I greatly appreciate the consideration of using 2.0 instead of 1.2 which will at least slow down some confusion and make people realize the true weight of it as more than an update (and entirely different program).
I have to be honest though, I’ll probably be just going on my way once that plugin version is officially released to gold and the standalone versions become legacy.
You had a brilliant creation with 0.7, extremely lightweight and had the potential to be a pure framework and circumvent much of the legacy which shackles WP, but it’s all come full circle now and I simply cannot get behind such a radical reversion.
Dammit,
_ck_ I updated my plugin 2 weeks ago.
I’ll post it here in 20 when I’m home. I thought I’d put a download link on my website, but i must have bumped it with all the talking over the last week.
as for me and for my usage, i need a fast and lightweight solution, so no blog front- and backend needed.
imho a better idea would be probably a pure and ultralight framework (let’s call it wp-cortex ) with an option to install a blog, a forum or both via plugins.
Probably what we will do is have the bbPress.org plugins section pull from plugins in the core WP directory with a certain tag, like how BuddyPress does it. We could probably keep the existing bbP directory running in a different directory to give people time to transition.
It should be even more seamless than it is now, possibly even included with the default BuddyPress package. (But I’ll defer to core BP people there.)
I was able to easily solve my issue by finding one careless mistake. In my wp-config.php file I simply copied the authentication keys (4 of them) and pasted them into my bbpress’s config.php file. What I did not notice is that in wp-config.php they keys are prefixed like this:
define(‘AUTH_KEY’,’my unique key is here’);
While in the bbpress config.php, the keys are prefix like this:
define( ‘BB_AUTH_KEY’,’my unique key is here’ );
The only difference is AUTH_KEY versus BB_AUTH_KEY, but that made the difference. Hope this helps technotip…
thanks _ck_ for emphasizing the auth keys 
Not a bad idea. I’m hanging out on #bbpress if anyone wants to chat, but it’s unlikely I’ll be able to commit personally to any regular meetings this month or the next.
I just had a suggestion – when the plugin would be public and this site’s posts converted, we could have an if statement above the topic like
if ( topic_date is before bla bla date || one of the topic_tags == 'bb_old' ) { /* load a message which says that this is for bb 1.1 and below, this doesn't apply to the new plugin */ }
But I’m also not against changing its name or having its version as 2.0.
I’ll ping Ben to see if we can’t get that on the site proper.
_ck_ maybe my tastes have changed? It’s not a perfect name but it does have historical significant and attachment for me. The integration will be the completion of the arc that started with my first checkin, because I felt the data structures of author-started versus user-started discussions were fundamentally different, and I could do it much faster on a DB structure just like minibb, which is what we used to use on WordPress.org and one of the first forums I really liked. (After attempting vBulletin and phpBB a number of times.)
We also have a history of major changes in 0.1 releases. We might indulge in a little bit of inflation with a 2.0.
I’ve been wondering that if addition to being part of the plugin directory for people already using WP, we could offer a pre-bundled download here on bbPress.org that could set up WP + bbP seamlessly so from a user experience point of view they’re still getting a “standalone” piece of software, just with a far more robust admin and update system. (Just a thought, we’ll figure it out when we get there.)
It will take me a little while to find the original post but years ago you said you didn’t like the bbPress name.
If I can’t plead with you for a name change for a completely different forum program (it will likely share 10% or less of the original code) than at least don’t call it 1.2
1.2 has way too many implications that it’s a minor upgrade to 1.1 when in reality it’s a major overhaul (most especially if you aren’t running WordPress or WordPress 3).
All themes, plugins, hacks, advice will be invalidated.
That’s not a x.1 to x.2 update!
Yeah problem was solved – sometime in the past week the code bug was fixed, I have no idea exactly when or by whom but was going to point it out until I tested it.
Unfortunately it did not clear up existing posts that were already html-entitied by the bug an example or two (but it even happened inside of backticks too)
I kinda don’t want to get into WP politics here (we’ve got enough of our own problems) but you can’t count downloads by existing users anymore who are terrified of being hacked because they didn’t keep up with the newest release.
I was looking into having some reindeer paraded by your door (10 “bucks” get it?) but I was afraid you’d BBQ them and send me a photo or something like that 
I rather like the bbPress name. The reason TalkPress was registered for a hosted service was to avoid the confusion we have between WordPress.com and WordPress.org. (Which I would not repeat if given the opportunity.)
As I spelled out in roadmap discussions before, better integration with WordPress is the single most important item for the future of bbPress.
(Trimming the rest of this to turn into a blog post.)
Hello.
How can I allow only certain members (or at least user types) to post images?
I am using the Allow Images (0.9) plugin on bbpress 1.0.2. The plugin is working fine, is just that I don’t want everyone to post his image, since I cannot afford it.
Thank you.
Regards,
Bob
You know what, this idea grew on me, I like it and off to apply it.
It could be done a little fancier via the filters on bb_title and bb_get_title ie. the page could be injected between the forum name and the topic name, but this will do for now.
I will check out the cookie thing and post here again.
I am using WordPress 3.0 and bbpress 1.0.2, on a test site and I am facing the exact same problem as outlined by @jmharrington.
_ck_, I have another question, for which I don’t want to open another thread – because people may get annoyed.
I read this whole – “bbpress as standalone v/s plugin”, instead of understanding things, after some point of reading things, I got confused. I am so confused now to whether I need to wait till the plugin is released or can I go ahead and install present release? The problem is, I want to know – if I will be able to upgrade to plugin version later easily without loosing the current thread entries, users etc. ?
I tested almost all the forum software available and have settled with bbpress because its easy for users to understand and use.
By the way, your site is using 69 queries on the front page, that is VERY very bad. Something is wrong. It’s probably not loading all your options at once and some other issues that 1.0 has.
You probably should be focusing on bb-benchmark instead of this plugin.
Also make sure you install this mini-plugin to try to reduce the queries:
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/heres-how-to-fix-some-of-the-10-query-performance-regression
It’s a combo of SEO and HCI.
Having a different title for each page makes life easier for humans, as well as not being bad for SEO.
In the strictest sense, Google (et al) state that every page should have it’s own and unique title, and if relative should be linked with a canonical link.
(though, there is no doubt that they’re clever enough to work it out).
In fact someone once went as far as changing the whole structure to work like a blog
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbblog-20-plugin
Is it too early to ask for a word on how the upcoming bbPress plugin will play in with BuddyPress?
Hi Kevin,
Are you aware of any plugin for bbPress that forces all registration through a local WordPress install? I can’t seem to find it through google etc.
If not, if I search (through NetBeans / Eclipse + PID) for all strings of bb-login.php or register.php will I find them all?
Or is the easiest way to simply change the header to not show the defualt Login + Register form, and forward people onto the wordpress pages?
Thanks,
Tomek
Hmm, is page number in the title important to SEO?
It is an attempt to avoid duplicate content penalty?
Because Google already understands bbPress forum layout, they are very clever like that.
