I got it! No issues. Well, Can you recommend what approach should I have to grasp all the code of bbPress as there is no Codex at the moment. I remember you stating earlier that you learnt by studying others’ plugins. Any suggestions in this regard would be of great help. Thanks 
Add that in style sheet. I use Notepad++ for all my coding needs.
You need to check out where you want the background i.e. the background of which DIV and then you can add this into style sheet :
#DIV_WHERE_YOU_WANT_BG {
background-image:url('img.gif');
}
and the path to the image is relative to the file. make sure it is correct too.
in header.php where the body tag starts.
After this
<body id="<?php bb_location(); ?>">
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="header" role="banner">
ashfame I appreciate your enthusiasm but I personally will have to comb through all the changes in 1.0 and look for new problems it’s causing my techniques- some things will not be immediately noticeable as a plugin will appear to run but then not in all cases or not update database info, etc. I’ll organize a way for people to report specific problems as it gets closer towards December.
As I have repeatedly mentioned it’s also a matter of waiting for 1.0 to settle.
I see many little problems with it that will have to be fixed – there will likely be at least a couple more releases by December and probably many more little tweaks put in the trunk for 1.5 that might affect my plugins again.
Your energy is better spent debugging bbPress 1.0, or writing/porting other plugins for bbPress as there’s always something else needed.
Good!
For body use
body {
background-image:url('img.gif');
}
By editing the style.css file.
body {
[...]
background-image: url(path/to/the/image/relative/to/the/css);
background-repeat: no-repeat; /* or whatever you like */
[...]
}
Of course I cannot give a full CSS introduction here, but there are lots of good and helpful introduction available online.
@swaymedia: Any comment on _ck_: “there have only been 4 donations this year despite thousands of users of my plugins”
Maybe you’re one of the four? Reminds me of this discussion:
http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/07/10/is-wordpress-a-thankless-community/
Don’t take the lack of reply as an answer, everyone here (except Sam) are volunteers. And everyone (including Sam) have real lives and weekends and such.
So _ck_ will get back to you whenever she does. Just take it cool, man
Where exactly would I put that code?
@_ck_
Was the earlier post missed or the answer was no? Just be frank and tell me. I am cool either way.
I understand your reasons very well.
My first attempt with bbPress and it’s pretty basic at the moment:
http://www.modus-operandi.co.uk/forum
As I get my head around templating and the like, I’m sure I’ll make future changes
Actually it is too much unless someone can really write tutorials here for such things. No Offence but It would be better to hire a freelancer if you really don’t know what are you doing. (You will waste much of your time and if you are here to learn then read on)
Q1>> Use a variable to count for each topic displayed and then break out of loop when it reaches the value (5). In theme folder, you need to edit front-page.php
Q2>> Increase the font instead of making a link bold. Use CSS here.
Q3>> For background-image use CSS to specify for DIV body
Instead of placing the image as background in CSS, use the <img src="" alt="" /> tag and make it clickable.
<a href=""><img src="" alt="" /></a>
Hi, I have the 1.0 and my moderators BBPress I would put a panel of administration on the web without having to go to the administration, I want to put on ipod touch type images, like this:
http://i26.tinypic.com/15xo18w.png
but only the buttons that I see the moderators and not users, to hide some code exciste buttons for normal users?
These buttons are in the sidebar
My skill level: html: good
php: bad
css: well
I await your reply, Thanks!
In checking my error logs – these are the only relevant lines I can find, which don’t really seem to have much bearing on my problem, but I’m including them for the sake of complete-ness.
[Sat Jul 11 22:12:58 2009] [error] [client 99.7.71.57] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/animeusa/public_html/siliconangle/ver2/bbpress/bb-admin/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://siliconangle.com/ver2/bbpress/bb-admin/upgrade.php
[Sat Jul 11 22:12:58 2009] [error] [client 99.7.71.57] Premature end of script headers: index.php, referer: http://siliconangle.com/ver2/bbpress/bb-admin/upgrade.php
[Sat Jul 11 22:12:58 2009] [error] [client 99.7.71.57] File does not exist: /home/animeusa/public_html/siliconangle/favicon.ico
You can change that in post.php file of your theme. If you don’t have it then copy the file of default theme in your present theme and edit it as per your need.
Does anyone know how to manually edit the usernames in the database?? Help!? Please? Thank you. NM I figured out how to manually edit them via the sql database. Thanks.
Hi
Just uploaded the bbpress files to a folder I called /forum
went to mysite/forum/index.php and got this odd error report:
Secure Connection Failed
‘mysite.co.uk’ uses an invalid security certificate.
The certificate is only valid for web34.secure-secure.co.uk
(Error code: ssl_error_bad_cert_domain)
Im lost here – any ideas?
Thanks
You probably need to look into this wordpress file wp-includescapabilities.php and mimic that function in bbPress or alternatively load WP environment and use it. I would recommend avoiding the latter option due to performance issues.
Hope that helps!
i’d like to know as well, i see the records in the _meta table
101 bb_post 35 pingback_queued
etc…
Then what do ya mean by checking if the user is in a particular WP category? An example would be great!
if you have the code, its feasible. 
what are you really trying to have here?
@_ck_
How about I will help you fixing your plugins? In this way, I will get to learn many things from you. I know it will consume more time of yours but I can work on pointers. How about being a mentor? Just a thought.
I can jump into it directly after my this semester exams and as soon as my new session starts. What say?
problem solved, it was somehow a problem with my .htaccess file.
I had permalinks activated, de-activated it, activated again, created a new htaccess file, and it worked again
yes, but i’m not using wp-blog-header…i have integrated bbpress in the layout without using the WP environment loaded
sorry but my english is very bad
