[kevinjohngallagher]

bbPress has no way of setting up roles to forums like every other forum out there has.

So if you’re hoping to say set “contributors” to see everything and then set your s2M to move people from members to contributors on the WordPress side I’m afraid you can’t – bbPress doesn’t come with that basic forum functionality.

In that regard, and with all due respect (you’d be amazed how very few people are as polite as you are), doing anything out-with the “plug and play” variety with bbPress unless you really know your way around PHP/WP-theming and functions is not going to happen.

Now you may be able to take one of Zaerl’s plugins which allows the setting of show/hide/moderate certain forums and adapt it. Or you could contact Zaerl for some custom work (i’ve no idea if they do this btw – its just where I’d start).

If you’re going on your own, keep posting back, we’ll help when and where we can

[wood2695]

Thanks for the quick response. I’ve already done the deep integration, so I’m partially there on number 1, I guess. I’ll look into how to accomplish your suggestion before I ask you to hold my hand

At the same time, if you’ve got a link/resource that might point me in the right direction, that would be sweet too.

Thanks man.

[kevinjohngallagher]

In theory, you’d need either:

1) Deep Integration with WordPress, so you could query the WP DB on forum load

or

2) Write some custom code for the s2Member callback API (which it supports) to add a field to the bbPress database.

Shouldn’t be horribly difficult; but so far, no-ones asked about it here so I can’t point you towards any examples.

[kevinjohngallagher]

I’m going to do something strange here AmplifiedShock, I’m going to ask you NOT to do that.

The “bbPress” that BuddyPress uses is not the same as this “bbPress”. It is heavily heavily modified. Basically the whole of BackPress is removed and replaced by custom functions, and then some of the middle tiering has been rewritten, and a little bit of the front end output and default theme.

A large chunk of the support requests we deal with each day/week is people coming here because BuddyPress calls their forums “bbPress”. We need to be able to tell people honestly and without looking like we’re being difficult, that if they use BuddyPress we can’t help them.

I’m sure it’s technically possible to do anything. I’m sure once it’s technically possible, it’s easier to write a guide for people to follow. You seem to be good enough to do that But with bbPress being turned into a WP plugin and Matt publicly telling people not to use this software; inviting more support queries that end in “we simply can’t help you” isn’t going to help us at all.

Now if you felt like writing more tutorials on converting from other forums to bbPress, I’m sure there would be a good market in that for you!

And, as always, thanks for your time

[kevinjohngallagher]

Mamikaze,

What versions of bbPress and WordPress are you using?

Did you install and use the WP/bbP integration plugin?

Have you tried logging in from both sides?

Have you checked to see if you’re using the same user tables?

Have you checked roles in your database?

Basically, give us as much information as possible, and we’ll try and help

[mr_pelle]

@zaerl: plugins section does not update since bbPress “new look”, actually…

[zaerl]

I have created a plugin that expose permalinks to posts. But I’m not very sure that it’s what you want. I have uploaded it five minutes ago. Grab it (if it’s what you need) when the SVN refresh:

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/zaerl-post-permalink/

It exports a function:

za_post_permalink($id = 0)

which returns a link in the form:

http://domain.com/post/number if mod_rewrite is used

http://domain.com/?post=number otherwise

if you pass 0 or nothing to the function it takes the current post ID (if any).

Have a nice day.

[amplifiedshock]

Guide to WordPress integration is now up. Ah, that was a good day and a half of playing around in phpMyAdmin, bbPress, and WordPress!

[amplifiedshock]

Hello everyone,

I just wrote a guide to basically achieve what the title says. Two reasons:

(1) There isn’t a vb4-to-bbPress converter out there making the process more difficult then it should be

(2) The answers are out there if you’re willing to search for hours like I did I decided to piece together all my research into a single guide

Credit, of course, goes to the generous souls who created the vB-to-phpBB and the phpBB-to-bbPress converters, which are both required.

I’m still working on the integration with WordPress part which should be up soon. If you guys see any errors, please let me know.

Hope this helps!

Edit: Forgot the link! http://www.ericm.ca/2010/articles/vbulletin-4-to-bbpress-and-wordpress-integration

[Kasparas]

Thanks for aswers

[Ashish Kumar (Ashfame)]

If you guys have integrated setup, then if you login from WordPress side and then try to access bbPress dashboard you are redirected back to the frontpage. Just login from bbPress side and you will be able to pass through

[Kasparas]

I downloaded .zip archive of trunk from http://trac.bbpress.org/browser/trunk (beta version of bbpress i guess) and i want to upgrade my bbpress from 1.0.2. Should i’m just only upload and replace all files ? or what… ?

