[_ck_]

I’m afraid I do qualify for too many of the “Granny” points – large fonts, too many cats, health problems, etc. LOL!

But I bet your granny can’t write PHP or javascript so that makes me feel better somehow…

[Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)]

I don’t see any ads (and I block them too).

Immelody, I would suggest making the border around the login info boxes (for name and password) darker. I almost missed where they were and wondered how people logged in

[_ck_]

Okay if you want something simple you can make this into a mini-plugin:

(call it forum-totals.php)

<?php

/*

Plugin Name: Forum Totals

*/



function forum_totals() {

global $forum_id;

$forum = get_forum( $forum_id ); 	$topics=$forum->topics; $posts=$forum->posts;

$forums=get_forums(array('child_of' => $forum_id));   $count=0;

if ($forums) {foreach ($forums as $forum) {$count++; $topics+=$forum->topics; $posts+=$forum->posts;}}

echo "<tr style='background:#ccc;'><td align='right'>$count total forums:</td><td class='num'>$topics</td><td class='num'>$posts</td></tr>";

}



function forum_topics_including_subforums( $forum_id = 0 ) {

echo apply_filters( 'forum_topics', get_forum_topics_including_subforums( $forum_id ), $forum_id );

}



function forum_posts_including_subforums( $forum_id = 0 ) {

echo apply_filters( 'forum_posts', get_forum_posts_including_subforums( $forum_id ), $forum_id );

}



function get_forum_topics_including_subforums( $forum_id = 0 ) {

$forum_id=get_forum_id( $forum_id );

$forum = get_forum( $forum_id ); $topics=$forum->topics;

$forums=get_forums(array('child_of' => $forum_id));

if ($forums) {foreach ($forums as $forum) {$topics+=$forum->topics;}}

return apply_filters( 'get_forum_topics', $topics, $forum_id );

}



function get_forum_posts_including_subforums( $forum_id = 0 ) {

$forum_id=get_forum_id( $forum_id );

$forum = get_forum( $forum_id ); $posts=$forum->posts;

$forums=get_forums(array('child_of' => $forum_id));

if ($forums) {foreach ($forums as $forum) {$posts+=$forum->posts;}}

return apply_filters( 'get_forum_posts', $posts, $forum_id );

}

?>

Install and activate it and then you need to put

<?php forum_totals(); ?>

anywhere you want to see it, on front-page.php or forum.php templates.

It should go between the endwhile and the </table>

Like this:

<?php  endwhile; ?>

<?php forum_totals(); ?>

</table>

To use the replacement functions for forum_topics() and forum_posts() which include the totals for a forum including it’s subforums, simply replace them in your templates with forum_topics_including_subforums(); and forum_posts_including_subforums();

[Bharat Karavadra]

I had a forumforum contributors who asked for a Reply link under each posted message.

I believe that this was a very good suggestion as it was not obvious how to reply to a message especially when a Topic had many posted messages spanning multiple pages where the reply form was on the last page. If you did not know this then you could wonder where the reply form was.

Go to the following link to see the code update to just the post.php file.

http://www.setforever.org/blog/2008/bbpress-v0902-how-to-add-loginregister-or-reply-link-under-each-posted-message/

[_ck_]

The state the trunk is in right now needs a great deal more bug reports – I find at least one new problem every time I try it because they keep changing chunks of code that are critical with backwards compatibility.

You don’t want to unleash it as a regular release in that state, even as an alpha, because despite my constant warnings and explanations, people use the alpha on live, active sites, usually because they absolutely have to use the very newest WordPress despite it’s bloat and bugs.

I’m fairly certain there will be another alpha release before the end of the year though.

If you know how to use SVN then you can help contribute with quality bug reports on TRAC.

[John James Jacoby]

It’s maaaagic…

[Nipon]

I did as johnjamesj said (except that i left “secure auth” cookie salt as blank because I don’t see it anywhere) I am on wp 2.7rc1 and bb1.0a2. After installing, BB integrated and extracted the wp admin id to assign it the keymaster role. But I could not login in the newly created forum. On the WP side, I was stripped of my admin status and told that I don’t have the permissions.. bla bla. After initial panic, I edited wp_capabilities (under wp_usermeta). It was changed by BB to

a:1:{s:9:"keymaster";b:1;}

I changed it to

a:1:{s:13:"administrator";b:1;}

and got back admin powers in wp much to my relief.

