[Brent]

How do I set up bbPress to interact with a newsgroup similar to this website (http://www.vistax64.com/)?

[_ck_]

I suspect the development of TalkPress will eventually cause the menu integration of WordPress and bbPress somewhere down the line (perhaps WP 3.x and BB 2.x).

Not sure if that’s what I personally would want as the WordPress admin menu is getting a bit crowded but I guess it would be handy to be able to mange users in one place, etc.

[_ck_]

There is only one person currently working on bbPress. WordPress has a few main people in charge and dozens (if not hundreds) of people contributing additions and bug fixes.

Look, your complaints are doing nothing to help. There’s no amount of comments you could make which is going to instantly put dozen of people working on the project. bbPress costs nothing. It’s free. If you have something which is a priority or commercial in nature you need to find something else to satisfy you.

Apparently you are already using SMF so why are you even complaining here?

[threevisual]

I’m a bit confused to if bbpress will be compatible with wordpress 2.6, will it be? And can you guesstimate when we might see something?

I’d love to be able to use bbpress but I’m running 2.6 so may have to look for something else, not sure if there are any good alternatives?

[wiseacre]

And bbpress has had many weeks of … nothing. And some funny old bugs.

Look at WordPress. How many lines of code you can find? And how many tickets are closed for a week? This is “development time” for me.

In other hand the bbpress development team does not give people timely versions … and news. For now this project looks like a hobby.

[chrishajer]

_ck_ I think you’re right.

Here is the https page:

https://ashb.proofreadercentral.com/bbpress/

And if you click the button to go back to the main site, you get the warning that you are leaving a secure site for a non-secure one.

But it is also available at:

http://ashb.proofreadercentral.com/bbpress/

and if you click the button there, you don’t get the browser dialog with the security warning.

Just use http:// everywhere and it will be fine (website and forum.)

[_ck_]

I suspect the problem is they have a link to bbPress’s http url from a page that is already https. So the browser gives a warning that the visitor is traveling outside of https.

You could install bbpress as normal to the http url but link from that page as https and just rewrite the url.

Offhand, if you really have a SSL cert though, the next version of bbPress, like WP 2.6 will be able to handle https logins for what that’s worth (even the current version could be forced to with with SSL but it’s overkill).

[chrishajer]

https is *not* the default protocol when installing bbPress. What gives you the idea that it is? Was a field pre-filled with a https:// value? Did you navigate to the installer from an https page? Or is the link to bbPress coming from an https page?

Just change it to http:// unless you have an SSL certificate and require the security.

Oops – edited after _ck_’s message below.

[_ck_]

SMF has had over five years of development. vBulletin has had over eight. phpBB, eight years. punBB, five years. Vanilla, four years. Invision, six years.

I wish people would compare by software development time. bbPress is just over a year old, just imagine what it will be like in five years!

Development has been slow this year so I understand the frustration but technically it’s not even 1.0 yet so anyone using it is considered an “early adopter”.

[_ck_]

Yes you can download old versions through the svn or trac, which will work correctly for anything up to 0.9.0.2 (this technique won’t work on the trunk because of backpress).

I’m not sure why you’d want an old version because many plugins won’t work properly in any any case:

0.7.x: https://trac.bbpress.org/changeset/1606/branches/0.7?old_path=%2F&format=zip

0.8.x https://trac.bbpress.org/changeset/1606/branches/0.8?old_path=%2F&format=zip

0.9.x https://trac.bbpress.org/changeset/1606/branches/0.9?old_path=%2F&format=zip

or use the ZIP link at the bottom of any of these specific versions: https://trac.bbpress.org/browser/tags

[hostpanic]

just use http://.

[hostpanic]

Is it possible w/o having to download anything else to be able to download previous versions of bbPress out of the svn directory? (http://svn.automattic.com/bbpress/tags/0.7.3/)

[RossB]

I have a navigation button on my website linking to a bbPress forum, which works fine in IE, but won’t work in Firefox. Apparently it is a security issue.

My host Support has advised that changing the bbPress URL from https protocol to http will resolve the issue, but I’m wondering why https is the default protocol when you install bbPress?

I am aware that https ensures security for exchange of credit card info etc, but in the case of my forum, there won’t be any such security issues as far as I know. The forum is just a place for students to post research proposals and the like, and feedback to each other, and for their lecturers to do likewise.

Does anyone know, please, if there is any reason I should NOT change the forum URL from https to http?

