[Ashish Kumar (Ashfame)]

I have working setups with 64length keys. Nicely integrated with only the issue of bbPress dashboard redirection when logged in from WordPress side (users don’t need have access to bbPress dashboard, so its just for admin & mods). Other than this the integration works flawlessly for me. Both simple and deep integration.

@jakshi

AFAIK, salts were never included in sample config file, if they are not present they are generated internally and then saved.

[kieranyo]

After the success with the Nissan Cube Owners Club forum (http://forum.cubeownersclub.co.uk/), when one of my clients asked about a forum I decided again to use BBPress.

I run the website for a UK TV Nature Presenter called Kate Humble and wanted to use a forum that could be integrated with the rest of the site (which is in WordPress) and have the same look and feel. I think it’s turned out pretty nicely and the new users are enjoying and participating.

The URL is http://katehumble.com/forum

It’s running a very customised theme obviously, a new homepage and I’ve also removed the tags feature.

I’ve installed a few plugins, modified a few too and I’ve also implemented the new Facebook “like” feature on the top of every topic. If I get time (and enough interest) maybe I’ll try and implement this as a BBPress plugin.

Because this time it lives in a sub folder instead of a sub domain, one of the technical hurdles I had to get round was the WordPress .htaccess file conflicting with it so all I had to do was put 1 line of code in the root .htaccess file telling it to ignore (and stop processing) everything in /forum.

Let me know what you think

[Ashish Kumar (Ashfame)]

@kevin

Tell me this –

• login into WordPress
• It should be reflected on bbPress side. Right?
• Try to access bbPress dashboard. Are you able to?

This seems to be a random problem of all integrations I have done so far.

[huafeihua116]

Thanks jakshi!

[kevinjohngallagher]

I absolutely agree that this is far from a “guarenteed” fix, but I’ve long found that the more things we can rule out when going through a bbPress to WordPress integration the easier life becomes.

For example, I still define the following in my WordPress config file:

define(‘AUTH_KEY’, ‘authkey’);

define(‘SECURE_AUTH_KEY’, ‘secureauthkey’);

define(‘SECURE_AUTH_SALT’, ‘secureauthsalt’);

define(‘LOGGED_IN_KEY’, ‘loggedinkey’);

define(‘LOGGED_IN_SALT’, ‘loggedinsalt’);

define(‘SECRET_KEY’, ‘secretkey’);

define(‘SECRET_SALT’, ‘secretsalt’);

define(‘NONCE_KEY’,’nonce_key’);

define(‘NONCE_SALT’, ‘nonce_salte’);

define(‘COOKIE_DOMAIN’, ”);

define(‘COOKIEPATH’, ‘/’);

define(‘CUSTOM_USER_TABLE’, ‘wp_users’);

define(‘CUSTOM_USER_META_TABLE’, ‘wp_usermeta’);

And the following in my bbPress config file:

define(‘BB_AUTH_KEY’, ‘authkey’);

define(‘BB_SECURE_AUTH_KEY’, ‘secureauthkey’);

define(‘BB_SECURE_AUTH_SALT’, ‘secureauthsalt’);

define(‘BB_LOGGED_IN_KEY’, ‘loggedinkey’);

define(‘BB_LOGGED_IN_SALT’, ‘loggedinsalt’);

define(‘BB_SECRET_KEY’, ‘secretkey’);

define(‘BB_SECRET_SALT’, ‘secretsalt’);

define(‘BB_NONCE_KEY’,’nonce_key’);

define(‘BB_NONCE_SALT’, ‘nonce_salte’);

$bb->wp_siteurl = ‘http://www.mydomain.com/’;

$bb->wp_home = ‘http://www.mydomain.com/’;

$bb->wp_table_prefix = ‘wp_’;

$bb->user_bbdb_name = ‘XXXXX’;

$bb->user_bbdb_user = ‘XXXXX’;

$bb->user_bbdb_password = ‘XXXXX’;

$bb->user_bbdb_host = ‘localhost’;

$bb->custom_user_table = ”;

$bb->custom_user_meta_table = ”;

$bb->authcookie = ‘wordpress_’;

$bb->cookiedomain = ”;

$bb->cookiepath = ‘/’;

$bb->sitecookiepath = ”;

$bb->wp_table_prefix = ‘wp_’;

Now I know that most of that code is redundant, and left over from older integration methods; but by using this as a base that I know works for bbPress0.9/1.0.2 to WP2.5->2.9 I’ve found that I’ve not hit any real integration issues that weren’t procedural or human error in over a year.