Thanks for answer

[retostauffer]

Hello Community

I have a small problem after intalling wordpress 2.9.2 and bbpress 1.0.2.

I’ve installed the bb-integration plugin on my wordpress and configured the necessary things. I had also check the keys and salt’s in bb-config and wp-config twice and checkt out the support forum here but couldnt find any solution.

The Problem: I can register on wp without any problem and login with this user into the bbpress forum. BUT if i make a login on WP the BB doesnt know something about that. I know that this has to bee a small cookie-problem but i cant find the “bug” . Does anyone has a hint please?

My Cookies
———-
domain wordpress_logged_in_THEKEY /imgipress/ VALUE1
domain wordpress_THEKEY /imgipress/wp-content/plugins VALUE2
domain wordpress_THEKEY /imgipress/wp-admin VALUE2
domain wordpress_THEKEY /imgipress/bbpress/my-plugins VALUE2
domain wordpress_THEKEY /imgipress/bbpress/bb-plugins VALUE2
domain wordpress_THEKEY /imgipress/bbpress/bb-admin VALUE2
domain wordpress_test_cookie /imgipress/ VALUE2

domain – is always the same string
THEKEY – is always identically the same
VALUE1 – is a combination of my username%something%something
VALUE2 – is a combination of my username%something%something
but VALUE2 is always identically the same
[code]

What’s the problem? should the cookiepath always be the same? I dont think so .. but whats the Problem? 🙂

Thank you for any hint!

Greez, Reto, Switzerland

[code]

My Cookies

---

domain wordpress_logged_in_THEKEY /imgipress/ VALUE1

domain wordpress_THEKEY /imgipress/wp-content/plugins VALUE2

domain wordpress_THEKEY /imgipress/wp-admin VALUE2

domain wordpress_THEKEY /imgipress/bbpress/my-plugins VALUE2

domain wordpress_THEKEY /imgipress/bbpress/bb-plugins VALUE2

domain wordpress_THEKEY /imgipress/bbpress/bb-admin VALUE2

domain wordpress_test_cookie /imgipress/ VALUE2

domain – is always the same string

THEKEY – is always identically the same

VALUE1 – is a combination of my username%something%something

VALUE2 – is a combination of my username%something%something

but VALUE2 is always identically the same

[code]

What’s the problem? should the cookiepath always be the same? I dont think so .. but whats the Problem?

Thank you for any hint!

Greez, Reto, Switzerland

[chrishajer]

You can use something like “admin can post anything” then admins can … post anything (including Flash embed code.)

Or, if you have it hosted at one of the video sites, you can use one of the video plugins.

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/easy-video-embed/

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bbvideo/

[yoyopop]

@ Hard Seat Sleeper

did you get any further with the Sandbox theme for bbpress? Could be really useful

it would be amazing to have an equivalent of the P2 theme (that I see you’re running on your blog) for bbpress too. Very clean design, easy to mod, lightweight etc

[Ashish Kumar (Ashfame)]

Looks great!

[gerikg]

I’m assuming you followed integration tutorial somewhere that is current.

add

AddType x-mapp-php5 .php

to your .htaccess file if you don’t have one create one in the root of the folder.

[zaerl]

In https://bbpress.org/plugins/forum/requests put “Plugin Description (required)” over the corresponding textarea (need just a <br /> as for “Plugin Name (required)”).

Put some space between the “Submit Comment ” button and “Allowed Tags” <p> in plugins/topic/*

This is strange. The star gif used for rating in plugin section does have a tiny gold border when displayed with gold background. (Firefox/3.6, no problem with Safari 4.0.5) I can take a screenshot.

[chrishajer]

One topic per topic please. You’re switching gears on us here making it hard to help.

It’s repeating because of this rule in the CSS:

background-repeat: repeat-x;

In the #wrapper section. That says “repeat the image horizontally:, which is what’s happening. Remove that line and it won’t be repeated (or maybe you need to change it to background-repeat: no-repeat).

Then you need to position it.

This isn’t really bbPress specific just, just basic HTML and CSS.

[mr_pelle]

Download links and other infos are not displayed in several plugins: Fixed.

Yep, but every plugin page still displays info about an old version of it.

Luckily if you download the plugin you will end up with its most recent release.

[dd_massacre]

Hi everyone.

