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Here is my bb-config.php file, with the unique keys and such taken out:

<?php



// DEEP INTEGRATION AT THE VERY TOP

if ( !defined( 'ABSPATH' ) & !defined( 'XMLRPC_REQUEST' )) {

define( 'WP_USE_THEMES', false);

include_once( 'http://mydomain.com/wp-blog-header.php' );

//^ wrong way for deep integration, but this keeps the forums integrated between BuddyPress and bbPress, but breaks the BuddyBar for bbPress plugin



//include_once( '/home/username/public_html/mydomain/wp-blog-header.php' );

// ^correct way to do deep integration, works with BuddyBar for bbPress plugin, but breaks forums integration between BuddyPress and bbPress

header( "HTTP/1.1 200 OK" );

header( "Status: 200 All rosy" );

}



// WordPress database integration speedup

$bb->wp_table_prefix = 'wp_';

$bb->wordpress_mu_primary_blog_id = 1;

$bb->user_bbdb_name = '';

$bb->user_bbdb_user = '';

$bb->user_bbdb_password = '';

$bb->user_bbdb_host = '';

$bb->user_bbdb_charset = '';

$bb->user_bbdb_collate = '';

$bb->custom_user_table = '';

$bb->custom_user_meta_table = '';



// WordPress cookie integration speedup

$bb->wp_siteurl = 'http://mydomain.com'; // no trailing slash

$bb->wp_home = 'http://mydomain.com'; // no trailing slash

$bb->cookiedomain = '';

$bb->cookiepath = '/';

$bb->authcookie = 'wordpress_******';

$bb->secure_auth_cookie = 'wordpress_sec_******';

$bb->logged_in_cookie = 'wordpress_logged_in_******';

$bb->admin_cookie_path = '/forums/bb-admin';

$bb->core_plugins_cookie_path = '/forums/bb-plugins';

$bb->user_plugins_cookie_path = '/forums/my-plugins';

$bb->sitecookiepath = '';

$bb->wp_admin_cookie_path = '/wp-admin';

$bb->wp_plugins_cookie_path = '/wp-content/plugins';



/**

* The base configurations of bbPress.

*

* This file has the following configurations: MySQL settings, Table Prefix,

* Secret Keys and bbPress Language. You can get the MySQL settings from your

* web host.

*

* This file is used by the installer during installation.

*

* @package bbPress

*/



// ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** //

/** The name of the database for bbPress */

define( 'BBDB_NAME', 'database_name' );



/** MySQL database username */

define( 'BBDB_USER', 'username' );



/** MySQL database password */

define( 'BBDB_PASSWORD', 'database_password' );



/** MySQL hostname */

define( 'BBDB_HOST', 'localhost' );



/** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */

define( 'BBDB_CHARSET', 'utf8' );



/** The Database Collate type. Don't change this if in doubt. */

define( 'BBDB_COLLATE', 'utf8_general_ci' );



/**#@+

* Authentication Unique Keys.

*

* Change these to different unique phrases!

* You can generate these using the {@link https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/bbpress/ WordPress.org secret-key service}

*

* @since 1.0

*/

define( 'BB_AUTH_KEY', '******' );

define( 'BB_SECURE_AUTH_KEY', '******' );

define( 'BB_LOGGED_IN_KEY', '******' );

define( 'BB_NONCE_KEY', '******' );

define( 'BB_AUTH_SALT', '*******' );

define( 'BB_LOGGED_IN_SALT', '*******' );

define( 'BB_SECURE_AUTH_SALT', '********' );



define( 'WP_AUTH_COOKIE_VERSION', 1 ); //told this is needed for WordPress MU versions before 2.8

/**#@-*/



define( 'COOKIEHASH', '*******' );

define( 'COOKIE_DOMAIN', '.mydomain.com' );

define( 'SITECOOKIEPATH', '/' );

define( 'COOKIEPATH', '/' );



/**

* bbPress Database Table prefix.

*

* You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique

* prefix. Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!

*/

$bb_table_prefix = 'bb_';



/**

* bbPress Localized Language, defaults to English.

*

* Change this to localize bbPress. A corresponding MO file for the chosen

* language must be installed to a directory called "my-languages" in the root

* directory of bbPress. For example, install de.mo to "my-languages" and set

* BB_LANG to 'de' to enable German language support.

*/

define( 'BB_LANG', '' );



$bb->bb_xmlrpc_allow_user_switching = true;

?>

I realize I’m not incorporating the correct method for deep integration, but this setup is what keeps the forums integrated between BuddyPress and bbPress.

