First: the installation instructions don’t mention that you need a mail server in order to send emails cause it is implicit. Is like saying that you need to connect to the gmail servers in order to send emails from your gmail account.
Second: yes they are. XAMPP and other LAMP software are just test platforms and they are very different from a service that professional hosting companies give you. A little configuration is needed and setting up a mail server is one aspect that you must cover.
Third: Pegasus Mail must be configured. bbPress no (only the mail in bb-admin/options-general.php). It just use the mail() functionality of PHP that is a layer on top of the email server specified at server level.
Four: no. 99% of companies that provide hosting solutions do give you access to a fully functional mail server and you don’t have to worry about that.
I have a wp/bbp integration where I recently upgraded both from previous versions to wp 2.9.2 and bbp 1.0.2. I was able to get them to share accounts so you can login to both with the same passwords but I can’t get the cookie integration working at all. Logging into one doesn’t automatically log you into the other.
I decided to do a fresh install of the latest versions of both to see if that would work but I’m having the exact same issue. I tried cutting the salts down to 32 characters as suggested above but still no luck.
I installed the bbpress integration plugin in wp but that’s not helping either.
I’m wondering if there is some incompatibility between wp 2.9.2 and bbp 1.0.2?
This is on a dreamhost server, and it all worked well before I tried to upgrade.
last week i make a simple modification with wp-facebookconnect plugin by adam hump to work in bbpress. so here is the file
http://rapidshare.com/files/379814279/wp-facebookconnect.rar
this plugin is not recomended if you don’t understand php code, because the code from wordpress plugin still there. i have no time to clean it, if i got more time next week maybe i can update the feature to work like the real wp plugin. you can setting your api key and secret key in the admin panel
feature :
– Single-signon with your Facebook account <– fully working but still need some test (tested in 2 online site)
– avatar <– not tested
– Publish comments to the newsfeed <– not yet, maybe next week
I first found BBpress 3 years ago. Personally I don’t remember finding BBpress or what I used it for, but I know that my account on here is 3 years old. I wonder if I have amnesia 
When I rediscovered BBpress yesterday I was pretty excited because the fact is that there isn’t anything like this on the net. This is the smoothest, lightest, nicest looking forum software out there.
However, (and it’s always the however that gets y0u) BBpress needs a little forum work. I made a pun. Seriously, just trying to download plugins has been a major pain. Half the files either don’t work or they aren’t there. Some have major security flaws.
So I ask you this, “Where are the forum moderators?” Make BBpress a bit more friendly and you’ll not only make it work better, you’ll also grab more interest from people who will make BBpress a phenomenon.
-Eric Novak
Graphic and Webdesigner
What would start the discussion in the forums? If it’s a blog post that will get comments, then I think threaded comments in WordPress are probably better.
The 1.1 release will have login-less posting. It’s in the latest trunk version now. Maybe you want to try that and see if it works for you?
You can download trunk here https://trac.bbpress.org/browser/trunk
I have it done partly. The hold up is I wanted it to look closer to BuddyPress Group forum (http://testbp.org/forums/). I can just have bbpress look the way it does by default , that’s easy enough, would that be good enough for you?
http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/1755/wpbbbbp2.jpg
Sent. The plugin is 90% finished. I’ve added a new feature that Xevo asked for and after some testing I will release it. Basically speaking is a list of users that are not affected by hide/lock rules like super users/roles but made in a per topic/forum base.
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/recaptcha-bbpress/#post-5602
“I download the latest update of the recaptchalib.php from recaptcha.net …..”
@cNc What specifically did not work?
That thread you refer to is a mess. The WP Theme and the bbP Theme you sent me does NOT pull the style.css in the bbP theme folder at all. You might call the global variables but never this line <link rel=”stylesheet” href=”<?php bb_stylesheet_uri(); ?>” type=”text/css” />
If you did pull the style.css, it would look like this:
http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/654/carforum2.jpg
Notice the Green and white background and other changes.
But you don’t pull the style.css from the bbP theme that is why it looks like this:
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/583/carforum1.jpg
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@mr_pelle I couldn’t get it to work on the test site, email me?
