Open forum on a wordpress.com website

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  kizibu · Member · Aug 20, 2012 at 10:19 am

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  Hi

  Is it possible to embed a forum in a wordpress.com website?

  If not, is it possible to link to a separate forum site fairly seamlessly from a wordpress.com website?

  If so, what is the best (and most spam free) forum to use?

  I read this 2-year-old discussion but the replies seem to be ambiguous.
  

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

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  kizibu · Member · Aug 20, 2012 at 10:20 am

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  Sorry, this was the link I intended to add in my first post

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  raincoaster · Member · Aug 20, 2012 at 10:57 am

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  It is not possible to embed a forum on a WP.com blog. You can LINK to a forum, if you’ve got one hosted elsewhere.

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  kizibu · Member · Aug 22, 2012 at 11:43 pm

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  Thank you Raincoaster.

  Can anyone point me to a wp site that has a forum linked to it ?

  I’d like to see how that can be managed.

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  sl1k · Member · Aug 22, 2012 at 11:51 pm

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  You would link to the 3rd party forum site using custom menus option.
  If you’re using a theme that doesn’t support top navigation you can use the custom menus widget

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  sl1k · Member · Aug 22, 2012 at 11:54 pm

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  Also here is some free forum sites http://www.freeforums.org http://www.proboards.com/

  Google search results http://is.gd/2vJsII

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  timethief · Member · Aug 23, 2012 at 12:47 am

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  ~~sl1k

  @kizibu
  I looked into this and published a post that may be useful. You have three options: http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/04/23/wordpress-com-forum-options/

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  sl1k · Member · Aug 23, 2012 at 1:48 am

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  Hi TT, = )

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  kizibu · Member · Aug 23, 2012 at 7:02 am

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  Many thanks sl1k and timethief. That’s all very very helpful.

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  sl1k · Member · Aug 23, 2012 at 11:55 am

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  You’re welcome! kizibu,