If you have any suggestions on what I should check or look into, I would appreciate it.

Using the bb-config.php file as it is now I can login and out of BuddyPress and bbPress without issue. Cookies are shared and work as expected. The BuddyBar for bbPress plugin seems to have revealed my deep integration issues.

Thanks for any help!

@Russell:

HOWEVER…

I lose the forums function in BuddyPress groups

Remember you also need the XMLRPC call in your bb-config.php as well for group forums.

$bb->bb_xmlrpc_allow_user_switching = true;

(goes right before ?> in bb-config.php)

Do this again and make sure you have the XMLRPC line in bb-config.php

I’ve had the line: $bb->bb_xmlrpc_allow_user_switching = true; is since the beginning.

Should I just post my bb-config.php file to troubleshoot?

Omitting of course the unique keys and such…

First of all, this more than likely is not an issue with BuddyPress, but an issue with the Share This plugin.

You need to contact the developer of that plugin and ask them if their plugin works with BuddyPress. It does not mention that it does. Second, if you are running WPMU 2.8.1, then ask them when they plan to put out an upgrade for 2.8.1.

John is correct. From the way you describe your needs, it sounds like you will be happy just using the multi-user version of WordPress (WordPress Mu). You do not have to install the optional BuddyPress plugin suite. You can always add it later if you want to provide your members with more features.

Well, the only reason for you to use BuddyPress would be if you intend on offering any kind of user centered features in the future. As it sits right now, it sounds like you’ve got exactly what you want, but in terms of forward growth and the ability to give your users a way to interact with each other in any way, that is where BuddyPress will really shine for you.

Only if you’re using it with WPMU 2.8.1. I’ve just finished writing https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/846.

thanks for the workaround DJPaul.

One question: All the fresh buddypress installation are affected with this bug ?

I am still searching why the add_filter is ignore. This is very strange.

So we should all be enormously grateful for that. I don’t think threats to move another platform are really productive.

I am grateful and Buddypress developers wouldn’t care whether I move to another platform or not. I was responding to John James Jacoby’s argument that people stick with WordPress because it has found the right balance.

WordPress is evolving from blog software to a social networking platform with Buddypress. That puts the user at the center, which is a fundamental shift in focus. That’s why I keep hammering on member management and registration.

I love the extensibility of WordPress/Buddypress, but if the foundation – member management – is a mess, that is a real problem that can force people to consider other options. I have not found good alternatives. Anahita Social Engine on Joomla could be one to watch.

I’m having the same problem.

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 16777216 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 4864 bytes) in /storage/mijndomein/users/095442/public/sites/www.naarijsland.nl/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-groups.php on line 560

Made a php.ini file and placed it in wp-admin.. in the php.ini all the things Jeff sad..

( are there any other options?

But buddypress and all other bp related plugins still activate with fatal error message.

http://ywamheidebeek.org/temp/error-1.jpg

Also some template code will stop the page from completely parsing and consequently not the whole page will be loaded.

A little more info on this bug.

For theme selection, the “BuddyPress Settings” page is looking at the themes in wp-content/themes, yet it loads the theme from wp-content/bp-themes.

That means that to use a bp member theme, you need to have a copy of the theme in both the wp-content/themes directory and the wp-content/bp-themes directory.

This means that the generated HTML ends up loading the CSS and templates from wp-content/bp-themes/<themename>

I was thinking that maybe the BP Devs should change BP so that the BuddyPress themes can optionally be installed in the standard themes directory.

That way if they were able to be configured like wordpress child themes, site designers would have the option of making their BP member themes reuse styles from the theme they select for their BP home theme. That would limit the amount of CSS that needs to be developed.

I gave it a try by attempting to create a child theme of bphome. Whilst I can select it, BP ignores it and just displays bpmember.

What do you think of this suggestion?

Great work-around!

From what I’m seeing in other posts, 2.8.1 isn’t quite compatible with BP yet. Keep an eye on this topic for updates.

Ok! I’m totally stuck and I have no idea why. I am trying to integrate wordpress mu 2.7.1 with the bbpress 1.01 and the most recent version of buddypress using deep integration.

