onel0ve, I converted a phpbb2 forum to bbpress 1.0a6 awhile back and it was quite a bit of work. You’ll need to export the entire db, then figure out which forum/topic/post ids correlate between phpbb3 and bbpress. The easiest way I found to rebuild the db in bbpress is to write some regexes that take the exported phpbb3 forum data and format it into correct sql statements to preserve the old id associations between posts/topics etc. Of course, phpbb3 and bbpress 0.9.5 are probably totally different from phpbb2 and bbpress1.0 in terms of db table format, but I remember having to combine data from several phpbb2 tables into single bbpress tables to accomplish the task. Make sure you have a test environment to build the new bbpress db on as you’ll probably need to give it a few tries and test out a few things before attempting to rebuild the entire thing.
Unless you own your server, you’ll also want to be sure to do the actual regexing (if you decide to run it in a php script for example) on your own computer (XAMPP or LAMP), because if your forums are large, that is quite a load on the server to run the regex routines that format your sql insert statements (and your hosts may not be too happy about that). I also ended up having to split up my data into several files to get it to work with a php regex.
[EDIT – I posted this AFTER atsutane posted, but that reply was in the spam queue erroneously, so this probably looks weird now that atsutane’s reply is visible 
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Did you ask for help on the plugin page?
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bbcode-buttons/page/5/
Plugin authors typically see requests there even if they don’t see them here.
But if I remember correctly, that plugin just provided the buttons. You still need to provide a bbcode plugin for your installation. Something like this? https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bbcode-lite/
The theme and version of bbPress are not causing the problem. Thanks.
@johnjamesjacoby – where does this bit of info come from:
$bb->bb_xmlrpc_allow_user_switching = true;
I’ve never installed WMPU or BuddyPress, so maybe it’s in the instructions or a config file already, but I’ve seen it referred to here a couple times and wonder where it comes from. Thanks.
@john well now i’m curious 
Hey, that’s very nice indeed!
Hi Chrishhajer,
I am using the below plugin of version for bbcode : BBcode Buttons Toolbar 0.0.9
I am using the below Theme of version:
Kakumei0.01 theta-beta by Bryan Veloso
The “revolutionized” new face of bbPress.
Installed in: Core themes -> kakumei
I am using this version of BB Press : bbpress-0.9.0.5
Please let me know if you need more information.
Thanks,
-Vikram
There is a possibility to do this now. Something is in the works to do this even more neatly eventually.
Tis true. I usually purge the bb_capabilities and apply the role map once everything is lined up, even though it’s like rinsing the dishes and then washing them in the machine.
ITguy, couple of things to check RE-buddypress. XML-RPC is turned on in both WP and BBP? Also, don’t forget to put
$bb->bb_xmlrpc_allow_user_switching = true; somewhere near the end of your bb-config.php file. That will make sure that xmlrpc can switch to your keymaster user to communicate back and forth between the two installs.
What plugin are you using to provide bbcode, and what version of bbPress are you using, and with what theme?
Just a note in passing… re-applying the role map doesn’t change the roles of any users that already have a role.
Nice, if you need help fixing your integration just let me know.
This is a bug in the RC 2 release. Grab the latest nightly build instead.
https://bbpress.org/nightly-builds/bbpress-latest.zip
i wana convert my phpbb 3.0.5 forum to bbpress 0.9.5
please help me
I thought I would show off my first completed bbPress project:
dinetoread.ie
dinetoread.ie/forums
(Note: currently the forum login integration is actually broken (see this thread) due to my hastiness to upgrade WordPress to 2.8 without finishing checking everything first.)
User registration and logging in/out is all handled through bbPress. Integration worked perfectly first time when following the invaluable basic integration screencast by sambauers.
Customisations include:
- A bbPress theme written from the ground up, to match the rest of the site.
- Extended user profiles showing “Currently reading” and favourite books (example of a full profile).
- Private profile fields for private information needed when signing up for events.
- Additional meta information on topics to optionally display the book being discussed (example on this topic).
- Reverse thread ordering option, to allow visitors and users to reverse the order of posts in a thread (persistent).
- Custom avatar uploading functionality (defaults to Gravatar).
- Basic but surprisingly effective protection against spam user registrations in the form of blocking any registration which includes a value in the URL profile field (this field is not used on the site nor shown on the registration form). It works on the premise that any registration submission that includes a value in the URL field must be an automated spam bot registration and can simply be blocked.
- A second level of spam registration protection using the StopForumSpam.com API.
All the customisations have been achieved through custom plugins, the core hasn’t been touched. All the book images and links are automatically pulled in from the Amazon Web Services API.
I’m planning on releasing a couple of the plugins I wrote for the site once I’ve tidied them up and added some comments. I’ll probably wait until bbPress 1.0 though.
Any feedback appreciated!
John, Yes, I did so (refreshing the User Role map), especially when I detected that the bb_ entries in the wp_usermeta table related to the user capabilities were ‘a:1:{s:6:”member”;b:1;}’. It did not make a difference. I had to do it manually changing user id’s role to ‘keymaster’.