1) I installed “Forum Last Poster” in order to display additional information on my front page. In the forum section, I was able to display a link to the last updated topic in each forum, but the whole link is displayed. Does anyone know how to truncate the link to show only the post name instead of the entire link?

Here’s my code thus far:

<?php if ( bb_forums() ) : ?>

<h2><?php _e(‘Forums’); ?></h2>

<table id=”forumlist” cellspacing=”0″ cellspacing=”0″>

<tr>

<th><?php _e(‘Main Theme’); ?></th>

<th><?php _e(‘Posts’); ?></th>

<th><?php _e(‘Topics’); ?></th>

<th><?php _e(‘Last Topic’); ?></th>

<th><?php _e(‘Last Poster’); ?></th>

<th><?php _e(‘Freshness’); ?></th>

</tr>

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

<?php if (bb_get_forum_is_category()) : ?>

<tr<?php bb_forum_class(‘bb-category’); ?>>

<td colspan=”3″><?php bb_forum_pad( ‘<div class=”nest”>’ ); ?>“><?php forum_name(); ?><?php forum_description( array( ‘before’ => ‘<small> – ‘, ‘after’ => ‘</small>’ ) ); ?><?php bb_forum_pad( ‘</div>’ ); ?></td>

</tr>

<?php continue; endif; ?>

<tr<?php bb_forum_class(); ?>>

<td><?php bb_forum_pad( ‘<div class=”nest”>’ ); ?>“><?php forum_name(); ?><?php forum_description( array( ‘before’ => ‘<small> – ‘, ‘after’ => ‘</small>’ ) ); ?><?php bb_forum_pad( ‘</div>’ ); ?></td>

<td class=”num”><?php forum_topics(); ?></td>

<td class=”num”><?php forum_posts(); ?></td>

<td><?php bb_topic_labels(); ?> <big>“><?php forum_last_post_link(); ?></big><?php topic_page_links(); ?></td>

<td class=”num”><?php forum_last_poster(); ?></td>

<td class=”num”><?php forum_time(); ?></td>

</tr>

<?php endwhile; ?>

</table>

<?php endif; // bb_forums() ?>

2) I’m using the “Bavatars” plug-in, but I need to be able to style the “avatar” section in the members page in order for it to be aesthetically pleasing and for it to function correctly. I believe that the HTML on this page is outputting from the “avatars-profile.php” file, however whenever I try to div it off like I did on every other page, I get an error and the page won’t load.

Here’s the code:

bb_get_header();

****Not in code <div id=”Whatever??”>

if ( $message )

echo ‘<div class=”notice”><p>’ . $message . ‘</p></div>’;

echo bb_get_avatar( $user_id, 100 );

?>

<form method=”post” action=”<?php profile_tab_link( $user_id, ‘avatar’ ); ?>” enctype=”multipart/form-data”>

<input type=”file” name=”bavatar” id=”bavatar” />

<input type=”submit” value=”Upload new avatar »” />

</form>

<form method=”post” action=”<?php profile_tab_link( $user_id, ‘avatar’ ); ?>”>

<?php bb_nonce_field( ‘bavatar_delete-‘ . $user_id ); ?>

<input type=”submit” id=”delete” class=”delete” name=”delete” value=”Delete” />

</form>

***********Not in code </div???>

The styling attributes that the “avatar” page needs are:

width: 890px;

padding: 30px;

margin-top: -30px;

Help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

dd_massacre

Oh, my page is http://www.myfinalheaven.org/forum.

[Ricard Torres]

@Petehds: looks like @chrishajer already answered you

Regards

[chrishajer]

Instead of color: rgb(255, 255, 255); just use color: #FFFFFF; or color: white;

For the image, you are correct. That’s a thin slice that is tiled horizontally. That’s useful for different browser sizes and screen resolutions.

For the size of a jpeg, you need to know how wide your overall layout is going to be, then make it so it fits. The width of the kakumei layout is 760px I believe, so make an image 760px wide and see how it fits. You may need to adjust padding and margins, or even the image size, but start at 760px and see how it lines up.

[chrishajer]

You want a plugin to allow bbcode. There are a couple:

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bbcode-lite/

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bbcode-buttons

[chrishajer]

Check the search results for this plugin search:

https://bbpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=bbcode

I don’t think many of those 284 pages of results have anything to do with bbcode.

Much more realistic:

http://www.google.com/search?q=site:https://bbpress.org/plugins/%20bbcode