[Gautam Gupta]

When editing a reply, the “Notify me of followup posts via e-mail” text appears twice (once below the “Allowed markup” and once above.)

I think this is related to theme, I didn’t happen on my installation with Kakumei.

This means that the theme here doesn’t contain edit-form.php and is using Kakumei’s. In the patch I posted, the action (to add the checkbox) is removed in functions.php and is instead added at a custom location in Kakumei’s edit-form.php, and as functions of Kakumei aren’t loaded here, the default action isn’t removed and the checkbox is displayed twice. This doesn’t happen with post-form.php as it is present here.

[Martin Hasan]

Been there, done that. Even though I’m using the same database for wordpress/bbpress it doesn’t recognizes the new user as an admin.

[_KB_]

@ Matt Mullenweg Thanks Man for your response, I really sorry, if you did not understand my sentences, I try again to explain them,

No-1 – How did you set cookies integration b/w various wp forums?

No-2 – Did you apply the same procedure for all forums like this bbPress Integration Tutorial?

No-3- If you apply the same procedure ( link above ) for all forums then why it did not work for us, Did you apply some extra techniques to work them together? Can you plz describe them?

No-4 – Shared user integration and Share database works for us, we just need cookies integration over multiple bbpress instances.

Additional Questions:

No-5: Is hosting matters in cookies integration?

No-6: If I install multiple bbpress instances (right now), then after (in future ) WP-bbP-Plugin’s announcement can I switch from standalone to bbPress-Plugin with same plugins, database, users, content, without losing anything???

Need Your Suggestion:

I’ve prepared One wordpress with 100+ bbPress Instances, Should I launch my project? Or should I wait for Plugin?

Humble Request to others:

Its my humble request to all people who are in this topic, Please For God Sake don’t deface my topic, don’t go off topic, this topic is becoming our future, try to understand, stay focus.

A Wish for Matt:

I’m not against to any of your action. If you’ve planned to make bbpress a plugin then definitely you knows its pros and cons, SO, best of luck, and my all well wishes and We are with you!.

I’ll do my best to answer it

I’m hoping that you’ll again give me a smart response.

Thanks

Cheers

[yetanotherlogin]

Hello

This is the first time I’m setting up WordPress and bbPress, so it could be something very obvious, but from reading the tutorial, I couldn’t figure out what to enter at Step 2 – WordPress integration:

CHECKED Add integration settings

CHECKED Add cookie integration settings

WordPress address (URL) This value is required to continue.

? http://192.168.0.8:8787/wordpress/

Blog address (URL)

? http://192.168.0.8:8787/wordpress/

WordPress “auth” cookie key

?

FYI, on the test host, I have WP installed in /var/www/wordpress/ and bbPress in /var/www/bbpress. The two applications shared the same database in MySQL, since I assume it’s easier that way and they use a different prefix when creating tables.

Considering this context, does someone know what to type above

Thank you for any help.

[ZKuJoe]

I originally used WordPress for my blog but now I use bbPress for my blog. I have no plans on ever installing WordPress again since bbPress acts as my blog while functioning like a forum.

If bbPress was formed into a plugin instead of a standalone script, I will continue using it and do me and my team will do our own coding/bug fixes.

[Erlend]

But you certainly are not going to get anyone who is NOT using WordPress to install WordPress just to create a forum. There are far better options out there.

You’re probably right. Yet allow me to give an example of how major plugins like bbPress and BuddyPress complement WordPress in a way that greatly adds to its appeal (i.e. grows the customer base beyond those interested in WordPress)

Much like WordPress, our project (jMonkeyEngine) is a continuation of someone else’s work. When we picked up the reins of the jmonkeyengine.com website, we were stuck with three separate content systems (SMF, DokuWiki, WordPress) and a mess of custom code. We looked at several options, like:

– Extend SMF (no doubt the heart of our community activities) into a full-scale CMS

– Tie all systems together with a solution like Atlassian’s Crowd

– Replace our custom front page with Joomla! and use JFusion to tie all four tightly together.

– Replace everything with a widely extended Joomla!

We practically tried all of those options and more in practice, either in testing environments or on our live site. Meanwhile I’d been looking at complete ‘community solutions’, like Elgg, OpenWack, JomSocial, BuddyPress…

(I definitely looked at Drupal as well, but they just didn’t seem to have anything near as simple as say JomSocial that just goes ‘boom, now you can start build your community).

