What do you mean by “WordPress discussion settings”… are you asking about a bbPress install or a WordPress one?
@ gerikg – so, I’m using PHP4.x on my server and you are saying that I need PHP 5.x to stay logged in going from WP to BB or vice versa?
PHP 5.x is a requirement for integration?
@lionbeat, there were never any themes neatly presented here as far as I know. There is a plugin repository here but the themes were always scattered all over the place. For a while, _ck_ maintained the bbshowcase.org and there was a theme directory there. Nothing official though, and now even that is gone.
@petroski. Those my-templates and my-plugins folders are needed, it’s where you put your templates and your plugins (not the ones included with bbPress.) As I mentioned, they are being created with incorrect permissions and that issue has been resolved in ticket #1139.
They didn’t used to get created on installation, you had to create them yourself. Then they were being created but with the wrong permissions (0750 by default.) Now, after ticket #1139 is resolved the directories will be created with 0755 permissions. You need them if you want to install any plugins or use your own template.
Someone brought up it that their host was using php4 and it should be php5. It caused you to log out when switching from WP->BB or BB->WP.
do you have the right chmod on the files and folders?
> chris – perhaps because it also has the folders bb-plugins and bb-templates (uploaded via FTP) and that’s where the stock plug-ins and templates were? Also, if they are my folders, why would they be set with permissions that preclude me doing anything with them via FTP?
we actually did it manually, cutting and paste from wp-header to bb-header, it was rather intensive work, and you have to know css, it was a good thing my bro is a css pro. simply copy and paste did not make it work, he had to realign and figure out the original wp theme and past in the correct line in the bb theme. if you look at… http://gofastbargains.com/ and open another tab and open http://gofastbargains.com/Forum/ . you’ll see they do not match up perfectly. We’ll fix it eventually, but it was about 6 hours of work, installing, integrating, and theme matching.
I spent a whole day today reading the documentation/forums/blog posts on integrating bbpress with wordpress and didn’t achieved much yet. No deep integration, just the basic database/cookies sharing, but I’m stuck at finding a good tutorial/explanation on how to export my existing wordpress theme’s header and footer into bbpress. Any suggestions?
And I’m really disappointed that the themes that used to be neatly presented here are now gone.
@ gofastbargains: What is the bbpress theme you used for your project? Perhaps you can provide the link too.
Hello.
make the integration of bb-press, wordpress,successfully, but
I miss the last step is the activation of the plugin in bbPress integration “, I can not!.
Is it because I have the version bbpress 1.0.2? and the plugin works with the integration bbpress vercion 1.0 alpha 4.?
bbpress 1.02 “is before or after bbPress 1.0 alpha 4?.
When installing “bbpress integration”. Na window appears that asks for my password (the wp-config file. Php), put it, but I also wonder if I have FTP connection, I have not, and will not let me install the plugin.
What do I do?
actualiso my wordpress , with that version?, or is related to that I have no FTP connection?
help
Okay, so I’ve successfully integrated both WordPress and bbPress and combined the themes into one. I wanted to try this since no one else has. So, I used the bbPress Kakumei theme because styling from a WP theme was much to hard at this point given that the whole bbPress template would’ve needed to be redone. Anyways, the header was probably the easiest since I simply copied and pasted the code.
It’ll sone be up for grabs if I can get all the other template files together. I’m wondering, though, if I should give credit to Bryon Veloso since it was based off of his theme(?)
Here is my demo site (the site I designed it on): http://thevaultonline.megabyet.net
Comments/Critiques?
I posted as an Admin just fine, starting a new topic and posting a reply, but my users have to post via the comments section of my blog. They are unable to post replies in the forum, and they are unable to start topics. I have nothing set up in my WordPress discussion settings keeping them from posting other than they must be logged in.
I believe those my- folders are still needed. What makes you think they’re not?
