[chrishajer]

larmir, do you have an example URL where we can register and test this out? Also, does Dreamhost have a phpinfo() where we could see about magic_quotes_gpc and magic_quotes_runtime? If they do not have that file, can you create a file on your server called info.php or phpinfo.php (name does not matter so long as you know it) and then, in that file, put this:

<?php

phpinfo();

?>

That will give all sorts of useful information, including your magic_quotes settings.

Thanks.

[Trent Adams]

I was wondering if someone could throw together a plugin that would have an option in the admin area to clear BOZO users. Most people don’t mind having thousands of users register for their forum, as they don’t hurt anything being a bozo, but with the integration with WP, all Bozo’s are moved over to WP.

That forces me to delete the users anyway. 99% of new registrations are BOZO, so I figure that I would like a simple “Click Here” to delete all the users in admin. That or just use cron to call a file that deletes bozo users. I was working on it myself, but seemed to hit a bit of a snag.

The best option would be to edit the bbpress-integration.php plugin to not bring BOZO’s over to WP. That would mean editing it to not register anyone that is a bozo. That or register them and immediately delete them.

Any help would be appreciated!

Trent

[spencerp]

Alright, I uploaded a copy of my actual Localhost now, to my domain name: http://localhost.spencerp.net/forum/

You can see what I’m talking about there, well hopefully lol! Also, please keep in mind, things might be broke, still screwy.. just register if you can, only for testing purposes..

Also, this isn’t even near done yet lmao. I got a lot of nice things in mind for this baby.. LoL!

spencerp

[chrishajer]

I don’t know the ‘official’ answer, but I have had several users register a new name with an old email address (their username was spelled wrong or something) and they got their email and it works fine.

To test, I just re-registered myself with a new name and an old email address, and it was received. I am on a gmail account. I do know that MSN, AOL and Yahoo tend to be aggressive with their anti-spam, and there are a lot of false positives (I know this from other business mail I send.) user_email is not a UNIQUE field in the database either. (I am integrated with WP – not sure if it matters.)

I suspect it’s spam filtering catching the emails.

[jonnydf]

Ok first post and I’m going to start by saying having only been using bbpress for 2 days I think its great, and just what I was looking for in appearance for a forum ie clutterfree and simple.

I am no expert on this but I’ll try and explain a problem I am having with registration emails. It may not be anything to do with bbpress but I’m hoping someone here may have the experience to help.

PROBLEM: User register seems to be fine and the mysql database is filled with their details. They get the email. All ok. However, if I try to create a different user with the same email (I’m doing this for testing) I never seem to get a registration email. Does bbpress do a check to see if a email address is already being used? I don’t seem to get this problem if a create users with an email address at the domain the forum is hosted. Also if I have an account and use the forgotten password recovery I find I get the email to generate a new password but don’t see the email with the new password.

On top of this yahoo seems to be picking up the registration email as spam, I don’t know if this is normal.

I hope this isn’t too long winded. If anyone has any thoughts I’d love to hear them. I know people are registering with my forum and using it so it does work! But they all have individual passwords. Thanks!

[chrishajer]

Sorry, I just meant, where are the forum, WPMU and TXP all installed?

Is it like?

/home/aless/public_html/forum/ for bbPress

/home/aless/public_html/txp/ for TXP

/home/aless/public_html/wpmu/ for WPMU

Can you verify that all the files made it up when you uploaded them? Like, when you FTP in, can you get a listing in the forum folder that looks like:

bb-admin

bb-cache

bb-edit.php

bb-images

bb-includes

bb-load.php

bb-login.php

bb-post.php

bb-reset-password.php

bb-settings.php

bb-templates

config.php

edit.php

favorites.php

forum.php

index.php

my-plugins

my-templates

profile-base.php

profile-edit.php

profile.php

register.php

rss.php

search.php

sitemap.bb.xml

statistics.php

tag-add.php

tag-remove.php

tags.php

topic-resolve.php

topic.php

view.php

Maybe something is missing there? (you might not have my-templates or my-plugins – those were created later)

Does the bb-includes directory have permissions of 0755 or

drwxr-xr-x ?

[Trent Adams]

I tested this out and it works great! It seems to work the way you intended for sure! Couple of things:

1) If there are no posts, could there be a message like ” You have seen all posts since your last visit!”

2) Could there be a way to call the link with a function so you could also place it wherever you wanted?

