[takuya]

If you want forums, then BuddyPress is not the best tool. Try bbpress, that’s the forum for wordpress.

[Boone Gorges]

You’ll have to dig pretty deep into the bbPress code to make this work right. bp_forums_tag_heat_map uses bb_tag_heat_map to create the cloud, and it doesn’t take order or order_by as an argument. bb_tag_heat_map then goes to bb_get_tag_heat_map. If you were going to make the reordering happen (without a lot of funny business) it might best happen at the level of bb_tag_heat_map (or a custom version of that function). The list of tags is created like this (see buddypress/bp-forums/bbpress/bb-includes/functions.bb-template.php):

$tags = bb_get_top_tags( array( 'number' => $limit ) );

which returns an array. You could then try using usort to sort by $tags[‘count’] before sending $tags to bb_get_tag_heat_map().

[5887735]

I still is version 0.1.5 with no “Forum Index.”

[snark]

Any ideas on this? It seems like it should be an easy tweak to change the Forum tag cloud sort order that a lot of people might want to do, but I can’t find an info on it anywhere.

[Erlend]

I contacted CometChat’s helpdesk and also left a post on ArrowChat’s forum:

http://www.arrowchat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=191

CometChat got back to me today, stating:

“We plan to release a Jabber version in the near future.”

Good to know.

[Andrea Rennick]

Have you tried asking the theme author? She has a complete support forum for her themes.

[Andrea Rennick]

“I really do like WordPress/Buddypress, I am just unable to structure the forums in buddypress in a true forum layout.”

If you’re just looking for a forum, then look at bbpress or any other forum package. BuddyPress has its focus on the social networking aspects. the forums area are minimized on purpose.

It sounds like you want a just a forum, not BuddyPress.

[rich! @ etiviti]

Development Version update:

I have included a new subplugin called Forum Index, please download from here:

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-group-forum-extras/download/

(make sure to remove the previous plugin before installing this one due to directory structure changes)

install on my testing site:

http://vwgroups.com/forums/

unfortunately some limitations with placement, behavior with the existing subnav ajax tabs, and css (something is auto adding alt class attribute on the tr element)

[beeza]

hmm now that’s a pretty good analogy, I really do like WordPress/Buddypress, I am just unable to structure the forums in buddypress in a true forum layout. At the moment it is a little confusing for my readers/members.

[rich! @ etiviti]

@nuprn1, what did you modify? I noticed that posts in bbpress don’t show up on the activity notifications, and the public/private/hidden stuff doesn’t seem to work either…

I can’t remember but i had to rewrite a bunch of it – and also hack the bbPress core to play nice with the GMT buddypress timestamps. Then throw in that bpGroups uses xmlrpc – so personally i’m moving to open up bbpress within buddypress instead of running an external bbpress install (with all the hidden/private forums)

[3sixty]

OK, getting somewhere now:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function bp_wire_setup_globals() in /home/mysite/public_html/wpmu/wp-content/mu-plugins/oci_bp_group_forums.php on line 618

so the bbpress and Buddypress plugins are making contact but they are using (at least one) obsolete function. What is the replacement for bp_wire_setup_globals()?

[rich! @ etiviti]

1) Hitting the ‘Quote’ button populates the textarea with the text of the entire post being quoted, rather than just selected text. Is that the intended functionality?

2) Quoting a post that already quotes something (the much-feared QUOTE PYRAMID, or at least the beginning of one) doesn’t work (it populates the [cite] but not the [blockquote])… again wondering if that’s by design or not.

Yes both by design (pulls the entire post_content for the quote, blocks nested quoting) – well from the Ajaxed Quote plugin it was taken from – this is also common behavior on forum software too.

if you wanted highlight to quote type of feature – then all javascript for that type of behavior.

[stwc]

I’m going to be away from my office computer for several days, so I won’t be able to test, but I’ll followup as soon as I’m able… thanks again for working on it!

[Boone Gorges]

stwc – It’s very strange that downloads would work for you but not inline images, as I’m using almost exactly the same code for both features. When you view the source of an attachments section, do you see an image tag? What happens if you try to visit a URL like http://example.com/wp-content/plugins/forum-attachments-for-buddypress/image.php?filenum=9, where example.com is your site, wp-content is your path to wp-content, and 9 is the index of a file you know to be an image (check out the bb_attachments table to see the ids)?

Thanks for the notes on the edit page. I don’t think I’ve made any effort to make those work It’s next on my list.

