I want to know how to modify my wordpress blog so that when a user responds to my posting he is sent to my forum which also exists on my site. I have seen it done before, I think. So I think it can be done.
I would be nice to also merge the two databases somehow so that the number of responses appears under the blog. But it is ok if that is too hard to do.
It would also be cool if the text of the blog is somehow automatically the first post in the forum. But that is cool if that is too difficult too.
in your page.php or single.php (depending on the theme), you can edit the comments tag and code a custom php function.
It will contain an html form and comment function that will make an entry to both the database..
I found a nice little tool that should do the trick. It is a plug-in for wordpress called "WordBB" ( http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordbb/installation/ ).
Currently, tho, I am stuck on the "WordBB Options" page. It wants me to include some information and I am not sure what to give it. It asks for "MyBB URL" and I give it a path to what I am sure must be the root "http://www.arguemax.com/mybb/mybb_1408/Upload/" (without quotes) and it asks for "MyBB absolute path on server" I am not sure what it wants for that but I have tried a few things and it has failed. Can you give me some suggestions?
My 2cents - You can wait for a volunteer who has used the plugin to help you in this forum or try going to plugin developer's website and see comments about this plugin and/or contact plugin developer about it.
I am stuck.
I need help.
I have advanced further from where I once was. I got the right input to the fields but the options page for the plug in won't let me advance and and important field areas for input are missing.
So here is my question. How do I go back to where I once was. How do I undo this partial installment of this plug in so that I can start over?
I even ftp'd to the web site and deleted the directory for the plug-in. Then I went into admin on wordpress and reinstalled the plug in. It went back to the same broken admin options page. There must be something in the database I need to remove.
MonochromeNight
Member
Posted 2 years ago #
If you get "not available" next to the default post forum setting, then something is not working. Specifically, the plugin is unable to access the mybb forums table on the database.
Did you install MyBB on a different database than WordPress or on the same one? (anyway I just updated the plugin with a better error message for that).
jebmusic
Member
Posted 2 years ago #
Can you tell me what you used for your absolute path? I'm having that problem as well.
Thanks,
J
I was able to solve this problem. One way to know your absolute path is to use php function, realpath(). You can create a php file, include echo realpath('./') in the file, and upload to your mybb directory.
Then type the file in your browser.
This is the code that I used to know the absolute path for mybb installation.
<?php echo realpath('./'); ?>
I hope this info is helpful.
When you see the php file via web browser, it will display something like:
/homepages/35/d120461223/htdocs/[your path to myBB installation]
This is the absolute path to use.
Good luck!
xarzu
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