[chrishajer]

This does not go in any WordPress files at all. It goes in your bbPress login-form.php template file, right before the closing </form> tag. That way, after submitting the form, bbPress directs the user back where they came from (all those SERVER VARIABLES in the code snippet.) I thought this did exactly what you were looking for. Where did you try to insert the code?

[johnhiler]

Ah it looks like that code is for bbPress… it has a reference to bb_get_option in it:

<input type=”hidden” name=”re” value=”<?php echo “http://&#8221;.$_SERVER.$_SERVER[“REQUEST_URI”].’?’.$_SERVER[“QUERY_STRING”]; ?>” />

<input type=”hidden” name=”_wp_http_referer” value=”<?php echo bb_get_option( ‘uri’ ) ?>” />

If I stick it into a WordPress template for my header.php file, it crashes… any ideas how to make it work in WordPress?

[johnhiler]

I’ve integrated my WordPress (2.5) install with my bbPress (0.9) install… and have the signin for both routing through the bbPress bb-login.php.

There are signin fields at the top of every page:

* http://www.weddingbee.com (the WordPress blog)

* http://boards.weddingbee.com (the bbPress forum, on a subdomain)

When users signin to a page on the boards, they stay on whatever page they are on. However… when user signin through the blog… they get sent to boards.weddingbee.com (the bbPress install frontpage). This annoys some users, because they have to navigate back to whatever blog page they were on in order to comment.

I looked at the bb-login code, and there seem to be references to keeping track of the referer and redirecting using redirect_to. Does anyone know how to use those, so that when my users sign into a page… they stay on that page, rather than being redirected to the boards frontpage?

[phipps]

I tried integrating bbPress (alpha 6) with 2.7 WP MU and ran into problems. The web-based installation failed if I selected integration (I left the “Add cookie integration settings” unchecked, only tried user database integration) – it threw up an error during the last step, and said Installation Halted! (although all previous tests and validations seemed to go through fine).

I dropped the bb_ tables, then installed bbPress without the integration options and it worked. Is it possible to modify a working bbpress installation to integrate with WP MU after installation? Has anyone done this before – and might have instructions online somewhere?

All on dreamhost.com server.

[diabolikal]

As you may be able to tell, it asks for a log-in and I have to use my FTP account to log into it for some reason, and I have the latest BBPRESS and WORDPRESS (2.7).

[chrishajer]

You don’t access the admin directly like you can in WordPress. You log in on the front page and then if you’re keymaster, you see the admin link next to your name. If you don’t have an admin link after you log in, maybe you’re not marked as keymaster.

Need more info on your setup to help. Did you integrate with WordPress? What versions of bbPress and WordPress did you install?

[saratee]

The link to the wordpress theme does not work. Can you please repost the link. I love the BBPress theme and want to use the matching wordpress theme too.

[adsearch]

Warning: cannot yet handle MBCS in html_entity_decode()! in /hsphere/local/home/xxxxxx/adsearch.co.in/forum/bb-includes/wp-functions.php on line 113

Hello I have Installed the forum at the address given below

http://adsearch.co.in/forum

http://adsearch.co.in/fourms

but at both the place I Get the same error.

I did not integrate it with wordpress.

what is the problem.

[adsearch]

Warning: cannot yet handle MBCS in html_entity_decode()! in /hsphere/local/home/xxxxxx/adsearch.co.in/forum/bb-includes/wp-functions.php on line 113

Hello I have Installed the forum at the address given below

http://adsearch.co.in/forum

http://adsearch.co.in/fourms

but at both the place I Get the same error.

I did not integrate it with wordpress.

what is the problem.

[kevinjohngallagher]

Hi Ashfame,

First: i feel your pain in integrating WP2.7.1 and 0.9, i’m sure alot of us do – that said though, it’s definitely possible.

Second: it’s definitely possible to achieve site wide login using either _ck_ or Ann’s plugins. Without a doubt using _ck_’s is far easier, as Ann’s comes with no documentation and there are steps required that no-one’s written out. It took me about an hour of searching and playing with Ann’s to get it to work, but once it did, it worked brilliantly.