But the problem remains, I can’t login to BB. Something is seriously wrong.

[Immelody]

I tweaked two similiar themes to create one that looks nearly identical. I wanted to post them here. If anyone would like me to zip the themes up, I would be willing to.

I do want to give credit to the person who created the themes in the first place. I’m not great with coming up with raw code so really all the credit is theirs.

bbPress original theme – http://bbshowcase.org/forums/?bbtheme=MistyMorning-bbpress

WordPress original theme – http://themeterminal.com/demo/index.php?wptheme=Ad+Clerum

My merged theme – http://www.asparenting.com

[wiseacre]

I mark it as resolved

> Rev. 1828 seems working …

> Our support guys say it’s depends of files permissions – they must be not more 755.

After

chmod -R 755 bbpress

it’s working too …

And I don’t use dreamhost )

Thanks all

[wiseacre]

I know what is SVN, man And use it every day, for bbpress tests too. But alphas are good for bug reports, help others and wordpress integration testing. We sould discuss one named pie of code. I love digits (rev numbers are digits too), it’s my job, but the people is normal guys collection.

[_ck_]

Oh and by the way, you don’t have to wait for official releases, simply install a SVN client and you can keep in sync with the very newest trunk copy (or any other release) any time you’d like.

It’s the same technique as for WordPress so use these instructions

https://codex.wordpress.org/Installing/Updating_WordPress_with_Subversion

also see this topic for more details/ideas

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/svn-procedure-for-checking-out-bbpress

and if your server is on apache, here’s how to easily install SVN as a client instead of the full package:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/svn-procedure-for-checking-out-bbpress#post-18739

[John James Jacoby]

I got to thinking, maybe we’re doing it all wrong.

Rather than try to work WordPress into bbPress, why not just include the bb-config.php file inside the wp-config.php file instead.

Viola, from what I can tell, everything works like a charm. CK, your bbCode plug-in breaks some of the WordPress tags/shortcodes though, [caption] etc…

This way, bbpress can be directly referenced inside the entire website, and WordPress can use it’s functions AND the ones from bbPress to micromanage the login situation.

I really need to investigate this more, but I think that I might be on to something with this whole integration issue.

A simple plug-in could be made to include the core WordPress queries inside bbPress for pages, categories, etc… Without having to duplicate load everything inside the header, etc…

Okay, so I just did this like 20 minutes ago and I’m a little giddy about the idea, and I’m sure there’s a myriad of reasons why this won’t work, but I think it’s a neat idea…

[chrishajer]

Can you look at any logs to see why the 500 error is occuring? Sounds like the web server does not allow the directives you’re trying to use in .htaccess.

BTW, I use AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .php on almost every install without a problem. Maybe the server just doesn’t support it. Does your host have instructions for enabling PHP5 for your webspace?

[wiseacre]

Ok, guis, WP 2.7 is here. Give us bbpess alpha 3 to test it.

Because of … there are only 59 active tickets

[_ck_]

Try replacing that line in your .htaccess file with this

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .php

AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .php

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php4

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php4

[thetimediva]

Hi

I use instant teleseminar for recordings and they generate a code that you embed in your site etc. to display the player and download links.

This is a sample of there code

<iframe width=”452px” height=”130px” frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no” src=”http://instantTeleseminar.com/replay.asp?eventid=5220734&preffix=custom”></iframe&gt;

It won’t display the player… how do I get this to work?

Is there an audio player plug in for bbpress like there is for wordpress?

Thanks

Ann

[John James Jacoby]

It isn’t about it being a regular basis, it’s about it being possible.

In my testing and installing of bbPress, I usually bounce back and forth between a KeyMaster, an Admin, and a Member test account, and sometimes I am logged in and make a post under the wrong one.

It’s more for convenience and possibility sake than it is for daily use or practicality.

Forums with many users would just have a million entries in the drop down. Heck I dunno man I just thought of this idea!

