[epiphone]

Never mind just upgraded to the Unstable 1.0 Alpha version, much more WordPress 2.6 friendly!

[chrishajer]

Those version are not compatible for logins. Please read this sticky:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-and-bbpress-integration-101

[epiphone]

Im going to intergrate my WordPress Theme into my bbPress forum, so I need to make sure that functions like Header and Sidebar can be used in bbPress. So I’ve been reading up and found out that you need to place this code in the bb-config.php:

require_once(‘path/to/wp-blog-header.php’);

However when I place the code. I suddenly can’t log into the bbPress forum anymore. When I click login nothing happens the page will load but not display links like Username –> Admin —> Log out just the normal page as if a guest was browsing the forum.

I am placing the code below the first <php line? Am I doing something wrong?

Additional Info:

WordPress Version: 2.6.2

bbPress Version: 0.9.2

[epiphone]

OKay thanks for your reply.

I shall have a look around.

[chrishajer]

Do users have to log in at the blog and the forum separately, or are the logged into both simultaneously? I didn’t think that 0.9.0.2 and 2.6.2 were cookie compatible, for logins.

To do what you’re describing, you need to design a theme for bbPress that matches your WordPress theme. Short of doing that, you can include WordPress inside bbPress to have access to WordPress functions (like get_sidebar, get_header, get_footer.)

You can also browse the tag integration to see how other people have approached the problem.

[epiphone]

Recently I have installed bbPress 0.9.2 and intergrated it with my WordPress blog (Version 2.6.2) the intergration has been a success and all users registered to the blog also have access to the forum without re-creating a user.

Anyway, now im interested in intergrating my bbPress forum within my blogs layout (E.g on a page called forum there would simply be my usual blog layout and then the forum appearing within the content area of my blog but I don’t have any idea how to do this. For a visual reference here is a example of what I want to achieve:

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/forum/

Does anyone know the process of how to this and how it can be done?

Thanks!

James

[chrishajer]

I don’t know of anything like that specifically. But there is an LDAP plugin that you could probably look at to get some ideas for how to use an alternate authentication and go from there:

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/ldap-authentication/#post-54

[wideit]

Hello,

I have a WordPress installation with BBpress and I would like to use an external WordPress Authentication to use username and password from another Mysql DB.

Do you know any easy way to do it that will be compatible with bbPress???

Thanks!

James

[chrishajer]

To have access to bbPress functions from WordPress, you need to include bbPress inside WordPress. Then you can put that link wherever you want using bbPress functions. Read here:

http://www.adityanaik.com/integratepress-part-i/

Find bb-load.php in that page.

[chrishajer]

So long as it’s in a separate folder from WordPress, you should be fine. You don’t want them in the same folder.

Try turning off permalinks in the admin. My guess is they’re not supported in your current configuration. If that works, and you can view everything, then you just need to configure permalinks.

https://bbpress.org/documentation/faq/#pretty-permalinks

[meitershaker]

but how to display the admin menu (admin link) in the header of my wordpress, when i’m connected to bbpress?

thanks

[qlister]

hi chrishajer, thanks for your reply, the link to my forum is forum.q-list.net

I didn’t put it in a sub-folder of wordpress, because this is a sub-domain, i put it in its own folder called forum

[chrishajer]

I think the WordPress user registration functions are more mature than bbPress. Maybe you could use that somehow?

[chrishajer]

Someone else using that theme had and resolved the same problem:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/demo-site-wordpress-integrations-problem

[chrishajer]

I think this is the fourth time I’ve heard about this now. I have no idea what’s causing it. I think we need a new tag for it.

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-10-alpha/page/2#post-19153

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/cant-log-in-after-installation#post-19550

Do you have access to server logs? Maybe something is being logged there.

With a password failure, you should get the “Wrong Password” screen. But that’s not happening. It’s almost like the password is good but for some reason, it still thinks you didn’t log in.

I tried from the failed password screen, the “you must log in to post” screen and even a different browser. I can’t seem to get it to work. Maybe there will be something logged several times from all my attempts (my IP right now is 75.22.31.202). I even tried a password reset and I couldn’t log in with the new password either.

This is integrated with WordPress? What version for both packages?

And, in your case, since this was sudden, what could possibly have changed that caused this? New software for bbPress or WordPress, or possibly something got updated on the server?

[leoleoleo]

In send message form. I want to display the WordPress Display name not the login user name. How to do this?

[enrige]

What’s version WP-MU compatible with bbpress 0.9?

I used version 1.5.1, but still does not work. View link:

https://trac.mu.wordpress.org/browser/tags

Thanks

[chrishajer]

Can you post a link to your forum?

