The bbPress Live plugin by Sam, was released and last updated around bbPress1.0alpha3.
It appears to me that the plugin makes a wrong call (possibly a bbPress to BackPress issue – as there were major changes for bbpress1.0alpha6) because it returns an empty set. On top of that, it’s aimed for WordPress before WP2.7, which itself had a large number of under the hood changes.
I’d be surprised if this plugin was even close to being fit for purpose these days; and without a doubt the solution is to pull the information from the Database directly.
bbPress and WordPress are 2 stand-alone software solutions that can share the same database/logins. Leveraging this data without adding the overhead (and potential issues) of the other will make life easier in the long run 
(not to mention save 50+ SQL calls every time you load a bbpress page)
Though I missed the Trolling comments, it saddens me.
I’m disappointed by Matt’s approach to bbPress these last 6 months, and indeed quite shocked at his approach to the WordPress community over this capital_P_dangit() debacle; but I like to think I have that opinion separated between the man and the Automattic Employee.
I think it’s benefitial to point out these miscommunications. The hope is that they are seen, eventually, as a catalogue of errors, and so we can learn and improve. If my comments are being used as a soapbox for people to vent; then I apologise.
Chris, please feel free to close and/or delete this topic as neccessary.
Kev
Thank you for your quick reply
bbPress 1.0.2
WordPress 2.9.2 (Plan on upgrading this soon but have another plugin not working with 3.0 yet)
bbPress Live 0.1.2
I downloaded bbpress live from:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-live/
Thanks for that link as well (I am definitely going to look into that route), because I have been fighting with bbpress Live for a while now.
I am wondering if its a issue with XML-RPC, but that doesn’t really make sense because I have other applications using the XML-RPC fine, and they are both turned on in the admin sections.
Thanks again for your help
What version of bbPress and WordPress are you using, and where did you download bbPress Live (what version is that)?
I am trying to display the recent posts from bbpress on my wordpress blog.
I tried using BBpress Live but it isn’t displaying anything at all. I tried using both functions
bbpress_live_get_forums()
bbpress_live_get_topics()
I was echoing and using print_r to display the results… nothing. Also the widgets are not displaying anything either.
Anyone have any ideas on how I can get the recent posts on my wordpress blog?
Can’t create/write to file ‘/tmp/#sql_e93_0.MYI’ (Errcode: 22)
That is a problem with MySQL. That is something your host needs to address. MySQL cannot write to that MYI file on the /tmp partition for some reason. This is something they need to resolve.
I’m afraid your problems are larger than bbPress. The trouble with bbPress and your earlier loss of categories and the plugin problem in WordPress are all symptoms of a larger problem and something your host needs to resolve.
Are you on a Windows host? I can’t find reference to it on Linux at all. It could be something as simple as out of space on the device, but it’s something for the host to resolve.
Sorry, posting quickly on phone.
Thursday 1st July:
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Westi states that the 3 months old bug has been fixed. And will be applied to bbPress at the next patch.
Wednesday 7th July:
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Matt states bbPress powered forums at WordPress.org has been upgraded to the latest version of bbPress and BackPress.
$this->shitty->bug() is not present. yay.
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/422478
Friday 9th July:
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matt states that bbPress has been upgraded to latest trunk version
$this->shitty->bug() is still present and in it’s 3rd month. booo.
Might it just be miscommunication? Yes, I agree it is.
Is this bug fixed somewhere out there? Yes, I agree it is.
Is it close to commical that it’s been where for 3 months? Yes, it is.
Is something wrong with at least one of the statemetns from Matt? Given that one contradicts the other? Yes, it is.
Honestly, is it so damn hard for an Automattic employee to also update our BackPress version as well as the bbPress version? I mean, do they not know that bbPress is dependant on BackPress (definately possible)? Is it an issue of shame or embaressment at a bad decision thats coming back to haunt them, or just a mistake that gets made constantly over the last 6 months?
Yes that’s a good point – didn’t think of the FTP.
