[Francesco Bigiarini]

BBPress has nothing else going for it other than the fact that it’s from the WordPress folks.

Nah.

1. Simplicity: Vanilla is top notch, and also has a plugin system.

Plugins

2. Comprehensiveness: Invision boards or PHPBB etc.

bbPress hasn’t been created to be a gargantuan monster (such as PhpBB.)

So. Why is it that BBPress is not just a full plugin to WordPress and therefore totally integrated with WordPress? If this is already being discussed (as I hope it is!) then when is this planned?

There’s a nifty sticky on the very top of the page: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-plugin-updates

[Francesco Bigiarini]

BBPress has nothing else going for it other than the fact that it’s from the WordPress folks.

Nah.

1. Simplicity: Vanilla is top notch, and also has a plugin system.

Plugins

2. Comprehensiveness: Invision boards or PHPBB etc.

bbPress hasn’t been created to be a gargantuan monster (such as PhpBB.)

So. Why is it that BBPress is not just a full plugin to WordPress and therefore totally integrated with WordPress? If this is already being discussed (as I hope it is!) then when is this planned?

There’s a nifty sticky on the very top of the page: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-plugin-updates

[pkiula]

BBPress has nothing else going for it other than the fact that it’s from the WordPress folks.

1. Simplicity: Vanilla is top notch, and also has a plugin system.

2. Comprehensiveness: Invision boards or PHPBB etc.

So. Why is it that BBPress is not just a full plugin to WordPress and therefore totally integrated with WordPress? If this is already being discussed (as I hope it is!) then when is this planned?

[Daaaaaave]

My main problem was getting my worpdress to look like my phpbb. After spending about a month on my phpbb i scraped it and went to bbpress as users find your forum alot more legit if it fits into your whole websites theme

[trusktr]

bbPress is pretty awesome it seems!!

[Gautam Gupta]

A quick search leads me to this: http://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/converter/smf_1.1.x_to_phpbb3/

Which version of SMF are you using?

[Gautam Gupta]

A quick search leads me to this: http://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/converter/smf_1.1.x_to_phpbb3/

Which version of SMF are you using?

[Gautam Gupta]

These links might help you:

1. https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/successfully-convert-smf-20-rc1-to-bbpress-10#post-64815
2. https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/successful-convert-smf-gt-phpbb2-gt-bbpress

ps. Deleted your bumps.

[Gautam Gupta]

These links might help you:

1. https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/successfully-convert-smf-20-rc1-to-bbpress-10#post-64815
2. https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/successful-convert-smf-gt-phpbb2-gt-bbpress

ps. Deleted your bumps.

[justmichael2]

If I remember correctly, the iBlogPro Forum (using bbPress) shares its database with the WP installation (using iBlog Pro theme). I now need to import my old forum data from my previous forum, which was phpBB. I have a script for that, but to do so I need to connect the bbPress forum to that database. Once I have done so, I will then have a bbPress forum with all of the imported data – nice!

But – after that, how do I then re-integrate with the WP database and the iBlog Pro theme?

[web2m]

Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew a way to take wordpress comments and convert them into BBpress. Or alternatively maybe WordPress Comments into PHPBB, then use a converter to go from PHPBB to BBPress?

If anyone has done this before or if you know how best to approach this I’d sure appreciate some guidance. Thank you.

[amnion]

Indeed, this is an excellent plugin. Easiest transfer of forums I have ever done.

[amnion]

Indeed, this is an excellent plugin. Easiest transfer of forums I have ever done.

[shinigami87]

Hi there!

I’m an italian user, so sorry for my bad english.

I’m a WordPress’ user since some years and I love it!

I have found bbpress searching an alternative forum for my site (actually I use phpBB).

