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.
“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.
“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.
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
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 
.
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!
It is in the trunk version now, which means it will be part of core bbPress.
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.
thnx for the help chrishajer!
all is well now.
I just had issues reading your comments, and made some small errors…
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.
In your define statement you defined nl.mo to be empty, BTW.
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
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?!
My experience of the WordPress codebase extends to version 2.9.1, I cannot speak to what is going on with version 3.0. Matt said something about bbPress being hosted on a page using a WP short-code at one point. As far as I know, there is no facility for page slugs to handle wildcards (from what I have seen). If you wanted to host bbPress as a plugin using a short-code on a WordPress page, it’s my guess that you would need to have different short-codes for the front page, topics page, views page, single topic, etc. Either that, or you recode the entire bbPress GUI to be Ajax based and run on a single page in-place. Somehow you need to extend the WordPress roles to encompass the bbPress side of the house.
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.
It it’s favour we can strip out a large portion of the codebase that deals with preferences, users, filters, plugins, themes, sidebar widgets and so on. We gain a lot from the main WordPress codebase but its worrying the “bloat” that comes with that approach.
What widget did you install for allowing images? There are no widgets, as far as I know, for bbPress. If you mean a plugin, please post the link to the plugin you’re using.
I suggest you add this plugin to the bbPress plugin repository. Seems like it would be useful to some. Thank you.
https://bbpress.org/plugins/requests/
You have to resize the other divs to make it fit. That can all be done in the style.css. You might make the overall layout wider or narrow up some of the columns to allow your sidebar to fit.
As a newbie to BBpress I have only one thing to say: I sure hope this project get’s some devoted people behind it! I really like the software and would love to see it become just as populair as wordpress is!
Hey,
After I installed my bbpress al the folder and files had all permission set to ‘000’.
To acces the page I set everything to ‘777’.
Now, this clearly seems like a bad idea to me. What should be the permission settings for the diffrent files and directories of my bbpress install?
thnx for help!
hi
thanks to FarsiPress.ir ( a brand new support for wordpress in Persian )
i hereby announce the release of bbpress in persian
plz visit : http://www.farsipress.ir/download
Hey,
I’ve followed this forum and included the following code:
function add_sidebar() {
include ('sidebar.php');
}
add_filter('bb_foot', 'add_sidebar');
But how do I get this sidebar to fit into the main div?
Thanks.
@Olaf
That would pile up even more work. I would probably go forward and extract the code in bp-forums of BuddyPress and make a WordPress plugin to integrate bbPress forums.
There is so much work to create a full featured forum from bbpress and maybe it’s better to make it a WP plugin…
