Looking for a landing theme/page that has two options, wp blog and bbpress forum. No other junk. user chooses which one he/she wants to access. That’s it, simple, fast and elegant!!!
Thanks, Roger
gerikg,
I saw that post and (foolishly) hoped for a different answer. However, i did follow your advice in the linked post (‘go look in the BuddyPress docs’) and found this answer:
You cannot use the admin panel of bbPress if you use the one/two click BuddyPress installation. If you want a bbPress admin panel and want to install bbPress plugins, you need to install bbPress externally, then use the WordPress integration plugin, then you go to BuddyPress Forum component and click on “I want to use exisiting bbPress forum”
in the BuddyPress forums where i probably should have looked in the first place.
bakercad, another issue I ran into last few days was when you choose subdomain as a MU options.
site.com/blog1 works well
blog1.site.com sometimes does not work
I haven’t found a solution that works so far.
@anandasama This may be a silly question, but are you using two bbPress installs?
I am in the preliminary stages of developing a site with similar functionality using WPMU 2.8.6 and BuddyPress 1.1.3.
I used the BuddyPress UI to install/integrate bbPress (not sure which version) which was dead easy and is working fine BUT forums can only be accessed from a group context and I have no access to the bbPress admin screens. I feel like I’m missing something basic, but can’t figure out what.
Any feedback you are willing to provide will be greatly appreciated.
@dailytalk – thanks for posting your real world experiences. I would like to ask that you also include the version of bbpress that you are using?
@all –
I am under the impression that most of the plugins do not work properly with the current version, so a fresh install today is even MUCH further away from the basic functionality of smforums, phpbb, vbulletin, etc.
A serious problem that plagues wordpress, bbpress, and I should mention similar projects including phpfox, is companies that develop new releases often leave lots of broken plugins and themes – most users get so frustrated not knowing to upgrade and lose functionality – or stay downgraded and have possible security issues. This is a major problem that has me admiring the way vbulletin posts whether or not plugins / extensions will be supported by the core company.
The main thing that keeps me using bbpress in a few sites is the price, along with the glimmer of hope that since it is integrated into buddypress. Certainly at some point there will be functioning photo, attachment, moderation and other functions, that the WP / BP /BB community will have to have – even if new versions of one break the other. – Unfortunately it’s tough to hold one’s breath with these projects, and seeing the nightmares of bugs, lost functionality, and the time it takes to get back to square 2 after one of the other projects has been upgraded to square three – it’s devastating.
I for one would love to see image and file attachments, along with something like tinymce incorporated into the core of BBpress – but even if they are not, I would like to see important plugins like these and moderation, etc, all be maintained and tested and upgraded along with any new releases by the bbpress developers.
The svn is just short for “subversion” which is version control software you can use for checking out code. It’s still a bbpress.org domain: it’s perfectly safe. Just a subdomain.
The link Ben provided works perfectly. If you get an error (404 not found) then try again. The file exists.
Is there another link to download this? Is SVN the safest provider?
The situation is now that I have two bbpress directories, one for 0.9 and one for 1.0. Both share the bb-plugins directory and the rest is native according to their installers. Apparently they share exactly the same database schema as well (the updater 0.9 -> 1.0 did not make changes).
With one symlink, I can easily select 0.9 or 1.0.
Both versions work, but 1.0 has no plugins active (so layout slightly different), and 1.0 does not allow me to enter the bb-admin subdir (to activate the plugins). However I am logged in successfully, both systems acknowledge this even if I flip the symlink “live”.
There is no .htaccess file to be found on this system.
Where to start?
Jeroen
I see, then I’ll wait for a top-level domain. 
Thanks
bbPress will actually be suited for your needs, as it’s simple enough for those who are not tech savvy.
Just as a shortened update (and someone else may correct me on this one, if I’m wrong):
bbPress 1.0.2 has full support by the community, and there are newly developed plugins for it. I can assure you that there are more than 30 plugins that work perfectly with 1.0.2 – and several are still being updated today.
Version 1.1 is planned as a standalone release, so far as I know. It will have a number of stability issues treated, as well as a number of new features; one being Email Subscription (which is live on this forum – see the top area of this post).
In my eyes, it’s very safe for you to go ahead and download 1.0.2. Plenty people are still downloading it today. As per usual (and as with every other well-known PHP package), bbPress does have an upgrade system. For future versions, there will probably be a migration system to move everything from the standalone forum to the plugin based one.
I hope you do stick around – there’s plenty more to come. Keep an eye on the blog – there are informative updates there. There is also an IRC meetup on Wednesday, for which the logs will be posted on the blog immediately after.
Take care
Michael
Michael-
I just read the entire thread of what is happening with bbpress, I hope I did not open another can of worms. I am not as invested in bbpress as many people are, but what I see I like. I hope it does not die, but it does need a few more options to make it a user friendly forum especially for my audience that is not very technologically savvy. In fact most of my users call a forum a blog to give you an idea what they know or are aware of. I will keep my fingers crossed. You have done a lot for the community already.
Any news about next version?
I don’t think you have to make the attachments folder above your webroot… it’s just strongly recommended for security reasons.
The danger is that someone would be able to upload malicious to your server, and execute it since it’s below your webroot.
There;s one thing I’d like to know: Do I have to make it so that the attachments folder is below the root? I can’t do this as I’m running a shared host at the moment…
It is supported, and will continue to grow. It will eventually become a canonical plugin for WordPress.
I also thought so at first, but I really love this software – so I’m sticking with it, no matter what.
Hi Michael, Thanks I will check out the link. I hate to spend a lot of time developing a forum that is not supported. That would be sad because I am a real big fan of WordPress.
Toni
Just a note that I downloaded this and installed on bbPress 1.0.2, it worked perfectly.
Thanks for this!
bbPress is planned to go ahead with version 1.1 soon.
Follow this thread for more info: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/whats-happening-with-bbpress
You can also have a look at the blog for updates.
I just read this at the following URL, http://bbshowcase.org/forums/. I am not sure what it means or I may be behind the times. Can someone explain the status of bbPress to me and for those of us currently working with it.
” The bbPress Showcase has been discontinued.
The removal of Sam Bauers and the halting of bbpress.org 2.0
was a clear and final sign that there is no interest in allowing
bbPress to become a mature, robust program and community.
By now bbPress 1.5 could have been in alpha but instead
bbPress development has been deliberately stagnated,
which should be a very alarming warning to everyone.
In addition, bbShowcase had only six donations in 2009,
which indicated to me there was no interest in my work.
My code will remain on bbpress.org as open source GPL
for those that wish to use it, however I caution you to
consider bbPress’s lack of leadership before continuing to use it. “
Thanks and I appreciate the update.
Toni
@Chris: Whoops – should’ve noticed – my bad…
