Thanks for all the feedback. It wasn’t clear to me just what was the latest version of WP that would work properly with bb 0.9.0.4. Now I’m clear that I’m past that point.
I have plans to eventually have certain forum members do blogging at the main site. That is down the road, though, so technically I don’t need the integration right at this moment. But that integration would be useful at that point, and I thought I’d just set it up now.
But it sounds like maybe what I ought to do is remove the integration for now, let the forum exist on its own, and then integrate later once there is a stable version of bbPress that can integrate with WP 2.6.3 or later.
Any particular advice about undoing the integration stuff I already did?
Does your sync work with WP 2.7 and BBpress 0.9.0.4? Doesn’t seem to when I set it up in WP
The latest stable version of bbPress that integrates with WordPress is 0.9.0.4. That works with WordPress 2.5.x which is fairly old and you’re already past.
I don’t think there is a current stable version of bbPress that integrates with anything current from WordPress. WordPress is moving faster than bbPress right now.
What do you need out of integration that makes it important to integrate bbPress with WordPress? I’m asking honestly because I don’t understand why people do it. Thanks.
Even if I had the patience to upgrade every single time a new WP version came out (which I don’t), that wouldn’t resolve the issue here. The screencast itself said that WP 2.7 will not integrate properly with the latest stable bbPress. If I’m going to undertake upgrades/installs, I’m going to do it with stable versions, not unstable ones.
If there’s a way to integrate a stable version of WP with a stable version of bbPress, I’m game for whatever upgrading I may have to do with either component. If that’s not available yet, then I’d rather wait and do whatever I have to do at that point.
Ah, well, that’s good to know. But then I’m in a quandary — there seems no obvious way to get bbPress running with WP 2.6.3, because:
–bbPress 0.9.04 seeks the SECRET_KEY and the WP database “secret” — the “secret” appears to be available on the relevant wp-admin page, but WP 2.6.3 required no SECRET_KEY in its wp-config file. It’s only there now because I manually added it in, and I’m not sure if that’s legit. In any case, it’s certainly not working now!
–If I switch to the latest bbPress, not only is it unstable and therefore shouldn’t be recommended as a solution, but it needs the three items from wp-config plus all their “salts.” On that relevant wp-admin page in WP 2.6.3, there simply is no SECURE_AUTH_KEY salt. It’s not clear to me whether the WP database “secret” is the same thing or not, but it’s certainly not labeled as such.
In other words, there just seems to be a mismatch no matter what. Is there no version of bbPress whose integration settings will jibe obviously with the fields actually available in the various places in WP 2.6.3?
How about the hidden forums plugin?
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/hidden-forums/
You will find lots of what you need in plugins:
https://bbpress.org/plugins/
Hi,
it’s been almost 1 year since i use bbpress and i have a few hentai and anime forums now but my skills as a designer are not good enough to make a good theme… but actually i don’t require a brand new theme, i always use kakumei and works great for me, i would like to have a nice header and a good looking background, nice anime colors and images… if somebody can help me would be great… if not i can try doing it myself if you give me some good tutorials or something …
thanks!
Hi there,
I’m a first time bbPress user who just recently installed it on his website. What I would like to do is to control who can create new topics in the forum. Ideally, I (the keymaster/admin) would like to be the only person who can create new topics in the forum. Once topics are created, however, I would like anyone to be able to post within them.
Has anyone ever heard of a plugin or way to make this happen? I can’t seem to find a way to do it with the standard software.
Thanks in advance!
I enjoyed the screencast and found it very easy to follow. However, I tried it with BBPress 0.9.0.4 and WP 2.6.3. The bb-config setup was inconsistent with both the video and with what is in my wp-config file. I added a SECRET_KEY in wp-config and used it in the bb-config setup, but things haven’t quite worked out. At first, it was just that being logged into one place didn’t log me into the other. Then all of a sudden it looked like BB cookies were staying around even though I’d logged out of both — and when that happened, I couldn’t log into BBPress at all until I manually removed those cookies.
I’m a bit puzzled why the screencast and the integration plugin would only seem to be valid for an unstable release of BBPress. Yet reviewing https://bbpress.org/documentation/integration-with-wordpress/ it appears that everything should work even the way I did it, and without a plugin at all. Except that it didn’t. Can this be clarified?
So what kind of solution do people here recommend for having WP entries appear as forum topics, playing nice with google and having comments from either the forums or the blog appearing undereath the same place?
