BBPress has nothing else going for it other than the fact that it’s from the WordPress folks.
Nah.
1. Simplicity: Vanilla is top notch, and also has a plugin system.
Plugins
2. Comprehensiveness: Invision boards or PHPBB etc.
bbPress hasn’t been created to be a gargantuan monster (such as PhpBB.)
So. Why is it that BBPress is not just a full plugin to WordPress and therefore totally integrated with WordPress? If this is already being discussed (as I hope it is!) then when is this planned?
There’s a nifty sticky on the very top of the page: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-plugin-updates
BBPress has nothing else going for it other than the fact that it’s from the WordPress folks.
1. Simplicity: Vanilla is top notch, and also has a plugin system.
2. Comprehensiveness: Invision boards or PHPBB etc.
So. Why is it that BBPress is not just a full plugin to WordPress and therefore totally integrated with WordPress? If this is already being discussed (as I hope it is!) then when is this planned?
I need to install two separate forums, each on a different page of a WordPress site. One forum page is private for members and people must be registered in order to see the posts, or to create a post. The other forum, on a different page, is public to read, but must be registered to create a post. Is this possible (and hopefully easy) with bbPress?
been following this for sometime as I am in the midst of converting a vbulletin site over to wordpress/buddypress. The forums are a huge part of that and I was told to look into bbpress. Initially I wasn’t to happy but it seemed like the better option based on the relationship between all the top people involved in all the WP, BP, BB family. I did actually find a way to get the users and data over to bbpress on a test site. I am about to look into that again for the new site beings we are now ready to get that open to the public. Before I do that though, I am curious as to how the stand alone will integrate into the plug in. I am reading things in this thread and see mention that is might not be ready as of yet?
Also, how do I get the plugin itself to test out? I see mention of it being uploaded on wordpress repository??? Is that not the main area there?
Tried searching and only some other thing came up.
Please post a link if it is something everyone can test out as it would be helpful for the development of my site.
Thanks.
Hi Gautam, yes, I can access the page, but the form is not displaying, here are 2 screenshots that shows what I’m talking about:
Logged with bbpress account
http://postimage.org/image/1f7iz5xtw/
Logged with wordpress.org account
http://postimage.org/image/1f7nxrzb8/
Hi Gautam, yes, I can access the page, but the form is not displaying, here are 2 screenshots that shows what I’m talking about:
Logged with bbpress account
http://postimage.org/image/1f7iz5xtw/
Logged with wordpress.org account
http://postimage.org/image/1f7nxrzb8/
Hi admins, I was trying to add a plugin on bbpress (the plugin’s name is WangGuard), I logged in with my WordPress.org user/pass but the request form didn’t show up.
I read the forums and saw this happen some time ago, but without a resolution.
Before I gave up I signup for an account on bbpress.org, sign in and the request form was finally displayed.
The problem (I think) is that this form is not showing when you login with your WordPress.org credentials, that was my case tho.
Hope this help!
Hi,
I want to make a page go to my bbpress forum. I have read i can add the slug / permalink but my forum is installed one folder down. if i put a slash in it takes it out and does not work. How can I get round this?
ie my wordpress address is http://www.mywebsite.com
forum is http://www.mywebsite.com/folder/bbpress
if i put the permalink in on the create page bit it changes it to http://www.mywebsite.com/folderbbpress
thanks
Hi!
I’ve just installed bbPress and integrated with existing wordpress (3.1.1). When I login @ WordPress then I’m logged in @ bbPress as well. It works.
But the other way isn’t working properly. When I login @ bbPress and I go to WP it “seems” that I’m logged in, but when I go to dashboard, I got the login form. Is this the expected behavior? Can I change it? (The user I’m trying with is admin both sides)
Thanks!
Thanks, Gynga. Had the same issue but installed the plugin in my wordpress plugin directory and it worked like a charm!
Thanks, Gynga. Had the same issue but installed the plugin in my wordpress plugin directory and it worked like a charm!
@ricardouk – Gautam’s got it a little backwards. It means that if your existing WordPress theme *DOES NOT* have add_theme_support( 'bbpress' ); in its functions.php file (or anywhere else) that bbPress will attempt to fill in the missing template files on its own with a default set of CSS rules.
For example, for themes that do not *explicitly* say “yes I have bbPress template files” bbPress will still attempt to work it out for you. Say you purchased a theme from StudioPress which doesn’t come bundled with any bbPress template files for forums, that’s okay. When you visit a single forum or single topic, bbPress intercepts the request and serves up a default template that looks like a forum or topic. 
In other words, do not use add_theme_support( 'bbpress' ); unless your custom theme has a “/bbpress” folder that has the necessary files that bbPress expects to be there.
You will need to do some coding and create your own theme.
Hint: Take the header and footer segments of your WordPress theme and place them in the header.php and footer.php segments of the bbPress theme that you selected to wrap your design around the bbPress theme you selected.
