[rlebowitz10463]

John,

Thank very much for the link and for replying.

To answer your question, no, installing 0.9 did not mess up my 1.0 install; my 1.0 still works.

Any advice you have on installing 0.9 properly would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks again,

Robert

[James Blacker]

Hi,

I’ve just been following this instruction – http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/adding-custom-profile-fields (and as per http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/add-new-fields-to-user-profile#post-14767) – to create a plugin of my own to add a couple of extra fields for my post/edit post, as per ardentfrost’s instructions.

I’m not overly familiar with php so wonder if anyone can see what is wrong with my code. The plugin I created for myself, which I’ve uploaded to /forums/my-plugins/jbs_own_plugin.php is as follows:-

<?php

/*

Plugin Name: jbs_own_plugin

(etc….)

*/

add_filter( ‘get_profile_info_keys’, array(‘user_email’ => array(1, __(‘Email’)), ‘user_url’ => array(0, __(‘Website’)), ‘from’ => array(0, __(‘Location’)), ‘occ’ => array(0, __(‘Occupation’)), ‘interest’ => array(0, __(‘Interests’)), ‘extra’ => array(0, __(‘Extra’)))

?>

And when I try to activate it in bbPress plugins I get;

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘;’ in /var/www/vhosts/wholelifewholeworld.com/httpdocs/forums/my-plugins/jbs_own_plugin.php on line 13

I’ve tried it with one less ), and with ; after, and a couple of other combos, but can anyone see what I’m doing wrong please? Just want to add a few extra fields that people can fill in from Edit profile and have displayed on the Profile page.

Also, I found out I don’t actually HAVE a functions.php page in bb-includes at all, so that is slightly worrying me (though everything else is working okay).

Thanks,

James

[johnhiler]

Each install should have its own prefix… this may help!

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/multiple-forums-in-a-single-database-change-prefix-to-what

Before advising on how to install 0.9 correctly… first, did installing 0.9 mess up your 1.0 bbpress install?

[rlebowitz10463]

John,

Thank you.

I am using the same database table for both and am using the same prefixes for each table.

Judging by your questions, I assume this is a problem!

Can you tell me how to correct this, i.e., when and how to change the prefixes or use a different database table? I am very inexperienced with databases.

Thank you!

Robert

[foodin65]

Do either of you have instructions somewhere on how to set up a seperate Forums set for Buddypress. I really need to have a full forum set-up within my Buddypress install for all of those topics that don’t really need a Whole Group to be set up. I’d still like all of the group forums to be accessable via the groups interface but also in the forums interface.

It sounds from these posts that you two have figured it out somewhat.

[johnhiler]

Are you using the same database table for both? Is each table using different prefixes?

[rlebowitz10463]

Hi,

I have bbpress 1.0.2 installed on my site. I recently tried to install bbpress 0.9 on my site as well.

(I did this because my registration emails were not working on bbpress 1.0.2 and I wanted to install a plug-in that allowed immediate password assignment upon registration, thus by-passing the need for emails. This plug-in only works with 0.9, so that’s why I installed it.)

However, after initially configuring 0.9, I receive an error message : “Could not determine site URI” (http://polina-such.freehostia.com/bbpress0.9/)

I contacted my host, and they said that the bb-config-sample.php files are different, which causes the problem with the installation. They pointed me back here, to the forums, for help.

So my questions are:

1) Is it possible to install two versions of bbpress in one site?

2) If so, how do I configure the second bb-config-sample.php file?

Thank you for any assistance!

Robert

[chrishajer]

Your server is running out of memory. That doesn’t normally happen on a default installation. What plugins or modifications have you added, if any?

You can request more RAM from the server (or host) but it would be good to see why this is happening.

Also, did you integrate with WordPress? That’s an error from WordPress. Additionally, did you install bbPress as a WordPress plugin? It’s not a plugin for WordPress.

Need more information about your setup please.

[tflight]

yoyopop, that is what paulhawke is doing with his plugin/script where he says:

<blockquote”mapping is maintained between old and new user/post/topic/forum ID values”

With that, you could create some simple redirects from old URLs to new URLs and those old links will work.

[johnhiler]

I’m not clear on how buddyPress’s progress impacts the bbPress project? I use bbPress for its message boards functionality, and don’t really want all the social functionality of buddyPress. So whether or not they use the latest bbPress doesn’t really affect me.

From what I understand, bbPress is moving in the same direction as buddyPress – it is becoming a WordPress plugin and will use the same theme as WordPress. So in that sense, buddyPress’ efforts here are a proof-of-concept for bbPress’ path?

Trying to understand how this development means any of us are wasting our time here!

[yoyopop]

Hi guys.

