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| ===== Forums Feature on WordPress Personal Webpages ===== | ===== Forums Feature on WordPress Personal Webpages ===== | ||
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| - | Primary purpose behind using bbPress is to use the forums as a means to achieve the purpose of mailing lists.</ | + | Primary purpose behind using bbPress is to use the forums/ |
| - | As you know, we use WordPress for personal webpages on COR@L server. Recently, we installed the plugin - bbPress, such that every COR@L user with a WordPress webpage can create the forums and create/ | + | As you know, we use WordPress for personal webpages on COR@L server. Recently, we installed the plugin - bbPress, such that every COR@L user with a WordPress webpage can create the forums and create/ |
| - | Instructions will be added shortly. Visit back in a day! | + | - Go to http:// |
| + | - Login with your credentials. | ||
| + | - '' | ||
| + | - Create a forum using either of the following methods. | ||
| + | - Move to the **+ New** button on the top of the page, and select **forum** in the dropdown menu. | ||
| + | - In the **Dashboard** on the left hand side, select **New Forum** under **Forums**. | ||
| + | - Enter the relevant information such as forum name, forum link, type, status, visibility, etc. | ||
| + | - Set other properties such as discussion features, parent forum, etc. | ||
| + | - Once everything is ready, click the **Update** button on the right side of the page. | ||
| + | - User can view the forum using its permalink at http:// | ||
| + | - For additional/ | ||
| + | - In a forum, a user can create either additional sub-forums or individual topics. | ||
| + | - For creating additional sub-forums, follow the above instructions for **Creating a forum**. | ||
| + | - '' | ||
| + | - Once a forum is created, topics can be added to the forum. | ||
| + | - Add a topic to the existing forum using either of the following methods. | ||
| + | - Adding a topic from the front end | ||
| + | - Go to the forum at http:// | ||
| + | - Scroll down to find **Topic Title**. | ||
| + | - Fill relevant information and press the **Submit** button. | ||
| + | - Adding a topic from the back WordPress backend | ||
| + | - In the Dashboard on your webpage, select **New Topic** under **Topics**. | ||
| + | - Enter relevant information such as topic title, permalink, type, status, forum, tags, etc. | ||
| + | - Once everything is ready, press the **Publish** button on the right hand side. | ||
| + | - For additional/ | ||
| + | - Under a topic, a user can add replies for discussion. | ||
| + | - '' | ||
| + | - Creating/ | ||
| + | - There are two ways to add a reply: via front end and via backend. | ||
| + | - For detailed information, | ||
| + | - While adding a reply, user can subscribe to the topic by checking the **Notify me of follow-up replies via email** option. | ||
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| + | FIXME Instructions to use bbPress as an alternative for mailing lists | ||
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