[bbDev] Installation of this Forum

[Tom Claessens]

You just have to edit the templates in wp-content/themes/* ... :-/

2005/11/2, ufuk polat <ufukpolat at gmail.com>:
>
> im a phpbb expert you may see my phpbb site rcliyiz.biz<http://rcliyiz.biz>however when
> it comes to integrate it with wordpress im useless because my php
> knowledge is not so well. What im asking is what kind of theme system
> wordpress uses. I mean how can i make changes on the styles.
>
> On 11/2/05, Derek Winterstien <wordpressforum at robotz.com> wrote:
> > I've read some crazy stuff on this mailing list since I joined. Ufuk is
> > a phpbb expert yet he feels the software is too complex. Ivan demands
> > help in broken English, which may be perception rather than rudeness,
> > difficult to say.
> >
> > The thing is, I see a lot of newbie level questions which supports
> > Sannamaria's point that bbpress is perhaps not the appropriate choice
> > for some at this juncture. It is barely documented and largely
> incomplete.
> >
> > You are going to want to have a strong background in PHP and basic MySQL
> > knowledge before attempting to use this software; at least for now. In
> > due time it will be more developed and user friendly with actual
> > documentation.
> >
> > IMHO, the only real motivation to use phpbb over the vast sea of free
> > forum software is to share the users table with your WordPress site.
> > Simply sharing theme / styles.css doesn't really justify the selection
> > because many other forums would integrate as well as bbPress. It took
> > some hacking to get the theme look to extend to my bbPress site, this
> > didn't work "out of the box."
> >
> > My advice: use bbPress if you want to share a users table with your
> > WordPress site, you know PHP well, and you have SQL knowledge.
> >
> > Otherwise, save yourself a headache and try something easier.
> >
> > I've been going through the bbPress code quite extensively (mostly to
> > get it to work, which I have done successfully) and have discovered
> > several undocumented things that were obviously intentional by the
> > developer but many users are unaware of.
> >
> > Wouldn't it be great if we had a bbPress Wiki so we could contribute
> > documentation? The first contribution might be a good installation
> > guide including basic hacks to address common configuration issues.
> >
> > Etiquette closure: I apologize to those I offend, and thank those that
> > will agree. Live long and prosper.
> >
> >
> >
> > ufuk polat wrote:
> > > i think im a phpbb expert however i need something more simple. Also i
> > > couldn't understand the structure of the template in wordpress thats
> > > why i couldn't integrate it with bbpress. Does the images are kept in
> > > the css file? and how is that?
> > >
> > > On 11/1/05, Tinus Guichelaar <t.guichelaar at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >>You guys should start with this tutorial:
> > >> http://www.sitepoint.com/article/build-a-phpbb-forum
> > >>
> > >> BBPress is probably not the right software right now. Come back when
> it's
> > >>in Beta
> > >>
> > >>2005/11/1, ufuk polat <ufukpolat at gmail.com>:
> > >>
> > >>>i still couldn't integrate it to my wordpress i copied the template
> > >>>files it didn't work hhave a look at www.rcliyiz.biz/blog<http://www.rcliyiz.biz/blog>and
> > >>>www.rcliyiz.biz/blog/forum <http://www.rcliyiz.biz/blog/forum>
> > >
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