deuced

[edit]my fault, sorry[/edit]

Problem solved.

I dont know if someone will be helped in the future but i had a separate option page in which i thought i could write some info like author URI, plugin name there without writing the plugin version because i thought that only the main .php file was important. But i guess writing there messed things and version number could not be read. Deleting those lines from separate options page solved the problem.

I have used surveygizzmo free account and their wordpress plugin for a survey last year. Check their free acount and the limitations it has but i was happy using it and embedding it to my site.

https://www.surveygizmo.com/add-ons/wordpress-survey-plugin/

Those above was before 8 hours. I just re-downloaded 2.6.5 and tried to my localhost installation. No message @ footer about dev version this time but still no DB ugrade needed.

– Automatic update plugin couldn’t find 2.6.5
– No database upgrade needed
– “You are using a development version (2.6.5). Cool!” message exists in my footer

Despite all these WordPress installation seems normal.

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That was before 8 hours. I re-downloaded 2.6.5 and tried to my localhost installation. No message @ footer about dev version this time but still no DB ugrade needed.

I cannot help you as this requires knowledge about bbpress and how things works down there.

An easy way should be to built a static header and footer that comes out from your theme into the bbpress template folders. You should then mimic your blog design.

I have built my forums in a different way but i do not use bbpress. I made a static wordpress page, split it in two and put my miniBB forums in the middle as buffer output. That may slow down a bit my forums page but since its only a small size forum it’s not noticable. That way i keep my precious dynamic sidebar and make my forums look like a wordpress page. Take a look at my site and at my forums page.

I suppose that there are a few options depending on the script that you use. A walk around bbpress forums should be worthy.

I ve seen something similar when a friend copied a word document. Switch to html editor and check the code of a post. I dont think that this is a wordpress problem or a template problem.

A question is often responsible for the answer that follows. Try rephrasing the same question and you get a different answer. ??

You may want to click the tag forum at the right of this page and you ‘ll came up with dozens of topics about forums and wordpress.

In short a forum is a separate script/software that has its own space and tables in a database and is not “part” of WordPress. What you need is something that is often called a “bridge” that can easily synchronize it with your WP user table, if you want it. There ‘s also the web design integration that you must also take care but this depends most in your hands.

Now most ppl around here suggest BBpress because it can easily use the same user table with WordPress. There are a couple of plugins that will help you. From what i ve heard BBPress cannot be synchronized with WP 2.6 yet.

Other solutions are Simple:Press, Simple Machines, WP Forum, MiniBB, PunBB and some more that offers either a plugin or a manual solution for synchronization with WP.

One interesting solution is from the developer of TDOMF that made a skin for WP and use WordPress as a forum.

IMHO picking a forum requires to search yourself and compare the solutions that exists and select what most suits your needs. Putting so generic questions will end with BBPress suggestions (which is most used by wordpress users here).

Well it’s kinda chat but IMHO the best i ‘ve seen around for WP: WP Wall

Thx a lot Otto for your advice.
I ll sure give it a try ??

Just reference them by that ID and give them the colors you want them to have.

He could do that if it’s his theme and his installation.
But let’s say that you design a theme and you dont know what widgets will be used. All you want is assign them an extra class ID, different in each one.

All you got is –> li id=”%1$s” class=”widget %2$s”

But you cannot add any php variable like an increasing number or a random number there (or at least i haven’t find a way yet).

But i’ll try alanft JS code, he may have a point!

…via Fantastico latest and cpanel…

This is what I WOULD DO if i were you:

– Install a clean WordPress via FTP (dont mess with one click things)
– Make sure your config.php has this settings (which are the default):

define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’);
define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);

– After installation make sure all your tables are utf8 general_ci
– Import what u got from WordPress.com or your backup

It should work with no problems.

Well i saw it yesterday and havent read it all but i think it’s an interesting tutorial that may help…

https://wp.gdragon.info/2008/07/06/create-multi-instances-widget/

Once more:

…customizations within a theme that is NOT the default or classic…

So that’s the question which you have to answer: which theme do you use? IF you customized the default OR the classic theme THEN they will be overwritten ELSE they will not.

In any case you can login via FTP and download your wp-content/themes/THE_THEME_YOU_USE (what ever is that) folder as a backup to your PC before starting the upgrade. If you see any troubles after upgrade you can upload it back. Getting a full DB backup won’t hurt you either.

PS: Now if i were you, i would try to upgrade by myself following exactly the instructions here or i would try what stvwlf suggested without relying on fantastico. That will give you knowledge and experience and you will learn more about your installation. But i’m not you…

IMHO wassup is the best but there are more if you search here…