[mikelothar]

Hi, i hope someone can help me with this.

I have several domains pointing to the same bbpress forum. For example, during the installation, i installed bbpress with the domain name setting of “domainA.com”. Now, when i get a visitor from “domainB.com”, he will be redirected to “domainA.com” pretty fast, like when he’s clicking the “Home” link on the forum.

I have managed to change this, by replacing, in the header file of the template, the:

<?php bb_option('uri'); ?>

.. to:

http://<?php _e($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']) ?>

And it works. However, bbpress use the ‘uri’ alot, and for example, if the user is not logged in, and is trying to post, he will be redirected to domainA.

What i’m asking for, i guess, is if it’s possible, in the php files somewhere, to specifically define the uri to be the server’http_host’ instead of the domainA? Where can i find and change this, and how?

Thank you very much.

Mike

[ovidiu-puscas]

Hi all,

I’ve just installed a bbpress and used a ready found theme for it(Superbold for bbpress), but it doesn’t seem to be displaying one of the elements correctly.

I’ve only spotted this error on the following page – click here.

Just above the users post there is a half showing input box and ‘Add’ button. If you notice on the right hand side the border of that particular element ends about 30px short of the themes width. I’m not sure what it’s even meant to be showing there, nor do I know what to edit to push that element back in its place.

Thank you in advance.

[Mufasa]

How can we vote on this? Clearly lots of people want easier integration with their site – its just too bloody hard to get it going.

Bring on a WordPress [shortcode] and widgets!!

I’m very happy with how easy it it get the accounts to jive but what about the front end of our websites. I don’t expect the bbPress team to just start listening and acting on what I say – but I will put my money where my mouth is and if the bbPress team spoke to us and pointed us in the right direction – what hooks to use etc then I would even look at doing the code to make it happen.

But I don’t even know if people care

[sydspinnin]

Whew. Found the problem and more importantly, the solution, here:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-0902-released#post-16099

Should have searched a little more before getting panicky.

[sydspinnin]

I upgraded bbpress after upgrading my wordpress site to the latest version (2.5.1). The install complained that there were already forums/threads in the database, but said the install went OK. The problem I’m having, however, is that when I go to the forums, I get a t_string error referring to line 20 of the bb_config.php file.

This line is the prefix used for the tables.

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

So, I’m guessing that it thinks it is a new install instead of merely an upgrade. How do I get the updated version to simply read in the existing forums and threads?

Thank you so much for any help. These are busy forums and there will be limited patience with this problem.

[tbaleno]

Well, having checked and rechecked everything, it turns out it was that the secret in wp-admin/options.php was different than the secret in the wp integration settings in bbpress.

I had checked these before and they were identical, but at the time I might have been dealing with a path issue. Then when the path issue was resolved I never went back to ensure they were still the same.

My suggestion to everyone is to check everything even if you KNOW you check them before.

[olgaberrios]

Thank you! But… I have no plugins installed on BBPress. I have desactivaed all plugins on the blog and Spanish characters aren’t shown…

[Derek Ashauer]

We previously setup WordPress/BBPress on a different domain. When we switched domains, I changed every reference of the old domain to the new one by exporting the database and doing a search/replace then reimporting the database.

Everything seems to work except for one minor issue: When you go to the BBPress main page, it redirects the URL to the old domain name. Everything works fine except it does not maintain the session. Once you click on a forum or topic title, it goes back to the new domain name. I cannot find any reference to the old domain name anywhere in config files, htaccess or the database – what else could it be?

[chrishajer]

The invitation to put code in backticks is actually the least of your worries. Anything in backticks gets escaped and displayed differently. You don’t want to hack that function to exclude backticks. Removing the function wouldn’t help with what you’re worried about.

You need to be concerned with input that is not sanitized, not input that is escaped in backticks.

I think bbPress has a very good security track record. There have been a couple problems in the past year (one XSS and one SQL injection I know of) but in general bbPress has been very secure. I don’t think you have to worry about getting hacked when using it. The software is written by professionals.

[so1o]

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bb-anonymous-posting/

hope this help.. works with 0.9.0.2

[shirestudios]

I have the latest version of bbpress installed to my own server, and it is integrated with wordpress (also the latest).

I added one new forum a few weeks ago, but today I tried and it gave me the error: “Something strange happened. Try reloading the page.”

I did reload the page several times, but it still doesn’t work! I am completely stuck…I can’t add new forums or categories…please HELP!

These plugins I have installed and activated:

Use Display Name

Wordpress Integration

Allow Images

Avatar Upload

bbPress Avatars

bbPress Signatures

That’s all…anyone know how to fix this problem?

Thanks in advance!!!!

[mystifier]

I like the idea of adding a BB to a WordPress website and BBPress offers good integration but, having had one website previously screwed with a Visitor’s Book, I am a bit paranoid about PHP Injection.

Since there is actually an invitation to put code between backticks, how secure is it against injection?

