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*
Still the same here, but i found something else.
I have two sets of identical cookies, but there is one difference
I have domain .website.com in the one
and host website.com in the other, but i don’t knew why…
in my wp-confing.php
$wp->cookiedomain = ‘.website.com’;
$wp->cookiepath = ‘/’;
$wp->sitecookiepath = ‘/’;
define( ‘COOKIEHASH’, ‘xxx’);
define(‘COOKIE_DOMAIN’, ‘.website.com’);
define(‘COOKIEPATH’,’/’);
define(‘SITECOOKIEPATH’, ‘/’);
and in bb-config.php
$bb->cookiedomain = ‘.website.com’;
$bb->cookiepath = ‘/’;
$bb->sitecookiepath = ‘/’;
define(‘COOKIE_DOMAIN’, ‘.website.com’);
define(‘COOKIEPATH’,’/’);
do you have any ideas?
Thanks for this.
I wonder, is there a non-plugin solution? Hate to load up plugins for something that should be automagic.
@bEn L .. thank you very much .. we really need a codex with bbPress template tags
There should also be a way to customize how big the user’s profile pic/gravatar is on the profile page and the topic page. From what I understand one needs to mess with the bbpress core files rather than css or theme files to change this.
@radovanx – if you want to use your own default custom avatar for users without gravatars, you can try this plugin
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bb-avatars/
@Jim R – I see, thanks for the info. Can be helpful for future reference.
@Olympus – I agree about the theme integration.
With clear instructions it’s really easy. With a code rewrite, the templates could use the same header and footer calls used to build wp themes, and put the hot tags in a sidebar call.
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?
Another option, is to create an “A list” section in the WP themes directory for those themes that already come with bbPress-ready templates. This could encourage theme developers to add those files with a few simple tweaks, and have their themes be the “complete package”. A member of this forum arpowers has done this: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/new-theme-for-bbpress
If bbPress turns into a plugin, would it be expandable through extra “modules” (the current plugins)? How would one customize the capabilities?
Or, if you want to follow coding standards, <?php bb_load_template( 'sidebar.php' ); ?>.
Very well done, I love people who redesign bbPress from scratch !
As for paying for the theme, I don’t think it’s a problem . When I think about the hard work you must do to have such results, I think it’s worth the money . And don’t forget that the theme is, as I see in the screenshots and the feature list, customizable via the admin panel, so it’s perfect for newbies !
@chrishajer : I don’t think that the GPL issue matters ( BTW, f**k the GPL ) . Do you know Thesis ? Its PHP code isn’t GPL, but they don’t have any issues . Do you think that the Thesis team will be dumb and will release its PHP code ( which is the core of Thesis ) ?
You should publish in GPL only changes made to bbPress ( or WP ) code, but themes/plugins aren’t changes to bbPress, but rather separate new code which is loaded by bbPress ! In fact, it’s a little bit like the proprietary drivers in Linux . The manufacturer doesn’t make any change to Linux’s kernel, so he doesn’t have to make the drivers also GPL, because drivers aren’t modifications to Linux’s code .
Steven, here is the exact way to do it if you still need help:
<?php include("/www/yoursite/forum/my-templates/your-template/sidebar.php");?>
Then the file you are including just goes in sidebar.php in your template folder. Write the sidebar once, use it anywhere.
@Taeo Ya I realize that bbPress doesn’t have the same sidebar ‘functionality’ as WordPress. What I’mm looking for is more of hte code re-use idea .. write one (or two) sidebars.php and then just include them so thanks on the PHP confirm – I am pretty much a PHP n00b …..
Last night and this morning and the whole day, I’ve been busy trying to figure out where new users where going.
After the integration I noticed that all users where showing ‘anonymous’, I did some reading and I discovered that it was possible that it wasn’t reading the appropiate database.
But I checked and checked, and I know that it IS reading the appropiate database, since the admin account is ONLY available in the wp_users table. I have been able to login with it, in both my bbpress area and my wp area.
My existing accounts, I couldn’t login with that. I kept getting User does not exist.
I created new accounts to see where those went. I couldn’t find them.
I just realized that the new accounts, they replaced random old accounts. But just the USER_NICENAME in the forum, if I check my database, I still the original name corresponding the account ID.
To summarize it:
Integrated wp + bbpress. It was an existing bbpress website.
Integrating went kind of OK. after the integration, I noticed its not reading the users, hence the ‘user does not exist’, all users are showing anonymous.
I really really would love it, if someone could help me out
Anyone?
@buddha,
I’ve seen this mentioned before. Am I missing something? Because I do have www with no problems.
Once I removed the www from the settings, it all worked.
You can do it with PHP. Here’s one example how:
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/searchhighlight/
There’s no plugin yet for bbPress as far as I know.