You will need to do some coding and create your own theme.
Hint: Take the header and footer segments of your WordPress theme and place them in the header.php and footer.php segments of the bbPress theme that you selected to wrap your design around the bbPress theme you selected.
me too….my forums don’t work at all. I get this weird code:
$bb->custom_user_table = ‘wp_users’; $bb->custom_user_meta_table = ‘wp_usermeta’; $bb->uri = ‘http://intranet.kki.org/school/social/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bbpress/’; $bb->name = ‘ Forums’; define(‘BB_AUTH_SALT’, ‘put your unique phrase here’); define(‘BB_LOGGED_IN_SALT’, ‘put your unique phrase here’); define(‘BB_SECURE_AUTH_SALT’, ‘put your unique phrase here’); define(‘WP_AUTH_COOKIE_VERSION’, 2); ?>
whenever I try to start a forum
me too….my forums don’t work at all. I get this weird code:
$bb->custom_user_table = ‘wp_users’; $bb->custom_user_meta_table = ‘wp_usermeta’; $bb->uri = ‘http://intranet.kki.org/school/social/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bbpress/’; $bb->name = ‘ Forums’; define(‘BB_AUTH_SALT’, ‘put your unique phrase here’); define(‘BB_LOGGED_IN_SALT’, ‘put your unique phrase here’); define(‘BB_SECURE_AUTH_SALT’, ‘put your unique phrase here’); define(‘WP_AUTH_COOKIE_VERSION’, 2); ?>
whenever I try to start a forum
I’ve created a multi-use blog site for our Intranet and would like to have the Forums functing working. Unfortunately, this is what happens when I try to start a forum or put allow forum into a group:
bbPress forum integration in BuddyPress has been set up correctly. If you are having problems you can re-install (I did this)
NOTE: The forums directory will only work if your bbPress tables are in the same database as your WordPress tables. If you are not using an existing bbPress install you can ignore this message.
As you can see, I’ve tried the re-install, which I have to do manually as we have all sorts of blocks on our server. That did not help and I received the following when I try to start a forum:
$bb->custom_user_table = ‘wp_users’; $bb->custom_user_meta_table = ‘wp_usermeta’; $bb->uri = ‘http://intranet.kki.org/school/social/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bbpress/’; $bb->name = ‘ Forums’; define(‘BB_AUTH_SALT’, ‘put your unique phrase here’); define(‘BB_LOGGED_IN_SALT’, ‘put your unique phrase here’); define(‘BB_SECURE_AUTH_SALT’, ‘put your unique phrase here’); define(‘WP_AUTH_COOKIE_VERSION’, 2); ?>
I don’t know what this means or why it is happening. Any thoughts on the matter. I’m using Custom Community theme that I’ve done a lot of customization on. WordPress works fine as do all the other BuddyPress plug-in’s I’ve activated.
Thanks, Debra
PS – just joined this group, how do I change my password and add an avitar?
Hi Gautam, i tried it on the 4 themes i previously used with wordpress and it didn’t work.
Added:
add_theme_support( 'bbpress' ); to the theme functions, will wait for further developments,
The themes i used are minimalist and simplistic without “fancy stuff”, i can’t help with coding but if you need any testing just let me know.
Ricardo: You should put that line in your WordPress theme’s functions.php. Note that some themes might still not display it properly.
…If you’re not using a theme that actively supports bbPress by setting add_theme_support( ‘bbpress’ );, bbPress is going to serve up its own default set of templates and styling from whatever is set as the theme compatibility layer…
Does this mean we can use the theme we currently use with wordpress even if its not bbpress friendly? is this similar to when wordpress introduced posthumbnails and we needed to add a line to the functions.php to enable it on themes that weren´t compatible with postthumbnails?
Where do we put the “add_theme_support( ‘bbpress’ )” in bbpress?
Thank you for listening to “our” requests on using bbpress with our current themes
You also need to install this plugin in WordPress and it would tell you what you need to add in your wp-config.php.
You also need to install this plugin in WordPress and it would tell you what you need to add in your wp-config.php.
Yep, I have installed it if you mean bbPress integration in ‘bbPress > Settings > WordPress Integration’.
However I can’t guarantee at 100% that I changed config files correctly. I would be thankful if you could better explain it or make a screenshot of how config files should look like.
Yep, I have installed it if you mean bbPress integration in ‘bbPress > Settings > WordPress Integration’.
However I can’t guarantee at 100% that I changed config files correctly. I would be thankful if you could better explain it or make a screenshot of how config files should look like.
Hi Guys,
I’ve just installed bbpress in a sub folder on my wordpress blog and Im having issues trying to integrate the data bases…
I just went into the integration setting and same the copy from wp.
The page refreshed and then kicked me out.
What do i do now?
Any help would be very much appreciated.
Cheers
Simon
