[chrishajer]

I just watched the basic integration screencast and tried integration again. I ran into some of the same problems mentioned above so I did a little testing.

1. Sam, thanks for the screencast.

2. Using a subdirectory of forums, and then making a WordPress Page called “Forums” with a slug of “forums” works just fine. The page will show up in your WordPress page menu like any other Page, but the real ‘forums’ subdirectory you installed bbPress into is what is displayed to visitors, NOT the content of the WordPress Page called “Forums.” I used to install a redirect plugin at WordPress to redirect the “Forums” Page to the http://example.com/forums/ real subdirectory, but I guess this works just fine like this. Good to know.

3. When using PHP4 (4.4.9) I encountered the “Forum could not be created!” error mentioned above. I thought it was possibly the MySQL version (which was 4.0.27 I believe) but it turned out that by using PHP5 (5.2.6) it installed fine, into the same database. I added this to my .htaccess file in the site root (for WordPress and bbPress):

AddType x-mapp-php5 .php

That forced .php files to be processed as PHP5. I did that before installing WordPress. I confirmed with phpinfo that PHP5 was being used for both the blog and the forum. The 2nd time through (actually, the 3rd time, but that’s a different story), using PHP5, the forum was created properly.

After that, following the screencast pretty closely resulted in an installation where I can log in as Admin (key master) at either bbPress or WordPress, and I am logged in on the other side, as expected. Logging out of one logs me out of both. It’s what I expect user integration to be.

Waiting for the next screencast, Sam. Thanks.

p.s. Did I miss it, or is the NONCE key for bbPress never set in the video? I have one in wp-config.php, since the keys were generated by the WordPress.org API, but did I miss setting that in bbPress? Should I just make it the same as it is in bbPress? Will not having it prevent me from administering the forum or something? I didn’t test any functionality of the forum, just the logins.

[Ganzuelo]

I had the stable version 9.03? And I thought it was integrated with my word press. I then went to do the upgrade to the latest version and the Admin area was all screwy. I have the day off so I decided uh I can just start over, deleted word press, deleted bbpress I got wordpress back and now I cant get bbpress going.. i use vista Firefox and I am getting a loop redirect error and I cant get by it

[Malice]

Yea I have a similar problem. A sticky in a subforum (not sticky to front) makes the topic disappear from the subforum. It does still show up in the latest discussion on the frontpage. Can’t sticky posts in individual subforums though.

Forum

I use several plugins, all activated:

BBcode Buttons Toolbar 0.0.8

BBcode Lite 1.0.3

BBPress Private Messaging 0.80

bbPress signatures 0.1.9

bbPress Smilies 0.0.5

bb Topic Views 1.6.3

Bozo Users 1.0

Google Analitycs 0.1

Human Test for bbPress 0.8.2

Instant Password 0.0.4

New User Notification Email 0.0.2

Post Count Plus – Dynamic.Titles & More! 1.1.6

Quote 0.2

Subscribe to Topic 0.0.1

Unread Posts 0.9.3

[walkerevans]

I was just thinking the same thing. I’ve run a few tests and it doesn’t appear to search tags or headlines.

If anyone knows a fix it would be great to hear one!

[_ck_]

Untested. Actually the forum is deleting some of the code so use it from here:

http://pastebin.com/f54a958de

<?php

/*

Plugin Name: Wiki Link

*/

add_action('post_text','wiki_link',200);

function wiki_link($text) {

$url="http://example.com/path_to_wiki?terms=";

$text=preg_replace("/([[(.+?)]])/si","<a class='wiki_link' href='$url$2'>$2</a>",$text);

return $text;

}

?>

the above is missing two $2, should look like

<a class='wiki_link' href='$url$2'>$2</a>

[chrishajer]

You could switch the display to list the forums up top and the latest posts on bottom. Just edit your front-page.php template file and move things around where it’s best for your users.

[hotforwords]

I have the same setup, running 2.7 and bbpress alpha 4. About half of my users got roles, half didn’t. And we’re talking about 15,000 plus users with no roles!

