[kevinjohngallagher]

I was hoping that someone could point me towards BBpress or Automattic’s official stance on this. From what I’ve read, the PHP code that interacts with WordPress/BBpress should all be released under the GPL, but HTML/CSS/JavaScript/Images are not.

I bring this up, because a fellow developer (an old Bbprogress contributor), pointed me towards this piece by Jeff Chandler: http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/02/08/where-is-the-line-drawn/

The main thing that caught my attention was the comment of Chip Bennet , who states that:

[a] plugin uses a separate library – and it is that library (presumably not released under GPL) that requires purchase if it is used on a commercial site.

This practice is perfectly acceptable under the GPL. Whether or not it is acceptable under the double-secret probation, unwritten, subjective rules of the plugin repository is anyone’s guess.

Can anyone shine some light on this from a BBpress perspective?

I’m going to quote Matt here:

…that themes link and use lots of internal WordPress functions, which make them linked under the GPL and subject to being a GPL-compatible license.

If a theme (or a plugin) used no internal WP functions or APIs, then it could probably be considered independent, but that would be really really hard for a theme.

Basically, I’m asking because BBpress, probably more than WP (at least if you’re only using WP as blog platform) has potentail for premium theme’s and plugins at this moment in time. Getting some clarification would make things alot simpler.

My real concern here is one that won’t go down well…

BBpress forums have 1 current/active moderator

I ask for two reasons.

Should a premium theme/plugin be created and sold, and given that BBpress currently has 1 active Moderator, what is there to stop someone posting the code here or reusing the code that is NOT under GPL?

Not a huge concern of mine just now, but it seems like a likely question of anyone supporting premium BBpress additions.

[kevinjohngallagher]

Marius, i told you what the problem was:

Your issue has nothing to do with the footer, as it doens’t have any background associated with it. Your image of Michael Jackson is associated with your div with the id of WRAPPER. Your theme, for some reason, has not put the footer inside the wrapper. There is no white block hiding your image when you scroll the bottom, the DIV it’s assocaited with simply stops.

and I told you how to fix it :

Just move your footer inside your wrapper and you’ll fix it

I wasn’t being arrogant or mean, i was being honest with you mate, that if you are struggling with this sort of level of web design basics then this forum isn’t the best place for you – for your sake, not for mine

Your post above, like your post yesterday https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/need-help-placing-a-div-somewhere-for-custom-background hasn’t anything to do with BBpress. I’m not saying don’t ask for help, i’m saying that if you were to go to other websites and learn some of the basics of webdesign you’d have more skills to do it yourself – and thats a great feeling

I’m sorry you thought i was being arrogant, i thought i was being honest AND had told you the solution to your problem.

[Marius-]

I had someone not so arrogant help me out. Was just a few lines of code he didnt mind giving me.

Thanks for being cocky. I dont know what that contributed to anything or anyone here.

[kevinjohngallagher]

Marius,

With all due respect, if you dont know how to make this simple CSS fix, this isn’t the place for you to get help. The issue you’re having isn’t with BBpress.

I’d strongly suggest that you try one of the CSS websites and play around with your theme to achieve your desired goal. You’ll stumble upon the answer quicker than us explaining the basics of web design step by step

[kevinjohngallagher]

Hi Marius,

These really aren’t BBpress questions mate, and you’d have alot more success going to a CSS website. That said, I’ll try and help.

Your issue has nothing to do with the footer, as it doens’t have any background associated with it. Your image of Michael Jackson is associated with your div with the id of WRAPPER. Your theme, for some reason, has not put the footer inside the wrapper. There is no white block hiding your image when you scroll the bottom, the DIV it’s assocaited with simply stops. Just move your footer inside your wrapper and you’ll fix it

[Gautam]

@KillerSneak

I can see 2 attachments here – http://www.cell-systems.net/forums/topic/enzyme-11-beta/page/3#post-1224 but they cannot be downloaded. That might be because of server restrictions or check bb-attachments.php for those who can download attachments.

[Anonymous User]

Hi to all,

I think that Automattic works increasingly on BuddyPress before developing on bbPress at the moment – yesterday has appeared the Second Release Candidate of BuddyPress 1.2.

The Trac shows BuddyPress 1.2 no longer in the originally planned schedule, but the official release will be soon.

I can imagine that after publication of BuddyPress 1.2 the work will be focused at bbPress again. Automattic hopes for the big success of a Single Installation of WordPress (2.9.1/3.0) together with BudyPress as social network module.

Then – as we can hope – bbPress is the third component that will be integrated.

Greetings

Markus

[Raize]

@chandersbs You don’t need a shoutbox plugin! Just use a free service like ShoutMix (my favorite) and they will give you a code that you can embed in your forum wherever you want. Works great

[johnhiler]

BuddyPress is a series of plugins on top of WordPress MU… I don’t think that’s going to change. In fact, that sounds like the new plan for bbPress: to become a plugin on top of WordPress MU.

In terms of BuddyPress versus bbPress: BuddyPress actually uses bbPress code to power its forums. So using BuddyPress isn’t exactly walking away from bbPress… bbPress comes standard with a BuddyPress install!

In terms of what you use to power your sites, it’s probably best to choose your software solution based on your needs. If you want a social network with blogs thrown on top, BuddyPress is a good bet. If you want forum software with a plugin architecture, bbPress is currently the only game in town.

