Sorry guys this forum really needs a notify on reply via Email function.
So GPL derivative means I can repost derivative works? Its not that crazy different from his code but hacked up quite a bit to compensate for the differences between BBPress and WP.
I will try to clean up the plugin a little bit before release since it has some serious custom code that I need ot cut out since it wont work on another site. The template is up to you to edit away but you will need to know a little bit about how BBPress templates work.
I will try to get something for you guys soon. Anybody want to volunteer to test it out?
It might be fixed, but I wouldn’t wait for that day to make the search better on your site.
I turned off the search on one of my forums because it was so bad and frequently irrelevant. I wonder if a Google CSE would be a better fit if your forum relies heavily on search?
http://www.google.com/cse/
For searching this forum here, I usually search google like site:bbpress.org/forums/ whatever – but that relies on the content already having been indexed by Google. I’m not usually trying to find something from the past few days; usually it’s something I remember specifically but can’t remember who wrote it or when. If I search for these forums for the phrase, with Google, I typically find it.
To change the keys, just delete those four lines, and create new keys here:
https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/bbpress/
Then paste the new keys back into the same location in bb-config.php.
DO NOT attempt this if you have integrated logins with WordPress. You didn’t mention that, and the site you linked to comes up with forum first as the main page, not a WordPress blog. So, if you’re using just bbPress without integration, it’s safe to change those keys.
Here’s the advice from wp-config.php on what this does:
You can change these at any point in time to invalidate all existing cookies. This will force all users to have to log in again.
You didn’t mention earlier that you’re relying on the browser to save your password. I would try with a new browser and typing in the password manually to see if you get the failure on the first attempt with your known good password.
The lead developer on BuddyPress explained the relationship this way: “There is code in BuddyPress that allows bbPress to install, configure and run all within the WordPress environment.”
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/future-of-bbpress#post-60022
They are definitely separate programs… it’s just that BuddyPress is based on WordPress MU, and the BuddyPress team has added the ability to install bbPress from inside of WordPress.
Hope that clarifies the relationship a bit more!
I just registered on your site and then tested the signin… it worked for me on the first try! 
I’m using Google Chrome…
Maybe there’s a known issue between your browser and the “saved passwords” option… which browser are you using?
Just when I was ready to throw in the towel for the weekend! 
I just attempted to do a perfectly clean upgrade: still getting the db connection issue after bb upgrade tells me I need to upgrade my DB. These are my only instructions: https://bbpress.org/documentation/upgrading/
Chris – I do have a solid / tested 0.9 backup. That’s where I was headed before checking the boards one last time. I’m installing this on a test sub-domain of my production website – so no LAMP. I use the Media Temple Grid Server (poor man’s server) and have scoured the other Media Temple quirkiness posts here. I tried hard-coding the db host https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/mysql_connect-cant-connect-through-socket with no luck.
Regarding the 0.9 bb-config…I did find some remnants of a WP integration attempt (keys and whatnot). But, because my 1.0.2 upgrade ‘overlays’ the old bb-config – I’m starting with a new, clean (non integrated) bb-config doc. My problem is that, I can’t get to Step #2 of the install – that’s where I hit the db connection issue every time.
I’ve gone through the bb-config doc, and the DB host / user / pw settings a million times. I’ve updated all my schemas to UTF8 and the UTF8 charset – and I’m applying those config settings into my bb-config. Nothing works.
I’d like to blast my tables too…but that feels pretty invasive to me. A real test of my backup / recover abilities. I may not have the legs to get it done today.
Thanks as always for any help.
The renaming of the directory only come into play when you have an existing installation, and you change that folder name (some people install in http://www.example.com/bbpress/ and then realize later that path is accessible on visible, so they change it to “forum” or “discussion” or “community” or whatever.) The problem is, that folder name was stored in the database as part of the site URI (I think) so you are unable to access the forum in the new folder, since the database thinks the installation is somewhere else (original location.)
