[hope1]

Oh jeez I watched this video and I just had to rename the folder! Grr lol. http://www.pagelines.com/posts/how-to-install-bbpress/

[gadamiak]

How to unblock a user, who once got blocked?

Changing user role doesn’t unblock. Removing bbpress_been_blocked from usermeta table doesn’t either. What’s the trick?

Running 1.0.2.

[hope1]

Hi ya, I just installed it but I don’t plan to use it for WordPress so is this possible? I would like it to stand on it’s own as a link to a new website except I get this http://www.hope-gaming.com/bbpress/ and the url i specified is this http://www.hope-gaming.com/forums/ except the latter is giving me a 404 error and the 1st one is damn basic of which I cannot log in as I am then given the error again. Is it just a case of it taking time to show up? Thanks all.

[chrishajer]

I would just turn off registration (remove all links to the registration form) and then user something like this plugin to create the user accounts:

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/admin-add-user/

That is an old plugin but instructions on how to make it work for 1.0.2 are in the comments.

I thought there was a plugin by user zaerl that could help but I can’t find it right now.

[btko]

Thanks Reboot and Kevin, for your answers. That really cleared it up for me; and yes, it would be great if this information was sticky’d or something. For my site it’s basically a blog with a forum for under 100 users so bbPress sounds like exactly my solution.

Thanks again for the answers. And I hope to be around and help this community as well.

Regards,

[Beer]

Is it possible to restrict registration, so that only the admin can create new users? I want to run a small invitation-only forum with bbpress.

[chrishajer]

I saw that, but this post from sambauers led me to NOT recommend that:

Apostrophe and or quotation marks cause backslash to appear.

“magic_quotes_gpc should be off – always, it’s evil.”

So, if it does not work with magic quotes on, it’s probably a bug somewhere, with the integration, and for that reason I prefer the plugin solution here:

Apostrophe and or quotation marks cause backslash to appear.

Not sure what’s best as I’ve never been affected by the problem and therefore never tried to fix it.

[tonicarr]

I am thrilled if this is true. Thank you Matt!! I asked the question at Wordcamp SF. I wanted him to know that we believe in bbPress and how it can integrate with a blog. For me it is really the next step for my blog. If I could do it myself I would, but I am dependent.

[ghettobsd]

This is what i found:

From: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/slashes-being-added-in-front-of-apostrophes

User: baptiste

Post: Easy fix (hack) in bb-includes/template-functions.php, update this function to look like this:

function get_post_text() {

global $bb_post;

return stripslashes($bb_post->post_text);

}

May be an artifact of the wordpress integration – not sure.

The above did indeed work. But I still looked at the other posts and problems others had.

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/apostrophe-and-or-quotation-marks-cause-backslash-to-appear

user: arpowers

ok, found the answer wooooooo!

The ‘real’ reason this wasn’t working was….

‘magic_quotes_gpc’ is set to ‘off’ on my server (in php.ini)

All these other solutions are band-aids, my hunch is that making sure magic quotes is ‘on’ is the solution.

user: jackey

Putting “php_value magic_quotes_gpc 1” in my .htaccess file worked for me… for now.

The above also worked. So instead of editing the bbpress code, i just modified the .htaccess file (added to it), that 1 line fixed it. So I will go with it untill I see a problem.

Worth noting, someone said that by changing the code as per baptiste’s method could corrupt backups you make of sql. So, that was the reason I went with the .htaccess fix.

Thank you!

chrishajer: you are GhettoBSD Approved!

[chrishajer]

What is the hacking to get rid of the backtick quote problem? I’m not sure what you were trying to solve there. Was that to fix the code and backtick problem?

The escaping of single quotes on integrated installations has been covered here before.

Slashes being added in front of apostrophes

Apostrophe and or quotation marks cause backslash to appear.

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/slash-text-issue-in-10-alpha-6-have-searched

Sounds that that is your problem – escaping single quotes in an integrated installation. The hacking you did is unrelated (I think.) I confused backticks with quotation marks.

I don’t think it’s related to the keys at all. They are not used that way when posting. The worst that ever happened was that bbPress did not support the complex keys (with escaped characters) that WordPress did. But that resulted in a 500 Internal Server Error.

[JemzTouch]

That did it.

I was worried about messing around with phpAdmin but it was actually quite straightforward.

Result!

[Rootside]

Upgraded to WordPress RC 3, still getting the same error.

print_r($_POST); gives me the following:

Array ( [user_login] => hello [user_email] => xxxxxxx@rootside.com [user_url] => [from] => [occ] => [interest] => [Submit] => Register » )

I obscured the email address here, but it is the one I have entered in the registration form above. So it seems that user_email IS defined.

Thanks for that hint. Maybe it’s a freakish bug – nobody else has chimed in with the same problem so far – but I don’t know how many people are testing WP 3 with bbPress yet, so I’m not quite ready to re-install the whole sermon from scratch again. I’ll try setting up the same combo on a different server as soon as I can find the time, but I’m still hoping that this can be tracked down, so I don’t have to fear for the worst with every future update…

Does the information above give any of you guys an idea?

Again, greatly appreciated.

[zaerl]

Open phpmyadmin and delete the tables.

[JemzTouch]

Thanks,

How do I drop the bb_tables?

[chrishajer]

You get the message that bbPress is already installed because the database tables are still present. Drop the bb_ tables (if that’s what you used for a table prefix) and you will be able to install again.

[JemzTouch]

I installed bbpress and went through the installation process.

