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bbPress Complete

By : Rhys Wynne
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bbPress Complete

By: Rhys Wynne

Overview of this book

<p>Even with the rise of social media, forums remain a popular part of the Internet. bbPress allows you to increase interactivity with your WordPress website or blog by creating discussion forums within its confines.</p> <p>bbPress Complete will show you how to create and manage a forum effectively. You will learn how to manage users, expand your forum with plugins, and integrate your forum into the rest of your site, whether it is a local community forum or a large website with thousands of visitors.</p> <p>You will start off by learning the basics of bbPress and gradually acquire all the skills needed to run a successful bbPress community. You will learn how to integrate your forum effectively with the rest of your site, as well as how to manage the different kinds of users and much more. With clear, concise instructions detailing every aspect of the software, you will gain the knowledge required to extend bbPress using plugins and add bbPress to your WordPress theme. Furthermore, the real-world examples and clear instructions will give you all the tools you need to turn your blog into a successful community hub.</p>
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
bbPress Complete
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Available bbPress widgets


bbPress comes with a number of widgets preinstalled. Here is what each widget does, and their options:

  • (bbPress) Forums List: This adds on a list of forums to the sidebar. You can define a title for this widget, as well as define what forums are present. If you leave the default option, 0, the list will show only the parent forums and no subforums. Giving a forum ID number will display only that forum and any subforum of that forum. Typing any will show all forums.

  • (bbPress) Login Widget: This will present a login widget and basic information if logged in. Like many other WordPress widgets, you can give a title, but you also need to provide a Register URI and a Lost Password URI. If unsure what to put here, place the following values (replacing mybbpressdomain.com with your domain name):

    • Register URI: http://mybbpressdomain.com/wp-login.php?action=register

    • Lost Password URI: http://mybbpressdomain.com/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword

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