Just to make sure I am doing this right, the wordpress admin should be bbpress admin, correct? Everything else I am going to make a member of bbpress.
I am going to try this now.
Thanks!
hey I am having troubles here too: my issue – I have generated the eight secret keys in both config files, made sure user role for user 1 is keymaster in database, using same table prefix in both config files, done the bbpress integration plugin in wp – combed the forums and thought I was following to a t all the instructions – left out www from all entered URLs – and here is what i keep running into (sixth install now):
I can log into bbpress as keymaster, but when I try to log in to wordpress, it says: You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.
needless to say, i want to scream. From the above info, any thoughts on what could be throwing this off? I’m really frustrated that there seems to be no current section of bbpress documentation that thoroughly goes through, step by step, given the large amount of issues people seem to be running into with integration. thanks.
wpconfig.php in the WP root. bb-config.php in bbpress root. Advance is only for people who uses two different databases.
ashfame – it was your tutorial that I tried so many times.
When I say the login doesn’t work, I mean when I try to login to bbpress it says the user “admin” doesn’t exist!
ashfame, I also sent you an email after trying your tutorial over and over, asking for help.
gerikg, I will give that a try. I did not upgrade from an old wordpress, this is a fresh installation. I should have a few minutes to try that this afternoon.
Once we get this up and running, maybe you guys can point me in the right direction to get the themes/header matching. Actually, that is a project for another day 
I’ll post my results!
Use this link: https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt It has 8 keys.
NOTE: do NOT use any “www.” anywhere when entering information.
1. Open wp-config line replace your new keys with the one from that link. (lines 55-61)
2. Copy the same keys to bb-config just add BB_ after define(‘ in each key so it will be define('BB_AUTH_KEY', '(lines 41-44)
3. Install & activate BBpress Intergration plugin https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-integration/
4. Get the information from the plugin and put it in line 20 in wp-config and line 13 in bb-config. (if you’re using WPMU take out the HASH line when you put it in bb-config)
5. Log into your BBpress admin section and navigate to SETTINGS -> WORDPRESS INTEGRATION enter all the information it ask for, save.
6. Clear you cache and you should be ready to go.
If you upgraded from a previous WP version take out define( 'WP_AUTH_COOKIE_VERSION', 1 ); because it doesn’t work on 2.8.4
Guys, I know there are umpteen million threads about this on here, and I think I have read all of them. I cannot get wordpress and bbpress to integrate for the life of me!
I have my wordpress blog all setup, and I have bbpress setup and installed as well. I am using wordpress 2.8.4, and bbpress 1.0.2. WordPress is installed at the root (http://www.mysite.com is wordpress) and bbpress is installed at http://www.mysite.com/forums. I know how to create the page linking to the forum, and I have actually already done that.
My problem is that when I go through the bbpress/wordpress integration, when I hit “save settings” in bbpress it logs me out, and my login no longer works. IT IS KILLING ME!
I have tried this 6 times, and I have had another person (with more experience than me) try this twice. We both ended up with the same result.
Is this working and I am somehow missing the fact that it’s working? Why does my bbpress login get wiped out?
I need the most basic of step by step instructions apparently.
Thanks in advance.
You will also need to delete the database tables that were created by bbPress, otherwise when you go to reinstall, you will get a message stating “bbPress is already installed, maybe you meant to upgrade.”
Yes, that’s fine. If you create a Page in WordPress called Forums (actually the slug just needs to be forums), you don’t even need any content on the page. WordPress will direct traffic there. That works with permalinks on. Not sure what happens if you don’t use permalinks. If you don’t create a Page called Forums, with a slug of forums, then you just won’t have a link in your menu to the forums. There are plugins to get around that though, if you need it. Try the Page first though and see if it works.
Hello — can someone please help?
I have WordPress installed already — and I’m not sure where I’m supposed to install bbpress exactly. When people say they installed it “inside WP” do you mean that you just created a new folder in the root of the site where WP already exists?
Like if my site is http://www.mysite.com — can I create a folder at http://www.mysite.com/forums/ — and WordPress will be able to link to it properly?
Thanks much.
Yeah! The theme issue. [FIXED]
Thanks! We got it!
Just one thing: it first failed as I copy/paste text from you blog, some quotes were uncorrect.
From you blog, I got: a:1:{s:9:”keymaster”;b:1;}
And I had to use: a:1:{s:9:”keymaster”;b:1;}
Don’t know if the difference is really visible on this page.
A clean, white bbPress theme with a glossy, “Web 2.0” feel and tablebased layout. Comes in 3 colors – red, orange and blue
Download+Preview
Blue: http://www.awesomestyles.com/bbpress-themes/view/static-blue-bb
Red: http://www.awesomestyles.com/bbpress-themes/view/static-red-bb
Orange: http://www.awesomestyles.com/bbpress-themes/view/static-bb
License
All released under the GPLv2
You can use same user db if you integrate BBpress with Worpdress, and apply FB Connect plugin on WP, but only problem are avatars, they don’t show up on BB press.
check the plugin section and the forum there is some plugin to register by openID
This works for me quite well. May be you are doing something wrong!
Has anyone figured out how to use Facebook Connect with bbPress? I’d like to give users the option to enter and participate in the forums without having to register. Like Disqus, Facebook Connect, Twitter and OpenID would be great. Just curious if anyone is working on this? Thanks!
What exactly happens when you try to change your email?
I don’t know if this is similar, but there were some reports of something along those lines a while back:
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/cant-edit-the-keymasters-profile
Actually I don’t. I tried your code, but its still showing the same.
Hey there,
I made a mistake during the installation and would like to go back to the screen that allows you to integrate with WordPress. I think I put bbpress in the wrong page on my site. How can I go back and fix this?
Thanks!
SELECT * FROM bb_forums WHERE forum_id <> 1 AND forum_id <> 2 AND topics <> 0 ORDER BY forum_order ASC LIMIT 10
Got the idea?
Is it possible to add the buttons in Comment Quicktags for bbPress 1.1 to the BBPM form as well?
At present they only show up on the forum post forms.