3) Could we get a functionality if the person is a new visiter and hasn’t registered anything in the DB for their last visit time. Maybe show ‘all posts’ or a certain number anyways!

4) Could we borrow the paging functionality and (posts per page) from Ardentfrost’s Memberlist plugin (0.73c) for the views page?

5) How DB intensive is this and the online plugin (for curiousity!)

Look at me! Greedy already! Great plugin Thomas!

Thanks,

Trent

[spencerp]

UPDATE: I just wanted to fill everyone in on what I have just done..

1) I downloaded and installed the Themed Login and Registration plugin for WordPress.

2) Upload it, then activate it as normal.

OR, If you are running WordPress version 2.1-alpha3.. Before uploading and installing this plugin, open the themed-logreg.php file..

Find this line:

require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . ‘/registration-functions.php’);

Change it to this:

require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . ‘/registration.php’);

This is because in the 2.1-apha3 version, they just renamed some of the files in the wp-includes/ directory..

3) I made a page called: Where To

Since I have pretty permalinks on, the page’s location is here for example: domain.net/where-to/

In the Where To page’s Write Window, I added the following text/urls for example:

“If you are seeing this page, you now have the ability to access the following places with your username and password.

The <a href="wiki.yourdomain.net/">Codex</a>.

The <a href="yourdomain.net/forums/">Forums</a>.

The <a href="yourdomain.net/wp-admin/">Site Admin</a>. “

4) Under Plugins => Login Register Options =>

A) Under the: Uninstallation Options => I put check in box for: Toggle Complete Uninstall:

Under the: Redirect After Login: => I changed wp-admin/ to where-to/

If you have the normal setup for the permalinks, (for me on localhost this worked): /?page_id=11

Of course, change the actual number to your own..

C) Under the: Redirect After Logout: => I left this one at: wp-login.php

D) If you are using any other theme, then the “Gathering” theme, you might want to skip this section. And follow the directions for it, according to your theme’s layout!

Unless your sidebar call is like this.. in the index.php file:

<?php get_header(); ?>

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

Still in the Login Register Options, I left everything alone from there down TILL the part for the “Template Header Files: section..

D-1) Since I’m using the “Gathering” theme, the call for the sidebar, in the theme files is right after the header call.

<?php get_header(); ?>

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

D-2) In the Template Header Files: window, I made it like this:

header.php

sidebar.php

D-3) In the Template After Header HTML: window, I made it like this:

<?php get_header(); ?>

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

<div id="maincontent">

D-4) In the Template Before Footer HTML: window, I made it like this:

<?php endif; ?>

</div>

<!--index.php end-->

<!--include footer-->

<?php get_footer(); ?>

D-5) In the Template Footer Files: window, I made it like this: footer.php

E) Scroll down to the User Email Template: window. Since he uses variables for his stuff.. here is what I used for mine, and it works because I got the email after doing a test sign up.

Username: ##username##

Password: ##password##

You now have the ability to access any of the following locations with your username and password.

The Site Admin

##siteurl##/wp-admin/

The Forums

##siteurl##/forums/

The Codex

http://yourwiki.yourdomain.net

Please note: Of course… change the The Codex and Forums urls to whatever your’s is.. example: ##siteurl##/my-forums-folder-name/

And for Codex/Wiki: http://yourdomain.net/yourwiki or whatever..

Then I click the Update Options button..

F) In my Theme’s CSS File, I added the following CSS Style references:

#login {margin:0 auto 0 auto;width:250px;}

#login ul {margin:0;padding:0;}

#login ul li {display:inline;margin-left:10px;}

Everything seems to be working just fine! I hope this helps others..

http://spencerp.net/wp-login.php

http://spencerp.net/wp-register.php

After logging in, you should be taken to this page then:

http://spencerp.net/where-to/

Which of course.. can still be seen by everyone, either way. (But it’s not really made public either, because I don’t have the page itself, listed in the header nav bar, and sidebar nav section.)

However.. it’s not going to do much good to them, because if they aren’t registered and stuff.. they can’t access my blog’s wp-admin, forums or codex.. lmao!

Anyway, I just did TWO test signups.. and was able to login to my Codex, Forums, and the Blog’s wp-admin control panel.. whee!!

spencerp

[ear1grey]

Indeed, though I’ve only seen once instance so far where the spammers have bothered to leave a comment. My guess is that it’s too difficult to write a robot that can leave intelligent spam, so they’re hedging their bets and hoping not to be spotted lurking in the profile pages – if you can achieve that on several thousand instances you’ve suddenly got a whole lot of pagerank coming your way.

