[Null]

I agree with this all. This is also one of the reasons I’ve started the bbPortal project (bbportal.org) The idea is to use bbPress as the basic and build some nice stuff around it. It’s not much yet, I’ve just started it).

WordPress is great for BLOGGING and some people forget this. It’s designed for a personal blog not for a whole community. Sure you can extend it with plugins etc, but still.

bbPortal is/will be more for communities like clans/guilds that use the forum heavily. (so forum driven and not blog driven.)

You can also take a look at wordpressMU (multiuser), That can give every user a own wordpressblog that you can administrate. If I may be so bold I see it like this:

Personal/blog………….>>…………Community driven

..wordpress

……………………….wordpressMU

………………………………………………………. bbPortal

(ignore the dots, they where needed for outlining)

Joomla and Drupal are way bigger, but to my oppinion, needs some more understanding about php and coding aswell.

Though choise huh

[Null]

Also see:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/705?replies=2

[bbolman]

Alright I’m wondering if someone is willing to do me an extra-special favor and write a plugin that puts a little drop-down box at the top of your bbPress installation allowing people to choose a different theme. I’m interested in allowing people to demo out all the themes available for bbPress over at Pro Forums.

Accidentally put this in install, can someone move it to plugins?

[lonemadmax]

Sometime ago I adapted a script that imports data from phpBB. Some of the changes are probably a Bad Thing, but it worked for me (about 40 users, 15 forums, 150 topics and 800 posts).

Among the changes:

• Keeps current users, forums, etc. in bbPress. The new forum had started, so I wanted that, even though most new messages were just for testing.
• When an SMF username is found in the bbPress DB, the bbPress user is assigned to the SMF one. Otherwise, a new user is created.
• Imports tags that can’t be used in bbPress, such as table, flash and some stupid formatting stuff.
• Probably other things I don’t remember.

Jump to the CONFIGURATION SECTION and change to match your setup and liking. Wherever you see phpbb it really means smf, of course. One of the things I didn’t do was that type of cleanup. Also, despite the comments saying that you need a fresh new install of bbPress, that’s not true anymore.

Keep in mind that data reuse only happens with users. If a forum or a topic exists in bbPress with the same name that one from SMF, you’ll probably get two topics with the same name (different ID number, though). I haven’t tested this, and I don’t know if that means problems.

Also, subforums become forums on their own, as bbPress uses a flat one-level system. If you are using the plugin that allows for subforums, you may be able to correct this afterwards, or even add the code to the script so that it is done.

If you don’t want any of the probably Bad Things I introduced, get the original one and look compare the

$export_sql

lines to have a feeling of what to change.

Now, if there’s any interest, where do I send it?

[davidbessler]

Hey I need some help solving the RSS problem for my plugin. I don’t really know how most people use RSS so I can’t figure out what changes need to be made. For me, I have Private Forums and Forum Restriction BOTH enabled, and as far as I can see, RSS is unfettered unpassword-protected acess to the info on the board. I can’t really see how anyone would want that. Can someone explain what the permissions of RSS on bbPress might look like? I can’t fix the problem if I don’t use the feature.

[davidbessler]

An educated consumer is our best customer. Take a look at Drupal (www.drupal.org) and Joomla (www.joomla.org), as these may be more along the lines of what you are looking for. They are the equivalent of the all-inclusive resort of online community systems. They offer a lot of what you are looking for almost out of the box. The idea behind bbpress is that while WordPress is a great system for blooging and news (A few people write, lots of people read), it did not offer anything in the way of serious egalitarian discussion, like many conventional message boards. So, bbPress was born to fill that gap. But, it was just born. I think, the future lies in modular community bulding, where people pick and choose each module of their system, and they all work together. bbPress is along those lines, and that’s why I love it. However, if you want to plop a community down on the web with all sorts of gadgetry, chattery, and photo-uploadery, check out Drupal, Joomla, or some of the other CMS (Content Management Systems) … Check this out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_content_management_systems

Sorry, fellow bbPressers, I have to give an honest opinion.

