@ipstenu – I didn’t see it caught by Akismet. Doesn’t appear to be moderated to me.
My post/reply to that vanished. Huh. Must be moderated.
Ah well, I would say this: I’m okay with bbPress becoming a plugin. Why reinvent the wheel? If you can set up a WP install to just run as a forum with the bbPress plugin and hide the WP blog stuff (or make it look like a forum with a blog/news page separate) then why not? It sounds logical for how bbPress is perceived.
It’s never going to win against the big boys and most people seem to like it as a WP+ tool.
And frankly the WP admin side is better.
Death to lightbox (PLEASE make it optional!) and keep tinyMCE as optional as well.
@Gautam: Thanks a million, did not notice that plugin existed until you pointed it out. Gracious! Still think an optional TinyMCE should be built in, but this plugin is great.
is there any plugin for bbpress that display the words from google the visitor searched for
I like to see some activity on this project, read the IRC chat, here my $0.02:
1. I like the idea of better integration with WP I’m actually looking for a solution with wordpress + bbpress, I don’t mind if it’s a plugin for WP or a standalone, thinks I would like to improve are: users (single profile page, authentication -openid) and themes.
2. I like the widgets idea for bbpress.
3. I think TinyMCE should be optional.
Looking forward to get involved in this new wave of bbPress.
Have searched all over this forum for solutions to these, but none of the suggestions worked for me.
Have installed bbpress along side a WP installation under a sub folder. Added Options -MultiViews to .htaccess.
Results:
1) Cannot access the admin page… have tried logging out & flushing cookies, but clicking Admin always gives me a white blank page. No plugins installed, and perms are all 755.
2) Logging into WP site doesn’t log into blog & vice versa. Have added the cookie info to the config and they match the wp config. If it matters, there was no security salt reported on my system (for some reason) but installer said that was ok to leave it blank so I did.
Anyone want to tackle this? Can _feel_ the power of bbpress, but these basic issues make it a PITA! 
Can you please when the next meetup is?
I completely agree with you on that. There would be no point in putting effort into making a stable plugin for a version of bbPress that will soon be out of date.
I’d really love to see the developments of this. 
Wish you luck with it
I am also a fan of keeping bbPress as its own software entity. However, I would not care if it was available as a plugin to WP by default, but could be installed stand alone as well.
It just might be a little more difficult to market it as a forum in the mainstream if it is hidden away as a plugin with an optional checkbox to just install as a forum and not a blog. Just my 2 cents on that.
Oh, and not a big fan of TinyMCE myself. But I’m old school. I think the masses generally like crap like that… 
Making it optional would of course be the way to go.
@Michael888
Thanks! I will definitely share once I am done.
I am not so sure about releasing it as a stable plugin. Alot of what I have done is very specific to the goal I am trying to accomplish! Not to mention I haven’t really made an effort to make it play nice as a plugin (table needs to be created manually, queries have hardcoded table names, etc).
If the 1.1 revival of BBPress goes through and my site does well I may consider it. Regardless I would release it as is to anyone who wanted to tinker with it.
I think there is a plugin for TinyMCE too – https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/tinymce/
So no need of integrating it into the core.
If bbPress stops being a stand alone program, I’ll leave it. People seem to forget it’s a forum and not WP++.
Optional TinyMCE addition…… please NO! TinyMCE is crap! When I read this all, bbPress is going to look like/ act as WordPress too much , it wont stay as clean as it is now.
Please keep it stand alone, don’t copy everything from wordpress (like TineMCE, where a plugin can be made for). If people want all these options, then they have installed the wrong software and should install WP, where bbPress can act as a plugin.
Don’t turn it the other way around!!
