[zappoman]

In the interest of sharing what I’ve learned so far, let me describe what I want to do, and what I’ve accomplished so far.

1) I want to have a stand alone instance of bbPress running on my site that shows ALL the forums.

2) I want to embed a single forum into a wordpress blog (actually a wordpressmu blog– but there’s nothing mu specific about my work so far)

3) I want the forums to share the same DB, so if a topic is updated inside of my blog, I also see it updated in the standalone Forum.

4) I want to be able to essentially allow the bbPress template functions to work inside of a wp page or post… ideally I’d like to implement a simple function like “embedd_bbpress_forum()” on a page template and have it display a fully functioning bbPress instance in the page.

5) I want to use the chrome/theme from wordpress for the header, sidebar, footer, etc… but I also want to support the basic bbpress template structure as well.

So far I have this working about 90%…

What I’ve done is build a WP-plugin, that “includes” bbpress/bb-load.php. And implements a couple functions for embedding the bbpress instance in a page or post or where ever you call the embed functions.

Things that are working:

* forum home page

* topic pages

* new topic

* comments

* profile pages

* favorites

Things that aren’t working yet:

* ajax — none of the ajax stuff is working properly yet…

* some pages that use wp_redirect – because of how I’m embedding in wordpress, the headers are already sent before I have a chance to do the redirect, so… some functions that rely on this are reporting errors.

How I did this so far:

* declare GOBALS!!! – This is the biggest “sneaky trick” – basically, most of bbPress is implemented outside of a function or class context, and so the “local” variables on the bbPress pages are actually global in context. Since I’m wrapping these into a wp-pluing, I need to declare them as explicitly global. If I get all the globals right, then bbPress just works.

* turn off mod_rewrite support in bbPress… since I want my pages to get handled by WordPress, the URL needs to end at the same location of the wordpress page, this means that my forum page has a url something like:

http://mydomain.com/blog/forumpage/?command=topic.php&id=1

Notice I introduced the concept of the “command” parameter, that my plugin then uses as a dispatcher to “load” (include) the right bbPress file. MOSTLY bbPress will do the rest of it’s work from the URL params.

* Lots of filters – I’ve implemented several filters for URL remapping so that bbPress will override the standard link formation to point to my new embedded page urls

* A COUPLE HACKS – the only hard part I’ve had to hack so far relates to bbPress’s get_bb_location() function. This function appears to be a bit of bbPresses standard “dispatcher” which tells the rest of bbPress what type of page it’s supposed to be rendering. The only problem with this approach is that in my instance of the code base it does all this logic based on PHP_SELF, SCRIPT_FILENAME, or SCRIPT_NAME… which will be pointing to my wordpress files. I made a small change to add a new filter that allows me to pull out my command param and do the bb_location determination from that.

Has anyone else attempted this? Have they gotten further? Is there an easier way?

Mostly this isn’t a lot of code, it’s just discovering how to make it work and testing that everything works as planned.

[_ck_]

Well you’re asking two different things but the answer to both is yes with some code changes to your templates.

You can get the last poster for any topic in the list via this:

<?php echo '<a href="'.get_topic_last_post_link().'">'.get_topic_last_poster().'</a>'; ?>

but there is also a plugin that I believe will change the last poster’s name into a link too. So either way.

You might be able to paginate the lastest discussions by putting this at the bottom of latest discussions outside the loop:

<?php forum_pages(); ?>

However it’s a 50/50 chance it won’t work.

Or you can use the “My Views” plugin which will give you a paginated Latest Discussion view that you can link to.

example:

http://bbshowcase.org/forums/view/latest-discussions

plugin:

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/my-views/

[_ck_]

Be sure to get the newest version here:

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

[_ck_]

Be sure to get the newest version here and not the above download:

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

[chrishajer]

I don’t believe there is a CAPTCHA plugin yet, but there is a “Human Test” plugin:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/signupregistration-captcha#post-13429

[janellers]

yep, same problem here:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/firefox-wp-cookies-are-not-acceptet

I think i found the problem: I’am logged in but bbPress just don’t show it… but i haven’t tested it enough so wait a little bit and probably I can say more…

[janellers]

Hi Trent,

thanks for your reply. I’am using this plugin:

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/private-forums/

The hide-option is checked, and tested in both themes. The unregistered user can only Enter the Forums flagged “open for all” but that is useless when they cant see them

Jan

[Trent Adams]

JanEllers are you using the plugin from so10 from the plugin browser? Do you have the following checked?

Hide Private Forums and Topics

I have this working fine for me. Does it work with the main theme (for testing)?

Trent

[4k]

Is it possible to use pagination on the Latest Discussions on the front page?

I want users to be able to go to the last page of a long thread.

[janellers]

No one here who can help me? Is there a alternative to this plugin?

Edit: I just tested with the standart theme, and found out that the user can enter the forum and see the topics but he cant see the forums in the Forums table on the starting page

[hitec7]

I installed your plugin _ck_ but i when i activated it din’t auto inserted the math field in my registration page. Strange so i did it my self by inserting in my register.php / bbpress theme file the function:

<?php human_registration_test(); ?>

and then it worked ok.

[4k]

I am using the Misty Morning template and changed the overflow to auto from hidden on the container properties. This was to accommodate the Private Message plugin which was too wide for the template.