Basically follow the steps given on the 3rd page of the integration forum posts (hey dont expect documentation for something a sought after as this to be on an actual page – like the integration one – or even at the start of a post so it’s easily found). Then add in

define(‘COOKIEPATH’, ‘/’ );

define(‘SITECOOKIEPATH’, ‘/’);

define(‘COOKIE_DOMAIN’, ”);

to both the WP and BB configs. Obviously you can change the values.

The other thing that really helped me, after alot of trial and error, was to set up WordPress first. Activate Ann’s plugin. It then automatically boots you our of the WP admin area. you have to go to/wp-login.php?action=logout and then entirely clear your cache and cookies.

Then re-log in. The cookie WP sets will now be recognisable.

Install BB AFTER this step to make life alot easier; as bbpress will recognise the admin cookie right form the word go

Third: Ann’s method overwrites the ‘new’ wordpress cookie method, so the theory is that it’s future proof. at least throughout this WP2.7 branch. The bad news is, according to an automattic post i read yesterday, that the OpenID integration in WP2.8 may require a rewrite of all authentication in WordPress. If this happens then there is a good chance that all authentication in Automattic systems will have tot change, there’s just no way of future proofing against a company wide re-write. But if that doesn’t happen, then Ann’s plugin should work for a long time.

Fourth: A the risk of reading form the _ck_ bible, there’s very little reason across the board to upgrade from WP2.5.1 to WP2.7.1 . There are no known security issues in 2.5.1. I’ve yet to come across a WP plugin that doesn’t work for 2.5.1, it’s a damn site easier to use, and it’s faster and more lightweight. Obviously, you may have different requirements that we don’t know about, but I would look long and hard at not using 2.7.1 if i were you.

Good luck, Kev

[cloudhopper]

The 101 referred to doesn’t cater for the fact that the names for the various keys seems to have changed.

The route I followed (using the “freshly baked cookies” plugin, and using 0.9.0.4) calls for a “secret key”, but the latest version of wordpress doesn’t refer to such a beast. I opted for the AUTH key, guys, figuring that if it was wrong, the bbPress install would let me know. It worked.

Perhaps a minor tweak to the 101 would help in this respect?

As it happens, I went on to experience “fatal errors” when I tried to activate said plugin, so I clearly haven’t finished with the integration efforts myself! :o)

[chrishajer]

My guess is that there is something in the WordPress .htaccess file that is causing it to mess with what should be a forum 404 error. I don’t know enough about subdomains and bbPress integrated with WordPress, but that’s my guess. Something in the WordPress .htaccess file is rewriting your bbPress 404. Possibly? Is there a .htaccess file for bbPress? I would guess not, since you’re not using permalinks for the forum.

I suspect it has something to do with the subdomain, but that’s just a SWAG.

[killpack99]

I get the main (front) page. The url is bb.indieinvasion.net (by the way the server in running linux) Also I’m using wordpress integration

[Txanny]

I tested both.

1.0-alpha integrates better but is more unstable and there are lots of errors. I would no use it on a live site.

0.9.0.4 is much stable, and runs fine. I used this plugin https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/freshly-baked-cookies/ and then forced always to login/logout from WordPress. That works perfect. Login/out from bbPress does not run correctly in this situation, so I preferred to force to login/logout from wordpress.

In my case I was talking for a project 6-9 months vista, to be finished later this year. This makes things a bit different as I hope then bbPress 1.0 will be more mature.

Also consider that you always can upgrade from 0.9 to 1.0… but you can NOT to downgrade from 1.0 to 0.9. So, perhaps I would start from the stable version.

Regards,

Txanny.

[Ashish Kumar (Ashfame)]

It is possible. Read the first post https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-and-bbpress-integration-101

[jrock87]

I am trying to install the latest stable version 0.9.0.4. Is this the proper version that i should be using for integrating with WordPress 2.7.1?

