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.
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.
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!
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.
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/
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?
@chrishajer – D’oh! You’re right – it does say when an email is already in use. What was I thinking? 
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
So it looks like bbSync is dead, and bbPressLive is dead.
Is anyone working on a repair or replacement, by any chance?
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.
paulhawke, that sounds like a bug if true (WordPress warns you when you try to reuse an email). Please file a ticket at trac.
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?
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”.
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).
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 ?
wow, just had a look at php bb forum… thats ugly man. You should switch to bbpress because it looks nice.
hey guys!
I’m using php BB forums currently, why should I shift to BBpress? Pls help!
Thanks !
Email deliveries can be spotty… this plugin lets you specify the password yourself instead:
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/instant-password/
I use it on all my sites, and customer service requests have plummeted!
hello friends, can you help me out on this issue.I have successfully installed BBpress and it is running.I am trying to register a new user for the BBpress.So i tried registering a new user providing details like email and user name.The problem is that the notification from BBpress says that user registration was successful and email with a password has been sent to the email provided during registration.But when i check my email, i have not received any mails from BBpress.Therefore a user is created but with no pass word and i cannot login.Also i am using a localhost server on windows XP with internet connection. Please help.Thanks.
I agree but it doesn’t happen to serve out that small glitch of dashboard access.
Will get back on the subject after this weekend vacation.
Hi,
I tried contacting you by email but had no success (it says it has been delayed).
I can work for you.
Email me – ashishsainiashfame[at]gmail<<<dot>>>com
We all want bbPress to be developed further, but it’s honestly not where many people want it to be. Kevin is only speaking the honest truth. His tone might seem harsh, but he is passionate. I’m glad he’s here.
The OP may want to consider other solutions… Maybe in a year or two, bbpress will be better developed for him.
Either way, don’t think it really matters.
Personally i’ve found that pointing my post form towards WP is better because if something is going to change/break in a future version it will happen in WordPress long before bbPress. People are patching/plugins/writing-guides on how ot make bbPress work with WordPress not the other way around, so i stick with the strongest/most stable software as my login base. But really, thats just me being careful; i shouldn’t matter
I just want to use this oportunity to say thanks to you johnhiler.
I dont like that Kevin-guy so much, but Im a big enough man to see when he is right about weaknesses in my behaviour.
Even though we did not solve this problem, thank you for putting on the effort in trying to help me out.
I guess some times I just get too carried away with the creative process, so I tend to forget about the moral and ethical side of it.
I have great belief in BBpress, and I trust that it will have a bright future. So I´d rather wait and stick with BBpress, as I have it currently set up, and maybe some day a new poll plugin will surface. Good things comes to those who wait.
