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I have personally tested buddypress and bbpress and I think I don't like them at all (usability and structure). Too similar to social networks and most of the interesting plugins/features conflict with each other.
wpforo is just a Wordpress plugin based forum system. It's not connected to XenForo.
I don't use it, but thank you for sharing it with the community.
Hi @WhiteFluffyPuppy, nice to meet you!I don't use it, but thank you for sharing it with the community.
I was looking for a WordPress forum theme but was not sure where to turn anymore. Years ago, WPforo was a choice, but I didn't go with it. I got a theme called Forum, and then I got Forumaster, both with developers' drama who abandoned their themes.
I saw AMA on TForest, and I don't know if it's any good. Unfortunately, your statement "WPforo is overrated" conflicts with @King Kong 's belief that "WPforo is an amazing plugin by far the best." Thank you both for making me more confused about my choices.
I don't know how to use PHPBB, and I felt WP would have plugins that could enhance my site.
Thank you for your last two posts. It's very thoughtful and much appreciated. It's also overwhelming.In case you're interested, I've written guides for:
- Add user statistics in the footer
- Pop-up preview last post in index
- Avatars in likes and mentions
- Viewing user Reputation Points
- Add custom images next to the category title
- Add functionality to wpforo's TinyMCE editor
- Add Open/Close toggle function in categories
- Highlighting data posts in index
- Added avatar to the last subscribed member in the footer
- Highlighting number of posts and topics in index
- Added icons to "registered and last connected" in user profile
- Custom icons in user profile
- Title customization with glowing hover effect
I want to clarify that it's not entirely my bag (and in any case you can always find the link to the source in the first post), but if nothing else I explain the novice-proof steps.
You could just make a clone of your current forum, pass it to wpforo on a parallel domain and experiment. If you have a lot of traffic, I don't know how wpforo behaves.. now I don't have much traffic on mine to be able to give you some precise indications.Thank you for your last two posts. It's very thoughtful and much appreciated. It's also overwhelming.
Oh Lord! Where do I go from here?
I learned my left and right brain hemispheres are currently holding a meeting about whether they should leave me and find a new head to work with because I sent conflicting signals saying:
Okay guys! We go with Xenforo, and the next thing they hear is, Scratch that, it's wpforo.
Oops! I'm sorry guys, we'll be going with phpbb; because @Shadow Man said, "wpforo is overrated, and that phpbb is much better for speed and functionality and above all security." Let's go back to phpbb!
So at this stage, I'm not sure what they'll do if I tell them it's wpforo or nothing.
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