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  markeu · Member · May 20, 2009 at 2:31 am

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  Hi there and first let me say thank you to the WP staff and volunteers that run this forum.

  I run a sports/health and fitness related blog http://gaijinkettlebell.wordpress.com and I would like to be able to have a weekly discussion on a topic, whereby selected users can answer and contribute to the same initial post.

  As it is, comments dont show on the main initial post page, which I understand and accept.

  However, it might be really useful to have a feature such as this where more than one writer ( and even a reader!) can add further thoughts to a discussion point, and the reader can just scroll down to read the rest of the related comments and contributions.

  This feature could be a formatting choice when a user makes a new post. Good idea?bad?

  Comments welcome!

  Cheers
  markeu

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

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  raincoaster · Member · May 20, 2009 at 6:26 am

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  You can do this using the P2 theme, I believe. You could change it just for the one day.

  I think it’s a bad idea. I have a post with over 1500 comments, and it would slow the blog down to the point where people who don’t have broadband connections (ie most of the world) would b e unable to load the blog at all, let alone participate in the blog.

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  markeu · Member · May 21, 2009 at 12:56 am

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  Ah.. to have 1500 comments…

  With set parameters, it could be useful- ie max number of replies as a default, then the thread closes.
  I would want this to be ableto stay up on the site and be continuing on a different page whilwe the regular blog site functions as normal though..

  So you think P2 could handle this kind of thing?Hmm- will have to check it out. Now a blog with both a regular format, and an on/off switch P2… that sounds interesting!

  Thanks for your comments raincoaster.

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  raincoaster · Member · May 21, 2009 at 5:38 am

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  I think what you want then is a static page, not a blog post. That sits outside the normal structure of teh blog and thus it wouldn’t interfere with the regular part of the blog. I haven’t used the P2 theme myself, but you could try it. It wouldn’t be necessary, though, as anyone looking at the static page is by definition also looking at the comments.