So, again, bbPress and WordPress are like booking a vacation to the far east and choosing a great hotel your friends recommended, then reserving a spot on a cool mountain-climbing excursion you read about in a magazine, and then dining at that revolving restaurant you had always heard about etc … Drupal or any other CMS, is like calling 1-800-awesome-trips, plunking down your credit card, and relying on them to decide all those things for you. Truth is, you may have an AWESOME vacation EITHER way. It depends on the person. And THAT’S the truth.

[Trent Adams]

I haven’t had a chance to try it out yet, but it looks interesting! Do you have a forum with a post that this is working at for a demo linickx?

Trent

[Trent Adams]

I know there are only a couple of us viewing this on the weekend and I am not sure what to change to get the CSS changes for colors. The only thing we have so far for editing the size is:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/67?replies=5#post-295

The color is determined by the #hottags portion of style.css in your theme! There you can change a few color things around!

Trent

[Trent Adams]

We do not have a special key hidden, It has to be added to your config.php! Example:

// Your Akismet Key.  You do not need a key to run bbPress, but if you want to take advantage

// of Akismet's powerful spam blocking, you'll need one.  You can get an Akismet key at

// http://wordpress.com/api-keys/

$bb->akismet_key = ''; // Example: '0123456789ab'

Still requires getting a key from wordpress.com to work!

With the recent re-works of the admin, this might be a great option to store in the database through a core plugin!

Trent

[Null]

Well do we? We bbPress users? Do we all have a key hidden in our forum installation? If not, why not? Why not bake this with the bread?

And if not? Do we get an admin option to insert one, nice and izi?

Thx

[chrishajer]

Bump

Trent, any word on the Anarchy Media plugin for bbPress? This is the last comment I saw:

http://an-archos.com/?page_id=415&cp=all#comment-2219

Does it just work if you include the JS in the <head> of the document?

[Trent Adams]

This should work!

https://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/591

Trent

[chrishajer]

I get this message on any bbPress forum I register for. I register, I get the email with my password, I log in, then, after I log in, I get this message in the body of the page:

You’re already logged in, why do you need to register?

Why is that? Shouldn’t it redirect to the front page of the forum or something? Seems silly to tell the user he did something wrong after all he did was log in.

[linickx]

I’ve seen lots of posts requesting this functionality, but couldn’t find any plugins. Well I’ve had a go at porting Jeff Moore wordpress plugin, not all bbcode tags work as the markup isn’t allowed by default within bbpress, but it’s a start !

Download Here.

Blog Post.

[chrishajer]

So far, this is the only thing I’ve seen posted about customizing the hottags:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/67?replies=5#post-295

It doesn’t specifically address the colors, just the size, of the tags. I imagine, since the style tag is with a font-size in it, like this:

 style="font-size: 9pt;"

that you could make a plugin that did something where if the font size is between a and b, add “font-color: #whatever;” and if it’s between b and c, add “font-color: #whatever2;” etc.

I think this would be pretty interesting. I can see where this code would need to be added in bb-includes/template-functions.php, but that’s a really bad idea (modifying core files) – so, a plugin is a much better idea.

[Trent Adams]

The great thing about bbPress is that it can handle a great deal of things that you want and integrates really well (perfect user integration) with WordPress that can handle all the things that bbPress cannot do. There are also many plugins for galleries and chat with WordPress as well. bbPress has plugins for private messenging and other great things! I would think, between the 2, you could have a great online community!

Trent

[chrishajer]

> First question am I at a good starting place with

> bbpress.org to create an online community?

Yes, it’s fine software for an online community.

> Am I still in the right starting place if my community

> needs the capability to upload and manage/organize photos?

IMO, no. There is no provision for uploading, managing and organizing photos built into bbPress.