[_ck_]

Hmm, is this the default in WordPress? define('COOKIEHASH', md5($_SERVER[HTTP_HOST]));

does that actually appear in wp-config.php by default? Because that would override the cookiehash calculation. Make sure then you have this in your bb-config.php

define('BB_HASH',md5($_SERVER[HTTP_HOST]));

also, since you are trying to do “full” (complex) integration. You may want to see here for more ideas: http://www.adityanaik.com/integratepress-part-i/

[Detective]

Use SMF then

That’s the magic of open source. YOU can choose.

[wiseacre]

Do you plain to write bbpress?

4 days before August 1,2008 there are 41 (59%) open tickets? What did you do last mounts?

Some days after (!!) WordPress 2.6 release _ck_ (is he developer???) wrote “Integration does not work!!!”. Do someone knows what is RC or beta version? The great sambauers wrote “Good work”. OK, man, what are YOU doing?

Oh, yes, I know – this is open source and free software. But SMF is working well.

[dankelly613]

My WordPress/bbPress still does not integrate.

RE: FIVE things must be identical in WordPress and bbPress

configuration for cookies to be sync'ed and logins to be shared:



1. DATABASE secret key

2. wp-config.php/bb-config secret key

3. cookie DOMAIN

4. cookie PATH

5. cookie hash

1. I have checked the database secret_key – it matches.

2. I have updated the SECRET_KEY in both config files – they match.

3. 4. & 5. I have the following code in my wp-config

define('COOKIEPATH','/');

define('SITECOOKIEPATH', '/');

define('COOKIEHASH', md5($_SERVER[HTTP_HOST]));

And, my bb-config INCLUDES wp-config because of previous instructions on WP/BB integration.

define('WP_BB', true);

if ( !defined('DB_NAME') ) {

require_once( 'full/path/to/wp-config.php');

}

NOTE: “full/path/to” was changed to the real ‘full path’

Any thoughts?

[dankelly613]

Hi, I’ve downloaded the latest version of this plugin from your blog, installed it according to the new instructions (thanks), but when I click the quote link, it just goes to the Reply field without quoting any text.

Any solutions?

I’m using WP 2.5.1 and bbPress 0.9.2

[John Conners]

Remove the brackets – this is what you want to execute:

UPDATE bb_topicmeta SET

meta_value='http://www.portcityunderground.com/bbpress/'

WHERE meta_key='uri' LIMIT 1

[781521]

Ok, Thanks.

Heres what I have in the bb-config.php:

$bb_table_prefix = 'bb_';

So heres what I put:

UPDATE (bb_)

topicmeta SET

meta_value='http://www.portcityunderground.com/bbpress/' WHERE

meta_key='uri' LIMIT 1

Heres its response (I really didnt know if I need to leave the parenthesis etc in it…I have never queried a database before):

[chrishajer]

How about this:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/trick-to-fix-some-email-problems-with-08x-plugins-on-09x#post-15776

[Ben L.]

Go into your database, do the following query:

UPDATE (your $bb_table_prefix found in the config file goes here)topicmeta SET meta_value='http://www.portcityunderground.com/bbpress/' WHERE meta_key='uri' LIMIT 1

[kernow]

Looking good. Perhaps one day optionally link the bbpress admin into WordPress in a ‘all in one place kind of way’.

[781521]

Hello Everyone,

I changed the address (in settings) of the address to my forum and now everything is jacked up.

it should be http://www.portcityunderground.com/bbpress/

but I removed the /bbpress/ to see if I could get the header to point back to my original page instead of the forum frontpage….which didnt work.

Now I cant get to the general settings of bbpress to correct the address. Which php file in my bbpress folder on my server stores that info?..or where can I go to correct it?

Also, whats the best way to make my header go to the home page of my site, not the homepage of the forum? I searched and all I saw were the “super header” option and the added link in the forum header phot0…neither of which will work for me. I have 2 different pictures for the headers so super header is out and I phinagled with the other option and it either was hidden or didnt look right.

Thanks for any help in advance.

[semag68]

Thanks for any help in advance!

I am not experienced with php or wordpress/bbpress.

I have my bbpress site up just fine, but its not sending out registration emails. I have checked all the easy fixes

Inbox is empty

Spam is empty

tried on gmail, netscape, and hotmail.

Waited over an hour

I believe that the issue has to do with my hosting requiring authentication for outgoing mail. I called them and they explained that they do require this.

I am wondering solutions I could pursue.

Is there a way to make BBpress authenticate?

Or

Can someone provide a guide to getting an alternative SMTP system set up.

Thank you all for your help!