[ngetchell]

There is a plug in that posts entries from your WP blog into your bbpress bulletin board.

http://dev.mbzeus.net/

I think this will be what some people want in there forums.

[devils_advocate]

so you all suggest I change

define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(__FILE__).’/’);

require_once(ABSPATH.’wp-settings.php’);

?>

to read

define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(__FILE__).’/’);

require_once(‘path/to/bbpress/config.php’);

?>

or to read

define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(__FILE__).’/’);

require_once(ABSPATH.’path/to/bbpress/config.php’);

?>

??

tia

da

[mozey]

bbpress makes me a happy man,

[zimpet]

Hi ear1grey, jepp, you are right… Maybe I am too spoilt by all the coders work on wordpress. In fact, bbpress is a good point to start with, and the idea of having a forum and a blog coming right from “one-stop” is the right decision. So, don’t get me wrong! It is really a wish of mine to have it all “together” and tools get merged this way.

The only thing I want to highlight is, that – I’m not a coder from nature, but a tinckerer – it is not as easy as it sounds to set up the forum and integrate it into a running blog; first of all, if you are using wordpress for more than only as a “blogging-machine”. So, I will report

all bugs I find and – if it is possible for me, give advice how to fix it. In case I have the courage… as mentioned, I’m a tinckerer, not a coder.

[bonnyweb]

Hi guys,

I’ve tryed to integrate bbpress in my wordpress blog, but I’ve some problems…I think in the configuration file.

I’ll post my config file for semplicity:

wp-config.php:

<?php

define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘blog_wp’);

define(‘DB_USER’, ‘root’);

define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘root’);

define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);

$table_prefix = ‘wp_’;

define (‘WPLANG’, ”);

define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(__FILE__).’/’);

require_once(ABSPATH.’wp-settings.php’);

?>

bb-config.php:

<?php

define(‘BBDB_NAME’, ‘blog_wp’);

define(‘BBDB_USER’, ‘root’);

define(‘BBDB_PASSWORD’, ‘root’);

define(‘BBDB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);

$bb_table_prefix = ‘bb_’;

$bb->domain = ‘http://localhost/neoxyty&#8217;;

$bb->path = ‘/forum/’;

$bb->name = ‘Neoxyty forum’;

$bb->admin_email = ‘pippo@pluto.com’;

$bb->mod_rewrite = false;

$bb->page_topics = 30;

$bb->edit_lock = 60;

$bb->gmt_offset = 0;

$bb->akismet_key = false;

$bb->wp_table_prefix = false; // ‘wp_’;

$bb->wp_home = “http://localhost/neoxyty&#8221;;

$bb->wp_siteurl = “http://localhost/neoxyty&#8221;;

define(‘BBPATH’, dirname(__FILE__) . ‘/’ );

require_once( BBPATH . ‘bb-settings.php’ );

?>

The intallation of the wordpress is ok and it works, and also the installation of bbpress seams to be ok, but when I try to read a post or make some changes in the admin section it doesn’t work…

Some section are ok and other no…

Somebody can help me…please!

P.S. sorry if my english is not so good…

[ear1grey]

Hi Zimpet, “alpha”, “beta”, “0.72”; it really doesn’t matter what the label says; any code is only as good as the number of man hours that have been spent writing it, and then refining it.

The ratio of hours spent on WP versus BB is currently* around 100,000:1, so a certain lack of polish is likely.

* educated guess

bbPress has reached the point of maturity where it can have more people developing it, using it, and commenting on it; so this is the point where it’s development can accelerate whilst it’s core capabilities mature into something stable, so if you think you’ve identified problems, then thats a good thing, so be happy.

The best thing that you (and any of us) can do is to isolate and describe each problem (and each suggestion) so it can be entered into trac, prioritized and fixed.

[matiasquaglia]

Hi, i’m just steppin’ in in Bbpress, and i’m very impressed.

