[alexhertz]

WordPress has a really nice authentication method: by user’s email. No password or registration. Is it possible to use similar authentication in bbpress?

Really, registration is unnecessary and creates a problem of spam nicknames cluttering the admin panel. Akismet deals with spam comments well.

Wouldn’t it make sense to switch to the wordpress-type authentication by poster’s email?

Please note that this is not the same as anonymous posting.

Additionally, bbpress really lacks wordpress’ moderation options. It would be surely a good idea to moderate all comments which contain links since almost all of them are spam comments which make it through Akismet.

[Thord D. Hedengren]

That’s what I did, when using the generated bbPress htaccess code it works, but not with MultiViews.

Thing is, everything worked just fine with MultiViews, except that Next link.

Ah well, resolved now. Thanks for the help guys!

[viveksivaram]

I have this issue. I tried to copy the “crystal” and “superbold” themes into

//bb-templates

and

//my-templates

yet, on the admin console , i only see the default kakumei

what am i doing wrong? is there some CHMOD issue?

[JeffVoegtlin]

I don’t know if my forums qualify to be listed here, but I’m going to anyway. Trent has helped me quite a bit and I figured some other things out myself. I’d appreciate any comments, or suggestions.

http://jackhammr.org/bbpress/

I’m using Trent’s onvertigo theme, which works well with my blog theme, regulus.

Does anyone know how I can edit the search_form? I’d like the input box to be shorter and I’d like the button to say “Go!” and be on the same line as the box. And I’d like all of that to be on the same line as the User Information.

Thanks,

[Doobus]

This is such a nub question, but what goes first the WordPress install followed by bbPress? Or do they install at the same time, the documentation is confusing me because all it say is configure the config.php file in the bbPress folder, but doesn’t say much else? Any help past this would be great! Thanks.

[chrishajer]

If you overwrote the wp_ tables with the bbPress installation script, I think the best (only?) solution is to restore your WP database from a backup, then install bbPress with a proper table prefix, like bb_.

Maybe the installation script should check for someone setting the table prefix in bbPress to wp_ and question it or warn that bad things can happen. Or possibly it could check for the existence of those wp_ tables already, and warn that they’re going to be modified or overwritten?

[chrishajer]

I think the most likely route is to find something that will convert SMF to phpBB format, then import that to bbPress. I think the most work has been done there, on a phpBB importer. If you search this forum for phpBB or SMF you will see some previous discussion. Here’s one thread:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/import-smf-to-bbpress?replies=20#post-4541

[chrishajer]

Shared hosting works fine assuming you have a good host. As you get more forum activity, you would need more server, and shared hosting is not going to be enough. For starting out though, bbPress works fine on a shared host.

I’ve been using 1&1 (affiliate link) for 4+ years now without any trouble at all running WordPress or bbPress or anything else, for that matter. If you get an account on a shared host, I would recommend getting one with ssh access to a command line. It makes a lot of things much easier. If all you have is FTP access, that’s OK too.

[livibetter]

Read requirements.

[wordpressbob]

I currently have a forum using Simple Machines Forum. Is it possible to transfer that data to a fresh copy of bbPress?

[livibetter]

About MultiViews, I recently re-read FAQ. There is a note for not working MultiViews.

3. Try it out. If it doesn’t work, your web server does not support MultiViews. Instead, you’ll need to remove that line from your .htaccess file and replace it with the several lines bbPress generates for you when you browse to your bbPress installation’s /bb-admin/rewrite-rules.php.

Maybe you can try it and let us know if that works?

[tlmchris]

I also failed to read the instructions carefully… how did you resolve the problem?

[jeromyboyd]

When I finally got my installation to work, I was able to modify the source coding for bbPress to display within a page of WordPress, but styling it to match the wordpress theme would be to intensive with having to change core id’s and classes that were used between both wp and bb. It is easier, from what I am gathering, to design your wordpress template around the bbpress forum.

[Sam Bauers]

The quickest (and dirtiest) solution might be to change line 91 in bb-settings.php to:

require( BBPATH . BBINC . 'db.php');

.

I haven’t tested this, but it should work.

It will force bbPress to use the MySQL PHP extension instead of MySQLi

[Sam Bauers]

bbPress passes of the email to PHP immediately. So timing is all going to depend on how your web host handles email sent from their web-servers. Some throttling of emails may be in place to discourage spamming via badly configured web based email forms. This is not unreasonable of them to do if that’s the case. You’ll need to talk to them to get this changed for you if possible.

[chrishajer]

It’s not you, it’s a problem with bbPress.

