[JeffVoegtlin]

<?php

// ** MySQL settings ** //

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

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

define(‘BBDB_PASSWORD’, ‘********’); // …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://jackhammr.org/bbpress/&#8217;;

// What are you going to call me?

$bb->name = ‘JackHammer Forums’;

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

$bb->admin_email = ‘jeff@jackhammr.org’;

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

$bb->mod_rewrite = false;

// 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: -6 for Pacific Daylight Time.

$bb->gmt_offset = -6;

// 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.

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

$bb->wp_home = ”; // WordPress – Options->General: Blog address (URL) // Example: ‘http://jackhammr.org&#8217;

$bb->wp_siteurl = ‘http://jackhammr.org&#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]

There is an LDAP plugin which would be a good jumping off point for Active Directory authentication.

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/26

Theme compatibility between WordPress, bbPress and MediaWiki is a stretch. I have a project on the back-burner that might help with WordPress/bbPress theme integration, but MediaWiki is a big ask.

[Slamlander]

So, if I get this right;

1) Install WordPress (current version, 2.3.1)

2) Install and integrate BBpress (current version)

3) Install MediaWiki (current version, 1.10.x)

Making sure that they all use the same data container and not to let MediaWiki set any prefixes.

Okay, that should integrate the Auth stuff and some judicious use of DB triggers (using MySQL5) might actually take care of most of the fleas. However, to be real Enterprise 2.0 here, the themes have to integrate aas well. Also, has anyone got WordPress to authenticate against an Active Directory Domain, like they have for MediaWiki?.

[Burkie]

hi, I have bbpress and wordpress fully working together, the only issue is that when a user registers with bbpress and leaves a comment it appears as anonymous. I have tried adding post_author but no joy, any ideas?

[chrishajer]

Don’t be scared, full steam ahead. It will be fine. I agree bbPress as standalone forum software is better than a WordPress plugin. Worst case you learn alot as you go along.

[chrishajer]

WordPress uses wp-config.php and bbPress uses config.php (although I thought there was talk of prepending bb_ to some files, including that one.)

Anyway, having it in a subdirectory as you do is perfect. If you cannot select the database, then something is wrong in your config.php. The connection details should be the exact same ones as in wp-config.php. Are they? The table prefix should be different in bbPress config.php and can be left as bb_. The table prefix in WordPress wp-config.php might be wp_.

Is there more to the error message? There has been some other trouble recently but it gives a different error message.

[pwagner3]

Hi guys. Trying to install bbPress along with my current WordPress 2.3 installation.

WordPress was a snap! I had that sucker done in about 5 minutes.

bbPress is a different animal. my install.php page says “Cannot select DB”.

Is there a comprehensive Install doc that I am missing? I feel as if I have a lot of questions about the info on the page http://bbpress.org/documentation/installation/

Any help would be appreciated.

[tgallaud]

thank you very much guys. I really appreciate it — I have a lot of great recommendations to go on! (I haven’t had a lot of time to spend on wordpress or bbpress and I appreciate your help to make my customization time easier!)

[chrishajer]

> using wordpress would work and that’s a good thought,

> but I would have to customize it quite a bit I think…?

No, not at all. Find a theme you like, create a static page, make that your home page, strip out the stuff you don’t want in the sidebar (for archives, pages, categories, search, blogroll, meta, etc) and that’s it. One topic with comments.

Or, a guestbook

[tgallaud]

thanks for your quick reply.

using wordpress would work and that’s a good thought, but I would have to customize it quite a bit I think…?

I’m wondering if there’s an easy way to dumb down bbPress (or wordpress) so I can really just utilize its comments functionality — so I can have a page with a one thread based conversation and that’s it. (I’d like other users to be able to add their comments like they can on a wordpress blog entry…) Any recommendations on how to do this easily?

Is there other software that just focuses on this?

thanks very much.

[Sam Bauers]

I’m running a discussion on bbPress at WordCamp Melbourne this weekend and I’m looking for a good WordPress/bbPress integrated site (or two) to show as an example.

Preferably one run by someone here, with a reasonable amount of traffic, so I can prod them with questions about it.

Anyone?

[chrishajer]

Also, I didn’t realize there were forum plugins for WordPress until you posted this. From the looks of them, this one (of 4) appears to be most current and most actively maintained:

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

Never used it, but just learned about it after you asked the question.

[chrishajer]

Yes, use the same database (it’s easier later with integration) and you can even leave the default table prefix in the bbPress config.php. By default, WordPress uses a table prefix of wp_ and bbPress uses bb_, so there is no conflict, and even if bbPress goes horribly wrong, it won’t hurt WordPress at all.

Good luck. I’m in Chicago too if you need any help.

[chrishajer]

Sounds more like a blog than a forum. Wouldn’t WordPress allow you to do this, with you posting the topic, then leaving comments open?

Do you have a WordPress installation already? I think it might do what you want, unless I missed something in reading your comment.

[chgogrrl99]

OK, thanks for responding guys.

I think I’m going to go for bbPress. If I can’t do it or it just becomes too much of a pain, I’ll try the plugin.