Also can anyone recommend a good plugin for threaded comments in the forums?
When I put in the secret_key in wp-config.php, I get an error when I go to the regular blog site:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function wp() in /home1/user4026/public_html/wp-blog-header.php on line 20
I was able to get the fix_admin plugin and run it and it restored keymaster access to bbpress, but for some reason the error (see line above), occurs on my regular wordpress site.
Would you recommend I reinstall both wordpress and bbpress and start from fresh?
Also, is there an easier guide on BBPress and WP integration? The screen cast does me no good as I’m visually impaired and therefore depend on assistive technology to aide me in reading the screen content.
If needed, I can paste my WP config file as well as my bbpress config file. Just tell me what configuration files you require and I will get them.
I have to disagree there, chrisgoat
I have WordPress in /blog and bbPress in /forums and I have had WordPress on my site for a couple years before integration.
I did set my cookies to all be treated as from root, mind you, but I do that for both bbPress and WordPress, and it works fine.
Not quite what I want. I want to be able to SPECIFY, in the admin tool, what graphic, not icon, to display in place of the text name of the forum, not topic. I will have different people managing different forums and they won’t know how to edit PHP or CSS – they want a point and click interface. It doesn’t appear that bbPress will work at it’s current stage, but I might just hack it.
As for the “detailed information” field – I have changed the theme so that there are three levels:
ParentForum: Displayed on the home page 4 across the page with the title at the top – has no parent
Group Forum: With the “Parent Forum” as the parent, which users never really see.
Child Forum: With the “Group Forum” as the parent, landing page where users post topics and replies.
Nobody is able to create topics or make replies in the Parent or Group forums. They are used to build a drill down effect similar to the system IBM used for their Innovation Jam forums. What I need the extra description field for is simple – When a person gets to the “Child Forum” or landing page, there is a short description displayed above the topics. I want to add a “more” link that will replace the short description with a more detailed descriptio using AJAX.
I know, complicated, but it’s what the client wants. I am working on a plugin that will replace the Forum Manager and give me the tools I need to do this. I wish I could show you the site, but it’s for a private Intranet.
I had WordPress mu alpha 6 setup with bbpress integration. I went into bbpress admin -> settings -> WordPress integration. When I saved the settings I get an error message that admin cannot connect to the sql server. Now, I can’t log into bbpress. Here’s the error:
mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Access denied for user 'admin'@'localhost' (using password: YES) in /home/greath6/public_html/bb/bb-includes/backpress/class.bpdb.php on line 123
I know I can delete my bbpress install, remove the bbpress tables, re-install and it will work again. But, I’ve already done that twice! Anyone know a real solution to this happening or why it happens?
have you got a mac, by any chance?
when i opened my header.php in textedit, it contained a single ‘>’, and every time i put anything else in the file, it would display as plain text.
if i deleted it all, typed ‘>’ as before, and saved, the header was all gone. very odd.
if i downloaded the bbpress zip file again, and replaced the header.php with the original, bbpress was fine.
i opened header.php through cpanel on the server and the full contents were displayed.
there’s definitely something weird going on with that file.
The only WP plugin I ‘ported’ to BB was bad-behavior, which was as simple as taking that plugin’s blank template, slapping a bbpress plugin header to the top, and praying. Seems to work. You’d have to reverse engineer something as complex as wp-super-cache.
Let me give you a little unofficial insight (half my opinion, half fact).
Automattic has millions in investment funding, it’s not going away, neither is bbPress.
But right now bbPress doesn’t make any money for Matt – in fact, it’s the opposite, it costs him to pay people to code it – so you won’t see lots of money thrown into developing it. bbPress was originally written by Matt to run the WordPress.org forums but it’s new goal is apparently to eventually power TalkPress (a forums version of WordPress.com)
Currently Sam is the only one working on bbPress but that’s only because other resources are being diverted to other projects. There have been at one time three or maybe four developers (including Matt) on bbPress. Just because there is only one person working on it now is NOT a sign that it is going away. It’s simply because Matt has only so many coders and needs them elsewhere. (You may notice Michael is temporarily MIA).
The people complaining were obviously not around for WordPress development and haven’t read any history about it. WordPress was nearly the EXACT same way. Until there was a commercial project based on it (ie. WordPress.com) development was in bursts. Nothing for weeks, and then a frenzy, before a new release.WordPress didn’t really make it’s mark until 2.0 – 2.1, then it took off and then Matt could justify paying lots of people to support it.
