[davetropeano]

In the post on the WordPress dashboard annoucing bbPress, it said…

If we could re-write WP from scratch, it would be a lot like bbPress

What does this mean in general? What about the bbPress implementation architecture makes is ‘better’ than WordPress?

[Trent Adams]

That would be great! I was actually suprised that Akismet doesn’t stop the registrations as well as the comments considering the power that it has. I can’t seem to find any way to limit spam registrations on bbPress, but something may exist.

If we can stop the ‘bozo’ user from integrating over to the WordPress side, then would it be best to leave that ‘bozo’ user in bbPress? Would it be worth having something that would delete ‘bozo’ users automatically at some point?

What would you recommend I do about this?

Thank you kindly,

Trent Adams

[Michael Adams (mdawaffe)]

An interesting situation I’ll look into it.

Thanks for bring it up!

[sidzzz]

I take my above comment back this isnt in an open discussion forum. Next time i will try to be more constructive

[sidzzz]

hmm, I dint know spam bots were on to this already… i guess they can still have a profile on BBpress and have a link and promote their site? ( i am not sure how the profile thing works here so keep my comment at that:P )

But I can say one things its damn fast and keeps spam at bay! but hmm i wouldnt want a junk list of profiles or users adding up either..

jus my 2 cents..

[Trent Adams]

One more thing….where exactly (when integrated with wordpress) does it store the ‘bozo’ information on a user? I have went through all the tables in bbPress and WordPress and I can’t seem to find it. I thought maybe adding a filter in the plugin might work, but I don’t know how to call it since it isn’t a database call.

Trent

[so1o]

Created a theme for my bbpress forum.. its a complementary to my wordpress theme.. am looking into using same files for the theme like the header footer and function file..

http://www.adityanaik.com/blog/forums/

[yottabite]

Is there anyway to post via a URL?

I.e.; http://forum.blandname.com/?new=1&topic=1&subject=test&post=”this is a test”

If this is not possible, is there a way to port the WordPress bookmarklet to bbPress?

[Trent Adams]

Mdawaffe,

I really love these 2 plugins! Thank you! Could I make a suggestion though? Would it be possible to add an option to have accounts that are created in bbPress and marked as ‘bozo’ not be added to WordPress. I am having trouble with ‘many’ and I mean ‘many’ spam bots registering in bbPress and then moved over to WordPress. I know they cannot really add comments because of Akismet, but I hate going in and seeing these users in WordPress.

If I leave the user as Bozo, is it worth deleting them or leaving them as bozo anyway? Should I move them to ‘blocked’ or delete them? It really makes it tough as I am not quite sure what to do!

Thanks,

Trent

[john_roberts]

We’re considering BBPress for user forums on our website. However, our website already has user registration (account system), and we will not have a separate registration for our forums.

Therefore, a key question is how easy it will be to integrate BBPress into an existing user registration/authentication system. A colleague looked through the BBPress code, and came up with mostly good news (see bottom).

The bad news, though, made me come here to see what the plans are for abstracting the user registration system in future versions. I imagine that our situation is quite common: no one wants multiple registration schemes on a single site (it’s bad enough how many we all have around the web!).

Note: we’ve been very satisfied with WordPress on many fronts, although not for user contributions, so no WordPress integration questions at all. And, yes, we looked at http://bbpress.org/documentation/integration-with-wordpress/

BAD NEWS, SPECIFICS:

The SQL queries that interact with the users table are interspersed across a dozen files or so. While this makes integration slightly more difficult, the real issue is that future updates to bbpress might become difficult if not impossible to merge. Given how forum packages are magnets for security

vulnerabilities, this might become a critical issue.

—

I don’t want to argue about security vulnerabilities; that’s not the issue. The point is: at what point will BBPress change how user information is distributed around the application and/or abstracted?

I checked Trac to see if the Timeline or Roadmap had any hints, but didn’t see anything.

Is this situation seen as a problem? Anyone else sharing the pain? Any insight?

GOOD NEWS, SPECIFICS: (accounts = our site registration system)

* The bbPress user table consists of 9 columns, 5 of which overlap with our generic user table, requiring only a ‘glue’ table to provide the extra columns

* There are no SQL JOIN’s with the user table (that I could find), making integration easier.

* Integration with accounts is possible and would take only a few hours.

* Customizing the look and feel would be no more difficult than it was to customizing WordPress.

* Disabling registrations is easy to do, which would force users to register via accounts.

John Roberts

OpenDNS

[worrypascanada]

Resolve and close post.

I just did a fresh bbPress installation. I now have full access to bbPress Admin area by keeping my WordPress username and password. My WordPress authors are now listed under bbPress Admin.

Wonderful! I’m a happy bbPress camper.

Thanks to everyone.

[worrypascanada]

I have resolved my bbPress/WordPress user name and password issue! I was using the WP prefix found in «The name of the database» to configure «WordPress table prefix» in the bbPress config.php. While researching phpMyAdmin, I realize that _usermeta and _users were in double; one pair with _wp and one pair with prefix xxxxxxxx_.

