[gerikg]

It should work…

make sure wp-config has:

define( ‘COOKIEHASH’, ‘blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah’ );

define( ‘COOKIE_DOMAIN’, ‘.websiteblah.com’ );

define( ‘SITECOOKIEPATH’, ‘/’ );

define( ‘COOKIEPATH’, ‘/’ );

and bb-config has:

define( ‘COOKIE_DOMAIN’, ‘.websiteblah.com’ );

define( ‘SITECOOKIEPATH’, ‘/’ );

define( ‘COOKIEPATH’, ‘/’ );

you can get the correct configuration using “bbPress Integration” wordpress plugin

[eclipsenow]

SMF + Tinyportal just works for many, many bloggers wanting a forum and website portal all rolled into one.

Sadly, it seems that although wordpress aims high, its forum capabilities and integration are lagging far, far behind.

[tmcandle234567]

Also I have tries bbPress-live (which has not been updated for a while it seems) and that will not work. It does not appear there is any integration out there at all!

Please prove me wrong!

[code012]

nevermind. I’ve fixed it.

Can't simultaneously be logged in on both WP and forum

Hope this would help you as well.

[code012]

I fixed it.

It wasn’t simple, and honestly, I really hope that the integration with WP was a basic feature, not an option. Otherwise, it’s the best forum for WP-enabled website so far, and I’m so glad that I installed it.

The following steps are what I did, and might have unnecessary steps, but whatever made it work, made it work. I’ll also assume that you have followed the integration steps that involves matching keys of config files. I would also assume that you have used the correct keymakers for the bbPress version.

bbPress 0.9: https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.0/

bbPress 1.0: https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/

1. Install the “bbPress Integration” plugin for WP. Set up everything accordingly until you see the “Manual Cookie Settings”. It told me to add “define( ‘COOKIEPATH’, ‘/’ );” on wp-config.php, but it didn’t work. I had to remove / for the path because I read it somewhere that if you add /, it’ll add an extra /, making it // for the cookie path with is invalid. So I added “define( ‘COOKIEPATH’, ” );” instead, above the “AUTH_KEY” section in wp-config.php.

2. I’ve added the following lines above the ?> part in the end of the bb-config.php :

$bb->bb_xmlrpc_allow_user_switching = true;

$bb->cookiepath = ”;

$bb->sitecookiepath = ”;

This tip can be found in other tutorials, but notice that again, I took out / for the path.

3. In WP Settings -> Writing, I’ve enabled XML-RPC.

4. In bbPress Settings -> Writing, I’ve enable XML-RPC.

5. I’ve cleared the cookies of the browsers (IE and FF).

Everything should work as it is. At least it did for me.

Now I can simultaneously be logged in for WP and bbPress without any problems.

I really hope that one day, either from bbPress settings or a one simple plugin would resolve the problems that some of us had.

[code012]

Hi stereostokey.

I’m having the same problem.

Did you manage to fix the problem? If you did, could you let me know how you fixed it?

Thanks.

[antoniobon]

I believe this is only possible with the wordpress K2 theme.

[tmcandle234567]

I have done all the Buddypress integration and login is great and my buddypress groups can post, etc. But I have found no integration (widgets or whatever) to show bbPress on WordPress sidebars and most importantly I have no idea how to get a link button integrated into WordPress MU (my other addins put one there on the top menu for me.

If I can avoid another night hacking the templates it wold be great since the integration already took 2 days!

Thanks

[plrk]

Dukessa: unfortunately, _e() (and __()) attempts to translate the string it is given – which means that if you try to call “_e(topic_time())”, it will be interpreted as “_e(“August 12, 2009″)” (or whatever topic_time() outputs). The solution is to put translation functions inside the topic_time() function. Note however, that that would indeed translate “August” into “Augusti”, but it won’t fix the order (it’ll still go “month day, year”) nor the capitalization (in Swedish, months are spelled with lowercase first letter unless in the beginning of a sentence). In WordPress, the order problem is solved by an admin setting for the date format, but the capitalization issue remains.

I hope that explains it. If I have the time some day, I’ll try to submit a patch for it to be fixed in the next version.

[Wojnar]

Is it possible to convert bbPress users database to WordPress?

[johnhiler]

Sounds like a classic integration issue.

Start a new thread with the details… make sure to include the version numbers of both bbPress and WordPress, along with whatever techniques you’ve used to integrate the two!

[heywhereyou]

Hello,

I’m pretty new in this BBpress forum thing… I have recently integrated it in my wordpress site. Anyway my problem is that when I put description in my Forum’s title it doesn’t wrap meaning my table expands until the whole paragraph is done which I don’t like.

Here is my forum site so you have an idea what I mean — http://heywhereyou.com/forum

How do I fix this???

Much thanks!

[eclipsenow]

For me, this is why I’d love to see a BBpress version that came with “Everything in it out of the box”, and another version that functioned identically, but was a PLUG IN for WPMU. Oh, I’d like to see WP have MU support in the core, so that one could just “tick a box” and it would be in.

