[Matt Mullenweg]

Here’s the link:

https://bbpress.org/blog/2010/07/wordpress-integration/

[_ck_]

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!

[_ck_]

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

[Matt Mullenweg]

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.)

[pastorbobsforum]

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

[_ck_]

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.

[Satish]

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.

[_ck_]

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

[kevinjohngallagher]

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).

[stevan]

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

[Gautam Gupta]

This had been posted as a solution by _ck_ here – https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-plugin-is-born/page/3#post-71233

[Erlend]

Is it too early to ask for a word on how the upcoming bbPress plugin will play in with BuddyPress?

[Erlend]

Just a thought.

[namelesshorseman]

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

[_ck_]

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.

[_KB_]

WOW, Welcome Back Matt, Its nice to see you .

I’ll be very happy if you can reply for my post.

Should I Stop Using bbpres Standalone Version Right Now?

Can you please?

[_ck_]

Well it still looks a bit like a forum, but the concept is solid, keep going!

In fact someone once went as far as changing the whole structure to work like a blog, can’t remember who right now, they were trying to make a whole plugin for it.

Note that you can change the templates even further and put snippets of the post under the title on the front/forum pages – bbPress is very flexible like that since it’s cleanly divided between the backend and front-end.

Believe it or not there is at least one person using bbPress as an advanced image sharing gallery, the possibilities are almost endless.

[_ck_]

I’ve just tested bbPress 0.9 with WP 3.0’s cookies and the Freshly Baked Cookies plugin DOES work properly.

Just make sure your cookie paths for WordPress and bbPress are pointing the same place (ie. /) which was always required for proper integration anyway and is not done by the plugin but inside wp-config and bb-config – see the numerous integration guides around bbpress.org

Make certain you are using version 0.0.4 of the plugin or higher which supports the newer kind of WordPress cookies in use since WP 2.8

[Gautam Gupta]

I don’t think we have any space for fakes in this community.

Additional info:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/what-the-heck-is-going-on/page/2#post-70114

Still, regarding your questions (and answering them from whatever I’ve read):

1) I think it would remain as it is (can’t say much about it).

2) bbPress 1.1 would be released and maintenance release (bug fixes, etc.) might also be released as 1.1.1 etc., but I think no new features would be added in it.

3) GlotPress still uses BackPress, so it isn’t going anywhere.

[wtfmatt2]

Hey Matt, way to prove my point by locking my post. Ironically, your failure to upkeep this project is what makes its moderation tools so horrible.

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In response to your post here, since you closed the topic (again):

http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-plugin-is-born/page/3#post-71276

Well hello Matt, welcome back to bbpress. How were your last 6 months?

Mine were full of frustration and wasted time, mostly because all the meetups and chats you always mention have zero value, since you never keep your word, nor keep anybody in the loop, not least of all, the top bbpress devs in this community.

Now that you are here, do everyone a favor and answer these questions:

1) what is happening to bbpress.org?

2) is bbpress as a standalone definitely being abandoned, permanently?

3) how will the above affect the status of backpress?

There is not pent up rage from many decisions, but rather from indecision, misdirection, lying, and abandonment. In other words, people wasting other peoples’ time and efforts.

Therefore your sweet soliloquies serve absolutely no purpose except to further the frustration and belief that you are purposefully ignoring everything that everyone is saying, for no apparent reason. Thus, we all assume you are making your own secret plans as there is no logical or mature alternative reasoning to your (in)actions.

I hope you don’t run away from this forum again for 3 months in reaction to my criticism, which I deliver in the hope of progress and answers, and not to merely belittle (as the members here aimed to many times before, even though you ran away then too).

Additional questions:

http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/what-the-heck-is-going-on/page/2#post-69883

[ZKuJoe]

I was using WordPress for a while but I prefer forums over blogging software so bbPress was the best of both worlds! I just altered the default theme to look more like a blog. Let me know what you think.

http://www.jmd.cc

[Gautam Gupta]

Ben (Nightgunner5) had written a greasemonkey script to show plugins’ stats – http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/63060

[Satish]

Awesome site. Awesome design.

[_ck_]

Is it possible to copy over the “stats” code from the WP plugin section to bbpress.org, or is it more complex than that?

ie. https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-e-commerce/stats/

vs. https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bbpress-signatures/stats/

Even without the fancy graph, just the little History section would be handy.

I’m debating doing another full survey of active bbPress installations by the end of this year despite it’s replacement, but it’s still easy to believe it’s well over 10,000 – might even be 20,000 or higher if the growth has become exponential.

ps. somewhat related: the tag import (from readme.txt) in the plugin section has been broken since the bbpress.org 2.0 upgrade

[Ashish Kumar (Ashfame)]

I am with you _ck_

I would love to see bbPress 0.9 becoming as one of the best choice for standalone forum script.