[chrishajer]

Friday 9th July:

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matt states that bbPress has been upgraded to latest trunk version

Where did that come from? I didn’t see that posted online.

The code running here is certainly not updated to the latest trunk. From the source of the page:

[meta name="generator" content="bbPress 1.1-alpha-2453" /]

When it’s updated, the BackPress fix will be in.

[kevinjohngallagher]

Sorry, posting quickly on phone.

Thursday 1st July:

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Westi states that the 3 months old bug has been fixed. And will be applied to bbPress at the next patch.

Wednesday 7th July:

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Matt states bbPress powered forums at WordPress.org has been upgraded to the latest version of bbPress and BackPress.

$this->shitty->bug() is not present. yay.

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/422478

Friday 9th July:

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matt states that bbPress has been upgraded to latest trunk version

$this->shitty->bug() is still present and in it’s 3rd month. booo.

Might it just be miscommunication? Yes, I agree it is.

Is this bug fixed somewhere out there? Yes, I agree it is.

Is it close to commical that it’s been where for 3 months? Yes, it is.

Is something wrong with at least one of the statemetns from Matt? Given that one contradicts the other? Yes, it is.

Honestly, is it so damn hard for an Automattic employee to also update our BackPress version as well as the bbPress version? I mean, do they not know that bbPress is dependant on BackPress (definately possible)? Is it an issue of shame or embaressment at a bad decision thats coming back to haunt them, or just a mistake that gets made constantly over the last 6 months?

[chrishajer]

Where did Matt say he fixed the code/encoding issue?

We are still running r2453 here, not the latest version r2458. The BackPress fix didn’t happen until BackPress r312 on Jul 1 2010 by Westi. When the code is updated here the problem will be fixed. If you check out a new revision, the problem will be fixed in your installation.

Here is an example forum using r2458 with the BackPress fix and you can see that the code is formatted properly.

http://bbpress.chrishajer.com/trunk/topic.php?id=3#post-7

[chrishajer]

I would not try and reinstall – just try to figure out what went wrong and fix it. It will result in less work in the end, and may help someone else depending on what you find.

bbPress will not update anything on its own. WordPress won’t either (although WordPress will tell you about available upgrades.)

I think you should explain the weird issues you had and how your host fixed them. Seems likely that that’s related. Either the host did something, or you did something. Nothing happens by itself.

You can always log in to your host with FTP and get a directory listing of running plugins in the my-plugins directory.

[chrishajer]

Crossed posts – you edited yours after I posted mine.

To have different counts for different things, you need a plugin.

I think this will work:

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/front-page-topics/

[chrishajer]

It’s located in your admin section, under Settings > Reading

http://www.example.com/forums/bb-admin/options-reading.php

The option looks like this:

http://chrishajer.com/bbpress/items-per-page.png

[ts230]

Is it possible that a long topic, that has like 100 posts is split up into pages of 15, like most board softwares do? I haven’t found the feature yet, or is this part of the bbPress core? Any help is appreciated. If it helps, I’m using bbPress 1.0.2.

[adammurphy]

Hello,

I had bbpress installed and working very nicely – integrated with wordpress and working as a private forum for to allow guests to discuss our upcoming wedding. All was going well, but I’ve suddenly found that I can’t get into the forum or the administrator section because the installation error screen is coming up:

Oh dear!

bbPress is already installed.

Perhaps you meant to run the upgrade script instead?

I have had some weird issues recently which my hosting provider may or may not have “fixed” by rolling back to 6th July. So I have 2 questions:

1) Does anyone have any idea what might have caused this? I haven’t touched either the WP or bbpress installations at all. I assume nothing in bbpress would update automatically and break older versions of wordpress (I’m still on v2.9-ish). I realise this is a ludicrously weak bug report but I’m a bit lost right now and I can’t get into bbpress to check what plugins are active, which version I’m on etc…

2) If I do need to just cut my losses, wipe it clean and reinstall, is there a way to backup everyone’s comments and then repopulate the fresh bbpress with them?

Any help most appreciated,

Adam.

[chrishajer]

To check out via subversion:

svn co http://svn.automattic.com/bbpress/trunk/ ./testdirectory

[chrishajer]

I think the best thing to do in your case would be a test installation of the latest trunk release of bbPress (not the packaged 1.0.2 release.) There’s no way to know if all that is going to work on the latest version of bbPress, but I suspect most of it will.

I would copy over your database, then install bbPress with subversion. Then copy over your template and plugins. Then test. If it all works, then go ahead and upgrade your 1.0.1 installation.

Regarding when bbPress becomes a WordPress plugin, it doesn’t really matter. Use what works for you (right now, that’s a standalone installation, as you have here.) That code you have installed is never going away. If a time comes in the future where you can move to bbPress as a WordPress plugin, then go ahead and do it. But use what works for now and don’t wait for any version coming in the future.

