So far, we have given our visitors the chance to share their thoughts in the form of comments on other people's blogs and through the creation of their own blogs, but sometimes blogging is not the best way to carry out a conversation. Perhaps the visitor in question doesn't want to commit to running a blog in the long term, or perhaps they want a more in-depth conversation rather than a quick back-and-forth in the comments section of a blog post. That's where forums come in.
In this chapter we will:
Set up the bbPress forum script
Learn how to integrate the bbPress script with WordPress MU
Learn how to change the style of the forums
Learn how to moderate the forums
Take a look at some of the interesting plugins available for bbPress
So let's get on with it...