[nickaster]

Should I install bbpress in the same directory as wordpress (I’m planning to integrate them somewhat). Or does it matter at all?

[benjamincano]

My problems is described below, trying to integrate buddypress 1.0, WPMU 2.7.1 and bbpress latest alpha. Im doing it according to the buddypress forum isntallation (without the cookies since its not needed) but i get this error over and over, Ive tried all the forums and possible solutions over a 100 times (no joke) would anyone please help?

DB Error in bb_install::process_form_finalise_installation: Table ‘db62393_fabricadesuenos_comunidad.wp_options’ doesn’t exist

SELECT option_value FROM wp_options WHERE option_name = ‘auth_salt’ LIMIT 1

DB Error in bb_install::process_form_finalise_installation: Table ‘db62393_fabricadesuenos_comunidad.wp_options’ doesn’t exist

SELECT option_value FROM wp_options WHERE option_name = ‘secure_auth_salt’ LIMIT 1

DB Error in bb_install::process_form_finalise_installation: Table ‘db62393_fabricadesuenos_comunidad.wp_options’ doesn’t exist

SELECT option_value FROM wp_options WHERE option_name = ‘logged_in_salt’ LIMIT 1

Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /nfs/c04/h02/mnt/62393/domains/comunidad.fabricadesuenos.net/html/foro/bb-includes/backpress/class.bpdb.php:293) in /nfs/c04/h02/mnt/62393/domains/comunidad.fabricadesuenos.net/html/foro/bb-includes/functions.bb-core.php on line 838

[johnhiler]

Hey Kevin! I completely agree on the 0.9 compatibility… Nightgunner5 was kind enough to convert his moderator suite plugin to also support v 0.9!

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/what-do-you-consider-an-important-action#post-28517

I’ve installed and tested it on three separate 0.9 bbPress installs, and it’s working great.

[kevinjohngallagher]

Looking good Nightgunner5, and great to see you back.

While possibly a little self serving, i’d strongly suggest doing our upmost to make this plugin work for 0.9 for a number of reasons:

1) 0.9 is officially the stable branch and has been for over 9 months now.

2) 1.0.6alpha is nowhere near being the beta.

3) The next alpha is going to break alot of functions and plugins, to the point that _ck_ has already stated she’s not going to fix her plugins from 1.0.7a -> 1RC1 at the earliest. Aiming this code for 1.0.6a, is probably going to give you more work in the long run.

4) I know that Sam has posted on the blog that the proposed function changes might not happen now, but there’s still alot of open tickets out there; and alot of works been done on BBpress since 1.0.6a alpha in January. Add in to that all the work done for “talkpress”, and there’s no way the next version is goin to be near RC1 level.

5) WordPress 2.8 is coming with a new authentication system (yes new to 2.5 and 2.6/2.7’s authentication system), so even if we do get a new release of BBpress at the same time, there’s a whole bunch of coding to be done and tested as an alpha – let alone having the 1.0.beta released at the same time.

Either way, and with the best will in the world, 0.9 is going to be the “stable” release of BBpress for at least the summer. Today’s the 2nd of May, and we’ve not seen an update to 1.0.6a. If 1.0.7 is released on Monday, we’ll have at least 4 weeks of user reports and bug fixes before the next release. If that’s the beta and not not another alpha release, then we’ll have a few weeks of testing/fixing before an RC, and then at least a week before the final release.

Obviously it’s GREAT that you’re building this plugin, and from what i’ve read – it looks ace ( I’m about to install at home in a few minutes), but given the very changeable nature of alpha’s, it’s probably wise to focus more on 0.9 computability; and then making a version1 port when it’s in beta or release candidate. Just my two cents mate.

[johnhiler]

I know what you mean kevin… that drove me crazy too!

Try this plugin by ck – it lets you click checkboxes and select batch actions, like marking a bunch of messages all at once as spammed or deleted:

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/mass-edit/

[kevinjohngallagher]

This was one of the things i had to get used to with BBpress that i think is very weird.

Why are moderator functions on the front end, but not in the admin section?

On one of my forums, i try and keep a very tight ship, making sure things are in the right section, and having the ability to click a check box and selecting “move to—>” would speed up moderation by a considerable factor.

[paultjuh2]

Im trying to install bbpress.

I downloaded the files, and uploaded them to my server.

I get an error at /bb-admin/install.php: “There doesn’t seem to be a bb-config.php file. This usually means that you want to install bbPress. “.

I tried a empthy bb-config.php file, no succes.

Hope some1 can help.

[Ben L.]

He did post a link, but if you don’t want to click it: http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/8066/blankbutton.png

The button’s html value is blank. It’s not CSS.

Here’s the code to load the text for the button: https://trac.bbpress.org/browser/tags/0.9.0.4/bb-admin/class-install.php#L602

[Ben L.]

Check the bottom of your modlog.php to see if it’s the same as the bottom of https://plugins-svn.bbpress.org/bbpress-moderation-suite/trunk/modlog.php

Also, the messages that are already logged won’t change.

