[johnhiler]

Olaf – as I understand it, the next version of bbPress is going to be a point release that builds on the last version… with some bug fixes along with a few features added directly to the core.

I saw some discussion that the canonical plugin approach would be for a later release… so I’m guessing there’s no real information on it yet.

[deadlyhifi]

There isn’t any official documentation as far as I’m aware, but you can read the IRC logs on the blog (https://bbpress.org/blog/).

Regarding the points by froyo:

1 + 2: As mentioned it would work in the same style as buddypress which allows plugins which affect particular aspects of buddypress itself. So there wouldn’t be a problem hooking into only bbP features, and keeping other plugins away from bbP.

3: I think the admin area will be a whole lot cleaner when the two are integrated. Currently all the user stuff is duplicated in both admin areas (and behave differently), so I imagine there will be additional menu on the left of the WP admin area for all forum related stuff, plus a dashboard overview panel/widget.

[Olaf Lederer]

@John,

I know about the discussion to create a bbpress plugin for wordpress, but where can I find this official information?

[sneakyrandy]

I’m trying to install bbpress 1.0.2 into my site and later integrate it with wordpress. Right now I can’t seem to get the installation process to start unless I have the files in a directory specifically labeled “bbpress”.

Otherwise I get an error that reads “An old config.php file has been detected in your installation.” I’ve never installed bbpress on this site before.

I’ve tried installing the directory as “bbpress” and then renaming the directory to “boards” (I already have a set of forums phpbb that I’m unhappy with). Renaming is breaks the install. I have NOT gone ahead and put in any DB info yet into bbpress.

[chrishajer]

If the login integration is working, you just need to create a theme for bbPress that looks like the one you’re using for WordPress. Most people who are used to downloading WordPress themes don’t really like going that route, but until there are more themes released for both bbPress and WordPress, or if bbPress becomes a plugin for WordPress, that’s the best way to achieve the same look for WordPress and bbPress.

[Sabuntu]

I’m still trying to solve this problem

[Sabuntu]

Dear members

I’m using wpmu 2.9.1 and lately I’ve installed bbpress 1.0 as subdomain not as directory

http://sabuntu.com

http://forum.sabuntu.com

I’m really tired of trying to integrate my wordpress theme to my forum

I’m using the famous Mystique theme for my wordpress

http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/mystique

I tried many ways to integrate my theme into bbpress but with no avails

I searched almost the whole integration topics and I tried most of em with F mark by the end of each trial.

even I tried the owner of the following website

http://gaut.am/

http://forum.gaut.am/

because he is using the same theme for both wordpress and bbpress, but with no answers

I have database, cookies and registration fully integrated and working nicely

But I need to tweak the forum to looks like my wordpress

Please Help Me

[pator]

I’ve been two days trying to integrate WP 2.9.1 and BBPress 1.0.2.

I’ve tried everything in this forum and the wp.org forum. Read and applied every tip.

So now I’m posting here for help.

I am simply trying to integrate the logins.

the blog is site.com and the forum is site.com/foro

I followed gerikg’s steps with no luck.

my wp-config looks like this:

<?php

define('WP_CACHE', true);

// ** MySQL settings ** //

define('DB_NAME', '*****');    // The name of the database

define('DB_USER', '*****');     // Your MySQL username

define('DB_PASSWORD', '*****'); // ...and password

define('DB_HOST', '*****');    // 99% chance you won't need to change this value

define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');

define('DB_COLLATE', '');

/* AUTH KEYS */

define('COOKIEPATH', '/' );

define('AUTH_KEY',         'GENERATED1');

define('SECURE_AUTH_KEY',  'GENERATED2');

define('LOGGED_IN_KEY',    'GENERATED3');

define('NONCE_KEY',        'GENERATED4');

define('AUTH_SALT',        'GENERATED5');

define('SECURE_AUTH_SALT', 'GENERATED6');

define('LOGGED_IN_SALT',   'GENERATED6');

define('NONCE_SALT',       'GENERATED6');

$table_prefix  = 'wp_';

/* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */

if ( !defined('ABSPATH') )

define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');

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

?>

my bb-config looks like this:

<?php

// ** MySQL settings ** //

define('BBDB_NAME', '*****');    // The name of the database

define('BBDB_USER', '*****');     // Your MySQL username

define('BBDB_PASSWORD', '*****'); // ...and password

define('BBDB_HOST', '*****');    // 99% chance you won't need to change this value

define('BBDB_CHARSET', 'utf8');

define('BBDB_COLLATE', '');

