Finally...Forums on my site!

At some point last week in one of the threads to which I was responding, the question came up, "Is it possible to host a forum(s) on my site at WA?", or something very much like that. It was a question I had been wondering about as well. It seemed to me like an excellent way to attract more traffic to my site. I promised to look into the matter and post my findings. So I am here today to report that it is indeed possible and I have finally gotten it setup on my site. There is still a lot of tweaking to do, but it's there.

There is a plugin called bbPress which is designed for just this purpose. You can search for it in your plugins and install it just like any other plugin. It is compatible with WordPress 4.0 and is pretty easy to use. There are a couple of things to think about. You will likely want to have visitors register and login to access your forums, which means you will need to set that up (if you haven't already). There is also a plugin for that called bbPress WP Tweaks. Installing that adds a widget for a sidebar where your registration and login can take place. I have not been able to make it work; still working on it. I had to setup the login in another widget, but it works.

You may also need to access your files on the server via FTP. For many of us, that is something new and I'm not going to go into the details here. Just bringing it up as something to think about.

Anyway, I wanted to let everyone that may be interested that it is possible and invite visitors to check it out here. There is only one test forum up now, but feel free to add topics. It will all most likely be deleted soon as I put in the real deal.