In other words, I’m looking for a COMPLETE social forum portal that one can just plug in and it works.

As far as I can tell, only SMF + various Portal plug ins do that. I haven’t made a choice yet, because I love wordpress.. and the *look* here of BBpress forums is interesting. I’m just not a skilled enough hacker to get all the bits to fit together properly, and threads like this only confirm the confusion to non-hard-core developers, who have all probably gone with Expression Engine anyway.

[yangers101]

Hi Markus,

Thanks for the tips. I followed the steps outlined in the above string, and I tried new cookies, but it’s still not working. I’ve pasted this code in the bb-config.php $bb->bb_xmlrpc_allow_user_switching = true; too and it’s still not working. Any more ideas? I appreciate the help.

[Anonymous User]

Hi yangers101,

i migrate my wordpress & bbpress installation yesterday to wordpress mu & bbpress. After the migration i have also problems with the cookie integration. The same problems i have 2 months ago for the normal cookie integration.

This article about the integration of buddypress, wpmu and bbpress helps me a lot:

http://theeasybutton.com/blog/2009/04/30/integrating-buddypress-10-wpmu-and-bbpress

For me – it was necessary to try new secret cookie keys. I changed all keyphrase in wp-config und bb-config:

define(‘AUTH_KEY’, ‘keyphrase’);

define(‘SECURE_AUTH_KEY’, ‘keyphrase’);

define(‘LOGGED_IN_KEY’, ‘keyphrase’);

define(‘NONCE_KEY’, ‘keyphrase’);

define(‘AUTH_SALT’, ‘keyphrase’);

define(‘LOGGED_IN_SALT’, ‘keyphrase’);

define(‘SECURE_AUTH_SALT’, ‘keyphrase’);

define(‘BB_AUTH_KEY’, ‘keyphrase’);

define(‘BB_SECURE_AUTH_KEY’, ‘keyphrase’);

define(‘BB_LOGGED_IN_KEY’, ‘keyphrase’);

define(‘BB_NONCE_KEY’, ‘keyphrase’);

define(‘BB_AUTH_SALT’, ‘keyphrase’);

define(‘BB_LOGGED_IN_SALT’, ‘keyphrase’);

define(‘BB_SECURE_AUTH_SALT’, ‘keyphrase’);

Greets

Markus

[Olaf Lederer]

The registration works like for wordpress, the user can change the password afterwards.

If you change this function bbpress will not work with wordpress

[Olaf Lederer]

I think you can’t compare both forums, bbpress is still in an early stadium.

bbpress is very cool because it’s very easy to combine bbpress with wordpress (and buddypress)

EDIT: and bbpress is more spamproof (at least for me)

[collmonster]

Yes, from within WordPress 2.8.4 I found the plugin and did the automatic install.

Is this not how I should do it? Should I just upload the files to a /forum directory and install from there?

How can i then link it to my main menu on my wordpress blog?

Thanks!

[yangers101]

I have the latest versions of WordPressMU, Buddypress, and bbpress installed on my site. Each component works fine individually, but I can’t get the logins to integrate. When I login to WordPress and I switch over to bbpress, I still need to login again. I have verified my cookie/salt/auth settings in both wp and bb config.php files. It’s driving me crazy. I’ll PAY someone to help me hack this. I’m probably just missing one simple step, but I can’t figure out what it is. Please help! Thanks!!!

[yangers101]

I tried the link, but still need help integrating the logins. When I login to the site via WordPress and then switch over to the bbpress part of my site, it asks me to login again. I am using WordPress MU 2.8.4a , bbpress 1.0.2, Buddypress 1.0.3. Please help!!!!

[chrishajer]

I am 99% certain all the good theme names are already taken, at least for WordPress. I say look out the window and find some inspiration and name the theme something not too literal.

BTW, the theme looks nice.

[chrishajer]

How about this: http://labs.b5media.com/blog/creating-the-anypress-solution/

[johnhiler]

Are you installing bbPress as a plugin under your WordPress?

[collmonster]

Hello.

I just installed the bbpress to my wordpress site. I was just setting it up, and int he settings it had a line where you could set the url of the install. I mistakenly thought I could use this to change it to a shorter version.

I was on: http://www.mydomain.com/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bb-admin/ (I think)

and I changed to http://www.mydomain.com/forum

Now its broken. All I get is a 404 page from my wordpress site.

I tried deleting and reinstalling but it won’t work!

Any idea how I can fix this?

Please help!!!

Thanks

[yangers101]

I’m having trouble integrating logins for WordPress, Buddypress and bbpress. I have done so for WordPress and Buddypress, but when I installed bbpress last, and followed the instructions in this video: http://dotsub.com/view/7cb6fb61-2fa0-4d6d-a090-257b0be87a50 it still didn’t work. Please help! thanks!