I’ve used WP in the past, and I like it a lot.

BBPress has same carisma.

I’m just wondering about changing the default language.

In Wp that’s done throug a compiled file, and with BBP?

[Atsutane]

@devils_advocate

Inside wp-config.php

[devils_advocate]

“require_once(‘path/to/bbpress/config.php’);”

where would this be added?

[abc12345]

I was installing bbpress on a local server that is not connected to the internet. I noticed that during the installation an image should come up “http://bbpress.org/bbpress.png&#8221;. If you happen not to be connected to the internet, the image can’t show up.

I would like to make the suggestion to put all such files and images in the installation, so that installing and running bbpress is not dependent on an internet connection.

[zimpet]

Mmmmh. Tried it and got: “Fatal error: Call to undefined function __() in /path/to/bbpress/bb-includes/capabilities.php on line 27”, it is the part with “function get_roles()”. Maybe it is beacuase I have defined a role “Key Master” within WordPress (with the plugin Role Manager)?

[maxroeleveld]

I ran into that exact same problem; no matter what you changed the user role into, he/she would always stay a member. bbPress would also NOT give me the “profile updated” message after submit.

My guess: since I was also using a localised version of WP (I had already tried to just include WP, not use the wp_ tables for user info), a lot of strings were translated, including the roles. It even changed the URL to the profile edit page to /profile/2/bewerken/ (bewerken == edit).

And sure enough, after complete removing the WP inclusion code, things worked again…

Maybe there’s some strings being gettext’d, that shouldn’t be?

[zimpet]

Hi! I am truly a fan of WordPress (I use it on several websites), but I am a little bit disappointed of bbpress. I know, that it is a beta, but there are plugins for wordpress available, making integration into wordpress much better. Easier integration concerning templates, user-management, navigation etc. In spite of being a beta, the code still is “grubby” – having templates in “my-templates” does not mean that all functions will work with them. Eg. “bb-login.php” still include “login.php” from “bb-templates”. So, it means wasting time by seacrhing and fixing these things… And truly: who did directly understand “how-to-integrate-bbpress-into-wp” ? Or otherway round?

And why do I always have “Ok. The document has moved here”? After login, logout – using IE. Using Firefox, nothing happens – no redirect, no link. I am enervated. Sorry. I have expected a bit more. Perhaps my fault…

[gnawph]

Some of these additions are either done with a simple plugin or template modifications…

Personally I’d like to see bbPress continue on with it’s development without spending resources to integrate the two programs together. Rather bbPress should stand alone as a forum system and not just a glorified WordPress plugin. It is my opinion that current forum systems offer way too many features and confuse themselves with content managment systems and social networking sites. Huge avatars and signatures take away from actual content and private message systems have been around for ages disguised as email.

The community around bbPress should develope plugins for all of these specific features. Remember that 90% of your users will just read and post on your forum and all those other goodies are just taking up resources that aren’t contributing to the overall “digital discussion” philosophy of a forum. Usenet is still pretty popular and that hasn’t changed much in years.

I’d like to see improvements on security, speed, and ease of use in the next releases rather than glittering goodies and features.

I am working on another ghetto plugin to highlight threads that have been started since your last visit. It’s been painful and frustrating to work on this since it’s been so long since I’ve worked with php but man is it fun. Another thing I’d like to see in the next release is a list or plan of what is going to happen next so I don’t waste time creating a plugin that is going to be in the next release.

Although it is fun.

P.S.

I’m biased on this issue as I’ve been in web stuffs for a number of years now so I can easily integrate a theme. It should be very simple as most of your design should be located inside your wp css file. The only thing you really have to change is some <div> placement. I threw away the default bbpress css theme and just flung bbPress into my WordPress site’s containers and it worked pretty well.

[devils_advocate]

Hi.

I’ve a settled and happy little wordpress (version 2.02) community that I want to add a robust Forum software to.

