[guzik]

First off, I would like to say hello this community. I have been a long time supporter of WordPress, and just recently started looking into bbPress. I am very impressed with the software so far, but would like to get a couple kinks ironed out.

I run my own gaming community at http://www.irefire.com. The main page is running off of the most recent version of WordPress. Our forums used to be PHPBB and a backup of them is at http://www.irefire.com/phpbb. Our new forums are running off of the most recent version of bbPress and are located at http://www.irefire.com/forums.

I converted our phpBB3 forums to bbPress (thanks to http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/phpbb3-gt-bbpress-converter-beta-release) but I must have done something wrong since no one’s password worked. It wasn’t a big deal since the community doesn’t have too many members, and they could just reset it. Then I integrated the userbase with my WordPress blog, and all of a sudden the only users I have are the ones that were in WordPress.

All of my users are gone except for those that were in WordPress. Even then, one of them (Giraffe) has been assigned as the author of posts he never wrote. Any help as to how to get my users back and on the forums (even if they have to reset their passwords) but keep it integrated with my WordPress (so they only need one account to post on the forums and comment on the blog) would be great. If I need to just do a clean install of bbPress and try pulling over the phpBB passwords correctly this time, help would be appreciated in how to do that.

Thank you so much.

Edit: I would also like to say that I have access to and limited knowledge of phpMyAdmin. I can still see all my old phpbb users in the _pbb database. All my the wordpress users are in my _wp database. If I could just throw the users from one database to the other, would that force them as registered users on both wordpress and bbpress?

[Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)]

Did you look at all the other posts about this?

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/registration-email-not-being-sent-new-issue

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/no-emails-being-sent-anyone-solve-this-yet

https://bbpress.org/forums/tags/email

[katastrov]

Hi all,

I’ve just installed BBpress and it seems that everthing works “ok”. I’m still surprised that I have to download a plugin for so many basic things… There are minimum things that could come along with the forum such as “smileys, avatars etc”… these are standards in all forums.

Anyway, I’m asking for help because I have tried to register a test account and it seems that no mail is being sent eventhough I get the “congragulation page” saying i will receive one within minutes. I’m having my forum hosted by Yahoo web host.

Does anyone have a clue where to start troubleshooting?

Thanks a lot for your help

[anti-sec]

@johnhiler Thank you , sorry but I hadn’t time to look properly at bbpress .

@_ck_ Be serene , I’m a white hat and infosecwriter . I’m here with my personal data , ua , ip , server and corporation. Really do u see bad intentions? Yes , I need to study 0.9.x sources to confirm a vulnerability and write an exploit ( if possible , code is really good ) , however I’m for full disclosure only after vendors report and fix.

So , don’t be nervous , and thank you for attention and support .

Regards.

[Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)]

I meant show code in the forums.

This is code, it's preformatted

so that I can     space things     out funny.

AdSense For bbPress seems to be broken with bb 1.0.1, but seeing as the plugin tells you to edit your theme, you’re probably going to be best off just putting in your codes into your theme template files.

[Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)]

BuddyPress is WPMU so it’s not an ‘all three’ but a ‘both’ (there’s no extra code to log in to buddyPress vs logging into WPMU).

It sounds like the cookies being set for bbPress are ‘wrong’. Double check the Auths and salts, even going so far as to RE paste them into the bb-config. If the SALT doesn’t match, the cookies will be wrong. And do make sure that you log out, flush all your cookies (go in and delete them) and dump your cache. FireFox hangs onto logins in weird ways sometimes, and IE is worse.

You may also want to check the BuddyPress post on the issue.

Copy these from wp-config:

define('AUTH_KEY',        'blahblah');

define('SECURE_AUTH_KEY', 'blahblah');

define('LOGGED_IN_KEY',   'blahblah');

define('NONCE_KEY',       'blahblah');

define('AUTH_SALT', 'bliddyblah');

define('LOGGED_IN_SALT', 'bliddyblah');

Put them in bb-config.php with BB_ in front:

define('BB_AUTH_KEY',        'blahblah');

define('BB_SECURE_AUTH_KEY', 'blahblah');

define('BB_LOGGED_IN_KEY',   'blahblah');

define('BB_NONCE_KEY',       'blahblah');

define('BB_AUTH_SALT', 'bliddyblah');

define('BB_LOGGED_IN_SALT', 'bliddyblah');

[lamentira]

Which is the best way to learn CSS? Any easy how to?

[kickerman360]

Ok

I integrated WordPress 2.8.1 and bbPress 1.0.1 using the tutorial by Sam and it worked perfectly.

I did deep integration by adding:

if ( !defined( ‘ABSPATH’ ) ) {

include_once( ‘/path/to/wp-load.php’ );

}

*with the correct path*

And again, worked. Now I want to load both stylesheets off WordPress and bbPress. Only WordPress loads it style sheet, bbPress returns a 404.

This didn’t happen with bbPress 0.9, anyone know why this happened?

Permissions are 755 on all files and folders.

[_ck_]

Do not integrate using iframes, you can’t bookmark anything or return to specific pages via RSS

Learn a little css and just make the header and footer match.

