How to add a forum to a wordpress site?

[LilBlackDress]

I have simple scripts and put a wordpress theme on my domain name.
I would like to add a forum to it, using simple scripts also. I assume I point it to a different directory but not sure how to point it. Help appreciated.

 

[shockie]

do you have cpanel fantastico? if so then you can just install any of the forums they have there into a new directory (i.e., yoursite.com/forum).

 

[Domainace]

If you need a little more info. Make a new folder and name it "forum." Create that folder in your root file (yourblogname.com).

The forum folder should be visible right next to wp-admin, wp-content, wp-includes (your top Wordpress folders.) Install simple scripts inside the forum folder.

Like shockie said, yourblogname.com/forum should bring you right there. After that, make sure you add the link from your blog to the forum, as you would any external link.

 

[Nodws]

just go to bbpress.com, run installer and integrate with wordpress

 

[LilBlackDress]

Wow! You guys are awesome. I did it!

I have a forum and a main WP site. Now how do I integrate them so I would click a tab at the top and go to the forums? Is that just like a regular link

 

[shockie]

a regular link would do the trick, although chances are one of the tabs at the top is a link to one of your wordpress pages. if that's the case, simply put a redirect code on that page and it should do the trick.

 

[LilBlackDress]

The tabs at the top are for pages...so if you click ABOUT it goes to the about page. The actual tab itself does not support HTML..for example in my www.mylilgolddress.com the tabs go to different pages.

So when I add a page it puts up a tab..then you click the tab and see the information on that page. I am not sure I could redirect the tab.
What section of editor would I do that in and how would the code look.

Thanks so much!

 

[shockie]

try this:

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://www.yourdomain.com/forumdirectory" />

 

[Domainace]

Another way is to just change the link. In your theme editor, the tabs that link to your pages are probably under navigation, or header or sidebar. Go in the and look for a set of links that look like this:

<li> <a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/tools-and-supplies/">Tools & Supplies</a> </li>
<li> <a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/books-and-info/">Bookstore</a> </li>
<li> <a href="http://www.artstudio.com">Learn Art at ArtStudio</a> </li>

The first two link to your pages using "<?php bloginfo('url'); ?
You just copy that link and replace that part with your forum URL, like I did above for artstudio.com (not really my domain, just an example). Where i put Learn Art at ArtStudio, you can put your forum name.