[Billy Wilcosky]

I’m hoping someone creates a plug in for google friend connect… I’ve been trying to find a way to let anyone sign into my site. I know there is OpenID, and bbpress has an OpenID plugin thanks to _ck_, but I can’t get it to work like I want. The main issue is, I use wordpress for my registrations, and then bbpress as my login… I chose wordpress as the registration part because it’s very simple… they just have to enter their name and e-mail. And, I forget why I chose to use bbpress as the login part… haha . Anyway, again, I’m hoping to one day find a way to let anyone login using other popular services like google and facebook and twitter.

If anyone has any ideas let me know…

I’m wondering if it is possible to allow people to login to my site using google for example, without having to mess with my user database. In other words, I know there are plugins that will allow people to register with their google account, and then behind the scenes the plugin creates a wordpress or bbpress account… I’m wondering if it is even possible to have a separate system so if someone wants to sign up for my site they can, but if they just want to log in via google, for example, they can do so without the plugin creating a new user in my database…

[frooyo]

@Sam

Would be great if you could get a blog post crosslinked over at http://WordPress.org/development

I only say that because of the huge WP following.

[grassrootspa]

Howdy folks…have a suggestion to improve bbPress for everyone (I love the service, don’t want this to be taken as harsh criticism toward the terrific developers, etc)

I just started 2 sites running bbPress (http://NewsTalkPA.com and http://SportsTalkPA.com) and the # 1 question/complaint I get from people is “how do I get to select my profile picture”.

(Before we go any farther, yes, I have a sticky on both sites re: how to get a Gravatar pic)

I love bbPress, but with Automattic behind both Gravatar AND bbPress (AND Gravatar support being built right in) it is in everyone’s best interests if there were better directions internally for new folks that signup on bbPress sites re: how to select a Gravatar.

Hey, with WordPress, blogs, etc not everyone will comment and when they eventually do they might want to stay anonymous…BUT With bbPress its a little different. The whole point of signing up is to start chiming away and making yourself known by fleshing out your profile. People are pretty unhappy when they find out its difficult to select a picture.

Think about it: It’s pretty inconvenient for folks to signup on a site, get the email with their password, login, and then, BLAM, find out there is no direction as to how to get a Gravatar on their profile page (they are not going to see a Gravatar directions sticky unless they really look…trust me, they are looking under the profile information for picture stuff)

How about a little revamping on the profile editing pages with a link to the Gravatar website and a little direction that this is how they can select their profile picture. Any thoughts?

If bbPress included something like this the number of new Gravatar signups would skyrocket and the service would become even more widespread (There is NO downside to this)

[grassrootspa]

Dang, it must be the theme. (can delete tags via the default Kakumei 1.0).

I guess this means this theme uses AJAX for tag deletion (I am a BBPress newbie, don’t know where to look to know for sure).

Any suggestions for a work around without having to switch themes? Here it is:

Theme Name: blank 2 column Right Sidebar

Theme URI: http://refueled.net/blank-themes/

Description: A blank bbPress theme. Matching WordPress themes available.

Version: 1.0

Author: refueled

Author URI: http://refueled.net

[chrishajer]

What version of the software are you talking about Marcomail?

What is your question exactly? Do you have existing WordPress users and you’re wondering if they will be integrated with bbPress after integration?

[Sam Bauers]

Those values are of course for the bb-config.php file.

[Jason Giedymin]

Btw I also created the records on the database too, no go.

[Jason Giedymin]

I created the defines in both config files, matching. No dice.

Need a definitive breakdown no facade of what really is required for secure authorization. Feel like a quick write up?

[Sam Bauers]

Did you input the secure cookie key and salt in the relevant places?

[smfadmin]

Uhhh…I’m no programmer. Messing with actual code could get me in a lot of trouble. Is there an easier way? WordPress has tons of Plugins to make things like this simple. I can’t find much in the way of Plugins for BBPress.

[Jason Giedymin]

Running:

WPMU + Latest RC of BBPress, User tables integrated, v1 of Integration Plug (on wp side) installed. Latest RC of bbpress was installed directory fresh but over an existing bbpress 9.x (latest stable) tables.

Tests Passed:

– Logging into each site individually works fine. Can’t log out without errors (understandably as there is a cookie issue see below).

Tests Failed:

– Log into bb-press via https

– Log into wp blog.

– Should go to Admin.

Debug:

– Stepped through to find wp was looking for “wordpress_sec_[long hash string]” cookie. Thinking it was ‘mal formed’ it redirects to the wp login.

Question:

– Why would the “wordpress_sec” cookie not be created by bb_press?

I will be stepping through the bbpress code but wanted to put a heads up in the forums if maybe someone already knows whats going on.

Btw Is there a developer forum?

[Derek Herman]

I’ve ported a few plugins and themed bbPress and built from scratch many WordPress plugins, and to be honest I wouldn’t try and port that plugin. There are way to many unknowns to consider when caching and it’s just a lot of work.

Also, I don’t think there are enough positives to warrant the headache inducing long nights that will cause just for the insignificant amount of resources being saved since so many users are going to be logged in. Unless your forum is ranked in the top 100 of all forums on the internet, you’re not getting enough traffic to go through that kind of trouble. You’re better off upgrading your server IMHO.

