[chrishajer]

This is accessible:

http://llabrealityblog.x10hosting.com/wordpress/forums/bbpress/bb-templates/kakumei/screenshot.png

So, my guess is that extra directory “forums” is causing trouble, and that you have the config.php in that directory instead of the proper bbpress directory.

You can eliminate that forums directory if you want, unless you’re planning on running multiple forum software. If you eliminate that forum directory, make sure you update the config.php so the paths there match your webserver paths.

The big problem I think is that your config.php is in the forums folder instead of the bbpress folder where it belongs.

And I don’t think it has anything to do with phpMyAdmin (I thought it did since that’s when you said you couldn’t log in, after the talk of phpMyAdmin – maybe you never installed that?)

[chrishajer]

regarding your setup

1. did you install phpMyAdmin yourself, or is it part of a control panel?

2. did you edit any config files by hand?

3. what do your installation directories look like (i.e. where did you install phpMyAdmin in relation to the other directories you have for your WP and bbPress installations?)

is it something like

/home/llab/public_html/wordpress/

/home/llab/public_html/wordpress/forums/bbpress/

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(why the extra directory here ^?)

/home/llab/public_html/phpMyAdmin/

Is your config file for bbpress in the forums directory or the bbpress directory? (IMPORTANT)

I think the forums directory is extra, and maybe that’s causing problems?

[llabrealityblog]

> Can you give more details about what you setup?

I simply added my username and password into the user database.

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> Clear your cookies, attempt to log in, check what cookies were set. Tell us.

I would, if I could get into the board.

[fel64]

> I have it installed, now I can’t log in.

Cookie problem. Clear your cookies, attempt to log in, check what cookies were set. Tell us.

[chrishajer]

Sounds like you need to set the database details in the config for phpMyAdmin. Can you give more details about what you setup?

[llabrealityblog]

I added my account in using phpMyAdmin, but now I’m getting this error:

Cannot select DB.

I can’t load my forum anymore. It keeps displaying that error.

[chrishajer]

Depending on your host, there might be a control panel of some sort. In there, you want to find a tool called phpMyAdmin. If that’s there, you’re in good shape. You can also access the database from the command line, if you have ssh access, or if you just have FTP access, you can still install phpMyAdmin in your own account. You need some way to access the database, at least to see if the users are being created.

[llabrealityblog]

I will do that.

Thanks for all your help so far, guys, I really appreciate it.

ETA: I have no idea how to look in the database. I’m kind of new to the whole “hosting my own forums” thing.

[neyoung]

ok. I’ve figured out whats causing the problem. It comes down to the Default Role Plugin. There is nothing wrong with the plugin itself other than the fact that it relies on wordpress functions. Thus you need to load wp along with bbpress. To do so I have the following added to the top of my config.php file.

require_once('../wp-blog-header.php');

define('WP_BB', true);

With the two lines in the config.php file the allow images plugin does no work. I even tried disabling the Default Roles plugin and leaving the 2 lines in config.php to make sure the plugin wasn’t the culprit. If I remove the two lines the Allow Images plugin works as expected.

I don’t know much, but I could take a stab at whats happening. Is it possible that when a reply/topic is made, bbpress is calling wordpress functions instead of bbpress functions?

[Trent Adams]

I reported it Chris. Just one of those things. I think bbPress is on the same server as WordPress MU, but I can’t confirm that. It just seems they are both slow at the same time…..

Trent

[howtogeek]

Sweet, I didn’t realize I was in the top 100 too… I just opened mine a month ago.

[chrishajer]

And, the previous one, 20 seconds

[chrishajer]

The previous reply took 30 seconds. I did not get a 408 timeout.

[chrishajer]

It’s actually worse today. I got a 408 TIMEOUT error when posting a reply to another thread (and maybe in on this one too… we’ll see.) The reply was there, but I saw an error screen rather than my reply. I knew not to double post though. So, it’s worse, not better, today.

[chrishajer]

I registered, and could not log in with my username and password. Also, I never received a welcome email. So, something is screwy, for sure. Can you look in the database and be sure the users were added? Are you integrated with your WordPress install?

[llabrealityblog]

I have it installed, now I can’t log in. I know I have the right username and password.

Here’s my forum.

http://llabrealityblog.x10hosting.com/wordpress/forums/bbpress/

[Trent Adams]

bbPress is not a plugin for wordpress. You are better having it as a subdirectory, such as wordpress/forums/, but don’t have it in /wordpress/wp-content/plugins/.

Try it’s own directory with nothing to do with wordpress.

Trent

[sagetips]

http://www.reverse-mortgage-information.org/bbpress/

My first use of bbpress for my niche site. Plugins in use (so far):

bbPress signatures 0.14

allows users to add signatures to their forum posts, including an optional per-post toggle

By _ck_.

Comment Quicktags for bbPress 1.1

Inserts a quicktag toolbar on the post topic form. js_quicktags is slightly modified version of Alex King’s newer Quicktag.js plugin modified from original found here.

By Stefano Aglietti.

bbPress Integration 0.74

Synchronizes registrations on your bbPress installation with your WordPress blog.

By Michael Adams.

Simple bbPress Adsense 0.1

An plugin that includes an adsense advert just above the content on the topic page.

By Rich Boakes.

BBPress Private Messaging 0.80

Integrates Private Messages into BBPress

By Joshua Hutchins.

bbpress tweaks 0.04

misc tweaks for bbpress behaviour

By .

And, Refresh theme with some tweaks.

Thanks

[llabrealityblog]

Now I’m getting this error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in /home/llab/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/config.php on line 14

It won’t let me move the config.php file.

[llabrealityblog]

Oh, thanks.

[Trent Adams]

It has to be in the root directory of / not /bb-admin/

Trent

[llabrealityblog]

I’ve included everything I need in my config.php file, but I keep getting this error message:

There doesn’t seem to be a config.php file. I need this before we can get started. Open up config-sample.php, fill in your details, and save it as config.php.

I have the config.php file right there in the /bb-admin directory.

Somebody help!

[benbeltran]

Practice makes perfect and you have a great headstart. I’ll talk with my associate about shell access and everything and see if we can reach a nice agreement

[benbeltran]

Wow. It’s surprising how many sites are using bbpress, I thought there were much less. I hope some of these micro-forums (including mine) benefit from this. More awareness of the software is good for everyone who uses it.

[_ck_]

I don’t want any kind of “phone home” plugin as that can be accidentally considered spyware as that’s not my style at all. I’d rather do it passively. I’ll eventually make a way for people to submit new sites or manually update stats if they need to.

I’ve taken the fake numbers game into account.

Anyone with a sharp increase in members or posts after each month will be examined carefully I’ll remove anyone permanently that I catch “faking”. It’s kinda silly anyway, it’s not like you get anything for being higher.