[yazerty]

Oh, it seems this will take a very long time to have a convertor for phpbb 3 :'(.

Is there another way to convert a phpbb 3 to bbpress (tutorial ?) ?

[eagano]

I have seen lots of posts with folks having trouble getting integration to work. I am on 2.6.1 and 1.0-alhpa-2 and I have everything working with no problems.

The one gotcha that I found that I have not seen mentioned: COOKIEHASH in the wp-settings.php file. It currently ships empty in WP, and probably most people left it blank like me:

define('COOKIEHASH', '' );

The hash is calculated in bb-settings.php:

define('BB_HASH', $bb->wp_cookies_integrated ? md5($bb->wp_siteurl) : md5($bb->uri));

Since bbPress is hardcoded to use an MD5 hash of the domain appended to all cookies (when you are integrating), you need to have the matching hash appended to your WP cookies.

The hash is added to the cookie to make it unique, like

wp_logged_in_user_3ffce08ac7419977b5ab9d68969a4cd0

To fix this to match bbPress, set it up like this in wp-settings.php:

define('COOKIEHASH', md5(get_option('siteurl')));

Or even better calculate it once to avoid the get_option overhead and hard code it.

define('COOKIEHASH', '3ffce08ac7419977b5ab9d68969a4cd0');

Bonus points for anyone who can guess the hash above. Yes, it’s md5 and one-way, but on this forum, the answer should be pretty obvious.

The form of the url passed to md5 should be ‘http://mysite.com’ with no trailing slash.

One more cool thing: I do not allow registration on the support forum, only through the main WP site. In order to enable posting in the forum from the moment of signup, add a plugin in you mu-plugins directory containing the following:

function enable_forum_new_user( $user_id )  {

update_usermeta($user_id, 'bb_capabilities', array('member' => true));

return;

}

add_action('wpmu_new_user', 'enable_forum_new_user');

Now your users can hit the forum and post the second they click their confirmation email. Cool, huh?

[Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)]

but in reality, administrators should be deleting the whole topic, not the only post in that topic. When you delete the only post of a topic, what are you expecting to be left over?

Yes, it’s a case of user-error finding a bug that should be caught. The code should say ‘hey, this is the only post, he must mean delete topic’ and move on, or the ‘delete post’ option shouldn’t even be there if it’s the only post in a topic. You’re both right Code should know better, user should read more (and FWIW, I made the same error when I was testing bbpress).

[slaapkamer]

Nice layout, but isn’t it possible to change the URL structure? It would look a lot cleaner if it was rewritten.

[nekita]

Nice concept.

I’m away from WoW for 2 years now but it’s interesting to see that people still raid Naxxramas.

[xyhn]

I’m using WP 2.5.1 and bbPress 0.9. I wasn’t able to get the logins to sync either, and so decided to revert to the more stable versions until that bug is worked out.

[assbear]

How do I remove the option ‘Add this topic to you favorites’ from the topic.php page?

I’ve been digging through the bbPress scripts for two days now –

but I just can’t seem to locate the code creating the html for this feature.

Please help, the bbPress Forum is awesome, but I really need to disable this feature.

regards the AssBear

[chrishajer]

Create the directory/folder called “my-plugins” right at the same level as bb-plugins. You can also create a folder called “my-templates” at the same time. You might need that.

Then, put your plugins in the my-plugins folder and activate the plugin in the bbPress admin.

Does the plugin show up in the bbPress admin? If it does, can you activate it, or does it error out? If it errors out, what’s the error?

If it shows up there and you can activate it fine, then how are you trying to use it?

[chrishajer]

In testing this, the host, Dreamhost, suggested turning off mod_security, which was done, but the errors persist.

One thing I cannot understand: when accessing this URL:

http://harrismarine.co.nz/bbpress/topic.php?id=9&page=2

Sometimes it works, sometimes it does not. Sometimes it gives a 503 error, service not available. However, when that happens, the main site on the same server still loads fine:

http://harrismarine.co.nz/

Also, accessing this URL from another computer (at another location):

http://harrismarine.co.nz/bbpress/topic.php?id=9&page=2

is possible. So, why would a 503 error be served to some clients and not others, at the same time?

[yinkanno]

I’d be glad if someone can help me put together a custom bbpress for a personal forum I’m starting.

I want a simple but beautiful theme with the discussion, categories and tags in separate tabs, I will also need few plugins.

It will be pretty straightforward and I can provide some example of what I want.

Please get in touch if you will be willing to help for a moderate fee.

My email is: info (at) naijanded (dot) com

Thank you

[chrishajer]

Oh OK, bulk delete topics, to get rid of the old ones.

I only know of this “mass delete” plugin for posts, not complete topics.

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

[Ben L.]

The links to topics on my forum have recently been getting weird. Instead of linking to the first page of a 1 page topic, it links to the non-existant 63rd page.

Here are the plugins I’m using:

Admin Can Post Anything 0.05

Akismet 1.0

Allow Images 0.7.1

Announcement forum 1.0 (Custom, not publicly released)

bbEmoticons 0.72

bbPress Polls 0.5.5

bbPress Private Messaging Extended 0.9

bbPress signatures 0.14

Bozo Users 1.0

Censor 0.1

Hidden Forums 0.0.4

Mini Track 0.1.6

Move It 0.14

Post Count Plus – Dynamic.Titles & More! 1.1.6

Report Post 0.11

Support forum 2.3.3

Temporary ban 1.0

Unread Posts 0.9.1

I’ve tried recounting the forums many times, sometimes it works for a few hours, other times it doesn’t do anything to help.

