[lstelie]

Hello, is there a plug in that allow to display in WP sidebar latest BBpress messages ?

Thnks in advance

[kannued]

CK, if the password/cookie in 1.0 is the most secure, than that means I wouldn’t need the miniplug for the private area to restrict from Google and other search engines like Alexa?

I have installed Human Test. Now, to the task of deleting all those bozos.

The miniplug, do I put that into my template header.php? Or does it go into the directory/folder that I want as strictly private?

[_ck_]

There’s no hacking involved in that process.

It’s just a simple workaround.

The foolish forum operators are allowing anyone with the user-agent of “GoogleBot” into their private forums. And/or they are allowing Google to cache their private forums. The reason why they do this is they want Google to send them traffic and the only way they can do that is to let google see the content of the hidden forums.

bbPress doesn’t do this by default and no known plugin does it either, certainly not my “hidden forums” plugin.

My Mini-Track plugin can tell you the difference between real Google and people pretending to be Google. It’s very easy, you just do a rDNS on the ip and see if it goes to a google owned ip block. rDNS is very slow (1-5 seconds) so people don’t normally do it by default.

You wouldn’t have to delete the spammer profiles if you didn’t let them on in the first place. Install my “Human Test” plugin and 99.9% of them will never register.

[_ck_]

Shouldn’t require it but there might very well be a bug given the developers only test it on PHP 5. I take it fel64 knows the work-around.

Remember, 1.0 is ALPHA. Meaning BUGGY.

[meitershaker]

no, no.

i try to explain more:

– with your mod, CODE tags are generated at the beginning and the end of text, no?

– so i want there is to more code generated

– in my example, “test test” is the text

– i would like, when i write “test test”, that the dl/dd are generated too

-simply example: i would like to add a class at the code tag, in your mod, how to do that?

thanks

i hope that i’ts more clear :p

bye!

[_ck_]

This mini-plugin will fix your layout/graphics

for visitors that insist on using IE 8.0

function fix_ie8() {if (strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'],"MSIE 8")) {header("X-UA-Compatible: IE=7");}}

add_action('bb_send_headers','fix_ie8');  // for bbPress

add_action('send_headers','fix_ie8');    // for WordPress

Essentially it makes IE8 render like IE7 by sending a special (invisible) header only to IE8 users.

Problem solved.

It blows my mind that a page that can render perfectly in Opera – which is THE standards browser – can be messed up by Microsoft attempting to conform to standards. What a (continued) waste of everyone’s time.

ps. For those that don’t want to install IE8 permanently to just test their sites, this version will run in it’s own virtual box so it doesn’t affect the rest of your system:

http://start-o.xenocode.com/layers/ie8/8-0-0-0__2/ie8.exe

[lstelie]

Hello,

I updated my test install with svn and get

Warning: Missing argument 1 for __construct() in /foo/bar/bbpress/bb-includes/backpress/class.bp-roles.php on line 11

and trying to post a messages issues :

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /foo/bar/bbpress/bb-includes/backpress/class.bp-roles.php:11) in /foo/bar/bbpress/bb-includes/pluggable.php on line 213

[chrishajer]

How about this for the Latest Discussions on the front page:

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/front-page-topics/page/2/#post-1707

Not sure if that affects the number of topics shown in the forums or not. I suspect a quick look through the plugin would tell you.

[nsireland]

Thanks so much for the tag code!

Is there a way to change the number of ‘Latest Discussions’ without changing the number of shown topics in the forums?

[nsireland]

I loved bbPress to start with, but it’s become a pain now. bbPress is a lightweight piece of software, although there are some functions that should come with the installation that can be enabled/disabled via the admin panel.

There are just so many add-ons that most forumers want, and I think that bbPress has gone a bit extreme on the lightness, although I love it, other (annoying) forumers don’t, so now I’m stuck between moving to phpBB3 or just opening a guestbook lol.

Three of the main things that should change is being able to simply modify the number of tags in the sidebar. On the same page, it’d be nice to be able to have seperate options for the numbers of latest discussions and actual forum topics shown. People just don’t see the forums with the ‘Latest Discussions’ in the way.

