embedding P2 in a wordpress.com blog possibility

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    flowergardengirl · Member ·

    At my stie: http://fleamarketgardening.com/ hosted here at wordpress.com, I want to add a discussion forum so we can have a swap meet. I like how P2 is set up for this type of conversation so authors can post photos. I’m sure I’ll have to purchase unlimited authors.

    In order to have a forum at fleamarketgardening.com, I was hoping to embed the P2 forum into the fleamarketgardening blog. Does anyone know if it is possible. I have made the P2 blog active yet. I am aware I could just link to it–but I want folks to go through fleamarketgardening.com and not go directly to the P2 blog.

    Or if someone knows of a forum I could embed—let me know. I didn’t see one that would work with wordpress.com
    Thanks anna

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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    timethief · Member ·

    No it’s not possible to embed P2. It’s an independent theme. What you can do in your fleamarketgardening.com is create a custom menu and include a custom link in it to the P2 theme blog. Then when visitors click the atb in the custom menu they will enter that P2 blog instantly.

    You create a custom menu. http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/ and include a custom link to the P2 theme blog in it. If you wish you can also include pages and sub-pages of your own choice and categories and sub-categories in your custom menu as well.

    No it’s not possible to embed a forum but there are free forums on the internet and you can get one and link to it from your blog in the same way as I have described above.

    Note that in order to have a vibrant forum you will need a critical mass of eager beavers who will post frequently. Without those “regulars” your forum will fail to thrive. Most bloggers I have know who started forums found they underestimated how many participants were actually needed to create a vibrant forum.

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    flowergardengirl · Member ·

    Thank you timethief. I figured I’d have to link in some way. I did read another help topic similar to what you are saying.

    I think there is enough traffic for this forum and I’ve decided to use P2. I’m getting around 1,200 hits a day to the flowergardengirl site, 400-1,000 to fleamarketgardening and then I have a large following on facebook. It will take some work but then I’m not afraid to fail–all you can do is try.

    Thanks for you help, Anna

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    timethief · Member ·

    Hi Anna,
    Custom menus work so well and I’m glad I could help you. It does sound like you do have enough folks to make a go of this. Very best wishes for success. :)

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    raincoaster · Member ·

    I would definitely recommend using a forum-specific website for that, rather than just the P2 theme. The more users you have, the more you are going to need the robustness of unique forum software.

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