I’m on bbPress 1.0-alpha 2.

My forum url is http://forums.llamaslayers.net/

[chrishajer]

I don’t think the problem is with deleting a whole topic when there’s only one post in it. The problem as I understand it is that when deleting the only post in a topic, this error occurs.

I just verified that this occurs on a trunk installation (r1794) if you try to delete the only post of a topic.

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /homepages/46/d93980635/htdocs/trunk/bb-includes/functions.php on line 527

That was my point a couple posts ago. bbPress should handle this, or remove the option to delete the post if it’s the only post on a topic, but in reality, administrators should be deleting the whole topic, not the only post in that topic. When you delete the only post of a topic, what are you expecting to be left over?

The post is gone, and the thread no longer shows up in the front page forum list, but I think bbPress or the administrator could be smarter about how to accomplish what we’re really trying to do here.

[mojorob]

I’m not trying to have integrated users & logins between wordpress & bbpress.

Following my approach from above, I have been able to get bbpress 1.0-Alpha working without doing anything different than I did with 0.9.0.2

[_ck_]

Actually bbPress should handle a one-post topic delete as the full topic delete, I think that bug was addressed awhile ago but may have been reintroduced. A foreach won’t fail on one item, as long it’s still an array. Zero items is a problem though.

[chrishajer]

WordPress 2.6.2 and bbPress 0.9.0.2 are not compatible with cookies and logins. But I don’t think that would create this problem. Are you trying to have integrated users and logins between WordPress and bbPress?

Also, re: bb-config-sample.php, the web installer can take care of modifying the sample file and creating a bb-config.php. It didn’t used to do that, but it can take care of it now.

[chrishajer]

If you are deleting the only post in a topic, you should probably be deleting the whole topic, not just the post. I can see that bbPress should probably catch that, but if you delete the topic rather than the post, does it error out?

Why would you delete the only post in a topic? What would be left?

[chrishajer]

My guess is that there is a problem in your bb-config.php on the line right before line 28. The problem shows up on line 28 because the previous line doesn’t have the proper syntax. I think the problem is in the line with the BB_SECRET_KEY – maybe you have a single quote or back slash in there that’s not properly escaped. If you use a text editor that has syntax highlighter, you should be able to see the problem with the syntax.

Also, what version of bbPress did you install?

[catequil]

Hi,

Newbie setting up bbpress with integration to wordpress but coming across a problem.

Inatalled latest version of WordPress on Wednesday and BBpress yesterday but BBpress gives the following error when starting:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /websites/LinuxPackage03/xp/er/ie/xperiences.co.uk/public_html/xperiencesforum/bb-config.php on line 28

Line 28 of my bb-config.php file is:

$bb_table_prefix = ‘bb_xpe’; // Only letters, numbers and underscores please!

My forum site is:

http://www.xperiences.co.uk/xperiencesforum/

Any help resolving this would be welcome.

Many thanks

Catequil

[_ck_]

I’ve just added an an experimental “cloud view” for the Top 1000 forums so you can spot patterns in words and trends.

http://bbshowcase.org/forums/view/top1000?cloud

(requires free registration to use)

I’m still tweaking some of it’s visual layout and abilities but it’s fun to play with.

[Bharat Karavadra]

Hi,

I;ve just noticed that I get this issue as well. It seems to happen when there is only one message in the topic.

So when yu are logged in as Keymaster and go the the topic and then click DELETE under the message, the ajaxy stuuf does it’s wipe up and then the message re-eappares on the page but with the “Invalid argument for foreach error” just above the message again.

See http://demo.karavadra.net/bbpress/2008-18-10-admin-delete-one-message.gif

[Bharat Karavadra]

Well it seems to work OK here.

What version of bbpress are these forums running?

[Bharat Karavadra]

Hi,

One of the members of our bbpress installtion reported the following PHP error when they were posting a message with links in it. I could not replicate the problem as Keymaster but can as a member.

When a member starts a NEW topic and the message includes http:// URLS in the message the following erro occures and the topic/message is not posted.

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/example.com/public_html/forums/bb-includes/functions.php on line 527

Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/example.com/public_html/forums/bb-includes/functions.php:527) in /home/example.com/public_html/forums/bb-includes/pluggable.php on line 214

On replying to a message and your message has http:// URLS then the page simply re-directs back to the forum without the above error message and again no post.

If however, you START or REPLY with a message with just text and no URLs you can then go back and EDIT the post and add the URLs.

[mojorob]

I’ve followed the installation instructions, including saving bb-config-sample.php as bb-config.php with the correct values (although it doesn’t say to do this in the bbpress installation instructions). When I go to the intended URL of the bbpress site I get the following error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: wp_kses_no_null() in /homepages/45/d144276697/htdocs/mysite.net/news/forum/bb-includes/pluggable.php on line 240

I have a wordpress installation in /news/ of the domain, and attempting to put bbpress into /news/forum/

WordPress: 2.6.2

bbPress: 0.9.0.2

Any thoughts?

[tdrinker]

Ah… nevermind

i only need to know how to increase the posting text size

i am now using one of the bbpress raw templates