[Gautam]

[Olaf Lederer]

The main difference is that new post are done on the website and not from the backend. Everything else looks a lot like wordpress. I’m sure if you create a wordpress theme which looks like a forum theme you can use wordpress as forum (except the new topic/post function)

[Michael]

@Chris – That was with me, and yes, it was over email. I had suggested this as a new design, but that fell short because of those rumors. Nevertheless, I think the colours are somewhat in tact, though the layout would need to be different.

[johnhiler]

What do you mean Olaf?

[Olaf Lederer]

Since bbpress is very similar to wordpress, a plugin is a good idea. This way you can publish longer forum posts in a much better way (just like a blog post)

[johnhiler]

Olaf – as I understand it, the next version of bbPress is going to be a point release that builds on the last version… with some bug fixes along with a few features added directly to the core.

I saw some discussion that the canonical plugin approach would be for a later release… so I’m guessing there’s no real information on it yet.

[deadlyhifi]

There isn’t any official documentation as far as I’m aware, but you can read the IRC logs on the blog (https://bbpress.org/blog/).

Regarding the points by froyo:

1 + 2: As mentioned it would work in the same style as buddypress which allows plugins which affect particular aspects of buddypress itself. So there wouldn’t be a problem hooking into only bbP features, and keeping other plugins away from bbP.

3: I think the admin area will be a whole lot cleaner when the two are integrated. Currently all the user stuff is duplicated in both admin areas (and behave differently), so I imagine there will be additional menu on the left of the WP admin area for all forum related stuff, plus a dashboard overview panel/widget.

[Olaf Lederer]

@John,

I know about the discussion to create a bbpress plugin for wordpress, but where can I find this official information?

[chrishajer]

gautam visits here as well. If you check his username you will see many useful posts.

https://bbpress.org/forums/profile/gautam-gupta

[chrishajer]

Is there a file called config.php in this directory or one level up? I think bbPress chokes on that too.

Renaming should not break the installation. You can rename the folder bbpress to whatever you want. Many people use forum or forums (as it is here.)

[sneakyrandy]

I’m trying to install bbpress 1.0.2 into my site and later integrate it with wordpress. Right now I can’t seem to get the installation process to start unless I have the files in a directory specifically labeled “bbpress”.

Otherwise I get an error that reads “An old config.php file has been detected in your installation.” I’ve never installed bbpress on this site before.

I’ve tried installing the directory as “bbpress” and then renaming the directory to “boards” (I already have a set of forums phpbb that I’m unhappy with). Renaming is breaks the install. I have NOT gone ahead and put in any DB info yet into bbpress.

[Sabuntu]

How can I do That, I’m .0 in creating themes

I know nothing about creating themes, I searched many website for bbpress themes but non of them has mystique theme for bbpress

I’ve found this website http://forum.gaut.am/ using the same theme for bbpress with excellent bbpress addons , i previewed the page source and I noticed that he has another theme for bbpress he didn’t use the seamless way of theme integration

I contacted the blog owner asking for his help but with no answer till now

[chrishajer]

If the login integration is working, you just need to create a theme for bbPress that looks like the one you’re using for WordPress. Most people who are used to downloading WordPress themes don’t really like going that route, but until there are more themes released for both bbPress and WordPress, or if bbPress becomes a plugin for WordPress, that’s the best way to achieve the same look for WordPress and bbPress.

[chrishajer]

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-102-spanish-spain-espanol-de-espana-disponible

[Sabuntu]

I’m still trying to solve this problem

[JesusDude.com]

hi,i think that i have solved it!

i have a hostmonster.com account,so i change one domains folder to another domains folder.like xxx.com/bbs====>yyy.com and then i take some hours to test some solutions and at last i make my webistes work well. hehe.

my solution is that: change 2 data of database.

look below:

[bb_forums]====> [1 xxx.com/bbs]

---

>[1 yyy.com]

[bb_meta]====> [3 bb_option 0 uri http://xxx.com/bbs%5D

---

> [3 bb_option 0 uri http://yyy.com]

if oke,please feedback a comment!

[Matt Mullenweg]

sambauers — MT would love the files if you still have them around. I think he emailed about it but maybe it got lost.

[Sabuntu]

Dear members

I’m using wpmu 2.9.1 and lately I’ve installed bbpress 1.0 as subdomain not as directory

http://sabuntu.com

http://forum.sabuntu.com

I’m really tired of trying to integrate my wordpress theme to my forum

I’m using the famous Mystique theme for my wordpress

http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/mystique

I tried many ways to integrate my theme into bbpress but with no avails

I searched almost the whole integration topics and I tried most of em with F mark by the end of each trial.

even I tried the owner of the following website

http://gaut.am/

http://forum.gaut.am/

because he is using the same theme for both wordpress and bbpress, but with no answers

I have database, cookies and registration fully integrated and working nicely

But I need to tweak the forum to looks like my wordpress

Please Help Me

[pator]

I’ve been two days trying to integrate WP 2.9.1 and BBPress 1.0.2.