[lamentira]

I have discovered that there is a very easy way to integrate a BBPress forum inside of a WordPress blog. I havent found anyone in the forums doing it in this way so I will explain it here.

1. Asumed that you have instaled wordpress and bbpress, and you have integrated bbpress with wordpress following the steps showed in bbpress installation process.

2. You have to go to the administration pannel in your wordpress (wp-admin)

3. Create a page named Forum. Chose HTML and include the following code:

<iframe id=”forum” name=”forum” src=”http://your_url/bbpress_folder&#8221; frameborder=”0″ framespacing=”0″ scrolling=”auto” border=”0″ style=”width:925px; height:1000px; ” >

Sorry, your browser doens’t support iframe. Please upgrade your browsers.

</iframe>

replace the bold characters for the apropiate values in your web. The number in bold is the with of your blog. In that case (I use primepress theme) it is 925

4. Now we only have to add the widget to show the page, or like in my case, the theme shows all the pages in the blog as options in the header. We only have to remove the header and the footer of the forum.

5. In your bbpress directory go to bbtemplates and make a copy of kakumei directory. You could call it noheader directory and open it.

6. Open header.php and replace this

<body id=”<?php bb_location(); ?>”>

<div id=”wrapper”>

<div id=”main”>

<div class=”search” align=”right”>

<?php search_form(); ?>

</div>

<?php if ( bb_is_profile() ) profile_menu(); ?>

with this

<body id=”<?php bb_location(); ?>”>

<div id=”wrapper”>

<div id=”main”>

<div class=”search” align=”right”>

<?php search_form(); ?>

</div>

<?php if ( bb_is_profile() ) profile_menu(); ?>

7. Open footer.php and delete this section

<div id=”footer” role=”contentinfo”>

<p><?php printf(__(‘%1$s is proudly powered by bbPress.’), bb_option(‘name’), “http://bbpress.org&#8221;) ?></p>

<!– If you like showing off the fact that your server rocks –>

<!– <p class=”showoff”>

<?php

global $bbdb;

printf(

__( ‘This page generated in %s seconds, using %d queries.’ ),

bb_number_format_i18n( bb_timer_stop(), 2 ),

bb_number_format_i18n( $bbdb->num_queries )

);

?>

</p> –>

</div>

<?php do_action(‘bb_foot’); ?>

8. Open style.css and delete this

#wrapper {

background: #fff url(‘images/page_header_tile.png’) repeat-x 0px -15px;

}

9. You can add the reference a bbpress.org in the wordpress footer.

Hope this help

You can see the result here http://www.lamentiraestaahifuera.com

This is the forum page:

http://www.lamentiraestaahifuera.com/?page_id=45

[_ck_]

Both bbPress and WordPress can be integrated so the login is shared.

With bbPress 0.9 you will need special plugins to use WP 2.7 or 2.8

bbPress 1.0 can share the login with WP 2.7 or 2.8 without plugins.

However many plugins do not yet work with 1.0, so keep that in mind.

Real names as an option is nice but I’d hate to see it mandatory as some countries are trying to do. My experience is that people either have manners or they don’t, real names, in person, online or otherwise won’t stop rude people much. The problem is once your real name is online, your employer or in the USA your health insurance can use anything you say against you, no matter how innocent it might be.

But that doesn’t change the fact you should be able to use your native characters in bbPress and WordPress if you wish

I’m curious if the user login plugin above will also allow you to use your name with the login and not just the Display Name.

Note that bbPress 1.0 also allows you to login via your email address once you are registered. There is a plugin for 0.9 that does the same thing.

[Göran]

Thank you for fast and helpful answer. I have seen display names mentioned before but I did not understand how to use them. I now found I can change my display name in my profile and chose my full name or parts of it as display name.

I have not yet tried to integrate a WordPress web site with a bbPress forum. Is it now possible to let users log in once to both? Or at least use the same user name and password for both? Can the display name option be used in both?

[_ck_]

If you are using bbPress 1.0, you can use a display name instead of your user login name, and the display name can be anything in the UTF8 character set.

There is also a workaround for bbPress 0.9 that might also work on 1.0 that removes all restrictions for the user login. It’s not been well tested to my knowledge but apparently works. I’ll try to find it for you.

Here it is, try this:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/accents-in-username#post-19037

[Göran]

I have been looking forward to the release of bbPress 1.0 since I thought that users at last would be able to use usernames with diacritic characters like my own name Göran. To my disappointment this is not so. I installed bbPress 1.0.1 and when trying to register as a user with the name Göran it was suggested (in Swedish) that I chose the name Gran instead.

Please suggest a solution! This is a major drawback for a simple and useful forum. It must concern a lot of forums with users that have names that not conform to English spelling.

I have raised this question with earlier versions of bbPress but never recieved any useful solution. I run a forum where I have to tell users that they cannot use their real names. Other Swedish forums do the same. Please help!

