I will agree that Disqus handles commenting very well, although it doesn't allow the type of open conversation that a forum does, so either way is going to be a trade off.
As I mentioned in a comment on the last post, the big question to answer before starting up a forum is to ask what value is it adding to the site? Are we going to be solely discussing topics specific to AKWUG, or are we essentially just going to be duplicating more general WordPress content that can be found on other sites & forums?
roblef
· 4 months ago
For me, the value is having local folks in the trenches who can get together and talk about the stuff that's on other sites and forums. I don't find the other sites and forums to meet all my needs, and a local group usually is more fun. For me, that is. :)
Brandon Wood
· 4 months ago
I agree, connecting with people locally would be of much more benefit to me. The official WordPress support forums are decent, but certainly not great. And if nothing else, it would just be fun to get together with some like-minded people and see what they're building with WordPress.
markedy
· 4 months ago
Hi,
My name is Mark with eDynamo. We are a web design and development company. If you are interested, contact me at 877-629-3374 x 607 and i can discuss some options for you.
We are a paid professional services company, however we have some nice options for low rates for sites like yours.
Cheers!
roblef
· 4 months ago
Hahaha!
We've left it this way on purpose. We're all designers and developers, too. :)
jmproffitt
· 3 months ago
I'm fine with Disqus for commenting, but it's not a forum. For forum software, there are tons of choices. I kind of like the http://bbpress.org/ system. It's simple and clean. It can be semi-integrated with WordPress, depending upon how you're hosting WP.
Other systems seem like overkill to me. Or you could go wiki. Kinda depends upon what you want the site/group to do, of course.
Rob LeFebvre
· 3 months ago
Yeah, I installed Vanilla on Brandon's suggestion (I think it was Brandon) and that's at http://akwpug.org/vanilla - I've used BBPress and liked the integration, but it was also hacked, so...dunno. You all are admin if you want to be, so feel free to poke around, post, add plugins and the like. As we build this thing up, we can try different themes and then even try our hand at multi-user stuff like wordpress mu (which I'm REALLY liking on my agency site). So, onward?
Alan Sorum (WL7CG)
· 3 months ago
Are we low rate? :)
Rob LeFebvre
· 3 months ago
What, huh? ;)
(not sure what you mean?)
Alan Sorum (WL7CG)
· 3 months ago
"...however we have some nice options for low rates for sites like yours." Just saying :)
All Comments
As I mentioned in a comment on the last post, the big question to answer before starting up a forum is to ask what value is it adding to the site? Are we going to be solely discussing topics specific to AKWUG, or are we essentially just going to be duplicating more general WordPress content that can be found on other sites & forums?
and talk about the stuff that's on other sites and forums. I don't find the
other sites and forums to meet all my needs, and a local group usually is
more fun. For me, that is. :)
My name is Mark with eDynamo. We are a web design and development company. If you are interested, contact me at 877-629-3374 x 607 and i can discuss some options for you.
We are a paid professional services company, however we have some nice options for low rates for sites like yours.
Cheers!
We've left it this way on purpose. We're all designers and developers, too.
:)
Other systems seem like overkill to me. Or you could go wiki. Kinda depends upon what you want the site/group to do, of course.
(not sure what you mean?)