Thank you for stepping up and taking this on, JJJ. Thank you so much – been waiting for this for half a year!
Always happy for more Blue Sky thinking.
Widgets, and easy theming, are definitely points I would like to discuss in detail further down the line. I absolutely believe that the theme should just deal with simple presentation, and this ties in with that nicely.
Custom post types is actually very simple, and has already been factored in to a certain extent.
WordPress integration is crucial
No, it’s not 
And nor is it going to be a goal of the software.
WordPress is getting it’s own forum software, and I’m sure that will work really well, and meet the needs of many.
What will be happening is that people can extend the user or login classes so that external systems can be tied into the software (MediaWiki, Drupal, WordPress etc).
Not right now.
And this version of the software is being replaced by a wordpress-plugin.
Is it possible to signup with twitter account?
Sadly, the bbPress that comes with or from BuddyPress is not the same as this bbPress. No-one knows why they kept the same name, it causes so much confusion.
It’s honestly a question for the BuddyPress forums only I’m afraid.
Sadly, the bbPress that comes with or from BuddyPress is not the same as this bbPress. No-one knows why they kept the same name, it causes so much confusion.
It’s honestly a question for the BuddyPress forums only I’m afraid.
Hi
I love this forum and easy to use with WordPress but I like to give feature of signatures to my forum visitors.
Is there any plugin or guide for how to add signature feature for bbpress
Please Advise.
When I install it using buddypress I get this when I click the “FORUMS” tab:
Warning: mysql_get_server_info(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in /home/********/public_html/wp-includes/wp-db.php on line 1582
Can someone help me? I really need to use bbpress! 
I couldn’t agree more. The new bbpress needs something like wordpress’s custom post, and it would be awesome if bbpress had the same thing, only more flexible and with a UI.
Example: just drag a wigit in between topic title and message, and name it topic description.
WordPress already has the “app store”, but bbpress needs it to.
WordPress integration is crucial, because tons of people would like to have a cms and a forum. However, I don’t think that making bbpress a wordpress plugin is the right solution. Lot’s of people also want to have a standalone forum software. The integration just needs to be smoother.
If you guys could do that I would definitely use the forked software.
Varjik.
There are plugins for both private messaging and a WYSIWYG editor.
BBPress does work well with WordPress, better than any other forum software. What people like you fail to understand is that whilst, relatively, integrating BBPress with WordPress is easy, it is not something a basic WordPress user who does not have any knowledge of PHP should really do, unless you are prepared for the challenge and prepared that you mgiht not be able to do it.
Regarding themes, you need to edit the BBPress theme you are using. You need to add the Get_Header and Get_Footer tags of your WordPress theme to your BBPress theme files. If you wish to use a sidebar you will need to reference the sidebar too.
You then need your Forum to fit in the Wrapper of your WordPress theme, you do this by referencing the wordpress themes CSS wrapper in the BBPress themes files, using div tags.
You also need to then make sure a copy of your BBPress CSS is in the same directory as your wordpress CSS, you then need to reference the BBPress CSS in your wordpress header.
If you know what you’re doing with web design then those steps should be fairly easy to follow. At the end of the day, a certain level of expertise is required to integrate BBPress with WordPress.
I have managed it, you can see the result at:
Discussions
As you can see, both the WP site and the BBPress forum use the same theme.
Personally, I think if you are already looking to phpNuke then WordPress is probably not for you. I personally think phpNuke is the poor mans WordPress, it’s gimmicky and performs poorly, but if that’s what you find easiest then it’s whatever you think is best
mr_pelle I tried the upgrade from 1.0.2 to the newest trunk version. Just got a white screen when after uploading the new files.
I’m running wordpress 2.9.2 deep integration.
I also tried doing a separate install but it tells me includes backpress is missing in bb-includes
Is there any special procedure I need to follow?
If we are talking “blue sky” here, I’d like to propose a re-think of the content of “forum”, “topic”, “thread” and “profile” pages. WordPress site maintenance took a giant step forward with the addition of widgets.
Blogger.com is aimed at the masses (as any good forum software ought to be) and the “blog layout” tool is a great example. Drag + drop gadgets from a palette and tweak the look of the blog without ever editing a line of code.
Wouldn’t it be nice if forum themes revolved around skinning just the presentation, and the structure of the page could be as simple as drag + drop in the admin area?
Wouldn’t it be nice to allow widgets developed by other people to be dropped into place on the various pages that make up the site? What would it take to allow WordPress widgets to co-exist with bbPress ones?
Now that would make moderating and tweaking a forum easier!
Actually, while I think of it, a “get more widgets” link in the admin area, that seamlessly downloads and activates widgets would be awesome. All the smartphones are going toward an “App Store” why shouldn’t we?
Hello _ck_,
I still have yet to figure out this problem but I noticed you are achieving this issue on your showcase site http://bbshowcase.org/forums/forum/bbpress-chat.
The most recent forum is showing up on top of the topic list right below the “stickies.”
Any further help is appreciated,
RedBull.
You can download bbPress latest version, located here, via SubVersion.
Well thank you both for your responses. I ended up getting frustrated with it, both wordpress and bbpress. As they both want to work as their own individual platform, I could not get them to communicate the way that I needed. Nor, at least copy the theme over to make it a fluid site. I ended up deleting the whole site and I’ll start from scratch with maybe Phpnuke and PhpBB since they can be integrated. Just a pain to configure the way I want.
Basically, I like the ease of WordPress, however, it lacks certain functionality even with all the widgets. BBPress, is new, I’d like to see a functional WYSIWYG editor, the ability to private message, and integrate it into a wordpress site using the same css styles and mainly the header. Right now, its too obvious that you are navigating to two different sites and it lacks a certain possession.
Would you please elaborate? I tried to search around for “trunk” and svn but only got confused. What exactly is it that we need to download?
Thanks
I’ve now added experimental support for bbPress 1.x
starting with version 0.0.4
Looking for feedback from those running a realworld, robust 1.x setup as I only have a test install.
Personally I also think it looks better in 0.9 but that’s just me.
It cannot damage anything during testing as it’s a read-only kind of plugin (for now).
It is all done on bbPress.
I’ve considered making a free theme to get my name out there. But if I do I will most likely wait until the new version is released (the WP plugin). It would allow me to simplify the code somewhat I think. As it stands right now the theme and plugin is a bit of a mess as I was learning and adding features as I went.
Well, I believe this feature is missing mainly because bbPress is not a social network.
If you want to invite someone to a forum, just send him/her its web address! 
OMG.. is this true? thanks for the share.
bbPress.org is running trunk (r2540 at this very moment), whom includes topic subscription. You’ve to download bbPress trunk to have that feature; I suggest getting it via SVN.
You just have to add bbPress CSS to WP header, I suppose.
Hi,
Sometimes, i need to move a comment posted on my wordpress blog to make with-it a new topic on my bbpress forum, is there a plugin how can do it ?