WordPress is working great. I had a couple of minor config details on the install, but it went in marvelously.
I know what the problem is. It’s bb_repermalink. It’s creating 404s and endless loops because the code inside it can’t handle the way SunOS sets up it’s system variables. The problem is, I don’t know what the stupid thing is supposed to do, so I cant figure out if the code is fixed or broken (and of course there are exactly zero tech docs on either it or bbPress). There are some REALLY strange regex replace operations in there that frankly look wrong to me, but I don’t know enough about bb at the moment to know how to fix them.
I’m going to completely disable repermalink tomorrow, and see if I can get the rest of the system to work without it. I tried that a bit ago and at least got past the first page. (although it told me, when I clicked on one of the forums it was displaying that the forum didn’t exist. At least that’s better than 404s and infinite loops.)
Not caring about SunOS is shortsighted in my view, and calling the current code ‘Golden’ would be a mistake. What I’m seeing in bb_permalink is going to cause major problems in tons of non-Sun machines, I believe. If they release 1.0 the way it is, I predict it will crash on a large percentage of WP users’ machines and engender a great deal of dissatisfaction as a result.
My 2c, for what it’s worth.
Ah I see you’ve been going back and forth with Sam in trac:
https://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1126
It looks like he moved it into the version 1.5 milestone… not sure what that means priority wise. But it sounded like he was saying that SunOS support isn’t a priority on the official roadmap. But developer support isn’t the only path here – someone may be able to come up with a plugin to add Solaris support! Especially if we can define exactly what the issue is.
Right now probably isn’t the best time to get bandwidth from Sam, since bbPress 1.0 seems to be in the process of going gold in the next week or so.
Just out of curiosity – does WordPress have any issues running on Solaris?
Yes – Correct. I have tried it several ways. As per your example, I renamed the folders to “mikes-kakumei” and received the same error.
What is the reason the file cannot be edited in “bb-templates” I made a crude attempt at it today at http://www.volleyballnh.com/forums/bbpress/
@johnhiler, I have two test environments.
One is on my localbox, which doesn’t have WP_CACHE enabled.
The second is my development server, which has WP_CACHE enabled.
I should add that I’m using deep integration between WPMU 2.7.1 and bbPress 1.0 alpha 6.
The problem only occurs on the development server, which leads me to infer that it only happens when WP_CACHE is enabled. However, I’ll turn WP_CACHE off and let you know what happens.
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@sambauers, BuddyPress + WPMU 2.7.1 + bbPress integration works really well on bbPress 1.0 alpha 6 (cookies and all). I haven’t upgraded because I’m afraid I will break integration somehow.
If I were to upgrade, it will be when bbPress reaches version 1 status and when other BP developers can test out all the kinks involved with integration.
Well… I beat my head against this wall the whole day and got exactly nowhere. bbPress still is broken, now after over two days… and frankly, I have no idea at the moment how to fix it.
@Sam
Does your message imply that if we use trunk, then WordPress static caching will work in bbPress?
Thanks
i just reinstalled bbpress after deleting all database tables with prefix bb.
It was easy as i had no content in forum.
Thanx
That’s awesome! great work. How did you geotag your posts/info? I’ve been looking for a bbPress geotag plugin.
I won’t be able to get to bbPress Live until after 1.0 is released. Hopefully that’s in a couple of days.
You should really move to a newer version, preferably trunk.
Right, that works fine too. It wasn’t so much about bbPress but about running WordPress in a different folder than the webroot. Got it.
I know it’s a long shot, but has anyone out there had the misfortune of dealing with YAF before?
Recently I volunteered to move and fix an install of YetAnotherForum.NET, and after looking under the hood, I’d really like to scrap YAF and move it to just about any other forum software, especially a platform that could be migrated to bbPress.
Any mad scientists with wild ideas?
I’ll be glad to PayPal someone $20 to add a simple navigation header to my forums.
My main site is at http://www.jawsurgeryblog.com
I would like a similar header, doesn’t have to be perfect, but simply include the logo and navigation links, at the top of my forums here:
http://www.jawsurgeryblog.com/forums/
Just let me know which wordpress and bbpress files you would need, unless you can do it all via View Source, then as soon as it’s up and running, I’ll PayPal the $20 right away.