When I create a user in WordPress, the user has no role in bbpress and I get the errors above when trying to edit the user with no role. Even after logging in, there is still no role.

Hmmm…

Is there a way I can add the updated files from the latest trunk that you are talking about? I am not technical enough to understand svn.

Thanks!

[walkerevans]

Commented out the following code in template-functions.php got it to work again… testing to see if this is going to cause any security problems.

//if ( ‘user_email’ == $key && $bb_current_id != $user->ID )

// continue;

[TechGnome]

Well, that would explain why I couldn’t find it. Not intending to be snarky about it, but doncha think that little piece of info was kind of important?

No, I am not running the alpha. I never do. Doing that (especially on a prod site) just leads to trouble. I’m running the latest stable that was available a week or two ago. I’ll have to check out the plugin.

thanks.

-tg

[sbouazza]

The typical forum layout comes from catering to new visitors that want descriptions of each category, and from repeat visitors wanting to check if there are updates to that category without having to click into that category.

Of course, my goal is to break that “tradition” and create something newer and, as you said, wik-ish .

Tags also are really great for moderating topics, you can immediately find duplicate topics and close them .

The forum will be managed BY the community, so using tags for navigation and giving the users the right to create them freely will not be a problem ( tags spam ? the spammer will get a kick in the ass ), and the moderation team will do its best to prevent tags abuse.

If tags could visually signify if there are new posts for the visitor inside of them, maybe with emphasis or italics or reordering them to the front of the cloud, that would be a neat idea.

Good idea, noted .

Well, thank you all for your responses, I’ll try to finish the template then I’ll invite users to test it and give me their feedbacks .

I didn’t see someone else using tag navigation on his forum, so maybe I will be the first to use it ( or to loose )

[suzkaw]

This theme has just been updated and you can get the latest version (v0.3) from here:

http://ericlbarnes.com/projects/inove-for-bbpress/

Changes Include:

1. Moved search to nav bar.

2. Added support for js sub navigation

3. Moved login to sidebar

4. Added bbpress logo to footer. Thanks to Paul.

[Fernando Tellado]

I’m finishing my new forum (latest was made with SMF). I’m using bbPress 1.0 alpha 4 with the default theme (in blue and customized) and several plugins (a lot):

– Akismet

– Attachments

– Favourites notification

– Registration notification

– Temporal Ban

– bbcode buttons

– smileys buttons

– Related topics

– Signatures

– bbcode lite

– bbvideo

– post count plus

– support forum

– mass edit

– hidden forums

– active users

– bbpress karma

– terms of service

– human test

– report post

I’ve made the translation of bbPress 1.0 to spanish ( http://ayudawordpress.com/bbpress-espanol-alpha-104/ ) and the forum URL is …

htp://foro.ayudawordpress.com

[TechGnome]

Hot Dang! I finally got my radio station web site up and running using bbPress! You can see it here: http://tannagh.com … as you can see, the front page isn’t your out of the box bbPress front page. It’s actually driven by a completely different database on a different server all together. It rocks! Getting that one page to work as it currently does was a big pain. I still have some work to do on the site, like getting the search and request functionality working, but just getting what I did was a big hurdle. I’ve now got a handle on how bbP works, the rest should be fairly smooth. *crosses fingers…. arms…. legs…. hairs… knocks on wood*

Go ahead, take a look, poke around a little. Just don’t sign up for the forums, as I’ll be clearing them out again after some testing. To get to the forums themselves, click the link in the left hand “TR Listener Forums”. The new front page was rendered using a plugin that I’m developing to integrate with the station’s database, creating a new file in the template to display the info, and creating a new root file “forums.php” which is an exact copy of the original index.php file. Index.php is then routed to the new front page file in the template.

Some stats:

Template: BlackLetterhead by Ulysses Ronquillo

bbPress Version: what ever stable I downloaded about two weeks ago.

