[anandasama]

It’s not a deep integration: But that’s something I will try later.

[Marius-]

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/52/pimpedforumbbpress.jpg

Spent quite a few days on this, sitting up from morning till late night. It’s a forum for my website about the late Michael Jackson. You could call it the official fanclub for Norway. I do, since I have a kickass domain.

Main color is golden (yellow-orange) links are darkred.

Using CSS3 from the future, all boxes, buttons, posts, inputs have rounded corners.

I removed all borders from the original Kakumei, since I thought that looked too messed up. I also made “Add new” button much more visible. Since this very button is the key to a growing forum. What do you all think?

[Ivaylo Draganov]

Hi, do you notice the little -moz thing in front of the CSS property? That is an internal Firefox only CSS property. IE does not support rounded borders at all (and maybe will not soon). Safari on the other hand and all other webkit based browsers (Chrome, Konqueror) do support it via their own special CSS properties.

So for Safari(and Chrome) the code will be:

-webkit-border-radius: 6px;

for Konqueror (not very widespread but anyway):

-khtml-border-radius: 6px;

and since rounded borders are a property from the upcoming CSS3, here you have the standard definition (which you should also include for the bright moment in the future when all browsers will natively support it):

border-radius: 6px;

Of course using these properties will render your CSS invalid in the W3C validator.

Extended info on CSS3 border-radius:

http://www.css3.info/preview/rounded-border/

Cheers

Pssst! But hey – is that a bbPress issue? And why post in “Installation” subforum?

[Marius-]

I don’t agree with that. I dont know shit, and still I’ve managed to set up several great websites. Thats why i chose BBpress, to not have to understand shit. Just let it drive itself.

[Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)]

I was hoping someone could do it for me.

Well there’s your problem right there

Making a theme is easy AND it won’t break the source code or become beyond repair. A theme is all HTML and CSS, with a little PHP tossed in, and not the coding kind of PHP where you have to make SQL calls. Unless you want to, of course.

Go to https://bbpress.org/documentation/themes/ for the basics. You’ll need this under your belt if you ever hope to maintain a forum without going nuts.

[Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)]

Try define( 'BBDB_HOST', '0.0.0.0' );

[gerikg]

my-templates are 750, you’re saying it should be 755? Does that apply to my-plugins too?

Anyone want to tackle my other problem? (https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpressmu-bbpress-theme)

[gerikg]

WP and BBpress Themes use (95% of the time) the same css tags. You will have to open your BBpress css and just insert and remove tags from WP css or sometimes rename the css tag.

and I think it’s <?php wp_head(); ?> in the header.php

and <?php wp_footer(); ?> in the footer.php

[gregfielding]

Help! My install failed halfway through. It asked me to manually re-define some integration fields (which were already correct). The message on the screen was that the install failed.

Now, when I go back to the forum, I get redirected to the install.php and this message appears:

“Oh dear!

bbPress is already installed.

Perhaps you meant to run the upgrade script instead?”

How do I re-install?

[johnhiler]

Good call Ipstenu… bbPress 1.0+ creates those folders itself rather than having users create them, which can lead to permissions problems:

https://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1139

[jamesb4551]

OK should be simple right? Worked when I did it locally using MAMP and all was fine, then going live uploaded and …. nothing just the ‘ERROR: Could not establish a database connection’ message.

WP is installed in the main directory and bb press is in lalala.com/forum

I’ve gone over the wp-config files and they are the same, any ideas guys?

// ** MySQL settings for BB** //

define( ‘BBDB_NAME’, ‘lalalala_live’ );

define( ‘BBDB_USER’, ‘barry’ );

define( ‘BBDB_PASSWORD’, ‘****’ );

define( ‘BBDB_HOST’, ‘localhost’, ‘0.0.0.0’ );

define( ‘BBDB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’ );

define( ‘BBDB_COLLATE’, ” );

$bb_table_prefix = ‘bb_’;

// ** MySQL settings for wordpress ** //

define(‘WP_CACHE’, true); //Added by WP-Cache Manager

define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘lalalala_live’); // The name of the database

define(‘DB_USER’, ‘barry’); // Your MySQL username

define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘****’); // …and password

define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘0.0.0.0’); // 99% chance you won’t need to change this value

define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’);

define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);

$table_prefix = ‘wp_’;

[Hic]

Hey everyone ..

I installed wp 2.7.1 French version (Last version compatible with a plugin I need)

I’m wondering, which version of BBpress with French package I may use for an easy integration …?

thanks.

[Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)]

I only used Vanilla for a couple hours. I have a knee-jerk reaction to most code and if I don’t enjoy using it right away, or have issues setting it up/themeing it how I want, it gets dumped.

And I’m not comfortable telling you strengths and weaknesses because they’re subjective. Seriously, I say it a lot but it’s true.

Me? I don’t like PMs and reporting posts, membership ‘levels’ and all that hoopla. So for me, bbPress is great because it’s small, simple and I can write plugins for it since I’m familiar with WordPress. But see how subjective that is? You may want those things and see it as a weakness that bbPress doesn’t have them.

Knowing what each products strengths and weakness will help determine if it fits needs.

I think you’re doing it backwards. Start with a list of your needs and your wants. Then go ask each place ‘Can you do this and if so, how hard is it?’