You can override the site URI in the bb-config.php (it’s not there in the 1.0 bb-config.php, but it is there in the 0.9 and earlier config, I think):
$bb->uri = 'http://www.example.com/forum/' (or change forum to the folder name that exists in your database. This line in bb-config.php will override the database.)
Also, it’s worth looking at the changes between bb-config.php from the 0.9 version to the 1.0 version. I have noticed with WordPress that even though you upgrade several times, you are left with the old existing wp-config.php and missing out on all sorts of stuff (like the security keys and cookie stuff from 2.7). Worth a shot to try your old database connection details in the bb-config-sample.php and see how it goes.
Also, is this a LAMP setup with PHP5, Apache, Linux, etc or is it OSX or Windows? Or localhost? Most installations are on LAMP so that’s the most likely help to find here.
You can get a zipped version here:
https://trac.bbpress.org/changeset/2401/trunk?old_path=%2F&format=zip
Or you can check out the latest via subversion:
svn co http://svn.automattic.com/bbpress/trunk/ .
Either of those two methods will get you the latest trunk (development) version.
Alex’s SVN links here:
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-mobile-edition/trunk/wp-mobile.php
Lines 17 and 18 mention a GPL license:
17 // Released under the GPL license
18 // http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php
So you should definitely be able to release this plugin as a derivative work. Good thing too, b/c I’d love to use it!
@BerryReview I’d love to use that plugin if available, I don’t mind editing the codes at all.
I tested your page with this website http://iphonetester.com/ and it’s looking good.
Good work, man!
“I guess I will go back to the ever so slow VastHTML forum plugin”
I had a look at it and some have reported that VastHTML is broken under WP 2.9.2 while others report malware in the code. What’s you experience with it?
Sorry, the correct command is:
UPDATE bb_usermeta SET meta_value = 'a:1:{s:9:"keymaster";b:1;}' WHERE user_id = %%USERID%% AND meta_key = 'bb_capabilities' LIMIT 1
Replace %%USERID%% with user id
Do you have access to your database? If yes, then create a new user which you want to be the admin. Then open your database through phpMyAdmin and open the database used in your bbPress install. A lot of tables would load in the left, click on the box like thing in the left of bb_users (or TABLEPREFIXusers), see the user you just created and note the ID in the left of it. Next, click the box in the left of bb_usermeta and then in the above part of right, click the SQL tab. In the textbox that appears, paste this:
UPDATE bb_usermeta
SET meta_value = ‘a:1:{s:9:”keymaster”;b:1;}’
WHERE user_id = ‘%%USERID%%’ AND meta_key = ‘bb_capabilities’`
Don’t forget to replace %%USERID%% with the id you noted down before.
Day two of attempted upgrade.
I combed through the boards, without much luck in terms of issue resolution (gripe!). If I figure out the remedy to my issue, I will be sure to post it here (so we can benefit from my stupid mistakes).
I re-read the upgrade directions, and thought I would give it a fourth try. This time, I restored my 0.9 install and files, logged into the Admin control panel – everything okay.
I then moved all the new 1.0.2 directories over & replaced the 0.9 files (since I knew my backup worked). I verified my bb-config file was still good (shouldn’t have been touched).
I then ran the ‘upgrade.php’ script forum/bb-admin/upgrade.php
and got the message that my DB needed upgrading – so I select ‘upgrade DB’ and then receive:
ERROR: Could not establish a database connection
So – if I’m able to login to my bbpress 0.9 install and have full access to the DB, and I’m using the same bb-config values (same file!) – why would I not be able to establish a DB connection?
BTW – in another post, someone mentioned clearing browser cache helping…which I did. Nothing positive…
Any ideas out there?
THIS!
Can anyone make that WP plugin a BBP plugin?
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rpx/
I’ll give you a cookie
Ok, they’re using prototype and the toggle function. That’s what you would need to use to get that look.
http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/prototype/1.6/prototype.js
The element you would target is already there in the output, .bb-category.
