[thegunman]

I’m sorry but it just doesn’t work with 8.0 or 8.1 when I select that theme its the default theme all messed up. Is there something else that needs to be enabled on the server? because wordpress and all other software I’ve intalled on this server works fine. Maybe its an incompatability with php5?

[chrishajer]

Sorry, I do not. WordPress is like this too with no provision AFAIK for a non-standard port.

But, I was looking at bb-includes/db.php just now and the mysql_connect function is being used. That function can user dbservername.com:port by default according to this page: http://www.php.net/function.mysql-connect

So, in theory, this should work:

define('BBDB_HOST', 'blabla.bla.pl:3305');

Did you try that and it does not work?

[Null]

They used to be ajaxed… or was that wordpress?? well ajexing this would be great to have as default!!

Any bbpress programmer who wants to comment this?

Also editing could be made ajaxed…

[wittmania]

I had the same epiphany as you did when I learned that bbpress existed.

Here’s what I did:

1. I looked at the currently registered users in WP (I only had a few) and noted their numeric ID numbers. I then went over to my phpbb database to see which users they would conflict with (i.e. which ones had the same unique numeric ID number).

2. I used a phpbb mod which allowed me to go into these users’ profiles and change their ID (not their name) to a number that would not conflict with the WP users, or any other user in the DB.

At this time, phpbb.com is having trouble with their mod downloads, so I just uploaded the mod file to my own server. You can view the complete mod here:

http://www.wittmania.com/change-user-id-mod.txt

It takes about 10 minutes total to make all of the changes. Basically, what it does is add a field to the user’s profile when viewed by an administrator. In this field you can change their ID number to whatever you want it to be.

So, once the mod has been implemented, go through and change the ID number for whichever users conflict with your existing WP users.

3. Once you have gotten rid of all user ID conflicts, download Jaime GÓMEZ OBREGÓN’s incredible phpbb to bbpress importer, which can be found here:

http://www.iteisa.com/phpbb2bbpress/

You will need to edit the file so that it reflects your DB permissions for both the phpbb and the bbpress databases. Also, if you are running a WP integrated installation (as you obviously are), you will need to change the prefixes for a couple of tables further down in the code.

Change lines 172 and 173 from:

$bbpress_tables['users'] = DB_BBPRESS_TABLEPREFIX . 'users';

$bbpress_tables['usermeta'] = DB_BBPRESS_TABLEPREFIX . 'usermeta';

-to-

$bbpress_tables['users'] = 'wp_users';

$bbpress_tables['usermeta'] = 'wp_usermeta';

Note: be sure that you use the actual WP table prefix if it is something different than wp_. This change will make the importer put the users into your existing wp_ tables instead of in new bb_ tables, which would defeat the whole point of your import.

Once you have modified the file, upload it and navigate your browser to it. It should run automatically, importing all of your phpbb info into your bbpress installation.

4. At this point my memory gets a little fuzzy. In either WP or BBP (or both?), the imported users did not have a role assigned to them. Make sure you check to see what role they are assigned and that it is what you want it to be.

Of course, before you do anything you should backup your existing WP database, and probably your phpbb database as well just in case. Then, scrap the bbpress tables that you have in the current (broken) installation so the importer has a blank canvas to work with.

You will also need to install the bbpress integration plugin in WP, which can be found here:

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-integration/#post-34

This plugin will assign the default WP new subscriber role to users who register through bbpress. However, on my blog/forum I changed things around a bit so registrations for both WP and BBP are handled through the WP registration screen. I don’t know why, but I’m just more comfortable with it that way.

I’m sure as time goes by more plugins from both sides will be developed which will allow for even tighter integration between WP and BBP.

Good luck!

[fel64]

I think this is default. I’d personally love a plugin that ajaxified posts or, even better, it being in by default but not yet.

[bedbugger]

HI Trent,

Thanks for the replies. I tried the default theme and replacing forum.php. They did not work. THEN I found that there was a “forum” folder inside the forum directory, containing a “bb-admin” file. I have no idea where it came from (maybe I was sloppy with Transmit?) but it looks like a serious case of user error.

Anyway, up and running once again

Thanks!

[yooakim]

I have the same trouble. Also running with Apache2 & PHP5 on Windows Server 2003.

With version 0.8.1 I am not able to choose the Kakumei theme. Because the theme path is set to a local path in the server:

E:\Sites\markusfagervall.se\forums/bb-templates/kakumei/

Thinking that this may be because of bad config values in the database I tried this:

http://xxxxxx/forums/bb-admin/themes.php?theme=/forums/bb-templates/kakumei/

And I am asked if I am sure I want to switch themes… I answer Yes and then I get the “Theme not found. Default theme applied.” again.

Any ideas?

Cheers,

Joakim

[Arlo]

Re-reading the baptiste thread, I see that commenting out add_filter('pre_post', 'bb_filter_kses', 50); in default-filters does the trick. It solves all my problems at once!

I guess bbpress needs to do better conflict checking againt wp when wp is included.

[stasi]

Thanks for your replys.. i’v checked to post-form.php, and it is present in the “crystal” theme.

I tried to switch back to the default theme, and suddenly it worked! Then I switched back to crystal theme at overwrited the original theme files (perhaps i’v done something with the files before).. but no, it still dosen’t work as it should

[Trent Adams]

Bedbugger, kannued found out that an upgraded apache server caused the permalinks problem for them and the default theme worked with permalinks turned off. Could you test that for me?