Running SpacialAudio’s SAM Broadcaster 4.3.6

Licensing via LoudCity

Rendered using new & customized template and root files

Driven by samPHPWeb-bbPress plugin

-tg

[chrishajer]

Marina, in the front-page.php template file, you can change topic_page_links() to topic_pages($topic->ID) and get the topic page links with the … in the middle (shows just beginning and ending pages.)

You still have a problem when there is a long topic title that fills the space for that table cell. You could put a new row beneath the topic, on the front page, so all the topic page links are in a row beneath the topic title. In fact you could do that with the topic_page_links() as well and not use the other function. You might want to test if there *are* topic page links before creating a new row, otherwise you’d have a blank row if there are no page links.

You could also do this in your CSS:

#front-page #discussions td {

white-space: nowrap;

}

But that would just make the cell not wrap, which will just break the layout further.

You could do this:

#front-page #discussions td {

overflow-x: hidden;

}

But that just hides whatever won’t fit. That’s not a good solution.

[ganzua]

Hi!

I was trying to show the latest threads when you get a bbpress 404 page.

I just copied front-page.php code into 404.php template but it didn’t show anything

Why?

[nuttycoder]

no probs glad you sorted it.

[Anonymous User 1502623]

Looks like I’ve fixed it – I just re-downloaded the php file and overwrote the existing one. Bit of a fluke but it’s done the trick. Thanks for your help anyway!

[chrishajer]

The member id is recorded in the database when the tag is added, so if it’s a member doing inappropriate tagging, you can deal with them individually. Normally, regular members won’t sh*t where they eat. It’s not something I would worry about. Instead, install _ck_’s Human Test plugin to keep bots from registering right off the bat.

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/human-test/

Also, I think it’s been like this for a while with tags, going back to the 0.73 release I think.

[nuttycoder]

Just downloaded it and had a look in the code there seems to be a lot of places with the break tag in what line numbers did you edit in to start with, I’d suggest looking there see if you notice where the extra break tag is.

[Anonymous User 1502623]

It’s called ‘bbpress-latest-discussion-for-wp’ . The only file in the zip is ‘BBpress.php’. Hmm. I’m reluctant to re-install it as it took me ages to get working in the first place! >.<

[nuttycoder]

it will reside in what the file contents for wp_bb_get_discuss_sidebar() are located am not sure I haven’t got that plugin what is the plugin called?

[Anonymous User 1502623]

Hmm yeah, I see that now you’ve pointed that out. The code just reads this though on the page:

<div class=”video”>

<b><p>

<img border=”0″ src=”http://www.audioscribbler.co.uk/wp-content/themes/revolution_magazine-40/images/community.png&#8221; width=”290″ height=”18″></p>

<?php wp_bb_get_discuss_sidebar(); ?></b>

</div>

I’ve searched the plugin editor as well as the core plugin files but I can’t find the bit with the double
tags? Any idea where they’ll be?

[nuttycoder]

looking at the source code you have a double break tag remove the second break tag and there won’t be such a big gap.

<a href="http://www.audioscribbler.co.uk/boards//topic.php?id=81">What music are you looking forward to in 2009?</a>

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<a href="http://www.audioscribbler.co.uk/boards//topic.php?id=83">Glissando - UK tour 2009</a>

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<a href="http://www.audioscribbler.co.uk/boards//topic.php?id=48">putting things on top of cats</a>

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<a href="http://www.audioscribbler.co.uk/boards//topic.php?id=66">8/11 - Leeds - Hauschka (Fat Cat) + Gareth S. Brown</a>

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<a href="http://www.audioscribbler.co.uk/boards//topic.php?id=72">7/11: James Yates/Moleck/Pattern/Cigars of the Pharoah LEEDS</a>

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[Anonymous User 1502623]

I do indeed. It’s probably a simple thing.. just can’t find it.

[nuttycoder]

do you mean this section:

What music are you looking forward to in 2009?

Glissando – UK tour 2009

putting things on top of cats

8/11 – Leeds – Hauschka (Fat Cat) + Gareth S. Brown

7/11: James Yates/Moleck/Pattern/Cigars of the Pharoah LEEDS