Perhaps another useful tool would be to list the lurkers (similar to how bozos & blocked users can be listed in the Users admin tab) where a lurker is someone who’s registered but not commented.

[ear1grey]

I’m seeing registrations for users whose “website” URL is very dubious (including adult stuff that would make most people blush). They’re obviously only registering for the link because they don’t leave any comments.

If the admin goes along with the recommended action of marking the user as blocked (rather than deleting), then their link is still visible in the profile page. i.e. They win.

So I’m imagining a core enhancement or a plugin that adds a filter so that any user who is marked as bozo/blocked has their details passed through a sanitizer which removes anything that looks like a URL before it’s passed to the UI.

[spencerp]

Nevermind! Here’s what I ended up doing..

1) Edited the MediaWiki:Sidebar by adding in my own custom Register link, pointing to the Blog’s register page.

2) Edited some of the MediaWiki: (Logouttext, Createaccount, some Login”whatever files”, Nologin, Notloggedin, and maybe a few others) files – Removing all the “create account” references. So the “Login / Create Account” link was chopped down to just “Login”.. same goes for the one found on the actual login page.. (Well.. as far as I know I got all them “Create Account” references lmao!

3) Replaced those “create account” words/calls with custom text saying “Please click on the register link in the sidebar. Once you’ve created an account through my blog’s register page, you’ll get an email with the details. Once registered, your username and password will allow you to login on the Codex.”

4) Also, had added that little “hack” to hide the [Edit] link on the pages and stuff, if not logged in.. I had done this before even doing the above.. so.. as far as I know, I’m good to go for the Codex..

I’ll just have customize the email that comes from the blog after they register there, and the same for the forums.. I guess this is all I need, right people? If there’s more.. please tell me.. whee!

spencerp

/Next on the “To-Do” list is implementing my blog’s theme around the Codex.. Wish me luck! …whee!

[spencerp]

Hahaha.. you’re welcome. Come to think of it, I might even go back to just using the original plugin lmao.. I dunno though.. I kinda liked the idea of that though.. to help remind people that my forum’s are there LOL!

Being that my forums are so small, it’s kind of a nice thing, however.. if and when it gets a little bigger, it might not be a good thing.. I’ll think about it though… I just got tons of other things to do sigh..

spencerp

/Thanks for registering on my forums by the way..

[spencerp]

Oh ok, thanks a million Trent. By the way, I also dropped a thread off over here on the MWUSERS forum.. 15 views, no replies there lol.

Oh well, maybe someone will then. Also, Trent.. how would I go about changing the “Create New” account link in the MediaWiki .. to point to either my Forum’s or Blog’s registration page?

Shoot, which one should I use though? I’m guessing the Blog’s registration page right? And even point my forum’s register link to the blog? Might be the best way of doing it.. What you all think?

spencerp

/*cough* I wish ya were on GTalk again lmao, would be a helleva a lot easier to talk me through this crap LoL!!..

[Trent Adams]

I have done some crazy google searching and also came up empty handed. I would change all registration links to bbPress or WP. That way, at least you know they can register and not screw anything else up.

Trent

[spencerp]

Ok people, here’s the deal.. I’ve installed MediaWiki 1.8.2 on my domain: http://codex.spencerp.net/ and customized the links for it and so forth.. no big deal right… ?

What I have done so far is (in this order)..

1) Integrated bbPress to my WordPress blog.. So anyone that registers on my bbPress forums, is automatically registered into my WP blog. Usernames and Passwords work for BOTH..

2) Applied the bbPress_Auth_for_MediaWiki extension to my MediaWiki.. However, I had to use some of the modifications listed here.

Now, people can login to my MediaWiki with the usernames and passwords from either the WP blog, or the forums..

The ONLY problem I’m having now, is.. having users register for a new account on my MediaWiki “Create New Account” page.. sigh.. I’m getting the following error..

http://codex.spencerp.net/Special:Userlogin?type=signup&returnto=Main_Page

“Login error:

There was either an external authentication database error or you are not allowed to update your external account.”

Which is obviously saying, it’s trying to create a new account in the MediaWiki database.. but, where really it should be trying to make a new account in my WP database.. right? Or, that might be meaning the other way around.. I’m not sure.

