So You Want a Forum? Check Out Simple Press Forum for WP
February 11, 2010 by admin
Filed under Design Options
If you have a Wordpress blog than you are going to love this. You can add a forum to your site in a matter of minutes using the Simple Press Forum plug in. After running a phpbb forum for a few years now I was AMAZED at how easy these were to set up and run.
Here’s the main site – http://simplepressforum.com/
To install you need to download the plugin to your computer. Then go to your Wordpress dashboard and click on “Plugins”. Then select “Upload” at the top. Select the zip file and upload it. You will be prompted to activate it, select to activate it. You now have a live forum!
You do need to set up the parameters of the site. On your dashboard you will now see a “Forum” link on the left side. You will also notice a new page created called FORUM, it will show in the top menu of your Wordpress site. Click on the forum link in the dashboard. Here’s the basic things you need to set up first….
- Click on Forums > Create a New Forum – set up the topics you want
- Click on Options > Global Settings
—– Set the Forum Slug – name it forum, community, or whatever you want (website address)
—– Choose to lock down the forum – if you lock down they need to register to see
—– Guest Settings – require Guests to register email to see or not
- Click on Option > Style Options
—– Choose your skin – there is a drop down of options – refresh the forum to see what they look like
—– Choose the forum icons – there is a drop down of option – refresh forum to see
—– Unselect the text options at the bottom you don’t want to show
—– There will possibly be duplicate text/buttons depending on the icons you select – get rid of them here!
- Click on Components – Login & Registration – set up registration parameters
That’s the basics to get it up and running. You will probably need to tweak things as you figure out what you need. The Simple Press Support Forum is a great place to ask questions if you have them. Or post a question in the forum here!
http://simplepressforum.com/support-forum/simplepress-forum-4-1/
