[Tutsie]

Figured it out!
I created a .php file with this code and uploaded it to the mu-plugins folder

function add_forum_link() {
echo '
<li><a href="yoururl">Forums</a></li>
';
}
add_action( 'bp_nav_items', 'add_forum_link' );

[Lance Willett]

I also noticed a similar behavior here in this very form where I’m typing (forums, edit topic).

If I post a topic, then edit it, more slashes are added each time I edit. For example, if I edit the same post 3 or 4 times, I’ll end up with \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\it's instead of just it's.

[thebigk]

Thanks Lance. I’ll check wpmu forum.

[Lance Willett]

Thebigk,

This isn’t a BuddyPress issue as the rich editing options and settings are handled through WordPress MU.

From what I could see on a quick search on https://mu.wordpress.org/forums/, the rich editor options will only affect new blogs (not ones already created). For older ones, you might have to manually update the setting in the database with a tool such as phpMyAdmin.

I’d suggest also digging around more in the MU forums for such terms as “rich editor” or “rich editing” to see if there are more threads on this topic.

[Lance Willett]

@Ninh – Sounds like you are on the right track. One word of caution, though: if you are manually copying files from one place to another it’s very easy to lose hidden files, like .htaccess files. These are very important and can cause problems with your install.

It’s highly recommend to start over with a new download or SVN checkout at the new server location so you are sure to get the correct setup.

@Dace – Same thing… if you upgraded and only copied certain files you can get into problems. If you are going to upgrade, it’s recommended that you replace the entire BuddyPress install (not just pieces).

Like I said before–and you can search the forums–this topic is very common and usually comes down to a few things: GD support, htaccess issues, or file permissions on the directory where the avatar images are uploaded to.

[zipnguyen]

Ok, got GD2 library installed, got ImageMagick installed (as they both were installed on my shared hosting side); still getting same problems, “unable to upload photo, missing temp folder”

I also checked permissions – from what the various forum posts state, they are all correct. Also checked my php.ini file, seems correct as well.

What I’ll be doing is checking to see when I copied all the files from bp from my shared hosting to dedicated server, there might have been a hidden file or actual temp file that didn’t get copied over – Let me know if I’m on the right track…

Thanks.

[felix2009]

Take a look at youre “header.php”

[takuya]

Core: 1.0-RC1 / Messages: 1.0-RC1 / Friends: 1.0-RC1 / Wire: 1.0-RC1 / Blogs: 1.0-RC1 / Profile: 1.0-RC1 / Activity: 1.0-RC1 / Groups: 1.0-RC1 / Forums: 1.0-RC1 /

[Tutsie]

I would also like to add a ‘Forums’ tab to the main menu.

[zenseeker]

Yes, I’ve read that. Not that curious about group forums right now. Just asking what is the preferred database setup (looking long term) – one database or one for wpmu and one for bbpress with shared user tables? That’s all. Thanks.

[rootherb]

https://trac.buddypress.org/browser/trunk/bp-forums/installation-readme.txt

[Lance Willett]

@Dace – I saw your comment in this related thread… but did you try the things that were suggested there: fixing permissions, checking for GD support, .htaccess issues, etc?

Avatars not uploading is a very common issue, so much that it has an an entry on the FAQs page:

Why will avatars not upload on my server? This could be a number of things, but make sure you have the GD image library installed. It might also be permissions, so make sure the web server has correct permissions.

Make sure to check these things (if you don’t know how to check for GD library support, ask your web host) and report any errors in your server logs.

[mypop]

@Trent, greatly appreciate the update.

I’ll go through your updated post and If I still have problems I’ll start a new thread.

Gordon

[Trent Adams]

I updated the first post for a couple of things today, nothing major just changed a few “confusion” spots and terminology is all. Remember guys, if you have specific problems it is easier to start a new thread than post replies onto this one as it gets cluttered so darn easy.

Trent

[John James Jacoby]

Johan, you were getting trapped by the Akismet spam filter.

I unspammed your posts, so you should be okay going foward.

[Paul Wong-Gibbs]

BP does not provide the user authentication – that’s part of WPMU. I suggest you put this on their forum or their Trac as a suggestion.

[nicolagreco]

Yes you can do that making a new plugin based on bbpress-live (the same andy has used for groups).

For the second question is always bbpress-live that help wordpress & bbpress to share data via xmlrpc

[Aron Jay]

That would totally create a bunch of tables.

Why going to that solution if there are group and site wide forum that anyone could use.

You know its not a good idea, specially if you would like to grow and have more members/blogs.

Just my 2cs’

[Michael Berra]

I don’t know if it has something to do with my problem here: https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=1308

It’ seems similar. Do you have the wrong slugs also in the activity feeds?

[doluongtruong]

I find key! Woh, happy.

When you meet this case. You remember that you active user “admin” in BuddyPress to admin BBPress (3 admin at less)

Thanks

[doluongtruong]

DB Error in BB_Install::process_form_finalise_installation: Table ‘ongdia_vn.htb_options’ doesn’t exist

SELECT option_value FROM htb_options WHERE option_name = ‘auth_salt’ LIMIT 1

DB Error in BB_Install::process_form_finalise_installation: Table ‘ongdia_vn.htb_options’ doesn’t exist

SELECT option_value FROM htb_options WHERE option_name = ‘secure_auth_salt’ LIMIT 1

DB Error in BB_Install::process_form_finalise_installation: Table ‘ongdia_vn.htb_options’ doesn’t exist

SELECT option_value FROM htb_options WHERE option_name = ‘logged_in_salt’ LIMIT 1

Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/ongdia/public_html/forums/bb-includes/backpress/class.bpdb.php:293) in /home/ongdia/public_html/forums/bb-includes/functions.bb-core.php on line 838

[doluongtruong]

I think, there wasnt conected two systems.