[stwc]

I use a plugin for quoting on a Vanilla forum that I run for about 1000 users (that I’m thinking of moving to Buddypress) that does exactly as I described. You highlight comment text, hit the quote link, and the text you have highlighted (only) is copied to the textbox with the appropriate cite/blockquote tags. Highlight nothing, the whole comment is copied, again with appropriate blockquote and cite tags. If that’s not the intended behaviour here and I’ve found a bug, I’ll see if I can hack it in myself using that as an example.

How would you expect it to know what you have quoted? … It is not like a mail client

I’ll add trying to not be insulting to my request to try not to derail threads. Simply because you don’t see how to do something doesn’t mean a) it’s not possible or b) it hasn’t been done before.

[kriskl]

re <!– m –>

I think so, but well, not worried about it for now it does not display anyways, just shows up when in editing older posts

[kriskl]

Sure, phpbb is more mature, but it is maine a discussion forum,

and for many users, it is a pain to use,, users these days, i think, are more used to facebook than forums…

phpbb is full of features but in the process the ease of use is gone,.

it is a pain to tell users, where to go even to change their profile,, or how to subscribe to a group..

for pure forums it is great, but phpbb looses on ease of use and on social front

WP-United is OK for blogs, as far as I know, they do not support ‘united’ with buddypress

[still giving]

Well, to do something like only quote the chosen text, you are looking at something much bigger than *just* the plug in.

Yes, I see the same behavior as you.

How would you expect it to know what you have quoted? … It is not like a mail client

[still giving]

At present it is easier to add blogs to phpBB, and build community, than add a discussion forum to BP.

It seems to me that this strikes at the heart and tradition of what WordPress is … as in one way broadcasting (single blogs) … rather than discussion.

I think WordPress is the best blogging platforms but I would argue that real community building happens around discussion, not one way broadcasting.

Imagine the different between

100 people standing in the street all talking aloud to themselves about their thing … and now and then being heckled by a passerby

100 people sitting down at a conference having a managed, or group discussions, about various topics ….

The first example is a WordPress blog farm.

The second is a phpBB discussion forum … and a community.

I am not exactly sure yet where Buddypress fits in or what its roadmap is.

If you want to add an integrated blog, which is picked up by a site search, you can do so to phpBB via a blog MOD. Imagine the above “conference” attendees having somewhere to be able post their conference speech papers.

The real problem is, BBpress was a badly starved project, as a discussion forum, before it was chosen to be integrated into WMPU and Automattic do not, seemingly, have a strong interest in integrating it.

I am wondering if it was a wrong choice and they should have gone with something mature like a bridge to phpBB.

A few folk liked BBpress because it was so slim and minimal … but then a few folk also like playing with 68k Apple Macs and Ataris too.

I hope that helps …

[stwc]

Please try not to derail. I was not complaining about BBpress.

I was asking the plugin author specifically for clarification of specific functionality in his plugin, which extends the default BBpress toolset we’re working with.

[still giving]

@kriski

“Has anyone managed successfully convert/transfer from phpbb3 forum into buddypress?”

Why would you want to? phpBB3 is a far more mature discussion forum with a large and vigor development community.

For the lack of real integration between the various parts, would not WPMU/phpBB3 integration, as per WP-United, be a better route to go down?

— the voice of experience

[still giving]

Yes, it is “by design” that BBpress/BP Forums cannot do all the things normal users would expect from a forum.

I am not sure what design that is but it is a little depressing.

BBpress was already the prematurely born poor cousin of the Automattic stable before it was integrated into Buddypress.

I’ve asking to see the roadmap of where ever this is all going but it does not seem that, despite the corporate funding now, there is one.

And I think it is just all too much work for just one developer and open sourcers.

Against my wishes, I’ve pretty much given up hoping and would rather see phpBB3 integrated with WPMU, as per http://www.wp-united.com. With WP3 coming up soon … they may be hope on the horizon.

Sorry to be so honest.

[cce]

If you are still getting errors even after URL rewriting is set up, try the solution in this thread:

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/friendly-http-error-messages-causes-404

[stwc]

Linky: https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/default-theme-with-widgetized-home-page

[3sixty]

I use the bpGroups plugins (“forums” subdomain of the BP site) but the plug-in required some updating to get everything working smooth (activity notifications, public/private/hidden/ready only stuff)

@nuprn1, what did you modify? I noticed that posts in bbpress don’t show up on the activity notifications, and the public/private/hidden stuff doesn’t seem to work either…

Also, the plugin is looking for an Authorized Buddypress Username, or “the user that BuddyPress uses to access bbPress.” Is there actually still a user, or was that part of the older BP/bbpress integration method?