[tgpuckett]

OK, I can follow that, where do I need to put get_sidebar()? In the header?

[Atsutane]

I do like this. In header.php i put

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div something>

<div something>

Inside footer.php i put

</div> // close something div

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

</div> // close something div

<?php get_footer(); ?>

When u put “<?php get_header; get_sidebar(); get_footer(); ?>” all inside header.php that mean u load all ur header, sidebar and footer before u load ur content

[metavalent]

try:

// ** MySQL settings ** //

define('BBDB_NAME', 'n22_n22');

define('BBDB_USER', 'n22_n22');

define('BBDB_PASSWORD', '123456');

define('BBDB_HOST', 'db2.awardspace.com');

$bb_table_prefix = 'bb_';

$bb->domain = 'http://n22.awardspace.com';

$bb->path = '/bbpress/';

$bb->name = 'N22 Forums';

// This must be set before running the install script!!!

$bb->admin_email = 'haiyuezhang@hotmail.com';

// Set to true if you want pretty permalinks.

$bb->mod_rewrite = 'true';

[tgpuckett]

OK, in my header.php file I have <?php get_header; get_sidebar(); get_footer(); ?>. Everything is OK, but now bbPress is shoved below the WP theme. Is this a theme problem or a CSS problem? How can I fix it? I really appreciate all the help you’ve offered Atsutane! It’s much appreciated.

[Atsutane]

To center it u need to play with css .. try look into default bbpress style.css and see which code u can use to suit your theme

[metavalent]

Double quotes is also inconsistent with the rest of config.php, which uses single quotes, throughout. I still can’t tell if Aksimet is working because when I go to the Content area of the Admin panel at http://mysite.com/bbpress/bb-admin/admin-base.php?plugin=bb_ksd_admin_page

all I get is the bbPress footer logo stuff.

[tgpuckett]

Yeah that’s kind of confusing…..Really the only problem now is bbPress is not centered in the page as it should be, it’s on the left-hand side. How can I fix this?

[Atsutane]

Well maybe u can imagine like this. Inside your bbpress template, all file (not included header.php and footer.php) equal to your normal WP post. So u need to set up header.php and footer.php to be like ur WP index.php theme file.

To make it short. Cut your WP theme index.php into 3 part. 1 for bbpress header.php, 1 for bbpress footer.php and one for your post a.k.a other bbpress template file.

Sorry if my word confusing you. But i donno how to explain it .

[metavalent]

mdawaffe asked:

Did you put the .htaccess file in the forums directory?

I guess I could have missed it, but I didn’t see anything talking about .htaccess during the basic install process. This looks like yet another item for the 1, 2, 3 Install List. I sooo appreciate the desire to keep this SIMPLE, SIMPLE, SIMPLE but if a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 process would actually cover everything, that would be effectively more simple than a three-stepper that leaves out just enough to throw folks a tiny bit off track. Just my 2 cents.

[tgpuckett]

Atsutane:

Ok, now header.php only includes: <?php get_header() ?> and nothing else. It looks better now. How do I get the sidebar, etc to move over? I want it to be completely seamless. Thanks so much for your help so far!

[Atsutane]

tgpuckett,

it seem to me u put get_header(); inside header.php without removing all the original content

[talkaboutdesign]

i got this to work fine, check out http://www.talkaboutdesign.com/forum/

I’m also working on modifying the theme, and will be releasing a download for it in a near future.

[tgpuckett]

OK, so I’ve done that, and it looks kind of muddled. How can I get bbPress to ingore it’s own stylesheets and just get all the info from WP’s theme?

http://www.macuserblog.com/boards/

[Starkmann]

I just found and installed bbPress today. I was surprised at how well it went. Now I am familiarizing myself with it currently I have two oddities that I do not understand. I tried looking at the docs but they seem limited at the time. Please feel free to direct me if I am mistaken.

1) users registered for -1 year. both of my users registered today have this. Seems odd. I can’t find anywhere to manipulate this

2) weird stats. Below is what it says in my dashboard

* Posts per day: 44.132

* Topics per day: 11.033

* Registrations per day: 22.066

* Forums started 2 hours ago.

I tried doing a post recount thinking it may reset this.

any ideas?

thanks

[metavalent]

peiqinglong’s clarification:

First off, I would go back to the beginning. Delete all the bbpress files that you put into your WP directory. Then create a sub directory inside of WP, bbpress, or something. Put all of bbpress in there.