Read the whole IRC chat…
I would like to just suggest upon some of the major topics:
- bbPress.org redesign would get a lot benefit (which is in process), it could/would get more attention to the community, the new theme which Sam was working on was looking more user friendly and gave a Web 2.0 feel – I think it should also include Themes Repo, as bbShowcase is down, the list compiled by ck is no more – I tried to check the cache but couldn’t get it
- bbPress should contain major admin-side part. I want to discuss some below:
- Auto-update feature as in WP (for plugins and bbPress – also themes in future, if a repo is created) – This would help people stay updated
- Ability to edit Plugins & Themes
- User & Topics management should be improved, like selecting multiple users and deleting them
- Some more small things can be added like ability to edit which HTML tags are allowed
- Coming to the integration part, I think bbPress has to be a standalone forum, as TalkPress runs on bbPress and similar services by the users can be created in the future (eg. there are many phpBB forum hosts), similar things can be created with bbPress too (live example is TalkPress, but it is paid). The only thing I can think of is a 2 sided plugin (WP part and bb part), which should take care of all the issues like database access, cookies, settings etc. Now the only issue left is of themes, and if it is needed, then the bbPress theme structure must be re-worked upon or revamped (I know, it is a difficult job) to be compatible with WordPress themes.
- The sidebar should be only in one file (and dynamic), should support widgets like WP – theme compatibility issue would make it do that.
- At the end, when everything’s done, codex should be there. This would encourage people to build bbPress plugins. Stats & compatiblity section (as on wp.org could be added in the near future). An IDE style coding would also help (to create phpdocs).
These are some of my views, some are very difficult to achieve but once they are done, everything would be like butter and users would always come to this forum with positive replies!
Also note that the functionality provided by the plugins need *not* be integrated into bbPress core, the plugins can be handled by their own respective authors – and could need more frequent updates than the bbPress core part. The thing I want to say is, if a plugin needs update then the author can flag a new version, but if the same thing (which is not needed by all) was integrated into bbPress and the update would have been critical (update in that part only), then a new version of bbPress had to be flagged, which shouldn’t be the case. Also new features & enhancements to that part (which can be as plugin) cannot be added frequently.
@ Michael888
I’ve installed it propertly, maybe I should note that I’ve integrated bbpress with wordpress and that my wordpress installation is in a diffrent database then my bbpress. (And that wordpress doesn’t use the default prefix)
My site is:
http://somerandomlife.com/forum
Its not working……………. topix and posts are displaying but not users……….. i want to clear that i’ve integrated my bbpress and wordpress…that’s why the users table of both software s are same in one database i.e. wp_users
also i want to mention here……..I’ve set the table prefix of bbpress bb_ into uk_ because of multiple bbpress installations.
so that’s my detail…and i’m going curious to listen abt new script from your side.
i installed buddypress and bbpress
iam using wordpressmu
in fourms iam not getting add new forms option
hi to all
i want to show just resisted users in my forum’s footer. how it will possible. but i don’t want to install mini-stats plugin…. and listen dears…. when we go to the dashboard of bbpress… there we can see the total resisted users in the “Right Now” Column. So I just want to show registed users in footer like that
Total resisted users : e.g 500
plz guide
This is a random question, but is this “Topic Views” plugin (“http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bb-topic-views/#post-275″) required to display ‘Topic Views” on one’s front page, etc? Or is there some sort of output code I am missing?
We can display Topic Voices without a plugin using code built into the Core.
The reason for my question is this, if a plugin is required, shouldn’t the “Topic Views” code be built into the Core as well? It’s a rather useful feature and seems to be used on tons of bbPress sites…
I’m glad it worked I’d probably want to find a way to enhance the plugin, but I don’t think I will as bbPress is soon to be changed. We had our first-ever IRC last night, and some major developments are going to come out of it – including things that have not yet been mentioned. So there’d be no point developing a plugin for an old version of bbPress.
@Taeo: That sounds very interesting! And you have an excellent forum!
If you ever make it a stable plugin – please let us know. I, for one, would make huge use of it! I did mention how I my bbPress to be a community site at the recent IRC.
Great work!
glad to see that there are still some committed people to the project.
if you need theme just google the keyword. you will find more bbpress theme which not showed on official bbpress site
Mine is at http://www.taeoui.com/forums
Theme matches the rest of the site.
I’m also working on another project with BBPress to create a gallery where users submit their work in a placer where others can view, rate, and comment. So far I’ve been able to achieve all of the functionality in the form of plugins (both my own and modifications of existing ones) however I had to modify the core to make the register page look nicer (why is there a template for that?!). It’s been a great learning process and BBPress, like WordPress, is great to work with.