Seeing as how WordPress.org recommends (and uses) bbPress, I thought I’d give it a go.

I’ve read through the (available) documentation <–that which I understood, and made changes to the “config.php” file as I believed all should be. I know I have something wrong, because I can’t seem to get the Forum to work with the WordPress installation I have.

My problems are less now than the first install (I keep going into the database and deleting all the ‘bb_’ instances before try to run the install each time (6 times now) – but I still have a few issues I can’t seem to put my finger on and would like to pick some brains – or be led down a truer path of enlightenment.

#1 – I am not a php programmer (an illustrator by trade) but pretty sharp so you don’t have to speak to far down to me =0)

#2 – I took the info for the top 3 lines of the “config.php” from my wordpress install. that is I left the ‘BBDB_Name’, ‘added my DB name’ left ‘BBDB_USER’, ‘added MySQL username’ and then the database password

#3 – the bbPress will reside within a “forums” directory inside directory named “cms” which is in the root of the site. I’m a mite confused about the blog and domain paths requested I thought I had them correct but everything lacked the WP template look (no css) and all the links for the “bbpress-integration.php” <-is this really a release plugin?), ahem…all of the links in the window this plug-in generates are two directories higher (on the root) instead of in the same directory as the forum.

(more on this in a bit)

This is what I have here:

// If your bbPress URL is http://bbpress.example.com/forums/ , the examples would be correct.

// Adjust the domain and path to suit your actual URL.

// Just the domain name; no directories or path. There should be no trailing slash here.

$bb->domain = ‘http://domain.com/cms/forums&#8217;; // 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 = ‘/cms/forums/’; // Example: ‘/forums/’

respectively – and believe they are wrong – but unsure.

#4 – named the forum ‘forum name’ ; added my email address ‘devils_advocate@mac.com’; left pretty permalinks to false; topics to 30; edit-lock to 60; offset time zone -5; used my actual akismet key # (is that correct?) and then got to the serious stuff – the three items for integration with WordPress.

#5 – set

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

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

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

And since this site isn’t loading WordPress with bbPress (being that WordPress is the primary site) I left that alone.

#6 – then I create a folder/directory in the ‘forum’ directory called “my-plugins” and add the “display-name.php” plug-in to it (it gets calls for error on line 15 which is “search”) everytime during config

and

I turn on the plug-in added to WordPress – (/cms/wp-content/templates/plugins) “bbpress-integration.php” (which opens immediately in “raw format” – even before I run the bbPress install.

But these two plugs are recommended for us non-techies – so I go with it.

#7 – run the config.php follow the link to Step 1 [and get the same page shown with the “bbpress-integration.php” plug-in (links wrong) at the top, at the bottom a path error on headers and then the regular “Step 1” information to fill in.

Repeat for step 2

Finally, when it appears to be complete I have a login page that is without css (no template integration); links two levels up toward root than where the forum resides ‘domain.com/link’ instead of domain.com/cms/forums/link’

and not wp integration what-so-ever…none of the users/passwords are recognized (over 200) etc…

what, what, what in gods name am I doing wrong?

=0|

thanks for any insight in advance…..

devils advocate.

[adergaard]

actually, the display_name and user_nicename columns already exist in the bb_users table in bbpress.

So my question is still, how come they are not used? Is there a plan for using them later and have they been added already for future use in accordance with what I wrote in my first post above?

Thanks for any info on this.

[zapata]

I have the cpanel… is there anything I can do? Or should I just paste my .htaccess file here… Oh Gurus please help me … (I now could write a screenplay on my adventures in bbPress…)

[wizbor]

Ok after a few more trys, I got it to load. I think I might have had a carriage return (ha, they still use that term?) in the cut and pasting. Now the work to get them to match begins. I need to now get info from the bb_header file into the front-page.

Thanks.

Rob

[Michael Adams (mdawaffe)]

You should probably have the www. pages redirect to the other pages.

