Any word on whether this converter works for phpBB3 v3.0.5 and bbpress v1.0? (asking before trying!)
Thanks,
~Andrew~
I think gautam2011 means outputting the path to bbPress’ plugin URL directory.
Is there a constant variable like WP_PLUGIN_URL?
I’m looking for this too! I’m porting a WP plugin over.
[EDIT]
Found it! It’s in bb-settings.php
The variable is BB_PLUGIN_URL.
Simple as that!
Thanks r-a-y, thanks Jason_JM…
I am now convinced that I need to go straight to WP MU 2.7.1 instead of upgrading to regualr WP 2.8
The thing is that I have a running site with bbPress alpha 6 integrated and didn’t figure out the best way to switch to a WP MU + BuddyPress + bbPress 1.0 configuration.
Anyway, you’re right I should make another post for it, but where? WordPressforum? bbPress forum (here)? BuddyPress forum?

The biggest trouble I am having now is to figure out how can I test all thenew configuration and set up leaving the existing site running and than switch to the new congfig, when I see that everything works properly. Copy the existing into a subfolder and with anew database? Mmmh…
All I am saying is if a security problem is found with 0.9 it should be addressed until the end of 2010. Based on WP and bbPress history that will probably happen once or twice a year. Otherwise feel free to let 0.9 gather dust.
Given the development speed of bbPress (slow) this is not unreasonable. We seem to be fairly split between 6 and 18 months, and I’d split the diff at 12 months, if it comes down too it.
I have some questions about translation files.
1 Who can upload .po and .mo files?
2 How we can report “bugs” in translations?
3 Who decide is this a bug or not? Some specific knowledge is needed, but http://svn.automattic.com/bbpress-i18n/pot/tags/ is the official place for download …
Yeah, I believe it’s advisable to use the same database name for an integrated wordpress/bbpress install. bbPress does support using a database name different than an integrated wordpress install, but then your server would have to connect to two different databases (instead of reusing a single connection) when running bbPress. For that reason, I would advise using the same database name.
Sorry Jason_JM, I’m not on SSL or subdomains.
+1 on WPMU 2.7.1, BuddyPress 1.0.2 and bbPress 1.0.
No issues… yet!
If anyone can get WPMU 2.7.1 + BB1.0 working with:
– SSL
– Subdomains
– main Blog is the root of the mu install
Let me know because out of the box I don’t think it’s possible. What am I doing wrong?
Is is advisable to use the shared database between wordpress and bbpress?
At the moment, WP and WPMU are separately maintained. But there are plans to merge the two codebases into one, don’t expect that in the next couple of months. More like next year sometime.
So if you’re planning on using BuddyPress in a few months, I would recommend getting acquainted with WPMU 2.7.1 since it works with the latest version of BuddyPress. This is just my advice, but I wouldn’t upgrade to WP 2.8.
Moving over from WP to WPMU is not that straightforward. You have to do a number of things in order to get things right.
Since this is straying away from the original topic, create a new thread about this and others can chime in.
Ok, yeah… The thing is that I am running a regular WP 2.7.1 and I wanted to upgrade to 2.8.
Now, snce I know that in a couple of monthe I’ll need BuddyPress integration to my site, my question is: should I upgrade to regular 2.8 and than switch to WP MU 2.7.1 to integrate BuddyPress.
Actually, I am confused by the fact that WP is now 2.8 while WP MU is 2.7.1, and don’t know if it’s a good idea to go from WP2.8 to WP MU 2.7.1.
Otherwise, I post this here, because I got a bbPress forum up (alpha 6) with the current site, and wanted to upgrade to WP 2.8 and bbPress 1.0…
I hope sometime soon WP, WP MU, bbPress, BuddyPress will install and work one in another in an easier way.
@bb-gian
It totally depends on your needs.
If you need WPMU for multi-user blogs now, then upgrade.
If you don’t need multi-user blogs now, then don’t upgrade.
i need that,i’m running a punbb1.2 forum.
You can submit plugins here:
https://bbpress.org/plugins/forum/requests
Once they’re approved, you’ll get a bbPress URL for your plugin.
I am a big fan of bbPress. One thing that has been missing has been in depth documentation. With that in mind, I have created an un-official bbPress Codex. You are welcome and encouraged to add to and help edit the information there.
It is currently rather raw and incomplete, but with help we can get going.
I am creating a bbPress Plugin (actually editing a wordpress plugin). I want to get the plugin url link. How to get that? I am stuck there…….
Considering that I need to upgrade my WP 2.7.1 site into WP MU in the near future, is it worth it to upgrade to WP 2.8 already?
Ah, that may have been the issue. Are you guys using the latest version of Hidden Forums (v 0.0.9)? There was a patch for a related issue there (this patch is incorporated into the latest version of Hidden Forums):
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/hidden-forums/page/5/#post-3412
This fixed my pagination…
WordPress & bbPress can be made to use the same database with shared user tables. bbPress requires at least MySQL 4.0
Nothing special to be done if you are using bbPress 1.0 as position-1 will be added as a div id to the first post in each thread.
So you only need to add something like
#position-1 .threadpost { background: #FF9; }
to your theme css file to style the first post.
i’ve deleted login, registration and edit profile on bbpress, so i’m using only the wp plugin to reverse password to md5…seems work good