[_ck_]

Must be an old version I have on the SVN

Edit the view.php template for the plugin and add this before the

</form>

<input type="hidden" name="view" value="leaderboard">

ugh, bbpress.org is messing up the code, make the view template look like this, the one added line in the middle:

http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=XbSxR6VQ

[pastorbobsforum]

Hello.

I cannot load (not properly) any of the themes from my-templates. I have copied the two themes that came with the installation (changed the names) in my-templates, I can see them (in Appearance) as being in the “user” directory (I don’t get a preview, even though there is a screenshot there), but when I activate them, I only get the content of my pages, without a header, footer etc.

I have set the permissions (775) for the my-templates folder. I have also set the header and footer images in style.css to their proper destinations (background: #fff url(‘images/header.jpg) no-repeat center; and footer.jpg).

I am also the key-master, so there shouldn’t be any problems there. What I am trying to do is to make my bbpress theme as similar as possible with that from wordpress.

This is how the forum looks at the moment: http://pastorbob.limewebs.com/

Here is my wordpress website: http://www.pastorbob.org/

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Bob

[Oxhorn]

I have a wordpress blog that does not share the same database as my bbpress forum. I am trying to find a bbpress plugin that can read the RSS feed of my external blog and generate new forum threads with my blog post names and content, under my name.

Ts this realistic? Is there such a plugin that does this? Can I do this without integrating my external blog and my bbpress (for my bbpress is already integrated with another wordpress site)?

Thansk!

[Oxhorn]

I’m running bbpress 1.0.1 and I am hesitant to upgrade because I don’t know what it will do to my plugins (most of which have been abandoned by their authors) and I’m not sure why I should upgrade. Plus, with the rumor of a bbpress plugin for wordpress coming out, I’m concerned about the future of this version of bbpress. Maybe you guys can answer some questions for me.

Here is my bbpress so you can see where I’m at:

1) Will my users, plugins, databases and themes all still work find and dandy if I upgrade? Is there an easier way to upgrade aside, like there is with wordpress?

2) These are my current plugins. Does anyone know any incompatability with them and the current version of bbpress?:

adsense for bbpress

after the deadline

ajaxed quote

akimset

allow images

bb-lightbox2

bb-no spam user

bb-scripture links

bbcode buttons toolbar

bbcode light

bb cumulus

bb pm

bbpress signatures

bb topic views

bb video

bozo users

facebook like

leaderboard

members online

mini stats

post count plus

post count pluss for wordpress

project honey pot for bbpress

reputation (karma) for bbpress

social it

subscribe to topic

unread posts

3) When/if this new bbpress plugin comes out, will there be a way to convert my bbpress installation into teh plugin or otherwise make it compatable?

Thanks bunches all!

[Patricia Robinett]

i would love to see bbpress available as a wordpress plugin so i don’t have to jump through all the integration hoops. i’m not true geek… just a wanabee and i don’t really know how to make bbpress work with wordpress.

[Patricia Robinett]

THANK YOU, truthlighthouse and mojo! i recommended to godaddy that they add this in their help files.

[chrishajer]

Can you post a link to your site please?

Also, if you turn off permalinks, does your bbPress installation work?

[sureshdrim]

Hello all,

I tried all the installation steps correctly,but still couldn’t get permalinks working.I am using bbpress version 1.0.2 PHP 5.3.0 and server software value is also set to Apache as expected.

It shows error: Oops! This link appears to be broken.

on clicking any forum/topic.

Please help !

[chrishajer]

There was this plugin as well, but for earlier bbPress versions:

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/hidden-forums/

[chrishajer]

The theme in use here is not available for download.

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/whoa#post-68290

Browse the bbOrg tag as well for previous discussions.

[chrishajer]

How about this plugin, Zaerl Visibility:

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/zaerl-visibility/

[willcrain]

Hey everyone,

I am new to bbpress and so far am finding it a great tool.

I was wondering if there is any way (plugin or scripting) that i can restrict access to certain forums unless you are logged in. For instance you would be able to see the forum name/theme but when you try to access that forum you would be brought to the login/register page. While at the same time other forum themes are readable while you arent logged in.

Thanks for any help in advance.

Will

[Excelbud]

I’m sorry if this has been asked.

Is the current BBpress theme used now available for download? I’m looking for a simple theme just like this for my website.

I’m open to any recommendations.

[tuixun]

well. i must install bbpress1.2.0 , it is possible for me to a permanent permission?

[Spookey]

Hi folks!

I’v just installed bbpress for the first time. No problem with installation or tweaks, but i can’t figure out how to correct the time when posts where written.

I have translated the .po file to Norwegian, and it looks like everything is OK in there when generating the .mo file and upload it to my server..

Take a look at this picture where i show you my “problem”: http://country4you.com/temp/Forum.gif

You see the arrows How do i change “Hours” to Norwegian?

This is what “Started: %s ago” is translated to in the .po file: “Skrevet: for %s siden”

Thanks for a great forum!

//Roy