OK, so it looks like the plugin version 0.8.3 still works in bbPress 0.9.1 – though I have not yet put it through heavy testing. I found the install directions left a little to be desired so I added more detailed directions below.
However… I still have a question. Some of my users have adopted Gravatars since WP 2.5 was released. The plugin currently does not seem to check for gravatar existence, let alone provide some sort of control over precedence of different sourced avatars.
The installation instructions DO provide you with the function to call to see if a plug-in uploaded/created avatar exists. However, in order to get the precedence working the way I’d like, I need to know how to test for a Gravatar existence as well. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
Any ideas?
Install instructions:
1. Download Plugin here:
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/avatar-upload/
Version 0.8.3 is current at time of this writing.
2. Create the following two folders in your bbpress install:
/my-plugins
/avatars
3. follow instructions (specifically, step 5) in the readme file which tells you where to copy files. Some files in the zip aren’t mentioned (such as indenticon.php). I put those into my-plugins and so far, so good.
4. Activate plugin.
I’m trying to install bbPress on a local Intranet Server (Its on a local network for my employees to use for collaboration.) And I’m getting caught on Step 3. When i put in any email address it says that the Email Address “Appears to be invalid” and doesn’t let me continue, My main email ends in .co.uk which i thought might have been the problem but even .com and .info addresses dont work. Any ideas? (Using the latest version with XAMPP / Apache)
I’ve installed 0.9.0.1 at my test site. Gravatars show in the user profile at their true size of 80×80. However, in the kakumei theme, they are displayed at 48×48. I can’t find where this can be changed. I looked in the CSS and in the post.php file.
Am I blind?
I just set up two new accounts… testuser1 and testuser2.
As testuser1, I posted a new topic.
As Keymaster, I was unable to delete testuser1’s post. Before logging off as Keymaster, I made testuser2 a Moderator.
Logging in as testuser2, I was able to delete testuser1’s post.
I’m running v0.8.3 with WordPress 2.3.3. I am not in a position to upgrade to bb 0.9.01 or WP 2.5 yet, since our forum and website are very active right now.
So… why can’t the Keymaster delete a post?
Thanks _ck_ that did the trick.
Make sure they have not been flagged as a “bozo” by looking at their profile.
In bbpress 0.9 you can disable the built-in bozo plugin entirely which I actually recommend as it’s more trouble than it’s worth.
(Then use my Human Test plugin to make sure you don’t get bots registering to post spam).
Find bb-templateskakumeifront-page.php (or the same template name in any alternate theme you might be using) and find the line that says
<?php if ( $topics || $super_stickies ) : ?> (around line 11) and make it say
<?php if ( 0 && ( $topics || $super_stickies )) : ?>
which will make the if statement always fail and never show the latest discussions. If you ever want to restore it, just remove the zero &&.
Was your bbpress setup before you installed WordPress?
Or did WordPress exist before bbPress? If you had bbPress first, the userbase is actually inside bbPress and not WordPress. It needs to be moved to WordPress (or some different settings in WordPress to use the user db in bbPress). I call that “reverse integration”.
But I’m missing a detail here – did you have working integration with WordPress+bbPress before you upgraded both to latest?
This might be an issue with the two parts of the “secret key” not being setup/synced properly between the two.
I think this is a similar problem posted here (that was never answered)
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-09-released#post-14973
Hey there,
my problem/question might be funny, but I just don’t get it. Just upgraded bbpress to 0.9.1 and set it up to be integrated with wordpress 2.5 (they both share the same DB).
in the bbpress config, i have the WP_ prefix set and everything seems to sync well.
But now all posts in the bbpress forums done by users that registered at the bbpress forums are signed as “Anonymous” and all these users are neither listed in the bbpress nor in the worspress admin.
To test, i removed the WP_prefix from the bbpress config, then these users are back, but for sure this is not the idea since i’d like to integrate both things.
Am I getting this all wrong, or is there any way to “import” the bbpress users into WP or something (without manually editing the database)?
Thanks!
Christophe
I had an e-mail saying that the latest bbpress broke my port, so I’ve done a re-release 
http://www.linickx.com/archives/402/k2-for-bbpress-updated-v002
Hello all,
I am new to bbPress, just installed it for the first time ever and I am wondering how can I disable the “Latest Discussions” section so that only the forums show on the front page.
Thanks,
Jordan
I can’t edit the previous post but before I hire for this project, should I do it straight from IPB to bbPress (which is what I need) or should I have a current phpBB to the latest bbPress created instead? The latter assumption being it’s easier for most to convert to phpBB first, from various others with the phpBB community being so active.
