Forums and Integration

[dark3630]

I’ve been wanting to put a forum up, but finding a way to integrate one seems so complicated.

I’ve tried phpBB, but I cannot get it to integrate properly. So I’m wondering what can I use that will integrate properly (users and registration) with WordPress 3.0? I’ve searched and searched for hours with no luck.

[Samuel B]

you could use a forum plugin
http://simple-press.com/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/forum-server/

[Rev. Voodoo]

simple:press was really simple for me….. at least getting it running

it took me a bit to be happy with the styling, but setup and integration was easy

[dark3630]

I’ll try Simple:Press I guess. I don’t really like the way it looks, it looks nothing like the more popular forum software (phpBB, vBulletin, IPB). I don’t mind paying for a license for the paid for ones either, but I just want to be sure I can integrate the users, so far nothing has assured me of that.

[Rev. Voodoo]

well technically, simple:press can look however you want.

I definitely didn’t like the way it looked either, took me quite a bit to totally get it changed

but the non plugin based forums, even the big ones….. I had nothing but problems with bridges to WP using them and finally ditched separate forum software….too many problems each time one of the softwares got upgraded, etc….

[dark3630]

Ok, I’m messing with Simple:Press now. As long as it’s not overly complicated to change things it’ll be good. I’ve used IPB and that was simple enough, phpBB is a mess though, lol.