I’ve been working feverishly to install a forum area integrated into the blog. Well, maybe not feverishly, more like liesurely. It’s there if you know where to look, but I’m not telling where, yet. When it’s ready you’ll see a forum link in the site navigation area at the top of the page.
At this point it’s really just something fun to experiment with. I enjoy the process of learning new things. It helps keep my mind active on “useful” things. I don’t know if anyone would actually be interested in using a forum, but it’ll be there just in case. I expect an initial flurry of activity, then it’ll quietly die off… and if it gets out of hand it can be turned off with just a couple clicks of my mouse.
This blog started out as just something fun to experiment with and it has grown by leaps and bounds. I’ve now actually got a couple, ok, make that a few people who read it regularly. ;-)
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1/25/2006 at 10:54 am
Mike
Best of luck, Pete.
I managed two (phpBB) forums in the past and for about 2-years and was pretty good at managing/tweaking them.
Forum environments are very different from blog environments as you’ll discover and the quality of the forum’s contents are almost entirely in the hands of those who post unless you start making all your additions sticky.
Personally, I much prefer the blog “comment” environment with no further desire to gobble a MySQL with a forum. BTW, it was a security leak in a phpBB forum that allowed my son’s band website to be hacked to death so be prepared to keep whatever forum you create up-to-date.
Updating to WordPress 2.0 may well just be a nice option, but when it comes to phpBB, you’d better stay on your toes . . . experience is talking.
1/26/2006 at 11:19 am
Barefoot Pete
I’m trying out a plugin that integrates the forum into WordPress. So far it’s been very easy… upload the plugin, activate, set a few options… that’s all there is to it. It creates a WP Page automatically.
The forum would be a place where people can comment/discuss things that wouldn’t fit within the normal blog comment environment.
I’m holding off on upgrading to WP 2, mostly out of laziness, but there have been a couple issues that have come up on the WP support forums that could have an effect on my setup. As soon as those issues are resolved I’ll go ahead with the upgrade.
1/26/2006 at 3:52 pm
Brittany
Wow, everything you guys put…..i don’t understand…:-) Adult language….JEEZ!!
1/26/2006 at 6:50 pm
Alice
Brittany,
It’s not every adult language, just the ones who understand it. I for one do not understnd it all but love what I do understand.
1/26/2006 at 6:53 pm
Barefoot Pete
Just some technical talk between a couple old hackers… nothing to see here folks… just keep moving along…
1/26/2006 at 7:08 pm
Alice
TOO funny Pete.
1/27/2006 at 11:44 am
Bruce
I’m glad u r doing something for um. But who r they and what r u doing 4 um? Yup, we R not busy at work today so I M bored. Thanks 4 having this interesting stuff 4 me to look at but I agree with Brit, it is cornfusing. Hey - anyone going to BG this weekend? CU
1/27/2006 at 11:52 am
Bruce
“forum area integrated into the blog”
O - I C - U R helping racially diverse people move into your hood.
PS U spelled block wrong.
OK - I’ll get back 2 work.
1/27/2006 at 7:05 pm
Brittany
Lol, wow…..um…I’ll just nod and smile…lol
1/30/2006 at 12:27 pm
Brittany
BRUCE!!!!!! Yeah see SOMEONE agrees! lol I have no idea when i am going back to busch gardens….Right now i am EXTREMELY sick…like running fevers sick….and my throat is killing me! I didn’t go to school today….OH! Pete! I broke up with Salvador, but i am now going out with this guy named Mike. hehe…
Ok well i have a doctors appointment soon…so i better go get ready….talk to ya soon!
1/30/2006 at 5:08 pm
Barefoot Pete
Hope you’re feeling better soon, Brittany. Too bad about Salvador, so, um, say hi to Mike for me…
1/30/2006 at 7:41 pm
Brittany
Lol!!! Thanks….i hate being sick…ugh…and the doctors said theres nothing wrong except my throat is REALLY REALLY swollen, which is causing me to have a fever? no clue…ugh….