Trent

[Trent Adams]

If you have errors on line 13 of topic.php, it will be referencing the old ‘support’ functions that were removed in this version. Compare the topic.php of the new default template versus your template and you will be able to see what shouldn’t be there (on line 13). I might be able to dig out what to get rid of, but it will be because it is calling a funciton that no longer exists.

Trent

[Trent Adams]

Another thing, in your theme, do you only have the ‘changed’ files relative to your theme? That has to be the case! All files that you have in your theme directory that are “not” critital to your theme should be deleted so it can use the default theme of the install! Could you also list what files you have in your theme directory. Then we might be able to narrow down what is causing the problem for you….

Trent

[kannued]

It works in default, not in my theme. Fatal error on line 13 of topic.php

[Trent Adams]

Not for plugins no, it is just /my-plugins/. So it works in the default theme, just not your theme? Is that correct? If that is the case, let me know.

Trent

[kannued]

In the default, everything is fine.

[Trent Adams]

If you upgraded to the newest version and changed back to the default theme and have that error, it didn’t overwrite the default template files as that function was removed in 0.8.1 because it was turned into a plugin. I would make sure that all the files are overwrited to the server again as that error shouldn’t be there for you! As well, you don’t just have your files in /my-templates/ do you? They should be in /my-templates/yourthemefolder/ and then activated in the admin area. We will try and get this working for you!

Trent

[Trent Adams]

I see your problem there bedbugger. It seems to head over to the wordpress install and give a 404 error when you try and access the forum. What version are you running of bbPress? If you change back to the default theme, do this still happen? Do you have any plugins? If you replace forum.php in your template with the original from the download does that help?

Trent

[Trent Adams]

Since it is showing on the first page it seems to be working there. I would switch over to the default theme and see if this happens for you and report back. It might be a simple thing with your new theme.

Trent

[fel64]

My default is actually http://www.example.com/topic/topicnumber.

It is possible to have topic-title in the link instead of the number, but you need to be running the very latest version of bbPress from SVN, which is likely to be buggier than the official releases. The Download page has both.

[wittmania]

http://www.lne97.com/bbpress/

user name: just a test (note the spaces)

password: justatest (no spaces)

This is a WP/BBP installation for my upcoming 10 year class reunion. I originally launched the site as static pages and a phpbb board. However, about a month ago I put WP behind it to manage updates, add payment collection capabilities, and rotating ads. After that I added a bbpress installation, which is integrated with WP. I used the phpbb import plugin, with some minor tweaks, to bring all of the posts and users over from phpbb. I’ve made minor changes here and there to the default template, and I am using most of the available plugins. So far my classmates haven’t had any trouble with anything, and it has been much easier to manage and moderate the boards, especially with MUCH less spam and bogus user registrations than on phpbb.

Cheers!

[wittmania]

Sam, I am on .8.1, but it is working fine now.

This plugin doesn’t play nicely with the Front Page Topics plugin. I had it set to show 25 posts per page on topics pages, so I would only have 2 or 3 pages, whereas your plugin would count 5 or 6. When I would click on a link to a page that was beyond the actual pagination, I would get a “This topic is closed” message. I went ahead and just deleted the Front Page Topics plugin and it is working fine now.

Would there be a way to change the number of posts per page in your plugin from the default 10, or better yet to look for the front page topics and count based on the options in that plugin? Just curious.

Thanks.

[maker]

I installed the patch (had it installed for me)

Just to make sure:

1.The admin dashboard does not resemble the old one?

2. I can make and assign categories alright but I can’t see the category listing on the front page of the forum (like macwises site: http://www.babyquestions101.com) dividing the forums into groups.

Do you have to install the patch on a brand new installation?

patching file bb-templates/kakumei/style.css

Hunk #1 FAILED at 169.

Hunk #2 FAILED at 180.

2 out of 2 hunks FAILED — saving rejects to file bb-templates/kakumei/style.css.rej

patching file bb-templates/kakumei/category.php

patching file bb-templates/kakumei/topic.php

patching file bb-templates/kakumei/forum.php

patching file bb-templates/kakumei/front-page.php

Hunk #1 FAILED at 40.

Hunk #2 FAILED at 52.

Hunk #3 FAILED at 81.

3 out of 3 hunks FAILED — saving rejects to file bb-templates/kakumei/front-page.php.rej

patching file bb-includes/capabilities.php

patching file bb-includes/default-filters.php

patching file bb-includes/cache.php

patching file bb-includes/functions.php

patching file bb-includes/bozo.php

patching file bb-includes/template-functions.php

patching file bb-includes/db.php

patching file index.php

patching file rss.php

patching file category.php

patching file topic.php

patching file bb-settings.php

patching file bb-admin/bb-do-counts.php

patching file bb-admin/bb-category.php

patching file bb-admin/rewrite-rules.php

patching file bb-admin/content-forums.php

patching file bb-admin/content-categories.php

patching file bb-admin/admin-functions.php

patching file bb-admin/bb-forum.php

patching file bb-admin/upgrade-schema.php

patching file forum.php

[fel64]

“But how to add <strike> AND italic? (I miss italic to in the basic install)”

Wha’? Italic is totally there!

Just use

<em> </em>

That’s your basic XHTML compliant italic, just like <strong> is the compliant bold. They’re both in by default.

Or did I miss something?!

[wittmania]

So, by default, members will be logged in/remembered until they officially log out? Good to know.

[Trent Adams]

It is a directory that you create to put plugin files into (including this patch). Since bbPress doesn’t come with any plugins, it is not created by default. All you need to do is create the /my-plugins/ directory off the root and put this patch plugin into it and it automatically will work. If you want to use any of the plugins, they will be thrown into that directory as well.

Trent