[raheelsayeed]

hi again!,

Amm, sometimes users tend to ignore tags completely, and just choose what ever they want which really disturbs the whole organisation of the forum.

I thought about adding a predefined list of tags that the users can choose. For example, how wordpress suggests tags. and all we do is click on them!

Any direction here could save my forum!

I basically thought of disabling the tags textbox and presenting a custom set of tags that on click would fill up the text box when posting in certain forums! would this be the right way to go?

[Sam Bauers]

johnhiler nailed it and there’s nothing particularly hardline about my statement. It’s a matter of prioritising the features that bbPress supports and in turn the features that I support as the main developer of the software and the various community members support on this forum and in any future docs.

We could make bbPress do lots of things, some would stray not far from the expected feature set, like this. I’m just drawing the line, that’s all I’m saying.

[leggo-my-eggo]

Yeah, that makes some sense. However, there’s a conceptual problem here, right? Because the recommended structure is to install WordPress and then install bbPress as a subdirectory (say, /forums). Which works great, but then I’ve got a home page created by WordPress, and since the deep integration only works the other way around, no way to use any bbPress content on that home page.

I also tried using the Latest Discussion plugin, but I have a modification that I need to filter some of the output supplied by whatever functions output the discussion and forum lists, and that plugin does not include a filter which allows me to do what I need to do, so I was trying to find a way to use bbPress functions on my WordPress home page.

For “deep integration” to be really relevant, I have to have a way to include bbPress content within my WordPress pages, right? Or am I really thinking of this the wrong way?

[Josh Leuze]

Just wanted to follow up with this. I tried the integration again from scratch with the same config as above, using WordPress 2.8 and bbPress 1.0-rc-3, but with the 1.0-rc-3 version of the bbPress Integration plugin.

The integration worked flawlessly, no issues with the code that bbPress Integration outputted, I can log in and out of both bbPress and wordPress, and access both admin panels.

Thanks for all of your hard work Sam, bbPress 1.0 is looking great!

[johnhiler]

Hey guys – there are different levels of integration between WordPress and bbPress (these definitions are from Sam):

* User database integration – Sharing of user data tables with WordPress

* Cookie integration – Sharing of login cookies with WordPress

* Deep integration – Including the WordPress codebase (PHP) inside bbPress to allow use of WordPress functions inside bbPress

bbPress supports all of these (although cookie integration between some versions wasn’t supported until user plugins were created fairly recently).

I think what was asked was reverse deep integration, so to speak? Where instead of normal deep integration (allowing you to call WordPress from inside of bbPress), it would work the other way around (where you could call bbPress from inside of WordPress).

I think that’s where Sam is drawing the line re: integration, although I could be misunderstanding. He’s definitely said recently that he’s supporting normal deep integration (allowing users to call WordPress functions from inside of bbPress), so all deep integration isn’t off the table. My guess would be that it’s easier for Sam to program bbPress to support WordPress… than to demand that WordPress engineers program in full deep integration for bbPress.

Incidentally, I pull bbPress discussions onto my WordPress using the Latest Discussion plugins and it works great!

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bbpress-latest-discussion-for-wp/

[leggo-my-eggo]

Gotta say, that was not the answer I was expecting, since there are so many posts on these forums advising exactly that solution. I also am a little confused about why you would intentionally limit the interaction between these two–obviously intended to work together–apps, but I’m sure there are complexities here that I don’t understand, and I certainly understand needing to draw the line somewhere, especially at this early stage of development.

As for using bbPress Live, that’s what I initially tried to do, but it hasn’t been updated since October of last year, and doesn’t work with WordPress 2.8, so that’s not really an option. If it did work with 2.8 I would be more than happy to use it instead of including bbPress in WordPress, as it apparently provides all the functionality I would need. Any chance an update is on its way soon?

All I really need is the ability to pull the latest discussions list and the forums list into my WordPress home page. Any other suggestions are welcome.

