[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?

[thomasmoen]

I have a huge problem. I just innstalled the bbpress and now when I try to access one of my many blogs on the wpmu innstallation, it all forwards to /forum/wp-admin.

Example: http://thomas.ipublish.no/wp-admin automaticly redirects to http://thomas.ipublish.no/forum/wp-admin

How can I avoid this?

I’m greatful for all help.

[Ashish Kumar (Ashfame)]

easy way will be to import your table into bbPress as per its structure

[birdtownman]

I already have a username and password database set up for users of my website. Is there a way for BBPress to use what I have already, so users do not have to have two different passwords?

[Ashish Kumar (Ashfame)]

yes you already have deep integration.

now just in bbPress you can call the function of any WordPress plugin, in your case, the FB connect function.

WP – https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-fb-autoconnect/

activate -> configure

in bbPress, edit the theme file where you want it by this ->

<?php

if ( function_exists('jfb_output_facebook_btn') )

{

jfb_output_facebook_btn();

jfb_output_facebook_init();

jfb_output_facebook_callback();

}

?>

This should work

[nickaster]

okay great, thanks man.

So, I added this code to the bb-config.php file from your page here:

Deep integration of bbPress with WordPress

I did, however, already have the following added:

require_once('/MYPATH/wp-blog-header.php');

does the latter mean I was already in “deep integration” ?

Either way, I don’t see any differences at all now as opposed to before. What does it mean to “integrate a FB button” … is there some code lying around that I can just stick into the templates?

thanks

[chrishajer]

There was an old plugin from _ck_ “Admin can post anything”:

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/admin-can-post-anything/

You can try it will bbPages and see if it works. I’ve never used that plugin. I do use the “Admin can post anything” plugin.

[chrishajer]

1. The warnings are from using PHP 5.3 on Windows (normally.) If you can use PHP 5.2 that would be better. If not, you can download the latest trunk version instead of 1.0.2 as the warnings will not occur with that version.

2. If bb_ tables are present in the database you are using when you go to reinstall, the installer will complain that bbPress is already installed. So, drop the bb_ tables or use a different database.

3. Where is your forum actually installed?

http://www.happybod.com/happybod_web/forum/

or

http://www.happybod.com/forum/

I am guessing it’s the 2nd location since the first looks like it contains the file system path from your host. Your WordPress files are probably installed in the happybod_web folder and accessible at http://www.happybod.com/ (right?) If so, and you placed a “forum” directory inside happybod_web, at the same level as wp-config.php, then your forum will be located at http://www.happybod.com/forum/

[Ashish Kumar (Ashfame)]

@Ben

Sure! I will roll your theme in when I will update it.

@Gautam

Never mind buddy!

Documentation page needs some correction. Things are little messed up by some regex matching.

What about the design? If you are talking about the sidebar and footer contents, then I must tell you that they were just for filling spaces for the time being.

Other than a different color for the table headers, it matches perfectly with the whole site.