[cvanp]

Nope, my layout is as follows:

http://localhost/wordpress

http://localhost/wordpress2

http://localhost/bbpress

All three share the same database, with the prefixes wp1_, wp2_, and bb_. I have the second WordPress (wp2_) hacked up a bit so it uses wp1_users and wp1_usermeta, enabling me to have a Gawker Media style Blog Network (multiple blogs, single logins). I was hoping to share that wp1_ table with bbPress, and it appears to have done so, just didn’t let me log in.

Also, I don’t get an error message, I just get directed back to the homepage as if I had done nothing.

[mrjain]

dude,

that is a great site, i’m actually working a car site as well called BombayBling.com, so i might be pinging you for some feedback.

later,

mrj

[Michael Adams (mdawaffe)]

whitelion, If you’re logged in, but can’t admin, it may be that there are no users with admin capabilities. This can happen if you install bbPress and then later intograte it with WordPress.

To fix this, try setting $bb->new_keymaster = true; in bbPress config.php and then re-running /bb-admin/install.php.

You should be able to type in your username if there are not any keymasters already. Delete that new line in config.php once you’re done.

[peiqinglong]

The page you refer to is one of my sites: http://www.abunchofcars.com/forum and it took a bit of playing to get it “integrated”, but its easy now.

Basically when you go to http://www.abunchofcars.com/forum , you’re not going to a page called forum, you’re actually loading the bbpress directory. I created a folder called “my-templates” and began warping the standard layout to match my layout. It involved some heavy modification of the bbpress layout files. The main files I tweaked with are: headers.php, front-page.php, footer.php, and style.css. I also did some slight tweaking with the login-form.php also.

[mozey]

suleinman, sure thing,

okay, first of all, my bb and my mu are sharing ONLY the usertable and the login sessions. THATS IT, no common functions, nothing like that.

and in order to do that, i added the following lines to my config.php on my bb.

__________________________________________________

//These are for the information about the database into which bbPress should store its content

// ** MySQL settings ** //

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

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

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

define(‘BBDB_HOST’, ‘127.0.0.1’); // 99% chance you won’t need to change this value

// This is the information about mu’s database. bbPress will look for users in this database

define(‘USER_BBDB_NAME’, ‘mudbname’);

define(‘USER_BBDB_USER’, ‘mudbuser’);

define(‘USER_BBDB_PASSWORD’, ‘mudbpass’);

define(‘USER_BBDB_HOST’, ‘127.0.0.1’);

//if your using one database, its cool, just replicate the mu/bb data!

//now your about to tell bb to look for users in the wp table

define(‘CUSTOM_USER_TABLE’, ‘wp_users’);

define(‘CUSTOM_USER_META_TABLE’, ‘wp_usermeta’);

//and now, your about to tell bb to user the same sessions as wp

$bb->usercookie = ‘wordpressuser’;

$bb->passcookie = ‘wordpresspass’;

$bb->cookiedomain = ‘localgigs.fm’; // or .example.com if there was a . above

$bb->cookiepath = ‘/’;

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

__________________________________________________

i hope this helps. do reply back with questions,

[andyro]

I noticed someone had done this (lotsofcars blog??), where bbPress loads into a standard static wordpress page. I have the ‘execphp.php’ plugin installed, should this be as simple as copy-pasting the index code into the body of the page text (using html view), and making sure the paths to the rest of bbPress files are correct?? Or is there another, smarter method?

[andyro]

OK, it totally works now. Thank-you. I didn’t realize I had to CREATE a .htaccess file under my ‘/www’ folder, I somehow assumed it would already be there in the installation package, and I only needed to add the MultiViews line to allow pretty permalinks – perhaps this could be clarified in the installation instructions? I am a complete ignoramus regarding all of this stuff, so the fact that I even got it working is a testament to its simplicity. The creation of the .htaccess file had me hung for several hours though. Otherwise, great work, I am looking forward to trying this out now!