[Ben L.]

Bavatars is ready!

[johnhiler]

Yah I can do all that account stuff myself… it’s just starting to take a half hour a day or so, so was starting to think about self-serve options…

[Ben L.]

You can deactivate accounts in the profile editing screen if you’re an administrator or keymaster.

[johnhiler]

Thanks for the feedback!

I guess for the username/password stuff, I’m just mentioning what we get emails from our users about. We get requests almost every day from users who forgot their username or want to reset their password.

Rather than deleting the account, maybe a username shutdown would be a good compromise? The account would have signin disabled, and the profile would show “this username has been shut down”. Old comments from that user would still appear on the site, and link to the “shut down” profile page.

[johnhiler]

Thanks for the feedback!

I guess for the username/password stuff, I’m just mentioning what we get emails from our users about. We get requests almost every day from users who forgot their username or want to reset their password.

Rather than deleting the account, maybe a username shutdown would be a good compromise? The account would have signin disabled, and the profile would show “this username has been shut down”. Old comments from that user would still appear on the site, and link to the “shut down” profile page.

[Ben L.]

Other than changing and deleting their own username, those are all great ideas! Changing usernames messes up lots of code, and deleting your own account?!

The Role Manager has been submitted to the bbPress Plugin Repository – in some future version, it will have 0.9 compatibility (if 1.0 isn’t released first).

The BuddyPress PM plugin is for WordPress MU, not bbPress, so you’d be switching over from a forum to a blog hosting social network. The existing PM plugin probably needs to be scrapped — it would be easier to start over (for me, at least), but importing the old data would help everyone that had Private Messaging installed.

The avatars plugin (in my opinion) is doing the right thing the wrong way. By making the plugin a “real plugin” (no editing core files, no putting files into other directories) and splitting the avatars into separate folders, the plugin would be a lot better.

As for resetting passwords, or for that matter, the entire password system of bbPress as a whole, the idea is already being discussed.

[johnhiler]

A good role manager would be awesome. Right now I have to create a new plugin every time I create a new Role… kind of a pain.

If someone took the existing PM code and then refactored it and removed security holes… that would be huge. It’d be particularly awesome if it used the same database model, so the old PM’s were still readable! I’ve heard BuddyPress is working on a PM plugin, so I was considering just switching over to that (if I could use it without installing BuddyPress).

The Avatars plugin out there is hard to configure (there are at least 3 separate files you have to install in different places), and it dumps all avatars in a single folder (not sure if that scales). It’d be fantastic if someone could clean that up.

Fundamentally, bbPress needs better user account management. Users can’t easily reset their passwords or look up their usernames… and there’s no ability to change or delete your own username. Those would be huge additions.

Thanks for asking!!

[Ben L.]

Okay, I’ll try another, less confusing question.

What features are missing from bbPress that in your opinion, a good forum software should have?

(Can a mod please add that to my first post?)

[Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)]

Yes but defining ‘better’ is really subjective!

Look, better for ONE of my sites is a barebones bb. Better for the other is Invision. It has to do with what you, as an admin, want to support, what kind of users you have, what you need to integrate your site with, etc etc etc.

In short: Any answer you get will be based on the specific individual needs.

You’re never going to get a definitive answer. Instead, you need to ask a better question: “What features do you feel are important in forum software?” Then you get a list of the default features in each board software and list them all.

From THAT, you can make a breakdown of ‘Who handles which plugin better?’ and have multi-choice.

Which would kind of be a cool app to help people pick the right forum software, but it still rolls back to ‘what’s right for you?’

[Ben L.]

There have to be some features that phpBB does better than bbPress. Otherwise, everyone would be on bbPress and nobody would use phpBB! I just need to know what they are.

[Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)]

Better is subjective.

I don’t want a cash mod. I don’t want PMing. I don’t need a full role manager.

So I vote for ‘other’ as ‘none’

[Ben L.]

• The users tab was because I couldn’t find any good place for it. The plugins tab actually sounds pretty good.
• I’ve added that and it will be in the repository shortly.
• Yes. I’ll work on that right away.

Edit: It’s now in the repository, so the development zip should update soon.

[the_Wish]

Has there ever been an attempt to integrate a spell checker into bbPress or planned for future releases?

[johnhiler]

There should be a pulldown on the bottom of the page that let’s you move topics? There’s a nice description of what it looks like here:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/how-do-i-move-a-topic-to-another-forum#post-28004

Does the pulldown show up for you when you’re logged in as keymaster/admin/moderator?

[supratwinturbo]

Hi All,

I am running bbPress “Brubeck” version 0.9.0.4. However, it seems like bbpress does not have a built-in function to move posts from one forum to another forum. This seems like such a basic necessity for a forum platform to have. Does anyone know of a plugin that can accomplish this and will work with bbpress version 0.9.0.4?

Thannk you,

SupraTT

[chrishajer]

This was similar, but unsolved:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/i-cant-activate-plug-ins