[ووردبرسّ] فأس #16: يضيف ساحة إلى [ووردبرسّ]

تلاقيت الساحة نقاشة على هذا موقعة - (3) موقعات

يزيد يضيف ساحة إلى [ووردبرسّ] [سو] ب يضيف يفهرس صفحات ويحسن جماعة ب يعطي زائراتك القدرة أن "يساهم" بعيدا إلى ما بعد ماذا تعليقات عاديّة يسمحون. هو أيضا يعطي أنت مكان أن يكتب لقم عشوائيّة محتوى دون كتابة حصص القصيرة, نافعة (ويضأيق) موقعات.

نسيج ساحات طريق ممتعة جدّا أن يبني جماعة متوفّر على شبكة الإنترنات, مثل الشائنة [وبمستر] ساحات [ديجتل] نقطة, و [وبمستر] عالم. ساحات عموما حيث الناس يسألون أسئلة, وبكل أمل هم يحصلون جوابات. ناجحة نسيج ساحة يستطيع ولدت [بجفيوس] أسّيّة [فس.] [بلوغ] أو [وب ست] إن هناك يكون جيّدة جماعة قراءة ويساهم.

هو ما من مفاجأة أنّ بحثت هذا نوع ال [فونكأيشنليتي] طويلا في ما بعد في [ووردبرسّ], وما موقعة مالكات يريدون أكثر يكونون القدرة أن يطمر واستعملت أنّ ساحة من مع [ووردبرسّ] بنفسي. الذي يريد ساحة منفصلة يركّب? أنا قد تلقّيتهم, ويساوي من من الدّاخل [سوب-ديركتوري] من موقعة ناجحة - هو يستعصي أن يحصلهم من الأرض.

هناك حصص الطرق أن "يضيف ساحة إلى [ووردبرسّ]". الطرق أولى أن يضمّد ساحة شعبيّة مع [ووردبرسّ] ك يركّب مثل بسيط آلات, ونلّة, [بّبرسّ], [فببّ], أو [بونبّ] [بولّتين بوأرد]. يعني يضمّد ساحة داخل [ووردبرسّ] دليل منفصلة, منفصلة يركّب, وقاعدة معطيات منفصلة. مع بعض متقدّمة [كدينغ] وفؤوس أنت يمكن كنت يمكن أن يشارك [لوجن], تعليقات, [إتك.]. أنا لست مروحة من هذا, وشخصيّا يفكّر أنا هذا تقنيات تركيب لإخفاق. في الدّرجة الأولى لأنّ, إن أنت اضطرّ خرطتهم أن يجعلهم عمل - يجعلهم عمل مع صيغ مقبلة [ووردبرسّ] مرجّحة يذهب أن يكون يصعب, يستعصي, أو مستحيلة. تبعت إن أنت تريد أن يحاول, بعض من الخيط سنّ اللولب قديمة يعدّ على هذا موقعة: Integrating a Forum with Wordpress.

The next way to setup a forum in Wordpress is by using a theme that displays the categories and posts in forum type layout. This is nice because it requires installing nothing and only changes the way your content is displayed. It could also be bad because then you’re limited to that kind of layout. To check it out try the TDO Forum Theme for Wordpress.

The final way to setup a forum in Wordpress is by using a plugin. There are two that seem to be no longer supported, or not updated to be compatible with Wordpress 2.5 and up: both XDForum 2, and WP-Forum.

The Wordpress plugin that I chose works with WP 2.5 and seems to be updated on a regular basis: Simple:Press Forum Wordpress Plugin. It’s currently the only one I see listed on the Wordpress 2.5 Plugin Compatibility list.

There are some things you need to know about using Simple:Press. The plugin is listed to work with Wordpress 2.04 - 2.51+, but in addition to that your MySQL server needs to be version 4.20+. The first site I tried this on was WP 2.3.3, but the mySQL was 4.1.2 (Hostgator) and I got this error:

WordPress database error: [You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '' at line 1]
SELECT display_name FROM wp_sfmembers WHERE user_id=

Immediately following this my entire Wordpress install (dashboard and public pages) locked to a blank screen, and I had to delete the plugin to get my blog back. So I opted to try it on my (still existing) godaddy hosting account - which gives you an option of MySQL 4.x or 5.x. I just created a new 5.x database and dumped my current (4.x) Wordpress blog db in it. Then I reuploaded the plugin - and everything seemed to work good, until I created some groups - and lockup central again! I deleted the plugin and all was well again. I did determine that if you decide to use Simple:Press on 5.x MySQL database on godaddy hosting - it has to be the main domain, it can’t be a virtuall hosted subfolder with a domain mapped to it (unless you figure out how to fix the .htaccess file). Finally I moved it to my dedicated box and it worked fine. My advice to you is backup your WP database if you try it on an existing site, and make sure your MySQL server version is 4.20+ and you’re plugins and Wordpress install are current.

Once you enable the Simple:Press plugin, just to go “forum” in your main WP dashboard and (if you did everything right) you should see the install button as in the pic above. Unlike other plugins (that install database tables when you enable them) this plugin requires you to manually “install” the first time.

If everything goes as expected this is what you should see:

The basic setup options of the Simple:Press forum are like any other forum you’ve encountered in the past - with the exception of the fact that this forum is setup within Wordpress itself. Wordpress by default has 2 kinds of accounts “guest” and “administrator”. Simple:Press adds a new type “member”. But the real advantage of Wordpress ‘embedding’ is Simple:Press’ ability to do “post-linking” - which is best explained by the help file itself:

This has some very distinct advantages over a normal wordpress blog or standalone forum:

1. As a blog owner this gives you a TON of more search engine indexable pages
2. It keeps blog posts from getting clogged with hundreds of comments (just close them after a few and force everybody to the forum after that)
3. It makes your blog uber-interactive, much more than a blog with comments alone
4. You now have a place to post random tidbits of info without having to create tons of useless blog posts
5. If your blog gets comments now, that’s pretty much a guarantee that your forum will get posts. The worst thing about a new forum is getting people to post, by seeding it with blog posts you get an instantly active forum
6. Your blog now has more pages to monetize - w00t!

Simple:Press also has an “accounce template tag”. Once you enable this option you can display most recent forum activity from either your sidebar, home page, or any other post or page in your blog:

As “Add-Ons” in the forum you can enable private messaging, image uploads, or polls support (through the “Democracy” Wordpress plugin). There are many, many other options - such as graphics, style, icons, and more that you can use to customize Simple:Press look and feel to be more like your site design.

I’m only beginning to scratch the surface of Simple:Press in this Wordpress blog, but you can check out the new JTPratt’s Blogging Mistakes Forum Here. This is only the beginning of dramatically changing the methods of interactivity and community in this web site.

Have you managed a forum or tried to include one in your Wordpress blog before? Comment now - or follow the forum link and add to the discussion!

Tags: forum, wordpress-hacks