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/cannot-select-db-error?replies=11#post-12434

There are two trac tickets that deal with it as well:

https://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/745 (the old one)

https://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/757 (the new one)

If you look through the forum for threads tagged 745, you will see lots of posts regarding the issue:

https://bbpress.org/forums/tags/745

Sorry you’re having the trouble, but it’s not too hard to fix.

[chrishajer]

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/anonymous-posting

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/anonymous-post

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/my-manager-wants-to-remove-the-need-for-passwords-altogether

[ruilouis]

Hello everybody,

I’d liek to know if there is a way to allow people to post without being logged in, without having to become members.

In my case the fact that people have to enter a user name and a email is quite better-not-to-post-incentive.

In WordPress there was a way to do that so I suppose it was alike in BBpress, but I could not find how to do it.

Thanks for help.

Rui

[jeromyboyd]

I have tried installing this on my server several tims the last 2 days with no end in sight. I have attempted two different methods, and both times, I am given the same errors. I am trying to install bbpress on jeromyboyd.com/forums (my wp installation is on the root), and attempting to use my wp DB, using the options in the config file to integrate it with the DB. I am for the most part certain I am entering the prefix info correctly, and don’t see why a bb installation would not work in the same DB as my p installation is, as from what I gather, that is one of the aims of bb. Regardless, if this is not so, let me know, but I have even tried installing bb in it’s own DB with the same errors as below. When I direct my browser to jeromyboyd.com/forums/bb-admin/install.php, I immediately get the following errors:

Warning: mysql_get_server_info() [function.mysql-get-server-info]: Access denied for user ‘thecross’@’localhost’ (using password: NO) in /home/thecross/public_html/jeromyboyd.com/forums/bb-includes/db-mysqli.php on line 80

Warning: mysql_get_server_info() [function.mysql-get-server-info]: A link to the server could not be established in /home/thecross/public_html/jeromyboyd.com/forums/bb-includes/db-mysqli.php on line 80

Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/thecross/public_html/jeromyboyd.com/forums/bb-includes/db-mysqli.php:80) in /home/thecross/public_html/jeromyboyd.com/forums/bb-admin/install.php on line 10

Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/thecross/public_html/jeromyboyd.com/forums/bb-includes/db-mysqli.php:80) in /home/thecross/public_html/jeromyboyd.com/forums/bb-includes/functions.php on line 1898

Below those errors I see the installation pages as normal, letting me fill out all the information and following the steps all the way through completion. I have checked and rechecked my SQL password, which I am certain has been entered correctly in the config.php file, but nothing. The bb installs, and I can even route to the front page of the forum, but when I log in, I get the same errors without the forum template below it, just those warnings.

Some guidance on how I can resolve this, as I am sure I am making a mistake on my side, but my knowledge of MySQL is limited. Thanks ahead of time.

[chrishajer]

I can’t see a way that bbPress would be responsible. The email is sent right before the registration success message is sent. From register.php lines 39-41:

do_action('register_user', $user_id);



bb_load_template( 'register-success.php', $_globals );

 

So, after the register_user action (which emails the password) the success message is displayed. There is no delay built into bbPress. So, it is somewhere after bbPress has handed off the email.

Is is possible there is a different header in the bbPress password message that causes it to be delayed by the recipient’s ISP? I know there is a Precedence: bulk header in the bbPress email, and that WordPress has the same, but there is also a X header in the WordPress email that I don’t see in the bbPress email: X-Priority: 3 (which means “normal” delivery.) It could also be due to the email address the email is coming from (some sort of validation by the SMTP server to see if the sender is valid.)

I would say the problem is with the server sending the emails, or the recipient’s ISP, not with bbPress. I can’t come up with any ideas at all how bbPress could be responsible.

[theshovel]

Hi All,

I have BBpress integrated with WordPress. We just launched the forums yesterday and noticed that users were registering, but not posting. After some testing it looks like the password emails are being sent, but they can take up to five minutes. Users seem to be getting impatient and leaving. We are on a hosted service and the email service works just fine so it’s not the server. Any ideas what is happening?

[chrishajer]

The beauty of open source is that anyone can write a plugin to accomplish what they need. If the need is great, someone will write a plugin. If there is no great need, no plugin. I don’t think what you’re asking for is really basic functionality, but maybe others will see this thread, decide that’s a good idea, then write a plugin.

[c00l2sv]

Glad we could help somehow…

Good luck!

[Trent Adams]

You posted an hour ago! We are around to help, but not always right away! I am thinking it is the lack of an .htaccess file in your /bbpress/ folder on your server. Create that file and have the following in it and upload it and it might get you going:

Options +MultiViews

Check out:

https://bbpress.org/documentation/faq/

Trent

[neffster]

I guess I will go with one of these: https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Forums