How do you recommend I add a forum to my site?
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2024 10:35 am
In this installment of our HelpDesk, a member of our team answers a frequently asked question about how to add a forum or community feature to your affiliate site.
A forum can be the lifeblood of a membership site, access to one can even be one of the main reasons someone might decide to become a member. It's a truly unique offering that can only be developed by the specific community your site attracts.
And while a forum can take a lot of oversight, content creation and care, if you and your team have the bandwidth and interest, it can also provide a vibrant and dynamic way to differentiate your offering and create a real sense of connection.
Want to Connect asked:
"I'm looking to add a forum to my list of bahrain consumer email site and I'm wondering if you have any recommendations on what plugin would work best with MemberMouse. I see you have a BBPress extension option. I've also been looking into BuddyPress and Website Toolbox, but I'm curious to hear your thoughts on what you've seen do or don't work for other MemberMouse users. Thanks."
"Thank you for contacting MemberMouse Support. I'd be happy to help you with this.
Choosing a forum solution will depend on 1/ how much work you want to do to achieve an integration, 2/ how much control you want over what certain people can see, and 3/ whether you want to further differentiate by permission to view vs post on the forum. I'll go over some of the available options and the pros and cons as best I can.
Hemos desarrollado un integración para bbPress and it will work fine if you simply need to secure a forum and make it accessible only to certain membership levels or packages. However, it is limited if you want more control. The reason is that bbPress uses content generation and display methods that do not involve WordPress Pages or Posts of any kind, and so we have a hard time securing it with any greater specificity.
In terms of getting more specificity of access and ease of integration setup, I recommend Simple:Pulse o wpForo . I'll cover what I know about the ones you mentioned (Website Toolbox and BuddyPress) as well as these in more detail below.
A forum can be the lifeblood of a membership site, access to one can even be one of the main reasons someone might decide to become a member. It's a truly unique offering that can only be developed by the specific community your site attracts.
And while a forum can take a lot of oversight, content creation and care, if you and your team have the bandwidth and interest, it can also provide a vibrant and dynamic way to differentiate your offering and create a real sense of connection.
Want to Connect asked:
"I'm looking to add a forum to my list of bahrain consumer email site and I'm wondering if you have any recommendations on what plugin would work best with MemberMouse. I see you have a BBPress extension option. I've also been looking into BuddyPress and Website Toolbox, but I'm curious to hear your thoughts on what you've seen do or don't work for other MemberMouse users. Thanks."
"Thank you for contacting MemberMouse Support. I'd be happy to help you with this.
Choosing a forum solution will depend on 1/ how much work you want to do to achieve an integration, 2/ how much control you want over what certain people can see, and 3/ whether you want to further differentiate by permission to view vs post on the forum. I'll go over some of the available options and the pros and cons as best I can.
Hemos desarrollado un integración para bbPress and it will work fine if you simply need to secure a forum and make it accessible only to certain membership levels or packages. However, it is limited if you want more control. The reason is that bbPress uses content generation and display methods that do not involve WordPress Pages or Posts of any kind, and so we have a hard time securing it with any greater specificity.
In terms of getting more specificity of access and ease of integration setup, I recommend Simple:Pulse o wpForo . I'll cover what I know about the ones you mentioned (Website Toolbox and BuddyPress) as well as these in more detail below.