[drewva]

I’m sure this would be a really useful feature for most forum administrators… “Read-only forums”

Can you add the ability to create read-only forums in the admin tools area? I know there is a read-only plugin for bbpress but it is no longer supported (last update was in 2008).

This would be such a great feature. I want to set up a forum topic that is informational for forum users, one that I don’t want users posting to.

[bedbugger]

Thanks for your response. It looks like a great theme!

I cannot switch my WP theme at this time and am looking for a new bbpress theme that works well independently of the WP install.

[jebus]

I’m in the exact same boat. Seems odd bbPress doesn’t have this feature built in. Anybody know of a workaround?

Thanks.

[chrishajer]

Good catch. I opened trac ticket https://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1256

[kadr]

Hey,

I changed this line in my theme:

<p><?php _e(‘Allowed markup:’); ?> <?php allowed_markup(); ?>.
<?php _e(‘You can also put code in between backtick ([…] ) characters.’); ?></p>

to this line

<p><?php _e(‘Allowed markup:’); ?><?php allowed_markup(); ?>`. <?php _e(‘ ‘); ?></p>

And then I got this error on the forum:

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening ” for inclusion (include_path=’.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear’) in /domains/lijstblanco.nl/DEFAULT/bbpress/bb-includes/functions.bb-template.php on line 45

So I changed it back, but the error remains!

Any idea what to do now?

[OKTeaRoom]

Gautam, does this plugin still work by any chance?

It has a reference to “ed_toolbar” in the comments which makes me think it might be what they are using on the wordpress forums:

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/quicktags-4-bbpress/#post-36

[chrishajer]

OK, that’s fine. To get buttons, you need something like BB Code Lite or Comment Quicktags to get the button toolbar.

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bbcode-lite/

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/quicktags-4-bbpress/

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bbcode-buttons/

[LeftCoastMichael]

Sorry, it’s a plug-in. https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/allow-images/

[quagmire1973]

I have been using WordPress for a long time and I finally decided to integrate BBPress into my WordPress blog. The integration worked very well and I was able to get the cookies to work correctly to avoid folks from having to log in twice.

The problem I am having has to do with the fact that I can no longer log out of WordPress. I have tried every combination of things I can think of and nothing has worked. This only started AFTER I modified the wp-config & bb-config to include the cookie information. If I remove that info from my wp-config file, I am able to logout fine but it obviously breaks the integration. No plugins are affecting this as I have already tried playing with disable/enable to solve the issue and it did not help. It definitely seems to be related to the cookie modifications.

Has anyone else had this same issue?

[bobtheman]

might i add, that the wordpress community would be extremely interested in bbpress integration, but we as the bbpress community should be weary of developing integration for one specific platform which will limit our abilities and success.

we should be focused on “as far as integration is concerned” single sign on, conversion tools to convert from other forum solutions, multiple authentication methods/ integration paths … for multiple platforms like

joomla, drupal, etc etc

granted there are more important things at hand to focus on so that list isnt in any way in any form of order.

[bobtheman]

1. Single Signon

2. Single Theme

3. Admin panel they recognize

single signon im fine with, but integration doesnt mean just with wordpress and it doesnt mean make bbpress a plugin

the bbpress community doesnt strive to be wordpress, we strive to create and use bbpress

making bbpress a wordpress plugin limits our success to wordpress

If a user of wordpress wants their wordpress theme to match bbpress, than that is up to the user to make that happen. If wordpress wants this to happen, then they can require that theme mods/devs include a bbpress theme so cross integration can occur, or there can be a wordpress bbpress theme converter that happens in the backend so installation can still be smooth with nothing hard to due but click install. But you should be asking yourself if its the goal of bbpress to look like and function like wordpress. If you look at any online software, usually the most asked for features are single sign on, bridges, and authentication integration “as far as forums go”

when bbpress is made a wordpress plugin, we are no longer a forum solution but a wordpress forum solution, and the development and success of bbpress would be contingent on wordpress.

[bobtheman]

“There are already so many standalone forums out there for non wp users, so it just makes sense to go this route.”

integration is key, making bbpress a plugin doesnt make sense for bbpress.. it makes sense for wordpress. The moment bbpress becomes a wordpress plugin, we are no longer a forum solution but a wordpress forum solution and we limit ourselves to that.

