[Nate]

My thanks as well, Spencer. I’m watching what you put together with great interest, and your ongoing explanations are most helpful. Many others will surely benefit from your struggles.

Nate

[Trent Adams]

I would search both these forums and wordpress.org forums for bbPress and WP integration of themes. Personally have had 0 success with integrating using wp-blog-header.php in an include, therefore I won’t have anything useful to say. That being said, the point was more to let you know that wordpress.org support forums have suprisingly more topics of this type of integration (theme) than these forums!

Trent

[chrishajer]

Thanks Trent.

https://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/516

[Trent Adams]

Good luck Spencer! Looks like you are rolling out a great package integration documentation!

Trent

[Trent Adams]

Part of the issue is that all the plugins have come on fast in the past couple of months. In the New Year, we will have https://bbpress.org/plugins/ working and all the plugins will be in one place. Part of the fun of bbPress is the ability to have a light core file system and expand with plugins as most users don’t need all the functionality. phpBB is a great system, but extremely bloated for most users that don’t need all the functionality!

As for the plugins that are around now, WOW! Thomas, Ardentfrost, So10 and others are popping them out like crazy! I would imagine no less than 50 plugins more in 2007. Can you?

Trent

[Nicki Faulk]

“As it is though, I still can’t fathom how much is already available (plugin wise) for bbPress…”

Ditto that. When I first came over here, I honestly wasn’t expecting much considering how new bbPress is. I was pleasantly surprised.

[spencerp]

And I’m trying to get someone to make up a plugin, or what-not for “forum categories” .. lol

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/410?replies=7

Josh said he’ll probably get on “this” then, just with the Holidays here, and his busy life.. there is no rush. I trust his awesome plugin’s and work..

Also, as time goes on, and more plugins start coming around, the DEVS will most likely implement them into the core then.. We just need some patience.. As it is though, I still can’t fathom how much is already available (plugin wise) for bbPress.. geesh!

spencerp

[Nicki Faulk]

There’s a PM plugin available. Check the Plugins tag.

Keep in mind also that bbPress is still in its infantile stages. We all know this and that’s why we’re here — to help improve upon it and watch it grow up into a fuller forum software.

[Mistainu]

a better breadcrumb structure. spent an hour constructing one, but if it were only built in… also private messaging (or whispering like vanilla), topics and/or forums descriptions, categories would be nice.

what i mean to say is take a look at phpbb, vanilla, etc. the old guys on the foruming bloc. don’t get me wrong. bbpress is a wonder to design with. but it doesn’t really cut as a top spec forum yet (we’re only 0.7?)

[spencerp]

Nevermind! Here’s what I ended up doing..

1) Edited the MediaWiki:Sidebar by adding in my own custom Register link, pointing to the Blog’s register page.

2) Edited some of the MediaWiki: (Logouttext, Createaccount, some Login”whatever files”, Nologin, Notloggedin, and maybe a few others) files – Removing all the “create account” references. So the “Login / Create Account” link was chopped down to just “Login”.. same goes for the one found on the actual login page.. (Well.. as far as I know I got all them “Create Account” references lmao!

3) Replaced those “create account” words/calls with custom text saying “Please click on the register link in the sidebar. Once you’ve created an account through my blog’s register page, you’ll get an email with the details. Once registered, your username and password will allow you to login on the Codex.”

4) Also, had added that little “hack” to hide the [Edit] link on the pages and stuff, if not logged in.. I had done this before even doing the above.. so.. as far as I know, I’m good to go for the Codex..

I’ll just have customize the email that comes from the blog after they register there, and the same for the forums.. I guess this is all I need, right people? If there’s more.. please tell me.. whee!

spencerp

/Next on the “To-Do” list is implementing my blog’s theme around the Codex.. Wish me luck! …whee!

