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I have a BBPress forum that is not being used, but might see some use eventually. I use it to experiment with BBPress, too. When Forums gather cobwebs, they can attract Spammers. I started getting a steady stream of similar-looking registration attempts, probably from a single group of Spammers. I put up a temporary index.html page, basically saying Forum Closed to discourage Spammers, and hid the index.php in a Backup folder. This assures nobody will come in the front door, but did not stop the spammers, who apparently are coming in directly to the registration area. The new users are being automatically flagged as bozos by BBPress, but I am having to delete them manually as they come in.
I would like to disable registration completely for a while to encourage them to go away. What if I moved register.php into my Backup folder? Would that do the job?
Hello Kevin!
Thanks for your reply!
I did a clean install of WP 2.7 and then I activated Ann’s plugin.
Then I added the code those three lines in wp-config.php and lost access to dashboard.
Redirect Loop
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I am currently testing on localhost (XAMPP). Any idea what is causing this loop? May be I need to edit those lines but I dont know how to.
I had to delete the plugin from the plugin directory to access dashboard again.
I would not think of going beyond WP 2.7 unless I am unable to achieve the sync. And regarding the Open ID integration, I would like to keep myself away from it as I need to allow only registered users to login.
Hi Ashfame,
First: i feel your pain in integrating WP2.7.1 and 0.9, i’m sure alot of us do – that said though, it’s definitely possible.
Second: it’s definitely possible to achieve site wide login using either _ck_ or Ann’s plugins. Without a doubt using _ck_’s is far easier, as Ann’s comes with no documentation and there are steps required that no-one’s written out. It took me about an hour of searching and playing with Ann’s to get it to work, but once it did, it worked brilliantly.
Basically follow the steps given on the 3rd page of the integration forum posts (hey dont expect documentation for something a sought after as this to be on an actual page – like the integration one – or even at the start of a post so it’s easily found). Then add in
define(‘COOKIEPATH’, ‘/’ );
define(‘SITECOOKIEPATH’, ‘/’);
define(‘COOKIE_DOMAIN’, ”);
to both the WP and BB configs. Obviously you can change the values.
The other thing that really helped me, after alot of trial and error, was to set up WordPress first. Activate Ann’s plugin. It then automatically boots you our of the WP admin area. you have to go to/wp-login.php?action=logout and then entirely clear your cache and cookies.
Then re-log in. The cookie WP sets will now be recognisable.
Install BB AFTER this step to make life alot easier; as bbpress will recognise the admin cookie right form the word go
Third: Ann’s method overwrites the ‘new’ wordpress cookie method, so the theory is that it’s future proof. at least throughout this WP2.7 branch. The bad news is, according to an automattic post i read yesterday, that the OpenID integration in WP2.8 may require a rewrite of all authentication in WordPress. If this happens then there is a good chance that all authentication in Automattic systems will have tot change, there’s just no way of future proofing against a company wide re-write. But if that doesn’t happen, then Ann’s plugin should work for a long time.
Fourth: A the risk of reading form the _ck_ bible, there’s very little reason across the board to upgrade from WP2.5.1 to WP2.7.1 . There are no known security issues in 2.5.1. I’ve yet to come across a WP plugin that doesn’t work for 2.5.1, it’s a damn site easier to use, and it’s faster and more lightweight. Obviously, you may have different requirements that we don’t know about, but I would look long and hard at not using 2.7.1 if i were you.
Good luck, Kev
Topic: WP 2.7.1 and bbPress 0.9
I tried integrating them but messed up a lot. So trying a different approach what I want to achieve in my project.
I need WP as CMS, bbPress as forum script and custom php code which will create a member’s area. I want site-wide login sync.
Tried _ck_’s plugin but can’t make it to working even after using 0.0.3 version and I dont want to use Ann’s method of downgrading cookie of what WP 2.7.1 uses. Just because this project won’t be under me for long, so will opt a method which is more future proof. So I am thinking of directing all the login requests of WP & bbPress to my custom login page which will be the only means of login & logout on the site. I want to use plugins for both WP & bbPress so as to maintain future compatibility. I can always update those custom codes or can i have a plugin for that too.
I may be running wild here but it seems quite easily feasible too.
Waiting for your suggestions!
Topic: Support for Siteminder?
I would like to a experiment with bbPress for building a community powered helpdesk. Was wondering if bbPress supports integration with CA’s siteminder for Single Sign On?
Thanks
Saqib
I think I’m going to have delete my WordPress instance now and reinstall.
Thanks Chris for your help, but bbPress has really messed things up. I used the installation process to set the config files, so it’s not entirely clear what I need to do. I have cleaned up the wp-config.php file back to how I think it should have been, but still no go.
I think changes may have been made to the db tables for which I’m not sufficiently skilled to reverse.
So that’s that. Thanks again for you help though.
