Would a Forum be useful?
April 30th, 2007 Posted in Thoughts
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I’m working on a large re-design of this blog, to fit in with the rather large re-design on the main clearskys.net website (common look and feel and all that jargon).
As part of that, I have been contemplating adding a forum to the site for support, requests, etc…, but have held off for the time being as the number of support requests I am getting is relatively low (and no one likes a deserted forum).
As a platform, I’ve been looking at Vanilla, as it seems very simple and light-weight.
I welcome any other suggestions and advice as to whether I should go forward with this, or as to alternative platforms to look at.
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April 30th, 2007 at 11:12 pm
there is another wordpress plugin site i often visit, http://www.shiftthis.net. He has vanilla installed for support and it’s definately a good idea even if you dont get many support requests, you will get visitors returning more often to contribute.
May 1st, 2007 at 5:23 am
Vanilla is pretty good and easy to integrate with wordpress, I’ve installed 2 different forums-plugins in different sites and they workvery well you can see the 2 forums here, Ibelieve the latest one is the best one.
http://www.aguaronpointer.com/foros/
and this:
http://www.ablogyoucanuse.com/message-board/
May 3rd, 2007 at 7:56 pm
Yes, yes, and yes. Please add a forum where people can discuss your great work and possible flaws.
Thanks,
Luis
February 1st, 2008 at 11:19 am
Adding a forum would be great idea. But how did you get the members? If you going to make a forum, then you should be a part of any forums, and I think, you are….