> I want the community to be very user controled. Meaning

> I would like the members to have allot of control over their

> profiles. Template, colour schemes etc…

Also, no. bbPress, IMO, is not set up to allow that level of control over the user’s profiles.

> I would also like this community to become very friendly

> for advertisers.

There’s nothing inherently good or bad about bbPress as far as advertising goes. There are a few themes with Google Adsense space built into them already. Other sorts of advertising would be equally easy.

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/304?replies=9#post-1494

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/434?replies=9#post-2418

There’s also an Adsense plugin:

http://boakes.org/talk/tags/bbpress-adsense

> My main focus is getting the community started. Does

> bbpress.org sound like a good starting place?

bbPress is great for community building and it’s lightweight and easy to use. It will not be the solution for you for photo sharing though. You might consider bbPress for your forum, and another package for managing and sharing photos, similar to the way that a lot of users here use WordPress for their site and bbPress for their forums.

I wish you luck.

[Carpediem]

Hello everyone,

Sorry for being so clueless about community buildling. But have some very simple basic questions, which will give you the idea of just how much I don’t know. and how new I am to this.

I want to create a unique online community. One that I have not found online yet. Although it sounds very familiar like all the others. It has several unique ideas that I feel will give it some strength to create a momentum and grow into a very popular community.

First question am I at a good starting place with bbpress.org to create an online community? Am I still in the right starting place if my community needs the capability to upload and manage/organize photos? I want the community to be very user controled. Meaning I would like the members to have allot of control over their profiles. Template, colour schemes etc…

I would also like this community to become very friendly for advertisers. Not that I will be seeking any company that wants to advertise, as the advertising will have to remain true to the mission of the website. And advertising I don’t expect to worry about anytime soon. My main focus is getting the community started. Does bbpress.org sound like a good starting place?

Thanks for your time.

Kevin

[chrishajer]

Is anyone working on a post preview plugin? I saw this thread http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/367 but it was in reference to other things and the post preview just happened to be mentioned in there. I didn’t see anything in trac or in the plugin repository.

I know you can submit and edit after the fact, but the preview keeps people from seeing your unedited post. Any plans for this functionality?

[chrishajer]

I like it too. I’ve been watching the evolution from the beginning. I think I would fix a few of the XHTML errors so that the theme validates. You can check it here:

http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fopen-dialogue.com%2Fbbpress%2F

Basically, the <br> should all be self-closed

<br />

and all the <p> and <div> tags need to be properly nested and closed.

In the CSS there are just a couple problems. Line 304 & 305 need to have units after the number for the absolute positioning:

	top: 25;

left: 225;

should be

	top: 25px;

left: 225px;

Other than that I think it looks really good. Nice job. Very nice.

[ear1grey]

I trac‘d it last week… Uni will be over soon, then I’ll have time to play with stuff like this.

[chrishajer]

So it filters through the post but not the edit? It appeared to me that some old posts that had text emoticons, like , were filtered on display and how display a gif instead of the text. Maybe I imagined that?

In fact, here’s a post I made on my forum back in December, and it gets converted to a gif.

http://www.riversideinfo.org/forum/topic.php?id=6&replies=15#post-40

I did not edit that post, and I just installed the bb-emoticons plugin yesterday. I guess I still don’t understand how it works.

[ardentfrost]

That is how it happens. The plugin filters through post. And it won’t be able to display the smilie when you’re typing until AJAX is incorporated into the text boxes.

[chrishajer]

It seems that the text is converted to emoticons on the initial post or display or something, but when I got back and edit a post to add one, it is not converted on display? When I make a test post immediately afterward, the same text is converted to an emoticon.

Anyone have a similar experience? It would seem the text is translated on display, not posting, so, I can’t see how this would happen actually.

[chrishajer]

That’s a pretty good guess. The files are there (they don’t load, but they don’t give a 404 Not Found error either) and this image file is there in he proper location:

http://forum.webbilgisi.com/bb-images/bbpress.png

I will ditto the vote for the files having been uploaded in binary rather than ascii format.