[johnhiler]

Development tends to go in bursts as described here:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-facebook-page#post-21553

Sam was working insanely hard before 1.0 came out, so not at all surprised that he’s taking a break!

But definitely wanted to express thanks, if Sam has indeed moved on…

[mptyuser]

Hi everyone,

I’m seriously considering dropping FluxBB (that i’m currently using for a large messageboard) and using BBPress.

I would stop using FLuxBB for various reasons (mostly because i feel like FluxBB isn’t really alive anymore development-wise and also because i’ve been using wordpress for many many years and really digg the WP/BBpress community & coding) but… i was wondering is BBPress would do the job for a large messageboard with many users and connections everyday ?

I’ve tested BBPress many times, installed the latest version again yesterday for a test run and tested many plugins, tried customizing themes to see if it would fit my needs etc. and it looks sweet but there’s one thing i can’t tell: would BBPress work fine with many users ? Would it be just as good and even better than FluxBB once i’ve installed the plugins needed and export everything from FluxBB to BBPress ?

Do any of you use BBPress with hundreds of users on a daily basis ? It is running smoothly ? Is it responsive and fast ? It is made to work with huge amount of users and connections ?

Thanx for your feedback. I’d really appreciate any experience you have / had.

[InvTrdr]

Can I get help with that? Can I get the code for the sidebar.php file in bbPress and anything else that goes with it? Will the WP sidebar code work?

Thanks.

[InvTrdr]

When I try that I keep getting an error message that says “could not establish a database connection”.

Thanks.

[AphelionZ]

So what I did to patch this was comment out the BPDB function on line 140 of /html-root/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bp-forums-bbpress.php

Not ideal, I know – but it allowed me to keep working. Here’s the paste. http://pastebin.ca/1574452

I’m open to suggestions

[Jim R]

I know there are many topics out there dealing with this, but there doesn’t seem to be a set way of doing it. Right now, I have…

require('/home/jwrbloom/public_html/wp-load.php');

…in my bbconfig.php file. I have changed all of the bb_get_header to get_header in my bbPress theme, and I have done the same with my footer. What isn’t carrying over is my site’s navigation. I’m using the Hybrid News theme for WP and kakumei for bbPress.

I’d like to have full or most of my WP functionality for my bbPress, but at this point, other than maybe adding some widgets to a sidebar, I’m not sure what my plan is there. I definitely need all of my header information.

[AphelionZ]

So, upon closer inspection its a buddypress + backpress compatibilty issue – they both use $bpdb as their database abstraction class… hmmm…

[grassrootspa]

I too will be saddened if Sam, indeed, has moved on.

Looking more and more like things are at a standstill:

https://trac.bbpress.org/timeline

[AphelionZ]

Ok, so I was mistaken – its a 200 response with either wp-load or wp-blog-header and the fatal error from the logs is:

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class BPDB in /Users/mrh/Sites/irrational.dev/community/bb-includes/backpress/class.bpdb.php on line 39

[KillerSneak]

would be the best way to take the default WP theme -> and add the BBpress needed functions into it? (and add a few files from the BBpress needed theme) ?

This is the only bad thing about Wp and BBp integration isn’t as smooth as it should be, and the DEV should have had Wp / BBp compatibility #1 .. At the moment they depend to much on community work.

[chrishajer]

There is no sidebar.php in bbPress. You need to create that PHP file and then include it.

[chrishajer]

One thing I question but suspect is not related to this problem is: shouldn’t you be including wp-load.php instead of wp-blog-header.php?

First pass at a fix for “deep” integration in trunk

You can search these forums for both wp-load.php and wp-blog-header.php to see which one should be included.

But, you’re only getting a 404 in the Apache error logs? What page is being logged as a 404?

Do you have access to PHP error logs? The blank screen is probably a 500 error, so looking at PHP errors will allow you to see what’s causing that.

[Ashish Kumar (Ashfame)]

You just answer that yourself – CSS

The most effective way is to match the xhtml markup and the css both on WP theme & bbPress

[chrishajer]

You said ‘change the database name’ – did you create another database to install bbPress into? There’s no need for that, but I am curious if that’s what you did.

It’s a pretty simple error – one of your connection details is incorrect. Maybe you need another set of eyes to look at it. Or, if it’s a local install, maybe you can look at MySQL errors to see what’s being logged.

[Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)]

Slap /bb-admin to the end of your forum URL.

So if your forum is at https://bbpress.org/forums then your admin’s at https://bbpress.org/forums/bb-admin/

[InvTrdr]

What is the direct admin login path to bbPress? I have been going through the bbPress forum to get to admin page. I would like to go to it directly as in WP login.

Thank you.

