bbpress and wordpress integration February 23, 2009
Posted by townsend51 in admin page, bbpress, forum, integration, software, wordpress.add a comment
I’ve been using bbpress for about a month now, and I’ve been really happy with it. However, I made a mistake by trying to integrate it with WordPress.
bbpress is only compatible with certain versions of WordPress, and not realising this, I tried to make it work with version 2.7.
When you try and do this you can no longer access the bbpress admin page, which as you can imagine is a royal pain, because you can’t edit the forum settings. And to compound matters further, when you try and upgrade to the most recent version of bbpress (1.0-Alpha-6, which I was hoping would remedy the matter) it won’t work, because it requires you to access your admin page (which you can’t do).
Net result: a fresh install of bbpress and a lot of wasted time searching for a solution.
This isn’t the fault of bbpress: it’s my fault for not having read the instructions more closely. But be warned: do not make this mistake! And don’t be fooled in to thinking that integrating WordPress and BBpress is straight forward. When they get this sorted, it will be a fantastic package, and even after these troubles, I still think it’s the most elegant forum software available.
WordPress image upload problem February 6, 2009
Posted by townsend51 in error, images, server, uploads, wordpress.add a comment
This may be of help to people. I was having trouble uploading files through WordPress, and the solution was to change Settings>Miscellaneous>Upload Directory to the full domain name i.e. http://www.example.com instead of example.com.
Can’t promise it’ll work for everyone, but if you have this problem then its certainly worth trying as a quick fix.
bbPress Update February 5, 2009
Posted by townsend51 in bbpress, dragstarr games, forum, installation, wordpress.add a comment
All has seemed to have gone well with the Dragstarr Forum. The installation was very simple, and not surprisingly, very reminiscent of a WordPress installation, in that it only took a few, painless minutes. There aren’t a huge number of different themes available, but the style sheets are well structured, and easy to edit. I’ve tried a few different kinds of forum software before, and I must say that this is the best.
bbPress February 3, 2009
Posted by townsend51 in bbpress, dragstarr games, forum, opensource, software, wordpress.add a comment
You’ll all have to ignore my ignorance, but I just discovered that the creators of WordPress have also released open source forum software, called bbPress. I’m installing it on the new dragstarr website right now. Fingers crossed all goes well. I’ve had great experiences with WordPress in the past.
Elephant Collective November 2, 2008
Posted by townsend51 in blog, elephant collective, wordpress.add a comment
Elephant Collective has a blog on WordPress. We’ll be moving it over to our servers in the next couple of weeks, and we’ll jazz it up a bit. In the mean time, enjoy!
WordPress August 4, 2008
Posted by townsend51 in Blogger, adsense, blog, onemanstravels, wordpress.add a comment
Secondly, it is really easy to import Blogger posts into WordPress. And while duplicating posts may sound dumb, if your posts contain links to your work elsewhere on the internet, then increasing the number of links is great.
Thirdly, each of the blogging platforms has its own community of fellow bloggers, who are much more likely to view other blogs than non-bloggers, which increases the exposure of your work.
Lastly, in my opinion, the WordPress templates look much better than the Blogger ones.
In Blogger’s defence, it is freely customisable. You need to pay just to edit the CSS on your WordPress blog, which is highly depriving if you want a custom look, or if you enjoy hacking a website. And unless you host your WordPress blog yourself, or pay somebody to do it, then you are unable to have Adsense ads on your site. And beyond the potential financial returns, having Adsense provides you with some useful metrics, such as the number of hits that your website receives.
Unfortunately there is no ideal solution. I don’t want to give up Blogger, because I still really like it, but WordPress offers more possibilities. Below is the graphic for my WordPress blog, visit it if you like, or if you prefer Blogger, then I’ll still be here too!