I was looking at this conversion again and one really useful thing it misses out is converting internal links – eg: if someone has posted a link to a certain topic within the forum, the link will no longer work.

If it could convert from the standard phpbb format eg: forum/viewtopic.php?t=7836

to the default bbpress format eg: forum/topic.php?id=7836

or does the smilies conversion only search for standalone text (ie: it wouldn’t convert phrases within a string)??

would adding something like this to the smilies conversion section work?

‘viewtopic.php?t=’ => ‘topic.php?id=’,

I guess you could also write a new viewtopic.php file that could parse those links, although that’s a bit of a workaround.

[mbeneteau]

I find your main article on bbPress + WordPress integration seriously lacking (it cost me an hour of puzzling and experimentation). Once I got it, it was a 10 minute job. Suggest you update with this article:

http://wordpressacademy.biz/2009/12/installingintegrating-bbpress-and-a-script-install-of-wordpress-into-the-same-database-for-sharing-users/

[kevinjohngallagher]

Jane@wordpress (who i love) has just written a new blog:

http://wordpress.org/development/2010/02/buddypress-for-one-and-all-3/

buddyPress now works with singe installations of WordPress (rather than MU), and has most of the backPress nonsense taken out. It now also fits into your theme automatically, AND can be administered from the WordPress admin panel.

I don’t know about you, but i think that sovles the 3 most common issues people ask about on this board.

Given all the hacks that Andy and the buddyPress team had to make to get bbPress1.0 into buddyPress, and given that they’re unlikely to do it again for 1.1 (as the functionality added is already in buddyPress thanks to WP functions), does anyone else feel like they’re wasting their time here?

[paulhawke]

@chrishajer – D’oh! You’re right – it does say when an email is already in use. What was I thinking?

[rlebowitz10463]

I am having the same problem: when a new user registers, bbpress says that a password has been sent to the email address the user specifies. BUT the email never comes!

I have tried the Instant Password plug-in mentioned above, but, as the developer states, it does not work for users of bbpress above .9, and I am using 1.0.2. (It says “password too short” even when it is above the required minimum 6 characters.)

Can anyone advise? I am frustrated that after customizing bbpress to fit my Web site all week, I am unable to use it since no one can register!

Thank you!

Robert

My site: polina-such.freehostia.com/bbpress

[thelobbyist]

Just doing some searching and see that RSS feeds for forums were broken. I discovered this myself when I tried to load my forum feeds for my new site into Google Reader today and it couldn’t find the feed. I have updated my code with the patch update and feed validator says my feed is fine, but it still won’t load in Google Reader.

From what I’ve read on the forums there was a wide spread problem, but I can’t seem to locate if there was ever a definite solution. I am running the latest WP with BBpress 1.0.2 with deep integration.

Anything I can do to fix this? RSS feeds for my forums are pretty vital because this particular site won’t have posts, just pages for research content, and forums for feedback and discussion.

Thanks

[mattev]

So it looks like bbSync is dead, and bbPressLive is dead.

Is anyone working on a repair or replacement, by any chance?

[LucasG]

Hello,

I’ve recently installed bbPress and followed all the instructions during the installation to allow bbPress to work alongside of our WordPress website. My concern is that it does not seem to have successfully integrated as I cannot access bbPress admin area, neither by the link on the forum or by the WordPress admin area in settings, there seems to be no type of connection between the two. Also when I tried to delete a post, it actually doesn’t, it just stays there.

Did I do something wrong? Help is appreciated.

[chrishajer]

paulhawke, that sounds like a bug if true (WordPress warns you when you try to reuse an email). Please file a ticket at trac.

[nivosh]

Hello friends.

is there a way to disable the wordpress integration but keep the bbpress users?

now bbpress users are coming from WP DB and are not stored in BBpress DB.

I want that all the users from WP DB will be imported to BBpress DB.

is it possible?

[paulhawke]

I’ve also seen the situation you are talking about where a user registers a new account but the email address matches one that is already in the database. In that situation bbPress silently kills the registration – no email is sent and no notification given of the “duplicate”.

[kevinjohngallagher]

Cary1221,

The best way to work out if bbpress is right for you is to tell us what functionality you’re looking for; and how hands on you want to be with it.

Also I wouldn’t worry about a theme being “ugly” given the incredibly huge number of theme’s there are for phpBB (especially compared to bbPress).

[cary1221]

I second that Marius! But looks/feel apart haven’t really had a problem with php BB. I want to shift but am skeptical of other internet forums, functionality-wise. Any suggestions ?

[Marius-]

wow, just had a look at php bb forum… thats ugly man. You should switch to bbpress because it looks nice.

[cary1221]

hey guys!

I’m using php BB forums currently, why should I shift to BBpress? Pls help!

Thanks !