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

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

I’m learning by trial and error and mostly by your patience and support.

I’ve tested fully WordPress and bbPress integration; bbpress-integration.php is normal and working as expected.

While login as bbPress Admin, there’s no Admin panel available within bbPress, I assume that this is normal for reason all Admin work is done within WordPress. Am I right?

[worrypascanada]

Thanks for ready my posts mdawaffe,

«… bbpress-integration.php should add a “bbPress” tab in your WordPress admin under the Plugins tab… »

It’s there as describe.

«… Go to the bbPress tab. Did you fill in your bbPress table prefix?.. »

Under my WordPress MySQL tables, I find the WordPress and bbPress databases.

The way this all should work is:

«… A new user registers on bbPress. The first time that new user browses to WordPress, he or she is added to the member list (prior to then, that new user is listed under “No Role for this Blog”)… »

Understand.

«… The same should hold if you swap “bbPress” and “WordPress” in the above paragraph… »

Ok.

«… What are your $bb->wp_home and $bb->wp_siteurl settings in bbPress’ config.php?… »

It’s configured with http://patrimoineacadien.com for both; it’s taken from WordPress – Options->General:..

Thanks for your patience and support.

[Michael Adams (mdawaffe)]

If you have things set up right, it should ask you to put in the user name of your WordPress account rather than asking for all that other stuff.

What does your $bb->wp_table_prefix setting look like?

It should look like

$bb->wp_table_prefix = 'wp_'; (or whatever the actual prefx is).

The “Forum Name” can be anything you want. For example, one of the forum names on this site is “Installation”.

[Michael Adams (mdawaffe)]

bbpress-integration.php should add a “bbPress” tab in your WordPress admin under the Plugins tab.

Go to the bbPress tab. Did you fill in your bbPress table prefix?

The way this all should work is:

A new user registers on bbPress. The first time that new user browses to WordPress, he or she is added to the member list (prior to then, that new user is listed under “No Role for this Blog”).

The same should hold if you swap “bbPress” and “WordPress” in the above paragraph.

What are your $bb->wp_home and $bb->wp_siteurl settings in bbPress’ config.php?

[sidzzz]

Hi there,

I run my blog/site on wordpress and I am really keen to add a forum. I have the option of phpbb or smf or our very own bbpress.

Picture support is my basic requirement. Could you please tell me when will it be added to bbpress? Coz i am all for WP!

And is there anyways, we could have the title of the thread as the url for the thread to make it more SEO friendly with keywords?

Cheers,

Sid

[mjfiszman]

Thanks for the help

ergate: I’m doing it manually right now. Assuming I carry on like that, is there a way to include the # posts functionality?

ear1grey: Your plugin looks to be the sort of thing I’m after, but I’m a bit confused about how it works.

First, I believe I’ve added that meta fields as instructed, but nothing seems to be showing in the post.

Also, it’s not clear from the example post on your site if it’s possible to direct users to a particular, pre-existing forum topic.

Thanks for any more help!

[Trent Adams]

I had a similar problem. Being an admin in WordPress doesn’t mean you automatically get to be an admin in bbPress. Only the key master you created upon install of bbPress can access the admin. Once that user is in the admin area, you can add your WordPress admin as an admin of bbPress.

Trent

[ardentfrost]

Sorry, I don’t have bbpress and wordpress linked. I just know that if I’m not logged into bbpress and I try to access the admin page, it redirects me to the main page

[michan]

Yes, I’m logged in and am an administrator in WordPress. Could that be the problem?

[worrypascanada]

Yes, I can confirm that my bbpress-integration.php and display-name.php plugins are installed in WordPress plugins folder and not in bbPress.

«… As for my bbPress and WordPress Admin username and password is the same for both databases: bbPress was integrated into WordPress MySQL tables during installation and configuration. Consequently, bbPress and WordPress seems to share the same cookies reason when I logged into one as Admin, I’m logged into the other as Admin; the same is true when I’m logout out… »

If my bbPress and WordPress seems to be using the same cookies, it’s because I change my bbPress Admin or Keymaster password to the exact/same WordPress existing password; reality check, the bbPress generated password at Installation will not work when trying to login WordPress.

I’m a newbie to all of this configuration.

bbpress-integration.php has been activated within WordPress plugin window/tab.

Thanks for your patience.

[worrypascanada]

I’m already using WordPress French 2.0.5

[worrypascanada]

Tested by creating a new member within bbPress. Then, still login bbPress, I attempt to connect with WordPress, but I get the message «Session has expired». My username automatically fills in the login username space within WordPress. In addition, this new member is not listed under WordPress members.

[Trent Adams]

Stupid question, so forgive me…..bbpress-integration.php plugin is installed in WordPress and not in bbPress?

Trent

[Trent Adams]

Mine just works with the bbpress-integration.php plugin. Does you login move over? What I mean is login in WordPress and move over to bbPress and remain logged in as the user you just logged in WordPress as?

Trent