In all methods of integration, they both have their own [databases] (correction, tables) and simply share the user table (and usermeta).
3. WordPress and bbPress each in their own directory
|–blog <– WordPress
|
|–forums <– bbPress
(I like this methed best, seems the most “logical”)
In this scenario, do both wp and bbpress have their own, separate databases?
BTW, I can’t get the blockquote to work. I’ve tried <> [] and
Thanks. So am I right that to put everything on the same database I should uninstall the bbpress I have currently installed, then re-install, specifying the same database I used for wordpress?
Or is it unecessary, since I can get cookies to recognize users whether they’ve logged into wordpress or bbpress?
blockquote
You only need to share databases to have integrated user logins.
/blockquote
Thanks for responding, Chris. I’m still confused about this. It sounds like, from the documentation like above, integrating the cookies will accomplish the same thing:
blockquoteIntegrating cookies allows your users to log in to either your WordPress blog or your bbPress forums and be effectively logged in to both.
/blockquote
I do want it to be pretty seamless for our users. I want them to only have to register once, and not to have to log in again when they cruise to the forum. On the face of it, it would seem like we need to share one database. BUT, that seems a bit scary, like the kind of scenario where I could wipe out our existing WP installation.
If that’s the route I should go, how do I go about it? Uninstall the bbpress I just created, then go through the installation again, except this time enter our wp database info?
I tried doing the integration last week for the two databases I have currently set up, and had to add a line into my wp-config about a secret key. With that, an error message came up instead of the blog, choking on that line. It was a day before I got wind of it, so it didn’t look very good.
I want to have a clearer understanding this time before I start messing around with these settings.
BTW, what am I missing with the markup here? It says to put the code between backticks `, but it’s not working.
Yikes, this is a WP bug that breaks bb_auth(‘logged_in’).
I patched the appropriate file in WP and created a ticket and posted the patch. See this URL:
http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7521
Whoah, there’s a ton of stuff not working fully yet with bbpress/wp now, right? I hope I don’t find anything else…
Where did you originally generate the keys, from the WordPress random url? I'll report that bug to them if that's where you got them from.
Yes, keys are from the WordPress random url. I’m not sure if this is a bug, I think ¡t’s a problem with bbpress utf-8 encoding and foreign computers that are iso-whatever.
Besides, I’ve found more problems in my bb 1.0alpha – wp 2.6.1 b2 integration attempt;
1 I can’t find a secure key salt in the last wp version.
2 Logins integration seems to work fine but as soon as you include
require_once('.../wordpress/wp-blog-header.php')
all is messed; I lost the settings link on the dashboard, add new topic didn’t work, when no logged in I get this meesage instead of the last poster of a topic;
Warning: mysql_error(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in 
wampwwwwordpressbbpressbb-includesbackpressclass.bpdb.php on line 360
I’ll report more errors if I find any
Normally the WordPress API version 1.1 escapes those properly so you can use all manner of special characters in the keys.
Where did you originally generate the keys, from the WordPress random url? I’ll report that bug to them if that’s where you got them from.
See the FAQ for some suggested URLs:
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/terms-of-service/faq/
The problem is legal TOS has to be adjusted per site.
this is the most obvious “free” one but it has to be adapted:
http://wordpress.com/tos/
Very odd. I can see what you’re talking about now. There is the <h2>Reply</h2> but then something goes wrong.
This is in the source:
<h2 class="post-form">New Topic</h2>
</div>
<!--
If you like showing off the fact that your server rocks,
<h3>0.150 - 15 queries</h3>
-->
Looks like bbPress has it until the <h2 class="post-form">New Topic</h2> part, then WordPress takes over for some reason. At least it looks like that’s what’s happening. If you look at the source of the page you’ll see what I mean.
Sorry I don’t know what’s causing the problem, but it’s interesting to look at nonetheless.
We will not be able to download talkpress and do some hosting on our own? We can do that with wordpressMU, so why not with talkpress?
BBPress == WordPress(.org)
TalkPress == WordPress.com
WordPressMU came after WordPress.com if my memory serves me right, so we probably won’t be seeing a BBPressMU until sometime well after TalkPress goes live (which itself is probably a year or so away).
Of course, it may never happen, I’m just speculating. 
Well I tried to integrate bbpress with my wordpress theme and I after calling wp functions by adding
require_once('/wamp/www/wordpress/wp-blog-header.php')
I realized that I had no settings link on the bbpress dashboard. I removed that line and the link appeared again but no theme integration.
BBPress as wp plugin for 1.0 final is too much asking, isn’t it?
Why is this listed as a stylesheet in the source? It gives a 404 then includes the whole WordPress page as a stylesheet:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.audioscribbler.co.uk/oldboards/my-templates/bbpress-forum/style2.css?v=8" type="text/css" />
I don’t know if that has anything to do with it, but it’s not right.
Also, does the problem you’re describing happen with the stock template as well?
I have both WP and bbP using the same .htaccess file, in root. So, is this OK:
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
Options +MultiViews
If you mean WordPress 2.6 and bbPress 0.9.0.2, then no, they’re not compatible. Choices seem to be:
1. Go back to WordPress 2.5.1
2. Install bbPress alpha release and take your chances
3. Wait for a new bbPress release that’s compatible
4. Live without integration
That was my point exactly. It’s just in the template, like things are in WordPress. Remove them or comment them out if you don’t need them.
You can fix this if you have phpmyadmin.
Do you have it?
go into your bb_usermeta (or wp_usermeta)
and find that last administrator you made, it will look like:
bb_capabilities a:1:{s:13:"administrator";b:1;}
and just change the meta_value to
a:1:{s:9:"keymaster";b:1;},
user_id meta_key meta_value
You want WordPress for that, not bbPress.
There’s no need for that in forum software.
Yes, 1.0 alpha is required to integrate with WordPress 2.6
bbpress 0.9 <-> WordPress 2.5.x
bbPress 1.0 <-> WordPress 2.6.x
Does the 1.0 alpha allow for integration with WordPress 2.6?
i have latest WP and latest bbPress. Looks like integration results in every bb registrant being automatically given ADMIN login role in WP. Role mapping doesn’t seem to make a difference. Is there really no solution to this other than recommended downgrading?
bbPress 0.9 is not compatible with WordPress 2.6. Read the first sticky thread for more information. If you cannot wait for a 1.0 release of bbPress, you might try the alpha release that was just packaged up, but I wouldn’t try it on a production site that you care about.
I did find a way to make it work. First install bbPress without WordPress integration. Next go to the bbPress settings and configure the WordPress Integration. Where it asks for the AUTH_SALT, copy the SECRET_SALT. Finally update bb-config.php with your wpmu specific defines.
I had my WordPress installed by fantastico automatically. Therefore, the AUTH_KEY, SECURE_AUTH_KEY, and LOGGED_IN_KEY were all different. When bbPress asked me for the SECRET_KEY, I put in the key for AUTH_KEY. Now, integration didn’t work. So…I removed all bbPress tables from the database and changed all the KEYS so that they are the same. I tried installed bbPress again and it still didn’t integrate users. The installation of bbPress says that integration works, but in reality, it didn’t. What do I do now?
*By the way, my wordpress is running fine and I’m not willing to unistall it or delete its database.
I’m having the same problem and haven’t been able to work around it. bbPress did successfully install without WordPress integration. So, now I’m trying to do the integration manually.