[cvanp]

I have two WordPress blogs (2.0.5) sharing a user database and attempted to get bbPress to share that user db as well. It installed successfully, but I can’t log in either!

I know it’s pulling the info though from my User Database, because the username in the sample post is linked to the same site I’ve set in WordPress. I checked my config.php values, and I know the syntax is correct based on the comments in config.php and the comments above, so I’m a bit confused.

I should note that I’m attempting this on a local test server, so all my config.php values are “localhost” values (such as $bb->domain = 'http://localhost';), I don’t know if this would throw things off at all.

[andyro]

Thanks, I will try this (first need to figure out how to access .htaccess – reading about this now!

[bftuk]

Will bbpress have an option for members to have signatures, where they can add text or links?

I’m looking at starting a new forum, having used SMF & PHPBB forums in the past, but i really like wordpress so have installed a ‘test’ site using bbpress, and am really impressed, but its an important feature that i’m need to be installed.

[Michael Adams (mdawaffe)]

andyro,

It looks like you need to set up pretty permalinks.

[lordcoder]

Hi ,

how to determine if its a member or an admin ( by admin , i mean the administrator and keymaster levels ) ?

if not , where can i find a good documentation about bbpress template tags like wordpress’ one ?

TFYT .

[andyro]

I have bbpress loaded inside wp (like this: (wp/bbace/’). All bb pages show, except when user profile is clicked on (the respective users from worpress showed up automatically) I get:

The requested URL /wp/bbace/profile/2 was not found on this server.

Or when a topic is posted (the post goes up) but I get this error:

The requested URL /wp/bbace/topic/3 was not found on this server.

On the server side, there is nothing under ‘topic’ or ‘profile’ – should this be looking for a .php script, or something in the mysql side of things?

Any pointers would be appreciated…to view the site:

http://archicad.ca/wp/bbace/

Thanks in advance!

[Aaron]

Theere is this,

https://codex.wordpress.org/User:RobLa/bbPress_Auth_for_MediaWiki

it might be a little old, but I think it is relevant. MediaWiki / WP /bbPress

[mrjain]

very nice design. A couple years ago on stumbled onto WordPress and glad I did. I feel the same way about bbPress, but i’m sure it will be rock solid and full of features a lot quicker. I was looking at phpBB, but I’m going to implement bbPress.

take care,

mrj

[devils_advocate]

here is the whole config file (partially edited to protect passwords etc)

<?php

// ** MySQL settings ** //

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

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

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

define(‘BBDB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); // 99% chance you won’t need to change this value

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

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

// If your bbPress URL is http://bbpress.example.com/forums/ , the examples would be correct.

// Adjust the domain and path to suit your actual URL.

// Just the domain name; no directories or path. There should be no trailing slash here.

$bb->domain = ‘http://acd.us/cms/bbpress&#8217;; // Example: ‘http://bbpress.example.com&#8217;

// There should be both a leading and trailing slash here. ‘/’ is fine if the site is in root.

$bb->path = ‘/’; // Example: ‘/forums/’

// What are you going to call me?

$bb->name = ‘Member Forum’;

// This must be set before running the install script.

$bb->admin_email = ‘webmaster@acd.us’;

// Set to true if you want 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: -7 for Pacific Daylight Time.

$bb->gmt_offset = ‘-5’;

// 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 = ‘my key #’;

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

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

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

$bb->wp_home = ‘acd.us/cms’; // WordPress – Options->General: Blog address (URL) // No trailing slash

$bb->wp_siteurl = ‘acd.us/cms’; // WordPress – Options->General: WordPress address (URL) // No trailing slash

// Use the following line *only* if you will be loading WordPress everytime you load bbPress.

//define(‘WP_BB’, true);

/* Stop editing */

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

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

?>

[AphelionZ]

Thats neat. Makes my eyes water with joy.

Everything has been slowly gravitating toward WordPress on my site, i can’t wait until everything i need is right in that admin panel and I can kiss major PHP overhauls goodbye.

[devils_advocate]

“Are you integrating this with WP, or is it a standalone install?”

