Thanks for the reply but I have followed those instructions to a T numerous times and nothing works, including downloading that template. This code
<?php require_once(‘/absolute/path/to/WordPress Parent Directory/wp-blog-header.php’) ?>
Breaks the forums completely. I only get a white page when going to the URL….
fel: Success! I added $bb_roles to config.php, and it’s now creating new forum topics upon save of the post. However, it is still giving me the “Fatal error: Call to undefined function: get_topic() in /path_to/wp/wp-content/plugins/bbsync/bbsync.php on line 412” when I call <?php felbbreplies(); ?> on my indie pages, if the corresponding forum topic has replies – it doesn’t do anything otherwise. Any suggestions?
I made another change to my forums to match up with my blog at http://trentadams.com using one of the 9 possible combinations from the Crave4More suite of WP templates from Sadish.
Check it out and let me know what you think! I might even release it at some point 
http://onvertigo.com
http://trentadams.com
Trent
I don’t know the php code. I followed what was stated above. The URI points to the right folder. When you upload an avatar using the bbpress upload avatar plugin, it renames the image you upload to your username.
MMember
I’m not proficient at php but finally figured out I needed to add these bits to front-page.php in my template to create a new column and make the icons show up. Might want to add a tiny bit of instruction for us neophytes.
<th><?php _e('Forum Icons'); ?></th>
<td class="num"><?php forum_icon(); ?></td>
Great plugin, didn’t even realize how useful visual pointers would be to my increasing number of new visitors – the little pics help direct those who don’t seem to be able to read and just post on whichever forum their mouse lands on first.
Also, any idea how to make it work with the Forum Restriction plugin so I’ve got an image instead of an ugly text link?
Sneaky: cool, thanks. I suspect you have a similar problem to Starrett but it’s going to be very difficult to find without seeing the errors. I’ll see if I can write you something that can read the error logs for you. 
Starrett: That’s progress! I like it!
Try adding $bb_roles to the list, so that it becomes
global $bbdb, $bb_cache, $bb_roles;
This could be interesting. Either this will fix everything, or we’ll go through global by global variable and it should work eventually. Cool!
(All I’m doing is looking at the code you’ve got, finding the right line and looking at the variables called in it. The one we’ve got a problem with is usually the one which is called just before, like in this case line 275 uses $bb_roles and a few lines up it says global $bb_roles;. If you feel confident, you can look for the variable that’s causing a problem yourself. Or we can keep doing this. )
Fel,
Thanks for the quick reply. I replaced the version I had with the version you just linked, and added the global $bbdb, $bb_cache; and I am now getting this message when I attempt to save a post:
“Warning: array_filter() [function.array-filter]: The second argument, ‘Array’, should be a valid callback in /path_to/wp/forums/bb-includes/capabilities.php on line 275
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /path_to/wp/forums/bb-includes/capabilities.php on line 279
Warning: in_array() [function.in-array]: Wrong datatype for second argument in /path_to/wp/forums/my-plugins/forum-moderators.php on line 52
Warning: in_array() [function.in-array]: Wrong datatype for second argument in /path_to/wp/forums/my-plugins/forum-moderators.php on line 52
Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /path_to/wp/forums/bb-includes/capabilities.php:275) in /path_to/wp/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 329″
well, this plugin names the images by username I think. It also has a default image if no avatar has been uploaded… shouldn’t there be some sort of code there to reference a person’s username?
I’m confused… I activated that plugin and pasted what you put…but all that is there is the the word “avatar”…. 
I put in the url of the forum… did I do something wrong?
Thanks,
Kahil
Same database but not same codebase. However you can make bb load wp at the start, and you can make wp load bb at the start (that’s the other method). It’s not difficult but not guaranteed to work, because only a few people have done it. It might mean fiddling with things until they work. If you did that, you could do what you were trying.
<?php
/*
Plugin Name: WP Avatars
*/
function wp_aud( $felID ) {
$avatar = get_usermeta( $felID, 'avatar_file' );
$avatar = explode('|', $avatar );
$bburl = 'Plz enter the URL of your bb install here';
echo '<img alt="' . $bbposter->user_login . ' avatar" src="' . $bburl . '/avatars/' . $avatar[0] .'" class="avatar" />';
}
?>
Otherwise you could paste that in a new text file, save it in your plugins folder, activate it and then use this in wordpress:
<?php wp_aud( $comment->user_ID ); ?>
In theory.
