[devils_advocate]

HOW do you make the plugins work?

the “display-name.php” file adds a header of broken links and mod info (which I don’t understand) to the beginning of every install page but otherwise appears to not do anything.

and the “bbpress-integration.php” plug-in for WordPress (I’m using 2) adds the same “Trac” information at the top of every loaded WP page…(!!!)

very frustrating…

help?

[meeciteewurkor]

Ok, well that fixed the -1 year “freshness” problem. Now the post times are incorrect by 1hour.

I’m in -5 gmt timezone and my server is in -6gmt timezone.

One issue fixed and another created. I seem to remember having this problem with WordPress a loooooooong time ago. Like pre 1.0 ago. Can’t remember how that was dealt with.

Anyway, I’ll keep tinkering until I figure it out. Thanks for the help, AphelionZ.

[devils_advocate]

Ok. found a css sheet, a new header and image files from Fernando_Graphicos <http://fernando.dubtribe.com&gt; and got the forum up and running but it won’t let me add a forum, doesn’t recognize me as admin [after initial screen] etc…

??

help?

[meeciteewurkor]

aah.. ok, thanks. I tried everything but double quotes..

It’s obviously working now, because now the warning message is gone now.

thanks!

[Nola1974]

Took me a bit to figure this out… it’s not a true/false configuration.

replace

'$bb->akismet_key = true;'

with

'$bb->akismet_key = "123456789";'

(123456789 being your key)

[meeciteewurkor]

Howdy,

just tinkering around with bbpress.

In the config.php file it has this:

‘$bb->akismet_key = true;’

How do I enter my key into that? Let’s say my key is 12345678. How would the code look after inserting the key?

thanks.

oh, guess I could add that I get this in my dashboard everytime I try to put the key in:

The API key you have specified is invalid. Please double check the ‘$bb->akismet_key’ variable in your config.php file.

[devils_advocate]

Ok….did that – got the install up – but am STILL not getting the css (or stylesheet) to load.

Am seeing non-styled HTML – and most important – when I click a link to go to the first post, or login, I’m taken to the front page of the WordPress blog (posts and all)…

no sign of bbPress…..

what’s going on do you think?

[jhotchkiss]

I have successfully installed a WordPress blog and am trying to add a bbpress. Upon installation, and going to the install.php file, I get nothing but a white screen. Any ideas?

[Michael Adams (mdawaffe)]

If bb_ really is your bbPress table prefix, and that is what is entered int the integration plugin page, users registering through bbPress should be given WordPress’ default role upon logging into WP for the first time.

So I’m not sure what’s wrong exactly, but it may be caused by the stuff you’re doing manually (as you expect).

[Michael Adams (mdawaffe)]

Go to the Users tab of your WordPress Admin panels.

Under what role are these troublesome accounts listed?

[Atsutane]

try like this

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

require_once(ABSPATH.’wp-settings.php’);

require_once(‘path/to/bbpress/config.php’);

?>

[ngetchell]

There is a plug in that posts entries from your WP blog into your bbpress bulletin board.

http://dev.mbzeus.net/

I think this will be what some people want in there forums.

[devils_advocate]

so you all suggest I change

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

require_once(ABSPATH.’wp-settings.php’);

?>

to read

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

require_once(‘path/to/bbpress/config.php’);

?>

or to read

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

require_once(ABSPATH.’path/to/bbpress/config.php’);

?>

??

tia

da

[devils_advocate]

ok – I found the ultimate guide and it got me 95% through…

I’m still having a problem (that is likely in my WordPress set up) and a problem seeing the (default stylesheet)….

ideas?

[zimpet]

Hi ear1grey, jepp, you are right… Maybe I am too spoilt by all the coders work on wordpress. In fact, bbpress is a good point to start with, and the idea of having a forum and a blog coming right from “one-stop” is the right decision. So, don’t get me wrong! It is really a wish of mine to have it all “together” and tools get merged this way.

The only thing I want to highlight is, that – I’m not a coder from nature, but a tinckerer – it is not as easy as it sounds to set up the forum and integrate it into a running blog; first of all, if you are using wordpress for more than only as a “blogging-machine”. So, I will report

all bugs I find and – if it is possible for me, give advice how to fix it. In case I have the courage… as mentioned, I’m a tinckerer, not a coder.

