Forum theme wanted

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  discjocke52 · Member · Dec 12, 2014 at 6:42 pm

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  Just started with WP and I’m starting my current forum I have which I’d like to delete. Currently my WP is in a blog format, but I’d like to format it to a forum. I’m unable to find any forum themes within WP. Can someone lead me or recommend what I should do in order to change its current blog theme to a forum theme?

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Dec 12, 2014 at 7:57 pm

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  Hi there, when you say “forum” – are you referring to a message board site? If so, that isn’t something we can offer here on WordPress.com, so you might want to look into a self-hosted WordPress site, where you could install a forum plugin like bbPress.

  You can learn more about the differences between self-hosted and WordPress.com sites here:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  The closest thing you’ll find to a forum-style theme here on WordPress.com is p2:

  http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/p2/

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  discjocke52 · Member · Dec 12, 2014 at 8:06 pm

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  Thank you very much. That’s what my current forum is setup as. I might just keep it as a blog. Still looking at themes.

  Thanks for the links to mull it over.

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  discjocke52 · Member · Dec 12, 2014 at 8:07 pm

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  P2 Looks just fine. Thanks.

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  timethief · Member · Dec 12, 2014 at 8:09 pm

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  You could register and external forum and link directly to it via a custom link in a custom menu. That’s one of the other WordPress.COM blog three free workaround forum options: http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/04/23/wordpress-com-forum-options/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#adding-custom-links

  Also note that the Tlk.io widget allows you to embed a web chat in your site. http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/tlk-io-widget/

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  discjocke52 · Member · Dec 12, 2014 at 8:48 pm

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  My main post would be to post news articles. Is there a limit on how many characters allowed per post? Here’s an example of what I’m wanting to do: My current forum

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Dec 12, 2014 at 8:54 pm

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  Is there a limit on how many characters allowed per post?

  I don’t think there is. :-)

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  discjocke52 · Member · Dec 12, 2014 at 8:58 pm

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  You just sent me this link: Link sent. That’s what I’d be interested in. Any other place I can go to set it up, or do I use P2 to start that kind of setup. I’m going to have to make the changes tonight, as I need to close down the other old forum I have tonight. Thanks again for your support.

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Dec 12, 2014 at 10:21 pm

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  Timethief’s link suggests a few different options. You could use p2 on a WordPress.com site configured in one of the ways she suggests, or use it in combination with an externally hosted forum service – it’s really up to you. Good luck!