[bbDev] WP user integration works, but...

[Dr. Mike Wendell]

I don't have access to the site as I'm on a dumb terminal that only
allows email access but there exists with the WP.org codex a user page
that has details on wp-bbpress integration.  Best bet would be to
visit the WPMU site at http://mu.wordpress.org and do a search (via
the sticky, not the box along the top) for bbpress as I know we've
quoted the link a number of times.

As to the integration, on bbpress' side, we just tell it to use WP
user table and I believe that was all.  You can share cookies as well
between the two but the page goes into more detail.

Hope this helps,
-drmike

On 8/12/06, Max Roeleveld <max at doenietzomoeilijk.nl> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I mainly joined the list in search for BBPress / WordPress
> integration. So far, I've got to the point where BBPress uses my
> wp_user(s|meta) tables, but I ran into these issues:
>
>
> - Users
> I had to create a BBPress plugin to update my WP tables, so that WP
> would actually allow the new users to login and such. More
> specifically, I updated wp_users to fill the user_nicename and
> display_name fields, and I inserted the wp_user_level and
> wp_capabilities records to wp_usermeta. This results in a WP
> subscriber-type user that can log in and have his name displayed
> properly.
>
> Is this really needed or did I screw up somewhere? If it IS needed,
> why isn't there a pre-cooked plugin for BBPress yet? =]
> Would people be interested in such a plugin?
>
>
> - WP functions and plugins
> I'd really like to be able to use WP functions (and building on that,
> themes), but if I include wp-config.php I get errors, stating that
> certain functions are already defined, etc. Simply put: there seem to
> be namespace conflicts.
>
> Is that right, or have I (again) screwed stuff up? If I *am* right,
> is there a simple way to get around these issues? AFAIK, you can't
> just include certain parts of WP, since pretty much everything
> depends on something else, and WP will include all kinds of things
> anyway.
>
> It's not that I really mind having the theme in two places, but it
> would be nice if I could stick with one. Also, since the table name
> "wp_users" isn't fixed (people can change the prefix), creating a
> BBPress plugin that keeps the WP tables updated requires manual
> tinkering. I'd love to do without, especially if I were to replace it
> to the public at large.
>
>
> - Pretty URLs not working?
>
> If I set $bb->mod_rewrite = true, it doesn't seem to work. That is,
> BBPress will happily generate the pretty URLs, but it fails to
> interpret them, it seems to miss all parameters. So, for example,
> "http://mydomain/forum/topic/4" will lead to "Topic not found.".
> AFAIK, mod_rewrite (the Apache one) is set up properly, and the WP
> install *can* have pretty URLs.
> I'll investigate further -- maybe it's just on my machine -- but any
> input would be welcome.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Max
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