My questions are:

1) Is there a way to modify the “Create New Account” page, with the WP register page codes? So, when someone tries to create a new account on my MediaWiki itself.. it calls the WP database for it?

Or..

2) Just modify the MediaWiki file, that contains the “Create Account” link, and use the link to the registration page for the WP blog itself? And if so, which MediaWiki file does this reside in?

I guess I’d rather have it simple.. and just implement the WP registration codes, into the MediaWiki file.. so there is no redirecting of the “Create Account” link in my MediaWiki..

Or, does someone know of an “extension” for MediaWiki.. that synchronizes the MediaWiki & WordPress registrations? Thanks in advanced..

spencerp

/It’s ALMOST totally there now.. the way I want her.. just that dang Registration problem on the MediaWiki sigh.

By the way, you have to be registered and signed-in, to edit my Wiki.. whee! Which means, you’ll have to register on my blog, or forums first! This is why I’d like to get this MediaWiki registration figured out soon sigh..

[ear1grey]

I’ve taken a look at their (just today) updated T’s and C’s and they seem to be groovier than before, thus the interesting section (5v) reads:

“Prohibited Uses. You shall not, and shall not authorize or encourage any third party to (v) display any Ad(s), Link(s), or Referral Button(s) on any error page, on any registration or “thank you” page (e.g., a page that thanks a user after he/she has registered with the applicable Web site), on any chat page, in any email, or on any Web page or any Web site that contains any pornographic, hate-related, violent, or illegal content;”

…so I think search results are ok, but avoid user admin pages.

[thomasklaiber]

Haha … yes, you deleted me. Donno why I didn’t post yet. I’ll register again sometime …

btw, this topic is a bit wrong i think, the bug has (i think so) nothing to do with the translation. i cleared my cache in Flock and it worked there, too.

Translating bbPress is a bit difficult … but anyway, I’m almost done .. about 30% left to translate

[Zambu]

Got it. Cool. I registered it last night and now google has indexed all of the topics. So now if I run a search in google on one of my topics (in quote marks to make the search more specific), it comes up right away.

But it doesn’t seem to index the actual contents of the topics…at least not yet. I am guessing it will do this over time.

Thanks again!

[ear1grey]

Once you (not the plugin) register and submit the sitemap to Google their bot(s) will regularly re-visit it, re-validate it, and re-assess the contents. When this happens the sitemap is up to date because the plugin maintains it.

[spencerp]

Hmm, first time I downloaded it, I was in Firefox, I just went there in IE6 this time, downloaded .73a, deleted the original PM files, uploaded fresh ones.. Still the same thing..

To see what I mean, maybe try registering on my board quick, and then try PM-ing Trent here?

http://spencerp.net/forums/message?user=4

spencerp

/Again, all those other problems which were mentioned above, are gone, it’s just that database error showing yet..

Yeppers, I uncommented out for the Post Count thingy..

I also did a hard clear of cache too. CTRL + F5

[pilkster]

Trent,

I changes the cookie domain as you recommended removing the period, then deactivated the plugin, deleted it from the server, refreshed my plugins page to ensure that it had gone, uploaded it again, activated it and set the bb_ prefix.

I’m still not having any luck with registering on either one & the account carrying to the other. Did you register both on WP and bb? because I can log into either with my admin username and the cookie carries as you say. I cannot, however, log out whilst on the bbPress dashboard.

Yours confusedly, Simon (or pilks, sorry for switching names halfway through a thread)

[Trent Adams]

Currently, bbPress is built so that all users must be registered to post. I have heard talk of a plugin for anonymous posting, but nothing in development to my understanding.

So far, registration on the bbPress side is wide open, but if you are integrated with WordPress there are hacks in WordPress to have admin approval for registration, but only if you change all registration for the forums to the WordPress side versus bbPress.

Trent

[jrost]

I am having hte same issue. I cannot login to the forum with any logins created during install (key master) or registering. I am trying to integrate my WP with bbp. Any thoughts?

[Trent Adams]

If you want a forum that is viewable publicly, but only the admin could post, you could just create the forum and take away register.php from the install so no other users could post. Then you would just need to edit your template files to take away all instances that refer to logging in and registering.

Trent

[Trent Adams]

Not really important right now anyways! Love the plugin! I just hid it a little bit by putting it in a sticky post because I find that spammers love to register just to get a link on an actual page. That is annoying and really distorts the memberlist. I might even call it by a different name and make it so .htaccess blocks it from hitting the search engines.

The joys of spammers.

Trent