I am VERY interested, and ready to test it.
nebbia_in_casa[]yahoo.it
Thank you!!!
the Process
@cNc: well, I believe my plugin actually is pretty easy to use: you just have to make it able to write on your config file and then activate it. I don’t know how it could be more simple!
Regarding making it better, sure I will, because it is going to be used in the forum of the company I’m currently having internship in!
It would be just great to test it in different bbPress installation, that’s why I uploaded it in the repository: I’m waiting for your feedbacks!
PM , Avatar , Latest discussion , signatures , bbcode , smilies …..
will i get all these features via plugins , with 0.9 ?
O, I did integration with lastest releases wordpress (2.9.2) and bbpres (1.0.2), I just guess that long chain of previous upgrades can influence on bbpress integration with wordpress (may be database upgrades have some inaccuracy etc.)
Yes it may have been a little different if you did the integration with older releases. The best thing to do is to upgrade WordPress to the latest version, then bbPress, and then do the integration. Rather than integrate the scripts and then upgrade them.
I’d also like to keep 0.9 for the plugins. So far I’ve had it working fine integrated with a WP 2.9.2 but I wan’t to have WP 3.0. Unfortunately on my test install I can’t get the cookies to sync.
Anyone had any experience with WP 3.0 beta and bbPress 0.9.6?
@cNc: the best thing would be to test the forum out of a WordPress page, so there would be no header/footer problems.
It is possible, but honestly, its probably not worth the hassle.
You either connect to the WP database yourself to test (no integration required), but that can be a bit hit and miss – especially with child themes etc.
Or you use deep integration to test for the current theme. Which is simple as long as you have deep integration working (which in itself is very hit and miss).
Bluntly, unless you had a very good reason to do this (and you might, you’ve been v helpful with bbPress recently mate) I’d not take on the challenge. But if you want pointers and some code, lets start a new thread
No, there’s no problem with 5.2.9. In the very latest PHP 5.3.x on Windows, you will get additional warnings displayed, but that’s not an issue for you since you’re using Linux.
btw , i want these features …
PM , Avatar , Latest discussion , signatures , bbcode , smilies …..
what version should i go with ?
Awesome just what I need, have my bbpress integrated into wordpress + buddypress, so would like to test it for you. Could you send it to me?
xevodesign[]gmail.com
I have installed bbpress and changed all of the links, etc. in the bbpress admin. I added “bbPress Forum List” and “bbPress latest topics” to my widgets BUT when I drag either the bbPress List or the bbPress Latest widgets to the sidebar, they show on the sidebar until view the site. Then (1) the forums/topics do not show up on the site and (2) when I go back to the Widgets page the bbPress widgets that I had previously drug onto the sidebar are gone! IOW, they don’t “stick” to the sidebar.
??????????????
TIA
A sandbox is a local test platform that is private and have no external access. For example I use xampp for testing.
Thank zaerl, I’m definitely willing to test it out. I don’t know what sandbox is though.
Hi there,
I have written a plugin that is a rework of _ck_ “Hidden Forums”. The features:
1) Forums/Topics can be hidden for a list of users and/or for all those users that have a particular role.
For example you can hide a staff private forum to all users except administrators or a sticky topic for all guests.
2) Forums/Topics can be locked for a list of users and/or for all those users that have a particular role. A locked forum doesn’t accept new topics. A locked topic doesn’t accept new posts/tags.
It is different from a “closed” topic which is locked for everyone. You can use this feature for a news list post.
3) You can specify super users and super roles that aren’t affected by previous rules.
A good choice is admin and administrators respectively.
4) You can specify custom prefixes for administrators if the forum/topic is hidden/locked.
It is useful to keep track of hidden posts.
5) You can specify replacement strings for the forms that aren’t shown on locked topics/forums.
Something like “sorry but you can’t write new topics”.
6) A fancy admin panel is included.
In the panel you have a list of all forums/topics that are affected by the plugin.
Actually I don’t think that my plugin is ready for a real site (but despite this I use it in a real site). I’m testing it in a sandbox but I need to cover cases in which there are thousand of posts.
The question is: are you interested on testing my work in a sandbox (if you have one)? If the answer is “yes” I can upload the beta on the SVN otherwise I will test it by myself a little more.