<p>/* AUTH KEYS */

define('COOKIEPATH', '/' );

define('BB_AUTH_KEY',         'GENERATED1');

define('BB_SECURE_AUTH_KEY',  'GENERATED2');

define('BB_LOGGED_IN_KEY',    'GENERATED3');

define('BB_NONCE_KEY',        'GENERATED4');

define('BB_AUTH_SALT',        'GENERATED5');

define('BB_SECURE_AUTH_SALT', 'GENERATED6');

define('BB_LOGGED_IN_SALT',   'GENERATED6');

define('BB_NONCE_SALT',       'GENERATED6');

$bb_table_prefix = 'bb_';

$bb->bb_xmlrpc_allow_user_switching = true;

?>

I have enabled xmlrpc in WP and BB.

The cookies that are being stored have the following values:

wordpress_logged_in_SAMEHASHEVERYTIME

username%7CNUMBER1%7CHASH1

site.com

/



wordpress_SAMEHASHEVERYTIME

username%7CNUMBER2%7CHASH2

site.com

/wp-admin

/wp-content/plugins

/foro/my-plugins

/foro/bb-plugins

/foro/bb-admin

As you see the values of the cookies are not the same. Is this Ok?

So, I get this cookies if I login to WP on site.com, then when I go to BB on site.com/foro, I am not logged in. If I login to BB on site.com/foro, I get logged out of WP on site.com.

Every time I login, the cookies change, but “SAMEHASHEVERYTIME” is the same every time for WP and BB.

I don’t know what I’m missing or where is the problem.

Why aren’t they picking up the cookies?!

Thank you.

[chrishajer]

bbPress is not a plugin for WordPress, it requires a separate installation. Did you already do that?

It sounds like you want something simpler than what bbPress offers. Have you checked out forum plugins for WordPress?

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=forum&sort=

[Olaf Lederer]

do you ever tried google? just enter the hook and click search

[chrishajer]

My guess is that you need to enter a host where the database lives, and you haven’t done that in bbPress. What are the connection details from wp-config.php? There should be four of them:

database name

database user name

database user password

database host

If you have something set for database host for wp-config.php and WordPress, you will need to give that same information to bbPress. There is a checkbox at the bottom of the fields for database details that says “advanced settings” or something like that. Clicking that reveals the place where you enter the host.

If it’s not that, then did you have something wrong. Did you edit the bb-config.php directly or use the installer? If you edited bb-config.php, be sure you changed the name of the constants from WP specific ones to BB specific ones.

Connecting to the database has nothing to do with a path or folder, and the way you installed it will be fine when you integrate.

[chrishajer]

There was talk in one of the meetups, or maybe email, that WordPress.org was getting a makeover, so they didn’t want to emulate the current wp.org in a design for bb.org, then have bb.org stuck with the outdated look (again) once wp.org is redesigned. I can’t find it in the IRC logs so maybe that was in email correspondence.

[johnhiler]

If you’re looking for a sneak peek into bbPress’ plugin future, you might want to install BuddyPress and see how they’ve solved these problems.

It’s my understanding that bbPress plugins will become like BuddyPress plugins: a series of plugins on WordPress MU. BuddyPress plugins need to be “BuddyPress aware”, so that the BuddyPress plugin loads first:

https://codex.buddypress.org/how-to-guides/make-your-plugin-buddypress-aware-v1-2/

_ck_ stated her reasons here… the primary reason given was “[t]he removal of Sam Bauers and the halting of bbpress.org 2.0 “.

[frooyo]

@ipunkbali

No. Matt is back involved, as noted in his latest weekly bbPress meeting.

You might be thinking of either Sam or _ck_. Sam was an employee of Matt who left to pursue other interests. _ck_ was a major contributor of plugins who left because, to my understanding, she felt under appreciated by the community and disagreed with the direction of the product.

[ipunkbali]

I thought the creator has abandoned this project? no?

[frooyo]

So it sounds like the next major release of bbPress will make bbPress a plugin of WordPress … merging bbPress into WordPress and no longer keeping bbPress as an independent/stand-alone product.

I have a few technical questions as such:

1. Since the future is that bbPress will be a plug-in of WordPress, does that still allow bbPress itself to have plugin capability? Because essentially then, any plugin of bbPress would be a plugin of plugin to WordPress.

2. How would other WordPress plugins effect bbPress? Meaning, if I were to use the SuperCache WordPress plugin – would that then cache my content for bbPress even though bbPress is a plugin itself of WordPress … or, if does it mean that if you use the bbPress WordPress plugin, you cannot use any other WordPress plugin?

