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

[@johnjamesjacoby Keymaster 13 years, 3 months ago]

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

https://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.

[@malmmort Member 13 years, 3 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?

[@jaredatch Member 13 years, 3 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.

[@malmmort Member 13 years, 3 months ago]

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

jb

[@faverio Member 13 years, 3 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.

[@anointed Participant 13 years, 3 months ago]

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

[@faverio Member 13 years, 3 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!

[@faverio Member 13 years, 3 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.

[@anointed Participant 13 years, 3 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.