Then bbPress came to BuddyPress, and I made a decision. I proposed an overhaul and we got moving:

http://www.jmonkeyengine.com/forum/index.php?topic=13934.0

The only reason we’re not spamming press-boards with ‘look at us!’ links yet is because we made the decision to move everything over at once, and that includes the risky decision of adopting the BuddyPress-Wiki plugin (every other essential has been covered by core features) to replace our DokuWiki. With D.P. Cartwright’s dedicated help we’re just about there though.

Erm, point ahoy!

So the point I’m trying to make is, we never stopped to consider WordPress as a CMS, until BuddyPress arrived as the major complement to fulfill our every need in one package, as opposed to 20+ plugins. Having used WordPress for my own portfolio page and general sandbox play I already knew how intuitive (extremely so when compared to Joomla!) and easy to extend it is. When the last remaining piece of the puzzle arrived, the choice was a no-brainer. I imagine many will come to the same realization with bbPress.

I know I did not prove you wrong; I just figured people might find this brief case study interesting.

[pastorbobsforum]

Hello.

I have installed Profanity Filter 0.2.1 plugin on bbpress 1.0.2. I have downloaded this list of vulgar words http://support.discusware.com/center/resources/tips/cusswords.html

Now, after I have activated it, I discovered that all the posts that have been filtered also lost their content. I tried deactivating the plugin, thinking that the previously censored content (unlawfully censored to be honest), would return to its previous state, but nothing of the kind happened.

My forum is http://pastorbob.limewebs.com/

Any ideas on how I could get my content back?

Thank you.

Regards,

Bob

[ZKuJoe]

Yes, with the bbPress Attachments plugin:

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bb-attachments/

[Gautam Gupta]

Great!

[sdsarmad]

Hi,

is it possible to upload file on bbpress?

thanks

[ZKuJoe]

B.

Full answer here: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/my-questions-for-matt-again-since-he-closed-my-other-topic

[ZKuJoe]

I don’t get it. bbPress is open source and under the GNU GPL license. If the current teams stops developing it I’m sure somebody may pick it up. I for one won’t stop using it even if me or my co-workers have to code our own bug fixes.

[Martin Hasan]

Here goes nothing…

The other day after upgrading to WordPress 3 I decided to create a new user, delete de old “admin” user and set the right permissions to the new user.

Now the problem is that I’ve integrated wordpress and bbpress. When I login to the forum, it doesn’t recognize the new user as admin. Therefore I can’t access the bbpress admin section.

When I go to forum/bb-admin/ it just takes me back to the forum’s index.

Is there a way to change this?

[wtfmatt3]

I’ve narrowed down my questions to just one.

I figured Matt might find it easier to answer this way.

a) YES

b) NO

C’mon Matt, you can do it!

[wtfmatt3]

@JJJ hell no you won’t. Just ask Joomla. And Mambo. And…

This is the end of bbpress. This is what happens when you have a company of less than 20 people, all juvenile suck-ups, making long-term decisions. They just don’t get it.

If man-child Matt won’t publicly admit it, then it must be true. You should go hang out with Mark Zuckerberg you guys are perfect for each other.

[John James Jacoby]

johnhiler, part of us using WordPress’s built in API and architecture means we’re actually leaving turned off a lot of functionality that could easily be turned on, filtered, changed, or added to with actions.

Without it being too over the top, we’re trying to plan ahead and put actions and filters where I think I would use them myself. Since most of what we do for clients is develop custom plugins to change the way WordPress functions, we should be able to apply that experience to bbPress.

One of the things we’ve struggled on with BuddyPress, is how to make plugins, for plugins. Since plugins don’t have an internal dependency like there is on CSS or JS, we’ve had to filter and action our way into a workable solution.

So while bbPress itself is a plugin, the plan is for other plugins to be able to sneak in and change bbPress behavior before it loads, or be able to ‘plug in’ the same as always. So bbPress will be its own core, but also modular and pluggable.

All this, while striving to be as light as possible. Our work is cut out for us.

[John James Jacoby]

I think if there was such a thing as optimism police, they would live in these forums.

I also think, the people we will win over, are everyone that thinks this is the worst thing ever to happen since burnt bread.

[Submachiner]

I was viewing another forum that isn’t hosted by BBPress, but I noticed it had a headline and I took a pic. I blotted out the name, so it wouldn’t be considered advertising or spamming:

http://i31.tinypic.com/2yl3dzd.png

Anyways, I’m wondering if there’s some sort of plugin here that can do this? We have a lot of lurkers on the forum I moderate and I thought it would be nice to have something like this to encourage them to create an account and post.

If this is the wrong place to post this, I’m sorry, if a moderator can please move it to the appropriate area thanks.

[kevinjohngallagher]

_ck_,

Really apprecaite the hints.