[berberama]

If you’re not coding bbPress to work nicely with WordPress, then it’s not going to become a well known and widely used platform. The statement “…I won’t be writing support for this into bbPress at all, even if someone patches it to work. I gotta draw the line on integration somewhere…” come across as hostile and petty – Potentially giving bbPress bad PR.

I’ve had nothing but hell trying to get this to work properly and when talking to PHP coders, every single one of them has told me not to use it (these are guys that code for a living). They’ve given me alternatives, when I asked why, they said there’s not a lot of support (that there should be more) and the fact that it does not play well with WordPress (when they suggest, given the origins of bbPress, it should).

This is unfortunate; and sad.

[Tim]

Another heads up here to say no issues integrating WordPress 2.8 with bbPress 1.0 RC3, both on subdomains and www domain.

Installation process much clearer, and asks for the right info, meaning no need to edit config files after.

To anyone having issues with integration – as obvious as it sounds, clear all of your cookies once you’ve installed. I had a couple kicking around from bbPress 0.9, but once cleared and logged in on either the WordPress or bbPress side, everything was fine.

[Sam Bauers]

WordPress is not designed to play nice with bbPress loaded inside it in this fashion. It will probably break things (not just visual things). I won’t be writing support for this into bbPress at all, even if someone patches it to work. I gotta draw the line on integration somewhere. Try the bbPress Live plugin for WordPress and see if it doesn’t give you what you need.

[johnhiler]

If you’d like to integrate the cookies across different domains, definitely install bbPress .9 and not 1.0! That Cross Cookie plugin doesn’t work with v 1.0…

Good luck!

[arthaseo]

this sounds great thanks John.

I am installing on a new domain, so i will be installing latest releases.

I have integrated WP + BBPress in past but for same domain.

any more suggestions ?

[johnhiler]

If you are on bbPress v.9, then you just got very lucky – this plugin by _ck_ just came out that does exactly that, if both installs are using the same users table:

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/cross-cookie/

[arthaseo]

want to Integration WordPress and BBPress

but they will be on Different Domain names

same hosting space …

[mrhtn]

I created a new forum dedicated to home theater networks at HTNforum.com. It lets users ask questions and comment on how to set up a home theater network and different devices such as HDTVs, HTPCs, speakers, receivers, Blu-ray, game consoles, amps, home networking, home automation and more.

I have a WordPress site that goes along with HTNforum at YourHTN.com and it’s designed to let people post pictures and talk about their home theater networks. I made it so users can vote and rank each other’s home theaters.  I found wordpress to not be the best tool for asking and answering questions so BBpress was perfect as it let me add a forum without my hundreds of users having to create a new account.

My forum site has been up for a few weeks now and I haven’t noticed any major bugs. I would appreciate any comments/suggestions on how to improve the forum. Thanks and keep up the good work with BBpress!

[synth01]

I have wordpress and bbpress integrated. I deleted the admin user after creating a new admin user (per http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/01/26/10-steps-to-protect-the-admin-area-in-wordpress/ recommendations). Now when I log in to bbpress as the new admin user I am unable to administer the forum site. What can I do?

[akalix]

Hi,

I’ve the same problem with Hosteurope and the solution posted by possessed works fine, but is it possible to fix this by a plugin? So that I don’t have to change the source (each update). On WordPress I’m using this http://forum.wordpress-deutschland.org/konfiguration/18650-php-mail-und-hosteurope.html#post118619 for example.

Alex

[leggo-my-eggo]

Well, OK, this is pretty strange. I’ve added require_once(ABSPATH . 'forums/bb-load.php'); to the bottom of my wp-config.php file, and it all seems to work fine. Except, my admin interface for WordPress has lost all its colors and images. I have run a diff on the two resulting wp-admin interface’s code, and it looks like the act of loading bbPress is taking over the loading of styles at the top of the WordPress admin interface, which doesn’t really make much sense to me. Anybody understand what’s going on here? I’m using bbPress 1.0-rc-3 and WordPress 2.8.

