Title: bbpress forums appearance: shortcode vs permalink
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# bbpress forums appearance: shortcode vs permalink

 *  [beardydan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beardydan/)
 * (@beardydan)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bbpress-forums-appearance-shortcode-vs-permalink/)
 * Hi everyone
 * I’m one of those novice newbies i’m afraid.
    Trying to create a simple forum 
   site. Have selected great theme – Spun Using bbPress as forum plugin. When I 
   redirect the permalink for post selected to contain the forum [ I get this view: ](http://www.ivfmensroom.co.uk/forums/)
   but when I use the shortcode for the forum index it displays [ just as I’d like ](http://www.ivfmensroom.co.uk/the-ivf-mens-room)
   Though this isn’t navigable.
 * It looks to me like it’s trying to fit the forum in one column. Could anyone 
   tell me what code I’d need to create what I see using the shortcode on the /forums
   page so it’s usable? Or is there a way of running the forums using the shortcodes?
 * Many thanks

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 *  Thread Starter [beardydan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beardydan/)
 * (@beardydan)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bbpress-forums-appearance-shortcode-vs-permalink/#post-3757392)
 * New problem – the shortcoded post IS now navigable, but only when I’m logged 
   in to the WordPress site. If I try and [link to the site](http://www.ivfmensroom.co.uk/the-ivf-mens-room/)
   externally, I get the ‘page can’t be found’ message.
 * Any help much appreciated.
 * thanks.

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 * [forums](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/forums/)
 * [permalinks](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permalinks/)
 * [shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/shortcode/)

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 * Last activity: [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bbpress-forums-appearance-shortcode-vs-permalink/#post-3757392)
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