[Mistainu]

my bbpress is integrated with my wordpress. the 2 required plugins, and adding

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

in my config file so i could use my wordpress theme as my bbpress template. ok, so everything was file. now i tested it’s functions.

i tried to make a test topic as sticky. apparently i can’t use sticky as long as the above code (require once etc) was in the config. i removed it and i could do as normal.

so now i ask: i wnat to keep my wordpress theme as the bbpress template, unless i use that line i can’t… that line is not allowing me to sticky/unsticky. anyway this was the error msg i got.

Warning: main(../wp-blog-header.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/gray/domains/unlimitedinfinity.com/public_html/forums/config.php on line 57

Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required '../wp-blog-header.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/gray/domains/unlimitedinfinity.com/public_html/forums/config.php on line 57

Edit: another error, seems i can’t access my ./bb-admin/ when the above integration is active.

[spencerp]

Nicki, I’m using another version of this plugin.. I had asked Thomas earlier in the thread, for one that sends one out no matter what, or who’s thread gets replied too.

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/313?replies=34#post-1766

So, by default.. his original plugin won’t do that.

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/313?replies=35#post-1528

spencerp

[Nicki Faulk]

Revisiting this: I’m still getting this error:

bbPress database error: [Table 'DBNAME.bb_users' doesn't exist]

SELECT * FROM bb_users WHERE ID = 4

I’ve re-read all the replies to this thread and it looks like spencerp had the same problem I am right now, but I didn’t see a solution posted. Spencer, could you lend me a hand? Or ardentfrost, is there a new version coming? (in other words, should I wait? )

[Nicki Faulk]

hrm … I haven’t tried this on my own bbPress install yet, but spencerp’s uses it and I enabled it in my profile on his forums and it emailed me about my initial post and my own reply. Is this behavior intentional?

[spencerp]

Oh ok, thanks a million Trent. By the way, I also dropped a thread off over here on the MWUSERS forum.. 15 views, no replies there lol.

Oh well, maybe someone will then. Also, Trent.. how would I go about changing the “Create New” account link in the MediaWiki .. to point to either my Forum’s or Blog’s registration page?

Shoot, which one should I use though? I’m guessing the Blog’s registration page right? And even point my forum’s register link to the blog? Might be the best way of doing it.. What you all think?

spencerp

/*cough* I wish ya were on GTalk again lmao, would be a helleva a lot easier to talk me through this crap LoL!!..

[Trent Adams]

I have done some crazy google searching and also came up empty handed. I would change all registration links to bbPress or WP. That way, at least you know they can register and not screw anything else up.

Trent

[mattgriffin]

I just want to bump this question — and all discussion about WP+BBpress+MediaWiki membership integration. This is PRECISELY my dream setup.

Matt

[chrishajer]

I tried to insert a tag that was a duplicate, and got this error:

bbPress database error: [Duplicate entry '231-1-65' for key 1]

INSERT INTO bbpress_tagged ( tag_id, user_id, topic_id, tagged_on ) VALUES ( '231', '1', '65', '2006-12-31 15:19:51')

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /htdocs/riverside/forum/bb-includes/db-mysqli.php:147) in /htdocs/riverside/forum/bb-includes/wp-functions.php on line 816

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Are duplicate tag insertions normally caught?

[Mistainu]

i got this error:

bbPress database error: [Table ‘gray_wordpress.bb_online’ doesn’t exist]

SELECT * FROM bb_online WHERE user_id = 1 LIMIT 1

bbPress database error: [Table ‘gray_wordpress.bb_online’ doesn’t exist]

INSERT INTO bb_online (user_id, activity) VALUES (‘1’, ‘1167539857’)

what happened?

EDIT: (2 posts above) https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/283?replies=30#post-2413 seems to have fixed it.

[spencerp]

Ok people, here’s the deal.. I’ve installed MediaWiki 1.8.2 on my domain: http://codex.spencerp.net/ and customized the links for it and so forth.. no big deal right… ?

What I have done so far is (in this order)..

1) Integrated bbPress to my WordPress blog.. So anyone that registers on my bbPress forums, is automatically registered into my WP blog. Usernames and Passwords work for BOTH..

2) Applied the bbPress_Auth_for_MediaWiki extension to my MediaWiki.. However, I had to use some of the modifications listed here.

