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Thinking of using bbPress for a forum...

    • Posted 3 years ago #

    Hey all,

    So I've been checking out various forums to use for my business' site, and I've got it paired down to bbPress and Vanilla. I'm leaning towards bbPress, but I have a few questions that I'm seeking answers to first. If anyone can help me out, it would be greatly appreciated!

    (1) Is it available either by default or a plug-in to allow users to post <embed> or <object> snippets to show Flash files?

    (2) Is there a plug-in available to allow image uploading to our server, or are all the ways to get an image to display within a thread by bb [img] code or the "Allow Images" plug-in?

    (3) Would you consider bbPress' theme customization to be about as equal (or easier) than WordPress'?

    (4) Are there plug-ins to allow for either digg-style voting or normal 5-star voting? Being able to host community-driven contests is important for this project.

    Thanks a lot in advance. One of the reasons I always use WordPress for my projects is because the community is one of the best on the Web, so I hope it rubs off a little bit for bbPress! Thanks again!

    • Posted 3 years ago #

    I'll take a crack at this!

    1) I'm not sure about this, but if it doesn't exist then I'm pretty sure it can be added through a plugin.
    2) The "bb-attachments" plugin allows users to upload images and other files: http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bb-attachments/
    3) I was able to match the look of my WordPress blog to my bbPress forums pretty easily
    4) There's a five star rating plugin here: http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bb-ratings/

    I'm a big fan of bbPress, and have been using it for over a year. There are some people who have mixed feelings on bbPress though - you can read about that here:
    http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-facebook-page

    I haven't had problems integrating signin or matching my theme. However, I have a site with one WordPress install and three bbPress installs, all using a shared users table... and each system has its own profile link. I hear that BackPress should solve this eventually (a single profile system that will integrate across multiple installs like this), so I'm sticking with the *Press platform for now. But it's been my biggest issue so far, so thought I'd share in case it's something you need right away.

    Good luck!

    • Posted 3 years ago #

    Re embedding ... There's this: http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/admin-can-post-anything/

    Also I found http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bbvideo/

    I don't use either of them, mind.

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