I’m having the same problems as David mekersa and colly72. No custom themes, no custom code, the only BP-dependent plugin I’m trying to integrate now is bbPress (and I still haven’t gotten it working yet so hopefully that’s not the problem), latest version of everything.
I moved themes to “/wp-content/themes/” and activated them. I’m on Parent, tried to pick Default for BP, it keeps reverting. However, I don’t want it to be the theme for the root blog.
@Tore
That’s the proper attitude!
The forums are their own, separate plugin. I’ve already clearly explained the reasons why this component will not provide bbPress forum privacy filters. You are free to use any bbPress privacy plugins that you want. Perhaps in the future this will change, but right now, it will not be an option.
Holy crap! I thought that feature wouldn’t be in until some later version. This is great! Core!
You will need to upgrade your themes also… Are you using the bp-sn-parent and bp-default themes?
I think so. They show up in my in WPMU –> BuddyPress –> General Settings as
BuddyPress Default (1.1-rc)
BuddyPress Social Network Parent Theme (1.1-rc)
BuddyPress Default Member Theme (1.1-rc)
I’m currently using the parent theme.
Also when I try to install bbPress by going to http://domain.com/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bbpress/ as indicated in http://domain.com/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/installation-readme.txt nothing shows up. Is this part of the problem?
that´s what I have been looking for.
Hope this will make it into BP-core ?
Ok this post deserves a little *Bump*. I’m seriously trying to solve these problems and haven’t got much else to work on before going live.
Thanks to everyone who can help me out here, mostly on 1,2 and 4!
The one thing I’m wondering about, once 1.1 drops (looking forward to tomorrow, Andy!), is how my users (if the site I’m building takes off) will adjust to the overall way of thinking that Buddypress (and social apps in general these days) tend to bring to the fore.
What I mean is that the interaction model is more things-are-presented-to-me and less I-am-searching-for-things. The way my brain works, I tend to organize myself mentally in the latter way — I want to find a piece of information or a conversation or a comment or something, and am hungry for a clear way to get to it. A more static way of viewing the structure, I guess. I’m old.
But Buddypress and (to pick an example, Facebook) are more about the ‘flow’, I think. About jumping in and having ‘oooh shiny!’ moments, and moving more fluidly through the web of interactions.
They’re both perfectly good ways of organizing things, of course, and for the tasks at hand, Buddypress is great. I guess my worry is that it will be confusing for users when it comes to things like forums and the traditional architecture of them, but I’m hoping that with 1.1 it will all come together smoothly. I’m really excited about the future of the app and WP in general, and very hopeful that the site I’m working on (which I’ll pimp when it’s ready, of course) will gather a vibrant userbase. The community I’m targetting really needs it.
Edit: reading this which is, I guess hot-off-the-presses doco, I’m thinking running a traditional forum using bbpress alongside the group-attached forums might be an option, if it’s not too confusing. I’m guessing it’d be pretty easy to port the Buddypress styling over to the ‘sidecar’ forums to make it all look right… we’ll see!
Yeah, I used this tutorial instead: http://theeasybutton.com/blog/2009/07/17/integrating-buddypress-wordpress-mu-and-bbpress/
Bear in mind that I am not very skilled at BP/WPMU/bbP, so my answer to your previous question could be wrong !
Oh I see, is this the old way? http://umwblogs.org/wiki/index.php/Integrating_WPMu%2C_BuddyPress%2C_and_bbPress I’m not sure because I just installed them both today and set up integration during the bbPress install. So right now I’ve just been controlling the integration through bbPress -> Settings -> WordPress Integration.
Ah, so does that mean that if I wanted multiple forums I’d also need multiple bbPress installations?
No, but you will need to set up bbPress separately.
“If peppering your code with lots of comments is good, then having zillions of comments in your code must be great, right? Not quite. Excess is one way good comments go bad.”
Bpisimone makes a good point: comment, comment and then comment more your code; not just coders who already know what you’re thinking are reading.
@JJJ maybe someone could point out the important steps there? Also if anyone could comment these particular bbpress modification problems…that would make me incredibly happy 
You can probably copy and paste your way into and out of converting a plugin. They’re very similar.
Thanks for the hint… I leave that to the pro’s as you are – I am a copy-paste-changer – not a programmer…
Since there’s no admin panel in the integrated bbPress, you’d be best to try to port those bbPress plugins into a WordPress one, and add any BuddyPress specific features to it.
Finally starting diving into 1.1 on my dev site and encountered a strange issue.
wpmu 2.8.4a, bbPress 1.0
just using plain default theme for now. forums work great. saved all my old posts. all seems ok BUT
on back end no option panel for profile fields. on front end all profile data is gone but name and website. Under My Profile it just has Public (no edit profile or change avatar)
Is this just a butchered install or something else?
Activities are created by plugins that add those activities to 1 large table in the database that can be sorted in many ways; user, activity type, etc…
What you would need to do is create a little mini plugin to hook into the bbPress posting actions, and have that generate an activity that you will also need to create.
It’s easier than it sounds. Check out buddypress/bp-activity/bp-activity-classes.php and… function bp_activity_add( $args = '' ) {in buddypress/bp-activity.php for some direction.
1. Which version of WPMU are you running?
2.8.4
2. Did you install WPMU as a directory or subdomain install?
directory
3. If a directory install, is it in root or in a subdirectory?
subdirectory /blogs/
4. Did you upgraded from a previous version of WPMU? If so, from which version?
fresh install
5. Was WPMU functioning properly before installing/upgrading BuddyPress?
yes
6. Which version of BuddyPress (BP) are you running?
1.0.3
7. Did you upgraded from a previous version of BP? If so, from which version?
No
8. Do you have any plugins other than BuddyPress installed and activated?
Yes
9. Are you using the standard BuddyPress themes or customized themes?
standard themes
10. Have you modified the core files in any way?
no
11. Do you have any custom functions in bp-custom.php?
no
12. If running bbPress, which version?
not running
13. Please provide a list of any errors in your server’s log files.
Not quite sure where to find those, will keep looking
Thanks for your continued help by the way. I am suspicious about the blog subdirectory and think that may be related to the problem since there is already a blogs folder in Buddypress. I started to look for a setting to correct it in the Buddy press setting in the dashboard but couldn’t find any way to change that path to correct things. Perhaps a change in a php file?
Same as with 1.0.x.
There are endless topics discussing how to do it, and a sticky to help you with integration.
With the integrated version you won’t have access to the bbPress admin panel to turn them on or off, so external only.
bbPress being included with BuddyPress is like TinyMCE being included with WordPress. Yes they are applications all their own, but they also live together in a very symbiotic way (without being alive of course.)
