Fix bb_attachments plugin of bbPress

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bbPress as of now doesn’t allow any uploading feature with native support and the famous bb_attachments plugin which was developed for bbPress 0.9 versions doesn’t work with bbPress 1.0+ releases. For those who are new to this plugin, it adds uploading capabilities to your bbPress forum. Users can now upload files from their computer instead of uploading it to file sharing services and then sharing the URL. I have aggregated the information on how it can fixed from the Extends section of the bbPress.org

Here is how you can fix it :

• Download the 0.2.7 version of the plugin from the Extends section.
• Upload it to the my-plugins folder under your bbPress root. (Make sure file permissions of my-plugins & my-templates are 755. (How to fix file permissions of my-plugins & my-templates folder)
• Make a directory /bb-attachments/ above your webroot i.e. just above the folder which is accessible on internet. (This is for security purposes)
• Set file permissions of the bb-attachments folder to 777. (If you don’t know how to change the file permissions then follow the steps of the link given in step #2)
• Make sure that bb_attachments table has been created in your database. You can use phpMyAdmin to check. If its not there, you can run this SQL query to create it :

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS bb_attachments (
        id        int(10)        UNSIGNED NOT NULL auto_increment,
        time           int(10)        UNSIGNED NOT NULL default 0,
        post_id     int(10)        UNSIGNED NOT NULL default 0,
        user_id     int(10)        UNSIGNED NOT NULL default 0,
        user_ip     int(10)            UNSIGNED NOT NULL default 0,
        status           tinyint(10) UNSIGNED NOT NULL default 0,
        downloads     int(10)         UNSIGNED NOT NULL default 0,
        size            int(10)         UNSIGNED NOT NULL default 0,
        ext              varchar(255)           NOT NULL default '',
        mime         varchar(255)              NOT NULL default '',
        filename         varchar(255)              NOT NULL default '',
        PRIMARY KEY (id),
        INDEX (post_id)
        ) CHARSET utf8  COLLATE utf8_general_ci

• Now you need to have correct path in your plugin file. Open it for editing and change this line as per your configuration :

$bb_attachments['path']=dirname($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'])."/bb-attachments/";

• If you are still having issues (red X signs), then the best bet is that path is not correct. Open http://example.com/bbpress?bb_attachments_debug and look for the value of [path]. You will get an idea if the path you set in the previous step is correct or not (Change the URL accordingly, here it is assumed that it is installed in a sub directory bbpress of example.com).
• Once you get your path fixed, then the plugin should be working fine.

If you face any issues, then leave a comment here and I will try to help.

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