I just moved my forum from cpanel-shared hosting to debian vps server- directadmin.
The only problem I faced was permalinks on my forum.
I am using wordpress & bbpress together, and wordpress had no problem with permalinks.
I tried two options for permalinks to work;
1) option multiviews,
2) bb-admin/rewrite-rules.php
I use .htaccess redirects on my wordpress and had no problem with it. I dont know what to change on my vps, or what to try on my vps, and all of the urls saved on google are not working for now.
I dont know much about debian or vps server, this is my first month. I have root access.
Software Versions
Wordpress 2.2.2
Bbpress 0.8.2.1
Server Software Versions
Apache 2.2.8
MySQL 4.1.10
DirectAdmin 1.31.2
Thanks for reading.
No listing in the plugins tab means the plugin is malformed and is seen as just a file in that directory, not a plugin. You are going to need a plugin header, something as simple as this:
<?php
/*
Plugin Name: No 404s
*/
?>
https://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_a_Plugin
Yes, it’s possible. Since you have users already, you’re going to need to get those users set up as WordPress users so they can comment on your blog. You are going to need an integrated install, and I would recommend WordPress 2.5 and bbPress 0.9 when it comes out. Before that, it will just be painful.
is it possible? Whats with the users on the board, may they write comments on wordpress?
my forum is here
exampledomain.com/forums
and i want to install the worpress here
exampledomain.com/
Thanks for all the help so far guys. I think I know what the problem is now. Since the site is integrated with WP, I’m using the WP headers, which are responsible for throwing the 404 error even though the page generates fine.
The relevant discussion on this forum is here.
I still haven’t fixed the problem though. Should I give up on using a single header for both WP and BBPress? Is the plugin fix suggest the best bet? Other ideas?
Thanks for the reply Chris. Yes, I’m using 2.3.3 right now. The content of the plugin code is exactly as above:
function mbob_flush_rewrites() {
global $wp_rewrite;
$wp_rewrite->flush_rules();
}
add_action('init', 'mbob_flush_rewrites');
function mbob_add_rewrites($wp_rewrite) {
add_rewrite_rule('forums/topic', 'forums/topic.php');
add_rewrite_rule('forums/forum', 'forums/forum.php');
add_rewrite_rule('forums', 'forums/index.php');
$wp_rewrite->rules = array_merge($wp_rewrite->non_wp_rules, $wp_rewrite->rules);
}
add_action('generate_rewrite_rules', 'mbob_add_rewrites');
And I’m not getting a specific error really. Simply that when I upload no404s.php with this code to my wp-content/plugins directory, there is no listing in the Plugins tab to even activate it.
You don’t have to wait for 0.9 official release, the beta is very stable:
https://trac.bbpress.org/changeset/1396/branches/0.8?old_path=%2F&format=zip
Just make sure to update it to final when it’s available.
Create the topic like normal, then as keymaster, click the edit link, and on the bottom under the reply form, are links to “Stick topic” or “Stick topic to front”. Click one and you’re done. As keymaster, you can do this for topics created by other people as well. I don’t believe there’s a way to do it when you create a new topic. You need to go in to edit the topic after creating it, then the links are there at the bottom of the page.
See here:
http://www.chrishajer.com/bbpress/sticky.png
Start by sharing a link to your forum and describing how you would like it to look unless it’s completely obvious to anyone viewing exactly what is wrong with the positioning.
Thanks.
I have integrated my wordpress theme into my bbpress theme but even though it looks the same, the text and forum is not in the same postition as they are supposed to be. How do I fix this?
What does the content of your plugin look like, and what is the error you are getting when you try to activate it (do you have access to error logs)? Also, what version WordPress are you using( 2.3.3?)
So close! I have this same issue with my regular installation of WP, and I only realized today (after 3 months) that this is the reason my forums – http://argentinastravel.com/forums/ – are not getting indexed!
I tried creating a plugin from the code above, but I couldn’t activate it. Can someone please help me with a step by step fix for a regular WP install? Gracias!
What are you entering there? And are you using a language file other that the default US English? Any plugins? Are you trying an integrated install with WordPress? What version bbPress and WordPress are you using (if you’re using WordPress at all)?
yep. sorry. couldn’t resist. i’m sure the release will be soon though.
I’ve gone through the steps to install bbPress. At step 1 it asks me to enter a user name for the first administrator account.
No matter what I enter I get this message on step 2:
Bad username. Go back and try again.
Any ideas?
oh – how to find it. go to the calendar page and it’s listed under April 1st.
Well, it was imminent 19 hours ago 
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-084-release-date?replies=39#post-14842
It will be here soon enough. Hang in there.
Not yet. There will be a big sticky at the top of the forum when it is released. Hang in there.
How about in your WordPress header.php try to wrap the breadcrumb call with something that happens only on bbPress pages. So, if your forum is in a directory called “forum” or something, maybe you could check the REQUEST_URI for the presence of forum. Then you wouldn’t show the breadcrumbs if you were on a forum page. Something like that?
Breadcrumb script: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/breadcrumb-navxt/
I’ve integrated it so that bbPress calls WordPress functions, meaning I use get_header and get_footer. All the forum CSS is in my WordPress CSS.
In the WordPress header.php I use that breadcrumb plugin, but obviously on the forum pages I don’t want it to appear.
