Integrating BuddyPress, WordPress MU and bbPress
Posted on July 17, 2009 by Chris
Goal: Integrate WPMU 2.8.1 - BuddyPress 1.0.3 - bbPress 1.0.1
Assumptions: You have WPMU and BuddyPress working correctly. You know your way around an admin dashboard. You can configure php files.
Note: If something is “In Quotes” it generally means that there’s a button with that text that you should click.
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Why Do My BuddyPress Groups Keep Breaking?
Posted on May 26, 2009 by Chris
A few days ago, someone came to me for help with integrating WordPress MU, BuddyPress & bbPress. After a little work, we finally managed to put our heads together, sort out the issues and get everything working properly.
Logins were working together. Posts were being saved. New groups were being created. The sun was shining and the birds were singing. Until….
He handed control over to the client. Within the hour the site was broken again. BuddyPress groups refused to allow any new posts or groups. We were getting ugly red errors. The sky darkened and the birds gathered their young and went into hiding.
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Integrating BuddyPress 1.0, WPMU 2.7.1 and bbPress Alpha 6
Posted on April 30, 2009 by Chris
Before beginning, you must install Wordpress Multi-User 2.7.1 (WPMU) as well as BuddyPress 1.0.
Remember to save (and upload) your work often when modifying the php files.
1. Download bbPress 1.0-Alpha-6
2. Unzip it and upload the entire bbpress folder to your root directory.
3. Change the name of the directory from bbpress to forums
4. Go to yoursite.com/forums Click “Let’s get started”
5. Enter the same database information that you used while installing WPMU.
6. Click “Show advanced settings”
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BuddyPress & bbPress - Moving The buddypress-enable Plugin
Posted on April 27, 2009 by Chris
Before your BuddyPress & bbPress installations will work together, you need to move a plugin.
The plugin can be found in the following location:
wp-content >> plugins >> buddypress >> bp-forums >> bbpress-plugins >> buddypress-enable.php
Assuming that you’ve put your bbPress installation in your root folder, in a directory called ‘forums’, move your buddypress-enable.php to the following path:
forums >> bb-plugins >> buddypress-enable.php
This plugin must be enabled via your forums admin dashboard.
*Note: If you are in the process of following my tutorial about Integrating WPMU, BuddyPress & bbPress…
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Integrating WPMU, BuddyPress and bbPress
Posted on April 25, 2009 by Chris
Update: Please note that this tutorial is for BuddyPress 1.0 RC-2. A new and official release of BuddyPress is now available.
Though the directions within this tutorial will work for the new release, I’ve written a 2nd tutorial that cuts out a few unnecessary steps. The new tutorial can be found here.
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