I just tried including wp-load.php from another WordPress site on the same server, like this, and it worked just fine:
require_once('../../dev/wp-load.php');
Maybe our PHP or server configurations are different. But this worked fine and did not error out. I also tried just including a test.php file that I created in the same directory (the file is empty) and that works fine too. PHP doesn’t care what’s in that file (or if there is even anything in there at all), so long as there is no syntax error.
Can you try to require_once some other random file in the same directory as wp-load.php? Just create a file called test.php in the directory as wp-load.php and try requiring that without requiring the wp-load.php. If it does not error out, then you probably have the path right and the system is configured to allow this type of file inclusion.
Also, if anyone has access to php error logs, that will help pinpoint the problem. Or, you can temporarily display errors to the screen, or create a custom logging. The blank screen tells you there IS a problem, but not WHAT the problem is. We’re just guessing without knowing the actual error.
I know this post is rather old, but none of the above suggestions worked. The problem with using the post_author_link or even get_user_link filters is that those only filter the “href” attribute, not the entire “a” tag. That means you can’t add rel=”nofollow” using those filters.
I wasn’t able to figure out a way to get it done without editing the core. I suggest the post_author_link() function around line 1747 of bb-includes/functions.bb-template.php be edited to allow the option of only returning the link rather than echoing it. That way, you can output the author links in your template (post.php) using something like this:
<?php bb_rel_nofollow(post_author_link(false)); ?>
With the “false” parameter telling WordPress to return the link rather than echo it. I believe that would work for future releases.
As for now, I believe you’ll have to open bb-includes/function.bb-template.php and edit the post_author_link and post_author_avatar_link functions to add rel=”nofollow” to the “a” tags. Those functions begin around line 1747 of bb-includes/function.bb-template.php.
Hope that helps.
rlebowitz – Thanks for sharing the files!!!
I received four files: footer.php, header.php, login-form.php, and style.css.
I was surprised there was no plugin file, but then I realized: the programmer must have fixed the issue by editing the templates, not the plugin. I’m pretty sure most of the changes to the footer/style files are cosmetic… which leaves login-form.php and header.php as potential sources of the fix.
I haven’t finished auditing the files, but maybe the reason Instant Password doesn’t work in 1.0 is that there’s some sort of conflict between the login-form page and the plugin?
Here’s the edited login-form.php:
http://pastebin.com/S8bcsw13
Then header.php calls that file:
http://pastebin.com/kJCc7Cbv
Can someone on 1.0 try out these templates and see if it resolves the issue for you?
If anyone can figure out the exact change that fixes the plugin, that’d be even better!
I FOUND THE PROBLEM!! YAAAAAAAY!!!
I had to go into my mysql database and had to delete the last change in my bb_meta which was a change with sth. like wp_ prefix.
I’m so happy now. 
Zat.
JPEG’s:
That was the change I made which produced the error:
http://drp.ly/wuZ2p
This are screens after solving.
http://drp.ly/wuP7T
http://drp.ly/wuSg7
http://drp.ly/wuRd7
I emailed you!
If you send it over, I’d be happy to diff the latest code to yours and post details on what code changed…
Thanks!!
If you paid for the code and own it, please consider releasing it under the GPL2 license and having it added to the plugin repository. Thanks for getting this done.
Hi,
Frustrated at not being able to install Instant Password and getting it to work on either 0.9 or 1.0, I hired a coder. (Yes, I outsourced to Asia. Sorry.)
Anyway, since people have helped me here, I would be happy to forward for free the files to make it work to anyone who wants them. Email me at rlebowitzATyahoo.com as I don;t check these boards so often.
It works well now.
Thanks,
Robert
John,
Thanks so much for this post. I checked back too late though and hired someone to code instant password for me in 1.0. He did a nice job.
If anyone wants the files, I’d be happy to share, since people (like John) have been very kind to me here. Contact me at rlebowitzAT yahoo.com.
R.