[birdy404]

here’s a link to the plugin i downloaded: https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/terms-of-service/

[grassrootspa]

@andywilliams244 Try this for a nifty nav bar that shows at the very top of your site (maybe use this at the very top of both your WordPress and bbPress site?):

1) Check this link out: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic55647.html

2) What you want to do is make a really simple PHP file, lets call it “andybar.php” (if you have trouble making one copy one of your .php bbpress files and rename it)

3) Copy the code from that page into the php file. (you probably want to open with Notepad or Wordpad)

4) Fill in the links how you want them to be, like:

<li><a href="http://www.andywebsite.com">ANDY_WEBSITE</a></li>

5) Save the php file and upload it into the folder of your theme.

6) Put this in the header where you want the bar to display:

<?php bb_head(); ?>

<?php include('andybar.php');?>

<br>

</head>

7) The bar should appear at the very top of your bbPress site. You can easily change the colors with the CSS inside that one php file.

You might need to play with the bbPress CSS if there is a spacing issue above or below the bar. Hope this helps!

[johnhiler]

You can download the archive here:

https://bbpress.org/dl-archive/bbpress-0.9.0.5.zip

It’s currently very difficult to find and download old releases. We’re hoping the powers that be create a release archive for old versions linked from the bbPress download page…

[birdy404]

Ipstenu, here are links to the plugins i’ve used:

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/adsense-for-bbpress/#post-2573

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/simple-google-adsense/#post-1576

btw, what are backsticks?

[deanes02]

I put define( 'WP_AUTH_COOKIE_VERSION', 1 ); in bb-config, but I still have the same problem.

I can log into WPMU, BuddyPress and bbPress all with the same credentials. Logging into any of them doesn’t log me out of any of the others.

When I log into WPMU or BuddyPress, I am logged into both of them but not bbPress. IF I am logged out of all three, when I log into bbPress I am only logged into bbPress. I can log into bbPress and WPMU seperately and I remain logged into both.

If I am logged into both WPMU and bbPress, I can log out of one but remain logged into the other.

I am presuming I should just be able to log into any of the three and be logged into ALL three?

Thanks for your help above (I’ve cleared the cache and checked my settings again and again

Any more ideas?

[anti-sec]

Hi bbpress staff and coders ,

I want to ask u the bbpress 0.9.x latest pack ( 0.9.5 ) . Currently I need to study the code of this previous version for security pourpose , and I would be very glad to u if can provide my request .

Sorry for nuisance .

Regards.

[dz7]

Still trying to figure this out–I think I just need to find the place where bbPress finds out the ID of the current user, and insert my own function.

I looked in class.wp-auth.php as well as pluggable.php. As a test, I tried changing the validate_auth_cookie and get_current_user functions to “return XXXXX” in order to login user XXXXX automatically, but it didn’t work. I’m not sure if I’m changing the right functions, or if I’m returning the wrong information.

Is the ID number enough information to log a user in?

Where does it need to be provided?

There are a number of old threads with similar questions, but it seems like nobody has found an answer…

Thanks again!

[Rhys Wynne]

If you’re familiar with ReCAPTCHA I’ve written a plugin that integrates this spam prevention tool with bbPress.

It’s still waiting to go into the SVN, but you can download it here – http://www.gospelrhys.co.uk/plugins/bbpress-plugins/recaptcha-bbpress-plugin

I’ve tested this on a 0.9 site, and it’s completely eliminated spam (since Sunday…at least!)

[Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)]

Don’t rename bb-config-sample.

Finally, I have also created the database in phpMyAdmin. Of course there’s 0 tables.

That’s fine You have to create the DB before bbPress can connect to it. bbPress doesn’t make the DB for you (any more than WordPress does so this should be familiar).

You should be able to run the install now, though make sure bbPress can write to the bbpress folder, so it can create the bb-config.php file as it goes (you can remove the access later).

[katastrov]

Hi everyone,

I’ve successfully installed PHPBB3 forums, WordPress blogs etc etc… and somehow, I’m having a nightmare installing BBpress…

I’m not a coding/IT guru but I’m not a beginner either so this makes the thing even more frustrated. By wanting to make the installation process easy, the description lacks a lot of details I believe. Here’s what I have:

– Yahoo web hosting

– MySQL Server version: 4.1.14

– MySQL client version: 3.23.49

– phpMyAdmin latest version

Steps:

1. download bbpress

2. upload it to gufugumu.com/bbpress

3. go to the url gufugumu.com/bbpress -> installation window appears fine

4. Step1 – fill the information

– Database name : guillos

– Database user : admin

– Database password : *********

Then comes the famous error : “There was a problem connecting to the database you specified. Please check the settings, then try again.”

So I can’t pass step1. I then look in the forum but could not find anything usefull. One would expect that installing a forum should not require advanced PHP or MySQL knowledge. This is quite annoying.

Also, if I try to remove the “-sample” from the “bb-config-sample.php” then I get the error message “ERROR: Could not establish a database connection”. Finally, I have also created the database in phpMyAdmin. Of course there’s 0 tables.

Any help would be extremly nice as I’m about to give up and go for PHPBB3…

Thanks in advance

[Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)]

Check out https://bbpress.org/documentation/themes/

Basically you’ll make a new theme, but bbPress acts like a child theme, in that if you don’t specify something, it uses the default from the Kakumei templates. Once you get in there, it starts to make sense and feel elegant.