Wait, are you talking about on TOPIC pages or on forum/front page.
The default order in bbPress is newest topics show up at the top on forum/front page, but newest posts show up last on topic page.
Because you said “posts” I assumed you meant topic page.
Or are you saying you want to link the “last poster” to the last post in a topic? That’s already done on freshness?
Before I respond, can I give you some comments about your draft.
- Some of the proposed plugins should be integrated in the core. Report user, user roles, quotes, SEO, stickies, improved moderation, Pivate Messages: all of that I consider essential to a good forum script and while there is nothing wrong with making them into a plugin, it would be much more convenient for new users not to have to install a bunch of stuff to get those features.
- I agree that bbpress has been neglected over the past years, and that the website especially needs a revamp.
- I also think that the fork needs a better theming structure, one that is easier to use and allows people with little/no knowledge to be able to edit the theme.
- I also think that this new software should include some features that have not been included in a lot of forum softwares, but are still useful, if not esential.
- Moderation Log: the idea behind it is that whenever a post gets deleted, who deleted it, a copy of the deleted post, and some notes on why it got deleted are recorded in a log (that is only viewable to certain people, of course). That way administrators and moderators can easily keep track of troublemakers and they have a log of all past offenses.
- Good page structure: most people spend a minuet or two looking at a site before deciding to join it. One of the factors that influence the decision is activity. The new forum software structure should be designed to reflect the activity of the forum, and how much fun people are having. This is mostly in the themes, so that’s why the default theme should be designed to reflect that.
But anyway, now I have 3 questions:
- have you ever been on the development side of an open source project?
- If this fork got underway, would you be running the show, and if you did, how much would you contribute to the project programing wise?
- How would ideas get approved?
thank you for your time
Integration with WordPress, or any other external software, will not be something we’ll be aiming for in the core.
The plan is to allow classes and functions to be overwritten/extended so that anyone that interested can write a plug-in to handle such features. That’s more to do with OOP data mapping versus hard-coding, than an attempt to so anything with WordPress specifically.
Does that mean that you have it all figured out and the purpose of this thread is to get extremely talented programmers on board
Only if they use Dreamweaver like I do.
There are many of talented people on this site whom I have come to respect; and it would be folly of me not to keep them in the loop on something like this. I’m not really sure why people think that’s Machiavellian of me…
you have no script, and (as far as I know, correct me if I’m wrong) no experience contributing/managing php scripts.
What’s PHP again?
that is integration. But why stop at user tables when you can do layout/content/user integration with several different softwares? I think that integration with other scripts, including wordpress, is crucial.
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).
Does that mean that you have it all figured out and the purpose of this thread is to get extremely talented programmers on board. I could be wrong, but it seems like you’re approving any and all ideas that come your way. If this fork is a democracy, I want in, but count me out if your going to have complete control over it.
I am aware that Matt technically has almost complete control over wordpress, but the difference is that he has a totally awesome script, whereas you have no script, and (as far as I know, correct me if I’m wrong) no experience contributing/managing php scripts.
Here is the process for getting bbPress info to show in WordPress. You would use a similar process, in reverse, to show WordPress data in your bbPress installation.
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/heres-how-to-show-bbpress-info-inside-wordpress-without-full-integration
And that’s exactly what I wrote 
That’s exactly the tutorial I followed. Worked perfectly.
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.
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 ?