With head hung low I come here to update:
After a week off of this, I fired it up again and noticed that I had installed an older version of bbpress, .9. I upgraded to 1.1 and clicked a few things and was perfectly integrated.
Thanks for helping, everyone, I appreciate it.
daudev if you are NOT using WPMU then you shouldn’t have so many lines.
delete what you pasted and follow these instructions
6 Login to your wordpress dashboard. Go to Plugins->Add New-> search for “bbPress Integration” it should be the first one. Install it and activate.
7 Go to Settings-> bbPress Integration. Enter the bbPress URL without the www. Your plugins URL leave blank. Click on Save Changes. On the bottom box you’ll see some text copy it. Most likely it will say “define( ‘COOKIEPATH’, ‘/’ );”
There should be only ONE line in both files. Make sure you have the correct checkbox that says wordpress not wordpressmu
You can always make suggestions at http://trac.bbpress.org for future features and improvements.
How about giving it a try and see if it works?
this question should be addressed on buddypress.org but I know the answer!
The Buddypress’ forums uses the BBpress technology for their Groups. Buddypress has something called Groups. The Groups allow people (your users) to form their own group which they can invite people to join or have people join on their own. The group has it’s own forums controlled by the Group creator. The group creator can add/edit put any forum titles they want. Buddypress adapted the BBpress Forums into the groups.
You’ll have WPMU
BuddyPress with Groups (intergrated BBpress)
BBpress which is a forum only controlled by you.
Good luck. I tried it, got it working for the most part but there are things that aren’t address because it’s three different programs trying to be one.
Hi!
I am new to bbpress/buddypress
we are planning to migrate phpbb3 to bbpress,
so, we plan to have wpmu/bbpress/buddypress
what confuses me and my whole concept, is buddypress forums..
as it is, we plan to move php forums to bbpress
but where do buddypress forums stand?
sure, each group can have a forum – that’s all I know – so I guess they wont replace bbpress forums
Has anyone set up bbpress/buddypress forums? could I have a look at your site and how you are using forums?
Kind regards
Kris
I’m assuming (based on Matt’s leanings) that he would like it to be a plugin and accepting that as probably the way it’ll go. A gross assumption, but the chat sounded rather pro-plugin to me. Could be wrong! 
There’s no need for deep integration either : you just make bbPress work with the WordPress stylesheet .
Which is what I did, but it begs the question: Why?
If BuddyPress can make it work with one (two) clicks to integrate login and theme, why can’t WordPress and bbPress? Integration means I don’t have to edit two places if I want to modify my theme which, with a superficially ‘integrated’ WP, BB, Wiki and gallery, is much nicer! One less thing to do!
Some people also invested a lot in bbPress ( energy or money ), and trusted the bbPress team, so why make this big and unexpected change to bbPress ?
… I don’t see what that has to do with the price of rice. We’ve all invested time and money in bbPress, WordPress and a hundred other free, open-source applications. If bbPress ‘belongs’ to Akismet, then it’s their right to make the changes they feel would make the software more supportable and usable. They don’t have to ask us anything, but there they are, being good peoples, asking our feelings on the matter. They’re well within their rights to say we’re all fools and do what they want.
And bbPress is GPL open source, so unless I’m mistaken, you can port it to your own forum app. As long as you stay in the GPL too.
Maybe a suggestion for bbpress 1.1?
There’s no need for deep integration either : you just make bbPress work with the WordPress stylesheet .
@zambrovski : the widgets support can be done using hooks, which are already supported by bbPress . So the UI side ( adding “widgets” from the admin area for example ) is the only thing needed here .
And no @ipstenu, no decision is taken now as I can see in the IRC discussion, the plugin thing was just an idea that we have to discuss, not a final decision . And because I’m worried about the future of bbPress ( which I’m planning to use for a future medium size project ), it is my right to say no !
Some people also invested a lot in bbPress ( energy or money ), and trusted the bbPress team, so why make this big and unexpected change to bbPress ?
When you go into the BBPress admin and try to edit a user’s profile, instead of loading an admin-panel page (like it should) it loads from the theme, which not only can break the edit process, it can make it extremely difficult to fix if you don’t know what you’re doing.
