I’m new at bbpress so please bare with me.

I’ve searched and read the plugin instructions and I can’t figure out how to get the plugins workin.

I created the my-plugins directory and added the plugins inside and yet nothing. Is there supposed to be a plugins management area in the admin? How are they activated? I’m confused.

I’m trying to add the following plugins (instructions included):

allow images = Add the allow-images.php file to bbPress’ my-plugins/ directory.

post notifications = Add notification.php to your /my-plugins/ directory.

bb-ratings = Add bb-ratings.php, bb-ratings.css, bb-ratings.js, and star.gif to your /my-plugins/ directory.

None of them seem to be available

[@wmarcy Member 18 years, 7 months ago]

Some of the plugins require you to edit files for them to show up.

You need to read the entire instruction/installation materials. (It gets really easy with a bit of experience).

[@prosam Member 18 years, 7 months ago]

Yeah I read the whole readme on each of those plugins, none of which needed additional configuration.

[@fel64 Member 18 years, 7 months ago]

Make sure you use the image plugin correctly. Images need the following syntax:

<img src=”linktoimage” alt=”image description” />

[@prosam Member 18 years, 7 months ago]

Well allow images seems to be working but post notifications and bb-ratings are no where to be seen.

Could someone answer one questions? Do plugin just work? In WP they have to be activated.

[@chrishajer Participant 18 years, 7 months ago]

What version bbPress are you running? The trac version has a plugin activation like WP, but the .81 version does not. You just install them into my-plugins and they start working.

[@prosam Member 18 years, 7 months ago]

I’m running .81 but its weird cuz 4 out of the 6 plugins I’ve installed are working.

allow-images = working

quicktags = working

fix-bbpress = working

simple-onlinelist = working

bb-ratings = not working

post-notification = not working

[@prosam Member 18 years, 7 months ago]

Scratch that, post notification is also working. So bb-rating is the one that is giving me a head ache.

Has anyone else installed this plugin? Is it working for you? How did you install it? The instructions say to

Add bb-ratings.php, bb-ratings.css, bb-ratings.js, and star.gif to your /my-plugins/ directory.

But it doesn’t seem to show up on the site. Is there anything else I need to do to activate it.

[@wmarcy Member 18 years, 7 months ago]

ProSam,

bbRatings needs you to edit system files to include the tag code into them. Once you add these tags, it will work. I also am struggling with bbRatings, and would love to get a snippet of code that made us of the bb_top_topics() function. Anyone?

[@wmarcy Member 18 years, 7 months ago]

This is the code running on http://www.wetworx.com/forums/topic/28?replies=1

I edited the topic.php file and added:

<table align=”left”>

<tr>

<td>

Overall Post Rating:

</td>

<td><?php bb_rating();?></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>

How do you rate this post?   

</td>

<td><?php bb_rating_dingus(); ?></td>

</tr>

</table>

Hope that helps.

[@wmarcy Member 18 years, 7 months ago]

Wow, my code doesn’t really look as bad as that <s>.