I’m integrating bbpress into a wordpress installation…

“Please tell me the following settings:

$bb->domain

$bb->path

$bb->wp_prefix

$bb->wp_home

$bb->wp_siteurl

(sorry) where would I find this information in bbpress?

DA

[devils_advocate]

Sure.

I guess I’m confused what the plug ins are supposed to do and how they act within wordpress and bbpress.

I opened up and looked at both plug-ins (changed the “.php” to “.html”) to see.

And I realized that what I’m seeing in the installation pages in bbpress IS the plugin content of “display-name.php” preceding the regular Installation content.

And in WordPress – when I “activate” the “bbpress-integration.php” plug-in I can no longer browse any part of my WordPress blog – the only page I get – regardless of where I try to go in the wordpress blog shows me the contents of the “bbpress-integration.php” plugin. I’m looking at a Trac page.

With the wiki link, etc…all links not working because they are using my domain as root of the url.

so – I’ve been trying to make this installation work without the plug-ins…and I get stuck at the first bbPress screen [login in the header all correct; my first post -1hour<–saw the post on this> etc] and am not able do anything from there.

so far I’ve inched through a little progress every 2nd or third installation try…but right now I’m stuck

I’ll try your first suggestion – I figured the other one “true” NOT! out on my own….

thanks!

devils_advocate

[wiimanes]

Having the same difficulties. You can check what I mean by registering on my website and trying to log on:

http://gopokewiids.com/boards

I set up an integrated bb and wordpress message board, and the integration is definitely working. Sadly, I can’t log in at all. No idea what’s wrong. I log on as the admin, and it just goes back to the index.php as if I never logged in. If I try logging in with false info, then it says: Login failed, this username does not exist. It’s defintely running some sort of script after I press submit, but it isn’t logging me in

Suggestions? Mdawaffe, you seem to have a good undertanding, being the key master and all

[Hyper123]

I’m trying to install bbpress and the config file is correct. The error I receive is,