[bonnyweb]

Hi guys,

I’ve tryed to integrate bbpress in my wordpress blog, but I’ve some problems…I think in the configuration file.

I’ll post my config file for semplicity:

wp-config.php:

<?php

define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘blog_wp’);

define(‘DB_USER’, ‘root’);

define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘root’);

define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);

$table_prefix = ‘wp_’;

define (‘WPLANG’, ”);

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

require_once(ABSPATH.’wp-settings.php’);

?>

bb-config.php:

<?php

define(‘BBDB_NAME’, ‘blog_wp’);

define(‘BBDB_USER’, ‘root’);

define(‘BBDB_PASSWORD’, ‘root’);

define(‘BBDB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);

$bb_table_prefix = ‘bb_’;

$bb->domain = ‘http://localhost/neoxyty&#8217;;

$bb->path = ‘/forum/’;

$bb->name = ‘Neoxyty forum’;

$bb->admin_email = ‘pippo@pluto.com’;

$bb->mod_rewrite = false;

$bb->page_topics = 30;

$bb->edit_lock = 60;

$bb->gmt_offset = 0;

$bb->akismet_key = false;

$bb->wp_table_prefix = false; // ‘wp_’;

$bb->wp_home = “http://localhost/neoxyty&#8221;;

$bb->wp_siteurl = “http://localhost/neoxyty&#8221;;

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

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

?>

The intallation of the wordpress is ok and it works, and also the installation of bbpress seams to be ok, but when I try to read a post or make some changes in the admin section it doesn’t work…

Some section are ok and other no…

Somebody can help me…please!

P.S. sorry if my english is not so good…

[Atsutane]

@devils_advocate

Inside wp-config.php

[devils_advocate]

“require_once(‘path/to/bbpress/config.php’);”

where would this be added?

[zimpet]

Mmmmh. Tried it and got: “Fatal error: Call to undefined function __() in /path/to/bbpress/bb-includes/capabilities.php on line 27”, it is the part with “function get_roles()”. Maybe it is beacuase I have defined a role “Key Master” within WordPress (with the plugin Role Manager)?

[zimpet]

Hi! I am truly a fan of WordPress (I use it on several websites), but I am a little bit disappointed of bbpress. I know, that it is a beta, but there are plugins for wordpress available, making integration into wordpress much better. Easier integration concerning templates, user-management, navigation etc. In spite of being a beta, the code still is “grubby” – having templates in “my-templates” does not mean that all functions will work with them. Eg. “bb-login.php” still include “login.php” from “bb-templates”. So, it means wasting time by seacrhing and fixing these things… And truly: who did directly understand “how-to-integrate-bbpress-into-wp” ? Or otherway round?

And why do I always have “Ok. The document has moved here”? After login, logout – using IE. Using Firefox, nothing happens – no redirect, no link. I am enervated. Sorry. I have expected a bit more. Perhaps my fault…

[kannued]

I would like to have a set number of topics, then subtopics within that set number. So for example:

four topics, and the users have to post subtopics within those four topics.

Or as in WordPress

I have four categories, and subcategories, and then posts within the subcategories.

Is it possible to limit the topics, have subtopics, and then post within the subtopics?

[gnawph]

Some of these additions are either done with a simple plugin or template modifications…

Personally I’d like to see bbPress continue on with it’s development without spending resources to integrate the two programs together. Rather bbPress should stand alone as a forum system and not just a glorified WordPress plugin. It is my opinion that current forum systems offer way too many features and confuse themselves with content managment systems and social networking sites. Huge avatars and signatures take away from actual content and private message systems have been around for ages disguised as email.

The community around bbPress should develope plugins for all of these specific features. Remember that 90% of your users will just read and post on your forum and all those other goodies are just taking up resources that aren’t contributing to the overall “digital discussion” philosophy of a forum. Usenet is still pretty popular and that hasn’t changed much in years.

I’d like to see improvements on security, speed, and ease of use in the next releases rather than glittering goodies and features.

I am working on another ghetto plugin to highlight threads that have been started since your last visit. It’s been painful and frustrating to work on this since it’s been so long since I’ve worked with php but man is it fun. Another thing I’d like to see in the next release is a list or plan of what is going to happen next so I don’t waste time creating a plugin that is going to be in the next release.