Testing bbpress and wordpress integration I have a problem with the login…

If I login/logout in bbpress, automatically login/logout in wordpress works, but not the reverse…

If I login in WordPress, I’m not logged in in bbpress…

I have tested it in local with this configuration:

Wordpress folder: /wordpress

BBpress folder: /forum

in wp-config.php:

define(‘AUTH_KEY’, ‘<I;b3RJ:>Fu6.?*uJhfh UUBWA)MRP+.t}q,3dunpj+a!He329#;i,^:Aj~|7tDB’);

define(‘SECURE_AUTH_KEY’, ‘ytd&KN0gfMto{0>i0U7:9]R*%tc5gt/B89wVabirZUNASo1Xw@)F63Nofs7#[7′);

define(‘LOGGED_IN_KEY’, ‘lS!u]1H=nf=+-/@t.p+15OrfWljzI8&e&-.hs|HE?rH9@&[{t`/1Z0AEl22/~{‘);

define(‘NONCE_KEY’, ‘){P:2X}-s[v7PSqS)^%AL<&u)_Qpg,7AtSeN-x:}/SHr–RYq-G hG:8vM9dB8|L’);

define(‘AUTH_SALT’, ‘u2L_v<Prb:`Zr. 9UmDmbkc4d=L[C6NV}(nj<7[%]q|debm4sA,O9f]Y%,(&A7)3’);

define(‘SECURE_AUTH_SALT’, ‘#x9M#;SAy*nnW4QY{; 9l^s1:4Q]glup}NN]/9gX1W2va1{ 2QG7TiE};)rsZj12’);

define(‘LOGGED_IN_SALT’, ‘|2vq/Z6S53Z>*U^2(&kVc`F{d:7QGu[|J(@WJU<uKx:SXA+zx?<.qkM=#-m_V9F.’);

define(‘NONCE_SALT’, ‘<3sR0o>)<!sElq(|DW=s:FqL|XJ_Venp4Flp&K*|FGF(*klrdZ6&7W;uo>lz)7TK’);

in bb-config.php:

define(‘BB_AUTH_KEY’, ‘<I;b3RJ:>Fu6.?*uJhfh UUBWA)MRP+.t}q,3dunpj+a!He329#;i,^:Aj~|7tDB’);

define(‘BB_SECURE_AUTH_KEY’, ‘ytd&KN0gfMto{0>i0U7:9]R*%tc5gt/B89wVabirZUNASo1Xw@)F63Nofs7#[7′);

define(‘BB_LOGGED_IN_KEY’, ‘lS!u]1H=nf=+-/@t.p+15OrfWljzI8&e&-.hs|HE?rH9@&[{t`/1Z0AEl22/~{‘);

define(‘BB_NONCE_KEY’, ‘){P:2X}-s[v7PSqS)^%AL<&u)_Qpg,7AtSeN-x:}/SHr–RYq-G hG:8vM9dB8|L’);

define(‘BB_AUTH_SALT’, ‘u2L_v<Prb:`Zr. 9UmDmbkc4d=L[C6NV}(nj<7[%]q|debm4sA,O9f]Y%,(&A7)3’);

define(‘BB_SECURE_AUTH_SALT’, ‘#x9M#;SAy*nnW4QY{; 9l^s1:4Q]glup}NN]/9gX1W2va1{ 2QG7TiE};)rsZj12’);

define(‘BB_LOGGED_IN_SALT’, ‘|2vq/Z6S53Z>*U^2(&kVc`F{d:7QGu[|J(@WJU<uKx:SXA+zx?<.qkM=#-m_V9F.’);

define(‘BB_NONCE_SALT’, ‘<3sR0o>)<!sElq(|DW=s:FqL|XJ_Venp4Flp&K*|FGF(*klrdZ6&7W;uo>lz)7TK’);

Please, help me!

[WPExplorer]

It would be cool if it wasn’t a phpBB site and was actually powered by bbPress.

[Smartguy5000]

This can be closed I suppose, since I tried out phpbb3 and with a little tinkering, and installing IIS with SMTP, got it to work.

