[lonemadmax]

It looks broken to me. Even the second link gives an error. I’d go and recount everything (there’s an option somewhere in the admin pages). I don’t know if that will solve anything, though, it’s just a wild guess.

[flatworm]

It requires alot of pain in the *** to install Vanilla on WordPress.

I do not want to do it manualy.

<b>Does this thing require a manual hookup?<b/>

Does it still have the bug that had to be solved by editing the code?

[lonemadmax]

I’m very sorry to hear that. The problem is most probably in the script; as I said, I’m a complete newbie to php and databases, and just modified the script without really knowing how much of it worked. The only thing I can say is: have you deleted all occurrences of ut8_encode? There are more than one. Also utf8_decode may give you problems, but I don’t think they’d be the ones your seeing.

Is there any chance that I could get a dump of your database? (A fake one, with russian characters in fake posts and fake users from SMF in the same conditions as the real one, so that I can play with it here.) If so, please send it to antiswen at yahoo dot es (yep, es, not com). Oh, and please zip it or something so that yahoo doesn’t mess with the text.

[vedmak]

It does not help. Maybe it is a bug of bbpress 0.81 or this script. Or mine.

[intellivision]

http://www.subike.com/forum/

It shows -1 posts in one category, and 0 in the others.

But I have one post here

http://www.subike.com/forum/topic.php?id=3&page&replies

I removed all plugins, and re-uploaded all .81 web files. Still the same.

[chrishajer]

This thread is related:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/82?replies=8#post-349

Looks like 3 days ago member:pravin was trying to see if this would work with .81. Maybe you can post in that thread or contact that member?

[john24]

@ardentfrost

Thank you. I am going to check the plugins for my needs and just have to find someone to fix my kitchen sink

[elf2000]

I made Japanese translation for bbPress.

I translated using trunk.

Please see the following file.

http://oss.poyo.jp/pub/contribute/bbpress/2007-02-20/bbpress-svn-trunk-20070220.tar.gz

Thanks.

[ardentfrost]

bbPress isn’t for someone who wants a program that can do everything including fixing your kitchen sink. It’s for people who want a slim, quick forum software that is highly customizable. You certainly have a good many plugins to choose from already, and the number is constantly getting bigger… for instance bbPress doesn’t come with stuff like private messaging, but you can easily install it using a plugin that some really smart guy created. But then if you feel that PMs aren’t needed in your forum, then you don’t have to install it and that choice causes your forum to stay trim instead of being bloated with features you don’t need.

However, if you feel you need everything packaged with phpBB, I think your choice is already made.

And to answer your questions:

1. I’m not sure, but I do know that a lot of different languages have been added to bbPress… you just have to install the correct files and I’m not exactly sure if there is a repository of them

2. Yes

3. The admin area is very slim with few options. Customization comes from theming and plugins. Plugins have the capability to add options to the admin pages (though none of mine do that yet… it’s on my docket)

[john24]

@amethystdrag

Thank you for helping me. I am stuck between going for phpBB that has all the things I need, plus I have worked for phpBB on another site for 3 years. Or going for bbPress.

[amethystdragon]

I can answer the second question – Yes there is a plugin that will achieve that for you – its called bbPress Post and you can get it from http://dev.mbzeus.net/ – it goes in as a plugin on the WordPress side

Can’t help you with the others though I’m afraid

[john24]

Does bbPress also come with a Dutch language file?

It is possible to intergraded the blog in such a way that blog articles are automatically created within the forum?

Is there a admin demo area live online, where the back office functions can be seen?

[Fakey]

After a search for a word that appears only in the topic title (but not the tags, nor post content) the results are listed, followed by:

No results found.

This is because the if statement is looking for the local variable $topics, instead of the correct variable $titles.

It’s a small fix, but I didn’t know how to post on the bbPress bugtracker.