Should be included on the 1, 2, 3 Step Installation Page, which should read:

1. Unzip to a sub directory of WP e.g., ‘bbpress’. This will become part of your forum URL http://yourcoolsite.com/bbpress/.
2. Copy config-sample.php to config.php and fill in the necessary details.
3. Load bb-admin/install.php and do what it tells you.

Let basking be the RESULT of the process, rather than hogging up 33% of the 1, 2, 3 process.

[tgpuckett]

OK I’ll try it without. Thanks

[Atsutane]

Yeah that the main point. But i think if u using version 0.73, u no longer need to put define(‘WP_BB’, true);

[Atsutane]

shedrock,

even if wordpress and bbpress are using different database u still can have the same user database. The only u need to do is to make sure wordpress and bbpress database name and user is the same.

To call your forum from wordpress, maybe u can try making new static page and set “post slug” = “bbpress folder”. So everytime u click on that page, u will be redirect to your forum.

P/S: maybe this will only work if you enable pretty permalink for wp.

[tgpuckett]

OK, so let me get this straight;

To make bbPress and WordPress match, all I have to do is add:

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

define('WP_BB', true); in my bbpress config.php file (edited to fit my directory structure of course). and then in the theme’s header.php, I put get_header() and bbPress will grab the header from my WordPress install, and all will be right in the world?

[tgpuckett]

Thanks so much! I’ll check these threads and report back w/ any problems.

[peiqinglong]

First off, I would go back to the beginning. Delete all the bbpress files that you put into your WP directory. Then create a sub directory inside of WP, bbpress, or something. Put all of bbpress in there.

If you copied and pasted the config.php file exactly as you inputted it, then the problem seems to be that you didn’t fully fill out the config file.

Config-sample.php should be renamed to config.php and this is what you should be entering (leave anything I didn’t include here alone):

define(‘BBDB_NAME’, ‘wordpress‘); // The name of the database

define(‘BBDB_USER’, ‘ur MySQL username‘); // Your MySQL username

define(‘BBDB_PASSWORD’, ‘the pass to the database‘); // …and password

define(‘BBDB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); // 99% chance you won’t need to change this value

$bb->domain = ‘http://shadesofblack.free1k.com‘; // Example: ‘http://bbpress.example.com&#8217;

// There should be both a leading and trailing slash here. ‘/’ is fine if the site is in root.

$bb->path = ‘/bbpress/‘; // Example: ‘/forums/’

Give your forum a name and enter your email…

$bb->wp_table_prefix = ‘wp_’; // WordPress table prefix. Example: ‘wp_’;

$bb->wp_home = ‘http://shadesofblack.free1k.com‘; // WordPress – Options->General: Blog address (URL) // No trailing slash

$bb->wp_siteurl = ‘http://shadesofblack.free1k.com‘; // WordPress – Options->General: WordPress address (URL) // No trailing slash

And that’s it…go to shadesofblack.free1k.com/bbpress and you should get the installer.

[peiqinglong]

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/38?replies=29

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/166?replies=6

[tgpuckett]

Hello all,

I’ve successfully installed WordPress and bbPress on my site, http://www.macuserblog.com, and I’d like to know how to make the bbPress installation look like my WordPress blog. I’ve already done the integration with users and such as is possible in bbPress’ config.php file, and the next step is configuring the theme so the transition between WP and bbP is as seamless as possible. Thanks!

[peiqinglong]

I would like to mirror the favorites on my WP homepage, but topic_posts() is a bbpress only function…is there a plugin or hack so that I can get the favorites to my WP homepage? Thanks!

[preckie]

oops, i tried another version of the config file, i made everything i edited in the “only useful for wordpress integration” part and placed the values “false” and here’s what i got when i tried logging in.

bbPress database error: [Table ‘preckie_wpdb.bb_users’ doesn’t exist]

SELECT * FROM bb_users WHERE user_login = ‘admin’ AND SUBSTRING_INDEX( user_pass, ‘—‘, 1 ) = ‘d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e’

bbPress database error: [Table ‘preckie_wpdb.bb_users’ doesn’t exist]

SELECT * FROM bb_users WHERE user_login = ‘admin’