– I created forum, but it’s jont BBPress and comback again

– I cant post tocpic.

Demo: http://hoitublog.com

(Vietnam)

[doluongtruong]

I come back,

In the before post, my error was fix (localhost). My web is good.

But, when i upload in hosting, it was error again.

What\’s happen?

[mypop]

I am using WMPU2.7 Buddypress RC1 and bbPress 1.0-Alpha-6

Hopefully someone can help me out here, it’s been 10 days, I’ve searched, this forum, the WPMU forum and the bbPress forum, and I feel like I’m going round in circles!

bbPress and WPMU/ Buddypress work fine as ‘stand alone’ applications, the challenge I am having is integrating bbPress into Buddypress.

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I have gone through the whole of Trent’s great topic (https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=471) many times now, even removed bbPress and started all again.

What should on the face of it be a simple process, share users, share cookies, link via xmlrpc, seems incredibly complex, or else it’s the configuration of my hosting company that’s causing it!

I followed, Sam’s basic integration screencast (https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/basic-integration-screencast ), and all went smoothly, I can now logon and logoff from either WPMU or bbPress. I have also edited wp-config and bb-config as needed to use the same keys and to point to the same locations for the cookies.

However I can only access the admin/dashboard section in bbPress if I login in through bbPress, if I log in first via WPMU, the ‘admin’ link doesn’t work. I can access the dashboard of WPMU whichever way I log in.

In Sam’s screencast he talks about bbPress needing extra cookies and using bbpress-integration.1.0-alpha-4.1, I have tried with and without this plugin (which doesn’t appear to work when isntalled in mu-plugins/ ). I have also checked the cookies when logged in via bbPress and only see one extra cookie when actually in the dashboard / backoffice of bbPress.

Do I need this plugin?

Is this the way it should work, or should I be able to log in via WPMU and then go to bbPress and have access rights to the bbPress dashboard?

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I have enabled xmlrpc and pingbacks in bbPress.

I have two key users “admin”, the main one created during wpmu install, which is also keymaster for bbPress and another with keymaster rights to bbPress and administration rights WPMU, it works the same for both.

Re Trent’s post, I have the plugin in my-plugins/buddypress-enable.php though there is some discussion as to wether it should be in my-plugins or bb-plugins – some guidance here please?

Also in step 6) where Trent says “Go into your main blog dashboard as the “site-admin” and go to the groups admin page.” I presume that with my configuration it should now read “Site Admin / bbPress forums”, If I click on the groups link, it gives me my list of already established groups to configure / edit. is my presumption correct?

I have configured the full path (with the “/”) and user details for bbPress in the “bbPress forums” option.

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When I turn on Group Discussion, I don’t get a forum created in bbPress, nor can I post in ‘forum’ in the group in Buddypress, it comes up with “There was an error posting that topic.” not surprising really (no forum)

If I go to create a new group the box for “Enable discussion forum” is greyed out / missing replaced with a note that says” Attention Site Admin: Group forums require correct setup and configuration of a bbPress installation.”

Also from bbPress if I try to post I get “Warning: cannot yet handle MBCS in html_entity_decode()! in /home/sites/mydomain.com/public_html/forums/my-plugins/buddypress-enable.php on line 53 which I guess is because it’s not linked back. (I’m running MySQL/5.0.67 PHP/5.2.8 and PHP5/5.2.

Trent also suggested “check your bp_groups_groupmeta table” there was nothing in my data relating to forums.

I’ve tried it with and without the ” WordPress cookie integration speedup” and ” WordPress database integration speedup” in the bb-config.php file – it made no difference.

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I’ve tried almost all I can think of,

@Burtadsit would your xmlrpc-test-rig be worth exploring? Do you have a download link for it?

“http://ourcommoninterest.org/downloads/xmlrpc-test-rig.zip” looks like it’s not there at the moment.

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From here: http://umwblogs.org/wiki/index.php/Integrating_WPMu,_BuddyPress,_and_bbPress says:

You will need to install and activate the following plugins in your WPMu installation:

* bbPress Integration: “https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-integration/” This is essential, but keep in mind that this plugin is only useful if you are running bbPress version 1.0-alpha-4 or later.

* WPMU Enable bbPress Capabilities (0.1) “https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/wpmu-enable-bbpress-capabilities/” : Enables bbPress member capabilities when a user is created within WPMU. This allows immediate login as a ‘member’ after a user is created in WPMU.

Do I actually need either of these with my confguration?

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@johnjamesjacoby said “In theory, to create a post from within the Group forum, you should not need cookie integration, because the XMLRPC request happens very ajax-like behind the scenes and does not require for you as a specific user to be logged into both platforms.”

So any help would be much appreciated, Thanks.

[fishbowl81]

to answer the 2nd part of your question:

Buddypress uses bbpress-live, which is an api interface for bbpress. If there is a api interface for vbulletin, it would be pretty straight forward to make an api interface for it.

It looks like there is an api, here is the code documentation:

http://members.vbulletin.com/api/

But, after a quick review, I don’t see anyway to read the forum posts?