[mightybutton]

Does anyone know a website or another forum where I can find a reasonably priced bbpress theme programmer? Having used a lot of wordpress programmers I know that not all programmers are created equal. I really want to find someone who has coded quite a few bbpress themes. If anyone can point me in the right direction I would appreciate!

[Marcomail]

With this plugin http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-integration/other_notes/ i must install only bbpress and use this plugin to integrate the two applications ? but the users are not replicated ?

[feastoffools]

Looking for a bbPress expert who could help us tie our blog entries to

appear on the forums via Bbsync and fix a couple of bugs on the

forums.

http://www.feastoffools.net/community

••• Troubleshoot and optimise our forums. Right now Dreamhost is forcing us to upgrade our services because they claim our bbpress forums are taking too much of a server hit. Looking for someone to help us optimize our forums.

••• Upgrade to the latest version of Bbpress. Right now we’re at .9

••• Install BBsync

http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bbsync/

new blog post, this post will be turned into a new topic in your

forums. Replies can be made to the topic. Comments made through the wp

comments form will also be shown as replies to the corresponding

thread. All comments/replies will show up automagically in wordpress,

too.

••• Code Buttons:

http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bbcode-buttons/

Automatically adds an easy access button toolbar above the post

textarea to allow quick tags in BBcode. This is an enhanced

replacement for the Comment Quicktags plugin. No template editing

required.

Requires the BBcode-Lite plugin (or some other kind of BBcode support).

Some buttons will only appear if the tag is supported (ie. img, center)

••• Upload Image Files / Attachments

http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bb-attachments/

This may not work with the version of bbpress and wordpress that are

compatible. Right now I’m waiting for bbpress to get to full 1.0 to

upgrade both to WordPress 2.7 and Bbpress 1.0, which my guess will be

in the next 6-8 months, but hopefully sooner.

••• Post Notification

http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/post-notification/

If you have a topic in your favorites and there will be a new post to

this topic it sends you an email. Simply upload and it does its job.

•••• Bb Socialize

Add social network links to form/user profiles.

Allows you to set and display your social media profiles in your

public forum profile. As administrator, you can select which sites

will be supported using simple management panel.

http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bbsocialize/

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••• Search problematic

Also users are complaining about the search function not working well,

is there anyway to troubleshoot this or enhance the search inside the

forums?

best

Fausto Fernos

[_ck_]

frooyo I am certain not trying to discourage you from learning more about how bbPress works and trying to create plugins – however you should be able to find those hooks easily by reading the code. That’s how I learned everything I know about bbPress, I keep the windows search window open and pointed to the bbPress folder and I search for things. Many times the hooks are in the dozen php files in the bbPress root, sometimes you have to dig much deeper into the core files. If you can’t follow the code, you need to reconsider what you are attempting to do.

I have no idea what other plugins you’ve written, modified or ported from WordPress but this is not exactly and easy conversion to start with. You need to understand what can and can’t be cached and it’s very different from WordPress.

[deadlyhifi]

thanks.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-integration/

[deadlyhifi]

When logging in, or out, through WordPress (MU) the following error(s) occur.

Warning: extract() [function.extract]: First argument should be an array[...]

and

Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/s/a/sandbox/public_html/wp-content/plugins/bbpress-integration/bbpress-integration.php:202)

Also reported on: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/282166

It works fine when login in through bbPress, and then accessing the admin in WPMU (user login integration shared)

[r-a-y]

Hi guys,

FYI, I’ve updated the code for the BuddyPress bar in bbPress:

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=1152#post-18510

It uses bbPress’ header and footer hooks, instead of WordPress’.

The BP bar now also works in the bbPress admin area as well!

[frooyo]

All

I would like to attempt to convert WordPress’ SuperCache plug-in to bbPress.

I’ve never created a plugin before.

Does anyone has any reference docs or pointers on how I would create the hooks needed for SuperCache on bbPress?

[md-bappy]

I’v to integrate wordpress, bbpress and buddypress. I installed bbpress in locally, as instruction found in site “http://theeasybutton.com/blog/2009/04/25/integrate-bp-bbpress-wpmu/”. After installing and setting cookie as instruction given, i’m unable to concurrent log-in or log-out. Please someone help me how can i escape from such kind of synchronization problem.

[John James Jacoby]

If it doesn’t exist, go ahead and make one. WordPress and bbPress are designed to look for that file regardless.

[russell-crosswy]

The last post from johnjamesjacoby got the cookies between WordPress MU and bbPress working, but now it seems I can’t logout from either WPMU or bb. I don’t see any error messages upon logging in.

Anything I should look for?

[johnhiler]

Yes, you can integrate your user databases and then cookie integrate.

Two questions:

* Do you want to combine your two user account systems? If so, how will you handle it when two accounts have the same name in each system?

* What version of WordPress are you using?

[michael3185]

Quick answer as I’m here at the moment Andy. Yes, you can have both running at the same time, and integrated to use the same user log-in details as far as I can tell (I just use bbPress stand-alone, having no use for WordPress at the moment).

Have a read through the forum sections; there are tons of questions and answers under ‘integration’.