[nedsferatu]

I wrote up a quick outline of the screencast that may be helpful:

http://1isa2isb.com/wordpress-and-bbpress-integration

I found that I would forget some of the non-intuitive steps but not want to re-watch the whole screencast.

[johnhiler]

1. Yup, there’s something similar in bbPress! Both versions are listed here:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-faster-than-wordpress#post-20920

2. This plugin should do the trick:

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/edit-history/

3. That’s a tough one! I don’t know how to do it. Are you going to be changing X a lot? If not, maybe it’s a pain but you could hardwire X into the template…

[cheinyeanlim]

The plugin was designed to stop hackers from gaining access to your blog via trial and error, something which is quite common with WordPress blogs since most people use the default username login ‘admin’….

http://www.pupuweb.com/blog/protect-blog-with-login-lockdown/

[jimgroom]

Hey everyone,

Testing out RC3, and it works in terms of bbPress/BuddyPress/WPMu 2.7.1 integration far better than RC2, which had me stumped. I do have one lingering issue with the integrated signon between WPMu and bbPress for anyone who might have a lead. When I login to either WPMu or bbPress it logs me into both applications, however, if I try and logout of bbPress when I originally logged in to WPMu, for example, it won’t log me out. I have to actually go and logout of WPMu to be logged out of bbPress. This was a similar/common issue in a version that was in the 0.7.x or 0.8.x series. And I have the sneaky suspicion there is something in my config files that is baling it. Anyone having a similar issue? Anyone know of a fix? Below are my config files for both wp and bbPress.

Right now I have this in my wp-config:

define( ‘COOKIE_DOMAIN’, ‘.umwblogs.org’ );

define( ‘SITECOOKIEPATH’, ‘/’ );

define( ‘COOKIEPATH’, ‘/’ );

define( ‘COOKIEHASH’, ‘#################’ );

And this in my bb-config:

// WordPress cookie integration speedup

$bb->wp_siteurl = ‘http://umwblogs.org’;

$bb->wp_home = ‘http://umwblogs.org’;

$bb->cookiepath = ‘/’;

$bb->authcookie = ‘wordpress_###################’;

$bb->secure_auth_cookie = ‘wordpress_sec_###################’;

$bb->logged_in_cookie = ‘wordpress_logged_in_###################’;

$bb->admin_cookie_path = ‘/forums/bb-admin’;

$bb->core_plugins_cookie_path = ‘/forums/bb-plugins’;

$bb->user_plugins_cookie_path = ‘/forums/my-plugins’;

$bb->sitecookiepath = ‘/’;

$bb->wp_admin_cookie_path = ‘/wp-admin’;

$bb->wp_plugins_cookie_path = ‘/wp-content/plugins’;

// End integration speedups

define( ‘WP_AUTH_COOKIE_VERSION’, 1 );

[dss]

• bb latest discussions wordpress plugin now reports an error.

This was not actually true… Seems I only needed to remove the trailing slash on my bbpress URL and voila! It works fine.

• No more images… bbpress just eats the code. allow images plugin installed, and activated.

This, however, is still true. Has anyone else encountered this trouble?

Trying to determine if it’s a plugin in need of update, or if it’s an error on my part, or an actual issue in RC3

However, it looks like integration actually works (for the very first time ever!)

This remains true. So happy about that!

[dss]

Just updated to RC3 with WP2.8

• No more images… bbpress just eats the code. allow images plugin installed, and activated.

• bb latest discussions wordpress plugin now reports an error.

However, it looks like integration actually works (for the very first time ever!)

[Marcomail]

Johnjamesjacoby could you give us some more information ? Thanks

[aditya2311]

Thanks for your reply.

I have installed WordPress 2.8. and bbpress 0.9.0.5. I have used the same database named “wordpress” for both. Please check http://bits-oasis.org/blog and http://bits-oasis.org/forum