Although it is fun.

P.S.

I’m biased on this issue as I’ve been in web stuffs for a number of years now so I can easily integrate a theme. It should be very simple as most of your design should be located inside your wp css file. The only thing you really have to change is some <div> placement. I threw away the default bbpress css theme and just flung bbPress into my WordPress site’s containers and it worked pretty well.

[devils_advocate]

Hi.

I’ve a settled and happy little wordpress (version 2.02) community that I want to add a robust Forum software to.

Seeing as how WordPress.org recommends (and uses) bbPress, I thought I’d give it a go.

I’ve read through the (available) documentation <–that which I understood, and made changes to the “config.php” file as I believed all should be. I know I have something wrong, because I can’t seem to get the Forum to work with the WordPress installation I have.

My problems are less now than the first install (I keep going into the database and deleting all the ‘bb_’ instances before try to run the install each time (6 times now) – but I still have a few issues I can’t seem to put my finger on and would like to pick some brains – or be led down a truer path of enlightenment.

#1 – I am not a php programmer (an illustrator by trade) but pretty sharp so you don’t have to speak to far down to me =0)

#2 – I took the info for the top 3 lines of the “config.php” from my wordpress install. that is I left the ‘BBDB_Name’, ‘added my DB name’ left ‘BBDB_USER’, ‘added MySQL username’ and then the database password

#3 – the bbPress will reside within a “forums” directory inside directory named “cms” which is in the root of the site. I’m a mite confused about the blog and domain paths requested I thought I had them correct but everything lacked the WP template look (no css) and all the links for the “bbpress-integration.php” <-is this really a release plugin?), ahem…all of the links in the window this plug-in generates are two directories higher (on the root) instead of in the same directory as the forum.

(more on this in a bit)

This is what I have here:

// 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://domain.com/cms/forums&#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 = ‘/cms/forums/’; // Example: ‘/forums/’

respectively – and believe they are wrong – but unsure.

#4 – named the forum ‘forum name’ ; added my email address ‘devils_advocate@mac.com’; left pretty permalinks to false; topics to 30; edit-lock to 60; offset time zone -5; used my actual akismet key # (is that correct?) and then got to the serious stuff – the three items for integration with WordPress.

#5 – set

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

$bb->wp_home = http://domain.com/cms; // WordPress – Options->General: Blog address (URL) // No trailing slash

$bb->wp_siteurl = http://domain.com/cms; // WordPress – Options->General: WordPress address (URL) // No trailing slash

And since this site isn’t loading WordPress with bbPress (being that WordPress is the primary site) I left that alone.

#6 – then I create a folder/directory in the ‘forum’ directory called “my-plugins” and add the “display-name.php” plug-in to it (it gets calls for error on line 15 which is “search”) everytime during config

and

I turn on the plug-in added to WordPress – (/cms/wp-content/templates/plugins) “bbpress-integration.php” (which opens immediately in “raw format” – even before I run the bbPress install.

But these two plugs are recommended for us non-techies – so I go with it.

#7 – run the config.php follow the link to Step 1 [and get the same page shown with the “bbpress-integration.php” plug-in (links wrong) at the top, at the bottom a path error on headers and then the regular “Step 1” information to fill in.

Repeat for step 2

Finally, when it appears to be complete I have a login page that is without css (no template integration); links two levels up toward root than where the forum resides ‘domain.com/link’ instead of domain.com/cms/forums/link’

and not wp integration what-so-ever…none of the users/passwords are recognized (over 200) etc…

what, what, what in gods name am I doing wrong?

=0|

thanks for any insight in advance…..

devils advocate.

[berg80]

thanks guys. definitely much easier to template because it is so similar to WordPress. now all I have to do is figure out a solid way of integrating the users, the current doc on that doesn’t seem to work for me.

and sorry RedSkunk, i can’t share that template as it is the main design for our website also.

[berg80]

thanks guys. definitely much easier to template because it is so similar to WordPress. now all I have to do is figure out a solid way of integrating the users, the current doc on that doesn’t seem to work for me.

and sorry RedSkunk, i can’t share that template as it is the main design for our website also.