When you’re in the admin, navigating and doing admin things, you should remain IN the admin. The theme should be completely removed from the admin. Period.
1.1 Feature Poll
Matt has made a feature poll on what is most important for you to see in bbpress 1.1, so get on there and vote. If you want to tell why you voted that, feel free to tell here!
Use Simon’s plugin: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/howto-disable-registration
I also edited my theme to not show register pages.
Can people now use these plugins created and improve upon them so that they are now available in the latest version of BBpress?
Yes, that’s called GPL 
Just credit her original plugin in your spin-offs and make sure to release them under GPL.
Also, with deep integration, the theme works instantly, except that it seems to be discouraged in the installation instructions because of the heavier load. But if bbPress turns into a plugin, wouldn’t the end result (and load) be the same as in deep integration?
Yes and no. As it is now, deep integration with standalone bbPress duplicates many functions included in WordPress. The load gets larger becuase you’re doing the same thing multiple ways, multiple times.
If bbPress was a plugin, one would presume that instead of duplicating WP functions, it would instead utilize them.
Mind you, I’m neither pro-nor-anti plugin, I’m just accepting that was the decision, and wanting to make the move the easiest Same as the whole WP -> WPMU eventuality. It’ll happen, regardless of my opinion, it can be made to work, so let’s make it work! (tm Tim Gunn).
We have progress, now I can login in wordpress and after that in bbpress and to be active logged in the two sites, but I’m not automaticaly in bbpress, when I login into wordpress 
Looking for a plugin to put Adsense Code in between forum posts. Is the Adsense for BBpress plugin working?
I understand that she is annoyed that she didn’t get much support financially in developing all of these plugins but is it professional to not recommend people continue on with BBpress. Can people now use these plugins created and improve upon them so that they are now available in the latest version of BBpress?
Ironically, the plugin did not work for me.
Not sure why… hmmm.
I’m new to bbpress. In fact I’m on my first installation and I like to see the development.
I think the way the systems are now is good. They should remain separated. In the same time, it makes sence to develop exactly two plugins for the integration: one for WordPress and one for BBPress. The existence of many plugins for the “integration” (SSO, funcational/feature, admin) makes it confusing.
The most important thing missing is API documentation and Theme-Zoo.
Functional features I miss would be:
– wigdet support
– appearance management / editor (see WP)
gerikg unfortunately i’m using wordpress not MU!
oh always clear your cache after messing with the config files.
The thing is, even if an official said it, and even if the author of the GNU Project said it ( officials aren’t gods ), I still defend my opinion : themes or plugins aren’t changes to the code itself, and so, they don’t have to be GPL’d . Just take the Linux proprietary drivers example .
So, in my opinion, arpowers doesn’t need to GPL the theme, because it’s not a change made to bbPress’ code .
I wouldn’t say Thesis Theme and DIY Themes “don’t have any issues”:
http://twitter.com/photomatt/statuses/1655636297
I’m not here to defend or even discuss the GPL or Automattic or Thesis theme. Just asking what license it is. I have no problem paying for someone’s hard work. I’m continually amazed at the amount of work people give away for free with regard to bbPress and WordPress.
daudev I’m assuming you’re using WPMU
wp-config.php
$wp->cookiedomain = ‘.website.com’; *DELETE*
$wp->cookiepath = ‘/’; *DELETE*
$wp->sitecookiepath = ‘/’; *DELETE*
define( ‘COOKIEHASH’, ‘xxx’);
define(‘COOKIE_DOMAIN’, ‘.website.com’);
define(‘COOKIEPATH’,’/’);
define(‘SITECOOKIEPATH’, ‘/’);
bb-config.php
$bb->cookiedomain = ‘.website.com’; *DELETE*
$bb->cookiepath = ‘/’; *DELETE*
$bb->sitecookiepath = ‘/’; *DELETE*
define(‘COOKIE_DOMAIN’, ‘.website.com’);
define(‘COOKIEPATH’,’/’);
define(‘SITECOOKIEPATH’, ‘/’); *ADD*
