[sockmoney]

kriskl – You could always go with version 9.06. Most of the plugins work with 9.0x versions right now, no need to wait for the developers to upgrade to 1.0x. Then once the plugins catch up, upgrade to 1.0x.

We run 9.0x right now and have no problems so far (beyond a few cosmetic tweaks) with any of the plugins we are using… which is about 20 or so.

I don’t think bbPress is going anywhere. It is a great little piece of community software. If WP decides to stop supporting it, I bet someone (maybe one of us?) will pick it up and fork off into a new direction for it.

Just today I got an email from someone who visited my bbPress site and they wanted to know what software I was running. They said they really liked it and was hoping it was a plug-in to WP so they could run it. It is feedback like this that WP needs to hear…

[buddha-trance]

I guess it depends on the complexity of the WP theme, but when I matched the looks of the forums, with some trial and error, it wasn’t too complicated. In short, it was a matter of matching header, footer, and use the “hottags” section as the sidebar. If I can backtrack my steps, I will post about it, in case it may help other people, while we are waiting for the official docs.

This WordPress plugin by Sam Bauers also looked very interesting, but I think it’s not working with the latest version of WP, after 2.6.2. It would be nice if the plugin could be updated.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-live/

[buddha-trance]

@arpowers – from your site:

iBlogPro now is one of the only WordPress themes with its very own matching BBPress forum Template.

This is a wonderful idea that any theme developer should keep in mind! Kudos for that.

Themes that already come with the matching forum templates for bbPress, will help in keeping the momentum going for this great platform. Such implementation will make bbPress the logical choice, rather than having people looking around for forum platforms, and getting confused.

As for the looks of the theme, what can I say…. I am a mac addict… Very cool!!!

[buddha-trance]

@Marius – thank you for the thread. I have posted there too. The more voices, the merrier.

[buddha-trance]

The bbshowcase.org shutdown yesterday was disorienting for most of us, but I really believe that after a short transition, bbPress will pick up faster than before. There are many bright minds out there.

[Elias]

Oh yes, thank you Marius-, this idea to show the current problem to the WP team was to simple to be mine…

[buddha-trance]

arpowers is right.

and if you look on the automattic projects page, bbPress is right there, mentioned just after WordPress and Akismet, not even last in line.

@Marius – yes, WP is using bbPress.

[f1f]

I have two problems with my BBPress installation (v1.0.2):

> When a user tries to change their password, the change does not take place and the original password remains

> When I try to change a user’s role (e.g. from member to moderator) the change does not take place and the user remains a member

It seems to me both these problems occur in profile.php, so I wonder if they share the same cause?

I’ve had a look through the forum and not been able to find any insight into the problem. Can anyone please help me?

[citizenkeith]

Thanks for starting that thread, Marius-

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/337371

[Ben L.]

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/automated-forum-moderation/ – You just described this plugin almost exactly.

[Hard Seat Sleeper]

I’m hoping someone can help me with integration of my wp 2.8 and bbpress 1.1. So far I have:

1) Set everything correctly in bbpress admin for integration

2) Created a “secret key” in wp-config, and copied it to the bbpress config file

3) Installed the bbPress Integration plugin in wordpress

4) Defined the cookie path in wp and bbpress

5) set the AUTH_KEY in wp, and copied that to bbpress

6) cleared cookies and cache numerous times

and still, logging into one does not log me in to another. I see some mention of a SALT key in these forums, is that what I need?

Any help would be appreciated.

[Macmenddotcom]

yes…please see my other post, we have to get everyone of one mind and working toward the same ends. Now is not the time to give up, people always come and go.

The whole thmese issue needs addressing.

1. Laid out in plain english on this site how to integrate your Wp theme to BBpress. I just tried a version on someone elses blog and ended up with a blank page, so put it back how it was!!

2. A The repository on this site, now!. All the themes in one place. If necessary a section for free and anaother for premium

[Marius-]

I just checked out Simplepress and it looks horrible.

That look is thee exact reason I chose BBpress instead. There was nothing simple about SimplePress.

Doesn’t WordPress.org use BBPress? Though I can’t find it credited anywhere… if they do – thats a good sign?

[Marius-]

I just checked out Simplepress and it looks horrible.

That look is thee exact reason I chose BBpress instead. There was nothing simple about SimplePress.

Doesn’t WordPress.org use BBPress? Though I can’t find it credited anywhere… if they do – thats a good sign?

[Marius-]

I just made a post about it on WordPress.org, and when I launched the forum, I bragged about the BBPress software on the mainsite of mine. I want BBPress to live – please!!!