If you need anything else, just let me know.
Thanks,
Brandon
http://www.jawsurgeryblog.com/contact-me/
If you turn off WP_CACHE, does the error go away?
I forgot to mention that this error appears on the front page of bbPress.
If I enter a forum or topic, the error is gone.
Any idea how I can troubleshoot these errors?
Thanks for the link Ipstenu. I guess I wasn’t thinking along the right lines, as it needs to be done in the browser, not on the bbPress PHP side. I’m not sure how to implement that JavaScript and HTML code, but I’ll give it a go sometime soon. It’d be nice if the CSS TextArea had a setting for that, wouldn’t it?
I’m … not sure. Can you show me what you have in bb-templates and my templates? I’m assuming it’s this:
/public_html/bbpress/bb-templates/kakumei
/public_html/bbpress/bb-templates/kakumei-blue
/public_html/bbpress/my-templates/kakumei
/public_html/bbpress/my-templates/kakumei-blue
If so, rename the folders under my-templates to something like ‘my-kakumei’.
chrishajer – Not exactly.
I NEVER put WP in the root, after (in the 1.* days) it pitched a hissy fit with another web app over permalinks and htaccess. And since you can run WP out of root while having it in a subfolder, and no one can tell the difference, it works rather well.
I have this:
/var/www/example/index.php <which points to the wordpress folder>
/var/www/example/wordpress/<wordpress files>
accessible here http://www.example.com/ and here http://www.example.com/wordpress/wp-admin
/var/www/example/bbpress/
accessible here http://www.example.com/bbpress/
With this, once I got my auth keys in order, it worked fine. I’m not saying it can’t be done your way (and hey, if it works, leave it alone! 
), I’m just saying that I’ve seen it cause more headaches.
It sounds like you lost your Keymaster access.
You can restore it with this plugin:
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/fix-admin-access/
Yeah, I think I’ll just get WordPress 2.7 and Unstable version of BBpress so I don’t have to deal with crap. Not like 2.8 has anything major to offer anyway.
bbPress Live claims on its download page to only be compatible up to 2.6.2. I tried it anyway, and it did not work. The widgets did not function at all, and the template functions did not pull any forum data.
bbPress Live works fine with 2.8 unless you’re doing deep integration. As for with deep integration, I’m not sure if the error is with my files or with the plugin itself. I have discussed it with Sam. But unless you’re doing deep integration, Live works with 2.8.
I was using it until I decided to change the look of my website. When I went to PixoPoint’s Theme Generator, it called for having deep integration. And since I’m far too busy right now (I’m not a coder or anything like that for a living.. I’m a mother), I didn’t feel like doing all the work arounds to get the same functionality as I had previously. But if you have a bbPress that doesn’t need deep integration, I highly recommend bbPress Live.
I use bbPress 1.0-rc-3 and WP 2.8. I’m not sure if this is a problem or not. Here is what’s going on…
I installed bbpress this afternoon and things went fairly well. I followed Sam’s screencast on intergrating bbpress with my WP site. (which is superb!) After following the instructions exactly, I could not get to my WP dashboard. (Though I could login) I deleted the “bbpress Integration” plugin and removed the lines it had me put in wp-config.php. I could then get to my dashboard, and logging into my site or forum logged me into the other. (logging out worked too)
I added a “Forum” page to my site that when clicked redirects the user to my forum. I discovered recently that when I log into my website and click the “Forum” link to administer my forum… I am logged in as I should be, but I cannot access my bbpress Admin page. (I can access the bbpress Admin page when I log directly into the forum as well as when I log into my site and type the forum URL into the address bar. Just not by clicking the link on my site.)
Do you think it because I am not using the “bbpress Integration” plugin or is there a different problem with my installation?
My site is at http://www.tracyandcarol.com/
I have been searching and searching for a solution to this but cannot find anything having similar issues. I recently installed wpmu, buddypress & bbpress and have it all integrated for the most part. The problem is when I go t the bbpress admin panel most of the functionality is gone.
All I see on the left side navigation is Forums, Topics, Posts & Users. I have no way of activated plugins or themes and whatever else there is to do(it’s been so many days I forget what all was there). I tried to browse to plugins.php and it just redirects me back to the forum homepage.
Anybody experience anything similar?