It didn’t work and I got an error message.

I tried deleting it and then re-installing to try something new on the installation process but then got the message

“bbPress is already installed”

Forum here

http://www.armadefogo.pt/bbpress/

Thanks in advance for simple solution!

J

[chrishajer]

If you moved it to the html directory, and WordPress is located here http://www.example.com, then bbPress is located at http://www.example.com/bbpress (unless you changed the name of the folder.)

Also, it needs to be unzipped there – you can’t use the zipped archive. It can be unzipped on your local computer, then upload the whole folder to that html location.

If you go to http://www.example.com/bbpress with a browser, you will see the installer.

[gerikg]

awesome, works perfectly with the plugin.

Best Answer: mr_pelle https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/latest-discussion-page#post-69723

[internet]

I am really interested in finding a member list plugin that works with 1.0. I tried the one made by rayd but it does not work. I get “Page not found”

I tried the wordress and bbpress intergration so i could use the wordpress plugin but it really messed up my forums so I reverted back. Any Ideas on how I could make this work?

[zaerl]

Yes I know. Unfortunately I had to fight with that piece of code also in my plugin zaerl Visibility. bbPress doesn’t allow zero forums.

[kevinjohngallagher]

Ok, so you’re trying to do something that bbPress can’t natively do.

You’re presuming, and we can all see why, that because this is forum software that it has native parent/child relationships; when it doesn’t really.

I’ve always found the best thing to do is to write my own forum subroutine in a page.

if ( bb_forums( $forum_id ) )

{

while ( bb_forum() )

{

global $forum;

global $forum_id;

print_r($forum);

// I output my own code here using

// $forum->forum_name

// $forum->posts

// To show children of forum

if($forum->forum_parent == $forum_id || empty( $forum_id))

{

//Output code here, it’s a child or you’re on the front page

}

}

}

To re-iterate, I’m coding the above from memory, so if there are errors you’ll need to check them yourself

[mr_pelle]

Using My Views plugin by _ck_ and activating its module named “Started/Participated Topics”, you will end up with a view named “Latest Discussions” which is exactly what you’re looking for.

[kevinjohngallagher]

What I’m looking for is to have a simple forum integrated with my WP installation. It seems like bbPress is the perfect choice but now I’m not so sure

If you want a “simple forum” then bbPress fits that need.

If you want single sign on with your WordPress install, then bbPress is probably the best out there.

as of yesterday I’ve heard of buddypress… and now I’m confused

Yeah, we have to explain this every day to someone.

Truly wish anyone with Documentation rights would maybe save this as a sticky or maybe in the documentation section or something…

BuddyPress and bbPress are not connected.

BuddyPress allows you to install a forked version of bbPress. It is not the same as this bbPress. We don’t know why they kept the name. We don’t know why they don’t publicise that they are different. If you use BuddyPress in any way, we can’t help you on this forum.

It seems like the two products are made by the same people, are intended for similar purposes, but some people have both installed

BuddyPress is ‘like’ a WordPress plugin, in the same vein of a fancy WooTheme or Thesis framework. Its like an additional layer onto which other plugins can be installed.

About a year ago the BuddyPress team, under the great coding skills and direction of Andy Peatling (http://apeatling.wordpress.com/) forked and ported a version of bbPress to be run as a BuddyPress plugin.

So bbPress and BuddyPress are two different products, with different aims and goals, and some people can have both installed – just not this version of bbPress.

On top of that it seems like support for bbPress is waning

Yes.

But it will not go away or die. It runs the Automattic support forums, so its not going anywhere. It will be ported to a WrodPress plugin at some stage. Other than that sentance, we have no information on that.

If what you need is a forum, use bbPress.

If you need to build a social network (friends, groups, private messaging, activity) then use BuddyPress.

Thats basically it

[kevinjohngallagher]

I was about to point you towards https://bbpress.org/documentation/installation/ but I’ve just seen how unhelpful it is.

The realism is that if you’re “less computer savvy” then bbPress is not for you; at least, not just now anyway. You need a minimum amount of Tech no-how to get it up and running.

In order to install bbPress, you need to upload it to a server, and then navigate (type in) the corresponding URL to start the installation process.

That process has nothing to do with WordPress at all, and I strongly suggest putting bbPress in a folder below where you keep wordPress, if you decide to go ahead with it.

Can someone tell me how I would know what the “intended URL of the bbPress site” is? Is that the same as the URL of my website? Is it my WP-Admin login? I am confused.

Yes, its the URL you intend on using for bbPress.

No, it’s got nothing to do with WordPress Admin.

I am confused.

With all due respect, I don’t really believe that bbPress is for you at this point in time.

[Greg]

I am using WP+BBP+BP on a moderately sized site. 1000s of users, ~1M pageviews/month. Here’s my 2c…

What are your needs?

If what you need is a forum, use bbPress. Much less resource hungry and more flexible as a pure forum than the integrated forum in BuddyPress (itself also a fork of bbPress). You will be up and running a lot more quickly. But yes, the future is a little uncertain.

If you need to build a social network (friends, groups, private messaging, activity) then use BuddyPress. Be prepared for a much bigger load on your server and more theme complexity. The resulting site will be quite sophisticated though.

Note that you can start on bbPress and move to BuddyPress later. This will involve some work integrating databases later on, but it can be done quite easily if you know some SQL. This is what I would do in your situation – start out with the minimal subset of features to build your forum and take it from there.