I wouldn’t know where or how to insert something like you posted above. I thought that since both wordpress and bbpress were using the same database that all I’d have to do is paste the code. Like this for the avatar plugin I am using in bbpress:
<?php avatarupload_display($user->ID); ?>
I think I’m losing the plot.. just checked the bbpress hot tag and it points internally … so I suppose that while the question remains, the answer is probably “You can’t” – which in turn leads me to raise an enhancement request that such a facility (like the one in wordpress where you can add links to a blogroll on a sidebar)
In fact it would be more useful if these tags could be added on a per forum (or even per topic basis)
Didn’t see ganzua’s post, posted at the same time. 😮
When copy and pasting the code you have to remove any bb dependencies. For example, bb uses the $bbdb; wordpress uses the $wpdb, and for queries and the like you can just switch them. Note that $wpdb does not contain information about the names of bb tables, so $wpdb->topics or the like will not work. In other cases the function names are simply different; bb_get_option() or simply get_option() for example. This code is what I used in bbSync to integrate avatars:
function bbreplyavatar() {
global $bbposter, $opshuns;
$avatar = get_usermeta( $bbposter->ID, 'avatar_file' );
$avatar = explode('|', $avatar );
$bburl = $opshuns['bburl'];
echo '<img alt="' . $bbposter->user_login . ' avatar" src="' . $bburl . '/avatars/' . $avatar[0] .'" class="avatar" />';
}
Note that $opshuns and $bbposter need definition (or changing). bbSync could be quite useful to you actually.
What’s the specific problem you want to solve right now, and what have you tried?
Got an example? I haven’t seen that and can’t find it in the code. 😮
the edit profile link, yes, that was resolved, but I just meant that statement as an example. There are other things from bbpress that I would like to have displayed in my wordpress sidebar.
Well, since you mentioned that the first option can be tricky, lets start with the latter? the php code?
Thanks,
Kahil
Hmm. The main site is quite large, with the front page at about 200kB or something, but loads in about 5 seconds on my 2Mb connection (much of that waiting for Digg or YouTube, it seems). But when selecting topics on the forum it takes about 5 seconds again to load, where I’d expect it to take about a second, as it does here. After all, it’s just a few kB compared to the main site.
Thanks for investigating though, pravin – very much appreciated.
“Very nice, sorry my ‘help’ wasn’t that useful 
“
-> Not at all, without you this integration wouldn’t have been possible!
Very nice, sorry my ‘help’ wasn’t that useful
“I would like to insert the “edit profile” link and some other stuff into my wordpress sidebar.”
-> I think we have solved this question in the other topic
got it, it is $current_user->display_name
so even more elegant; now when an user logs in has his nickname displayed in the sidebar
This $current_user seems to be quite useful.
How can you insert $current_user here to replace Profile?;
. __('Profile') .
for “UserName’s Profile”, is there any call using $current_user?
$current_user->NAME didn’t work
It works!!!!!!
The working whole code is;
function wp_registro( $before = '<li>', $after = '</li>' ) {
if ( ! is_user_logged_in() ) {
if ( get_option('users_can_register') )
$link = $before . '<a href="' . get_option('siteurl') . '/wp-login.php?action=register">' . __('Register') . '</a>' . $after;
else
$link = '';
} else { if( current_user_can('activate_plugins') ) {
$link = $before . '<a href="' . get_option('siteurl') . '/wp-admin/">' . __('Site Admin') . '</a>' . $after;}
else {global $current_user; $link = $before . '<a href="' . get_option('siteurl') . '/bbpress/profile.php?id=' . $current_user->ID . '">' . __('Profile') . '</a>' . $after;
}
}
echo apply_filters('register', $link);
}
Now when any user logs in, wordpress sidebar displays a link to his profile in bb, but when is the admin the one who logs in he get a link to wp control panel.
Thanks a lot fel64!
Try this one.
global $user_ID;
get_currentuserinfo();
... bbpress/profile.php?id=' . $user_id . '">' . ...
These two do not display anyting either;
/bbpress/profile.php?id=' . ID . '">'
/bbpress/profile.php?id=' . $user->ID . '">'