[AphelionZ]

I’m trying to get the wordpress functions inside of bbPress and vice versa, and therefore get the buddypress functions into bbPress as well. I tried the method described here: http://labs.b5media.com/blog/creating-the-anypress-solution/ but to no avail. In short, it involves adding this code to the bottom of my bb-config.php file:

// Include WordPress functionality

$currDir = dirname(getcwd());

// Make sure this isn't install or admin (go up if it is)

if(!file_exists("$currDir/wp-blog-header.php"))

$currDir = dirname($currDir);



if(!file_exists("$currDir/wp-blog-header.php"))

die("Cannot find WordPress integration files.");



error_reporting(E_ALL);

require_once("$currDir/wp-blog-header.php");

The only clues I have from my error logs are a 404 error and a white screen of death when I try to access my forum root, which is at /community. Also, my rewrite log is here: http://pastebin.ca/1572291

Please note that im using an external install of bbPress intentionally because I need the forums to be centrally located and somewhat separate from my blog. Any insight or help would be greatly appreciated!

[Process of Illumination]

Hello,

i would like to add the “first poster” column to my kakumei template.

I found three threads dedicated to this subject, but i cant put them together:

http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/post-author-name

http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/show-post-author-next-to-last-poster

http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/201

Is it true i ONLY have to modify my forum.php and frontpage.php in my templates folder?

I tried following some directions, but it only added the author to ONE line, so i am pretty sure i am doing something wrong.

Any advice?

Thanks.

[InvTrdr]

Where do I find the sidebar.php file/code for bbPress and the includes?

Thank you.

[angelamaria]

Hello,

I’m planning to using bbPress on a WP site/blog I am currently working on, on my local. WordPress is up and running already, a relatively clean install save for a couple of themes, and some entries. No plugins yet. I download bbPress, upload it underneath my WP root directory (where the blog is), change config to match WP config (for my local it’s just changing out the database name; I have a username/password account set up already for each of test installs), and try to install. I get:

DB Error: cannot select

…on all pages. I’ve looked at both bb-config and wp-config and the database values are identical, except for the suffix variable naturally. I’ve checked the database, only wp_* tables are there. I am using a fresh bbPress download.

Just for completeness’ sake (comments removed for brevity):

bb-config.php excerpt:

/** The name of the database for bbPress */

define('DB_NAME', 'pugad-lawin');

/** MySQL database username */

define( ‘BBDB_USER’, ‘username’ );

/** MySQL database password */

define( ‘BBDB_PASSWORD’, ‘password’ );

/** MySQL hostname */

define( ‘BBDB_HOST’, ‘localhost’ );

/** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */

define( ‘BBDB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’ );

/** The Database Collate type. Don’t change this if in doubt. */

define( ‘BBDB_COLLATE’, ” );

/** snip snip **/

/**

* bbPress Database Table prefix.

*

* You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique

* prefix. Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!

*/

$bb_table_prefix = ‘bb_’;

wp-config.php excerpt:

/** The name of the database for WordPress */

define('DB_NAME', 'pugad-lawin');

/** MySQL database username */

define(‘DB_USER’, ‘username’);

/** MySQL database password */

define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘password’);

/** MySQL hostname */

define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);

/** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */

define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’);

/** The Database Collate type. Don’t change this if in doubt. */

define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);

/** snip snip **/

/**

* WordPress Database Table prefix.

*

* You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique

* prefix. Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!

*/

$table_prefix = ‘wp_’;

Again, I have a username/password user setup on my local MySQL database for testing purposes, so yes, it is expected that those will be staying the same.

Any info on this would be great. Thanks!

[johnhiler]

Ashfame tracked down this post that mentions our fearless leader:

What is the future of bbPress? Through the grapevine, I’ve discovered that Sam Bauers no longer works for Automattic but he is still involved with the bbPress project. How much he is involved I don’t know. It’s interesting to me because I’ve always attributed bbPress as Sam’s project but in reality, Matt Mullenweg wrote bbPress in the time span of a weekend and then handed off the project to someone else to maintain.

So if Sam is not the lead project developer, who is?

http://www.wptavern.com/forum/bbpress/860-future-bbpress-undecided.html

The clincher is that Sam is no longer listed on the automattic team page (although earlier versions of that page on archive.org show him there) : http://automattic.com/about/

So for whatever reason, it sounds like Sam has possibly moved on professionally?

Sam, if that’s the case – I just want to thank you for all of your hard work! You’ve been a real gift to the bbPress community, and we greatly appreciate your hard work and dedication.

If that’s not the case, I hope you’re having a relaxing few weeks off.

[InvTrdr]

Thanks guys. Will try out the above and give you an update.

[Ashish Kumar (Ashfame)]

One has to manage it by getting page_topics from the meta table and then manipulate your php code.

[Ashish Kumar (Ashfame)]

@Kawauso

I think using $wpdb & $bbdb should sanitize by them self but reading the page on codex it looks like that we need to do that explicitly. I am a lil confused. Can you please clarify?

[ReflectionMedia]

We have just finished the Romanian translation for version 1.0.2

Info in Romanian about the translation and how to install it can be found at: http://www.reflectionmedia.ro/2009/09/bbpress-in-limba-romana/

The actual translation files, both .po and .mo, can be found at: http://www.reflectionmedia.ro/download/bb102.zip