[Ashish Kumar (Ashfame)]

No worries! You are at the right place

[kevinjohngallagher]

In this instance, i would write a script that set a new password for them, and emailed them it. (can/should be done outwith bbPress).

In the email i’d tell them why they are getting it, and suggest that they log in and choose a new one.

It’s not ideal, but this isn’t really a common siutaiton so i doubt there’s a plugin for it.

[David-]

I achieved this within 30mins or less. Here’s how to go about it:

The first thing you need to do is download the latest phpbb, and install on a subdomain (I name mine phpbb, like this: http://www.mysite.com/phpbb).

Then download the Smf 2.0 to Phpbb converter here: http://dicky.askmaggymae.com/files/SMF_20B3_to_phpBB3.zip

Now upload the zip file to the root directory where you installed phpbb (in my case: http://www.mysite.com/phpbb)

I suggest you upload the zip file directly, then extract from your cpanel file manager in order not to mess up with the folder structure.

Now point your browser to where you installed phpbb, in my case: http://www.yoursite.com/phpbb/install/index.php and then click on the convert tab, and a list of converters will come up, you’ll see smf 2.o listed there. Just continue from there following the instructions listed.

During the convert there’s a stage where phpbb would be asking for the path to your smf 2.0 board, simply enter it. In my case smf was on: http://www.mysite.com/forums, so I entered: ../forums. Initially my smf was installed at: http://forums.mysite.com, I kept getting errors, so I just moved it with my cpanel file manager to: http://www.mysite.com/forums. And the whole process went smoothly.

But if your smf is on the root, just enter this value there: ../

If you follow the above instructions, you should get your smf converted to phpbb without a glitch.

Now it’s time to convert to BBpress (the mighty bbpress).

Download the latest version, and install exactly where you want it to be, in my case I installed it on the root which is http://www.mysite.com. You must install bbpress using the same database with the phpbb you just converted.

Now download the phpbb to bbpress converter here: http://members.lycos.co.uk/wmnkhayal/files/phpbb3tobbpress%20converter.tar.gz

Extract the zip on your desktop, and you’ll end up with two files.

Upload the phpbb3tobbpress.php file to the root directory of your phpbb (in my case: http://www.mysite.com/phpbb)

copy the other file which is: _phpbb3_pass.php to your newly installed bbpress plugins directory. Copy this to bb-plugins folder and not to my plugins.

Now point your browser to where you installed phpbb, and add the link of the converter at the end, in my case this was: http://www.mysite.com/phpbb/phpbb3tobbpress.php and follow the instructions to convert your phpbb board to bbpress.

As simple as that. I’m no expert, so anybody should be able to do this. Anyways I’m available to questions.

Welcome to bbpress!

[jasbg]

Thanks a lot ashfame !

As you observed I managed to get rather confused about the connections between the different systems here.

I will follow your advice and test the combination you mention here !

Jens

[David-]

I just converted from smf => Phpbb => bbpress, and the passwords aren’t working unless they request for a password reset.

Most members keep mailing to complain about this. I want to just send the whole thing to them once and for all.

[Ashish Kumar (Ashfame)]

BuddyPress 1.2 can install on normal WordPress too and BuddyPress itself offer integrated bbPress forum.

Try WP 2.9.2 + BuddyPress 1.2

[jasbg]

Hi

Been trying to install Buddypress onto a clean BBPress instalation – but it keeps giving me an error:

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Warning: require_once(WP_PLUGIN_DIR/buddypress/bp-core.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:wampwwwbbpressmy-pluginsbuddypressbp-loader.php on line 19

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘WP_PLUGIN_DIR/buddypress/bp-core.php’ (include_path=’.;C:php5pear’) in C:wampwwwbbpressmy-pluginsbuddypressbp-loader.php on line 19

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Does anyone know if this installation is at all possible (clean BBPress + BuddyPress forum) ?

I would like to avoid using WordPress Mu – to keep things as lean (simple) as possible !

Thanks in advance for any advice on the subject !

Jens

btw. – I have for a couple of weeks been doing research on how to run the best and most sufficient frontend bases open posting site (or almost open) – and has ended with bbPress (has 12 different test systems running on wamp and easyphp – among them Word MU – Drupal version 6 and 7 and others. It’s close to chaos for sure)

[Ashish Kumar (Ashfame)]

Create a blank page with the slug forums and it will automatically takes you to the forum on your site

Either you design a matching bbPress theme for WordPress or use deep integration which is quite an overhead if you have a good number of users.

Read this – http://blog.ashfame.com/2010/02/deep-integration-bbpress-wordpress/

and http://blog.ashfame.com/2010/02/bbpress-deep-integration-advantages-disadvantages/

And then decide what you want to do.