As soon as I add the deep integration code:

if ( !defined( ‘ABSPATH’ ) & !defined( ‘XMLRPC_REQUEST’ )) {

define( ‘WP_USE_THEMES’, false );

//

// You will need to get the ABSOLUTE path to this file |

// \|/

include_once( ‘/home/admin/wpmu/wp-blog-header.php’ );

header( “HTTP/1.1 200 OK” );

header( “Status: 200 All rosy” );

}

I am redirected to http://wpmu.zyrot.com/wp-signup.php?new=forums.zyrot.com I can’t even install or activate the plugin. Somebody please help me here. i would really appreciate it!

Thanks

There is a very delicate balance here because on one hand all of the developers leveraging [Word/Buddy/BB]Press are getting an enormous head start compared to building something from scratch. So we should all be enormously grateful for that. I don’t think threats to move another platform are really productive.

At the same time, critical feedback and vigorous debate will make the product better. I don’t think this should be characterized as moaning. Active threads on the membership architecture would be great to see (I know Peter has tried to start a couple of those).

Most people here would agree with Peter that the WPMU+BP membership functionality is not ideal. They would probably also agree that Andy’s compromise is a good one under the constraints of WPMU. BuddyPress will be a good forcing function to make that improve though.

Adopting some strict framework is not the answer. The trash heap is piled high with projects that had high architectural ideals. The successful stuff delivers a good user experience, often with frightening hacks under the covers, but over time becoming more robust and beautiful inside too.

There is a key architectural aspect to *Press that makes it successful though – extensibility. The hooks make it possible to hack the system to do so many things that weren’t even considered when the projects were originally conceived. Andy has exploited the extensibility in WPMU to bend it into a social networking system. He has also been religious about putting hooks everywhere to give us the same opportunity with the things we in turn build on top of BP.

As long as we are all being creative on *Press, things won’t be pure. Andy will be bending WPMU to his will and we will be bending BP to our will. That’s the beauty of it.

There is a bug with running the latest version of WordPress MU and BuddyPress together. I am not aware of a proper fix yet, keep your eye on https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/wordpress-mu-281-released.

There seems to be an issue with bp-themes in the wp-content/bp-themes directory. There does not appear to be anywhere to activate theme.

According to instructions in the readme, BuddyPress themes (other than the default ‘bpmember’ theme need to be activated before they are used).

Based on the instructions in the readme in the bp-themes directory I looked for a menu “Site Admin -> BuddyPress”. This menu doesn’t exist (although this is the menu that the instructions say is needed to activate Buddypress Themes).

I then went to the “BuddyPress -> General Settings Menu”. This has a dropdown list “Select theme to use for BuddyPress generated pages”. This dropdown is listing the wordpress themes and not the buddypress themes like bpskeleton which comes with the 1.02 download. There is nowhere I can find to activate the BuddyPress themes so that they appear in this list. In the dropdown above, I tried selecting one of the themes listed e.g. “wordpress mu homepage”. Once I apply it and go to the buddyPress-generated pages like “/members”, “/groups” or “/blogs” I see this message:

You do not have any BuddyPress themes installed.

Please move “/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/” to “/wp-content/bp-themes/” and refresh this page. You can download more themes here.

Note:

My installation is a clean install from wpmu 2.8.1 with buddypress 1.0.2

Is anyone having any success determining the steps for a fresh install of WP MU 2.8.1, bbPress 1.0.1 and buddypress 1.0.2?

I can’t get the WP MU 2.8.1 and bbPress 1.0.1 integration playing together. I’ve tried the bbPress Integration plugin for wordpress. This plugin shows one section with wordpress constants COOKIEHASH, COOKIE_DOMAIN, SITECOOKIEPATH and COOKIEPATH under the “Save Changes” button:

define( ‘COOKIEHASH’, ‘8601cf66cb0dd7bfc31ae5a1499a18a4’ );

define( ‘COOKIE_DOMAIN’, ‘.bz.dev’ );

define( ‘SITECOOKIEPATH’, ‘/’ );

define( ‘COOKIEPATH’, ‘/’ );

I’m working on an offline development server on my Mac (XAMPP running php 5.3.0). I was using MAMP Pro but stopped using that when I found out their was an incompatibility with the libxml / php versions it was using.

Currently I have to logout of one backend to access (login) to the other (or clear cookies) to access either backend. I can’t be logged into both at the same time. It’s sharing usernames and password okay …

Are there any tricks that people have been using to try and debug this?

I’m quite keen to work from a fresh install of latest releases of all the components rather than working through upgrades of previous versions (which are also tricky to integrate).

I’ve tried stirring in newt’s eyes and frogs legs into the cauldron but they don’t seem to help.