Thirdly, it would be nice to see icons beside each forum, indicating new posts etc.

[_ck_]

You tried the second method and it does that?

It works for me, just tested it on 0.9

function delete_own_post($retvalue, $capability, $args) {

if ($capability=="delete_post") {return bb_current_user_can( 'edit_post', $args[1]);}

return $retvalue;

}

add_filter('bb_current_user_can', 'delete_own_post',10,3);

.

Note that the delete ability times out with the edit ability (1 hour in default install).

[brad_langdon]

I also have the problem of members not being able to delete their posts.

I tried the above code, the delete button appears now but when clicked it says you do not have permission to delete.

I am not even sure if I put it in the right place though.

Does anyone have a tested method of making this work???

[shoggy]

I tried greenhome’s solution and it almost worked. Thanks!

However I got some minor errors, especially with links like http://domain.tld/forums/topic/test?replies=3#post-17 or http://domain.tld/forums/profile/username/favorites?fav=0&topic_id=1&_wpnonce=10a4ad44b8

Here is a workaround :

In /etc/lighttpd/bbpress-rewrite.conf, I have :

url.rewrite-once += (

# /forum/FORUM-NAME

"^" + bbpressdir + "forum/([^/]+)/page/([0-9]+)/?$" => bbpressdir + "forum.php?id=$1&page=$2",

"^" + bbpressdir + "forum/([^/]+)/?$" => bbpressdir + "forum.php?id=$1",

# /topic/TOPIC-NAME

"^" + bbpressdir + "topic/([^/?]+)(?(.*))?$" => bbpressdir + "topic.php?id=$1&$3",

"^" + bbpressdir + "topic/([^/]+)/page/([0-9]+)(?(.*))?/?$" => bbpressdir + "topic.php?id=$1&page=$2&$4",

# /tags/TAG-NAME

"^" + bbpressdir + "tags/([^/]+)/page/([0-9]+)/?$" => bbpressdir + "tags.php?tag=$1&page=$2",

"^" + bbpressdir + "tags/([^/]+)/?$" => bbpressdir + "tags.php?tag=$1",

"^" + bbpressdir + "tags/?$" => bbpressdir + "tags.php",

# /profile/PROFILE-NAME

"^" + bbpressdir + "profile/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/page/([0-9]+)/?$" => bbpressdir + "profile.php?id=$1&tab=$2&page=$3",

"^" + bbpressdir + "profile/([^/]+)/page/([0-9]+)/?$" => bbpressdir + "profile.php?id=$1&page=$2",

"^" + bbpressdir + "profile/([^/]+)/([^/?]+)(?(.*))?/?$" => bbpressdir + "profile.php?id=$1&tab=$2&$4",

#"^" + bbpressdir + "profile/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?$" => bbpressdir + "profile.php?id=$1&tab=$2",

"^" + bbpressdir + "profile/([^/?]+)(?(.*))?$" => bbpressdir + "profile.php?id=$1&$3",

# /view/VIEW-NAME

"^" + bbpressdir + "view/([^/]+)/page/([0-9]+)/?$" => bbpressdir + "view.php?view=$1&page=$2",

"^" + bbpressdir + "view/([^/]+)/?$" => bbpressdir + "view.php?view=$1",

"^" + bbpressdir + "rss/?$" => bbpressdir + "rss.php",

# /rss/FEED-NAME

"^" + bbpressdir + "rss/forum/([^/]+)/?$" => bbpressdir + "rss.php?forum=$1",

"^" + bbpressdir + "rss/topic/([^/]+)/?$" => bbpressdir + "rss.php?topic=$1",

"^" + bbpressdir + "rss/tags/([^/]+)/?$" => bbpressdir + "rss.php?tag=$1",

"^" + bbpressdir + "rss/profile/([^/]+)/?$" => bbpressdir + "rss.php?profile=$1"

)

Finally, I just add this configuration for each vhost using bbpress :

$HTTP["host"] =~ "domain.tld" {

var.bbpressdir = "/forums/"

include "bbpress-rewrite.conf"

}

Hope this helps!

[ramym]

Thanks you, that worked. But I’ve got one question about it: Why does it say front-page two times? I edited the upper one, and that worked, so where’s the second for?