Also, WordPress 2.6 won’t integrate well with bbPress 0.9.0.2. The logins won’t work on both the blog and the forum at the same time. But that’s not why you have this problem.

What directory structure did you use to install the forum? Is it in a sub-folder of the WordPress folder?

[qlister]

I’m using WordPress 2.6 and I was trying to install bbPress 0.9.0.2 and integrate it and it came up with this error at the end of the installation:

“Duplicate key name ‘user_nicename’

>>> User tables will already exist when performing a database integrated installation.”

My forum got installed, however when I try to click on the topics or the forums or tag, it doesn’t open anything, I can’t get to read any of those. It just stays on the same page.

The only function I am able to use is the add topic, but I can’t get to read anything I click.

What should I do? Any advice is greatly appreciated

[fandangoflip]

I’m working on a site for creatives (photographers, models, make up artists, film makers) to develop their craft and offer advice to those considering entrting an educational route, setting up a business or freelancing.

Its still under heavy development and most of the content is yet to be uploaded, but I’d love to hear any feedback or suggestions to make the site better… Particularly the wordpress & bbpress funtions as I’m hoping the community aspect to be rather strong.

http://www.creativelittlesoul.com

[chrishajer]

As far as I know, there is no plugin like that for bbPress. WordPress allows you to post by email, and even if updates were sent out via an RSS to Email solution, the person receiving that wouldn’t be able to reply and have that posted to the blog.

Sounds like a better application for a mailing list, not a forum.

Or, does Basecamp do all that already?

[eschen]

Something I could not find in this or any other thread concerning integration of 0.9.0.2 with wp 2.5. Problem is that a login to either bbPress or WordPress will log a user OUT of the other, can not be logged into both at same time. Common problem but different question. Several people have suggested adding the following to the bb-config.php:

$bb->usercookie = ‘wordpressuser’;

$bb->passcookie = ‘wordpresspass’;

Questions: are these really needed, should the full hash number (wordpressuser_full.hash.number) also be included and if so, where do I find the hash code? Using Firefox, the I see two cookies when logged into either bb or wp:

wordpress_test_cookie

wordpress_cabxxxxxxxxxxxx

The Secret keys are identical for both bb and wp config files. Also I have:

In bb-config file:

$bb->wp_table_prefix = ‘wp_’;

$bb->user_bbdb_name = ‘xxxxxxxxxx’;

$bb->user_bbdb_user = ‘xxxxxxxxxx’;

$bb->user_bbdb_password = ‘xxxxxxx’;

$bb->user_bbdb_host = ‘xxxxxxxxxxx’;

$bb->custom_user_table = ‘wp_users’;

$bb->custom_user_meta_table = ‘wp_usermeta’;

$bb->authcookie = ‘wordpress_cabxxxxxxx’; //identical to what is shown in Firefox cookie

$bb->cookiedomain = ‘.alleventsadviser.com’;

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

$bb->cookiepath = ‘/’;

define(‘COOKIEPATH’, ‘/’);

$bb->sitecookiepath = ‘/’;

In wp-config:

$table_prefix = ‘wp_’;

$wp->cookiedomain = ‘.alleventsadviser.com’;

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

$wp->cookiepath = ‘/’;

define(‘COOKIEPATH’, ‘/’);

$wp->sitecookiepath = ‘/’;

define(‘SITECOOKIEPATH’, ‘/’);

A registered user is shown in both bb and wp.

Thanks for any help.

[gogoplata]

Another option which I have had success with is to use bbPress 0.9 with WPMU 2.6.2 but only integrate the users, not the cookies. Users will need to login separately to the forums but their same login/password combination will work on WPMU and bbPress.

Hope that helps.

[iuxc]

I’m attempting to upgrade a website I run for a group to both WordPress and BBPress. I have integrated the two and the user accounts are in sync. Everything is working fine, except…

When a user logs in from the WordPress index page, it doesn’t log them in for BBPress. This is a problem, because I want to have administration links for accounts on the homepage of my website. I want a user to login and be able to click on ‘Settings’ and go to their BBPress settings page. Also, I want them to be able to click on “Messages” and go to their BBPress messages.

So, my question is – when a user logs in to the WordPress homepage, how can I make sure they are logged into the BBPress forums as well, without requiring them to log in a second time when they go to the forums?

Thanks for your help!

[chrishajer]

You are the only one who can resolve this, unless you have local help or remote help you trust to look at the connection details provided by your host, and you config, to find the problem.

If there’s a failure to connect, maybe the host setting is incorrect? What are the settings in your WordPress config? If you’re using the same database, then the settings here will be the same, other than the table prefix, which comes later. That should be unique inside your database.