Is there a simple hack to exclude backticks?

[mikeyc]

The checklist was excellent. My problem is that since upgrading BBPress and WP, I can’t log in to my forum at all.

My BBPress was getting users from my WP, but I suspect this isn’t now working. Is there a way to check this?

There must be an instruction somewhere that tells BBPress to access the WP database, but I haven’t found it.

I’d be grateful for a point in the right direction.

[Sam Bauers]

@seryi

Cookies in WordPress 2.5.1 are compatible with cookies in bbPress 0.9.0.2

[Sam Bauers]

WPMU 1.5.1 is probably only compatible with bbPress 0.9.0.2

[Sam Bauers]

@javalizard

You need to upgrade WordPress as well to fix the cookie incompatibility.

[tbaleno]

Those solutions did’t work.

I just upgraded wordpress to 2.5.1 and still no luck.

[Mufasa]

Can somebody set that spammer on fire? Please!!! Seriously hot sticky napalm would be just fine…

Nobody can login to our site at all – including Admin.

We will probably hack it to work – but I think we should all vote for bbPress [shortcodes] and widgets.

1) [bbPress]

2) bbPress widgets

Hail bbPress [shortcodes] and widgets

[kineda]

http://www.kineda.com

Full details here:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/kinedacom

[mikeyc]

Hi, I’ve just upgraded bbpress to 0.9.0.2 and I cannot log in at all. BBpress tells me the user name doesn’t exist.

The installation process asked me if I really wanted to run the upgrade script and I said yes.

Previous to the upgrade, I had BBpress integrated with WP.

I’ve checked the secret keys match in both config files.

I’ve tried javalizard’s cookie fix.

But still no joy.

Any hints gratefully received.

[seryi]

The same happened to me after upgrading my wordpress to V.2.5.1

The problem is that auth mechanism in wordpress (based on cookies) has changed and no more compatible with the bbPress’ one. I believe that the next bbPress release will fix it. However now there is only one way to solve the problem – to edit some piece of code(only few lines). This is the instruction:

1) open your bbpress_dir/bb-includes/pluggable.php

2) find function wp_validate_auth_cookie

3) inside this function change next 2 lines of code

$key = wp_hash($username . $expiration);

$hash = hash_hmac(‘md5’, $username . $expiration, $key);

to

$key = wp_hash($username . ‘|’ . $expiration);

$hash = hash_hmac(‘md5’, $username . ‘|’ . $expiration, $key);

4) find function wp_generate_auth_cookie

5) inside this function change next 2 lines of code

$key = wp_hash($user->user_login . $expiration);

$hash = hash_hmac(‘md5’, $user->user_login . $expiration, $key);

to

$key = wp_hash($user->user_login . ‘|’ . $expiration);

$hash = hash_hmac(‘md5’, $user->user_login . ‘|’ . $expiration, $key);

That’s all!

NOTE! It’s only actual for wordpress 2.5.1 with bbpress 0.9.0.1

[seryi]

The same happened to me after upgrading my wordpress to V.2.5.1

The problem is that auth mechanism in wordpress (based on cookies) has changed and no more compatible with the bbPress’ one. I believe that the next bbPress release will fix it. However now there is only one way to solve the problem – to edit some piece of code(only few lines). This is the instruction:

1) open your bbpress_dir/bb-includes/pluggable.php

2) find function wp_validate_auth_cookie

3) inside this function change next 2 lines of code

$key = wp_hash($username . $expiration);

$hash = hash_hmac(‘md5’, $username . $expiration, $key);

to

$key = wp_hash($username . ‘|’ . $expiration);

$hash = hash_hmac(‘md5’, $username . ‘|’ . $expiration, $key);

4) find function wp_generate_auth_cookie

5) inside this function change next 2 lines of code

$key = wp_hash($user->user_login . $expiration);

$hash = hash_hmac(‘md5’, $user->user_login . $expiration, $key);

to

$key = wp_hash($user->user_login . ‘|’ . $expiration);

$hash = hash_hmac(‘md5’, $user->user_login . ‘|’ . $expiration, $key);

That’s all!

NOTE! It’s only actual for wordpress 2.5.1 with bbpress 0.9.0.1

[jldean]

I think I’ve fixed it – fully ‘integrated’ bbpress and wp for cookie sharing AND user database. Now it’s using the wp tables for user data, and is giving out the correct cookie… and all users can login

[mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine)]

Hi all,

I just successfully got Michel Fortin’s Markdown to work in bbPress… I’ve submitted it as a plugin here on bbPress.org, but as that page isn’t updating for some reason, you can download it from the WordPress.org page.

Enjoy, and of course let me know if you have any problems with it.

mitcho

[Sam Bauers]

TalkPress is the name of the project to build a hosted version of bbPress. It is currently in development aiming for an initial beta release.

talkpress.com in it’s current state was funny back in January. It will probably change soon.