I’ve tried everything in this forum and the wp.org forum. Read and applied every tip.

So now I’m posting here for help.

I am simply trying to integrate the logins.

the blog is site.com and the forum is site.com/foro

I followed gerikg’s steps with no luck.

my wp-config looks like this:

<?php

define('WP_CACHE', true);

// ** MySQL settings ** //

define('DB_NAME', '*****');    // The name of the database

define('DB_USER', '*****');     // Your MySQL username

define('DB_PASSWORD', '*****'); // ...and password

define('DB_HOST', '*****');    // 99% chance you won't need to change this value

define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');

define('DB_COLLATE', '');

/* AUTH KEYS */

define('COOKIEPATH', '/' );

define('AUTH_KEY',         'GENERATED1');

define('SECURE_AUTH_KEY',  'GENERATED2');

define('LOGGED_IN_KEY',    'GENERATED3');

define('NONCE_KEY',        'GENERATED4');

define('AUTH_SALT',        'GENERATED5');

define('SECURE_AUTH_SALT', 'GENERATED6');

define('LOGGED_IN_SALT',   'GENERATED6');

define('NONCE_SALT',       'GENERATED6');

$table_prefix  = 'wp_';

/* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */

if ( !defined('ABSPATH') )

define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');

require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php');

?>

my bb-config looks like this:

<?php

// ** MySQL settings ** //

define('BBDB_NAME', '*****');    // The name of the database

define('BBDB_USER', '*****');     // Your MySQL username

define('BBDB_PASSWORD', '*****'); // ...and password

define('BBDB_HOST', '*****');    // 99% chance you won't need to change this value

define('BBDB_CHARSET', 'utf8');

define('BBDB_COLLATE', '');

<p>/* AUTH KEYS */

define('COOKIEPATH', '/' );

define('BB_AUTH_KEY',         'GENERATED1');

define('BB_SECURE_AUTH_KEY',  'GENERATED2');

define('BB_LOGGED_IN_KEY',    'GENERATED3');

define('BB_NONCE_KEY',        'GENERATED4');

define('BB_AUTH_SALT',        'GENERATED5');

define('BB_SECURE_AUTH_SALT', 'GENERATED6');

define('BB_LOGGED_IN_SALT',   'GENERATED6');

define('BB_NONCE_SALT',       'GENERATED6');

$bb_table_prefix = 'bb_';

$bb->bb_xmlrpc_allow_user_switching = true;

?>

I have enabled xmlrpc in WP and BB.

The cookies that are being stored have the following values:

wordpress_logged_in_SAMEHASHEVERYTIME

username%7CNUMBER1%7CHASH1

site.com

/



wordpress_SAMEHASHEVERYTIME

username%7CNUMBER2%7CHASH2

site.com

/wp-admin

/wp-content/plugins

/foro/my-plugins

/foro/bb-plugins

/foro/bb-admin

As you see the values of the cookies are not the same. Is this Ok?

So, I get this cookies if I login to WP on site.com, then when I go to BB on site.com/foro, I am not logged in. If I login to BB on site.com/foro, I get logged out of WP on site.com.

Every time I login, the cookies change, but “SAMEHASHEVERYTIME” is the same every time for WP and BB.

I don’t know what I’m missing or where is the problem.

Why aren’t they picking up the cookies?!

Thank you.

[clickstar10]

hi, I would like to know if it’s possible to install / download a plugin which allows me to translate bbPress to spanish.

[tonicarr]

Thanks @dailytalker. I also think the project is worthy, that must be why so many of us just keep hanging on.

[chrishajer]

bbPress is not a plugin for WordPress, it requires a separate installation. Did you already do that?

It sounds like you want something simpler than what bbPress offers. Have you checked out forum plugins for WordPress?

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=forum&sort=

[chrishajer]

My guess is that you need to enter a host where the database lives, and you haven’t done that in bbPress. What are the connection details from wp-config.php? There should be four of them:

database name

database user name

database user password

database host

If you have something set for database host for wp-config.php and WordPress, you will need to give that same information to bbPress. There is a checkbox at the bottom of the fields for database details that says “advanced settings” or something like that. Clicking that reveals the place where you enter the host.

If it’s not that, then did you have something wrong. Did you edit the bb-config.php directly or use the installer? If you edited bb-config.php, be sure you changed the name of the constants from WP specific ones to BB specific ones.

Connecting to the database has nothing to do with a path or folder, and the way you installed it will be fine when you integrate.

[chrishajer]

I think the problem has been reported but no resolution yet:

https://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1194

[chrishajer]

There was talk in one of the meetups, or maybe email, that WordPress.org was getting a makeover, so they didn’t want to emulate the current wp.org in a design for bb.org, then have bb.org stuck with the outdated look (again) once wp.org is redesigned. I can’t find it in the IRC logs so maybe that was in email correspondence.