[bbDev] BB & WP together

[Jaxia Kiley]

Michael,

That worked perfectly.  My WP install is in the root,
and bb is under /forums.

I don't mind being on the bleeding edge ;)  I just
believe in backups :D

Thanks for the response,
~Jax
www.youknowyouwanna.net

--- Michael D Adams <mikea at turbonet.com> wrote:

> You shouldn't be changing anything in
> bb-settings.php.  Everything  
> you'd need to change there is wrapped with if
> statements, so you can  
> preempt those settings by setting them in
> bb-config.php.
> 
> Currently, combining cookies is only easy if your WP
> site and your bb  
> site are on the same domain (i.e. NOT different
> subdomains).  My  
> setup is as follows:
> 
> http://example.com/ - Current WP SVN (it should work
> for WP1.5, but I  
> haven't tried it)
> http://example.com/bb/ - Current bb SVN
> My WP install has $table_prefix = 'wp_', my bb
> install has  
> $table_prefix = 'bb_'.
> 
> In bb-config.php, I pasted the following below the
> gmt_offset line  
> and above the Stop Editing line.
> 
> define('CUSTOM_USER_TABLE', 'wp_users');
> 
> $myhash = md5('http://example.com'); // No trailing
> slash.  This  
> should be WP's 'siteurl', which can be easily found
> by browsing to wp- 
> admin/options.php.
> 
> $bb->usercookie = 'wordpressuser_' . $myhash;
> $bb->passcookie = 'wordpresspass_' . $myhash;
> $bb->cookiepath = '/';
> 
> My bbPress site now draws users from my WP tables
> and logging in/out  
> works seamlessly since the cookies are the same.
> 
> You could also define CUSTOM_USER_META_TABLE. 
> You'll have to decide  
> what's best for your particular setup.  WP1.5
> doesn't have a usermeta  
> table, so if you're trying to do WP1.5+bb, you'll
> want to keep  
> drawing usermeta from bb.
> 
> Other things that should be possible that I haven't
> tried:
>      Combine multiple bb sites by customizing one
> site's users and  
> usermeta tables and its cookies.  See
> bb-settings.php for what bb  
> cookies normally look like.
>      Combine WP and bb by customizing WP's cookies
> and users and  
> usermeta tables so that WP draws from bb. (only
> possible with current  
> SVN of WP)
>      Combine multiple WPs by customizing one
> install's cookies and  
> user tables.
> 
> Those last two possibilities won't be discussed
> here, though; they're  
> WP issues.
> 
> Oh - and bbPress is _still_ alpha software.  Things
> may/likely will  
> break.  Don't take it live or meld it with a live WP
> install unless  
> you're willing to risk all your data going away. 
> (The same could be  
> said of the current SVN copy of WP.)
> 
> Michael
> --mdawaffe
> 
> On Aug 5, 2005, at 8:25 AM, Jaxia Kiley wrote:
> 
> > Hey Everyone,
> >
> > I see that bbPress and WP are now integrated.
> > However, I cannot find any information on how to
> do
> > it.  Do I add my WP user table to the bbpress db?
> >
> > I tried to do that, but it doesn't seem to work. 
> I
> > was able to get it installed and add forums using
> it's
> > own user table.
> >
> > Once I get this working, I will write it up and
> try to
> > help you guys with documentation.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > ~Jaxia
> 
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