ITguy, did you remember to do the user-role mapping in your bbPress WordPress integration after you had everything all lined up? I read through your above steps twice and didn’t see it there except for in step 3 before everything was working, but I did also just wake up from a pretty epic nap.
John,
I took a look at the bb_ entries in the wp_usermeta table and noticed that all entries related to the user capabilities were ‘a:1:{s:6:”member”;b:1;}’. This is rather odd since user id 1 is the admin and that should be listed as KEY MASTER. SO, looking at a old data base backup of my last working version showed the entry as ‘a:2:{s:9:”keymaster”;b:1;s:8:”throttle”;b:1;}’. So I changed it to that value for id ‘1’.
The result, everything seems to work, user integration, creation of NEW groups and forums, entering topics and replies on BOTH sites. The ONLY thing that is not working is the reactivation of my existing group discussions by toggling the ‘Enable discussion forum’ option in the group admin pane. I will stop here for today. Maybe you have a suggestion tomorrow.
There was a recent post with someone in exactly your situation.
Integration of established WP and BBPress installations
The key issue is integrating the user database first… then you can do a cookie integration fairly easily, using either ck or superann’s plugins.
Good luck!
SimpleScripts does a free install of bbPress to many hosts including GoDaddy.
http://www.simplescripts.com/script_details/script:bbPress
I cannot vouch for their quality or security and I highly recommend you change all your password afterwards, but it’s one way to get started if you have little technical knowledge.
SimpleScripts has been tested to work on the following web hosts:
(some may need manual database input)
* Bluehost
* Hostmonster
* Fastdomain
* LunarPages
* HostGator
* SiteGround
* GoDaddy
* WebHostingPad
* LiquidWeb
* StartLogic
* iPowerWeb
* Dot5Hosting
* MidPhase
* 1and1
John,
I came across your other posting ‘Integrating WPMU trunk and bbPress RC2’ and added the following to bb-press.php:
// DEEP INTEGRATION AT THE VERY TOP
// (Sam, I can see you shaking your head right now)
if ( !defined('ABSPATH') & !defined('XMLRPC_REQUEST') & !defined('BB_IS_ADMIN')) {
define('WP_USE_THEMES', false);
include_once( '/absolute/path/to/domain.com/wp-blog-header.php' );
//unset($wp_object_cache);
header("HTTP/1.1 200 OK");
header("Status: 200 All rosy") ;
}
'
and
'
// WordPress database integration speedup
$bb->wp_table_prefix = 'wp_';
$bb->wordpress_mu_primary_blog_id = 1;
$bb->user_bbdb_name = '';
$bb->user_bbdb_user = '';
$bb->user_bbdb_password = '';
$bb->user_bbdb_host = '';
$bb->user_bbdb_charset = '';
$bb->user_bbdb_collate = '';
$bb->custom_user_table = '';
$bb->custom_user_meta_table = '';
// WordPress cookie integration speedup
$bb->wp_siteurl = 'http://mydomain.com'; // no trailing slash
$bb->wp_home = 'http://mydomain.com'; // no trailing slash
$bb->cookiedomain = '';
$bb->cookiepath = '/';
$bb->authcookie = 'wordpress_HASH-FROM-FIREFOX';
$bb->secure_auth_cookie = 'wordpress_sec_HASH-FROM-FIREFOX';
$bb->logged_in_cookie = 'wordpress_logged_in_HASH-FROM-FIREFOX';
$bb->admin_cookie_path = '/SUB-DIRECTORY/bb-admin';
$bb->core_plugins_cookie_path = '/MY-SUB-DIRECTORY/bb-plugins';
$bb->user_plugins_cookie_path = '/MY-SUB-DIRECTORY/my-plugins';
$bb->sitecookiepath = '';
$bb->wp_admin_cookie_path = '/wp-admin';
$bb->wp_plugins_cookie_path = '/wp-content/plugins';
define('WP_AUTH_COOKIE_VERSION', 1);
The result being the user integration is working, HOWEVER admin no longer is recognized as ‘KEY MASTER’ nor does it know about my second bbPress user I created as administrator to be used as the user in WPMU’s Forum integration. Using the admin as that user did not solve the problem either of being able post or create topics/groups. It seems that I either get partial data integration or user integration but not both. What a mess.
BTW, I have working without any problem WPMU 2.7.1 and BudyPress 1.0.1. Trying to integrate bbPress 1.0-RC2. I had originally working WPMU 2.7.1, BuddyPress 1.0 and bbPress 1.0-Alpha-6. I should have left things alone.
You’ll find tons of useful information if you search through these forums. I’m happy to share my own experience of installing and modifying bbPress if you like. Mind you, my bbPress hasn’t so much as made eyes at WordPress, so I know nothing about integration. My email is my username at gmail.com if stand-alone is all you need.