Like I keep saying but no one listens, bbPress is PRE-RELEASE software. It’s not even 1.0 yet. And just like WordPress, people who come onboard someday at version 2.0 – 2.1 will wonder what the heck you were complaining about.
If you are using bbPress right now, you are an EARLY ADOPTER.
You are experiencing EARLY ADOPTER BLUES.
Some people complain, some people try to contribute, some people go elsewhere.
This bbPress forum uses a different icon for each forum:
http://bbshowcase.org/forums/
Here’s the plugin:
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/topic-icons/
Not sure about the “detailed information field” – isn’t there a forum description already?
WordPress plugins do not work inside bbPress. The advice is normally to port it from WordPress to bbPress but I don’t believe I’ve seen any documentation on how to do that.
The default error page is a sore spot in bbPress. It currently isn’t theme-able. That will change, but not until we get a bit further into 1.0 alpha development.
Private forums are possible via a couple of plugins, take a look at the “Extend” area of this site.
Adding extra profile info is pretty easy via a plugin if they are just simple text fields. You need to add the fields to the profile_info_keys. See get_profile_info_keys() function. Here is some example plugin code…
function my_add_profile_info_keys( $keys )
{
$keys['ice_cream'] = array( 1, 'Favourite ice cream' );
return $keys;
}
add_filter( 'get_profile_info_keys', 'my_add_profile_info_keys' );
Adding checkboxes and dropdowns currently isn’t supported via the API.
I don’t even know how to respond anymore, because really there is no way to defend myself while I’m in someone elses house. I can only speculate what Sam’s duties with Automattic are, because it’s none of my business. I can only assume from what I’ve read (where it’s been hinted at) that Sam is the sole developer behind bbPress, because again it’s none of my business who’s working on it really.
Suffice it to say that I think it’s really sad that my above response was met with such hostility and defensiveness, especially from someone holding the responsibility of moderation, considering there never really was any offense that I see dignified that kind of response. I really didn’t mean any harm or attitude; I even mentioned that I knew I was risking sounding a little off tone, but I think the question is probably a semi valid one, and I can’t speak for anyone else but myself when I ask…
I’m neither complaining, nor banging away. I’ve filed trac tickets and proposed solutions where I felt I qualified enough to supply one. I’ve written my own plugins and modified existing ones to work for specific situations. If what you think is that I’m pressuring or pestering anyone for anything, than I think that there’s a misunderstanding from the get go. I’m not saying it isn’t on my end, but what I will say is that I feel I’ve done my best to be friendly, contribute, and understand how the bbPress family is trying to run business here. I ask that you try to realize that to the new comer, some of what you all have come to know as common knowledge may not be for others, and that maybe… Just maybe, there are better ways to moderate a forum and still get your point across… Again, maybe it’s just me, but moderators typically wear many hats, sometimes one of which is the bouncer at the front door, protecting the crowd. I don’t see this forum as having a particularly riotous clientel, so I can’t say that much muscle is really even necessary…
Okay I’m rambling now…
My point being, that if Sam’s only job is to work on bbPress for Automattic, and he hasn’t been around or made any updates or changes, then I’d like to apply for his job. 
I am having the problem where logging into WP logs you out of bbPress and visa-versa. I’ve checked the Keys and salts. they appear to be the same. I’ve even gotten new ones to make sure… dunno why it doesn’t work. Worked fine 24 hrs ago.
Thank you for the screencast it worked initially. I’ve deleted my cookies and restarted my browsers, too of course.
Look right under the heading “Berry Hill Forum” at
http://www.berryhilldripblog.com/bbpress/
There is a weird control panel, looks like for an audio player. There is nothing in the header.php that could be generating this. I’m thinking it’s something from the forum.php file, but don’t know where to look.
Thanks for any help.
frooyo, thank you. That was (to me) helpful and explanatory.
My guess is that until bbPress stops being used as WordPress’s forum of choice, it will continue to have a future. At that point, worry.
Does bbPress have a future?
I can’t foretell if bbpress has future but it does have a long past, there were times in the past when it had less future than now and it’s still here, therefore, we can assure it has future. So spoke Groucho.
Answer 2; It has future because Sam is working on it and it is being developed better than ever before.
