Hi,
I have wordpress at the root, bbpress in a folder called forums. I had to specify a host for my provider, so I connected to the db, but the second step in the install results in a “unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING” error on line 19 of the config file. I’ve looked at other references to this error and they seem mostly to be that someone mistyped something, but I’m using the one generated by bbPress. I haven’t typed anything at all. Has anyone else had this problem?
Thanks
I think there are a number of big architectural hurdles to get over. In WP I bind a given slug to a page on a 1-to-1 basis, and that’s what is used to resolve a given URL. If I have a forum I would want “virtual page slugs” where anything starting with (say) “/forum” is passed to my plugin for resolution of the rest. The URL processing in WP is messy (to say the least) and is a perfect example of the opposite of the “Open/Closed” OO design principle – “Closed to modification but Open for extension” – I imagine that a rewrite of that code would go a long way to improving WP itself.
If bbPress were hosted on a single page using a WP shortcode, then the entire GUI needs to be re-coded to run fully AJAX as the user will need to remain on that particular page.
Or, like me, you can grep the bbPress source for “do_action” and “apply_filter” to see what the code does. In any case, the code itself is the best documentation.
@Dainis ~ I’ve answered this question in the appropriate buddypress forum.
Hi,
Since I could not find an “Add new forum” button, and I also want to categorize my forum (make boards, stickies and such), I’d like to know if you can share with me where I can administer bbPress within the BuddyPress install.
I tried surfing over here:
…/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bbpress/bb-admin/admin.php
I checked my WPMU dashboard, and I just can’t seem to find an admin panel where I can set up boards and administer bbPress.
Best,
Dainis
I’d like to know the same thing…
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)
@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.
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)
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.
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.
@John,
I know about the discussion to create a bbpress plugin for wordpress, but where can I find this official information?
gautam visits here as well. If you check his username you will see many useful posts.
https://bbpress.org/forums/profile/gautam-gupta
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.)
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.
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
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.
I’m still trying to solve this problem
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!
sambauers — MT would love the files if you still have them around. I think he emailed about it but maybe it got lost.
