Do I need need to integrate WP 2.8 and bbPress1.0? I thought I did not need a plugin to do that anymore. Is that a required step or once I uoload bbPress onto my server it will be good to go with WP 2.8? Is there a plugin that helps with integration, if necessary?
Thank you.
It was like that pre-downtime, it’s just an odd quirk really.
I was going to ask but no one posted so I just let it go. I do want an answer I don’t want my forum to get attacked.
Anyone know what happened to the bbPress.org forums over the last day or so? I kept getting a white page… the blog and plugins sections seemed to work though.
Installation- Topics number says, as of now, -6,662 (notice the negative)
Looks promising! You may want to hire a programmer though if you get the chance, as “Please keep in mind that, because all our works are done manually, it may take up to 1 week.” is a huge barrier for entry to a lot of people. A form that they can fill out and be up and running in the same hour would probably help bring in traffic.
Good domain choice.
Navigation not working only for Page 1
Yes, site/forum is non-work for me too.
There was a post on page 2 that said the script was no longer downloadable… does anyone know how to get a hold of it now? (I tried all the links in this thread, but none of them worked.)
I don’t know if anyone else experienced a similar problem already. I searched the forum, but nobody seems to have encountered this problem.
On my bbPress forum (http://hostpress.org/), if I go to page 2 under “Latest Discussions” section, afterwards I cannot go back to page 1. The http link on page 1 itself is showing page 2…
Any solution? Help is much appreciated.
P.S.
By the way, was bbPress forums down for some 24 hours? I could not access it although I could access bbPress website itself. Maybe only me?
Thank you very much for your comment, Olaf.
Just to be precise, I am happy to host any other PHP scripts as well (even competitors like phpBB and SMF), so I can also do buddypress & wordpress.
It’s just that I love bbPress best, and am emphasizing it more than other PHP systems. bbPress is really miraculously beautiful.
bbPress’ base directory, not a dumb question
That’s a pretty old plugin… have you tried this one?
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/user-directory/
I can’t vouch for it, but it looks newly maintained…
Hi,
I have an existing phpbb2 forum and was hoping to migrate the existing data into bbPress, followed by integration to WordPress MU. Here’s the steps i’ve done so far:
1. installed a fresh copy of bbPress 1.0.2
2. downloaded phpbb2bbpress converter from http://www.iteisa.com/phpbb2bbpress/
3. ammended the necessary stuff inside the file and ran the script
4. installed WordPress MU
I was comparing the bb_ and wp_ tables and would like to know:
1. can i simply insert into wp_usermeta, (user_id, meta_key, meta_value) from bb_usermeta table where the meta_key = bb_capabilities because it looks safer than just replacing wp_usermeta with bb_usermeta due to the existing entries in wp_usermeta which i’m unsure of their usage?
2. it also seems that i should insert all the necessary values from bb_users table to wp_users table because wp_users has more columns
are there anything else database-wise i need to do?
After the above i know i need to install a bbpress-integration.php into WordPress MU and do some settings on both bbPress and WordPress MU settings/configs. Are there any other steps i’m missing out?
I would really appreciate any help on this 
No, it’s a directory, it’s just <your website>/<directory name>. You can put /index.php after if you want though.
<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Open Links in New Window
*/
function bb_target_blank( $text ) {
$text = preg_replace('|<a (.+?)>|i', '<a $1 target="_blank">', $text);
return $text;
}
add_filter('post_text', 'bb_target_blank',255);
?>
Put the above into a file and save it as new-window-links.php or similar in your my-plugins directory. Then enable it in the plugins menu. Should work. Avoid getting any spaces around the start and end tags.
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/target-_blank
Also kawauso, when I create the new directory within HTML will the URL needed to open the bbpress be <my website>/bbpress.html?
Thank you.
Thanks. I definitely do not want the URL to be my website. SO I will create a new directory and upload the contents from the folder and then access the forums using <my website>/bbpress. I guess it is pretty much self explanatory from there. Will shout out if I need help.
Thank you.
As delayedinsanity said, check your SQL server settings, namely by looking at the wp-config.php for WordPress and checking the database, username and password match. If you have a WordPress page named ‘forums’ and a directory called ‘forums’ that contains your bbPress forum, WP’s .htaccess is set up to display the directory instead of the WP page. To make them look the same, you need to either use deep integration or modify your bbPress theme to look like WP’s.
If you saw a list of files instead of the installer, you probably have an incorrect DirectoryIndex directive set. bbPress uses index.php (same as WP) that should automatically be served, so that’s more likely an issue with your host more than it is one with bbpress.
Also, does your host have it’s SQL server hosted on the same machine as your web site? ‘localhost’ won’t work if you have to access it via another address, such as mysql.yourdomain.com which your host might have pointed at a different IP.
“* too many plug-ins external to the core software just to get it to run normal forum functionality that comes ‘out of the box’ with most other forums, meaning too many 3rd party functions that might one day no longer be supported (like bbsync)”
What plugins are necessary? I’m running bbpress with absolutely no plugins at the moment (though to be fair, I fully plan on adding a few), and I seem to be able to set up forums, post topics, and then reply to said topics. That seems to be the basic functionality of a forum to me?
“* no bbsync”
If you really need to duplicate content, you could always use cp
“* not an easy install plug-in to wp. “
I’ll agree, I would have jumped for joy had this been the case. Though honestly integration (shallow or deep) really doesn’t take a whole lot of effort at all.
Have you asked the author of the plugin if s/he plans to update it? You never know, it could be in the works right now.
I have a WordPress blog I am trying to put a bbpress forum into. The install instructions are opaque to say the least, it may be simple, fast and elegant but I am very confused as where to put the files when working with WordPress. I had a forums page set up as a WordPress page, if I put bbpress into that directory all I get is a list of files and not my WordPress page. When I get to the installer it then does not recognise the Database Name, User and Password. The instructions are written with prior knowledge but not tested on the range of possible users. Any help would be great. Thanks.
