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Topic: Posts with multiple pages
I’ve noticed when you click on a topic with multiple pages in these forums, it still takes you to page one….is this the default for bbPress? If so, is there a way to change it so the user is always taken to whatever the last page is? (ie. if the topic has three pages, the link from the forum takes the user to page three).
@staats – If you have access to your SQL database (like through phpMyAdmin), it’s much the same as moving any databased app, like WordPress
The first set of directions I put in the post above are mostly right. I’ve updated them here since there’s a couple things that should be explained differently than my copy replace from WordPress’s directions (why reinvent the wheel?). If you’ve got WP and BB integrated you’ll have to make all the changes to the files (wp-config and bb-config AND the admin settings changes) BEFORE you backup your database.
First, backup your database – https://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database (obviously the bb database, not the wp one for your case) No matter WHAT you want this copy! If you screw everything up (and we’ve all done that) you need a fall back plan.
- Download a copy of the main bbpress files from your OLD forum to your hard drive and edit b-config.php to suit the new server.
- Go back to your OLD forum and go to settings and change the bbPress address (URL) to that of your new site. (You may want to change your email addy here, but you don’t have to just yet).
- IF you’ve integrated bbPress and WordPress, go to your WordPress Integration page and change any domain information there that has changed.
- Download your database (but keep the old backup just in case), upload this new database and the copy of the forum files with the edited bb-config.php to your new server.
Again, if WordPress and bbPress are integrated and sharing a database, do steps 1-3 for bbpress, and then steps 1 and 2 here, and THEN do the last DB download step just once.
And if it’s all confusing … yeah, it’s a lot of fruit to be juggling at once.
I guess it depends on what you want a forum to do.
Make a list of what you need, being firm with yourself to separate your WANTS from your NEEDS. For example, for me a PM system is nice, but it’s not a deal breaker for me. Whereas sharing IDs and Passwords (and cookies) with WP is a must have. Include things like ‘cost’ and support. Do you want to be able to call up the company, or is a support forum okay.
Then check out a place like http://www.forummatrix.org/ to compare some of them. Like a quick check comparing SMF, bbPress and Vanilla may help you out (see my results).
bbPress is a young product, it’s not even ‘live’ yet, and having been there as a user for SMF back when it was YABB and then YABBSE and THEN when it moved on to SMF (not to mention IPB, the big bad daddy of fat forum software) … well, I’ve tried a lot of forums. They all start out about this level and some improve and some don’t. It’s hard to tell at this stage, but bbPress feels like it’s headed the right way to me
I do understand why it’s not right for everyone, though!
I’m aware of that
but sooner or later, template things should be placed in the templates folder, I don’t know, perhaps a new functions.php in all templates. BTW John, do you know where can I find some info in custom loops? I’d like to build a loop like this one that I described here; https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/separating-the-first-post-of-each-topic
Topic: Looking for alternatives
I apologize beforehand if this isn’t the proper section for this – it’s the best that I thought fit.
I’m starting to look for alternatives to bbPress. I went with it initially because I was impressed by WordPress – so much functionality in one package, all basics included, and the offbeat requirements were largely fulfilled by third-party plugins. bbPress as a forum were also innovative, quick, and the “new generation” designed with the mistakes of current forums in mind.
However, unlike WordPress, the basic package doesn’t quite provide the basic functionality – and having 3rd party plugins do the essential jobs needed is unreliable. For some things, there is no such plugin yet, for others the plugins are outdated, or poorly designed.
Does anyone know of similar forums – designed to be lean, and up to date on today’s web design and technology?
I’ve looked at a whole bunch lately, and am eyeing Vanilla right now. However any suggestions are welcome.
Thanks!
edit: sigh, my ampersand is being replaced with & which leads to some trac ticket…
Hi!
I´ve tried a WordPress and BBpress integration and it works just fine, i´ve have added all the cookie information in both config files of WP and BB press but it still doesnt work on login, only on logout.
My WP:
define(‘AUTH_KEY’, ‘halmstad’);
define(‘SECURE_AUTH_KEY’, ‘halmstad’);
define(‘LOGGED_IN_KEY’, ‘halmstad’);
define(‘NONCE_KEY’, ‘halmstad’);
define(‘SECRET_KEY’, ‘halmstad’); // Change this to a unique phrase.
define(‘COOKIE_DOMAIN’, ”);
define(‘COOKIEPATH’, ‘/’);`
BB:
define(‘BB_SECRET_KEY’, ‘halmstad’); // Change this to a unique phrase.
$bb->wp_siteurl = ‘http://www.domain.se/’;
$bb->wp_home = ‘http://www.domain.se/’;
$bb->wp_table_prefix = ‘wp_’;
$bb->custom_user_table = ”;
$bb->custom_user_meta_table = ”;
$bb->authcookie = ‘wordpress_456c71223b3bb9958349ec3d65b850f6’;
$bb->cookiedomain = ”;
$bb->cookiepath = ‘/’;
$bb->sitecookiepath = ‘/’;
Can anyone spot the problem?
Firstly, while there’s two ways to skin a cat, david’s method kills the kitty in the process. My advice is not to do it that way. If you need to get the absolute path of a directory I made a quick file to do it…
Put this code in a php file, I named mine “abs.php”
<?php
$p = getcwd();
echo $p;
?>Then upload that file to the directory you want to find the path to, and visit it in a web browser. It will echo the absolute path for you. Copy the output. Delete the file. Done!
Duplicating the themes is really the best way to do this, and I promise that once you’ve included WordPress into bbPress properly, it’s a really straightforward and rewarding process.
Firstly, download Notepad++. It’s free, and it rules.
Firstly.5, make copies of your WordPress header.php/footer.php files, and save them someplace safe. We will be modifying these files and don’t want to ruin the actual working WordPress ones.
Secondly, open the header.php/footer.php files for both the stock bbPress theme, and the copied ones I just mentioned. In Notepad++ you should now have 4 files open.
We’re basically working from the outside in.
Thirdly, take all of the relevant bbPress PHP code from it’s header.php/footer.php files, and start copy and pasting them to the equivalent places in the WP copy header.php/footer.php files. Like in mine, I actually have:
<?php
bb_feed_head();
wp_get_archives('type=monthly&format=link');
wp_head();
bb_head();
?>Which loads all of the WP and BBP head related functions inside my BBP forums. Because I want links to my feeds and what-not…
Fourthly, once you’re done with this, then you start poking around the other BBP theme files, and modify all of those files to work within the same construct as your WP theme does, with the same DIV classes and names and what-not.
Because we’ve included the WordPress functions inside bbPress, and because we’re using the same original WP theme header.php file, all of the same style-sheets and JS from that theme are already coded and loaded, even though you’re looking at bbPress. The rest is just tweaking all of the files to look how you want them to.
This is the process I used at http://www.delsolownersclub.com, and I think it’s worked really super well.