[Marius-]

I just want to say that I depend HEAVILY on BBpress now. I’ve had bbpress forum running for the past few months, and I downloaded it because it had alot of promise.

If you guys are going to ditch BBPress, then tell me there is a way for me to transfer all userdata to another forum software? With users keeping their names and passwords. I can’t loose all this I have built up.

[Marius-]

My BBPress forum has gotten quite popular. It’s in constant use every day, and I have gotten alot of young kids using it. Kids as young as eight years old.

Sometimes these kids post just to post, and alot of messages consists only of a few letters. I want to put a stop to this. Is there some way I can demand that a post should atleast contain 30 letters, or atleast ten words?

Please help me out.

[grassrootspa]

RE: ‘Extend’, before Sam left he was redoing this site.

See: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/sneak-peek-at-bbpressorg-20

It’s a real shame he left before the new one was up…

[arpowers]

coincidentally, we’re launching a BBpress ‘addon’ to our WP themes.

http://www.pagelines.com/demos/iblogpro/forum/

They aren’t stand alone, but I think BBP works best in concert with WP anyway.

[arpowers]

Just put out a new theme based on WordPress for one of our ‘pro’ WP themes.

Would love the feedback of the BBP community.

Demo:

http://www.pagelines.com/demos/iblogpro/forum/

Info Page:

http://www.pagelines.com/themes/iblogpro-forum/

[Macmenddotcom]

Oh and i just wanted to add on this ck thing. People dont’t donate things that easily, and many of us are searching for something for nothing, but you were obviously disheartened. I have run a mac support site in different form for years, using different forums and its been hacked (lost thousands of posts) derided and the donation button clicked once or twice, there are bigger, slicker better sites, but I like to think people still use my site because I don’t look down my nose at anyone and keep it simple.

I would ask you from the heart, put your site back up and don’t give up…hey I don’t even know you but a little research tells me you have put alot in. You may think its time to cut your losses, on the other hand it might also be time to promote a clean simple forum.

AND beleive me I dont see a lot of promotion going on outside of the circle. If everyone who uses bbpress had a blog and did an article “the best forum software” a little blurb and put bbpress at the top of a a list of 5 lets say bbpress vb, smf, phpbb and a.n.other board….instant promotion. People are setting up forums all the time but dont know which software to use. I found bbpress by accident and am using smf at present but transferring data as we speak….main problem right now is where are the themes?

Why is this starting to remind me of XOOPS cms

[Macmenddotcom]

There is much discussion on these boards on where bbpress is going, reminds me a bit of simailar stuff at XOOPS cms. However one sure sign on these matters is the lack of available themes. Where is a themes repository? Because thats what is needed. Did I miss something?

‘Extend’ surely doesn’t just mean plugins it means the GUI, the way things look, but all I can find is plugins. Or maybe someone can point it out.

[kriskl]

it is sad news indeed

few months ago, I have paid some developers to convert the site from phpbb to bbpress. except into 1.0 version so many plugins were not updated, and new forum didnt go on line,

and we were waiting for some movement on bbpress and plugins front..

it looks like time & money was wasted

Maybe, can anyone suggest a viable alternative to bbpress? so we could have a deep integration of wpmu with forums & buddypress

of course, there has to exist some converters from phpbb…. I have looked and found NO alternative

[Ben Huson]

Definitely don’t want to see BBPress fall by the wayside so if I can do anything to help, I will.

I have done a couple of BBPress implementations alongside wordpress, mainly theming and small tweaks, but it’s fair to say at the moment my main knowledge is based around WordPress theme and plugin development.

Happy to contribute in any way, wether it’s minor core patches, front end design/coding, or just adding documentation to a codex etc.

[batarista]

Dear All,

I’m making a first-time installation of bbPress-1.0.2.zip on localhost, following the instructions at http://bbpress.org/documentation/installation/

I unzipped to wwwrootbbpress, browsed to the installation script “Welcome to the bbPress installer”, created the MySQL database, and for simplicity, skipped WordPress integration.

However, at the final step “Site settings”, when I press the “Save site settings” & “Complete the installation” buttons, I receive the following error…

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 98304 bytes) in F:wwwrootbbpressbb-includesbackpressclass.bp-sql-schema-parser.php on line 170

Does anyone know how to resolve this problem?

My server is WAMP5 on WinXP; it already serves up a WordPress blog (I’m in “learn about blogs & fora mode”).

Many thanks in advance :>)