Plugins:
admin add user
allow images
bb-wysisyg editor
force login
hidden forums
wordpress integration
The problems I had on the main site:
My host are insisting that they didn’t touch it, and I certainly didn’t, so I’m not sure if it’s been hacked, or it’s some sort of database glitch or what. On the WP site, all of the categories were reset to “uncategorized” which, for a site running comicpress, which is category-based, was a bit of a disaster. Just as I was panicking, it seemed to find the categories again, and reset the site to 6th July (which I assumed was them rolling back altough they insist they haven’t). I also noticed the category order plugin giving the following error:
WordPress database error: [Can’t create/write to file
‘/tmp/#sql_e93_0.MYI’ (Errcode: 22)]
SHOW COLUMNS FROM wp_terms LIKE ‘term_order’
WordPress database error: [Duplicate column name ‘term_order’]
ALTER TABLE wp_terms ADD term_order INT( 4 ) NULL DEFAULT ‘0’
Again, if this suggests anything to you, or I can provide any more info, I’d be most grateful,
Adam.
Sorry, very latest trunk is r2461. mdawaffe checked in a few revisions, probably after updating the wordpress.org support forums.
The last svn log is for r2460, but when I checked out the latest, it says revision r2461. But there is no log entry for r2461.
I’m glad they’re using it at the wordpress.org forums. With many users the problems will become apparent and will have resources devoted to fixing them.
I would not try and reinstall – just try to figure out what went wrong and fix it. It will result in less work in the end, and may help someone else depending on what you find.
bbPress will not update anything on its own. WordPress won’t either (although WordPress will tell you about available upgrades.)
I think you should explain the weird issues you had and how your host fixed them. Seems likely that that’s related. Either the host did something, or you did something. Nothing happens by itself.
You can always log in to your host with FTP and get a directory listing of running plugins in the my-plugins directory.
Hello,
I had bbpress installed and working very nicely – integrated with wordpress and working as a private forum for to allow guests to discuss our upcoming wedding. All was going well, but I’ve suddenly found that I can’t get into the forum or the administrator section because the installation error screen is coming up:
Oh dear!
bbPress is already installed.
Perhaps you meant to run the upgrade script instead?
I have had some weird issues recently which my hosting provider may or may not have “fixed” by rolling back to 6th July. So I have 2 questions:
1) Does anyone have any idea what might have caused this? I haven’t touched either the WP or bbpress installations at all. I assume nothing in bbpress would update automatically and break older versions of wordpress (I’m still on v2.9-ish). I realise this is a ludicrously weak bug report but I’m a bit lost right now and I can’t get into bbpress to check what plugins are active, which version I’m on etc…
2) If I do need to just cut my losses, wipe it clean and reinstall, is there a way to backup everyone’s comments and then repopulate the fresh bbpress with them?
Any help most appreciated,
Adam.
http://wpdevel.wordpress.com/2010/07/09/last-night-two-big-changes-happened-on-w/
I love, truly love, that it was tested.
Otherwise, people might just think he’s making this shit up as he goes along…
I think the best thing to do in your case would be a test installation of the latest trunk release of bbPress (not the packaged 1.0.2 release.) There’s no way to know if all that is going to work on the latest version of bbPress, but I suspect most of it will.
I would copy over your database, then install bbPress with subversion. Then copy over your template and plugins. Then test. If it all works, then go ahead and upgrade your 1.0.1 installation.
Regarding when bbPress becomes a WordPress plugin, it doesn’t really matter. Use what works for you (right now, that’s a standalone installation, as you have here.) That code you have installed is never going away. If a time comes in the future where you can move to bbPress as a WordPress plugin, then go ahead and do it. But use what works for now and don’t wait for any version coming in the future.
Hello.
I cannot load (not properly) any of the themes from my-templates. I have copied the two themes that came with the installation (changed the names) in my-templates, I can see them (in Appearance) as being in the “user” directory (I don’t get a preview, even though there is a screenshot there), but when I activate them, I only get the content of my pages, without a header, footer etc.