[Ashish Kumar (Ashfame)]

ashishsainiashfame[at]gmail[dot]com

[adevigus]

sorry I’m not trying to make business … I just want to find somebody who can HELP !!!

Please let me know, where I may find support for my problem outside this forum ???

kind regards

Alessandro Devigus

devigus @ dentist.ch

http://www.dentist.ch

[David-]

There was an error in my converted phpbb sql file, the error clearly pointed me to the right direction. So all I did was download the phpbb database, then I traced the error down to the line that was being pointed out, I deleted what I thought could be causing it, saved it and exported it back to the database.

As soon as I ran the converter script, it worked like a charm.

Are you having any problem? It didn’t take me more than 30mins to do all the conversions. I was initially on SMF, converted that to Phpbb, before finally converting to bbpress.

[chrishajer]

Alessandro – please post your contact info here and I will close this thread. You can conduct business outside the forum. Thanks.

[dbneeley]

I spent quite a few years doing marketing and corporate communication, and so far at least I have some basic questions I simply can’t find on the relevant websites. (It’d be very nice if the sites contained some sort of “Why you might want BBPress” or “Why you might want BuddyPress” or even perhaps “Basic requirements”–not to mention “Why you might want to install both BuddyPress and BBPress”.)

I am a complete newcomer to adding forums to a WordPress site, but I am planning to take the leap with a new blog site I am about to launch. A few basic questions, please:

From the looks of BuddyPress, it also offers forums by itself…although this is unclear from their site. What is the advantage, of any, of having BBPress either instead of or in addition to BuddyPress? Also, so far at least I have not found on the BBPress site a requirements listing–will it now work with a straight WordPress install, or is it tied to WordPress MU at this point? (With the upcoming integration of WP and WPMU, at this juncture I simply don’t want to go through the hassle of installing MU.)

I would appreciate any comments, suggestions, or advice you can give. Thanks!

[johnhiler]

Hmm, I heard that email notification was now in the core of the latest (trunk) release.

Brandon – what version of bbPress were you using before you upgraded?

[adevigus]

Hello

thanks for your reply. Would be great to get your help.

What exactly can you do for me?

I need the following things done:

create a wordpress – bbpress site

that looks similar to the actual site (skin)

at http://www.cerec.net

transfer all users and post to this new site

if you can do this what would you charge?

Best, Alessandro

new site

[dhananjai]

Hi there,

Notification feature for bbpress is not available in 1.0 version of bbpress, this feature could possibly be added in next stable version of bbpress, however if you want this functionality in your work then you can hire someone to accomplish this task for you.

regards,

Dhananjai.

[johnhiler]

This used to drive me INSANE, but this plugin saved the day:

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/instant-password/

[adevigus]

Hello

I’m running a forum on IPB 3.0 I have over 2000 users a d over 12000 posts .. I would like to convert my site to bbpress (especially looking for the WordPress integration)

anybody ready to help me ???

feedbacks are welcome

Alessandro devigus

[Ashish Kumar (Ashfame)]

I got it working with 1.0 in way back October

http://blog.ashfame.com/2009/10/fix-bb-attachments-plugin-of-bbpress/

[Scott Kingsley Clark]

The way this would be handled is that plugins can hook into other plugins. Actions / Filters still work the same between plugins as they do between core.

[johnhiler]

That’s a great point Chris!

Maybe that’s why bbPress doesn’t have native support for full post deletion… cleaning up the meta data would be a pain!

[Alex Luft]

Thanks for your answer chris!

But that’s very strange. I have it activated in my-plugins.

And for some reason, that link goes to the blog (hosted in root) as opposed to a bbpress not found page.

Really don’t know what to do at this point

[usdavid]

Thank you, but I have an existing install of WordPress 2.9.2, with all the defaults including database names. I am trying to add bbPress 1.0.2. I have followed the instructions on the bbPress site for integrating, some hints I received on the WordPress forum referring me to How To Integrate BBPress with WP (http://www.bestwpthemez.com/wordpress/how-to-integrate-bbpress-with-wordpress-mu-2062/), and finally your tutorial. Your tutorial was a little out of the problem as it is an instruction set for clean installs. I followed the link on your page to “Integrate bbpress forum with your wordpress setup” and attempted the Fix Admin Access plugin, no go. Where is the wp_usermeta table located?

I still have the same problem.

Thanks,

David

[paulhawke]

I’ve put up a diagram of the current (1.0.2) database schema – http://devt.caffeinatedbliss.com/bbpress/bbpress-data-model – and I plan as a next step to dig deep into the bb_meta and bb_user_meta tables as there’s a goldmine of important details tucked into them that isnt immediately obvious.

[staticfrost]

How can I get my bbpress theme to look the same as my actual wordpress site? and how do I make my page link stright to the forums?