[Smartguy5000]

This can be closed I suppose, since I tried out phpbb3 and with a little tinkering, and installing IIS with SMTP, got it to work.

[jason102178]

Just an update to who ever reads this…. im not going to mess around with bbpress anymore…. if an application is this finiky and wont install properly and do what its suppose to then i do not want anything to do with it…..

I have installed hundreded of different php applications …. so either i am just dumb and dont know what i am doing or this doesnt work properly…..

i also dont want to sit around waiting a week for someone to reply like most people been doing….

I will stick with my wordpress and my phpbb both of them installed and works perfectly…

I even went the extra step and installed it in the root of my site instead of in the root of wordpress installation

so my url should of looked like this example.com/forum and after installation it still went to exmaple.com/forum/forum and said page can not be found and it does the same thing with the admin panel….

and this time i skipped the wordpress installation just to see if i could get the forum working by its self first with its own mysql database….

with no luck after a week and spending all day trying to get it to work properly i just give up…..

i would not recomment bbpress to anyone who wants an easy installation and a smooth process because its anything but that….

Have fun with this crap…

bye

[jason102178]

Just an update to who ever reads this…. im not going to mess around with bbpress anymore…. if an application is this finiky and wont install properly and do what its suppose to then i do not want anything to do with it…..

I have installed hundreded of different php applications …. so either i am just dumb and dont know what i am doing or this doesnt work properly…..

i also dont want to sit around waiting a week for someone to reply like most people been doing….

I will stick with my wordpress and my phpbb both of them installed and works perfectly…

I even went the extra step and installed it in the root of my site instead of in the root of wordpress installation

so my url should of looked like this example.com/forum and after installation it still went to exmaple.com/forum/forum and said page can not be found and it does the same thing with the admin panel….

and this time i skipped the wordpress installation just to see if i could get the forum working by its self first with its own mysql database….

with no luck after a week and spending all day trying to get it to work properly i just give up…..

i would not recomment bbpress to anyone who wants an easy installation and a smooth process because its anything but that….

Have fun with this crap…

bye

[medusa_112]

Its great idea to have sub forums.

[John James Jacoby]

@rickdlewis – You’ve got a lot going on there. Between potential problems with your phpBB migration, porting your phpBB users into the WP user tables, problems with WP integration and user roles/capabilities, and problems with BuddyPress trying to take ownership of your bbPress installation, there are a ton of places where fallout can occur.

First things first, do you have direct access to your database, either through phpMyAdmin, or another SQL interface of some kind?

[John James Jacoby]

@rickdlewis – You’ve got a lot going on there. Between potential problems with your phpBB migration, porting your phpBB users into the WP user tables, problems with WP integration and user roles/capabilities, and problems with BuddyPress trying to take ownership of your bbPress installation, there are a ton of places where fallout can occur.

First things first, do you have direct access to your database, either through phpMyAdmin, or another SQL interface of some kind?

[Rick Lewis]

Hey guys. I am having a heck of a time with getting BBpress setup and integrated with WP.

This is a MU install and both share the same database. I did pull the data into BBpress from phpbb and prior to doing the final step of WP integration things all work great. Forums , posts , topics, users all work.

I hit the wp integration using wp_ and now I am told I am not a user on the site. Can’t recover my password or anything. Can’t log in using the keymaster account I setup on install or any other account.

All the users are there in the database just fine but no one can log in. It’s like they are all invisible.

I want WP to be my main log in system not bbpress so I assumed integrating was the key to making that happen. I need the users from bbpress to be on the WP side as users and be able to log in and use both properly.

One more thing I guess to throw into the mix is, I do also use buddypress.

Looking for any help and advice.

Thanks.

[Rick Lewis]

I found this update which worked for me.

http://code.google.com/p/phpbb3-to-bbpress1-converter/downloads/list

[Rick Lewis]

I will second that this thing works. Not perfect but damn near close. Thanks to the person who created it and updated it!