[johncalvinhall]

I finally got bbPress installed and discovered that the answer to my question is, “NO!”

bbPress came up fine.

I did attempt to do a bit of hacking. I duplicated my theme from my wordpress blog and copied into my templates folder, hoping it would take. Though the theme came up in my Admin menu, the forum hair-balled all over the place when I tried to activate and use it!

Apparently, you need extra files in the theme folder than what is used in wordpress themes.

Bah!

Anyone have any instructions on converting a wp theme into a bbPress template?

Thanks!

[zaerl]

No. bbPress is a standalone software. You need a theme that resemble the one you use in WordPress

[Ashish Kumar (Ashfame)]

I think here is all what you will need – http://blog.ashfame.com/bbpress/

[thomas.joy]

how can the wordpress admin username/password be used in bbpress login and log in successfully (globally)

also how can the bbpress (if necessary) be used to successfully log in to wordpress and have the global admin?

same for users, which i haven’t tried yet

i’ve setup these (codes removed)

wp-config.php:

define(‘AUTH_KEY’, ”);

define(‘SECURE_AUTH_KEY’, ”);

define(‘LOGGED_IN_KEY’, ”);

define(‘NONCE_KEY’, ”);

define(‘AUTH_SALT’, ”);

define(‘LOGGED_IN_SALT’, ”);

define(‘SECURE_AUTH_SALT’, ”);

bb-config.php:

define( ‘BB_AUTH_KEY’, ” );

define( ‘BB_SECURE_AUTH_KEY’, ” );

define( ‘BB_LOGGED_IN_KEY’, ” );

define( ‘BB_NONCE_KEY’, ” );

i copied the corresponding ones to the bb-config.php one

when i log out of bbpress wordpress is still logged in..

[Radhe]

Greetings

Fred, did you find any solution?

Thanks a lot

Radhe

[Ashish Kumar (Ashfame)]

this is a small glitch in bbPress that you can’t access the dashboard when logged in from WordPress side. Just login from the bbPress side and everything will be fine.

[thomas.joy]

also in notepad++ (advanced text editor) the text stays green (meaning it looks like it stays in the commented out bit and has looks like it has no effect) for the wp-config.php

where can i go to reverse the changes made to wordpress integration settings in bbpress?

[thomas.joy]

hello

after i do your guide

the admin of bbpress doesn’t work anymore.

now when you click admin it stays on the same page

my keymaster user for bbpress is admin. my main wordpress user is also admin, would this cause it..

i only have one user/account in wordpress (apart from a user named luzia.selsby without admin privileges) and that is admin

[johncalvinhall]

Hello,

I tired looking on the forums for an answer to this question, so if it’s a repeat, I apologize.

When I install bbPress will it automatically incorporate the theme of my WordPress Blog?

If not, is it difficult/ easy to have them match?

My goal is to make my web site, blog, and forums seamless.

Thanks!

[johncalvinhall]

Hello All,

I have setup a localhost on my computer. I am planning on migrating from wordpress.com and moving to a registered domain, and before I start shelling out the $$$, I would like to be somewhat familiar with what I am doing.

After installing PWS, I added WordPress software. Everything is working great, and I am loving what I see. Now I tried installing bbPress, so I can have a forum, and it is hairballing on me!

I am strongly suspicious that the problem lies somewhere with MySQL. I fill out the setup info, and it responds with:

There was a problem connecting to the database you specified.

Please check the settings, then try again.

Where do I find MySQL on my computer? Can I not have separate databases?

:sigh:

I am not a cyber-guru, and I am hoping that I don’t have to become one!

Any help you can provide would be great!

[Matt Mullenweg]

It’s on the list, I want it for the WP support forums as well.

[Matt Mullenweg]

Just from experience, XML as an intermediary format is often much, much slower than working from someone’s database directly.

Plus we can make it so the user doesn’t have to download/upload something, which for a large forum would be intimidating or impossible.

[chrishajer]

Rescued this post from Akismet.

[RedBull]

Thanks Chris,

Are you familar with the “bbpress-forum” template. It doesnt have a specific register.php. Maybe thats why I am having such a hard time with this “what should be an easy” fix.

[mr_pelle]

There’s a nearly-closed ticket about this: https://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1243

[kevinjohngallagher]

I want to use it in bbPages to create, contact page, feed back forms and other stuff.. I was avoiding to create static pages like this

OK, cool.