Adding “AddHandler php5-script .php” to my .htaccess file wont cause any overhead (as i should be using PHP5 anyway), and will also help rule out that 1 out of 100 times that installation/integration hits an issue.

@Zaerl and Chris

PHP4 to 5 was a huge change, a leap into correctly written OOP.

bbPress1.0.2 (for all its faults) and specifically backPress are really brilliantly written OOP code; and while not 100% sure, i’m quietly confident that using backPress/bbPress1.0.2 on PHP4 would throw some inconsistances.

I doubt this fix is anywhere near “guarenteed” to solve anything, but if it works for 1 out of 100 people, it should go in the “win” column

[kevinjohngallagher]

Hi Transmutator,

Question – Why not simply make bbPress themes/templates function like WordPress themes?

They do.

The ease of theming bbPress is one of it’s real strong points.

The problem is that you’re confusing some of the phrases (its not your fault, its not brilliantly clear unless you’ve been here a while).

Integration = bbPress + WordPress using same cookies for log on.

Deep Integration = bbPress loading WordPress every time, allowing access to WordPress code.

So when you say “fully integrate” i’m guessing you mean “deep integration” which isn’t supported or intended. We can offer some advice on it, but its a by product, not a feature.

The realism is that copying large sections of your theme (mostly the ‘outer’ sections such as header and footer) and your current WP stylesheet will start to make a huge difference to how your bbPress theme looks. Just make sure to remove any “wordpress” specific code or plugin calls; they’re really superfluous to 99% of forums.

[chrishajer]

What sort of server are you running bbPress on?

[chrishajer]

I think it’s probably a little over-reaching to say this is a guaranteed fix. There are so many other things that need to happen before integration works in every case. This may be one part of it, but I’d like to know why.

[Transmutator]

Folks, I have been trying to get bbPress to fully integrate into my WordPress site for like weeks. I happened up a gentleman who had it figured out. He sent me his notes and I am giving them to you here. One word of caution, even though I followed the instructions carefully, I still don’t have it working – this doesn’t mean his instructions are incorrect … just that I am not skilled enough to figure out all the elements.

His name is Adam Kayce of Bright Coconut. I hope you enjoy his instructions and they speed you toward full integration (and then if you have time, come help me!).

Integrating the Theme:

I have a link to my forum in my global nav by creating an empty page with a slug that is the same as the directory name as where I have bbpress installed.

But I also load the wp-load.php file in my bb-config.php file

define(‘WP_BB’, true);

if ( !defined(‘DB_NAME’) ) {

require_once( dirname(__FILE__) . ‘/../wordpress/wp-config.php’);

}

$bb->wp_table_prefix = ‘wp_’; // your wordpress db prefix is

$bb->wp_home = ‘http://www.trashfilmorgy.com/wordpress <http://www.trashfilmorgy.com/wordpress&gt; ‘;

$bb->wp_siteurl = ‘http://www.trashfilmorgy.com <http://www.trashfilmorgy.com/&gt; ‘;

Then I went into my bbpress theme and changed every instance of bb_get_header() with get_header(), and bb_get_footer() with get_footer().

Since I want to have my wordpress sidebars show up in the forum, too, I also added get_sidebar() right above the call to get_footer().

I could also add other sidebars, too – the theme I use adds two columns below the main content area and uses the dynamic sidebar functionality to add them in to each page. I could see how adding other or more sidebars and going in to the templates could be really useful.