[spencerp]

Thanks for your reply Sam… Yeah, for the most part at least lol. Only thing I can’t seem to get working for me though, even followed your instructions over here:

https://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/520#comment:30

Is applying a “patch” using SVN access… I’m on dreamhost, but, I go through the: START > RUN > CMD …. then login that way… I tried adding that line of code, and even uploaded the patch to my forums/ root directory.. used that:

$ patch -p0 < /path/to/patchfile/categories-build701.patch

Giving my path of “/public_html/forums/categories-build719.patch

And it fails to find such thing in that directory? I’m not a Pro at SVN-ing yet, but anyone with any thoughts, suggestions, and so forth? I was just going to download the lastest SVN files to the Desktop like normally did, and apply patch via Tortoise SVN.. and only upload those “patched” ones… into the forums/ root..

Does that sound like it’s my only option, or.. maybe someone can tell me for sure what to do, and how to do patches via SVN or whatever.. Thanks in advance..

*EDIT* Oh, or does it mean the WHOLE path? I’ll give that a whirl once then, won’t hurt lol.

spencerp

[Trent Adams]

It requires you to create a file called .htaccess and place it in your bbpress root folder. Most works with just the following in it:

Options +MultiViews

Once you have that in your .htaccess your can turn mod_rewrite on in the config.php and see if it works. If not, try taking that line out of the .htaccess and put whatever you have spit out of this file:

http://chezmauricekusadasi.com/yeni/forum/bb-admin/rewrite-rules.php

Then turn that with mod_rewrite on. If that doesn’t work, then it most likely isn’t going to I am afraid and you will have to turn the fancy URL’s off again!

Trent

[Trent Adams]

What are you trying to install bbPress on? php and mySQL on a unix, windows, mac, etc? Here is a common issue with installing on a MAC and is the database a localhost installation? If you could give us a bit more we should be able to work towards a solution for you! Check to make sure you have all the correct information in your config.php because it isn’t able to see the database that you are putting in it.

Trent

[dld]

I am having this same problem at install, “Cannot select DB.”

I have only bbPress and not wordPress, so mine is a simple setup.

Any ideas on what the problem could be?

[spencerp]

What I’m probably going to do is, just use the CSS file codes that I had, for when using the Forum Category enhancement with my bbPress forums. It’s not going to be a big deal if those Forum Category CSS codes are in the stylesheet anyway.

For those running the Forum Cat enhancement, or not, I’ll release a Gathering theme version for either route. A) One for the plain Jane bbPress users, and One for those that are already using the Forum Category enhancement.

Please note though, that this theme will be an AS-IS type of deal!!

I’ll try to give a helping hand, and try my best to provide “support” for it, but, I’m just a really, really busy person sigh. I barely have time to sleep and stuff… Besides, if any problems arise, your answers should be, or, could easily be answered here, since it’s basically just a theme. If you happen to have issues with the Forum Cat enhancement patch itself, I’m sure Sam would be happy to help you..

Anyway, here’s what’s on my TO-DO list, starting now!

1) Delete all the current plugins on my forums, so I have a total plain Jane bbPress install to work with…

2) On the localhost/computer .. make up the “Gathering” theme on the latest Trunk files of bbPress. With, and without the files containing the Forum Cat enhancement edits… (Again, this theme should (generally) still work for .80, however, not sure about the backwards compatibility for the forum Categories enhancement though)…

3) Download the latest copies of the plugins I deleted, tweak the new ones, upload and install them…

4) Try and get some kinks out of the theme, which happens when using some certain plugins sigh..

5) Release two copies of the Gathering theme, one for plain Jane bbPress users, and one for those already using the Forum Category enhancement…

6) Then I’ll probably apply the theme I just spent the last 3 days on, non-stop, which I put up on my Vindictive Bastard blog… I’ll apply that on my spencerp.net blog then too.. and make it a theme for bbPress as well … whee! What you think? http://www.vindictivebastard.net/

7) I’ll try and actually get some sleep!! Geesh, I’m beat!

