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1. ear1grey
   Member

   Quick Version:
   Is it feasible internally, to have a user post a comment to the forum and register at the same time?

   Detail:
   Something that's been mentioned already by a regular reader of my blog is that he'd be far less inclined to leave a comment anywhere that he had to register first.

   The BBPress registration process is mind-numbingly simple, but users first have to get over the two-step-hurdle of registering and then leaving their comment.

   So it strikes me that, since the registration details are the same as you have to provide when blog-commenting some middle ground might be beneficial.

   I imagine it working such that when the user submits their comment (topic) their confirmation message is along the lines of:

   Thanks! We've sent you an email to confirm your address. Please return here using the link we've sent you to make your comment visible.

   From here it becomes a small step to replace the wordpress comment mechanism with bbpress, which is somehting I'd like to do.

   Posted 1 year ago #

2. flutedrumr
   Member

   I second this one... the "you must login or register to post" is a huge psychological barrier to participating.

   Posted 1 year ago #

3. AphelionZ
   Member

   Agreed. Put the fields right there! (this should actually be simple to do with a little template editing) the bbPress dev team might be better to delegate this one...

   Posted 1 year ago #

4. nolageek
   Member

   Definitely. I think would be a Really Good Thing(tm), actually. (IMHO)

   Posted 1 year ago #

5. intelliot
   Member

   I agree. Get someone on it!

   Posted 1 year ago #

6. pravin
   Member

   bumping this up so someone can do it :p

   Posted 1 year ago #

7. lonemadmax
   Member

   In blogs open without registration I usually put an address @example.com. I've also found quite a few people use one time addresses. So if this is going to be done, it should be made clear that the address is not just for gravatars and other such stuff. Also, unconfirmed users should be removed after some time to avoid "usernames starvation".

   Posted 1 year ago #

8. AphelionZ
   Member

   I'd like to see this functionality too!

   Posted 6 months ago #

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