[AdamIT88]

Hi All,

So, I’m trying to build site using Asphostportal hosting services. I actually have something pretty nice. One of the things I wanted to do was add a forum. Talking with the Asphostportal tech support people, they suggested getting wordpress (hosted through them) and then downloading the bbPress plugin, and easy-as-pie – NOW YOU HAVE A MESSAGE BOARD!

But that’s where they left me.

I’ve been trying for hours to figure out how you go from the dashboard, which is basically a blogger UI, to turning it into a message board. For years, I was an admin for a little board we all ran, but it was a YaBB board and everything I had to do, I did from the admin panel.

Is there a simple way to make this plugin look and behave like a message board?

Please help this poor little sheep.

[Robin W]

so with wordpress and bbpress installed, you create a forum in the dashboard and then create a page called say ‘forum’ and in the contents put

[bbp-forum-index]

save this page, publish it, and then view ot and you will see the forum.

you could also follow this

Step by step guide to setting up a bbPress forum – Part 1

[AdamIT88]

Thank you very much. You save my day!

[Robin W]

great – glad you are fixed

you may also want

bbp style pack

which will let you style and add features