Failing that, you can follow the advice I gave here: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/113?replies=3

You’ll need to change the cookie information for both WP and bb.

[zapata]

It WORKED!!!!!!!!!

changing home and siteurl to http://passionforcinema.com worked like that!

Question and possible problem…

Some of my authors may use http://www.passionforcinema.com to log in. I tried it. In this case http://passionforcinema.com/bbpress does not recoginze them (same problem as earlier)

Is there a solution, where bbPress recognizes my authors who have logged in on passionforcinema with or without a “www.” in front.

How can I resolve this issue (beside ofcourse asking my fellow authors to type only http://passionforcinema.com and noT http://www.passionforcinema.com)

[wizbor]

Yes right at the top right after <?php

The congfig.php file at the bottom where it asks about wp intigration also has a statement.

//define(‘WP_BB’, true); When I uncokmmented that it failed so I changed WP_BB to wp_bb and it worked. I’ve set up the wp url and siteurl as well. This all works.

So when I added your code to the top I’ve tried all combinations, that is, lowercase, commenting out the define(‘WP_BB’, true); at the bottom of the config file etc.

Thanks for responding!

Rob

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[jasonmez]

Okay, first thing’s first… if this is the forum on the bbPress site itself, it really needs to be a bit more of a better example. As it is, when I get to the forum I’m first faced with a giant tagcloud, then I have to scroll all the way down past a huge list of posts to get to the actual individual forums such as this one. Of course, I could hit the button to start a new topic at the top of the top of the page but not only is that counterintuitive, it’s a really bad idea in general that will get people just Pcoming in and posting without looking at other posts first. I’d hoped the layout would have been changed by now at least.

Second problem, and this is one I’ve had on the wordpress forums as well but never bothered to ask about it. At the bottom of the post box it lists allowed tags (shortly after mentioning “Enter a few words (called tags)” with a link to the tagcloud rather than a definition of tags), but what gets me is “Put code in between backticks.” I’ve been running forums since before ISPs could offer residential Internet connections and yet I have absolutely no clue what that means. Unless this software is only meant for WordPress users (which I’m one of, btw), it would be best to get a bit more accessible to ordinary people in terms of language/jargon.

My other large beef is that the forums read like blog comments rather than forum discussions. Threading would be my number one request if I intended to use it. I guess my number two request would be integrating said threaded comments into the comments section of blog entries for those using it with a WP blog, though that’s a lot more complicated. I’d want to start off with the other way around by having the blog able to automatically display posts from certain sections such as Announcements and such. I’m not sure if that functionality exists yet, so apologies if it does. If not, I suppose a workaround could be reading the rss feed from that section into the blog section, but aggregating your own feeds is a fairly silly notion.

That’s it for initial feedback right now. I may come take another look when the software has matured a bit… by that I mean the core, it shouldn’t have to depend on plugins and themes to have very basic funcionality on its own.

Jason

Ps. Oh, and I’ve had strange issues logging in here on two seperate occasions.

[Michael Adams (mdawaffe)]

require_once(‘/home/dental/public_html/wp-blog-header.php’);

define(‘WP_BB’, true);

Where are you putting that? It should be the very first thing in bbPress config.php

[Michael Adams (mdawaffe)]

did you define WP_BB in bbPress’ config.php file?

If so, you must also

require_once(‘/path/to/wp-config.php’);

[Michael Adams (mdawaffe)]

In addition to editing bbPress’ cookie information, you will have to edit WordPress’:

for both bbPress and WordPress

the domain should be .salatti.net (note the first .)

the path should be /

So in bbPress’ config.php:

$bb->cookiedomain = ‘.salatti.net’;

$bb->cookiepath = ‘/’;

in WordPress’ wp-config.php:

define(‘COOKIE_DOMAIN’, ‘.salatti.net’);

define(‘COOKIEPATH’, ‘/’);

define(‘SITECOOKIEPATH’, ‘/’);

Let us know how it works.