[chrishajer]

Be sure to delete all the bb_ tables. The only WordPress tables that were modified by bbPress should be the wp_usermeta and wp_users tables. If you changed the table prefix for the bbPress installation, be sure you delete the correct tables.

Also, it makes sense to backup the whole database before doing any of this, just in case.

[psheld]

I think I’m going to have delete my WordPress instance now and reinstall.

Thanks Chris for your help, but bbPress has really messed things up. I used the installation process to set the config files, so it’s not entirely clear what I need to do. I have cleaned up the wp-config.php file back to how I think it should have been, but still no go.

I think changes may have been made to the db tables for which I’m not sufficiently skilled to reverse.

So that’s that. Thanks again for you help though.

[chrishajer]

You don’t need a separate database, and it’s easier to integrate with WordPress if you install bbPress in the same database as WordPress.

What version of bbPress are you installing? Sounds like an older one that doesn’t integrate well with WordPress 2.7.1. In the bbPress installation of the alpha, which does integrate with WordPress 2.7.1, there are pretty clear instructions beneath each box on where to find the keys.

[_ck_]

Use WordPress plugin guides. Same concept, just different hook names.

Also study existing plugins, that’s how I learned.

[jrock87]

Hey,

So I am having a few issues while integrating with wordpress.

My first question is, in step 2 when doing the cookie integration it asks for the SECRET_KEY” in the WordPress wp-config.php file. I am using wordpress 2.7.1 and I cant find the SECRET_KEY in the file. How do i get the SECRET_KEY??

Also i want to know if me creating a separate database in step 1 of the installation was the right thing to do?

Thanks for any help.

[Txanny]

I was searching on the forums but found not response. When integrating 0.9.0.4 with WordPress 2.7, the SECRET_KEY to which WordPress 2.7 key corresponds? I think I need that before using the integration plugin.

By the way, I tried the WordPress integration plugin for 0.9, and it does not work for me. After installing it on three different sites, nobody can login into WordPress. (I will ask this in WordPress Forums).

[Chad Holden]

http://webomania.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/out-of-range-value-adjusted-for-column-error/ this was the solution to my problem. Not sure why it was needed, but all is well in whoville now.

[ganzua]

This other nice trick by you doesn’t work either from the wp comments template;

global $wpdb;

$result=$wpdb->get_var("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM bb_posts WHERE poster_id = $user_id AND post_status = 0");

echo $result;

No errors though. I tried replacing poster_id with wp comment_author_id but it didn’t make it.

What I was trying to do is to put the the whole count of wp comments and bbpress posts all together.

The previous question was because I produced a hit counter that runs for both; wp and bbpress. I added the total hits of the bbpress post views plugin to the wp counterize plugin. It works but I think I did this by the hard way.

[Chad Holden]

Positive. I am also getting this message on every install :

>>> WordPress “auth” cookie salt not set.

>>>>>> Could not fetch “auth” cookie salt from the WordPress options table.

>>>>>> You will need to manually define the “auth” cookie salt in your database.

>>> WordPress “logged in” cookie salt not set.

>>>>>> Could not fetch “logged in” cookie salt from the WordPress options table.

>>>>>> You will need to manually define the “logged in” cookie salt in your database.

Not sure if that matters.

AND This is at the top :

DB Error in BB_Install::process_form_finalise_installation: Table ‘wpmu.wp_options’ doesn’t exist

SELECT option_value FROM wp_options WHERE option_name = ‘auth_salt’ LIMIT 1

DB Error in BB_Install::process_form_finalise_installation: Table ‘wpmu.wp_options’ doesn’t exist

SELECT option_value FROM wp_options WHERE option_name = ‘secure_auth_salt’ LIMIT 1

DB Error in BB_Install::process_form_finalise_installation: Table ‘wpmu.wp_options’ doesn’t exist

SELECT option_value FROM wp_options WHERE option_name = ‘logged_in_salt’ LIMIT 1