Convert your Wordpress Blog into Forum with a Theme

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While we wait for official release of next version of Wordpress Blogging software, here is pleasant twist to Wordpress ramblings. The_dead_one (TDO) has come up with a theme that converts your Wordpress Blog into a forum.

TDO Forum Wordpress Theme is dependent on an external plugin ‘TDO Mini Forms’ for its forum avatar. However, creator is working on integrating those features within the theme framework to reduce dependence on external plugins.

Not just ‘Wordpress Blog’ looks like a forum, it also has basic elements of a forum. Key features of this theme include:

  • Unread topics are highlighted and can be used to filter posts list.
  • A hierarchical Forum list - included as a page template.
  • AJAX Comment Preview and Comment QuickTags (can be turned off).
  • Gravatar support for posters and commenter’s comments.
  • Pages and Categories can be used as Tabs.
  • Posts can be made “sticky” at the top.
  • RSS 2.0 Feed of forum posts and theme is FREE for download/use.

Details: TDO Forum Wordpress Theme - Theme DEMO

With more refinement in this theme - the concept of converting a Wordpress Blog into forum can turn out real big. As pointed by Jeffro this concept is for sure interesting. Game for a Wordpress forum (theme)?



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By Davinder on Friday, February 29th, 2008

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7 Responses to “Convert your Wordpress Blog into Forum with a Theme”
  1. Flak says:

    I think that is unnecessarily, Just for creating 2 more tables in mysql, its now worth.

  2. Liexonopienly says:

    I am here at a forum newcomer. Until I read and deal with the forum.
    Let’s learn!

  3. Distonsoscisy says:

    http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/1681/screenshotwo9.png

    free wordpress theme

    The theme was made to turn your blog into media sharing, or video / picture sharing site
    The theme is perfect for gossip site, or blogs which need to show galleries, celebrity blogs, political blogs, and more.
    The theme has custom templates for everything. For video, for pictures, for news!
    The theme has its own written plugins built-in already to save you a lot of the work!

  4. fred says:

    The best one for me is Simple Forum for Wordpress plug-in.

    http://simplepressforum.com/

    By the way I also host for free my site and it’s the best hosting for free I found. 1500 mb of space plus everything you need to run WordPress. Really nice place! Must try!

    http://www.000webhost.com

  5. Can I download hq (high quality) movies from youTube?
    If I try copy url to web site it gives me <FLV

    • Davinder says:

      Yes, you can then either convert downloaded FLV file to AVI / WMV format using online service like Zamzar.com or some other converter software. Alternatively, you can download VLC player and watch downloaded FLV videos in that.

  6. janiceenberg says:

    A warm greeting to everybody! Hello to all,i am a new member of this forum and hope to have a good experience here

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