Posted 1 year ago #
How can I integrate functionality akin to StackOverflow on my blog?
I've seen many open-source alternatives to StackOverflow, but none of them have complete compatibility with WordPress.
Please recommend a plugin which gives StackOverflow type functionality to my WordPress blog.
Thanks,
Samuel
Posted 1 year ago #
So far the two best bets I've seen are Vanilla Forums with the Voting Plugin and Question2Answer with manually coded single sign on.
Vanilla Forums: vanillaforums.org
Vanilla Forums Plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/vanilla-forums/
Voting Plugin: http://vanillaforums.org/addon/voting-plugin
Question2Answer: question2answer.org
Question2Answer WordPress Integration: http://www.question2answer.org/qa/428/how-can-i-integrate-it-with-wordpress#c1623
I'm still researching this though. Let me know what you find as well!
You could also give the brand new Q&A plugin a try, made to work like StackOverflow, Quora and Yahoo Answers.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/qa/
Posted 1 year ago #
Yeh, we'd live to know what you think about our new questions and answers plugin - it's been very much inspired by stack overflow!
Posted 1 year ago #
Thanks, from the screenshots it looks great!
Unfortunately, the auto-download didn't work, so I uploaded the qa.zip that I downloaded.
Now it won't install :\
(WordPress 3.1.2)
Stuck on the "Unpacking the package…"
Maybe it'll work sometime soon?
Not shown in your screenshots are how answers are treated...
Can you comment on questions/answers?
When you reply to a question is it threaded (like reddit) or all at the same level of indentation (like StackOverflow)?
Also, are can the list of tags be shown in a sidebar? (like on this site, StackOverflow &etc)
Posted 1 year ago #
Hi Samuel,
It unpacks great in Winrar for me.
Have a look at our WordPress Q&A site to see how it currently works - we're looking to add in comments, threading etc. into teh next version.
Tags can be shown in the sidebar no trouble.
Cheers, James
Posted 1 year ago #
I see!
Looking good =]
Is there a way to show the number of appearances of a particular tag? (like on reddit, StackOverflow, Quora &etc)
Have you ever used the automated plugin-installer for WordPress on it?
Posted 1 year ago #
I'm an old fashioned FTP installer - although it should work via auto too.
The more tags used, the larger they are, I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to edit the widget to show the actual number of uses of the tag.
Posted 1 year ago #
Great, it's working now.
Unfortunately though, it doesn't integrate with my theme... http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/adventure-journal
Posted 1 year ago #
What are the problems, we're working on making it better integrate with all themes so if you can post a link we'll check it out and see what we can do.
Posted 1 year ago #
Thanks, I've PM'd you the link.
EDIT: What's your email?
Posted 1 year ago #
Can you send to contact@incsub.com and cite this thread? That'd work much better as it'll get to the devs quicker!
Posted 1 year ago #
Wonderful! I'll give this a shot on my website, http://www.contrav.com and let you know how it goes!
Posted 1 year ago #
Hi All,
I've a problem with Q&A Lite on my website. When there are no unanswered questions, if you click on "unanswered button", it gives a 404 page error.
will you patch this issue with the next release of Q&A ?
many thanks,
best regard
valkim
@Samuel Marks, I tried out the plugin with that theme and can see the display issue, though it's something easily overcome by customizing the plugin for use with the theme by copying the included template files from qa\default-templates to your theme's folder, where you can alter as needed while keeping safe from upgrades overwriting the changes.
@yguez, let us know how that goes, would love to see it!
@valkim, it's being looked into. :)
Posted 1 year ago #
David: Okay, I'll give that a go.
Quick follow-up question: Can you integrate that into the installer for your next version?
@Samuel Marks, sorry for the delay, we are working at getting the plugin working smoothly and easily with all themes. It's in the works. :)
Posted 11 months ago #
Thanks, tell me when it's ready.
In other news, I've been looking at Drupal, which has a dedicated theme development support channel, so I think I'll be moving to Drupal. Will you be releasing a Drupal version?
We don't have plans to release a Drupal version I'm afraid. But I'll definitely keep you posted on the updates.
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