I have set the permissions (775) for the my-templates folder. I have also set the header and footer images in style.css to their proper destinations (background: #fff url(‘images/header.jpg) no-repeat center; and footer.jpg).
I am also the key-master, so there shouldn’t be any problems there. What I am trying to do is to make my bbpress theme as similar as possible with that from wordpress.
This is how the forum looks at the moment: http://pastorbob.limewebs.com/
Here is my wordpress website: http://www.pastorbob.org/
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Bob
I’m running bbpress 1.0.1 and I am hesitant to upgrade because I don’t know what it will do to my plugins (most of which have been abandoned by their authors) and I’m not sure why I should upgrade. Plus, with the rumor of a bbpress plugin for wordpress coming out, I’m concerned about the future of this version of bbpress. Maybe you guys can answer some questions for me.
Here is my bbpress so you can see where I’m at:
1) Will my users, plugins, databases and themes all still work find and dandy if I upgrade? Is there an easier way to upgrade aside, like there is with wordpress?
2) These are my current plugins. Does anyone know any incompatability with them and the current version of bbpress?:
adsense for bbpress
after the deadline
ajaxed quote
akimset
allow images
bb-lightbox2
bb-no spam user
bb-scripture links
bbcode buttons toolbar
bbcode light
bb cumulus
bb pm
bbpress signatures
bb topic views
bb video
bozo users
facebook like
leaderboard
members online
mini stats
post count plus
post count pluss for wordpress
project honey pot for bbpress
reputation (karma) for bbpress
social it
subscribe to topic
unread posts
3) When/if this new bbpress plugin comes out, will there be a way to convert my bbpress installation into teh plugin or otherwise make it compatable?
Thanks bunches all!
i would love to see bbpress available as a wordpress plugin so i don’t have to jump through all the integration hoops. i’m not true geek… just a wanabee and i don’t really know how to make bbpress work with wordpress.
Bump!, really need help…
or anyone have Ben L contact detail?, I think he is busy in these days, he still not active in his website from last week.
http://nightgunner5.wordpress.com
Or anyone else knows about these issues?
Thanks….
If you think this is a problem with the bbPress core, please open a ticket and submit a patch at https://trac.bbpress.org/
You can log in there with a WordPress.org account if you have one.
Is there an error message?
I did not mention the error here because I’m not interested in this plugin. and I don’t want to fix it. i just install it and check it, then immediately delete it, because I’ve integrated my forums with wordpress so there is shared user integration, and there is built in functionality in wordpress to add users step by step, so why I install this buggy plugin? but chrishajer did not understand my question, I want to add bulk users at once.
I said
Any bbpress or wordpress plugin?
Now I finally got this plugin, I hope it will work, now I’m trying it
http://www.dagondesign.com/articles/import-users-plugin-for-wordpress/
I’ve a list in my hand with biggest names.
like, yahoo, google,msn, ebay, amazon, twitter, facebook and so on….
So i want to block these user names, so that no one can choose these names.
Its a really big list.
Is there any quick way to block specific usernames.
Any bbpress or wordpress plugin?
Thanks, and Love you all
Your best bet would probably be to find a premium WordPress theme that you like and then purchase that. Then I’m sure you could find someone to convert it to bbPress for you for a reasonably low rate.
I’m afraid that I don’t know of any quality premium bbPress theme website. There might be one or two out there, but as it stands I don’t know about it.
For the most part, this is due to people wanting a bbPress theme that matches their WordPress theme, and also for a lack of customer base. The idea of selling a theme is grand if you’re going to sell a significant number of them, other wise you have to decide if you get a significant Return on Investment.
If you’ve any special theme needs, please feel free to contact me on:
themes [at] kevinjohngallagher.com
Kev
I think this is great. I mean, I installed phpbb3 in my site and have been regreting it since users became more and more active.
I have a question, though. I’ve spent three days looking for some info (at google, wordpress, etc) and I think this is the right place.
Do I have to upload the bbpress files into the same directory where the phpbb files are right now or the new bbpress files can be anywhere? I’ve read that the database must be the same. My guess is that the files can be anywhere but I just want to make sure.
