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• Started 8 months ago by malmmort
• Latest reply from Anointed
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Adding forum to website

1. • 
   • malmmort
   • Member

   • Posted 8 months ago #

   Hi guys,

   I've already got a website which is going to have around 100+ pages when complete and I'm looking to add a forum. It's a wordpress website. I was wondering whether I have to register a new url and link from my main website to a specific solo bbpress forum website... or can i just create it as an extension of my current website (that would be most preferrable).

   this may be a stupid question but I am completely inexperienced with forums so I've decided the best way for a quick and efficient resolution was to ask

   help would be sincerely appreicated

   jb
2. • 
   • John James Jacoby
   • Key Master

   • Posted 8 months ago #

   Best way is to try out the bbPress plugin for WordPress.

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress/

   It tries really hard to make creating a forum as easy as possible. Depending on your theme, it should integrate into your existing site without any issues. You will need to configure a few things, so read some of the sticky topics here and post up new topics if you have questions.
3. • 
   • malmmort
   • Member

   • Posted 8 months ago #

   Ok, one last question, it won't cause significant negative damage if installation does not go to plan?

   All changes are fully reversible?
4. • 
   • jaredatch
   • Moderator

   • Posted 8 months ago #

   I have not seen a case when anything irreversible has happened.

   However, with that said, it is *always* good practice to backup first, before any major updates or tweaks.
5. • 
   • malmmort
   • Member

   • Posted 8 months ago #

   Thank you for the help guys, it's appreciated a lot

   jb
6. • 
   • faverio
   • Member

   • Posted 8 months ago #

   I am so confused here. I have installed the bbPress forum on my website via the link below, but how do people register to post and reply to topics? There's no visible link.

   http://theviruslibrary.com/forums/

   I am using the default Twenty Ten theme, WP version 3.2.1.

   Do I need to install BuddyPress to allow people to login? Thanks in advance.
7. • 
   • Anointed
   • Moderator

   • Posted 8 months ago #

   bbpress comes with a login/register widget which you can add to your sidebar.
8. • 
   • faverio
   • Member

   • Posted 8 months ago #

   thanks anointed, I can deal with a sidebar widget (though I'd prefer it to be right there on the forum so visitors aren't forced to search for it). but now adding the widget begs the question, what i the Register and Lost Password URLs?

   thanks again for your speedy reply!
9. • 
   • faverio
   • Member

   • Posted 8 months ago #

   alrighty, with your help, anointed, I'm getting the hang of this now. I've created new pages with bbpress shortcodes, and linked them accordingly. Now I am testing the registration process and I have one question.

   Instead of having new users login via the WordPress Dashboard, can I make it so they stay at the frontend? Does that make sense? I do not want them logging into any kind of WordPress backend.

   Thanks again buddy.
10. • 
    • Anointed
    • Moderator

    • Posted 8 months ago #

    Users are not actually logging in through the dashboard, but rather the default wordpress login/logout page.

    In order to change that, you would probably need to use a custom plugin.

    There are plugins available that will allow you to style that page differently.

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