[johnhiler]

BuddyPress has great forum software built in… it uses bbPress.

https://buddypress.org/about

[Navin]

A plugin that won’t show external links in some sections to visitors, such as all topics created in the forum category Downloads, just to give an example.

Need more ideas?

[lapommecroquee]

Hi,

I have a small problem

Situation: I have a WordPress 2.9.1 installed / and bbPress 1.0.2 installed /forums/ of my website.

Problem: When I’m logging on the WP Admin and I go after to bbPress admin I’m redirected to /forums and not /forums/bb-admin/ but I’m connected to bbPress…

But if I do the opposite: I’m logging to the bbPress admin and go to the WP Admin all it’s work.

Have you an idea?

Thanks a lot for your help

[mzimmers]

Now, for something really cool…is there some magic php code that will let us test for whether we’re executing bbpress or wordpress, and make this function call conditional? Like:

if (we’re under the wordpress directory)

get_bloginfo(etc)

else if (we’re under the bbpress directory)

bb_get_option(etc)

end if

This would be extremely helpful in developing robust modules that are used by both wp and bbpress.

Thanks!

[chrishajer]

I’m just posting the information in case someone can pick out the signs of life there. Those are the only places I know to go for information. The blog here was never a source for much information. The bbdev mailing list used to be useful, but nothing much happened there since Nov. You can look at closed tickets in trac, and you can look at the code being committed. If there is any other place to get information, please post it.

Based on all those things, there’s not much happening with bbPress, to answer the initial question.

[Marius-]

Hi.

I have just made a new background for my forum on http://www.michaeljackson.no/forum

It is that tiny 300px picture in the right corner there.

When you scroll down, the white background of the footer really mess it up. It covers half of the picture. Where is the code for this in the stylesheet?

[Visser Labs]

…you get a Forum full of people wanting things that don’t exist!

[kevinjohngallagher]

Without “concern trolling”, the major issue i have with BBpress is that we have no idea what’s going on most of the time. When we asked what was going on, we were told to read the blog. When the blog goes quiet, we’re told to read the chat logs directly. Now they’ve gone quiet and now we’re told to look at the code being submited.

It’s really lovely of Chrishajer to post these links, and it’s very insightful (thank you chris), but its also a bit of a nightmare for us not knowing what’s going on.

Far too many useful bits of information, or worse – announcements, are made halfway down random conversations. BBpress being a WP plugin, was thrown in to an IRC chat via Matt. Obviously, we’re still waiting for that to be posted on the forum, or given it’s own blog post etc. (only been 6 weeks Kev, calm down, only been 6 weeks).

Look, i’m not moaning, really, i’m having a great day here, but in my opinion there were some issues that plagued Sam’s time here, and i had hoped that some of these were being resolved. Communication is a big one. I wrote in my post: How to help us, help BBpress… last January that the Wizard of Oz treatment was getting us nowhere.

Well i’ll leave it there, i’m sure i’ll be told to relax soon enough.

[Marius-]

Im using two boards to get support for this, so the code has changed slightly now.

But the original question is: How can I create a background picture that is locked in the bottom corner, and doesnt scroll?

[Marius-]

This is the CSS code I have placed in style.css in structure:

‘

#michael-j-pic {

background:url(“images/bakgrunn.png”) no-repeat scroll right bottom transparent;

position:fixed;

height:100%;

width:100%;

z-index:1;

}

‘

[Farhad]

Thank you very much Jongeren

This code resolve my problem

[roamfox]

I have tried to access the log and there is no error log on this issue .

The programm exit noramlly ,just output nothing

I have tried to echo chars at the botom of the bb-config.php and the chars has been output with out any problem

Thank you , any help is apprecitated

[roamfox]

I have tried to add the require at the second right afer <?php

here it is

<?php

require(‘../wp/wp-blog-header.php’);

/**

* The base configurations of bbPress.

*

* This file has the following configurations: MySQL settings, Table Prefix,

* Secret Keys and bbPress Language. You can get the MySQL settings from your

* web host.

*

* This file is used by the installer during installation.

*

* @package bbPress

*/

I also tried the last line , neither of them works

[pratikom]

Hi sanraj,

Just put the following code into your login action and give the right path for the bb-load.php file and enjoy

Here is script:-

require(‘bbpress/bb-load.php’);

$user = bb_login( @$_POST, @$_POST, ” );

[chrishajer]

I meant to post this link as well. You can see the code that’s been checked in by browsing the revisions.

https://trac.bbpress.org/log/trunk?rev=2401

There was a big chunk of time where nothing was committed from revision 2377 on 24 Sept 2009 until 2382 on 22 December 2009. Here’s all the code committed since sambauers left.

https://trac.bbpress.org/changeset?old=2401%40trunk&new=2377%40trunk

[kevinjohngallagher]

Don’t you just love people that say “Bump” and dont add anything to the conversation?

I also love it when it’s their only post on the forum ever – way to give back

Deep integration is not supported by automattic, and apparently was never the intention of the BBpress developers. To that end, getting BBpress with a WP “deep integration”, to then call WP plugins is never going to be something that’s going to get any development time or priority.

I think this is a shame because we could make use of WP plugins that we’re effectively replicating in BBpress, but we shouldn’t be reliant on plugins for layout.

That said, i wonder if anyone has testing creating a call to a plugin function from inside an added function in the your WP’s theme’s functions.php file?

To reiterate though, try and avoid WP plugins for theming. What will happen if there is a WP upgrade that breaks the theme?

Also, every time someone bumps a thread, God kills a kitten. Please think of the kittens.