[56alifar]

Resolved because of this great new plugin:

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bb-open-in-new-window-plugin/

Thanks to Keith Graham

[admingsc]

Hi, all. Is it possible to change the wording on the registration page through the Admin dashboard alone? I’d like to add additional instructions for users, but I don’t know how to code (the BB was built by a design team, and I’d like to avoid having to pay them to make such a small change.)

My theme is Navigation for bbPress 1.3

Thanks!

[elforesto]

I’m attempting to do an upgrade of bbPress from 0.9.2 and get the following error every time I attempt to access any bbPress pages:

ERROR: Could not establish a database connection

I did some experimenting and found that when I change the table prefix from the one I’ve been using back to the default of bb_, I’m prompted to perform a new installation. The problem with this is that I don’t want to lose the existing contents of the forum.

Any advice or suggestions would be most appreciated.

[chrishajer]

Allesandro, your request is outside the scope of bbPress support. So, if you post your contact information here, (as you did,) I will close the topic and people can contact you with their offers of assistance.

[Jonathan Stegall]

I’d love to hear if anyone has found a way to successfully convert the format of the passwords from phpBB to bbPress.

[paulhawke]

Where are we now?

Aside from the questions surrounding integration with WordPress, another of our big questions is “how do I import from _____” (insert a different forum product of your choosing)

Right now the approach is ad-hoc at best: We are handing a PHP script around hand-to-hand that is able to convert a phpBB v2.0.x forum over to bbPress v. 0.9, and if you want to convert a different forum (say, SMF) the accepted wisdom is to install phpBB, convert to that, then convert to bbPress 0.9 and then upgrade.

The official coding standards for WordPress state:

Avoid touching the database directly. If there is a defined function that can get the data you need, use it. Database abstraction (using functions instead of queries) helps keep your code forward-compatible and, in cases where results are cached in memory, it can be many times faster.

As it stands bbPress imports clearly violate that principle by using the script we are passing around.

Solving the problem

Importing data clearly is an example where a strategy pattern solves things in an elegant fashion.

The strategy pattern (also known as the policy pattern) is a particular software design pattern, whereby algorithms can be selected at runtime.

The strategy pattern is useful for situations where it is necessary to dynamically swap the algorithms used in an application. The strategy pattern is intended to provide a means to define a family of algorithms, encapsulate each one as an object, and make them interchangeable. The strategy pattern lets the algorithms vary independently from clients that use them.

More concretely, this means creating a bbPress Import plugin which provides an overall multi-step process, and delegates to an external sub-plugin to retrieve the external datasource specific steps. I would argue that this ought to be a plugin (and remain a plugin rather than being pulled into the core of bbPress) because once you’ve imported from a given external forum, you can deactivate and uninstall the “import” code as its no longer required.

Roadmap

1. We need to create a basic import plugin. — This I have done, it’s experimental and I’d like some more eyes on the code before calling it “done”
2. We need to create import strategies for external forums, starting with phpBB2 — This I have done, by extracting SQL from the script we all pass hand-to-hand. Again, it needs more eyes on the code as a QA step.
3. We need to create import strategies for other external forums, specifically SMF and phpBB3 — this is where the strategy pattern comes into its own – each can be developed independently and combined later. Its also a great place for community input.

Looking further out

The import plugin relies on calling the internal bb_new_post, bb_new_topic, bb_new_forum and to a certain degree the bb_new_user methods. As we move toward bbPress being a plugin to WordPress, these will become the only way to import data, as the script we pass around will become evermore obsolete.

Secondly, WordPress itself has an import framework. I suspect that any “import plugin” we write now will become somewhat obsolete in that timeframe. That said, if we do things right, the import strategies we create might migrate over. What I dont know is the timeframe. Is the bbPress-as-a-plugin-to-Wordpress change close enough on the horizon that we should simply target the WordPress import framework directly?

Thoughts / comments?

[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/