Now in IE there is a scroll bar whether it is needed or not and yet in doesn’t scroll on long threads. The posts are pushed over to the left.

Is there a better fix to accomodate the PM plugin? or to make IE scroll properly?

site here http://breadnroses.ca/forumsbbtest

[Trent Adams]

That is correct. Take the output of that file and put that in your /stereopoly.de/forum/ directory. Multiviews works with most servers I have played with, but had to use the rewrite-rules.php for my latest server.

Trent

[mdata]

Just installed/activated your “Human Test” plug-in. I am using bbPress version 0.8.3.1. Everything works fine. No issues.

Thank you.

By the way, I heard of WordPress for the first time on Sunday, found it a few minutes later, installed it a few minutes after that and input two years of articles I had written that same day. I installed a few plug-ins the next day and then found bbPress. Installed that the same day (Monday). It was working fine and found a matching template for both WordPress and bbPress the next day (Wednesday). With very little tweaking (mostly my errors) and no visits to the WordPress or bbPress forums for help, I am up and running with a very presentable, professional looking, and fully functional blog/user forum. Absolutely incredible!!! I am notifying my subscribers later this morning about their new resource via email. Not bad for four days of work.

Thank you good folks behind WordPress and bbPress!

[ejraven]

Hi,

I’ve been working with bbPress, vBulletin and Invision Power Board since each one of them made their debuts and I’m very good at integrating them into many CMS, mainly our beloved WordPress blogging software and Joomla.

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Check out my site http://invisionbridge.com for the latest guides on how to integrate bbPress, vBulletin and IPB into your WordPress.

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[hitec7]

I have exactly the same problem the wp plugin “bbPress Integration” causing it somehow when i disable it wp editing works as normal when i enable it i get slashes “” everywhere when i edit post / comment / theme from wp administration all plugins / bbpress / wp are the latests versions…

also my server php.ini config are:

magic_quotes_gpc Off Off

magic_quotes_runtime Off Off

magic_quotes_sybase Off Off

can anyone help?

[_ck_]

Which host are you with, that might be an error from the glob function being using without proper testing to see if it’s supported.

https://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/787

[Alex]

I haven’t used bbPress in a while and I’ve just started thinking about using it again. A few months ago it was relatively easy to integrate bbPress and WordPress, from what I’ve been reading in the forums, things have changed.

With the incorporation of ‘backPress’ etc, what’s my best bet for setting up a new site with bbPress and WordPress sharing users and cookies?

I’d really like to use the latest version of WordPress, is there a certain changeset of bbPress I should use?

[_ck_]

My solution doesn’t need template editing and has stopped all such activity on my site:

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

[_ck_]

So far this has solved the problem for me completely:

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

I’ll augment it as they adapt.

[chrishajer]

With all those links in the posts, it appears that akismet is not working. Do you have an akismet ket and is it entered in your config.php? That would prevent the posts loaded with links, in any case.

Regarding the registrations, there is a “Human Test” plugin that might help:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/signupregistration-captcha#post-13429

Or, maybe something more complex like a CAPTCHA:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/spam-registration#post-11879

Or this tip:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/fight-against-auto-register-robot#post-12246

Just search this forum for registration and you’ll see lots of approaches to handling it.

[feastoffools]

Hi- We’ve been trying in desperation to stop spambots from registering profiles on our very active bbpress forums, and despite the captcha test we installed, it seems they are circumventing the registration process and creating new accounts all the time. We’re getting around 50 fake profiles a day.

We’re being told by several sources that this is a bug in the current version of bbpress and there is no solution for it. We simply can’t accept this, that bbpress would be open to such severe bugs.

Right now we’re manually deleting profiles and we’re seriously considering abandoning this plattform for a more secure foums solution that works with WordPress.

Do you have any insight into how to stop them from creating bogus profiles? Right now for some reason they are all having their birthday as Feb 2, 2008.

You can see some of the profiles here:

http://www.feastoffools.net/community/profile.php?id=2107

[_ck_]

I am beginning to test some code I have written to pre-configure a CPANEL based website to auto-install bbPress. Barring any extreme problems (or unforseen events in my life) I should have an early beta to test by the weekend.

It will only require a few simple inputs such as your username and password (same as you’d use on FTP or cpanel access) and from there it will do everything – create the database and tables, download bbPress, install it and take you to it’s configuration options.

It may be possible to eventually get it working with other types of hosts. I plan to investigate doing it on dreamhost and perhaps a couple of the other most popular hosts.

[_ck_]

When you go into a forum, it should show you all the sub-forums available. If there are no topics in that forum however, it may just immediately jump to add new topic – that may be a bug in how bbPress works. Try creating a test topic in the main forum that has sub-forums.

If your forum has topics and still does not show sub-forums, you edited your theme somewhere and removed it or you are using a theme that removed the feature. If so, put into pastebin your forum.php page from your theme and show it to me.

[_ck_]

If you are asking what I think you are asking, I think I have made the subtle change you need. The sub-forums will no longer be shown on the front-page.

http://pastebin.com/m5ce19f4b

Line 53 is really all that’s needed.

if (!$forum->forum_parent) {

This is untested however.

Topics from within the sub-forums will still showup in the latest discussions however.