[bobtheman]

“When you go down this road you eventually get to the point of Drupal – amazingly vague and configurable database, slow because it’s got to be all-things-to-all-people and … well … yeah. I would rather not see either WordPress or bbPress end up there.”

i agree 100 % .. if i may give a few points of interest

the future of bbpress shouldn’t be contingent on wordpress

Im all for integration, but integration doesn’t have to be just for wordpress and integration doesn’t mean plugin

If bbpress is made a plugin to WP, then that will bring stipulations of future development which isnt good for the community

The bbpress community doesn’t strive to be wordpress, we strive to create and use bbpress.

solution, integration can still occur, by having a wordpress plugin for a “bbpress install” which will help to install bbpress alongside and integrate certain things “these are yet to be agreed apon”

integration with other platforms are just as important, bbpress should not be focusing in on one platform “wordpress” but instead be focusing on integration for multiple platforms “joomla, droopla, openid support, changing database authentication methods, etc etc.”

Making bbpress a wordpress plugin makes our success directly tied to wordpress and will cause conflict with development with wordpress integration taking precedence.. which is great for wordpress, horrible for bbpress.

also, IMO a plugin that uses plugins “bbpress as a plugin for wordpress that also uses plugins” seems weird to me.

[murrayac]

It’s because your bbpress install is in a different directory than your WP

You can try copying this to .httaccess

‘

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^([^.:]+.)*chengduliving.com/bbpress.?(:[0-9]*)?$ [NC]

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.chengduliving.com/forum/$1 [R=301,L]

‘

If that dosn’t work try here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL_redirection

[thion]

I know something’s wrong with my theme, that’s why I’m asking about important things that changed in new version of bbPress . Where’s that change log for Thyme Mint…

<b>Update</b>

Found it, fixed it! Turns out that what worked in previous versions doesn’t work in new one, I’m talking about this:

<?php bb_profile_admin_form(); ?>

This works, in previous versions I was using this:

<?php bb_profile_admin_form('input'); ?>

This doesn’t work .

[chengdu-living]

When users register on my bbPress installation, they receive a URL to login. Except the URL to login is the bbPress install location, not the URL of the bbPress install as it sits inside my WordPress site design. How can I change the URL in that e-mail?

If that wasn’t clear, here’s what I mean. The registration e-mail is forwarding users to http://www.chengduliving.com/bbpress but where I want them to go is http://www.chengduliving.com/forum

Thanks!

[chrishajer]

It is in the trunk version now, which means it will be part of core bbPress.

[mbiernat]

I would give my vote to this being part of the core functionality for bbPress. Why? Because people on the web have a low tolerance for registration. They want to post and subscribe, not fill out registration forms.

[financialnudity]

http://www.financialnudity.com/bbpress/

[kadr]

thnx for the help chrishajer!

all is well now.

I just had issues reading your comments, and made some small errors…

[Raize]

It’s definitely going to be a trade-off to go from a standalone software to a wordpress plugin, but I don’t think there’s very much choice. There are already so many standalone forums out there for non wp users, so it just makes sense to go this route. Connect blog comments to forum threads, and you got yourself the next evolution of the blogging community.

[chrishajer]

file naming convention:

https://codex.wordpress.org/Translating_WordPress#Repository_File_Structure

[chrishajer]

In your define statement you defined nl.mo to be empty, BTW.

[chrishajer]

The define statement should look like this:

define( 'BB_LANG', 'nl_NL' );

if your file is named nl_NL.mo in the my-languages/ directory

The format for the name of that file is

language code_underscore_country code.mo so nl_NL.mo and in the config you drop the .mo

More info about Dutch for bbPress here: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/dutch-translation#post-56700

[kadr]

Ok, Still no luck.

The right folder should be:

my-languages in the root folder of my bbpress install. (same directory as were the config file lives for example).

I changed the name of the file to nl.mo

At the bottem of my config file I now have this line:

define( 'nl.mo', '' );

Is this all correct?

If so, then why doesn’t it work?!