Thread: Forum integration

Forum integration

Hello,

Can you tell me if any of these WP forums work with ClassiPress and if yes if it is hard to install ? will there be any problems on future updates?
I've limited to :
OnePress Community | WordPress Theme Framework - onepress
Simple:Press - simplepress
bbPress - bbpress

Please let me know. Thank you

yeah, so I found the answer myself. only one actually works ok It's good and looks steady, needs some more testing to be sure but all in all it looks ok. I actually just tested all of the above on a fast installation I just did of an older version of this apptheme that I got/procured from a "low security" site... :) not yours... don't worry! ... as I was saying, here are the results:

One press does not work at all.. diffrent theme.. so unless you use two WP installs and interlink... = crap
bbpress is a new WP install in same db but links reads users in your Apptheme install so the advantage is that users have access to both, ads and forum
Simplepress is pretty solid to mix with since it's a plugin, so it links well with no problems ( at least not at first sight) but it's alot more complex to configure and start off.. from the complexity of it, I'm guessing there should be a way to implement simplepress to work with WP users so they don't need to double register or double login. (don't know how hard)

Also, please take note that I've tried this with version 3.0.2 of ClassiPress since it's the only one that I've found "free" to do testing on. (BTW you should provide some type of "demo" that we can isntall and test on). Don't worry, if I decide to go with this solution for my site (i surely will) I will buy a full licence from you guys! I'm just doing testing for you guys since you can't provide clear answers... fast enough.

Now, I'm just wondering if the new version could in anyway stop this (SimplePress) from working... I see that there have been changes to the way that ads categories are posted, and I might understand the fustration that it can cause since the whole permalinks structure might change and we all know google does not like that and it's a "bitc*" to rewrite that crap.

So I'm just saying, if you have a demo version of the new version where I could test implementation/compatibility I would appreciate. I'm a very fast tester/coder and I know my way around this, so if you can provide me with a sandbox on one of your servers it would be much appreciated ( not the limited demo crap on site ;); something I can really test the shi* out of.

Let me know. I would hate to have to bug you after purchase beacause stuff ain't working ;) let me know what you think/propose...


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No, we don't have a demo version of the software that you can physically test plugins etc on. On this topic though, we don't officially support customizations or third party plugins, so even if you do purchase the theme and can't get these plugins working, I'm afraid we cannot help you there.. You sound like an enthusiastic coder though, so surely you can work it out if you need to ;)

On that note, whilst we appreciate your desire to do this testing, we do not approve of people downloading our themes illegally.. even for personal testing purposes. Please do ensure you delete any of these files.

From personal experience, I have used bbpress with a ClassiPress installation before and it works fine, but at the time there was limited funcionality for bbpress..although surely has improved since then. I liked that it ran on its own installation of WP as it meant if for some reason I had to work on the CP side of the site, my customers could still use the forums.

There has been recent examples from customers who have actually integrated phpbb into ClassiPress.. You may want to check out this thread for more info and a link to the site so you can see it in action.. Just another option to consider..

hey pepsi!

Thanks for the reply! I checked out the forum post and the site! you are right, it is a successfull integration. I like the fact that you can connect with FB... I'll do more testing tomorrow and I'll let you know the results.

As for the testing version, don't worry, it will be deleted as soon as I'm done with testing and that I am happy with a site structure.

I'll be testing theme design modifications tomorrow as well so that I can share my thoughts.


How long (days/weeks/approximate) before you expect release of new version?

Talk2U L8r !;)

You can find the estimated release dates for this and other themes on our Releases Page :)