Sam, I have both of these plugins running on the latest version of bbpress .9.0.1 and I’m using wordpress 2.3.3. Even before I installed any of your plugins, the user databases transferred between the two but the user roles have never been assigned correctly. Ever since I installed the moldy cookie plugin, I can login on my forums and go to wordpress but when I got from wordpress to bbpress it logs me out. In addition, I can only log onto bbpress now and not wordpress, wordpress says my password is invalid. So I can login through bbpress and go to wordpress fine, but I can’t do it vice versa. Any suggestions?
EDIT:
Scratch that, it works perfectly now, the problem was that I setup a subdomain forum.chroniccorner.net and it only carried the cookie if I made it chroniccorner.net/bbpress
thanks!
I just reinstalled BBPress. Now the forum appears with the correct style. But I still can not log in. I’m using WordPress 2.5. I installed the latest version of BBpress. I’m using the same password that I use with WordPress.
It should work. But I haven’t tested it. Database integration should be fine. Cookie integration will almost certainly work if you only have one domain that you run wpmu on. e.g. WPMU main site = example.org, WPMU blogs = *.example.org
We don’t overwrite tables if they are there already, so the wp_user/meta tables should still be there.
It’s really hard to tell what’s going on for you. Perhaps you should try and do a non-integrated install first just as a test.
Thanks, seems I had a bad copy, downloaded and installed a fresh copy.
Seems to be working with wordpress, I was already logged into wordpress and I’m the forums shows me that I’m logged in. Now to test and customize.
It did show minor errors:
Incorrect table definition; there can be only one auto column and it must be defined as a key
Key column ‘post_id’ doesn’t exist in table
Duplicate key name ‘user_nicename’
>>> User tables will already exist when performing a database integrated installation.
Anything I should be concerned about?
Thanks again.
To be considered a major player in the forum world, it is necessary to have at least some option for attaching files to posts.
Personally, I was actually shocked to learn that this was not a feature until I installed it to test it out.
bbpress is listed up there with the most popular free forum software: phpbb, yaf, smf, vanilla. But it is the ONLY one which LACKS the ability to attach a file.
I hope that this issue is addressed before the 1.0 release, I think it should be the FIRST priority for a new feature.
IF YOU AGREE – Please respond to this post to let the developers know that this is a feature you are looking for in a forum and whether you think it should be intrinsic (like almost every other forum) and not a plug-in.
bbPress seems to be the ONLY forum software that I’ve been testing which does not have this feature.
In fact, the ability to attach items to forum posts (as well as the administrative authority to limit the size of these attachments) seems critical to almost any forum – especially ones that I have setup for clients.
I would consider this more important than an avatar. It should be a high priority on the development list for the forum – a feature, not a plug-in.
From what I’ve seen, yetanotherforum.net handles attachments very well – but I prefer the look of bbpress.
Let’s put the pressure on bbpress dev teams…
Anyone else have good experiences with a forum that allows image attachments?
I would like to revert back to an old version of bbPress where my forum was private and inaccessible instead of using the latest version where no solution exists to this problem so far. The privacy is of utmost importance without which i cannot run the forums.
could someone please tell me what modifications do I need to make in the database before moving the old files?
I for sure know that the integration part did not work with my wp 2.5 version. is there a solution to making an old version of bbPress handshake with wp 2.5?
I am using the latest versions of both wordpress and bbpress. It seems that when a post is made on the forum, it doesn’t update in the amount of comments a blog post has, but vice versa works just fine. also, when I delete the comments through wordpress admin panel they are deleted in the admin panel, but are still there in the post.
I’m newer to bbPress but I promise I’ve read all the threads on fixing login problems for the key_master, but they aren’t working for me with the latest version.
First, everything worked great with a vanilla install. I then used this converter to import my phpbb forums. Unfortunately, this converter has a couple of issues, including messing up the ID of the admin user.
So, I simply upgraded a few of my users to keymasters and got rid of the original admin user. Unfortunately, even though I have multiple keymaster users, when I log in as one, I cannot access the control panel.
I’ve been looking through the databases and everything looks right to me. My example user is “rob” with an ID of “3”. In bb_usermeta user_id 3’s bb_capabilities are set a:1:{s:9:”keymaster”;b:1;}.
I tried this solution in the bb-config.php file, since there isn’t a config.php file anymore, but it didn’t seem to do anything. Oddly, I couldn’t get it to emit an error either and I don’t see the function new_keymaster referred to anywhere in the current code so I’m not sure that still works.
Thanks in advance for any help with this. Right now, I’m stumped.
-Rob
I’ve got the same problem with no plugins enabled, tested under both IE and Firefox
I have troubles too with cookies, login inconsistent between WordPress and BBpress:
Login on WordPress -> Log out on BBpress and vice versa 
PD: Until the latest version, with the hack for 0.83, this was working fine
Web example: http://www.laguardiadejaen.com/web/
does this still work for latest versions (2.5, 9.0.1)?
