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Forums vs Disqus vs Other

Hey there!

I’m hearing that we need some sort of threaded conversation tool, but also that forums are annoying and ugly and not always very intuitive. What are other folks using that meets the same needs? What should we do as a user group to facilitate discussion and the free exchange of information? Comment below!

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  • I say it offers a lot of things and sure interlinks major blogging platforms great ...
  • Well I think its easy to manage the comments section using Disqus Comment, its more reliable than other comment plugin. Thanks
  • Disqus is the top commenting platform in my opinion. Not only is Facebook Connect integration nice but allowing users to also use their Twitter accounts to leave comments is awesome.
  • It is really good things about DISQUS is the ability to log-in using a Facebook this means visitors can leave comments quickly and painlessly without having to create another account...
  • All mentions on Facebook and Twitter about the post itself will be tracked and added to the bottom of the post
  • I have decided to try the DISQUS Commenting System on my Blog, this is in effect immediately. DISQUS is great
  • marriah
    hello
  • all your posts are great, keep it up
  • "...however we have some nice options for low rates for sites like yours." Just saying :)
  • Are we low rate? :)
  • What, huh? ;)

    (not sure what you mean?)
  • I'm fine with Disqus for commenting, but it's not a forum. For forum software, there are tons of choices. I kind of like the http://bbpress.org/ system. It's simple and clean. It can be semi-integrated with WordPress, depending upon how you're hosting WP.

    Other systems seem like overkill to me. Or you could go wiki. Kinda depends upon what you want the site/group to do, of course.
  • Yeah, I installed Vanilla on Brandon's suggestion (I think it was Brandon) and that's at http://akwpug.org/vanilla - I've used BBPress and liked the integration, but it was also hacked, so...dunno. You all are admin if you want to be, so feel free to poke around, post, add plugins and the like. As we build this thing up, we can try different themes and then even try our hand at multi-user stuff like wordpress mu (which I'm REALLY liking on my agency site). So, onward?
  • markedy
    Hi,

    My name is Mark with eDynamo. We are a web design and development company. If you are interested, contact me at 877-629-3374 x 607 and i can discuss some options for you.

    We are a paid professional services company, however we have some nice options for low rates for sites like yours.

    Cheers!
  • Hahaha!

    We've left it this way on purpose. We're all designers and developers, too.
    :)
  • I will agree that Disqus handles commenting very well, although it doesn't allow the type of open conversation that a forum does, so either way is going to be a trade off.

    As I mentioned in a comment on the last post, the big question to answer before starting up a forum is to ask what value is it adding to the site? Are we going to be solely discussing topics specific to AKWUG, or are we essentially just going to be duplicating more general WordPress content that can be found on other sites & forums?
  • For me, the value is having local folks in the trenches who can get together
    and talk about the stuff that's on other sites and forums. I don't find the
    other sites and forums to meet all my needs, and a local group usually is
    more fun. For me, that is. :)
  • Brandon
    I agree, connecting with people locally would be of much more benefit to me. The official WordPress support forums are decent, but certainly not great. And if nothing else, it would just be fun to get together with some like-minded people and see what they're building with WordPress.
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