Now, people can login to my MediaWiki with the usernames and passwords from either the WP blog, or the forums..

The ONLY problem I’m having now, is.. having users register for a new account on my MediaWiki “Create New Account” page.. sigh.. I’m getting the following error..

http://codex.spencerp.net/Special:Userlogin?type=signup&returnto=Main_Page

“Login error:

There was either an external authentication database error or you are not allowed to update your external account.”

Which is obviously saying, it’s trying to create a new account in the MediaWiki database.. but, where really it should be trying to make a new account in my WP database.. right? Or, that might be meaning the other way around.. I’m not sure.

My questions are:

1) Is there a way to modify the “Create New Account” page, with the WP register page codes? So, when someone tries to create a new account on my MediaWiki itself.. it calls the WP database for it?

Or..

2) Just modify the MediaWiki file, that contains the “Create Account” link, and use the link to the registration page for the WP blog itself? And if so, which MediaWiki file does this reside in?

I guess I’d rather have it simple.. and just implement the WP registration codes, into the MediaWiki file.. so there is no redirecting of the “Create Account” link in my MediaWiki..

Or, does someone know of an “extension” for MediaWiki.. that synchronizes the MediaWiki & WordPress registrations? Thanks in advanced..

spencerp

/It’s ALMOST totally there now.. the way I want her.. just that dang Registration problem on the MediaWiki sigh.

By the way, you have to be registered and signed-in, to edit my Wiki.. whee! Which means, you’ll have to register on my blog, or forums first! This is why I’d like to get this MediaWiki registration figured out soon sigh..

[circedesign]

I just did a fresh install of bbpress, everything works smoothly except for the administrative section. The dashboard opens normally, but all links assume my admin directory is stored in the root folder, which it isn’t.

where/how do i correct the broken links?

thanks

t

[satellio]

File bbpress/bb-admin/index.php

line #32 is:

<li><?php printf('Forums started %s ago.', bb_since(get_inception())); ?></li>

but should be:

<li><?php printf(__('Forums started %s ago.'), bb_since(get_inception())); ?></li>

in order for it to be “gettext-translated”.

The file bbpress/bb-admin/index.php in the bbPress folder archive at http://sostomates.fr/projets/bbpress/bbpress.zip has been modified accordingly.

[pontus]

Hehe, it was a pice of cake.

http://www.crazy-media.com/bbpress/

AND it is easy to add the extra “step” to ” Website Design > HTML Basics > Whats wrong with my site” to the top-links if you like and it’s easy to group the result on the frontpage if you like.

(“General (forum cat block 1) >

–Latest news (forum under general cat)

–General Discussions (forum under general cat)

–Site Feedback (forum under general cat)”)

Well I think it feels “to much” so I made a new row in the table insted of giving every caregory its own line but its an easy to fix. Well, I didnt found any easy way to add a “middle-forum”, like it is in phpBB. If you clock on a categori you see all avalible forums.

Well, well. My point with this post, if you would like i can post the code and changes. But I warn you, my “hack” isnt realy nice, it demands changes in the db, in the corefiles and ofcause template. And worst of all, it uses crapy if-else and no fancy “all data in the db and one function for each job”-stuff. I’m a newbi so I’m using newbi sollutions.

[Null]

bbPortal 1.1 is now available for download. Running this script for the first time will show an error message. Just ignore it. It just says there is no database table yet, but this will be created as soon as you press submit.

Other changes:

– Made bbPortal a plugin

– Added an admin menu for editing the portal page (admin/content/portal)

– Fixed a bbPress CSS bug that caused all <h1> and <h2> fontsizes to be different in every browser

– Changed how the portal’s menu is placed (original #main in the style.css is put back again)

– Cause bbPortal is a plugin now, chances to the bb-includes/template-functions.php file are no longer needed.

You can put back the original bbPress template-functions.php file

You can download it here:

http://www.bbportal.org/

Happy new year!

[Mistainu]

first an initiative would have to be put out. i REALLY think it will benefit bbPress, hope it gets into the bbPress Core files somehow.