3. How would the Admin interface look for bbPress within WordPress. Seems like the Admin interface could easily get messing in a hurry when you have essentially 2 admin consoles (WordPress’ itself and then bbPress’ admin interface within WordPress admin).

For what it’s worth, this is what scares me the most about merging bbPress into WordPress.

The original goal of bbPress was to:

– Open Source, always and forever

– Less (code) is more

– Simplicity is a feature

– Speed and security are the foundation of any good user experience

– Put the user first

Currently, bbPress is close (but not quite there) to meeting the original goals above.

My concern is that by making bbPress a plugin of WordPress, it’s DRASTICALLY moves bbPress away from the original goals because we already know that 1) bbPress would be *more* code, 2) much more complicated, 3) definitely slower given you have to load now WordPress and 4) fundamentally, this is not putting the user first.

Just my 2 cents … also, thanks in advance for answering my questions above

[hedegard]

I have a WordPress Blog with a fully integrated bbPress forum. In WordPress, my Blog Title (Settings->General->Blog Title) contains an apostrophe with no problems. In bbPress, I am trying to set my Site title (Settings->General->Site title) as the same as my Blog Title in Word Press with the apostrophe. bbPress puts a backslash in front of the apostrophe on first save. The second save has three backslashes. The third creates seven backslashes. And so on…

This issue also happens in my Tagline (Settings->General->Tagline) in bbPress, but it is not an issue in WordPress (Settings->General->Tagline).

I also have this issue in the Name and Description of Forums.

I do not have an apostrophe issue in Topics or Posts as has been reported and solved in older posts.

Can anyone provide a way to resolve this issue? I have searched for a solution with no success. I am a rookie. So, my apologies if this is a simple issue.

[Ben L.]

This is the bbPress forum, so I’m assuming you got your words mixed up – The bbPress function documentation I always use is at http://phpxref.ftwr.co.uk/bbpress/

(If you really meant WordPress, look at http://phpxref.ftwr.co.uk/wordpress/ )

[Dailytalker]

There are already some discussions in this forum about fb-connect. Some people say that there are already some wordpress-plugins which could easily be adapted for bbpress. Some other say that if bbpress is integrated in wordpress the wp-plugin could also work for bbpress…I tried some wp-fp-connect plugins out…but had some problem. But I am not a coder so I have often problems with such things.

On the other hand a coder could just have a look at the wp-plugin look how it works and than customize it for bbpress.

[Dailytalker]

For security reasons I don’t want integrate bbpress into wordpress. There is no need to use facebook connect for the blog. I just need facebook connect for bbpress. I have an own Facebook API and want to connect my fb-fanpage with bbpress. Unfortunately I have no idea how to do it.

[xarzu]

I have decided to write my own WordPress Plugin.

I would like to know if there is any sort of documentation somewhere that descibes in detail a list of hooks, filters and actions that I can use.

[Dailytalker]

What about bbpress 2.0?

http://bbpress.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/forum-front-page.png

I think that most of the common problems could be handled in 1 week.

Most recent problems I have with bbpress:

1st I need seo-optimized permalinks. (without “forums” and “topic”)

2nd I need a facebook connect option

3rd Ineed a cool template simliar to sam bauers bbpress 2.0 template.

Whit this I would be happy.

There where only some attemps to solve the problem with the permalinks. There is also a plugin for this but there are some small problems which an expert could solve within minutes. The same for fb-connect. An expert could solve the problem within minutes.

Regarding the bbpress 2.0 template I don’t now how long it could take to get it work. But with that bbpress would be excellent.

For most other things there are already some plugins…some just need to be updated to the current bbpress version. Thats all. (in my view.)

[Dailytalker]

The bbpress 2.0 template looks nice.

http://bbpress.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/forum-front-page.png

The new order with the forums on the left site and the recent discussions on the right site is excellent. Hope that it will be published soon.

[Sam Bauers]

I still have the files for this design, I don’t think anyone ever asked me for them when I left Automattic.

I think there are bigger plans for WordPress.org now that supersede this work, especially if bbPress becomes a canonical plugin.

[wp.rook]

– I put BBPress into a folder called /forum off of the root.

– WordPress is on the root.

I am trying to use the same database to install BBpress into as WordPress.

I’ve checked with host and my DB name, username, password are all correct. I’ve also copy pasted the DB Host into the advanced settings field.

I still get a msg back that there was a problem connecting to the database. Any suggestions? The only thing I can think of is I’ve installed in a folder that I shouldn’t have? Or I need to specify a path or something?

any help is much appreciated!