217;; // WordPress – Options->General: WordPress address (URL) // Example: ‘http://example.com&#8217;

/* Stop editing */

if ( !defined(‘BBPATH’) )

define(‘BBPATH’, dirname(__FILE__) . ‘/’ );

require_once( BBPATH . ‘bb-settings.php’ );

?>

[Sam Bauers]

Because of the restrictions on the bbPress logins in the current version I suggest using bbPress for registration/login. Logout can be either.

With WordPress 2.5 and the next bbPress 0.8.x they will be as good as each other.

Please don’t bump.

[nbglobetrotter]

Is there any way I can use an email address as the user name?

This is OK in WordPress but not in BBPress, so integrated logins dont work.

Hope someone can help. Thanks.

[Warwick Booth]

Hello Everyone

I have integrated WordPress with bbPress and skinned them the same, but when I log into bbPress, or add a forum/topic/post i get a redirect error. I dont know what it wrong.

Warning: parse_url(http:///mobile.feedmymedia.com/forum/) [function.parse-url]: Unable to parse URL in /home/mobile/public_html/forum/bb-includes/pluggable.php on line 208

Warning: parse_url(http:///mobile.feedmymedia.com/forum/) [function.parse-url]: Unable to parse URL in /home/mobile/public_html/forum/bb-includes/pluggable.php on line 209

Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/mobile/public_html/forum/bb-includes/pluggable.php:208) in /home/mobile/public_html/forum/bb-includes/pluggable.php on line 164

Thanks

Warwick

[dotdj]

Hello, I need urgently a designer to port WordPress theme to BBpress with some little modification. Please let me know (of course pay for work).

Many thanks!