Anyway, I’ll keep everyone updated on this.. thanks for your time..

spencerp

[spencerp]

Okay, I just SVN-ed the forums… Now, before I go any farther! I’m going to make the “Gathering” theme for bbPress, on the latest Trunk files… Which should still be ok for those using .80 and .81

I’m going to start a new post about that “Gathering” theme, after posting this… so.. Thanks again Sam, for the tips, and the awesome Forum Category enhancement.

spencerp

[spencerp]

To make this easier on me, I’m just going to backup ALL the current files for my forums, including plugin files, theme files, and whatever else..

Wipe it all out, except for the themes, config.php, .htaccess, and whatever, do that SVN method I mentioned above, try and apply the Forum Cat patch, run upgrade… Then, download all the latest versions of those plugins, go through those files, and adjust accordingly..

Then, the themes as needed.. because I’m on Dreamhost servers, some plugin files were a pain in the arse sigh… had to do special “tweaks” to the files…. Then, make a “not-so-perfect-release” of the Gathering theme, for bbPress…

Then, and then, and then some more.. lmao.. Always something .. LOL Hmm, I could probably shoot for another 3 days staying awake, not getting any sleep.. whee!! [Grabs another pepsi, because that’s my go-go juice, and gets back to work again!]… .

spencerp

[spencerp]

Oh wait, you’ll have to forgive me lol, I’m riding on 3 days without sleep, sigh. I forgot you mentioned a quick “how-to” in your comment over here on trac:

https://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/520#comment:30

spencerp

[spencerp]

Hi Sam, I already got SVN access on my spencerp.net domain. I just hadn’t did any SVN-ing on the WP blog itself, and the bbPress forums though. I manually uploaded the files, ran install, upgrades when needed..

But, I guess I could though. Just make my way to the forums/ directory, and do a SVN checkout for bbPress right? Here’s how I usually do my SVN checkouts, into a specific folder:

svn co http://svn.automattic.com/bbpress/trunk .

Once I’m done with that, then run the upgrade, right? Then worry about applying the patch for the Forum Categories?

I never applied a “patch” via the SVN way before, I just want to know step by step, briefly even, how-to do this… Do I just slap in the patch URL.. or.. ? Thanks in advanced…

spencerp

[chrishajer]

Kirkk: that is what the plugin is supposed to do, I think: turn the slashes around. When you pasted the code into that file, did it have line numbers? You should use the plain text version here:

https://trac.bbpress.org/attachment/ticket/575/path-to-url.2.php

Is the my-plugins directory readable (0755 permissions) and the file is readable by the webserver (0644 permissions at least)?

Also, I don’t know the answer to this question, but should it have the .2. in the file name, or should the file be named path-to-url.php? I don’t know if the filename matters at all. I know there was a version one without the 2 in the filename.

Keep plugging away. You’ll get it.

[chrishajer]

flatworm, also, you can contact me via email and I will help get you running off-list. See my profile, go to that website and follow the the “contact us” link and email to support. I will help you out. You don’t need to get into the development of bbPress.

Also, you’re not experiencing ‘errors with graphics’ you’ve got a problem with the path to your stylesheet. That’s all. That may very well be a bug, but all software has bugs. Don’t just trade one problem for another.

vanilla support forum: http://lussumo.com/community/9/

Also, did you ever look in a rendered page (in your browser) for the stylesheet line? If you do see that (use ‘view source’ or something similar in your browser when you pull up a page similar to the one you took a screenshot of) post the information from that stylesheet line. My guess is that the slashes are backslashes.

Also, I never understood the point of installing community/forum software on localhost, unless it’s just for testing. Even if that’s the case, I prefer to test in the environment where it will be live so you’re not solving problems that won’t ever happen once it’s live, and you won’t experience new problems that you didn’t anticipate.

But, contact me off-forum and I will help you.

[chrishajer]

Sorry, Sam. I am Linux on the desktop and Linux on the webserver. I supposed I could just try it too. I guess the issue is that now that I’ve already install bbPress and updated it once, do I need to start with a new checked out version and make my changes manually to that?

Thanks,

Chris