[johnhiler]

Ah ok.

1) Your first step is going to be to get all of the installs to use the same users table. Technically, you’ll want to follow steps similar to the ones described here:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/successful-reverse-integration-steps

However, your job will be greatly complicated by the fact that each install will have overlaps in terms of userid and usernames. For example, userid #5 on bbPress install #1 is going to refer to a different user than userid#5 on bbPress install#2. You’re going to have to address that – this link will help greatly:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/integration-of-established-wp-and-bbpress-installations

2) Phew, it’s good that they’re all in the same database… hopefully your WordPress install is also in the same database. This will simplify things a bit.

3) Ok, good to know.

I can’t offer custom help – I’m just a volunteer! But I’m glad to try and help you here, so others can learn from the discussion…

Here’s what I would recommend:

1) Your first step would be to backup all of your data.

2) Then, I’d setup a test environment exactly like your current environment and put your data there. That way, you can work on the integration with much less stress.

3) Then I would figure out how to deal with the userid and username overlap described above. This will probably be the hardest part!

4 ) Once you’ve figured that out, you’re all set to integrate all the installs to use the same usertable.

5) Finally once that’s done, you can also integrate the cookies so users only have to signin once!

If this sounds waaay too hard, you may want to hire a consultant or expert to help ya out! Here’s a list of people who are available:

http://bbshowcase.org/forums/topic/bbpress-professionals-advertise-in-this-topic

[bblover]

here we go…

yes sir,

1. my database of 25 forums and 01 wordpress is same name. but different table prefix. but not sharing user table: No it’s not true; if you sign up from one bbpress install with the name of “John” then you can’t login other 24 bbpress installs. we really need it.

2. my bbPress installs is not sharing a user table. also tell me how it’s possible. yes they are in same database.

3. I’m using bbpress Version 1.0.2 and wordpress Version 2.8.5

Another request: is it possible to contact with you with IM?

[johnhiler]

I’m sorry to say this, but integrating your 25 installs is probably going to require more work than filling in a setting page.

A few questions for you:

1) You have 25 bbPress installs, and they are currently not sharing a user table… is that right? As in, if I sign up as “john” on one install… can I sign in with that username and password on another one of your bbPress installs?

2) If your bbPress installs are not sharing a user table… do you know if all of the user tables are in the same database?

3) Finally, what versions of WordPress and bbPress are you using?

[johnhiler]

What version of bbPress are you using? Do you have a Manage subtab showing up in your admin area?

Also – did you try the url directly?

htttp://yourdomain.com/ForumFolder/bb-admin/admin-base.php?plugin=bb_ksd_admin_page

[bblover]

Dear sir….

I think you are not complete understand my question….. rethink about it…. when i complete successful integration of wp-bb and finally go to the admin panel of wp after activation of bbpress integration plugin then it is asking me to give bbpress url of one of my forums like bbpress01-of-25…

click following linkh to see screenshot:

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/2820/wpadmin.gif

so, where i put my other 24 bbpress forums url in this field? I’ve bit knowledge of coding .. so tell me how can i integrate these 25 forums with one wordpress.. provide me simple and clear solution.

another question……

tell me clearly about user shared login…… i want to share user logins between my 25 forums…… when one user register to my first forum i.e. bbpress01 then he can also use this id on my other 25 forums where he no need more registration for other 24 forums.

I’ll very thankful to you if you solve this problem… i really love you 😡

[jurasiks]

Why BBpress should integrates with WordPress?

I think we can make bbpress – standalone CMS with only key features.

Who will be in charge now with this project?

[jurasiks]

found key topic: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/future-of-bbpress

[johnhiler]

This is absolutely possible. I wrote a bit about it here:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/create-multiple-forums

I now have about 10 bbPress installs all working, and they’re both integrated with two separate WordPress installs. So this is definitely possible. You just need to make sure that all the installs are using the same users table.

The bigger issue is: do any of your installs share usernames? For example, a “John” registered on one site and on another one? That will be tricky to manage – a path is described nicely here… look for the section on “user_id” conflicts:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/integration-of-established-wp-and-bbpress-installations#post-28701

Good luck!

[bblover]

dear all coders,

I’m lover of bbpress so I was working on 25 different bbpress forums and one wordpress. Now i want to integrate theses stuff to each other. but i think one wordpress only can integrate with one bbpress forum. but i can’t face this situation because i’m working on my forums preceding 4 months. if i fail to integration these 25 forum with one wordpress then all my effort will go to the hell. it’s humble request to all developers to solve this situation and save my work and give me the smart solution.

Note: I don’t want to install 25 wordpress to integrate 25 forums.

Remember: 25 forums integration with one wordpress

Please Please Help me

It is very crucial situation for me … tell me how to handle it.

[Marius-]

I just discovered that Akismet for BBPress is deleting certain posts automatically, without giving me any access at all to see what this spam really is.

The reason I noticed is the Dashboards category “Recently moderated” – where a perfectly fine topic was deleted. I wonder how many times this has happened before.

When I browse the Akismet stats, it tells me that certain days, it has deleted alot of spam, and this is really bad if it does so inaccuratly. How can I check what this spam was? And how can I prevent it from happening again?

