Written on September 19th, 2006 at 04:09 pm by Darren Rowse
How to Integrate a Forum with WordPress
BlogHelper continues a great series of posts on WordPress with one on a topic that I get asked about quite a bit – Integrating a Forum with WordPress (it’s part of the group writing project – but so on topic for this blog that I thought it deserved a post of its own).
In the post ZMAng runs through a variety of options that bloggers have for such an integration including using external forum software and using WP forum plugins. It’s a really helpful outline of the options.
7 Responses to “How to Integrate a Forum with WordPress” - Add Yours
JohnTP
September 19th, 2006 5:06 pm
I wish I had known this earlier, recently I started a Forum for Bloggers and linked it to my WordPress Blog using the plugin ‘page-links-to’.
mormmam
September 19th, 2006 7:27 pm
i used BBpress in my blog. It’s cool forum but many code to modified for integrate user data.
Basic Thinking Blog » Forum in Wordpress integrieren
September 19th, 2006 8:17 pm
[...] via ProBlogger [...]
PXLated
September 20th, 2006 12:08 am
Or, one could not mess around and instead use Expression Engine that has the main CMS/Blogging Module, Forum Module, and a Wiki all integrated with it’s Membership Module. Oh, and Simple eCommerce too.
;-)
Robyn Tippins
October 9th, 2006 10:50 pm
I’m using Joomla and SMF (Simple Machines Forum), along with the Community Bulletin Board plugin. I had to install a bridge, which means I don’t lose my existing members, but they won’t show up until that member logs in (small price to pay). Anyway, the install was faily simple and the result is a site that’s clean and pulls the forum into place well. However, it’s nice that the contacts from the forum are now shared/integrated into the joomla site. It’s at problogwriters.com.
Eskimosik
November 17th, 2007 4:12 pm
Hail
What do you think about this? When it happens?
Fav Browser
June 22nd, 2008 5:35 am
Any ideas on how to integrate vBulletin?
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