One question though…It is Ok to use the same database as my wordpress right? It makes sense to me to do so, just want to be sure.

Thanks

[fel64]

Copy and pasting per se is not a problem. It simply irritates me that you ask for help but cannot be bothered doing more than the minimum in doing so.

You can always backup your databases. See https://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database; this will mean that no matter what you do, you can get a fully functioning wordpress install back.

[fel64]

Uh, yeah, thanks for copy-and-pasting. When you are asking other people to spend their time helping you, the least you can do is take a little time to make it easy and appropriate for them.

> So, as a newb to using databases and php, should I choose a stand-alone like bbPress or a plugin I just upload to Wp?

If you can install wordpress, you can install bbpress. It’s no harder. Integrating them is also not difficult. Despite never having used one I’d assume a plugin would be a little easier though.

But if you care about the potential and speed of your forums, you should go for actual forum software, not something tacked onto something unrelated. In this case you should choose bbPress.

You can certainly do both; which is better for you is something you’ll be best at deciding.

[chrishajer]

Not my site, a forum at a WP plugin author’s site:

http://gbellucci.us/forums/

I didn’t realize it was a bbPress installation for a few minutes until I looked at it. It was just a support forum, nothing screamed out kakumei to me

[chgogrrl99]

(I cross posted this in the WP Support forums)

Hi,

Last night I did my first install of WordPress with a little help from the nice people hanging out in the Installation Forum – thanks again everybody. BTW, it took me a long time to do as I’m very new to mysql, php, ect.

Today, I’d like to add a forum. I’m very worried about screwing up my database or having to tinker with too many files. I’d like to add it now because I’ve yet to start customizing my site (WP is my main page BTW)and figure I should get all the things I want in there first, then go to work adding content ect.

I’ve read (or at least looked at the headlines for the first 100 post in these forums related to forums plugin).

So, here’s my question:I want a forum that will have about 10 or so categories listed under about five different cities. For instance: Chicago Jobs, Housing, For Sale, Events, ect.

Of course I want people only to log in once and I understand that bbPress and some plugins can do that.

It doesn’t have to be fancy or anything.

So, as a newb to using databases and php, should I choose a stand-alone like bbPress or a plugin I just upload to Wp?

I’m asking you assuming you are much more experienced with these things than I and will know which is better for someone at my level.

Thanks for reading this long post

[Trent Adams]

There is a plugin that you can find over at https://bbpress.org/plugins/ but I just use one of the RSS widgets for wordpress and then use your bbPress forum RSS feed to do it.

Trent

[defaultkitty]

I want to know if there is a way to display the titles of forum topics in WordPress with a link to the thread so that visitors to the front page will be able to see if there is something new on the forum without having to check it.

[fel64]

Yo!

What you could do is make bbsync look at your custom data, create the tables and hang them onto the post it puts into bbpress. However, there’s a better way IMO.

Every synced topic has the attribute wp_post, giving the id of the wordpress post. Since you probably run wp when you run bb (if you’re fully integrated), you can do (something like …) this in your bbpress template:

if( isset( $topic->wp_post ) ) {

$wp_post = get_postdata( $topic->wp_post );

if( isset( $wp_post->custom attribute you're interested in ) ) {

// some code to output a table into your template here

}

}

Much more interestingly, you could probably make that into a plugin so you can switch this behaviour on and off, and probably reuse it somewhere too. Could be very neat.

It’s feasible to replicate the functionality to want, but the best way would be to write a seperate plugin that only relies on bbsync for one thing: providing the ID of the wordpress post you’re interested in.

[As a general note: every wordpress post in wordpress has the attribute bb_topic too, giving the topic id for bbpress.]

[andorko]

Are the two fully integrated? Just users or functions as well?

With MU 1.2.4/bbpress 0.8.3 I am able to put this in the end of the wp-config.php file just fine.

// Include bbPress functions

define('WP_BB', true); // Avoid duplicate functions

require_once( ABSPATH . '../forums/bb-load.php');

With MU 1.3/bbpress 0.8.3 having that yields a Cannot redeclare update_user_status error.

[dreamstruck]

Hey fel…

Basically the way I use it right now is I have about a dozen custom fields that I’ve created and I use these to put certain data into a table format in my posts. I have the custom fields hard coded into my my wordpress templates inside the loop section. If on a certain post I need to put data into this table format I fill out the custom field section on the Write Post screen when I’m writing the post. Then of course when I publish the post the custom fields that I’ve filled out show up in the table format in my post. I hope that makes sense…

Basically I guess what I need to know is if there is a way for me to hard code the custom field tags into the bbsync.php file so that it would pull those from the word press post and if so where I would put them in the bbsync.php file. I guess I don’t really need to use the plugin I told you about in my earlier post. If I could just put the custom field tags into the bbysync file and have them pull in that would be great.

Anyway, I hope that makes sense… Thanks for your help!

[zmsan]

Over my head …. hmmm … any idea what actions to hook into or import from WordPress? I guess WP does this of course every time a new post is made…