@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 
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.
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).
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
@rvlawrence
I’ve suggested to Matt that Automattic will acquire SimplePress, as they did with Buddypress
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.
Thanks for the answer Matt, looking ahead for a great future of bbPress.
Wow, I can’t believe the “Matt” actually wrote back to me.
One of the reasons why I went with WordPress is the strength of the plugins and community. I toyed a bit with Joomla but the interface stinks, and it’s too difficult to use and not pretty behind the scenes. People say that it’s stronger than WordPress and more adaptable but I think WordPress is quickly surpassing it as the defacto blogging/CMS building tool. New users like me can get up and running quickly and it’s fun to use!!! Joomla was nothing but a nightmare, ugly and not enjoyable at all. The people in their community are ok to deal with but many are tech-snobs. Thank you WordPress!!!
Any other information on BBpress is appreciated, including a timeline of features to come and integration. Please give us a peek to what the future holds…
talgalili, we’ll probably leave external authentication to plugins just like with regular WordPress.
johnhiler, Sam did have some cool designs and ideas for the site, I’ll try to track that down and see if we can get a refresh going.
rvlawrence, PickledPC, totally agreed. It’s way too hard to use and integrate right now.
“There doesn’t seem to be a bb-config.php file. This usually means that you want to install bbPress.”
So
Step 1
“Database name”
can’t figure what it is
I have Linux Hosting with easily.co.uk
the online advice says
“The only things the user has to change are the dbname(ftp username),
UID(ftp username) and PWD(ftp password).
“
which seems to suggest that on the bbpress/bb-admin/install.php page I put user name in twice (+ password) – but that doesn’t work
any ideas?
THANKS
Hi Guys.
It seems there isn’t going to be an integration in the near future:
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/there-isnt-going-to-be-an-integration-of-bbpress-with-intense-debate
Maybe if more of you will make “sound” someone will budge
Hopefully.
Tal
Wow that would be great to have!!!!
Hi Pickled, are you using buddypress as well? Trying to figure out all the theme issues is a real problem.
Finally I married the two and now they are seamless…Please check it out.
Design in the Raw
I agree making it integrated part of wordpress, or a plugin that is easily installed would help me and many others use bbpress. I am trying to theme it now and it’s not playing very nice. I do like the simple nature of bbpress, the light install and how the user integration but could like to see it implemented into wordpress, instead of a separate entity that works with wordpress. But those are just my thoughts.
As soon as BBpress is integrated into the control panel of WordPress as a plugin or built in option, then everyone will start using it. The increased activity will mean more people and more developers and more plugins and MORE VALUE FOR US ALL. The secret to unlocking BBpress is to make it dead simple to install, integrate and use.
Simplepressforum.com has a HUGE advantage and head start over BBpress, but the admin interface is a bit clumsy and not easy to use nor very pretty. They also only have a handful of people developing it. Imagine how much farther it would be along, if hundreds of BBpress people went over to help polish up Simplepressforum.
I am hopeful that BBpress will take off, but an idea of future features and a roadmap would be helpful.
Hi Matt, I think you could learn a lot from simplepressforum.com
If you could make BBpress as easy to use as that, everyone would use it. Make BBpress a plugin with full integration into the control panel and 1 click installation.
Right now, it’s like frankencoding trying to get all these things, BBpress, WordPress MU and Buddypress to all work together.
Make BBpress and Buddypress an already built-in option in the wordpress control panel that we simply have to check off to activate and everyone would use it.
Also, when is buddypress coming to single member wordpress installations?
Can you give us an update on the revamping of the bbpress.org website? Sam was about to launch that when he left.
Currently, the Plugins tab is on a separate bbPress version than the Forums tab (so you have to sign into each separately), and there’s no Codex for documentation…
Thanks!
Yeah don’t want to use an iFrame. I can get it to call the header but nothing else. It’s not calling my stylesheet. I’m only using header, footer, front-page, style.css. WordPress theme wasn’t that bad as i have good knowledge of html and css but no php knowledge until now. BBpress is giving me a fit and I want it to work because I like it, don’t want to revert to a forum plugin….All the info I read is changing the default theme or using these simple files from the wordpress theme to start. Any suggestions?
Thanks
Thanks for stopping by matt.
If I may use this stage for a request:
I hope to see an integration of bbpress login system with other methods of authentication (especially twitter, facebook and google – maybe through intense-debate ?).
Thanks,
Tal
Nevermind… I figured that part out. 
@HSeatSleeper: Can you talk a little bit more about the special care you gave to the admin account? When testing, I got locked out of my blog as well, and couldn’t figure out why (my wp_1_capabilities were set correctly, as was user_level).
Can you easily list the steps you took to secure the admin account? Thanks!
How about explaining what you did, please, and what the result was.
Best place to start:
https://bbpress.org/forums/tags/integration
You will be copying the WordPress styles and using them in your bbPress theme to approximate the look of your WordPress site in bbPress.
Some people have also put bbPress in a iFrame inside a WordPress page (which I think is a horrible solution):
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/easy-way-to-integrate-bbpress-wordpress-themes
