Non – wordpress / bbpress owned sites I believe.
1: http://www.g-loaded.eu/2007/04/25/bbpress-for-wordpress/
2: http://www.iterating.com/products/bbPress
3: http://adrianshort.co.uk/2008/10/26/246/
Mind you – to get information those 3party sources usually source their information from the original website… go figure!! ^.^
We need your help to get the bbPress page reinstated on Wikipedia!
Sadly, the bbPress page was deleted last August:
http://ckon.wordpress.com/2008/08/08/wikipedia-overlords-delete-bbpress-page/
The reasons given for the deletion included this: “Fails WP:RS as sources are self published.”
The “WP:RS” notation is short for “WikiPedia:Reliable Sources”: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RS
“Wikipedia articles should rely primarily on reliable, third-party, published sources (although reliable self-published sources are allowable in some situations – see below). Reliable sources are credible published materials with a reliable publication process; their authors are generally regarded as trustworthy or authoritative in relation to the subject at hand. How reliable a source is depends on context. As a rule of thumb, the more people engaged in checking facts, analyzing legal issues, and scrutinizing the writing, the more reliable the publication.”
In other words, most of the references cited were hosted on bbpress.org:
http://deletionpedia.dbatley.com/w/index.php?title=BbPress_(deleted_31_Jul_2008_at_00:19)#External_links
I’d like to recreate the bbPress page on WikiPedia, but this time with a bunch of “reliable, third-party, published sources”. I did a bunch of Googling though, and most of the mentions of bbPress were on blogs.
Has anyone seen reviews or mentions of bbPress in non-blog sources? If so, please post a link here… thanks!
How relevant is the above linked guide?
Will it still work with current wordpress and bbpress versions?
If not… is there a guide for converting WP theme –> BBP Theme?
If it doesn’t happen automatically by naming a page the same as your directory, then just use one of the page redirect plugins to direct the page to your bbPress installation. No need to rip it out and start over.
I’ve only seen the index.php permalink problem on Windows servers. What sort of server are you on?
It didn’t redirect in 2.8RC2, even with the slug, however I am having problems with the permalinks showing index.php as part of them. I might just have to rip out WP and bbPress and start again (not a bother since the site I used them on its not even off the ground yet).
~Andrew~
Hi,
I just installed bbPress “out of the box” without any site-specific changes (the website isn’t officially launched): http://forums.horrid.org.uk
~Andrew~
Did you integrate with WordPress? If so, this plugin can help restore keymaster access after an integration:
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/fix-admin-access/
Good luck!
use the RC-1 version of bbpress if you want to integrate the two
use the RC-1 version of bbpress if you want to integrate the two
Ok, I’ve implemented a quick / dirty fix:
In bbpress/bp-admin/install.php, change line 196 from:
$bb_install->input_text(‘user_bbdb_password’, ‘password’);
to
$bb_install->input_text(‘user_bbdb_password’);
Yes, yes they can. You should NEVER have blank lines outside the wrapping <?php ... ?> (they cause all sorts of weirdness)
Good catch, magicgirl.
Hey,
Hmm, frustrating isn’t it? I can’t offer anything else I’m afraid. Cleared your cookies and tried again? I guess that’s the obvious stuff…
“secure_auth_salt” doesn’t show up unless you’ve configured WordPress for SSL stuffs (apparently).
Sorry I can’t help anymore!
it seems i have no secure_auth_salt listed in options.php :S
@byles; ive replaced all security codes a few times
I’ve got the exact same problem, and it’s driving me mad.
I’ve tried to get this working on several fresh installs and it just ain’t happening!
Update: Oh! Fixed! I went to wp-admin/options.php and changed the salts to something else (button mashed), and updated those in bbpress too, and now it works. Don’t quite understand why nobody mentions this in any of the tutorials… Never mind 
Yes, you should create a page with the same name as the directory where you installed bbPress. So, if you installed bbPress in a directory called /forums/ create a page called “Forums” with a slug of “forums” and WordPress will use that directory before it ever shows your blank page.
If that does NOT work, there are simple plugins to redirect any WordPress Page to a URL, so you could use one of those if you wanted to do that instead.
With bbPress you don’t access bb-admin directly. You log in with your keymaster account, and next to your name, if you are truly a keymaster (or someone with admin capabilities) you have a link to Admin. Click that and you are in the bbPress admin. If you don’t have that link, then the account you logged in with is no the keymaster account.
What version of bbPress are you talking about, and are the logins integrated with WordPress?
empty lines can`t make a difference
After I set up the db settings in bb-config.php the forum works like a breeze.
The only trouble is I cannot access the admin module of bbPress.
Any attempt to access /bb-admin/ files redirects me to /bb-press/ directory via my browser.
MANY thanks for any help, I ve been really stuck here..
Many thanks John, this is awesome advice.
i`ve updated the integration plugin
but it`s still not working
Congratulations on bringing bbPress to 1.0 RC1! I am a big fan of bbPress, appreciate this positive and helpful community, the great codebase, the ease of installation and customizatoin, and the overall more “bloggy” feel of the forums, rather than most forum software which feels a lot more like a 1990’s bulletin board.
I’ve looked over past postings about the 1.0 series and about releases in general. I’ve read that 1.0 is based off of BackPress, that it integrates with newer versions of WordPress, that it supports a new plugin for WordPress called “bbPress Live.” What else is of note? (and out of curiosity, what did not make the cut?
With 1.0 on the horizon, can you please summarize some of the key features/changes in 1.0?
I wasn’t aware of the event till just now, thanks for the heads up. I think I just talked my GF in to letting me go alone too.
I’ll be at WordCamp San Francisco all day Saturday, 30 May 2009 and also at the developer day on the 31st at the Automattic Lounge.
If you have problems with bbPress, be it installation, integration, theming or anything then you’ll find me most of the Saturday sitting on the “Genius” Bar.
On the Sunday I intend to do an intro to bbPress for developers as well as a brainstorming session for bbPress to help set some directions for the future. I’m hoping that on the day I can find a few people who are keen to get involved in the project.
If you’d like to come along to either event then you need to hurry as registration is being closed very soon.
I agree with you – the bb_die error page should be pluggable (or at least themable). This has been complained about in the past:
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/styling-404-page#post-20417
but the developers de-prioritized it:
https://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/690
It’s really embarrassing to me to host forums that show this un-themed page whenever bb_die is called. In the meantime, I may hack the core in the manner ck suggested.