I’m definately not a PHP coder by trade, so these sorts of tips are invaluable.

Cheers,

Kev

[_ck_]

Hey stats are working in the plugin section, awesome. Thank Matt.

Now just get tag import working again (from the readme.txt) and the plugin section practically back to 100%

[_ck_]

Oh come on. Is it even a question that as a plugin for the largest blog software (both in memory/disk size and number of users) it will be popular? I mean was that honestly a worry?

You’ll probably exceed bbPress standalones 3-year download numbers for BOTH versions combined in just a few months with front-page advertising on wordpress.org

But you certainly are not going to get anyone who is NOT using WordPress to install WordPress just to create a forum. There are far better options out there.

I mean the hosting requirements alone for someone running WP + bbpress plugin will be significant. There is absolutely no way they will be able to run an active forum without caching.

I fully expect Automattic to acquire a caching plugin and start including it with the core in 2010, especially since it meets Matt’s 80% use requirement.

[_ck_]

Hey good work.

Let me make a strong suggestion in your code technique.

All those variable names being tossed around as globals is somewhat dangerous – someone is going to accidentally “step” on one someday.

Instead how about an array or object instead?

ie.

$topic_add_quotes=blah;

$topic_add_sticky=blah;

$topic_add_sticky_label=blah;

etc.

and

global $topic_add_quotes;

global $topic_add_sticky;

global $topic_add_sticky_label;

etc.

instead becomes

$kjg_seo->topic_add_quotes=blah;

$kjg_seo->topic_add_sticky=blah;

$kjg_seo->topic_add_sticky_label=blah;

etc.

and then no matter how many items you just pass one pointer in your functions

global $kjg_seo;

The added benefit is you can later loop through all the elements if you make an admin menu.

Also, when switching based on page type, constantly calling all the different functions, ie is_forum, is_front, is_topic etc is “expensive” because of how bb_get_location works

Instead just $location=bb_get_location();

and then look at what it sends you in the string which is ultra fast for each of the comparisons.

[ZKuJoe]

Thanks for the feedback and the link to the plugin but I don’t want it to look or feel like a blog, just act like a blog. I prefer the thread/post structure over the entry/comment structure. I was originally using WordPress and had a MyBB forum on the same site, then I switched over to just a MyBB forum with a Blog plugin, but then found that bbPress felt like both a blog and forum without requiring different installations to achieve both. I just created certain categories that only I could post in (the “My” areas) for my “blog areas” and the rest are open for free discussion.

I am working on getting the first post of the latest topic to appear on the front page but I have to many other development projects on my plate at the moment.

[johnhiler]

“Shared-hosts are the bread and butter of WordPress usage. The good news is servers are way more powerful than when I wrote the first bbPress, and we can take advantage of that to provide a richer experience.”

This is definitely true. It’s kind of the Microsoft approach: grow the OS core, and lean on the hardware handle the growing codebase. It works for smaller sites that don’t hit scaling limits and for larger sites that can afford bigger hardware.

“The uncertainty of testing the interactions of N factorial plugins is daunting and gets untenable quickly.”

Plugin interaction is definitely a concern. But in practice, I have rarely if ever had plugins conflict with each other.

“Better to draw a line in the sand and promise the user ‘these things will always work together.'”

I think the “promise” model depends on having a large and growing team of developers actively managing the core. That hasn’t been the case in the past, so moving stuff into the core has actually slowed down development of the platform quite a bit. Perhaps things will be different in the future…

In any case, even with developers available to help build up the core – I’d still prefer to have a model that embraces plugin developers, and then has specific plugins blessed as official branches. This is where more social forms of source control like GitHub may be better than Subversion; plugins wouldn’t be dependent on just one developer, since anyone can seamlessly create and post a new branch. It’s much more like the pastebin stuff that’s constantly going on here in the bbPress forums.

Thanks for the reply!

John

[Matt Mullenweg]

Shared-hosts are the bread and butter of WordPress usage. The good news is servers are way more powerful than when I wrote the first bbPress, and we can take advantage of that to provide a richer experience.

I like the idea of plugin-centric development from a theoretical point of view, and obviously plugins have been at the core of WordPress’ success, but I think it can be taken too far and take away from the user experience.

It’s about taking responsibility. Even though you could break down almost every feature of WordPress into a plugin and distribute everything bundled, and even activate a bunch of them by default I think you lose a “buck stops here” for other developers to target. The uncertainty of testing the interactions of N factorial plugins is daunting and gets untenable quickly.

Better to draw a line in the sand and promise the user “these things will always work together.”