BbPress

The title of this article should be bbPress, but due to technical limitations of this wiki it has been altered.

Introduction
bbPress is forum software developed by Automattic, the same company responsible for WordPress

Step 1 - Create MySQL database
To install bbPress you will need to set up a MySQL database. Instructions for doing this are here.

Note the database name, hostname, username and password as they will need to be entered into the bbPress config file.

Step 2 - Create the installation directory
If you wish to install bbPress in an existing site, then you will need to make a new directory for it. I will base my example on the convenient mythical domain example.org.


 * 1) cd ~/example.org
 * 2) mkdir forums
 * 3) cd forums

If you wish to install bbPress into the root directory of a brand new website that is also possible, just navigate to your sites base directory to start.


 * 1) cd ~/example.org

Step 3 - Download bbPress
The current release version at the time of writing is 0.9.0.2

Download directly form the bbPress website and unzip:


 * 1) curl http://bbpress.org/latest.zip > ./bbpress-temp.zip
 * 2) unzip bbpress-temp.zip

Move the contents to the desired directory:


 * 1) mv bbpress/* ./

Remove the temporary directory and zip:


 * 1) rm -R bbpress
 * 2) rm bbpress-temp.zip

Step 4 - Run the web based installer
The installer is run by simply visiting your website, in our case http://example.org/forums

You will be redirected to http://example.org/forums/bb-admin/install.php

Start the installation.

Using the database information you noted earlier, complete Step 1 of the installation.

If you are integrating bbPress with WordPress then complete Step 2.

On Step 3, enter a name for the bbPress installation and check the URL is correct. Also create the administrator (keymaster) and add a name for the first forum.

You should now be given a password for the administrator on screen and also have one emailed to you.

Step 5 - Log in
Follow the login link offered on the install page and log-in to your new forum.

External resources

 * bbPress official website
 * bbPress support forums
 * bbPress development portal