[_ck_]

Use the plugin in this post and it will work:

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/front-page-topics/page/2/#post-1707

[ramym]

Hello,

I like the Latest Discussions on the frontpage, to have a quick look of the active topics, but I’d like to limit it to max. 5 topics.

Is there a way to do this? I tried several plugins found on the internet/this website, but none of them works.

Is there a way by changing the code? If yes, in which file should I look?

Btw, what is the default amount of ‘Latest Discussions’ on the frontpage?

Thanks.

[_ck_]

I have a few other tricks in mind for “Human Test” if they ever figure out how to easy break it. I’m not going to modify it though until they do break it just so they can’t adapt quickly.

[Erica S]

Thanks for the idea, I didn’t think of it that way. I just assumed that if I had accounts in WP then I didn’t need to create any in BBpress. Well, I tried that just now and something weird in the database. After registering a test member in BBpress I looked in the database and all I saw was the “non-existent” keymaster, the newly registered member wasn’t even in there. I looked in the WP user tables and the member was there but not in BBpress even though that’s where I registered them. This is a clean install, so there’s no plugins and editing the config file didn’t work either.

[chrishajer]

It’s possible something in the content you were posting was not escaped properly and it caused a syntax error when bbPress tried to insert it into the database. I don’t imagine you have the text of what you were trying to post, do you? You could try posting it here and see if this errors out.

It’s possible with that old version that something was fixed in the latest release and it won’t occur here.

[chrishajer]

The password normally contains special characters and that’s fine. That’s how I can usually tell if the bbPress is an old version or new version, based on the password being sent out when you register.

There is no problem with having special characters in the secret keys: it’s just that if they’re not properly escaped, the server will choke on the config file because the bb-config.php does not have proper syntax.

So, make sure the keys are the same for WordPress and bbPress, make sure the bb-config.php is syntactically correct (php -l bb-config.php from a Linux command line) and then figure out why you can’t log in.

You can also make the secret keys really short and easy to compare while testing to see if that’s the problem.

It’s also worthwhile to check any php file you edited for the proper syntax. Maybe once you log in, you are being served another page that has a syntax error (a template file?) and that is causing the blank screen.

Also, access to error logs will help with this, if you have them.

[chrishajer]

If beta is the new stable (thanks Google) then alpha is the new beta?

In a test installation (just copy all your WordPress files and database) you can’t really hurt anything. Just use it and see if it works enough for you.

[chrishajer]

My advice would be to install it in a test instance and use it. See how unstable it is for yourself. Only you can make the determination if it’s ready enough for you or not.

[karlo]

I have a fresh installation of the latest release of WordPress and integrating it with an installation of bbPress seems to be easy enough for a non-hacker like myself.

But, how unstable is the 1.0 alpha of bbPress really? The site I’m working on is to be a soon-to-be-released homepage for a choir that will use it mainly for news, recruiting and general talk. Would you rather advice me to go for the wp 2.5.1 + bbPress 0.9 version?

[Erica S]

I just installed the latest stable release of bbpress and integrated it with wordpress 2.5.1. After setting up the integration, I immediately was logged out and couldn’t log back in with my keymaster. I searched the forums and tried everything that was suggested such as the plugin, adding a line to bb-config.php, and trying to edit phpmyadmin usermeta. I don’t know why the plugin didn’t work since my keymaster is at ID#1. And editing through phpmyadmin was useless since my usermeta was already set to keymaster. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled and keep getting the same results.

[outchy]

I have a band messageboard that’s worked flawlessly for a year now… but when I tried posting myself just now, it didn’t appear on the board. When I checked the dashboard, this is what it said for the latest post:

Post on

bbPress database error: [You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'AND meta_key='views'' at line 1]

SELECT meta_value FROM bb_topicmeta WHERE topic_id = AND meta_key='views'

bbPress database error: [You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ' 'views', )' at line 1]

INSERT INTO bb_topicmeta ( meta_id, topic_id, meta_key, meta_value) VALUES ( NULL , , 'views', )

Gavin DeGraw by neddi.

Any idea what’s going on? I’ve never seen this before… and I think I’m the only one with access to the backend.