From : http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/how-do-ican-i-integrate-my-bbpress-forum-into-my-wordpress-layout

AND

to remove the ‘Log Out’ link: kakumei/logged-in.php – delete the function

if using bbPM: go into Admin area, copy function, uncheck box, and paste function in logged-in.php where you deleted the old function from

AND

to get the backslashes out of apostrophes:

1) open up /bb-includes/functions.bb-template.php

2) replace line 1074 with:

return stripslashes(apply_filters( ‘get_topic_title’, $topic->topic_title, $id ));

3) and line 1782:

return stripslashes(apply_filters( ‘get_post_text’, $bb_post->post_text, $bb_post->post_id ));

[Transmutator]

Question – Why not simply make bbPress themes/templates function like WordPress themes?

I have been trying my darnedest to “integrate” bbPress into my client’s site (www.awaketeahouse.com -ask and I’ll give you a membership) but the sidebar won’t go where its supposed to go and, though I have managed to get the theme ported over it won’t collect or remember user login information. (I know this is cookie stuff but I’m currently burned out.

So, rather than going through all this rigamarole to fully integrate it with my main site, if I could simply add my main site’s theme to bbPress then, at least it would easily look the same. Then there’d only need to be a plugin in bbPress/WordPress that connects the users from WP to bbP.

[zaerl]

The more I read the migration docs from php.net the more I think that none of the changed functions can break the wp/bb integration.

[chrishajer]

Why does the integration need to use PHP5? Is there a function present in PHp5 that is not in PHP4 that makes this work? Or more likely a function that works differently in PHP5 (since a missing function would give an error.)

[kevinjohngallagher]

I never knew that.

I suppose it’s another quirk we could add in to be on the safe side.

Nice one Driz and Gerikg (btw Gerikg, i sent 3 people to your site yesterday to use your walkthrough – well done mate its really good).

[zaerl]

Ashfame. Maybe I was a bit rude but these are the facts.

bbPress 1.0.2 offers anonymous posting? The answer is “no.”

Is there fully functional plugins that fill this lack for the actual official bbPress version? No. I tested BB Anonymous Posting and it doesn’t work in 1.0.2 (at least in my case.)

[gerikg]

Sometimes it’s a plugin in bbpress or wordpress that causes that. usually a cache program

[gerikg]

The integration needs to use php5. Some hosting company needs you to put something in your htaccess file. I have 1and1 and you have to put that line. http://faq.1and1.com/scripting_languages_supported/php/9.html

[Ashish Kumar (Ashfame)]

Please elaborate!

[chrishajer]

If it’s returning a blank page, I think that means you’re getting a Internal Server Error code 500. If you take that line out, can you use bbPress?

[Ashish Kumar (Ashfame)]

@zaerl

No offense but please take care.

Some people may turn away from using bbPress by your response.

[plinth]

GO ZAERL!

[chrishajer]

There used to be a couple plugins as well. Here’s one:

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bb-anonymous-posting/#post-1276

[chrishajer]

Login-less posting will be in the next release of bbPress. It’s in the trunk version now which you could try out if you were feeling adventurous.

https://trac.bbpress.org/changeset/2421/trunk?old_path=%2F&format=zip

Trunk is actually relatively stable, but the best advice is to not use this on a production site. The functionality is coming though.

[zaerl]

I have implemented moderation queues in my private trunk version of zaerl Visibility. I have planned to bundle this feature in the upcoming public 0.2 version.

Basically speaking on the new version you can specify that new topics and new posts must be hidden by default and that they can be reset (in this case “approved”) by moderators through the admin panel. It functions already but I will release the 0.2 only after exaustive beta-testing _and_ if I got positive feedbacks.

[driz]

Make sure you have this at the top of both WP and bbPress .htaccess files

AddHandler php5-script .php

[hypeadmin]

I have the same problem, which I think is the result of some javascript somewhere in the bowels of bbpress changing the visibility of the view | edit | delete links on mouseover.

I haven’t a clue where in the bbpress code to look to fix this, but I do have a potential solution for you, steviemac: try a different browser. This problem exists for me only in IE. No problem with Firefox.

It would be great if someone could track down the code and fix it so that it works correctly in all browsers. I have no love for IE, but it would be nice if the admin page didn’t break with that browser.