While it might be possible, its not likely. Its not what bbPress was designed for. It’s not a Content Management System.

In honesty, if you want that sort of functionality, WordPress side by side with a bbPress forum is the best way forward.

[pagal]

@kevinjohngallagher, well actually, I want to use it in bbPages to create, contact page, feed back forms and other stuff.. I was avoiding to create static pages like this

@_ck_ in other words, it is not possible?

@mr_pelle like support forum , why not update this plugin with extra features of bbPages the author of this plugin is no more active in this forum.

[kevinjohngallagher]

@kevinjohngallagher where are you man

help me, help you

Pagal,

In order for us to help, we’d really like to know in what situation you’d use this in. Can you give us an example where you would actually use this?

Respectfully, in the past you’ve asked for something vague, and it takes us about 2-3 days to get a real example of how you would use it, and then we solve it or you write:

bbpress sucks,

why you people did not shut down this software..if you are not able to do anything???????????????????????????????

– https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/extra-dropdown-field-in-registration-page#post-70307

Throws us some examples, and we’ll try to help

[pagal]

http://bbninja.com/bbpress-themes/

request him to add this, thanks

[Trisha Cupra]

Hi,

When our members click on an email notification about a new reply on a thread they’re watching, if they’re not logged in (in their browser) they get an error message:

‘Topic not found. Back to <forum name>.’

I’d like to edit this message. I’d really like it to say something like:

‘Oops, you are not signed in yet. Please click here to sign in.’

Or even better would be to add a login form right there on this page.

I can’t figure out where to edit this error message. I’d really appreciate it if someone would take the time to tell me how to do it.

Thanks in advance.

Here are the details:

bbPress version: 1.0.2

(Note – we’re all scared of upgrading due to using WishList Member plugin in WP to handle memberships, and it has a tendency to go into spasms with new WP versions, and quite possibly a bbPress upgrade could kill it, too. Horrible situation.)

Integrated with WP 2.9.2

Email notification plugin: Post Notification 1.4

[_ck_]

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bbpresssyntax-hiliter/

http://alexgorbatchev.com/SyntaxHighlighter/

[XU3E]

Honestly, I really like idea give bbPress more functionality to core. Mainly unread post like phpBB has (All post mark as read and etc.) and more specific permission for some user rules and category. I dont know how many people wants this. We should vote, need polls,… but… Oh yes bbPress doesnt have any polls, we need plugin for this. Is there any plugin workign for my release? Damn…

Of course, for someone Its not important but forum without that its just guestbook with searchbar and topics. Really messy and pure.. Bleh!

Maybe the best solutions could be official bb-plugins supported by developers for every release (but its really hard task for developers). But eveneryone will be happy. Light-weight core and pack of plugins ready to go…

Everytime when i am downloading new plugin i prey: Will that plugin works with my new release? And what the next new release? Its terrible for every user. Sometimes i try fix some bugs but i am not php guru, and its real pain for me…

And for the people that love really light-weight solution. They can still use _ck_ 0.9 fork or another old realease of bbpress. Its up to them but official bbPress need to be pushed.

I love the way bbPress is made. I love functionality, simple look similiar to WordPress (i really love wordpress). But bbPress has so many holes at funcionality. Light weight forum like punBB? No… perhaps more sophisticated solutions with witdgets, gridtables, better sorting by speciphic parameters, quoting, better slug manipulation (like WP has), category manipulation, permissions and mainly integration with WP.

But everything should be fast as could be. Just look at MyBB. Or Perhpaps phpBB. Yaeh, its really fast… its just about optimizing. Why i dont switch to them back? They didnt have support for buddypress or wordpress… I mean native support – everything under one roof.

Conclusion…

bbPress should be disscussion board – right now i am really disapointed. So we can google for forums or helpdesks and find inspirations. If i am wrong, just kick me to my ***

[zthornto]

Hey All

Looking for a way for the admin to approve any newly registered users using the latest version of bbpress.

I know there’s a plugin out for this, but it doesn’t seem to work past version .9

Has anyone figured out a way to do this (or a workaround) that works for version 1+?

This is very vital to the forums I’ve set up so I’m really hoping there’s a fix out there!

thanks in advance for any insight

[chrishajer]

I guess I never tried to include PHP in a bbPress reply, but maybe I was mislead by the “anything” in the plugin name. Maybe PHP is not added soon enough to actually be executed by the web server.

What are you trying to do exactly?

[RedBull]

Where is bbpress installed in your ftp?