Land Sakes! I get one problem fixed and it still gives grief.
I did as you said, and you were right. It wasn’t my username and password as much as it was the name of the MySQL database, which is ‘wordpress’.
I entered the name of the database, username, and password. It now responds, “Great, saved bb-config.php. Let’s go to Step 2.”
Then I try to move onto Step 2 and it says, “You are missing bb-config.php. This means you are setting things up for the first time.”
The result? It loops me back to where I was!
… long delay… John has a brainstorm….
I figured out what to do!
I basically lied to it, and said the config file was generated properly. Actually, I snagged the bb-config-sample.php, changed the parameters in there (database name, username, password), and saved it as bb-config.php.
The little bugger is now behaving properly!
Bah! If I survive this, I am going to be a monster guru! 
Thanks ashfame for your help! Your advice is priceless.
Greetings
Fred, did you find any solution?
Thanks a lot
Radhe
yes. it can possible and easily found in net.
Hello All,
I have setup a localhost on my computer. I am planning on migrating from wordpress.com and moving to a registered domain, and before I start shelling out the $$$, I would like to be somewhat familiar with what I am doing.
After installing PWS, I added WordPress software. Everything is working great, and I am loving what I see. Now I tried installing bbPress, so I can have a forum, and it is hairballing on me!
I am strongly suspicious that the problem lies somewhere with MySQL. I fill out the setup info, and it responds with:
There was a problem connecting to the database you specified.
Please check the settings, then try again.
Where do I find MySQL on my computer? Can I not have separate databases?
:sigh:
I am not a cyber-guru, and I am hoping that I don’t have to become one!
Any help you can provide would be great!
Ok sorry I didn’t check back for a while (I see “Notify me of followup posts” at the bottom now)
Yeah I mean distributing what amounts to a kakumei-black style. Can I just call it a plugin and upload it to the repo here? 
I guess not since it has to go in a different directory.
Copy the register.php from the bb-templates/kakumei/ folder into your theme folder. If you don’t have a theme file present in your theme, the file from the default theme is used. Since that’s happening now, go ahead and copy the register.php into your theme folder and make the modifications there.
Just the text that is displayed? The fields would still be required and go through validation? Just edit the template file register.php and eliminate that line:
./bb-templates/kakumei/register.php line 65
<p class="required-message"><?php _e('These items are <span class="required">required</span>.') ?></p>
You could also hide the text with some jQuery, but I think it’s easiest to just remove the text from your template file.
Sorry, no hint about that… 
Cool, ok, well let do a wee hunt in Opera.
I’ll have a look and get back to you if i find anything
it works in IE 8, safari on my computer , but not in opera
@mr_pelle like support forum , why not update this plugin with extra features of bbPages the author of this plugin is no more active in this forum.
I do not see how bbPages would be related to Support Forum(s)…
I want to use it in bbPages to create, contact page, feed back forms and other stuff.. I was avoiding to create static pages like this
OK, cool.
While it might be possible, its not likely. Its not what bbPress was designed for. It’s not a Content Management System.
In honesty, if you want that sort of functionality, WordPress side by side with a bbPress forum is the best way forward.
@kevinjohngallagher, well actually, I want to use it in bbPages to create, contact page, feed back forms and other stuff.. I was avoiding to create static pages like this
@_ck_ in other words, it is not possible?
@mr_pelle like support forum , why not update this plugin with extra features of bbPages the author of this plugin is no more active in this forum.
I think part of the problem here is the spoken language barrier.
But beyond that is the problem of understanding what a huge security risk it is to run PHP dynamically inside posts.
It requires the use of EVAL which can be VERY dangerous and should be avoided when possible.
Try uploading a file named fbtest.php with the following content in the folder where your WordPress resides.
<?php
/* You can delete this file safely.
It was just to check if its conflicting with other WP stuff - Ashfame */
require 'wp-load.php';
if ( function_exists('jfb_output_facebook_btn') )
{
jfb_output_facebook_btn();
jfb_output_facebook_init();
jfb_output_facebook_callback();
}
?>
This should bring up the FB button if everything is fine at WP side.
lolz but you still didn’t tell us that how will you actually use it
O My God, Come one man, grow up, leave this topic, I was really tense in that day….
And Really sorry to all for these words!
Happy now?
@kevinjohngallagher where are you man
help me, help you
Pagal,
In order for us to help, we’d really like to know in what situation you’d use this in. Can you give us an example where you would actually use this?
Respectfully, in the past you’ve asked for something vague, and it takes us about 2-3 days to get a real example of how you would use it, and then we solve it or you write:
bbpress sucks,
why you people did not shut down this software..if you are not able to do anything???????????????????????????????
– https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/extra-dropdown-field-in-registration-page#post-70307
Throws us some examples, and we’ll try to help
Maybe PHP is not added soon enough to actually be executed by the web server.
This is what happens in WordPress, I suppose the same is valid here.
_ck_ nope, I don’t want to highlight the php code, actually I want to execute php stuff!,
If I write <?php echo 5+5 ?> in post form, then result should show 10, Hope it clear now.
Thanks