[Dailytalker]

“I’d like to add the same tool bar in all my web forms (by the way, it is up with bbpress)”

Me too, but I would prefer wysiwyg editor.

[chrishajer]

You want to show most recent replies from bbPress on your blog? Is your blog WordPress?

Here’s how to show bbPress info inside WordPress without full integration

There were a couple posts from sambauers about it too, but I can’t find them right now.

There was also the bbPress live plugin, but it’s broken right now:

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

[Dailytalker]

I’ve seen a plugin for a wysiwyg editor. Unortunately it’s not new and the toolbar may not work with the newest bbpress version.

[talgalili]

Hi Matt,

Thank you for the reply.

I wasn’t suggesting adding intense debate to the core of bbpress. I was only saying that currently there is now easy way of (for example) logging into a bbPress forum using twitter.

Intense Debate would be a great plugin to connect to bbPress. But from what they told me they are not planning it, and I was hoping that you might find a solution to that.

Best wishes,

Tal

[Dailytalker]

I am currently running a wordpress blog in combination with a Simple Machine Forum (SMF). I would prefer bbpress because it is easier to integrate in wordpress and buddypress. That’s the advantage of bbpress.

The advantage ob SMF is that they offer much more features. You habe a tinymce editor, you can post pictures, upload images and post clips from youtube, googlevideo and similiar services.

It would be excellent if there were a way to integrate wordpress-plugins into bbpress.

Further please have a look on pretty-urls.

This is too long:

http://xxx.com/groups/movie-friends/forum/topic/blabla/

This would be much better:

http://xxx.com/forum/politics/obamas_health_care_reform/

Just website/forum/category-name/topic_title

[grassrootspa]

@matt:

1. Great to hear you will be looking into the bbPress site refresh!

2. There was discussion a while ago re: a ‘bbPress MU’ type of plugin to allow 1 bbPress installation to manage MULTIPLE forums. Any idea how this would tie into the whole WP/WPMU merger? For planning purposes, should we expect this idea dead?

[tobiisagoodboy]

I am desperate for this plugin.I get following error when i activate the plugin:

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Any solutions?

[grassrootspa]

@Olaf: I’m in the same standalone boat, but really wish there was some sort of “bbPress MU” so I didn’t need different installations for different forums. There was word of a bbPress plugin that would handle this but its been a while. And with Sam leaving, ugh, not expecting it anytime soon…

Wondering what will happen re this discussed “bbPress MU” plugin with the news that WordPress and WPMU are merging.

[Dailytalker]

I’d like to have the same standard editor as wordpress offers for writing articles.

Further I would like to use the pluging Video Quicktags for bbpress as well.

How can I install this for bbpress?

[michayu]

@Kawauso

1. SimplePress looks better than BuddyPress did before Automattic has acquired it. I intent to emphasize rather business aspect, than technology one. It would be better for WordPress community if the resources will concentrated, not dispersed.

2. Try vBulletin4.0(beta). It’s “light, adaptable, etc”…

3. My company develops 4-6 [WP-based] sites (not blogs) a month. God bless WordPress!

CMS=ContentManagementSystem, isn’t blogging about content management?

And you’re right, hopefully, it’s CURRENT shortcomings will be overcame in 3.0

[Adam Harley (Kawauso)]

I have to agree it’d be good for bbPress to add support for more basic forum functions like merging topics. As it stands, it’s rather silly to need plugins for such basic things. The majority of use does seem to be with bbPress as part of a community package with buddyPress and WordPress though.

It’d be nice too if WordPress (plugin) support could be implemented through an interface layer or something similar that could be added as a plugin or similar to bbPress when it was installed via WordPress, so keeping the core codebase as clean as possible.

bbPress 1.0 was already written to use BackPress functions (WordPress essentially) so I’d imagine it’d just be a case of changing how it outputs content and handles URLs when under WordPress.

[Adam Harley (Kawauso)]

michayu:

1. SimplePress looks horrible, and the cleaner bbPress codebase is, the better. It also implements a lot of what in bbPress mentality would be plugin-based.

2. vBulletin is clunky and the opposite of what bbPress aims to be (light, adaptable, etc.)

3. WordPress IS a blogging platform. It has supplementary CMS features such as pages, and can be adapted into a CMS, but it’s primary focus and purpose is blogging. I pray it never gets turned into yet another CMS (and look on discussions on the WordPress support forums about its current shortcomings when used as a CMS if you want proof it’s not one).

[Olaf Lederer]

I hear only wordpress integration and buddypress etc.

I use bbpress as standalone because it’s fast and easy to modify (just like WP)

Why should I use a forum together with a blog? both applications are very similar.

make bbpress better with features like merging topics or other forum typical functions

[michayu]

@rvlawrence

I’ve suggested to Matt that Automattic will acquire SimplePress, as they did with Buddypress

[michayu]

Matt,

1. Automattic should to acquire SimplePress and to merge it with bbPress (just as you did with Buddypress – smart move).

2. The best forum software is vBulletin (and now they have a full-featured CMS). Look at vB, and you’ll see the roadmap of all the forum software.

3. Stop calling WordPress “blogging platform”. It’s a CMS, FYI! I even hope WP3.0 will become a CMF.