1.0.2 was creating the folders with the wrong permissions, 0750, instead of 0755, but that bug was fixed I believe, just not packaged and released yet. https://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1139
Yes, same here and same result – and I redid it over again with no satisfaction.
A couple of things to note.
When you create the bbpress sub-folder within the wordpress folder, one needs to make the bbpress (or forum, etc.) folder writable so that the install can write the bb-config.php file.
I also note that the install (v. 1.02) created the no-longer-used folders my-plugins and my-templates, which I believe is a remnant from older versions, with apache permissions – meaning that I’ll need to telnet in and remove these from the command-line – something that the average wordpress user would like to avoid.
In looking around at what’s going on with BBPress and WordPress integration; my comment is that I primarily deploy WordPress as a CMS solution so my vote is for integration as a short code plug-in for WordPress. I also see the need for BBPress as a stand alone application – perhaps a fork in the road is the best solution?
we actually followed that guideline word for word, lol. I guess we have to go back and redo it. thanks!
If you are not already logged in to the forum when you come from being logged in to WordPress, the integration is not complete. Try this:
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wp-integration-coockie-does-not-work#post-61969
It took me and my brother the majority of the day on saturday to figure it out…all I can say is Finally! I do have one question, when I am logged into my wordpress site, and I go to the forum, it remembers my user id but does not fill in the password. Is that how its suppose to work, or did we do something wrong? Here it is..www.gofastbargains.com
-please give me feedback on the site, thanks!
Hi, Just downloaded and installed wordpress and bbpress with the intention of integrating them. Having gone through the three steps I got a minor error – it couldn’t create the first forum – but completed the installation. When I put in the URL address of bbpress it simply told me that ‘bbPress is already installed’. i noticed it defaults to ‘http://tokrates.net/bbpress/bb-admin/install.php’
Any ideas?
Chris
Dear buddies,
there is a problem with my permalinks, When i go to my bbpress admin then permalinks .. there i can see the permalinks looks like
1. None : http://www.example.com/forums/forums.php?id=1
2. Numeric : http://www.example.com/forums/forums/1
3. Name based : http://www.example.com/forums/forums/first-forum
Note: “There is only one directory in my site not two forums/forums directories”
when i select first type of permalinks then site works fine… but when i select second or 3rd option then all goes correct except my page title.. my page title display like ( page not found – then WordPress site title ) .. it not shows the bbpress own title bcoz of wrong permalinks…
so I want to remove one forums words from the permalinks
I want to see it like
1. None : http://www.example.com/forums.php?id=1
2. Numeric : http://www.example.com/forums/1
3. Name based : http://www.example.com/forums/first-forum
Hope you can understand my question n problem !! And will give me solution… thanks
Regards
@Maurice:
lol, have been pondering the same thing. The decision to require WordPress to run bbPress is also making me rethink my various bbPress project ideas…
We have installed wordpress 2.9.1 and BBpress 1.0.2. We mapped the user roles but it looks like the user roles on BBpress are all “admin” roles. The application ignores the mapping completely so now every user on WP is an Admin on BBpress and can edit any post. Any idea why?
Thanks
San
Don’t change the table prefix from bb_ to wp_ – that will overwrite wp_tables. Leave the bb_ prefix for the tables, and use the same database, and the bb_tables will be installed into the same database your WordPress installation is using.
Thanks for the great replies.
At the moment, I am kinda in doubt if I should continue developing this plugin or not. Since bbPress is going to be a WordPress plugin, it would make this plugin kinda useless? Or not?
So are we saying the bbPress as a WP plugin is close at hand?
And if that is the case, is THIS an example of it or close to it?
I’m currently using PHPBB for my forum software but I get SO MUCH spam. I’m considering either putting a recaptcha code on there for each post, or I’m looking into other software like bbPress. I love WordPress and so I would really like to use bbPress but I see there is no code that must be entered before posting so I wonder if spam will again be a problem.
What are your thoughts people? How do you control spam in your forums? I’ve had to lock my forums until I get a good solution.
