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  • Fix lost admin access in bbPress

    If you can’t see the admin link anymore and any attempt to access /bb-admin/ takes you back to the forum front page then it implies that you have lost the capabilities of an administrator with your user. Earlier it happened with users trying to integrate bbPress 0.9 with WordPress 2.7 or 2.8 but documenting it…

  • Fix for my-templates and my-plugins folder not working in bbPress

    It has been asked multiple times on bbPress forums that the themes and plugins are not working when they are copied to my-templates and my-plugins folder. Even I ran into this while I was designing a theme so if you too are facing issues in getting your bbPress templates & plugins to work, then you…

  • How to install bbPress via SVN

    SVN is a version control system which can facilitate installation and upgradation of scripts like bbPress, WordPress etc & make them really easy. Apart from the ease in maintenance, it also helps in saving a lot of time as compared to traditional methods of uploading files via unsecured FTP session. Installing and updating just requires…

  • How to install wordpress via SVN

    SVN is a version control system which can facilitate installation and upgradation of scripts like WordPress & make them really easy. Apart from the ease in maintenance, it also helps in saving a lot of time as compared to traditional methods of uploading files via unsecured FTP session. You can install WordPress with a single…

  • Change gravatar size in bbPress theme

    Here is a quick post on how you can change the size of the gravatar size on your bbPress forums within your theme and not touching any of its core files. By default the gravatar is of size 48px (image of 48 X 48) and here we are going to change it to something big,…

  • Lyrster helps you find songs by lyrics

    Has it ever happened to you that you can’t recall the name of a song but you do remember a single or a few lines of its lyrics? Stupid question, i know. Everyone would say, Yes! Well, if you can’t recall, then you are no way out of luck. Lyrster is a search engine which…

  • Upgrade existing integrated installations of WordPress & bbPress

    I wrote the tutorial on integrating WordPress 2.8 with bbPress 1.0 a few days back and today I am writing instructions for upgrading your integrated WordPress 2.7 & bbPress 0.9 installations as we needed some workarounds to previously integrate them but now integration between them is a out of the box feature. If you are…