I think this is due to the server using PHP4:
Warning: cannot yet handle MBCS in html_entity_decode()!
What version bbPress did you install, did you integrate with WordPress, and what software is the server running?
I don’t know of a way to incorporate bbPress into a WordPress page. It’s not a forum plugin for WordPress. You can make them look the same and use some of the same functions, but bbPress is never going to live in a WordPress page. (I know, never say never, but…)
Here’s a Joomla! plugin that does what I want, except it’s for Joomla!:
http://boygj.com/juser-204-extended-joomla-registration
Excerpt:
• Ability to extend registration form with unlimited additional fields
• Different types of fields like Check Boxes, Radio Buttons, Select List, Text Field, Data
• Ability to create your own list of values to choose for fields of type Select List,
Check Box, Radio Buttons
Does anyone know of a WordPress/bbPress plugin that will do this?
Hi everyone,
I was wondering if it’s possible to have multiple forums running on a site (i.e. site.com/forum1, site.com/forum2) running from a single database
I have a site where I have about 10 completely unrelated topics and I’d like to create 10 seperate forums for them – bbpress looks like a brilliant, lightweight option and I’m really hoping there is a solution to this!
Yeah, ‘occupation’ is already there at the registration screen, but I need it to be a required field, and I need it to be a dropdown list that I populate with a fixed set of choices. I suspect I’ll end up going with bbPress since it looks like the deep integration (when it actually works) will do the backend on the cookies that I’ll need. When I asked about this at Simple:Press they said they might add custom fields sometime, and even if they do I’ll have to write the cookies.
bbPress is still better but i need to make a decision quick, the PM feature is lacking soo much idk if they’ve fixed the plugin yet.
you can always start a new field for a user and call it “occupation” or something…
however what i want is a stable PM feature, a built in one so i dont have to go chasing around 3rd party plugin authors websites, and reading tons of crap on what the next mod is to secure the bloody loop whole.
@swaymedia: At this point I have to say, neither, because they aren’t doing the one thing that will make monetizing a site possible – collecting important data about my audience that I can share with a potential advertiser.
We -must- have the ability to get a relevant piece of information about our audience that tells our potential advertisers something about the audience member’s buying habits. For my site, I need to know the occupation of my visitors so ads can be targeted based on that data point. I need a way to require that that bit of information be collected at registration.
Neither bbPress nor Simple:Press do that. And that’s absurd, because it’s THE only way to monetize a website through advertising. And it’s being ignored. Screwing around with fonts and colors is irrelevant in the face of this need. I really don’t understand it.
Hey Guys,
Just recently discovered that I can’t get my bbPress Forum to load. I get this error all down the page, and to the best of my knowledge, I haven’t changed a single thing since it last worked?
Any help appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Cal 
@Wendel: im curious to what you think is better SimplePress or BBPress?
It appears that the ‘deep integration’ between bbPress and WordPress will provide the basis for doing this, I’d need to be able to re-code the registration screen to make the ‘occupation’ field a required field. I also want it to be coded so it’s a dropdown list of choices that I determine.
This issue is way huge for anyone wanting to monetize a website through advertising. Advertisers on the web want to know who your audience is before they will pay reasonable CPMs. I’m showing videos that will eventually incorporate ads, and I want the site to know how to identify a registered visitor so that the video ads can be targeted based on their self-identified occupation.
I also need the forum to be incorporated into a WordPress page, the way I have a test of Simple:Press set up here:
http://architecturecartoon.com/forum/
Is there a relatively simple way to make bbPress look like that?
Hello,
I have bbPress installed but not yet really active. I also have Simple:Press installed, and it is set up the way I want bbPress to look here:
http://architecturecartoon.com/forum/
Is there a theme or way to get bbPress incorporated into a WordPress page like that?
Thanks
Sounds interesting, but Adsense should be contextual out of the box. However, if you are looking to do something with affiliate banners, I would think there might be a variable you can attach to a registered user, although that is far above my realm of knowledge.
who wouldnt want PM in a forum anyway.
its like if you the PM feature part of BBPress, than you could update it easier with the newer releases. it doesnt make sense , but anyway..
Just remove any line you added to bb-config.php or wp-config.php that includes the other program. If you added a line to include bbPress in WordPress, or added a line to include WordPress in bbPress, in the config files, just comment them out and see if this still happens.
For starters my site runs the following WPMU 2.7, Buddypress RC-1 and BBpress 1.0 alpha 6 – if you’ve had problems with any of the following then this is worth a read …
This is a weird one but totally worth mentioning. I just re-installed bbpress for the fifth time and found a wee error that seems to bugger everything up.
If you’ve got everything working properly and you’re in the admin screen on bbpress ‘Settings/Wordpress Integration’ DO NOT hit the ‘Save Changes’ button at the bottom of the user integration menu.
The reason being is that it breaks everything and you have to reinstall bbpress. I can’t remember the exact error as I did this late last night but the error occurs in ‘bb-includes/backpress/class.bpdb.php’ on line 123 and 377
I also noticed that (once you get it back up and running) you can’t post on existing group forums but if you create new groups then everything is hunky-dory
Just as well I hadn’t populated the site LOL
It’s been a hell of a learning curve this but not a bad one by any means – I’s say I’m very proficient now at reinstalling bbpress and integrating!
After all this rant I’m not sure if this is a problem specific to me but please let me know if you’ve suffered the same. I’ll put something on the BBpress forums too shortly.
Cheers,
Phil
as you can see in many post outta there, bbpress 0.9 and wordpress 2.7 aren’t integrated well to each other without a special plugin. you have three options to get your integration working:
1. upgrade bbpress to unstable 1.0 alpha version
2. downgrade you wordpress to 2.5
3. use a plugin to get your current versions working together.
following thread should help you out
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-and-bbpress-integration-101
did you noticed the new way of integration in bbPress 1.0 and wp 2.7.x ?
You can use some plugins to get the stable 0.9 of bbpress working with wp 2.7.
whatever i think this thread should help you much more:
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-and-bbpress-integration-101
Installed new WP 2.7.1 and bbpress 0.9.0.4 just fine – I see my WP users in bbpress; I believe I integrated cookies correctly too.
However when I log into WP as another user and click the link to bbpress the new user is NOT logged into bbpress.
What am I missing?
Thanks much for any help.
I guess we can’t post a security warning on the PM plugin… I just gave it one star instead, in the hopes that a lower rating would discourage people from installing it.
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/private-messages/
Actually, if it’s this plugin:
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/simple-onlinelist/
There are lots of people with the same issue, or there were lots of people a year ago. Looks like it always tries to use bb_ as the table prefix instead of $bbdb (i.e. $bbdb->online). Take a look at some of the replies.