[_ck_]

I have a bit of code that does an ajax-ish drop down of all members and adding something up near the topic meta area is really easy but I still don’t understand why you’d want to change the author of a topic on a regular basis?

[John James Jacoby]

Nothing with roles, actually something much simpler.

As an administrator, I would like to have a drop-down list on the post-form.php that has a list of all forum members, so that I can assign or change the author of a post.

Within the <?php if ( is_bb_tag() || is_front() ) : ?> there would be another drop down list, but rather than forum, would be the list of authors to say started that topic.

[_ck_]

I am making good progress re-organizing my old code and debugging some quirks despite it’s complexity and should have something for everyone to play with over the weekend.

[John James Jacoby]

@elwagar: Conversely, once they are registered you can assign them a role by going to the bbPress admin, WordPress Integration, and remapping. I feel like a plug-in could help this registration laziness along, but I also think this should just work correctly right away.

I actually had a similar issue years ago integrating phpBB 2.x and osCommerce together, trying to get one to work inside the other with cookies and what-not was a really big problem, one that I never really did get working 100% correctly.

I have no experience with bbPress Live, but it might be worth looking into. CK posted a really nice SQL example on how to grab information without a plug-in, so if you can’t get that to work, you could always put in a little manual labor.

[_ck_]

update: there is a better version a few posts down

I had worked this out this quick and dirty routine but then I realized you might mean not to show it within the forum list. If you mean something different let me know.

In front-page.php

Change

<?php  while ( bb_forum() ) :  ?>

to

<?php

forum_totals("init");

while ( bb_forum() ) :

forum_totals();

?>

and then this after the end of the forum list routine

<?php  endwhile;  ?>

to this

<?php

endwhile;

forum_totals("finish");

?>

This is the main function you can just drop at the bottom of front-page.php

<?php

function forum_totals($x="") {

static $last_parent,$total_posts,$total_topics,$all_topics,$all_posts,$total_counter,$all_counter;

if (function_exists('bb_get_forum_is_category')) {$category=bb_get_forum_is_category();} else {$category=false;}

if ($x=="init") {$last_parent=false;  $total_topics=0; $total_posts=0; $all_topics=0; $all_posts=0; $total_counter=0; $all_counter=0; return;}

if ($x=="finish" || $last_parent!==$GLOBALS['forum']->forum_parent || $category) {

if ($last_parent!==false && $total_counter>1) {echo "<tr><td align='right'>$total_counter subforums:</td><td class='num'>$total_topics</td><td class='num'>$total_posts</td></tr>";}

$last_parent=$GLOBALS['forum']->forum_parent; $total_topics=$GLOBALS['forum']->topics; $total_posts=$GLOBALS['forum']->posts;

$total_counter=0;

} else {$total_topics+= (int) $GLOBALS['forum']->topics; $total_posts+=(int) $GLOBALS['forum']->posts;}

$all_topics+= (int) $GLOBALS['forum']->topics; $all_posts+=(int) $GLOBALS['forum']->posts;

if ($x=="finish") {echo "<tr><td align='right'>$all_counter total forums:</td><td class='num'>$all_topics</td><td class='num'>$all_posts</td></tr>";}

elseif ($category) {$last_parent=false;} else {$all_counter++; $total_counter++; }

}

?>

[eliwagar]

I have just realized that…Bugfixing can be so frustrating…I will check again tonight…

[John James Jacoby]

@mvds: The idea is that logging into or out of either/or will do that action on both sides for a unified website function. If you log into or out of either, and it affects the other immediately, and you have admin access to both sides regardless of where you login, that’s a good thing.

[John James Jacoby]

Have you tried logging in and out of both your WordPress and bbPress installations and accessing both admin panels? I mean each combination each way.

1. Log into WordPress; Check admin panel access and cookies; Log out of WordPress
2. Log into bbPress; Check admin panel access and cookies; Log out of bbPress
3. Log into WordPress; Check admin panel access and cookies; Log out of bbPress
4. Log into bbPress; Check admin panel access and cookies; Log out of WordPress

That is where the problem lies, and I have been running the most updated trunks of both bbPress and WordPress the entire time.