Comments on: How To Add A Forum To Your Thesis Themed WordPress Blog

By: Natalie

Natalie — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:12:59 +0000

Thank you so much for this post – although it took the best part of a few hours getting my head around the phpbb.css file to create, with a little tweaking I have actually managed to integrate my forum into the same skin as my site’s theme. While it’s not ideal (hope that future Thesis versions will provide an easier solution for integrating a forum) you have been incredibly helpful! Thanks!

By: Jonas

Jonas — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:15:39 +0000

Hi Don — that’d be great. I did a bunch of research into forums and came away with the impression that phpBB was the industry standard. Although if there’s another alternative that seems to work well and that doesn’t have the spam problems, I’d definitely be interested in knowing about it.

Keep us posted!

By: Don Campbell

Don Campbell — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:13:18 +0000

@Jonas – thanks for your comment.
It’s a good question – there would be a fair amount of work involved in doing that, but it is possible.

What I’ve found, though, is that I’m moving away from phpBB. It is such a target for spammers that it makes it very difficult to manage. There are literally thousands of spam bots that target phpBB sites.

I’m looking into a plugin called SimplePress (mentioned earlier in this comment stream) and may end up moving to that. It is implemented as a WordPress Plugin, so the styling issue might be a little easier to deal with too.

I’ll let you know what I find out!

By: Jonas

Jonas — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:05:25 +0000

Hey Don this is great — I’m at the same place that you were when you first started looking into this so it’s great to know that it can be done.

One question though — while you can select a style template for phpBB that roughly meshes with Thesis, what do you think it would take to make an actual Thesis template for this — one that has the same fonts, styling, etc….

I just think it would be really cool to be able to add a forum that meshes seamlessly with Thesis in terms of styling and not just functionality… any thoughts?

By: test

test — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:04:57 +0000

Excellent blog was very useful……

By: janiceenberg

janiceenberg — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:59:43 +0000

Just saying hello to you all .. Still a bit confused about the goings on here, but I guess I’ll keep poking around.

By: GreggG

GreggG — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:52:16 +0000

I’ve been watching for a while but now i’m making my first post.
So, I’m looking for some feedback about the forum from regulars.
Looking to meet new people to exchange info with,so leave me your name
Bye,

By: Don Campbell

Don Campbell — Sun, 03 May 2009 17:30:45 +0000

@mssmotord – Thank You – comments like yours mean a lot!
I’m using Thesis for the theme on this blog. I added a custom header and have been refining/tweaking the style sheet over time. There’s a lot you can do with Thesis.

By: mssmotorrd

mssmotorrd — Sun, 03 May 2009 12:51:41 +0000

It’s the first time I commented here and I must say you share us genuine, and quality information for bloggers! Good job.
p.s. You have a very good template for your blog. Where did you find it?

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:07:24 +0000

Has anyone been able to integrate thesis with vbulletin including logins?