[frooyo]

@Ipstenu

So, what are bbPress strengths?

What are Vanilla’s strengths?

What are bbPress’ weaknesses?

What are Vanilla’s weaknesses?

Knowing what each products strengths and weakness will help determine if it fits needs.

[Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)]

Pratik, those BB_ definitions should be in your BB-CONFIG file, not your WP-CONFIG file Move ’em over and try again.

[Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)]

My original post is simply trying to understand *what* makes one of these forums systems better than another (pro/cons).

I’ve said this many times before: It all depends on your needs in a forum.

I’m not trying to avoid the subject, I just think it’s SO subjective that there is no answer. _ck_’s needs are different from mine, mine are different from yours. We may all have some things in common, but not all. Make a list of what’s important to you and then go find a forum that fits the bill. There is no one answer that forum A is better than B and they’re both better than C but worse than D except if you want to do foo and bar … You see how that gets weird?

I didn’t like Vanilla when I tested it, and I certainly didn’t find it easy to integrate with WordPress. In fact, their Single Sign On page says it’s still in Beta.

Also most apps talk like their competitors don’t exist not to be mean, but because it quickly turns into bashing and no one likes that. The beauty of open-source is that anyone can do anything with everything

[Ashish Kumar (Ashfame)]

Why do you have bbPress keys in your WP config file? Looks like you messed up following the tutorial. Re-try!

[nickf1195]

Hi.

I am in the process of integrating bbPress with only my WordPress theme, not login or cookies. I have placed this in bb-config.php:

<br />

if ( !defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {<br />

include_once( '../wp-config.php' );<br />

}<br />

and this in bbpressbb-templateskakumeiheader.php:

<br />

get_header();<br />

echo_css(); // function from WP theme's functions.php<br />

The WordPress header loads, but some of the CSS isn’t present from the WordPress theme when I don’t have echo_css(); in the code. The CSS is produced by the WordPress theme’s functions.php, which doesn’t appear to be loading. I can call functions from functions.php inside bbPress, including the one that outputs the CSS, but it is placed at the wrong point in the code (inside the body tag instead of head,) even though I run it immediately after get_header();. I would also like it to be flexible in the event I change the theme.

So my question is: Is there a function inside WordPress to process the functions.php? Should I be in the WordPress forum?

Thanks a lot for your time and help!

Nick

[frooyo]

@_ck_

I’m not saying that I like/dislike Vanilla more than bbPress.

Just watching that video on ReadWriteWeb, Mark makes some pretty big claims about Vanilla and it’s use.

My original post is simply trying to understand *what* makes one of these forums systems better than another (pro/cons).

I’m particular integrued as to Vanilla claims that they are the “WordPress.com of forums systems” and how they integrate soooooo easily with WordPress.

Mark, Vanilla founder, talks as though bbPress doesn’t even exist.

[Pratik Bagaria]

Well,

In my wp-config.. i cant see this line…

instead there is all this…

define( ‘BB_AUTH_KEY’, ‘*****’ );

define( ‘BB_SECURE_AUTH_KEY’, ‘*****’ );

define( ‘BB_LOGGED_IN_KEY’, *****’ );

define( ‘BB_NONCE_KEY’, ‘*****’ );

define(‘BB_AUTH_SALT’, ‘*****’);

define(‘BB_LOGGED_IN_SALT’, ‘*****’);

define(‘BB_SECURE_AUTH_SALT’, ‘*****’);

[_ck_]

Well I guess there’s a different forum program for everyone’s tastes.

Personally I’ll be sticking with bbPress as I am not particularly impressed.

Good luck with your conversion.

[frooyo]

@_ck_

According to this video interview by RedWriteWeb, Mozilla.com, OReilly.com and others use Vanilla

http://www.readwriteweb.com/readwritestart/2009/06/vanilla-forums.php

What’s interesting is the founder, Mark, goes on to call Vanilla the “WordPress of forums”

[Olaf Lederer]

While this plugin is not available on the bbpress site, I post this information here to reach as many user as possible:

Just noticed that the old version of the bbpress SEO pluging doesn’t work with the current bbpress version (1.02).

Because the old method to handle and meta keywords stopped working we did a quick update.

This is a required update for user of bbpress 1.x!

Using the old version with bbpress 1.x will result in loosing rankings search engine result pages!

What is changed:

• We fixed the code that is responsable for the meta keywords and the “noindex” option.
• Optimizations of the admin page (information, spellcheck).

Download the new version here:

http://www.finalwebsites.com/bbpress/bbpress-seo-tools.php

[OKTeaRoom]

Same problem!

WordPress 2.8.x

BBpress 1.0.2

Just did a completely clean install. No plugins even, yet…and the theme thumbnails aren’t available and when i activate any of them i just get a generic page with no css or layout of any kind.

What gives?

http://www.oktearoom.com/forum

[gregfielding]

Fixed it…Thanks!

Now I’ve got a new problem…I made it all the way through step 3 and the integration. Then, as it actually began the installation, an error message came up saying that I had to manually re-define the auth-key, secure auth-key and one other one. It said installation cancelled.

What is “re-defining?” The number sequences are right.

How do I get the installation to start again?

When I visit the install site, I get

Oh dear!

bbPress is already installed.

Perhaps you meant to run the upgrade script instead?