microsoft.com/kb/q176113/ if ( !function_exists(‘wp_redirect’) ) : // [WP4273] function wp_redirect($location, $status = 302) { global $is_IIS; $location = preg_replace(‘|[^a-z0-9-~+_.?#=&;,/:%]|i’, ”, $location); $location = wp_kses_no_null($location); $strip = array(‘%0d’, ‘%0a’); $location = str_replace($strip, ”, $location); if ( $is_IIS ) { header(“Refresh: 0;url=$location”); } else { status_header($status); // This causes problems on IIS header(“Location: $location”); } } endif; if ( !function_exists(‘bb_verify_nonce’) ) : function bb_verify_nonce($nonce, $action = -1) { $user = bb_get_current_user(); $uid = $user->ID; $i = ceil(time() / 43200); //Allow for expanding range, but only do one check if we can if( substr(wp_hash($i . $action . $uid), -12, 10) == $nonce || substr(wp_hash(($i – 1) . $action . $uid), -12, 10) == $nonce ) return true; return false; } endif; if ( !function_exists(‘bb_create_nonce’) ) : function bb_create_nonce($action = -1) { $user = bb_get_current_user(); $uid = $user->ID; $i = ceil(time() / 43200); return substr(wp_hash($i . $action . $uid), -12, 10); } endif; // Not verbatim WP, bb has no options table and constants have different names. if ( !function_exists(‘wp_salt’) ) : function wp_salt() { global $bb; $salt = $bb->secret; if ( empty($salt) ) $salt = BBDB_PASSWORD . BBDB_USER . BBDB_NAME . BBDB_HOST . BBPATH; return $salt; } endif; if ( !function_exists(‘wp_hash’) ) : function wp_hash($data) { $salt = wp_salt(); if ( function_exists(‘hash_hmac’) ) { return hash_hmac(‘md5’, $data, $salt); } else { return md5($data . $salt); } } endif; if ( !function_exists(‘bb_check_admin_referer’) ) : function bb_check_admin_referer( $action = -1 ) { if ( !bb_verify_nonce($_REQUEST, $action) ) { bb_nonce_ays($action); die(); } do_action(‘bb_check_admin_referer’, $action); } endif; if ( !function_exists(‘bb_check_ajax_referer’) ) : function bb_check_ajax_referer() { global $bb; $cookie = explode(‘; ‘, urldecode(empty($_POST) ? $_GET : $_POST)); // AJAX scripts must pass cookie=document.cookie foreach ( $cookie as $tasty ) { if ( false !== strpos($tasty, $bb->usercookie) ) $user = substr(strstr($tasty, ‘=’), 1); if ( false !== strpos($tasty, $bb->passcookie) ) $pass = substr(strstr($tasty, ‘=’), 1); } if ( !bb_check_login( $user, $pass, true ) ) die(‘-1’); do_action(‘bb_check_ajax_referer’); } endif; if ( !function_exists(‘bb_break_password’) ) : function bb_break_password( $user_id ) { global $bbdb; $user_id = (int) $user_id; if ( !$user = bb_get_user( $user_id ) ) return false; $secret = substr(wp_hash( ‘bb_break_password’ ), 0, 13); if ( false === strpos( $user->user_pass, ‘—‘ ) ) return $bbdb->query(“UPDATE $bbdb->users SET user_pass = CONCAT(user_pass, ‘—‘, ‘$secret’) WHERE ID = ‘$user_id'”); else return true; } endif; if ( !function_exists(‘bb_fix_password’) ) : function bb_fix_password( $user_id ) { global $bbdb; $user_id = (int) $user_id; if ( !$user = bb_get_user( $user_id ) ) return false; if ( false === strpos( $user->user_pass, ‘—‘ ) ) return true; else return $bbdb->query(“UPDATE $bbdb->users SET user_pass = SUBSTRING_INDEX(user_pass, ‘—‘, 1) WHERE ID = ‘$user_id'”); } endif; if ( !function_exists(‘bb_has_broken_pass’) ) : function bb_has_broken_pass( $user_id = 0 ) { global $bb_current_user; if ( !$user_id ) $user =& $bb_current_user->data; else $user = bb_get_user( $user_id ); return ( false !== strpos($user->user_pass, ‘—‘ ) ); } endif; ?>

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: bb_current_user() in forums/bb-settings.php on line 146

I got the exact same kind of error yesterday while I was trying to install wordpress 2.0.5 but was able to install 2.0.4 no problem then upgrade to 2.0.5. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Michael Adams (mdawaffe)]

Some of your settings aren’t quite right.

$bb->domain = ‘http://domain.com&#8217;;

$bb->path = ‘/cms/forums/’;

$bb->wp_prefix = ‘wp_’; // or whatever the prefix is. It should not be true

Try that on, and let us know.

Also, I’m not sure what you mean by the links being broken in the bbpress-integration WordPress plugin. Can you explain it differently?

[Michael Adams (mdawaffe)]

I don’t know about other wiki software, but I happen to know that the blicki plugin for WP is under active development.

http://dev.wp-plugins.org/browser/blicki/trunk/

I couldn’t find a real webpage for it yet. Soon, I’m sure.

[devils_advocate]

also happening is: when I click on the link “Your First Post” (or somesuch) I get this error…

“Too many redirects occurred trying to open “http://mydomain.com/cms/bbpress/topic.php?id=1”. This might occur if you open a page that is redirected to open another page which then is redirected to open the original page.”

anyone know why this is happening?

[xxp]

Does WordPress or WordPress MU directly integrate with any Wiki engines?

How about bbPress?

I see that you guys use Trac, so I’m guessing that the answer currently is “no”, but just want to go to the source to be sure.

Thanks.

“directly integrate” = e.g.:

– share user database and authentication

– share tags

– have directly shareable presentation modules for CMS purposes (e.g., for nav blocks, ad blocks, footer blocks)

– share a common design / performance philosophy &/or strategy.